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NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil is Maharashtra’s new home minister

Patil, who currently holds the labour and excise portfolios, was given the charge of Maharashtra home department following the resignation of Anil Deshmukh.

Kejriwal writes to PM Modi seeking relaxed norms, removal of age limit for Covid vaccine

In his letter to PM Modi Monday, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asserted that all people in Delhi can be given the Covid vaccine within three months if requisite permission is granted.

Modi govt taking stock of remdesivir availability amid Covid surge, reports of drug shortage

With vaccines having largely been in focus over the past few months, Modi govt checks for availability of remdesivir, the drug that is part of India's Covid treatment protocol.

This is how a training panel for civil services will revamp HR practices in Modi govt

The Modi government has approved the formation of the Capacity Building Commission. It will supervise all existing training institutes of the government.

Restaurants, night clubs fined in Delhi for not following Covid norms

According to police, in South East district, 10 FIRs were registered and 330 people fined for not wearing face mask, not maintaining social distancing and spitting in public places.

Maharashtra govt announces night curfew, only essential services allowed from 8 pm to 7 am

Maharashtra reported 49,447 new Covid cases and 277 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

Govt stops fresh registration of health, frontline workers for Covid vaccine to check ‘frauds’

Decision to stop registration taken after govt database shows 24% jump in healthcare workers registering for the shot, possibly including ineligible beneficiaries.

Ahead of 6 April elections in Kerala, EC bans customary poll campaign finale Kottikalasham

Based on the request of the state Chief Electoral Officer, the Election Commission has approved the move. The finale is marked by celebrations and immense participation of crowds.

Gujarat Assembly passes bill penalising forcible religious conversion by marriage

The bill amended a 2003 law which penalises religious conversion through coercion or allurement and provides a 10-year jail term for violating it.

Despite lockdown, national highway construction hits all-time high of 36.4 km/day in 2020-21

Highways ministry built 13,298 km in 2020-21, up from 10,237 km in 2019-20. However, road construction has not crossed Gadkari's 2017 target of 40 km/day.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?