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India is the third worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US and Brazil in terms of cases and deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker that has been compiling coronavirus cases from around the world.

Sebi said the decision to attach the accounts was taken after Mehul Choksi, the uncle of diamantaire Nirav Modi, failed to pay fine imposed on him.

The Punjab government on Friday directed deputy commissioners to ensure zero cases of stubble burning in the upcoming kharif season. Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan also asked the officials to appoint nodal officers at village level to monitor and immediat...

The people opposing NEETJEE exams have nothing to do with students and are protesting for the sake of it rather than with any knowledge of what students want, said a functionary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the BJP students' wing, on Fri...

CCB officials, who questioned Ragini Dwivedi through the day for her alleged links with a drug peddling case, arrested her Friday evening.

: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit condoled the death of seven women in an explosion at a fireworks factory at Kattumannarkoil in Cuddalore district in the state on Friday. Purohit said he was grieved to hear about the explosion that caused th...

Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has invested an undisclosed amount in gaming startup Fantasy Akhada, and will be the brand's face for the next two years, the company said on Friday. Fantasy Akhada founder Amit Purohit said that onboarding of Bhogle as...

India, which is among the largest troop contributors to the UN peacekeeping, will deploy two medical teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan after a request by UN chief Antonio Guterres to scaleup health infrastructure in the areas manag...

Data storage solutions provider Western Digital Corp is betting big on the burgeoning video surveillance market in the country and is lining up solutions to cater to video and AI analytics requirements of the segment, a top company executive said. West...

The Producers Guild of India on Friday called out the media for "peddling" what it termed clickbait journalism following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and trying to paint Bollywood as a murky den of substance abuse and criminality. In a statem...

Private sector IndusInd Bank on Friday said it has raised Rs 3,288 crore through preferential allotment of shares to the promoter group and select investors. At the bank's extraordinary general meeting on August 25, it had received shareholders nod for...

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have derailed the lives of a large part of the population. This is an especially difficult time for those belonging to the middle and lower classes.

Speaking to reporters here, he said not only at the level of consumers, instructions have been given to officials to find out from where it is getting supplied, and the work is in progress.

Assam government is preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) to implement the directives of Gauhati High Court on adherence to COVID19 protocol issued by the health department, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said on...

Whenever we cut down the intake of vegetables in our diet, the body starts showing some signs due to the lack of nutrients. Here are some that you should look out for.

The IIT Alumni Council will set up six research centres to make modern equipment and research tools in six cuttingedge domains available to startups registered with its MegaIncubator initiative. The council is building the world's largest COVID19 testin...