Day: February 3, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Chopper crash lands due to technical snag in J-K’s Reasi

6:28 pm February 3, 2020

Jammu: A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Army made an emergency crash landing after it developed a technical snag in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi on Monday, army officials said. Both the pilots are safe, they said. The chopper, which was on a routine sortie, developed some technical problem and had to make a crash landing […]

Gold prices decline Rs 281, silver drops Rs 712

4:04 pm February 3, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices declined by Rs 281 to Rs 41,748 per 10 gram in the national capital on Monday, in line with the fall in global rates, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 42,029 per 10 gram. Silver prices also dropped Rs 712 to Rs […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Third coronavirus case reported from India

4:03 pm February 3, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: In the third novel coronavirus case reported in India, another Keralite student who returned from Wuhan university on Monday tested positive for the infection, Health Minister K K Shailaja said here on Monday. The student is in an isolation ward at Kanhangad district hospital in Kasaragod district, she informed the state Assembly. The condition […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

RS again adjourned amid protests by opposition parties

4:00 pm February 3, 2020

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated disruptions on Monday as members from opposition parties raised slogans against the government and demanded a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act and NPR. The House was adjourned within three minutes of reassembling at 2 pm as members from the Congress and TMC continued shouting slogans and did not […]

UP: 40-yr-old taxi driver shot dead

3:49 pm February 3, 2020

Shahjahanpur (UP): A taxi-driver was allegedly shot dead by some unidentified people near Chandera village in Ram Chandra mission area here, police said on Monday. Body of Vipin Shukla (40) was found inside the car in the morning and has been sent for a post-mortem examination, they said. No arrests have been made so far, […]