India crossed the 8 million mark in terms of coronavirus infection cases across the country, becoming second to United States, which is leading the global toll with 8.7 million confirmed cases. Amid the staggering surge in India’s Covid-19 cases, the health ministry held media briefing confirming that the ‘slide in active cases is supplemented by ...

Absence of opening batsman Rohit Sharma, the in-form KL Rahul will be taking the space for vice-captain. KL Rahul has also been included in the test squad after a long period of time. On Monday, BCCI’s senior selection committee announced the team for the India tour Australia, a series that will essentially consist of four ...

On October 27, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said two officials will be assigned to continue talks with Pompeo and Esper on counter-terrorism cooperation. Apart from bilateral meetings the US designatory will also meet PM Narendra Modi and NSA Ajit Doval. Ministerial meeting of a 2+2 plan is set ...

On Sunday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi strongly condemned BJP-led government and its polices for undermining Indian democracy, agriculture, economy and made scathing remarks against Modi Government’s mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing atrocities against Dalits in the society. She said that Indian democracy was passing through its “most difficult phase”. While giving an address ...

Responding to a query on Twitter, Elon Musk said that Tesla could enter the Indian market early next year. Even though there is little information about Tesla’s business plans for India, fans are cheering on account of the first concrete timeframe announced for when the car could be available in the country. Straight from the ...

On Monday, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, held a press conference to address the economic issues related to dwindling demand and disclosed government’s plans to boost Indian consumption. At the conference, held at National Media Centre, New Delhi, the FM unveiled that centre would be granting a Rs 12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states for ...

 New Delhi is collaborating with Bhutan to carry out Phase-3 trials of Covid-19 vaccine candidate, while India has sent seven medical aid consignments to the ally nation since March 2020 to support Bhutan in its fight against Coronavirus pandemic. The consignments constitute essential Covid-19 medications including Paracetamol, Hydroxychloroquine and Cetrizine. Apart from medications India also ...

Speaking at the Invest India Conference in Canada, the prime minister highlighted the country’s strengths, including the policy reforms it had undertaken recently. In the virtual keynote address he delivered at the Invest India Conference in Canada, Prime Minister Narendra set out to assure potential investors about Destination India. Speaking to an audience of investment ...

On Thursday the World Bank said that it is expected of India’s GDP to contract by 9.6% this fiscal. The drop is said to be a showcase of nationwide lockdown and income shrinkage experienced in India due to Covi-19. This puts India’s economic condition the worst ever experienced. South Asia Economic Focus report was released ...

 On Friday India crossed the mark of 1 lakh deaths due to coronavirus infection, a day after the global index reached 1 million mark. Breaking the equation down, it means that India now accounts for 10% deaths of Covid-19 related deaths of world. India is on number three with maximum deaths globally after United States ...