The Centre on Tuesday took the final decision to cancel the Class XII examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) deliberating on the worsening situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country amid the second wave. The call to cancel the board exams was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra…
The BRICS group of countries seeks an equitable multipolar international system that identifies the sovereign equality of all states and respects their territorial integrity, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while addressing a virtual meeting on Monday which consisted of Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. During the meeting, Jaishankar along with the counterparts from the four…
The total caseload of Covid-19 in the state of Karnataka has dropped down to less than 3 lakh, as the state recorded a decline in fresh cases of 14,304 and 464 fatalities. Though, the total number of cases stands at 26,18,735 and the toll was 29,554. The total number of recoveries in the day is…
The Covid-19 vaccination drive has gained pace in the state of Karnataka in a period of over last 10 days with the state health minister D K Sudhakar iterating that the programme is as per the planned schedule with over 24 lakh doses jabbed in the capital city of Bengaluru alone. According to the official…
An aircraft carrying the consignment of 184 oxygen concentrators reached India from Ukraine on Monday morning, as the country is in the middle of the ongoing crisis of the Covid-19 second wave. Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) tweeted, “Thank Ukraine for first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators that arrived early…
India may soon commence with testing a vaccination routine which consists of two doses from distinct Covid-19 vaccines, with the objective to review if the vaccine-mix up will enhance the immune reaction to the virus, according to reports of news agency ANI, quoted by Dr NK Arora, chairman, Covid-19 working group under National Technical Advisory…
Balasubramaniam Shyam, currently working as the Consul General of India, Osaka-Kobe Japan has been selected as India’s next Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland. According to a release from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), B Shyam will take over with the new assignment at the earliest. B Shyam had joined the Indian Foreign Service…
The Karnataka High Court has taken the call of commencing the live streaming of the court and case proceedings on the online video streaming and social media platform YouTube. The first live stream was released on YouTube on the page of Karnataka High Court’s official YouTube page on May 31. The first hearing which went…
There is no clear proof or evidence whatsoever to point out whether or not Covid-19 was a zoonotic infection or has a laboratory-based origin, revealed Dr Raman Gangahedkar, ex-head scientist, Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). In an interview with ANI, Gangahedkar said, “We must remember that if you…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the spirit and the courage of the people who endured through the two cyclones in 10 days. While addressing the nation on Mann ki Baat, PM Modi said, “In this difficult and extraordinary situation of calamity, the way the people of all the states affected by the cyclones…
