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AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

COVID spreading ‘exponentially’ but severity of virus is ‘less’: Satyendar Jain

6:28 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: Compared to the previous peak of 2 to 3 per cent reported in November, the current COVID fatality rate in the national capital stands at 0.4 per cent, said Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain on Thursday. This time, the coronavirus is spreading ‘exponentially’ but the severity of the virus is ‘less’, and so […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahin Makan’ scheme: CM asks officials to expedite flats’ allocation

5:47 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday directed officials of DUSIB and DSIIDC that any problems coming in the implementation of the ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahin Makan’ scheme should be brought to his notice ‘so that they can be effectively removed and families can be shifted to their new homes.’ Kejriwal held a review […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

5:08 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: India will compete in more than one sailing event in an Olympics for the first time after Vishnu Saravanan on Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Games in Laser STD Class after finishing second in the Asian Qualifier in Oman. Nethra Kumanan on Wednesday became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

French Open postponed by a week because of pandemic

4:54 pm April 8, 2021

Paris: The French Open tennis tournament will be delayed by one week because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Thursday. The clay-court Grand Slam tournament was set to start on May 23, but first-round matches will now get underway on May 30. The French tennis federation said the decision was taken in order to maximize […]

India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

T20 World Cup in India on track despite pandemic woes, says ICC

5:07 pm April 7, 2021

Dubai: The International Cricket Council does not yet see the need to activate its backup plan for the Twenty20 World Cup and is sticking to hosting the event in India later this year despite the country experiencing a record COVID-19 surge recently. India reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in […]