The alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and fatalities has brought back another round of lockdown in Delhi . The restrictions will come into force at 10 pm tonight and remain till 5 am Monday (April 26). Under the Delhi lockdown, apart from curbs that were enforced during the recent weekend curfew, pr...

Reuters, India's daily Covid-19 cases jumped by a record 2,73,810 on Monday as the health system crumbled under the weight of patients, bringing total infections closer to that of the United States, the world's worst-hit country. India's hospitals are struggling with a shortage of hospital beds and...

An emergency ministerial meeting of Nepal Cabinet on Monday decided to close all the educational institutions of urban areas till May 14 in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases. The information about the closure of schools in urban areas was shared by a sitting minister. "Meeting has decided to ...

Indian Economic Service, Indian Statistical Service Exam 2020 interviews, scheduled from April 20 to April 23 have been postponed, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has notified....

New Delhi| Jagran News Desk: On Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the national capital will be under a 6-day lockdown starting from April 19 at 10 PM and will conclude on April 26 at 5 AM. Soon after the announcement, people started queuing up outside liquor shops in Delhi. See P...

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: In the wake of massive spike in COVID-19 cases, the Dehli government has announced a 6-day long lockdown till Monday. As per Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the capital will undergo a lockdown starting from Monday, April 19, 10 PM to next Monday, April 26, ...

Article 21 of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to life and liberty, also mandates that any limitation of these fundamental rights must adhere to just, fair and reasonable procedures. The due process set out in the law to guarantee this states that every time a person is arrested, she mu...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has set up two control rooms to monitor and manage the supply of “COVID-19 management drugs” amid a massive rise in coronavirus cases in the national capital. Delhi on Sunday recorded the biggest jump in its daily COVID-19 tally with 25,462 fresh cases, wh...

New Delhi: In order to contain the spread of coronavirus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (April 19, 2021) announced to put the national capital under complete lockdown. The complete COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi will begin at 10 PM on April 19 and will remain in place till 5 AM on Apri...

Union Minister for Health, Harsh Vardhan on Monday replied to former PM Manmohan Singh's letter on fighting Covid-19 and said that most suggestions provided by him had already been enacted by the government a week prior and that the Congress needs to admit that India has been doing very well in ter...

The Supreme Court has set up an high-level committee to examine the feasibility of under-grounding of over-head transmission power lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat in order to protect Great Indian Bustard from extinction. Only 150 critically-endangered...

A timely intervention and extraordinary courage shown by a railway pointsman with the Central Railway (Mumbai division) has saved a child who had fallen off the platform onto the tracks seconds before a train approached the station. A video of the hair-raising incident has gone viral on social medi...

CSK vs RR: Hello and Welcome Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals would look to build on their first wins and gain momentum when they clash in Mumbai on Monday. The two sides bounced back after losing their opening fixtures with wins, albeit in contrasting styles. While the MS Dhoni-led CSK had...

Delhi will be under a six-day lockdown from 10 pm tonight to 5 am on Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced today as the second and more deadly wave of coronavirus showed little signs of slowing down....

Delhi chief minister on Monday announced to extend the lockdown till next Monday in view of growing coronavirus cases in the national capital. Delhi has been witnessing record number of cases lately, with nearly 24,000 cases being clocked on Sunday alone. The positivity rate shot up to 29.74%, mean...

South African batsman AB de Villiers said he is open to a return to international cricket at this year's Twenty20 World Cup in India and will discuss his future with national coach Mark Boucher during the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 37-year-old retired from international cricket in 2018 but sa...

New Delhi: In a bid to arrest the infection spread, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday decided to impose six-day lockdown in the national capital tonight till next Monday morning. Notably, the fresh restrictions come as the national capital recorded the biggest jump in its daily COVID-19...

New Delhi| Jagran News Desk: Amid the massive surge in coronavirus infection in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that the national capital will be under lockdown for six days, starting from Monday at 10 PM and will conclude on next Monday at 5 AM. The decision came as the na...

On Sunday, at a vaccination centre in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, at least 500 people were already seated -- social distancing and masks in place -- long before the jabs were to start at 10 am....

Last week, Noida based Pine Labs announced that it is acquiring Fave, one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing fintech and e-commerce startups in a cash plus stock deal. Pine Labs said in a press release that it is paying over SGD 60 million (USD 45 million) to take over the Singapore-based company...

In a daring rescue caught on camera, a railway pointsman ran on the tracks to save a child from getting crushed under an oncoming train in Maharashtra. In a video of the incident shared by the Central Railway, the child can be seen losing his balance while walking on platform 2 of the Vangani Railw...

Elections 2021 Highlights: Mamata has started a new model of governance that includes 'bombs, guns and explosives' and BJP wants to change this and bring governance of 'development, trust, and industry," says Amit Shah. Follow the latest news and developments below PM Modi responsible for Co...

The Supreme Court today adjourned the Italian Marines case to next week, notwithstanding the Centre's request for early closing, because the government is yet to deposit the compensation amount with the court....

