Andhra Pradesh

COVID-19: India’s single-day recoveries surpass fresh cases as 94,612 people recuperate

12:43 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: India’s single-day recoveries surpassed the number of new infections for the second consecutive day on Sunday, with 94,612 people having recuperated from COVID-19, even as the total caseload sprinted past 54 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. A total of 94,612 people recovered from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rains in south India

10:33 pm September 13, 2020

New Delhi: Southern states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall, while isolated places in Uttar Pradesh reported light to moderate showers on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low-pressure area lies over the west central Bay of Bengal off the north Andhra Pradesh […]

Record spike of 97,570 infections pushes India’s COVID caseload to 46,59,984

4:36 pm September 12, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

JEE-Main result declared; 24 candidates score 100 percentile

11:55 pm September 11, 2020

New Delhi: The result for JEE-Mains was announced on Friday with 24 students scoring 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam which was postponed twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Telangana has maximum 100 percentile scorers at 8, Delhi is at the second spot with 5 hundred percentile scorers followed by Rajasthan (4), Andhra Pradesh (3), Haryana (2 ) and one candidate each […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

First Kisan Rail from South India chugs off with fruits to Delhi

3:09 pm September 9, 2020

Amaravati: Connecting the farms to the agricultural markets, the first ‘Kisan Rail’ from south India chugged off from Anantapuramu on Wednesday carrying 322 tonnes of fresh fruits to the famous Azadpur Mandi in the national Capital. Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy flagged off the inaugural Kisan Rail, the second in the […]