Addressing a press conference on the pandemic situation, an official said 71 districts reported Covid case positivity rate of more than 10% in the week from 23-29 June.
As a part of the package to support the pandemic-hit economy, the Modi govt has announced a slew of measures as states start lifting restrictions due to declining Covid cases.
Once a hub for food and social activity, the 20-odd eateries in JNU are barely able to meet operational costs, let alone turn profit, as Covid has kept most customers off campus.
Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation surrounding Covid shots have been widespread in MP's Jhabua district. But the administration has successfully used an old custom to fix that.
It’s not the first time that India has voiced concern over OPEC’s output policy. In Jan, Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said OPEC's policy was 'creating confusion for consuming countries'.
Court observes that while vaccination was need of the hour, use of force or coercion was against Constitutional rights. Meghalaya has made vaccination a must for business resumption.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
COMMENTS