Amid the row over Remdesivir supply, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has said if he would have found the coronavirus, he would have it into the mouth of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, sparking protests by the opposition party in Maharashtra....

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address an important press conference today amid the alarming spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital. The Delhi Chief Minister is expected to impose a seven-day curfew in the city-state till next Monday. This comes a...

All the exams which were scheduled to be conducted by universities in Kerala have been postponed by the state government, after the intervention of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, in view of the sudden rise in the number of Covid-19 cases across the state. PJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Ke...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the government of jeopardising India's national security, and termed its talks with China as "wasteful". "Chinese occupation of Gogra-Hot Springs and Depsang plains is a direct threat to India's strategic interests in...

Delhi will be under complete curfew from tonight to next Monday morning amid a record rise in coronavirus cases, the office of LG confirmed. On Sunday, Delhi recorded the biggest jump in its daily Covid tally with 25,462 fresh cases and a positivity rate of nearly 30 per cent. On Saturday, this fig...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Amid unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, the city government has convened an emergency meeting on Monday to review the situation. The meeting will be attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, L-G Anil Baijal, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava, Del...

Is it too late to start reclaiming our electoral space by rejecting the CAPF or its proxies? Is a community-managed pushback still possible, booth by booth?...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (April 19) will chair a COVID-19 review meeting at 11:30 am. The meeting will aim at monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the country. Earlier, PM Modi held a review meeting held on Saturday (April 17) in which he stressed on 3Ts, testing, tracking ...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting on COVID-19 situation at 11:30 am on Monday, officials told news agency PTI. India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed 1.50 crore with a record single-day rise of 2,73,810 new coronavirus infections, while th...

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a crucial meet at 11.30 am on Monday to discuss the COVID-19 crisis in the country. This is Prime Minister's second meet to review the COVID-19 crisis in India in less than four days. On Saturday, PM Modi, during his meet, ha...

A link that claims to turn Whatsapp into Pink colour and says it comes with new features has been spreading on the internet, however, cyber experts have cautioned users against it as it is a virus that can compromise privacy of users. According to cybersecurity experts, clicking on the link claimin...

In a big move, the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi has said it will now oversee the entire process of procurement and distribution of medical oxygen and anti-viral drug Remdesivir, which is being used in the treatment of Covid patients....

Several areas of Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan is facing prolonged power outages due to heavy rainfall. Geo News citing Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) spokesperson reported that out of the 70 feeders that were tripped was due to rainfall, power was restored in 30 of them. ...

In the last week, the number of active patients in Gurgaon has more than doubled, jumping from only 5,549 as of last Sunday to 12,196 until last evening. According to data compiled from the daily bulletins issued by the district health department, Gurgaon has recorded a 123 percent rise in new case...

Delhi will be under complete curfew from tonight to next Monday morning amid a record rise in cases....

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Sensex crashed over 1,300 points on Monday to trade below 47,700. The NSE Nifty too tanked nearly 400 points to trade below 14,300. All Sensex components were in the red. Bajaj Auto was the top loser in the Sensex pack, dropping over 5 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank,...

Authorities in Panama on Friday intercepted an unlikely smuggler, a fluffy white cat, bearing an assortment of drugs in a pouch tied to its body as it tried to enter a prison....

For the third week in a row the Sensex at BSE fell by over 1,000 points on Monday as it got unnerved by the spike in Covid cases over the weekend. The benchmark Sensex fell by up to 1,470 points or 3 per cent to hit a low of 47,362 in the early trading hours on Monday after the Covid numbers surg...

Chittoor and East Godavari have emerged as the worst Covid-19 affected districts in Andhra Pradesh, with a combined total of nearly two lakh thirty thousand positive cases, according to officials. While Chittoor logged 1,00,254 cases and 918 deaths, East Godavari recorded 1,29,312 cases and 638 dea...

Petrol and diesel price today: Petrol and diesel prices remained steady across the country for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, April 19, 2021. The auto fuel prices were last revised on April 15, when petrol fell by 16 paise per litre and diesel slipped by 14 paise in the national capital. Th...

We once again find ourselves back at where we were about a year ago. As Covid cases soar in the country, we need to be reminded of ways in which we can keep our surroundings clean, as well as maintain personal hygiene. Around the country, some people have aggressively gone back to cleaning and disi...

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday (April 14) is improving in home isolation. As per the official sources, the BJP leader's condition is being closely monitored by renowned doctors. The sources also added that Yogi Adityanath ...

From one extreme to the other. In India, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is welcomed with open arms. In Pakistan, France advises its nationals to leave. Olivier Guillard, in an Asialyst article asks - "Why is the Franco-Indian strategic partnership in full swing, while relations be...

The Shiv Sena has called for a two-day special session of Parliament to discuss the unprecedented situation arising out of the Covid-19 resurgence. The party's Sanjay Raut called the prevailing conditions "war-like"....

Alia Bhatt has ended her home quarantine. The actor, who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month, is now heading for a vacation. Accompanying the actor for her leisure trip is boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. On Monday morning, Alia and Ranbir were spotted at the Mumbai airport. As per the ...