New Delhi

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan that states cannot change the rules of the University Grants Commission as only the UGC is empowered to prescribe rules for conferring degree.

Sanjiv Chaturvedi had approached the CAT seeking direction for Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to pass appropriate orders on a NOC given by Uttarakhand state government in December 2019, allowing him to join the Lok...

A landslide in the early hours of Friday and a plane crash at night left the state in shock as several lives were lost in these accidents.

Unanimously voting to maintain the status quo, the MPC said it expects the headline inflation to remain elevated in the second quarter of 2021.

The Wednesday bulletin said the total number of cases climbed to 1,40,232. The positive rate stood at 6.4 per cent while the recovery rate was nearly 90 per cent.

The move comes after the government noticed that disciplinary proceedings were being deferred or delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Singh (64) died in a Singapore hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailments, on Saturday.

Modi said the New Education Policy-2020 announced earlier this week emphasises on inter-disciplinary study, which will ensure that the focus is on what the student wants to learn.

The health ministry said the GoM's decision has been communicated to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for further action needed to facilitate the export of indigenously manufactured ventilators.

With 36,569 patients discharged in 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has jumped to 10,94,374 on Saturday and exceed active COVID-19 cases by 5,29,271,the ministry said.

The plea by Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie and N Ram comes days before the Supreme Court is slated to take up two contempt petitions against Bhushan for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the judiciary.

The party has said resources should now be focussed on curbing the Covid-19 crisis and tackling floods in the state instead of holding the polls.

Before resumption of domestic passenger flights in May, the Delhi International Airport Limited had installed eight UV tunnels outside the entry gates in the departure forecourt area of Terminal 3.

Herd immunity occurs when a large number of people, usually 70% to 90%, become immune to a contagious disease after being infected to it.

Surjewala also alleged that the Modi government''s response of Rs 20 lakh crore-package towards the coronavirus pandemic was a "hogwash", which turned into an "empty formality".

The BMC said higher prevalence in slums could be due to population density and shared common facilities, such as toilets and drinking water sources.