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New Delhi, November 24 Delhi’s air quality slipped into the very poor category on Wednesday morning as low temperatures and slow surface winds allowed accumulation of pollutants. The city’s air quality index (AQI) read 357 at 9 am. According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of…

New Delhi, November 24 The CBI has filed a chargesheet against Navy Commander Jagdish who was arrested in September in connection with the alleged leakage of confidential information related to procurement and maintenance of naval assets, officials said on Wednesday. They said while two chargesheets had already been filed against…

New Delhi, November 24 India added 9,283 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of Covid cases to 3,45,35,763 while the active cases declined to 1,11,481, the lowest in 537 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,66,584 with 437…

Suri, November 23 Six people were injured as crude bombs were hurled in a clash between two factions of the TMC in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday, local sources said. The incident happened at Gara-Paduma village in Dubrajpur police station area when a team from the Block Development Officer’s…

New Delhi, November 24 Two doses of Covaxin are 50 per cent effective against symptomatic Covid, according to the first real-world assessment of India’s indigenous coronavirus vaccine published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The results of an interim study recently published in The Lancet showed that two doses of…

Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 23 The Union Government on Tuesday listed a Bill to ban all private cryptocurrencies with certain exemptions to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, scheduled to start on November 29. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, listed…

New Delhi, November 23 In a significant comment on the future course of the Covid-19 pandemic, AIIMS- New Delhi chief Randeep Guleria on Tuesday said it was “very unlikely” that India would see a third wave. Editorial: Covid surge in Haryana He predicted that Covid, like swine flu…

Amritsar, November 23 Delhi CM and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal chose not to announce party’s CM candidate for Punjab today, but said he “will disclose the name before other parties do”. He clarified that he would not be the CM face. “No political party is announcing its CM candidate. Even…

Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 23 In a boost to the armed forces, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will get two more satellites allowing it long-distance real-time connectivity, while an India-Russia joint venture to make AK-203 rifles has also been approved. The joint venture is likely to be inked…

Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 23 “Ram Ram, Sat Sri Akal, Namaste” were among a host of courtesies Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned moments after presiding over three new inductions into her party, two from the Congress and one from JDU. West…

New Delhi, November 23 Private players can now run theme-based tourist circuit trains by leasing them from the railways with the freedom to fix fares and amenities under a new service, Bharat Gaurav, which was launched by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday. The railways has allocated around 190 trains…

New Delhi, November 23 A draft law to repeal three controversial agriculture laws and another one to regulate cryptocurrencies are among 26 Bills listed for the winter session of Parliament. The central government’s draft law is a long pending one that bans all private cryptocurrencies in the country and allows…

New Delhi, November 23 The government is likely to bring a bill in the ensuing winter session of Parliament to bar all but a few private cryptocurrencies and create a framework to regulate digital currency issued by the RBI. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, is…

Amritsar, November 23 AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu for “raising” public welfare issues but claimed that he has been facing suppression from both the present and former state chief ministers. Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal and AAP state chief Bhagwant…

Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 23 Four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three contentious farm laws in the ensuing Winter Session of Parliament, Shetkari Sangathan leader Anil Ghanwat on Tuesday said he will organise a rally of one lakh farmers in…