Tokyo Olympics: India’s official theme song ‘Lakshya Tera Samne Hai’ released

Ahead of the Tokyo Games, the official Olympic theme song for the Indian contingent was launched on Wednesday. Mohit Chauhan has composed and sung the song titled “Lakshya Tera Samne Hai”. “The event saw Union Minister Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju attending as chief guest,” the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said in a […]

Indian flag installed at UNSC as India begins eighth term as non-permanent member

The Indian national flag was installed at the United National Security Council (UNSC) stakeout on Monday as India has started its tenure at the UN body for the eighth time as a non-permanent member. “As India assumes the membership of the Security Council for the eighth time, it is an honour for me as the […]

India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations

Continuing a 30-year practice, India and Pakistan on Friday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits the two countries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and […]

COVID-19: Another biggest single-day spike in India; 6,088 new cases reported in 24 hours

India registered a spike of 6,088 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, making it the highest single-day rise here since the start of the pandemic, according to figures released by the Health Ministry on Friday. As many as 148 new deaths have also been registered. India’s tally now stands at 1,18,447 cases, 3,583 deaths […]

COVID-19 cases rise to 42,836 in India; 2,573 cases reported in last 24 hours

A total of 2,573 new COVID-19 cases and 83 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 42,836 in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. The total number of cases include 29,685 active cases, 11,762 cured/discharged/migrated and 1,389 deaths. “2,573 new cases […]

With 1,684 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in India, tally crosses 23,000-mark

With 1,684 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, India’s novel coronavirus count has increased to 23,077, according to the latest Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. A total of 4,748 people have been cured of coronavirus in India so far, taking the recovery rate to 20.57 per cent, said the Union Ministry of […]

Coronavirus: India all set for lockdown extension?

There are strong indications that Prime Minister Modi may announce the extension of lockdown till April 30th. The same has been almost confirmed by the likes of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who tweeted that the Prime Minister has taken a correct decision to extend the lockdown. This comes after PM Modi and chief ministers […]

Total COVID-19 cases in India rise to 1,637, death toll at 38

In the biggest spike since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, as many as 386 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. With this the total number of positive cases in the country has risen to 1,637. According to the Union Health Ministry, the spike in the number of cases is due […]

As confirmed COVID-19 cases in India near 300 mark, ICMR ropes in private labs for testing

As India prepares for a nation-wide ‘janata curfew’ on March 22nd, 98 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in India in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases nears the 300-mark. The ministry of health has announced that as many as 111 new labs will start functioning from today in the […]