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DU teachers protest over ‘no salaries’

29 Apr 2020 07:42 AM IST

Agitated over persistent salary delay, the teachers of Delhi University’s (DU) 12 colleges staged a one-day hunger strike from within the confines of their houses, on Tuesday. These 12 colleges are completely funded by the Delhi government. The protesting teachers have alleged that despite facing the Covid-19 epidemic situation, thousands

Aarogya Setu doesn’t invade our privacy

29 Apr 2020 07:40 AM IST

If compared with other state government applications, Aarogya Setu adheres to much stricter standards of privacy, purpose and justification.

Time to gradually lift lockdown

29 Apr 2020 07:35 AM IST

It took a certain amount of political courage to go in for such a comprehensive and complete lockdown as announced — and carried out — by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Only he has the political capital to demand and receive such an overwhelming response. But now over a month later,

Muslimman breaks fast to save Hindu woman in Bihar

29 Apr 2020 07:32 AM IST

As Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramzan, a Muslim youth broke his fast to save the life of a Hindu woman. In Gopalganj’s Sadar Hospital, Usha Devi and her family were running from pillar to post in search of B+ blood, but could not find a

RPF in Delhi walks the extra mile to provide ration and masks

29 Apr 2020 07:30 AM IST

They have distributed about 3 lakh packets of cooked meals in over 20 locations, apart from providing dry rations to more than 2,000 families in the national capital.

In crisis, 3 organs of state must work to solve issues: CJI Bobde

28 Apr 2020 08:30 AM IST

Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde said that legislature, executive and judiciary need to act in harmony during disasters and pandemics of the Covid-19 scale.

Bihar police allows lockdown relaxation during Ramzan

28 Apr 2020 08:29 AM IST

Members of the minority community in the border district of Sitamarhi in Bihar will not face any problems in observing Ramzan in the time of lockdown. This assurance has been given by the district Superintendent of Police (SP), who, in an official communication to Station House Officers of police stations

Most CMs push for extension of lockdown in meeting with PM

28 Apr 2020 08:28 AM IST

As the nation approached the end of the second leg of the extended lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers on Monday to discuss the emerging situation and plan ahead for tackling the Covid19 pandemic. In this interaction, it was the turn of nine states to speak and

‘Not an engineered virus, but may have leaked from Wuhan lab’

28 Apr 2020 08:27 AM IST

Leading American coronavirus expert, Professor Richard H. Ebright, who is the laboratory director at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology and a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Rutgers University, United States, spoke to The Daily Guardian on Covid-19. Q: Do you think SARS-CoV-2 is a laboratory-engineered virus? A: The

The fourth dimension of India’s maritime warfare

28 Apr 2020 08:19 AM IST

Watching the Republic Day parade this year, one could be struck by the similarity in outward appearance of the marching contingents of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Both contingents were dressed in smart black suits with distinctive white accoutrements, reflecting their common heritage and origin. Post 1962 border war

Manmohan to help Punjab revive post-Covid economy

28 Apr 2020 08:18 AM IST

The Punjab Government on Monday took the initial steps towards formulating the state’s post-Covid revival strategy, with the Montek Singh Ahluwalia-led Group of Experts (GoE) setting up five sub-groups, even as former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s request to provide overall guidance to the state

In Bihar’s Munger district, lone Tablighi Jamaat attendee keeps Covid-19 cases on the boil

28 Apr 2020 08:17 AM IST

The state government’s coronavirus containment work seems to have been defeated by one Jamaati who is said to have visited six Bihar districts after his return from Delhi.