Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:17:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Indian scientists for developing made-in-India vaccine against Covid and boosting other measures to fight the pandemic within a year of its outbreak.
Addressing a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society via video conferencing, he cited India's experience in the previous century to say that it used to wait for year
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:12:23
The Defence Ministry on Friday cleared a mega project to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Indian Navy at a cost of around Rs 43,000 crore, in a major decision aimed at significantly boosting India's naval prowess in the face of China rapidly expanding its maritime capabilities.
The submarines will be built under the much-talked-about strategic partnership model that allows
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:06:43
The visas of foreign nationals, stranded in India due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have been extended by the government till August 31 on gratis basis or free of charge.
The Union Home Ministry said that due to the non-availability of normal commercial flight operations on account of the pandemic since March, 2020, a number of foreign nationals who came to India prior to that date on valid Indian
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:04:07
Announcing a Rs 20,000 crore package to tide over the crisis induced by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal presented the maiden budget of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government here on Friday.
Besides the financial package, he also set aside Rs 1,000 crore to provide free vaccination for everyone aged above 18 years.
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:00:10
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called two meetings on Friday to discuss preparations for the possible third wave of coronavirus.
"The CM will meet the expert committee at 11 and the preparation committee at 3, the CM's office said in a tweet.
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:58:05
A major fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building at Oshiwara, a western suburb of Mumbai, on Friday morning, a fire bridge official said.
Nobody was reported injured in the blaze that erupted at 8 am in Aashiyana Tower's duct and spread to its first floor, he said.
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:53:47
Four senior leaders, facing trial in the Narada case, appeared before the special CBI judge at a court in Kolkata on Friday.
Judge Anupam Mukerjee had on April 17, while ordering interim bail to the four leaders, directed them to physically appear before the court on June 4.
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:51:48
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said it expects retail inflation to be at 5.1 per cent in the current financial year supported by the progress of monsoon and effective supply-side interventions by the government.
The projection is well within the Monetary Policy Committee's target to keep the rate of inflation at 4 per cent with an upper or lower tolerance level of 2 per cent.
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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:56:00
The Karnataka government on Friday announced that SSLC or 10th standard examinations will be held in the third week of July while cancelling the second year pre-university exams in view of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are not holding the PUC exams this year. The grading will be based on their performance at the district level assessment in the first pre-university examina
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