India

The Union health ministry reviewed preparations under the recently approved Rs 23,123 crore 'India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package (ECRP): Phase II'.

Among those employed after getting trained under the Skill India initiatives, the salary bracket ranges from Rs 10,000 to Rs 18,000 a month on average.

University Grant Commission (UGC) has urged colleges, universities to implement the National Academic Depository (NAD) to store information in a digital format.

In 2017, Rajiv Pratap Rudy ferried then cabinet colleague Ananth Kumar, Smriti Irani and Ajay Tamta from Ahmedabad to Delhi to attend the wedding of Ravi Shankar Prasad's daughter.

China wants to develop these projects to gain access to certain countries and use them as military bases or as a benchmark of Chinese expertise.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the Ridge weather station recorded 107.4 mm precipitation between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded 26.1 mm rainfall.

Gujarat’s SakkarBaug Zoo in Junagadh is the only breeding centre for Asiatic lions and 50 lion cubs born in five years.

The prime minister advised his colleagues to come well-prepared for the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.

Justice Rekha Palli took on record the statement made by government counsel Naushad Khan on a petition filed by Delhi Wellness Spa Association for re-opening of spas.

The high court said despite specific directions on January 28 that the digital crowd funding platform be made operational by March 31, it has not been done.

The BMC will start with 35 centers across Mumbai, which will vaccinate pregnant women.

Deshmukh's lawyer Kamlesh Ghumre also alleged that the ED investigation looks more like harassment than a genuine probe.

Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee's election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12.

Modi spoke over the phone with Solih and assured him of India's commitment to supporting the Maldives in the fight against the pandemic.

Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla asked states and Union Territories to issue strict directions on crowd control failing which restrictions would be reinstated.

The STF arrested JMB operatives Najiur Rahman, Rabiul Islam and Sabir from Haridevpur area in south Kolkata on Sunday. They are Bangladeshi nationals who had used forged documents to get a room on rent.