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Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

India’s self-reliance in defence sector to boost its global standing: Modi

7:10 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his government’s resolve for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat‘ is not inward-looking, but aimed at boosting India’s capabilities and global peace, and also for helping the world economy become more stable. Speaking at a defence industry outreach seminar, Modi said India’s self-reliance on defence capabilities will boost its standing of being a […]

Telangana reports 11 deaths, 2,384 new COVID-19 cases

12:42 pm August 23, 2020

Hyderabad: Telangana logged 2,384 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the states tally to 1,04,249, the government said on Sunday. The toll rose to 755 with 11 more COVID-19 deaths, a state government bulletin said, providing data as of 8 PM on Saturday. The total number of people who recovered from the infectious disease so far was […]

Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

12:34 pm August 23, 2020

Thane: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official said on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. Kalyan town in […]

COVID caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

12:29 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

Kamala Harris scripts history as she accepts Democratic Party’s nomination for US vice-president

8:24 pm August 20, 2020

Washington: Kamala Harris, who scripted history in US politics as she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party’s vice presidential nomination, has assailed President Donald Trump’s “failure of leadership” that has cost “lives and livelihoods.” Introducing herself as the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants at the virtual Democratic National Convention on […]