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New Delhi, December 21 The meeting by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to review India’s covid-19 situation began here on Wednesday. Pandemic persists India is witnessing 1,200 cases, while 35 lakh cases are being recorded the world over on a weekly basis. Beijing reports 5 more deaths Cities across China…

New Delhi, December 20 A day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the Indian Army would not let China unilaterally change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Congress upped the ante on the issue asking the government when it would stop legitimising Chinese…

New Delhi, December 20 A war of words took place between the BJP and the Congress in both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday over a controversial remark against the ruling party by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajasthan’s Alwar, with members of the treasury benches seeking an apology from…

Dakar, December 20A parliamentary committee in Gambia said on Tuesday that India-based drug maker Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd was responsible for the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney injury and called on the government to pursue legal action.Maiden’s managing director, Naresh Kumar Goyal, did not immediately respond to…

Ferozepur/Chandigarh, December 20Eight cops were injured in clashes with members of various farmer unions who allegedly damaged police vehicles and rammed a jeep into security personnel when asked to take an alternative route to the site of a protest against a distillery in Punjab’s Mansurwal village on Tuesday, officials said.The…

New Delhi, December 20Biting cold gripped north India on Tuesday while dense fog caused several accidents, leaving three people dead and 40 injured in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, and forcing a change in school timings in Punjab.Dense to very dense fog engulfed the Indo-Gangetic plains, including Delhi, for the second…

Chandigarh, December 20 Lionel Messi’s yearning to get FIFA World Cup winning title for his country got substantiated when a picture of him surfaced where he could be seen sleeping while embracing the trophy days after Argentina made France bite the dust in high octane clash on Sunday. “Good…

New Delhi, December 20 Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Goa have emerged as best-performing among all states and Union Territories in the Social Progress Index (SPI), while Jharkhand and Bihar as worst, according to a report mandated by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). The report titled ‘Social Progress…

Peshawar/Islamabad, December 20 Pakistan Army’s special forces Tuesday stormed a counter-terrorism centre in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and killed all 33 terrorists, ending a nearly two-day long hostage crisis that had gripped the nation. Two commandos of the special forces were also killed in the rescue operation that was launched…

Mohali, December 20 Over 31 hours of long questioning of Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal by the Income Tax department team at his house in Mohali ended at around 5 pm on Tuesday. The officials have seized several documents but have not shared any information with media. The Income Tax Department…

ANI New Delhi, December 20 Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday targeted Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during a debate in the Lok Sabha and said that his government is “drinking and driving” the state. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who initiated a debate on the call attention motion…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, December 20 Dense to very dense fog engulfed North India, including Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi, for the second morning in a row, affecting rail, air, and road traffic movement. Bathinda and Amritsar reported lowest visibility— ‘zero metre’ —at 0000 hours IST, according to the IMD….

IANS Mumbai, December 20 Film producer and author Twinkle Khanna recently got a chance to speak to Google CEO Sundar Pichai at an event, where she was seen interviewing him. Twinkle shared a slew of pictures with him on Instagram and shared the three things she had learnt from him….

Agra, December 20The Archaeological Survey of India has been asked to pay a water tax of nearly Rs 2 crore, and a property tax of about Rs 1.5 lakh for the Taj Mahal, along with a Rs 5-crore service tax for the Agra Fort, in an apparent first-of-its-kind action by…

Chandigarh, December 20 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that due to dense fog in the morning, all the government and private schools in the state will open at 10am. ਸੂਬੇ ‘ਚ ਪੈ ਰਹੀ ਸੰਘਣੀ ਧੁੰਦ ਕਾਰਨ ਸਕੂਲੀ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ-ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਤੇ ਜਾਨੀ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਦੇ ਮੱਦੇਨਜ਼ਰ ਕੱਲ ਮਿਤੀ…