India reported 44,489 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s tally to 92,66,706, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s data on Thursday. With 524 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,35,223 . The overall cases include 4,52,344 active case, 86,79,138 recoveries. There are 85,488 active cases in Maharashtra, the highest in the country followed by 65,234 in Kerala at and38,287 in Delhi. Today is the 19th day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. The last time daily new cases crossed the 50,000-threshold was on November 7. According to the…
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Security has been tightened at Delhi-Haryana border near Faridabad and Singhu village, in view of the farmers’ “Delhi Chalo” protest march from November 26 to November 28. Delhi metro services to and from the National Capital Region (NCR) will be restricted on Thursday till 2 pm. Forces from at least two police stations, besides three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalions, have been deployed at the Delhi-Faridabad border. We are checking every vehicle passing from here. Home Guard jawans are here. Senior officers are making rounds. We are prepared to deal with any situation,” Sub-Inspector Prithviraj Meena told ANI on…
From time immemorial, heredity has been the accepted principle for succession among kingships and monarchies. With the advent of democracy and the abolition of monarchies, rulers are born, as the saying goes, not from the womb of a queen but out of the ballot box. Yet, there are many democracies, including our own, where political families have held sway and have provided leadership, generation after generation. One of the more famous examples of this in India is of the Nehru-Gandhi family, of which the fifth generation is now leading the Congress party, after having ruled it for four generations –…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday ticked off some of the state governments for not coming on board for his government’s prominent schemes and projects and suggested that the Centre will not drop the plans even if they did not cooperate.Prominent among them were the bullet train project, where the Maharashtra government has failed to keep its part of the bargain. During the Pragati meeting with Union and state government officials, Modi asked the railways to complete the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project at least on the Gujarat portion in time, if the issues don’t get resolved for the stretch falling in Maharashtra, sources told…
Apart from this, along with trekking and excursion in buffer, many facilities including Stay Home Scheme will be increased, which will increase tourism as well as provide employment to the people of rural areas adjacent to National Park. He said that to increase tourism in the state, four new tiger safaris including Bandhavgarh will be built in Madhya Pradesh, which will include Kanha, Pench and Satpura. Apart from this, travel in buffers will be encouraged in 24 buffer zones of different tiger reserves of the state. The Chief Minister said that tribal products will be marketed by creating food parks in Bhopal…
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Vijay Sinha was on Wednesday elected as Bihar Assembly Speaker with 126 MLAs voting in favour as against 114 votes for Mahagathbandhan candidate Awadh Bihar Chaudhary. BJP MLA Vijay Sinha was elected as the Speaker of Bihar Assembly with a voice vote. Earlier, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs on Wednesday created ruckus in Bihar Assembly, opposing the voice vote in Speaker election, citing the presence of members of the Legislative Council in the House. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and minister Ashok Choudhary who were present in Assembly are MLCs. RJD MLA Tejashwi Yadav said in…
India wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul on Wednesday said that nobody can that MS Dhoni has shown the way to all wicket-keepers as to how to do the role perfectly in different situations. Rahul’s remark comes as India gets ready to lock horns against Australia in three ODIs, three T20Is, and four Tests. The first ODI will be played on Friday, November 27 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. MS Dhoni had retired from international cricket in August this year. The Virat Kohli-led side will be without the services of Rohit Sharma as the right-handed batsman is currently at the National Cricket…
Himachal Pradesh MP Dr. Gaurav Sharma, who was elected in New Zealand in parliamentary elections -2020, took oath in Sanskrit at the Parliament House in Wallington. In the swearing-in ceremony on 24 November, Gaurav has enhanced the pride of culture of India and Himachal by taking oath in Sanskrit language. Dr. Gaurav Sharma was born on 1 July 1987 in Sundernagar, Mandi. However, Gaurav is originally from Hadeta village in district Hamirpur. Gaurav has studied in Hamirpur, Dharamshala, Shimla and New Zealand. Recently, Gaurav Sharma has won as an MP in the elections held in New Zealand. He had also contested elections earlier in 2017,…
Yamaha Motors has started a new campaign for Indian customers, which is named “Customize your warrior”. Under this, you can now buy your Yamaha MT-15 street bike with 11 new customized color options. Based on the orders received from customers, the company will now make motorcycles. Delivery of the Yamaha MT-15 street bike will start from January 2021 while yellow-wheel models will start coming from March 2021. The Yamaha MT-15 is powered by a 155cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 4-valve, 6-speed transmission, fuel injected engine. This engine is mounted on a delta box frame. It also has the facility of single channel ABS. It costs Rs 1,43,900…
Delhi-NCR and the threat of second wave in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed to impose several new restrictions in the state. This includes night curfew in all towns and cities from 1 December. Also, the penalty for not wearing masks or for not following the rules of social distance has been doubled. The orders will be reviewed on 15 December. It has been said in the order that the opening time of all hotels, restaurants and marriage palaces will also be till 9.30 am. The curfew will be from 10 am to 5 am. The Chief Minister warned the…