The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit (Representative image, AP)PUNE: The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S-gene drop, researchers involved in tracking the virus in India said on Sunday. The…Continue Reading
‘Administration in a shambles; no Speaker chosen in 10 months’ Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil. File photo ‘Administration in a shambles; no Speaker chosen in 10 months’ The Maharashtra Government cannot keep functioning in the face of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s continuing absence, said BJP State president Chandrakant Patil while expressing dissatisfaction over no…Continue Reading
Supreme Court of India. (File) The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a scheme of the then ruling AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu granting a waiver of outstanding crop loans, medium-term (agriculture) loans, and long-term (farm sector) loans issued to small and marginal farmers. The top court said that it is settled law that a scheme…Continue Reading
A tax tribunal has held that domestic taxes cannot be levied if a company doesn’t have any presence in India, offering much needed clarity for companies with advertising income. The tax tribunal was ruling in the case of ESPN, the sports channel, versus the tax authorities. The Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that…Continue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday said a candidate, as a matter of right, cannot claim allocation of cadre of his/her choice, after qualifying the civil services examination.Citing the Rajiv Yadav case, a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian said the allocation of cadre is not a matter of right.It noted it was held…Continue Reading
Delhi, India (CNN)As India’s brutal second coronavirus wave ravaged the country this spring, Ankit Srivastava went from hospital to hospital, trying to find help for his ailing mother.But hospitals in the Indian city of Varanasi had run out of space, oxygen, medicine, tests — everything. “They told us everywhere was bad and people were lying…Continue Reading