May 28, 2021

NEW DELHI:  The Centre on Wednesday rubbished a report by The New York Times that said India’s official COVID-19 death and case counts are much less than the actual figures. Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the Union ministry of health and…

NEW DELHI: Heat wave events have been gradually increasing in the country in the last three decades with 660 such events causing 12,273 fatalities, said a research paper. "The heat wave events have shown a rising trend, whereas no…

Flinders University experts have warned against disrupted sleep that can be linked to cognitive dysfunction. The researchers discovered that it is advisable that men aged 65 and over should monitor their slumber patterns and seek…

New Delhi , May 21 Prices of petroleum products continued their upward trend and petrol price neared Rs 100 per litre in Mumbai. In Delhi, petrol price have gone up to Rs Rs93.68 a litre and diesel to Rs84.61 per litre. In Mumbai price…

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , May 27  Young rising India paddler Preyesh Raj Suresh made his way into the quarterfinals at the 2021 WTT Youth Star Contender Tunis on Thursday with a thrilling 3-2 win against Sweden's David Bjorkryd. Playing…

London , May 27  Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men's team, has said that the England and Wales Cricket (ECB) are not planning to change their schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The suspended 14th…

Kingston, May 27 Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, and former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will be playing in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in August-September. The CPL…

Osijek (Croatia), May 27   Former world champion Tejaswini Sawant on Thursday topped the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section of the 50m rifle prone event at the European Shooting Championship here. Tejaswini, 40, in her first MQS…

Washington DC , May 28   US-India strategic partnership will help to end the COVID-19 pandemic, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time). "I met today with India's Minister Jaishankar. Our…

Chandigarh (Punjab) , May 28   With as many as 188 cases of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) reported in the state so far, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a ramp-up of stocks of alternate drugs to treat the…

Washington, May 27 (Sputnik) The death toll in a shooting at a rail yard in California's San Jose has risen to nine, excluding the gunman himself, media reported on Thursday, citing local authorities. Previous reports indicated that the…

Bhubaneswar, May 27 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha and West Bengal tomorrow to make an aerial survey of the areas hit by cyclone Yaas and also review the impact of the cyclone. Official sources said the…

Just before the 43rd meeting of GST Council today, Jharkhand FM has raised a demand for Rs. 1561 crore for the state. Though the meeting will be held virtually, several important issues will be discussed and most state Finance Ministers…

Dubai, May 27 (UNI) Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg), debutant Varinder Singh (60kg) and Vikas Krishan (69kg) advanced to the semifinals, assuring India of record-breaking 15 medals at the ongoing 2021 Asian Boxing Championships,…

Bengaluru, May 27 (UNI) Indian women's hockey team forward Navneet Kaur has said that she can't wait to play her first Olympic event this summer and is confident about her side having a memorable outing in Tokyo. The 25-year-old has been…

Shimla, May 28 (UNI) A 102-year-old woman, hailing from Kinnuar district of Himachal Pradesh, was cured and discharged from the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, here on Thursday. IGMC Superintendent Dr Janak Raj informed that…

New Delhi, May 28, ANI: The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court In the High Court of Justice Commonwealth of Dominica on Friday put a stay on the repatriation of India-born fugitive Mehul Choksi from Dominica. "This order is to be served…

New Delhi, May 27(UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said he has a "big agenda" for India-US relation and would see to translate the fundamental converges between the two sides into actionable policies. Jaishankar in…

New Delhi, May 27 (UNI) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that the Cyclonic storm Yaas which has weakened into ‘Deep Depression’ on Wednesday evening, had been moving towards Jharkhand and Bihar. According…

New Delhi, May 27 (UNI) Trade ministers from the Group of seven industrialized nations are set to hold a two-day online meeting from Thursday to discuss ways to reform the World Trade Organization. Britain, which holds this year's G-7…