COVID-19 pandemic

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

Internet snapped in students’ hostels; IIT Kharagpur says given them enough time to leave

8:37 pm September 3, 2020

Kolkata: Amid charges that IIT Kharagpur authorities snapped internet connection in hostels of students and research scholars so that they are forced to vacate rooms, the management on Thursday said that they were repeatedly asked to leave since the end of June. While over 10,000 students had left the campus since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, about 100 […]

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

Return examination fees of students, demands ABVP

6:46 pm August 31, 2020

Aurangabad: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists staged a protest here on Monday demanding refund of examination fees taken from students in Maharashtra. They submitted a memorandum to the Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) administration here listing five demands, including 30 per cent reduction in fees for students for the academic year 2020-21 in view […]

India can become world’s toy hub, time to be vocal about local toys: PM

2:19 pm August 30, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India has talent and ability to become a toy hub for the entire world and called upon startups to work towards realising this potential while being “vocal about local toys”. He said the global toy industry is over Rs 7 lakh crore but India’s share is […]

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

No power tariff hike in Delhi for 2020-21: DERC

11:55 pm August 28, 2020

New Delhi: In a relief to lakhs of consumers, Delhi’s power regulator DERC on Friday announced new tariffs for 2020-21 without any hike in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the consumers will bear the rise in pension fund surcharge from 3.80 per cent to 5 per cent. The surcharge is used to pay pensions […]

One held for selling used medical gloves in Navi Mumbai

4:35 pm August 20, 2020

Thane: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a man for allegedly cleaning and selling used medical gloves collected from hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the police on Monday evening conducted a raid in Pawne MIDC, where they found that used gloves collected from hospitals were being […]