The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, was passed by the Lok Sabha amid a disturbance by opposition MPs on Monday.  The Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has demanded that the Bill be discussed in the House.  On Friday, the three ‘Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021’ was distributed to…Continue Reading

UAE to be first foreign destination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022

In January, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the United Arab Emirates for his first visit of the year 2022. His visit will be centred on the Dubai Expo in the United Arab Emirates, where the India Pavilion has attracted a lot of attention and foot traffic.  As part of the 75th anniversary…Continue Reading

Omicron alert: Government to review resumption of international flights

As concerns mounted over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant spreading to many countries, the Centre on Sunday decided to review the resumption of international flights, introduced stricter guidelines for people travelling from or transiting through “at-risk” countries and issued a slew of directions to the states for ramping up testing-surveillance measures and health facilities. Alert…Continue Reading

Member of the medical staff work in the hallways of the Intensive Care Unit where Covid-19 patients are hospitalised at the Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospital on April 6, 2021, in Brussels.JOHN THYS | AFP | Getty ImagesCovid symptoms linked to the new omicron variant have been described as “extremely mild” by the South African doctor who first…Continue Reading

Dakshina Kannada to resume COVID testing at Karnataka-Kerala border checkpost

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district administration will resume Covid testing at Talapady Checkpost from Monday to conduct RT-PCR test of those coming to the district from Kerala without Covid negative report. In a circular issued on Sunday, the Karnataka government has made Covid negative report mandatory for all those coming from Kerala. Talapady Checkpost on NH…Continue Reading

Roads to be constructed for future, not as relic of past: Kerala HC to state govt

Kochi: Roads should be constructed with an eye on the future and not as relics of the past, the Kerala High Court on Monday said while asking the state government to reconsider a road construction project where the width is proposed to be reduced due to financial constraints. The high court said financial crunch cannot…Continue Reading

Minor earthquake in Tamil Nadu

Chennai/Vellore: An earthquake occurred early on Monday off Tamil Nadu’s northern town of Vellore, the National Centre for Seismology said while district authorities said a house in a village suffered some damage. The earthquake was of the magnitude of 3.6, and it occurred on Monday at ’04:17:22 IST’ at a depth of 25 kilometres and…Continue Reading

India reports 8,309 new Covid cases; active cases decline

New Delhi: With 8,309 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,45,80,832, while the active cases have declined to 1,03,859, the lowest in 544 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,68,790 with 236 daily…Continue Reading

Here’s Why a Covid Patient’s Facebook Page Became Spot for Horrible Online Attacks After His Death

Before he died of COVID-19 in September, Nick Bledsoe was not shy about publicly sharing his opposition to masks and vaccines on Facebook. In April, Bledsoe, an auto mechanic from Opelika, Alabama, added a frame declaring “I don’t care if you’ve had your vaccine” to his profile photo and urged his father not to get…Continue Reading