LUCKNOW: At a time when former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav — who had kicked a storm when he said that he would not take vaccine until government puts a national flag on certificate and that many were testing positive even after taking both jabs — is out in […]

NEW DELHI: Mapmygenome, the firm that gained prominence during first Coronavirus wave for becoming first in country to provide airport testing by tying up Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad for Covid 19, has now expanded its presence to Delhi. The company’s Delhi lab has been certified by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories […]

MAHARASHTRA: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on Friday issued an order explaining the new guidelines in wake of the heavily mutated new variant, Omicron. MCGM has introduced a very unique & strict home quarantine monitoring mechanism for international passengers arriving in Mumbai from risk countries. ALSO READ & WATCH: BREAKING: India Has 2 Confirmed […]

NEW DELHI: Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to spend time in US for a grueling 90-day training after Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday approved a proposal, with his last appearance  in the country to be a visit to a school on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission on fitness. Chopra will visit […]

MUMBAI: Citing the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005; the Maharashtra government has imposed restrictions on domestic and international passengers on Thursday based on the evolving situation of the “omnicron” variant of the Covid-19 pandemic. The “High Risk Countries” include South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe as categorised by the Indian government. […]

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday said that under the Akhilesh government, the scholarships of SC\ST children were stopped. While transferring scholarships of Rs 458.66 crore to as many as 12,17,631 students online, the CM said that “The previous government used to discriminate while […]

NEW DELHI: Government of India has decided not to open Indian skies for the resumption of international flights from December 15,2021, citing “evolving global scenario” in the wake of the emergence of the new Covid variant identified as ‘Omicron’. Indian Civil Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday made an announcement to […]

NEW DELHI: As the country remains on high alert against the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, reported first in South Africa, the state governments are ramping up their health facilities. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday held a meeting with the officials from Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and other concerned authorities to discuss the […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi government on Wednesday reduced the VAT on petrol by Rs 8 per litre. The new rates will come into effect from midnight. The decision was made in a cabinet meeting chaired by CM Arvind Kejriwal. The new price will be Rs 95 instead of Rs 103. CM Arvind Kejriwal posted on twitter […]

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the government’s aim has been to promote ease of doing business in the country by eliminating burdensome compliances and minimise the need for licensing and also rationalise the renewal process. Speaking at the CII National Conference on Ease of Doing Business for […]