Daily Archives: August 6, 2021
India logs 44,643 new Covid cases, 464 more deaths
NEW DELHI: India recorded 44,643 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,18,56,757, while the active cases registered...
Incidents of judges being threatened ‘serious’, says Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday termed "serious” the incidents of judges being threatened and asked the states to file status...
LS passes law to nullify retrospective tax, Central Universities (Amendment) Bill
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that aims to nullify the relevant retrospective tax...
Black farm laws must go, says Rahul as leaders of opposition parties take part...
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said discussions on farm laws won’t do and these legislations must be repealed.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will now be known as the...
Don’t maintain record of phone interceptions: Centre
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing parliamentary deadlock over the Pegasus snooping row, the government on Thursday said it did not maintain records of...
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged for 7th time in a row; repo rate retained...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained...
Indian women’s hockey team signs off 4th at Olympics after narrow loss
TOKYO: The history-making Indian women's hockey team's dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as it lost 3-4 to Great...
Lt Governor launches much-awaited Jammu & Kashmir’s Film Policy-2021
J&K regaining its proud legacy of association with the world of cinema; Its golden era of filmmaking to be back again: LG