Vande Bharat Mission, Phase 3 – Air India to offer more seats after surge in demand for tickets Due to an ‘overwhelming’ response, Air India Saturday said it would offer more seats on its flights under the third phase of the Centre’s Vande Bharat Mission. The announcement came a day after the national carrier opened…

British pharma giant ‘AstraZeneca’ all set to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in September By AFP LONDON: British pharma giant AstraZeneca is “on track” to begin rolling out up to two billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine in September if ongoing trials prove successful, its chief executive said on Friday. The company is partnering with Oxford…

New low pressure in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy rain to central, south India – IMD The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted good rainfall activity in central and south India from next week due to the formation of a new cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to aid in…

‘Will not be spared’ – Kejriwal alleges ‘black marketing’ of beds by private hospitals in Delhi New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleges ‘black marketing’ of beds in private hospitals in the national capital and warned of strict action against those playing with the lives of people in their own interest. Delhi has…

Hotels, restaurants can re-open in Karnataka if norms are followed – Yediyurappa Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said hotels and restaurants would be allowed to re-open, but the precautionary measures laid down by the Centre against coronavirus were mandatory. The Chief Minister on Friday held a meeting with the tourism and transport…

Delhi govt directs hospitals to keep suspected COVID-19 patients in separate wards The Delhi government on Saturday rolled out an order asking hospitals to keep COVID-19 suspect patients in a separate ward. “It must be noted that if there are any COVID suspect admissions in the hospital facility, they must be kept in the separate…

Genetically unique strain makes 40% of coronavirus in India Kalyan Ray, A genetically unique strain of novel coronavirus 2019 – introduced in India in February – has silently spread to the majority of the states to emerge as the second most dominant types of the pandemic virus sweeping the country. The discovery by CSIR scientists…

Indian parents use 30 different kinds of abuse to kids from 0 to 6 years – UNICEF study By Express News Service BENGALURU: A study by UNICEF shows there are 30 different forms of physical and verbal abuse that Indian parents use on children as young as 0 to 6 years as part of disciplining…

Chacha Hai, Aisa Kabhi Nahi Kar Sakte! Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Niece Files Sexual Harassment Case Against His Brother, Reveals Actor’s Response She was quoted as saying, “I have filed a complaint about sexual harassment by my uncle when I was nine years old. My parents were divorced when I was two years old, so I had…

KV Kamath To Replace Nirmala Sitharaman As Finance Minister? We all know that banker KV Kamath quit his post as president of National Development Bank (NDB) recently. He completed five years in office. Now this coincided with the news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on the lookout for an able leader to take on…

PM Modi discusses India-China tension, coronavirus situation with US President Donald Trump, backs US plan to expand G-7 Anirban Bhaumik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the escalating tension along India’s disputed boundary with China. Modi also gave his nod to Trump’s proposal to bring India, Australia,…

Confident India and China Will Find Way Out, Says ‘Worried’ Russia New Delhi: Expressing anxiety at the current military stand-off between India and China, Russia on Monday said that it was confident that both countries would find their ‘way out’ through established diplomatic mechanisms and tools. After the United States, Russia is the second country to…

‘More to Lose Than Gain, You Can’t Afford More Shocks’ – Beijing Threatens India to Stay Away from US-China Rivalry New Delhi: Warning India to be “careful”, China on Sunday asked New Delhi not to get involved in the Washington-Beijing rivalry even as some predict that the world’s two largest economies are “about to enter a…