India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving at Hakimpet Air Force station in an IAF flight from Pune in the afternoon, an official memo issued by the Telangana Chief Secretary on Thursday night said.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 93,09,787 and the death toll climbed to 1,35,715 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 492 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country.

His statement came a few days after Telangana BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar came under fire for saying the saffron party would conduct a "surgical strike" against "Rohingyas and Pakistanis" after it wins the post of Mayor.

The lease of the two drones came in the midst of India's plans to procure up to 30 weaponised versions of the Sea Guardian drones from the US to bolster the Navy's overall surveillance capabilities in the Indian Ocean Region.

SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal had resigned from the Union Cabinet in September in protest against three farm sector bills, which later got the President's assent after being passed by Parliament.

State Immunisation Officer Suresh Seth said Delhi has sufficient equipment for vaccines that can be stored at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius and those that need minus 15 to minus 25 degrees Celsius.

The two of them are contesting the upcoming GHMC election on TDP tickets. Farhana is contesting from Begumpet division, while Rekha is contesting from Ramgopalpet division.

Universities and schools across the country were closed on March 16, when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. A nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25.

The Constituent Assembly of India had adopted the Constitution on this day in 1949, and the Modi government decided in 2015 to observe this day annually as the Constitution Day.

The former Karnataka home minister finds himself behind bars in the IMA Ponzi scheme case, his image severely dented and, more importantly, his sympathy with the public markedly waned.

Aviva expects to pay a total 2020 dividend that is a third less than before the coronavirus outbreak and is exploring options for its remaining continental European and Asian businesses, the British insurer said on Thursday.

The submission was made in response to the court's query whether the Delhi government was going to impose night curfew, which has been permitted in the latest guidelines issued by the Centre on November 25.

Emerging markets have surged on the prospect that coronavirus vaccines will become widely available soon, but analysts think the rally is overplayed given the risks from slower rollouts for some economies that could delay their recoveries.

The announcement by Home Minister Narottam Mishra came a day after UP government approved a draft ordinance to curb forcible conversions, including those for the sake of marriage, which could put violators in jail for up to 10 years.

An SC bench fixed a plea filed by several women officers, who were not selected for grant of permanent commission for further hearing in December

Zargar is out on bail in the case and gave birth to a child on October 12. The Delhi High Court had granted her bail on June 23 on humanitarian grounds as she was 23-weeks pregnant then.