Mizoram health workers on indefinite strike over pay, regularisationThe National Health Mission Employees Union of Mizoram (NEUM) said the strike, which was scheduled to be called off on Wednesday, would con...
14 Jul, 2022, 11.51 AM IST
Central teams deployed in 10 states reporting high Omicron cases, slow vaccinationMulti-disciplinary Central teams are to be deployed in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Prade...
25 Dec, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
Households are better off than ever but female foeticide continues unabatedThe national census of 2001 and 2011 contained enormously detailed data on sex ratio at birth (SRB) at the district, tehsil and state level...
09 Dec, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Thousands flee Myanmar for India amid fears of a growing refugee crisisFor more than seven decades, armed conflict, political repression and targeted campaigns against minorities like the Rohingyas have forced ...
20 Oct, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
View: India's security establishment needs a cohesive approachThere’s a storm brewing on the security front, prompted by external and internal factors that need to be understood within a larger securit...
19 Oct, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
263 children test positive; 1,302 new Covid-19 patients in MizoramMizoram has 16,075 active cases of which 263 were children, while 86,213 people have been cured of the disease thus far, including 1,226 on...
07 Oct, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
Cautious optimism on Covid frontIndia has done well on the vaccine development front, with two indigenously developed vaccines in use and several others in the pipeline.
05 Sep, 2021, 11.06 PM IST
Assam puts two districts under total curfewIn revised guidelines, ASDMA said the curfew time in these districts will be round the clock. All work places, business/commercial establis...
28 Jul, 2021, 12.56 AM IST
BJP slams Kerala Minister for supporting Ayesha Sulthana in fighting sedition caseThe BJP in Kerala bashed the state Education Minister V Sivankutty for extending support to filmmaker Ayesha Sulthana, who was recently cha...
14 Jun, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Some states showing very early signs of plateauing in daily new COVID-19 cases: GovtAddressing a news briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said 13 states, including Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra a...
03 May, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
India's Covid-19 tally crosses 3.80 lakh with highest single-day spike of 13,586 casesIndia on Friday saw another record spike of 13,586 new Covid-19 cases in a single-day, pushing the tally to 3,80,532, while the death toll ...
19 Jun, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee tears into the Centre at PMs conference"Why did Mr. Amit Shah need to write a letter and send that to the press? After it was out in the news, people were asking me. What am I su...
12 May, 2020, 08.14 AM IST
How remote areas, tribal hamlets and hill districts are coping with Covid-19 daysThe deadly coronavirus may not have caused havoc in these far-flung pockets, but have hit them hard.
19 Apr, 2020, 06.15 AM IST
Six states to set up Supreme Court-mandated committee to monitor government advertisementsAccording to the SC guidelines, government advertisement campaigns should “not be directed at promoting political interests of a party”. Th...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.25 AM IST