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Noida Metro to Charge Rs 500 Fine to Commuters Without Face Mask, Rs 100 for Spitting
The services of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro, also known as the Aqua Line, are set to resume from Monday after a gap of five months with several anti-COVID precautions.
Next Three Months Challenging Due to Sharper Spike in Covid-19 Cases: Maharashtra CM
CM Uddhav Thackeray said the government will issue directives for more oxygen production in the state for medical use in view of the outbreak.
BJP Announces 70-member Steering Committee Headed by Nityanand Rai Ahead of Bihar Assembly Polls
The Union minister of state for home affairs has been made chairman-cum-convenor of the committee, while the party's state unit general secretary Devesh Kumar will be its co-convenor, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said.
Pooling 5 Samples for Covid-19 Detection by RT-PCR May Be Acceptable Strategy: Study
According to the study, given the evolving strategies for testing worldwide which now also include testing asymptomatic individuals with pertinent contact history, the load of sample testing has grown manifold in laboratories.
India's Security Would Be Maintained in 'Extended Neighbourhood' as Well: Gen Bipin Rawat
Rawat also said that India values its emerging relationship with the US and cherishes its traditional relationship with Russia, adding the country shares a mature and robust defence and security framework with both these powers.
PM Drops Question Hour, But Forces Students to Give Answers in JEE & NEET Exams: Owaisi
The Hyderabad MP said he did not whether parties can raise questions on COVID-19 crisis and have debates on what's happening in eastern Ladakh in Parliament as there is no Question Hour.
Professor Seeks 'Justice' for Sushant Singh Rajput on Teachers' Day
As the nation celebrates Teachers' Day, Sushant Singh Rajput's professor remembers a talented student who has gone too soon.
Automobile Scrappage Policy in Final Stages, Centre’s Approval Could Come This Month: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that the scrappage policy is expected to receive Centre's approval in a month's time or even earlier.
Nat'l Teachers' Award 2020: Wins for 'Selfless' MCD Teacher & a Principal Who Introduced Global Citizenship Curriculum
Surender Singh, who has been a teacher with schools of the North MCD for the last 21 years, has an exceptional record. For the last five times, he has been in-charge of fifth-graders in his school, over 160 of his students cleared the entrance to Rajkiya...
Mumbai Activist Files Police Complaint After Kangana Ranaut's Series of Tweets
The complaint comes after Kangana Ranaut's comments on Mumbai Police, the film industry and related issues that have stoked a major political row in the state.
Epic Games Asks Court To Prevent What It Describes As Apple's 'retaliation'
Epic Games said late on Friday that it has asked a court to stop what it saw as Apple Inc's retaliation against the "Fortnite" creator after the iPhone maker terminated Epic Games' account on its App Store.
Congress Urges PM, Defence Minister to Take Nation into Confidence on India-China Border Row
The Opposition party's demand comes a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei Fenghe held an over two-hour-long meeting in Moscow with a focus on easing escalating border tension in eastern Ladakh.
Delhi Man Duped Women of Lakhs by Posing as UK Citizen on Matrimonial Site; Arrested
A woman transferred Rs 1,21,900 into his bank account and after receiving the money, he stopped taking her calls, police said.
British Newspapers Distribution Hit By Extinction Rebellion Blockade
The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdoch's News UK, the publisher of The Times and The Sun.
NIA Charge-sheets 2 for Stealing Hardware From Under-construction Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Sumit Kumar Singh of Bihar's Munger district and Daya Ram of Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district were chargesheeted on Friday under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, an NIA spokesperson said.
Lockdown Protesters Defy Police As Australia Coronavirus Cases Ease
Protesters against a COVID19 lockdown defied police in Australia's hotspot on Saturday, prompting 15 arrests, even as the state of Victoria continued its gradual improvement in stemming new cases due to the nearly five weeks of restrictions.