Prime Minister Narendra Modi

IIT Delhi, Ayurveda institute to develop herbal wound dressing, fumigation device for wound healing

IIT Delhi develops low cost probe-free COVID-19 detection assay

10:42 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: The IIT Delhi, in a groundbreaking achievement, has developed low cost probe-free Covid 19 detection assay. Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Friday felicitated the team of scientists from IIT Delhi involved in the development of COVID 19 probe – free real-time PCR Diagnostic Kit. The Minister appreciated the efforts […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Anxiety and angst as Indians mark one month of lockdown

8:09 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: It has been a month. Of life slowing to a crawl, of going back to the basics, of recalibration equations with family, friends and colleagues and waking up, as if from a dream, to the vast inequalities and commonalities that underlie Indian society. On the evening of March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

Stop cheap politics, join hands with govt in fighting coronavirus: BJP to Cong

7:51 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of deliberately trying to create divisions in the society, the BJP on Thursday asked the opposition party not to practice “cheap and small politics” but come together with the Union government in fighting the coronavirus outbreak. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Congress is trying to […]

Bill Gates lauds PM Modi’s leadership in combating COVID-19 in India

9:58 pm April 22, 2020

New Delhi: Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. According to officials, Gates, in a letter to Modi, said he was glad that the Indian government is fully utilizing […]

Govt allocates Rs 40,000 cr more for MGNREGS

Seven labourers on way to Bihar intercepted by police

3:51 pm April 21, 2020

New Delhi: Seven labourers, who were trying to cross Delhi’s Jheel Khurd border on bicycles in an attempt to return to their village in Bihar amid the ongoing lockdown, were intercepted by the police on Monday night. The labourers were staying at a rented accommodation in Gadda colony in Sultanpur village in South Delhi’s Fatehpur […]