India

Building a meaningful marital relationship

10 May 2021 02:13 AM IST

The pandemic and ensuing uncertainties have greatly impacted couples who’ve been recently married. In some instances, with quick court marriages or extremely private gatherings, cancellation of plans, curtailing ceremonies and celebrations, absence of bickering relatives and fun with friends, many feel deprived, disappointed and unhappy having had to compromise on

HOW PANDEMIC POLITICS IS A BIG DISSERVICE TO THE NATION

10 May 2021 02:09 AM IST

As a nation, the need of the hour is to rise beyond the trivial issues and rally behind our leaders, who have been working towards Covid recovery and India’s overall development.

PIL to SC: Convert religious, charitable places into Covid Care Centers

08 May 2021 12:14 PM IST

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to convert the religious and charitable places that enjoy tax benefits, into Covid Care Centers as well as cease any further transactions with immediate effect and utilise their funds for Covid patients. The plea also requested

PIL SEEKS TO VACCINATE STUDENTS APPEARING FOR BOARD EXAMS, DELHI HC ISSUES NOTICE

08 May 2021 12:12 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Union of India and Government of NCT of Delhi on a PIL seeking direction to provide and administer COVID-19 Vaccination free of cost to the students of class ‘XII’ in Delhi, who will be appearing for their board

RBI’s Rs 50,000 crore liquidity facility can increase hospital bed capacity by 20%: Report

08 May 2021 12:09 PM IST

The Rs 50,000 crore liquidity window offered by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to banks under priority sector lending to augment Covid-19 healthcare infrastructure will help raise treatment capacity, availability of medicines, and medical equipment, said Crisil Ratings on Friday. Hospitals can be among the biggest beneficiaries as incremental funding

EARLY SUMMER VACATIONS IN UTTARAKHAND COLLEGES

08 May 2021 12:07 PM IST

DEHRADUN: In view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, Uttarakhand’s Department of Education, on Friday, announced summer vacation in all higher education institutes from 7 May to 12 June. Earlier, the state education department announced that all colleges and universities will remain closed from 3 May until further orders. In wake

41 NAVAL PERSONNEL DEPLOYED AT PM COVID CARE HOSPITAL IN AHMEDABAD

08 May 2021 12:04 PM IST

The Ministry of Defence has deployed 41 naval personnel from Western Naval Command to PM Cares Covid Hospital, Dhanvantari in Ahmedabad to enhance the health care system amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. In an official press release, the ministry informed that the team has been deployed for two months and

AMBULANCE OWNER ARRESTED FOR CHARGING RS 1.2 LAKH FROM COVID PATIENT’S DAUGHTER

08 May 2021 11:54 AM IST

The Delhi Police arrested an owner of an ambulance service company for allegedly charging Rs 1.20 lakh to shift a patient to a hospital, the police said on Friday. The patient travelled from DLF Gurugram to Ludhiana on Wednesday. According to a statement from the Delhi Police, acting on the

CHINA SUSPENDS ECONOMIC ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA

07 May 2021 02:50 AM IST

China has decided to suspend all its activities under the Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia, a move that is likely to exacerbate the tense diplomatic relations between the two countries. “China indefinitely suspends all activities under the framework of the #China-#Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue held by the Chinese National Development

WHO chief welcomes US support for waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

07 May 2021 02:49 AM IST

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the commitment shown by Joe Biden’s administration to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines. “This is a monumental moment in the fight against COVID-19. The commitment by the President of the United States Joe Biden and Ambassador Katherine

JAPAN TO ESTABLISH NO-FLY ZONE OVER VENUES DURING THE OLYMPICS

07 May 2021 02:46 AM IST

The Japanese government will set up a no-fly zone over Olympic venues from July 21 to September 5 as part of anti-terrorism measures during the summer games in Tokyo, the transport ministry said on Thursday. According to the ministry, the no-fly zone will be set up two hours before the

EU chief says ready to ‘discuss’ Covid vaccine patent waiver

07 May 2021 02:44 AM IST

The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday said that she is ready to discuss solutions to help increase the production of COVID-19 vaccines for global vaccination. “Our priority is to ramp up production to achieve global vaccination. At the same time we are open to discuss any