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COVID-19 tally in India crosses 58-lakh mark

COVID-19 tally in India crosses 58-lakh mark

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload zoomed past58 lakh, while over 47 lakh people have recuperated from the disease, pushing the national recovery rate to 81.74 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to58,18,570 with 86,052 infections being reported in a day. The death toll climbed […]

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BJP Is Trying To Make India A Presidential Democracy: Suspended MP Rajeev Satav

BJP Is Trying To Make India A Presidential Democracy: Suspended MP Rajeev Satav

The monsoon session of Parliament was adjourned sine die, seven days ahead of schedule, on Wednesday, in the wake of rising instances of lawmakers testing positive for coronavirus. However, for the short span of 10 days that the Parliament did function, the session gained a dubious distinction for raucous protests by members of the Rajya […]

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COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh mark, recovery rate at 81.55 per cent

COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh mark, recovery rate at 81.55 per cent

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death […]

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IIT Delhi Rolls Out A New B.Tech Programme Ahead of JEE Advanced

IIT Delhi Rolls Out A New B.Tech Programme Ahead of JEE Advanced

Students qualifying the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced this year will have an option to pursue a new 4-year undergraduate programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. The premier technical institute launched a first of its kind course, B Tech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics, on Wednesday, ahead of the nationwide entrance examination […]

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Corona tally in India crosses 56-lakh mark

Corona tally in India crosses 56-lakh mark

India’s Corona caseload went past 56 lakh with 83,347 infections being reported in a day, while over 45 lakh people have recuperated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The national recovery rate stands at 81.25 per cent. The Corona caseload surged to 56,46,010, while the death toll climbed to 90,020 with 1,085 […]

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Delhi Riots: Khalid Saifi, Tahir Hussain Received Rs 1.61 Cr For Conspiracy, Alleges Chargesheet

Delhi Riots: Khalid Saifi, Tahir Hussain Received Rs 1.61 Cr For Conspiracy, Alleges Chargesheet

Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, activist Khalid Saifi, suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association President Shifa Ur Rehman and Jamia student Meeran Haider allegedly received Rs 1.61 crore for managing protest sites against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi and executing the conspiracy hatched for the riots in north east Delhi […]

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Taj Mahal Opens After 6 Months, Footfall Capped At 5000 Visitors A Day

Taj Mahal Opens After 6 Months, Footfall Capped At 5000 Visitors A Day

Agra’s Taj Mahal was opened to tourists on Monday after 188 days of its COVID-19-led closure. The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort were closed to tourists from March 17 amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. With a Delhi resident entering the 17th-century ivory-white marble monument on the southern bank of the Yamuna from its […]

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COVID-19: India’s tally crosses 5.5 million cases

COVID-19: India’s tally crosses 5.5 million cases

India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to […]

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6 People From Bangladesh Get Indian Citizenship After CAA

6 People From Bangladesh Get Indian Citizenship After CAA

Only six people from Bangladesh have been granted Indian citizenship in 2020 after the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in December last year, official data tabled in Parliament show, a number which could help the ruling BJP counter the narrative against the legislation in Assam ahead of assembly polls next year. The passage […]

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86,961 new COVID-19 cases in India, tally reaches 54,87,580

86,961 new COVID-19 cases in India, tally reaches 54,87,580

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally reached 54.88 lakh with 86,961 people being infected in the past 24 hours, while 43,96,399 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 80.12 per cent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 54,87,580, while the death toll climbed to […]