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An engineer's Covid lockdown love story ends with triple murder in AssamAssam triple murder: The accused is a engineering graduate (mechanical) from Central Institute of Technology, Kolkata, according to the pol...
BJP tally in Rajya Sabha likely to go up by 1 next year: ReportAs many as 78 MPs will be completing their term in 2022. Prominent among them are Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Mukh...
Covid-19: Northeastern states on alert, Assam government rules out lockdown or curfew for nowStating that there is no need for a lockdown and night curfew, Sarma said, “Last time we did lockdown to bring back people from different p...
Leadership issues troubled Congress in 2020, caused their electoral fortunes further declineAs the country remained in the grip of the pandemic, the Congress saw major upheaval as senior leaders raised a banner of revolt demanding ...
‘Backward’ states beat developed ones in bringing down Covid positivity rateA positivity rate of 5% or below over a 14-day period is considered a ‘green zone’ where a state can safely relax lockdown measures. Anythi...
12-hour night curfew in Assam; 2-week lockdown imposed in GuwahatiThe government will enforce a complete lockdown in other towns and municipal areas on weekends from June 27 every week till the COVID-19 ou...
Lockdown, Day 70: India faces a paradigm shiftIn some good news, CMIE data showed that improved labour market conditions have added 21 million jobs last month.
Lockdown, Day 69: Unlock 1.0 unleashes the bullsIn other news, a debate has started over the speculation that epidemiologists may not have been properly consulted before imposing the dras...
Lockdown, Day 64: Hopes high, spirits downIn other news, Sensex jumped 996 points led by massive gains in banking and IT stocks with Axis Bank leading the pack.
Lockdown, Day 60: One less thing to worryIn some good news for Indians stranded overseas, government hinted at resuming international flights by August.
Lockdown, Day 57: Jet, set, goThe government is slowly charting out ways to bring back life on track even as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. After a two-month long sh...
Lockdown, Day 56: 100 to 1 lakh in 64 daysIn some good news, a vaccine test in the US has everyone excited, after Moderna's experimental vaccine produced protective antibodies in a ...
Maharashtra, Karnataka let liquor shops restart biz, but Kerala waitsTipplers in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Assam, waiting with bated breath for liquor shops to open amid the Covid-19 lockdown, finally got th...
Essentials not the biggest headache: Study shows most people find plight of poor, economic crisis more stressfulIn the study, which was conducted in 10 states, a majority of the respondents felt that the government’s response had been adequate and now...
Attendees of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz who fail to self declare will face case of willful disobedience: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that those residents of Assam who are willing to come to the state post lockdown will be reg...
Lockdown, week 3: New week unravels a fresh virus hotspotMeanwhile, on lifting the lockdown, ICMR said that it would depend on the doubling rate of infections this week and also identification of ...
Day 11 of lockdown sees a 355 case spikeIn spite of all the bad news around, there still seems to be hope, economist Arvind Panagariya believes that India could turn its economy a...
Assam unit of the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation opposes banks' normal functioning amid Covid outbreak“The Government should not lose sight of the plight of these unsung warriors of the economic ecosystem of our country who toils hard at eve...
Kerala becomes the 4th state to impose statewide lockdownVijayan convened a high-level meeting of officials and cabinet ministers to take stock of the prevailing situation after the infection spre...
Assam to be under lockdown from 6 pm on Tuesday till March 31The state border will be sealed and no vehicles, barring those on essential duties, will be allowed, the minister added.