Tablighi Jamaat: 1,095 Lookout Notices Deleted, 630 Foreign Members Left India, Says MEA
As many as 1,095 lookout circulars have been deleted and 630 foreign members of the Tablighi Jamaat have left India, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. On the issue of foreign Tablighi Jamaat members stuck in India for violating visa rules and pandemic restrictions, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the ministry has been […]
Must hold JEE, NEET or will lose a year: Education Secy Amit Khare
JEE Main, NEET 2020: With the Centre under fire for pushing to conduct JEE (Main) and NEET next month, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare told The Indian Express Wednesday that postponing these entrance tests till after Diwali would wash out an entire semester and affect fresh admissions over the next few years. “The exams were first to be […]
Screen all TB patients for Covid and Covid patients for TB, says health ministry
New Delhi: With lockdown and consequent impediments in health service delivery severely affecting diagnosis and reporting of tuberculosis (TB), the health ministry Wednesday issued a guidance note to screen all diagnosed TB patients for Covid-19, and all coronavirus-positive patients for TB. The two diseases often show very similar symptoms and many states have already started doing TB screening for […]
Former President Pranab Mukherjee Still In Deep Coma, Renal Parameters ‘Slightly Deranged’: Hospital
Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and his renal parameters are “slightly deranged”, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. Doctors attending to 84-year-old Mukherjee said he continues to be on ventilator support. He was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10, where he […]
It Is Not About A Post, But About Country Which Matters Most: Kapil Sibal After CWC Meet
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that “it is not about a post” but about the country that matters most. A day after a stormy Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sibal made the remarks in a […]
Russian envoy in touch with Modi govt to ‘collaborate’ on Covid vaccine Sputnik V
New Delhi: The Russian government has reached out to the Indian dispensation, seeking a collaboration on the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and also expressed its willingness to share data, ThePrint has learnt. This comes even as the Indian embassy in Moscow is engaging with the Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which has developed the […]
25 rescued, over 50 still trapped after building collapses in Maharashtra’s Raigad district
A five-storey building collapsed in Maharahstra’s Raigad district on Monday with over 50 people feared to be trapped under the debris, officials said. The incident took place in Mahad city of Raigad district, around 170 kilometres from Mumbai. No casualty has been reported so far. The ‘Tariq garden’ building, according to local residents, collapsed at […]
‘Will Amount To Contempt Of My Conscience’: Prashant Bhushan Refuses To Apologise For His Tweets
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court on Monday for his two tweets against the judiciary saying what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continued to hold. An insincere apology would amount to the contempt of my conscience and of an institution, Bhushan said in his supplementary […]
JEE-Main, NEET To Be Held As Per Schedule In September: Officials
The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) will be conducted in September as scheduled, officials in the Ministry of Education said on Friday. While NEET is scheduled on September 13, JEE-Mains will be held from September 1-6. In a statement, the ministry’s National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts these […]
‘I Do Not Ask For Mercy… It Would Be Insincere To Offer Apology’: Prashant Bhushan To SC
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court on Thursday that he did not tweet in “absence mindedness” and it would be insincere and contemptuous on his part to offer an apology for the tweets that expressed what was and continues to be his bona fide belief. The top court on August 14 had held Bhushan […]