PM Modi invites UK PM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended a formal invitation to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be the chief guest at the 2021 Republic Day celebrations in India.  As per media reports, the two leaders held a telephonic conversation on November 27 when PM Modi invited the UK Prime Minister ...

Health Minister: On Monday, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan relayed that Indian population can avail Covid-19 vaccine next year by March and April. He also said that the Union Government has planned to make the vaccine available and administered to over 25 crore people in India by July and August next year.  Dr. Harsh ...

Serosurvey: By Friday morning India had crossed 93 lakh mark of Covid-19 cases and added 43,082 new cases in 24 hours. Death tally reached 1,35,715 with 492 new fatalities being added. Recovered patients have reached 87.18 lakh tally.  ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) conducted a second national serosurvey that shows over 70% of Indian ...

Zomato will no longer charge commission for takeaway service: On Wednesday, the food delivery company, Zomato decided that it would no longer charge commission for its takeaway service from its partner restaurants. The company took the decision to help restaurants ramp up their sales and recover faster from the ongoing financial crisis brought upon by ...

Dabangg actor declared as the Punjab Icon: Popular Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been selected as Punjab Icon by the election commission. The announcement saw the public light as the chief electoral officer took to twitter to make the announcement.  The actor is known for playing villainous characters on screen gained more limelight after he ...

India In Talks With Moderna: The US biotech giant Moderna Therapeutics has confirmed that its Covid-19 vaccine sample guarantees a 94.5% success rate in its phase 3 efficacy trials. The Indian government is apparently in talks with the company over the development of the company’s vaccine candidate.  According to a senior government official, “India is ...

On Thursday, India is participating in the 17th ASEAN summit with 10 nations. The summit will be co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The prime focus of summit is expected to measures required to recover from the economic mayhem and tumult in the region due to coronavirus ...

Friday marked re-emergence of Delhi as the highest Covid-19 cases contributor in India. The capital recorded 7,178 cases on Friday, the highest in its record for first time in over four months. Last time when Delhi had been the highest contributor of cases was on 23rd June with its tally of  3,947 new cases.  This ...

 Last two months have seen sky-rocketing of retail price of essential vegetables. The recent surge of tomato, potato and onion prices, the staple of Indian household are proving to be a massive whammy in festive season, especially when family earnings have been disturbed due to pandemic. Congress accused Narendra Modi government on Sunday of aiding ...

 India has been grappling to contain the Covid-19 infection spread for almost seven months now. On Friday, the country recorded Covid-19 caseload reduced below the 6 lakh mark after 85 days. The active positive cases tally was 5.94 lakh on Friday, less than the 5.96 lakh mark on August 6. The Union Health Ministry issued ...