Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) anti-Covid-19 drug will be sold at Rs 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), officials said on Friday. The Hyderabad-based pharma company, however, will provide the medicine to Centre and state government at a discounted price. The first batch of DRDO’s anti-Covid-19 drug was released on May 17 […]

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, the Arunachal Pradesh government on Friday decided to extend the on-going lockdown in the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) for 7 more days. The lockdown is also likely to extend in Tawang, Lower Subansiri, Namsai, Upper Subansiri, Lohit and Anjaw districts. The lockdown which was supposed to end on May 31, […]

Bengaluru police on Friday shot and foiled an escape bid by the four arrested Bangladesi criminals who had stripped and sexually abused a girl from their country whom they had trafficked into India. The four men and an woman accomplice who were arrested by the Bengaluru police yesterday were taken to their rented accommodation by […]

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Arunachal Pradesh received 160 cylinders of medical oxygen, cumulatively weighing about 40 litres, Chief Minister Pema Khandu informed on Friday. In a tweet, Khandu thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Harsha Vardhan for the same and said support from the Centre motivates them to do their best […]

After Twitter raised concerns about “potential threat to freedom of expression” over the new IT rules, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has asked the microblogging company to “stop beating around the bush” and “comply with the laws of the land”. In a statement on Thursday, MeitY asserted that India had a “glorious tradition […]

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) stormed into the Asian Boxing Championship finals after notching up grueling victory in the last four stage bouts, on Thursday. Mary Kom prevailed 4-1 over Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg. It has taken a lot to adjust to the humid weather here. Today, I was a bit slow in the […]

Ludhiana based Youtuber, Paras Singh was brought to Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar on Thursday evening over the objectionable comments he had made against Arunachal MLA Ninong Ering. Paras, who has found himself in the midst of a racial abuse case was brought to Itanagar at around 8:45 pm. A three-member special investigation team (SIT) led […]

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday informed that as many as 1,86,364 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest daily new cases reported in the last 44 days. The daily positivity rate has also gone down to 9 per cent, the […]

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed that the 24 states have reported a decline in active coronavirus cases since last week and asserted that the national recovery rate touching 90 per cent is a positive indication. Speaking at a press briefing, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at Union Health Ministry, said: “24 states have reported […]

The Assam government has raised its stake in Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) to 26% from the initial level of 12.35%, said chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma at a media conference on Thursday. “Govt of Assam today raised its stake in NRL to 18.59%; another 7.41% shall be acquired in near future. Total investment of […]