35,000 cases involving central, state govts pending in SC
New Delhi: Nearly 35,000 cases involving the central and state governments are pending in the Supreme Court since 2017, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Responding to a question on whether the government is aware that cases against the Centre and the state governments have increased manifold over the years, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju […]
COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally: WHO
Geneva: The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organisation report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, the UN […]
Future governance models may redefine role of civil servants: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said future governance models could redefine the role of a civil servant and governance may be passed on more and more into the citizen domain, truly achieving the spirit of “minimum government”. An intricately interwoven interface of technology, new indices and artificial intelligence may take over in […]
UN blames Russia for Ukraine humanitarian crisis, urges aid
United Nations: The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival. The vote Thursday on the resolution was 140-5 with only Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea […]
India sees 19 per cent rise in TB cases in 2021
New Delhi: The number of tuberculosis cases in India has seen a 19 per cent rise in 2021 over the previous year, according to the annual TB report released by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday. The total number of new and relapsed TB patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against […]
China plane crash: No survivors found so far: Official
Beijing/Nanning: No survivors have been found so far among the 123 passengers and nine crew members in the plane crash, a top Chinese official said on Tuesday, as the search continued in a forested mountainous area in the country’s south where the aircraft crashed a day earlier. Sun Shiying, chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan […]
India’s oil demand likely to jump 8 pc in 2022
New Delhi: India’s oil demand is projected to jump 8.2 per cent to 5.15 million barrels per day in 2022 as the economy continues to rebound from the devastation caused by the pandemic. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its latest monthly oil market report projected the world’s third-biggest energy consumer to add […]
