‘Pandora Papers’ expose offshore financial dealings of Indians, Pakistanis
New Delhi/Islamabad: Hundreds of wealthy Indians, including business people, figure in the ‘Pandora Papers’ that has uncovered financial assets of rich individuals across the world, and many of the Indians have rejected allegations of misdoings. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s several ministers, retired civilian and military officials, businessmen as well as owners of the top media outlets were […]
Blood thinners significantly reduce mortality, hospitalisation: Study
New Delhi: COVID-19 patients who use blood thinners may have a nearly 50 per cent reduced risk of death and a 43 per cent lower risk of hospitalisation, according to a study published in Lancet’s EClinical Medicine journal. The research was conducted on 6,195 patients over the age of 18 who were diagnosed with COVID-19 […]
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram face global outage
New Delhi: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram faced a major global outage on Monday evening with thousands of users, including from India, not being able to use these digital platforms. Facebook owns photosharing platform Instagram and messaging platform WhatsApp. The outage is estimated to have started around 9 PM IST. Users complained of not being able […]
Tit for tat: All UK nationals arriving in India to undergo 10-day quarantine
New Delhi: All British nationals arriving in India from the UK will have to undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine from Monday irrespective of their vaccination status as part of India’s reciprocal action against the UK’s new international travel rules with similar measures for Indians. India has decided to impose reciprocal curbs against all British nationals […]
PM Modi focussed on making JK prosperous: Union Minister
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focussed on making Jammu and Kashmir a prosperous and developed place and has taken several measures and initiatives for the welfare of its people, Union Minister Darshana Jardosh said on Friday. Jardosh, the Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways, and her ministerial colleagues Faggan Singh Kulaste and […]
Legislative enactment can’t take away court’s power of contempt: SC
New Delhi: Observing that the court’s power of contempt can’t be taken away even by a legislative enactment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held the chairperson of an NGO guilty of contempt for not depositing Rs 25 lakh for “scandalising and browbeating” the court. “We are of the view that the contemnor is clearly guilty […]
Crisis in Congress: Azad writes to Sonia, seeks CWC meeting to discuss party affairs
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has written to party president Sonia Gandhi demanding an immediate meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to discuss the current state of affairs in the organisation. Sources said Azad, a former leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha who currently leads the ‘Group of 23’ leaders who […]
PM to launch Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission on Monday via video conference, his office said. The pilot project of National Digital Health Mission had been announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020. Currently, the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission […]