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The court was deciding on an appeal challenging an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court affirming their conviction and sentence under the NDPS Act.

Not wearing masks on railway premises now punishable under Railway Act, fine up to ₹500: Railways

The order also said that this would come into immediate effect for a period of six months till further instructions are issued in this regard.

COVID-19: Sonia Gandhi presses for reducing immunisation age to 25 years and above

The Congress president urges the government to waive GST on medicine and medical equipment, provide ₹6,000 per month to the needy families, among other things.

Coronavirus | Centre to depute 25 doctors, 75 paramedics from paramilitary forces in Gujarat

Gujarat is one of the States from where a high number of COVID-19 cases are being reported during the second wave of the pandemic

PM Modi seeks curtailment of Kumbh Mela amid surge in COVID-19 cases

‘I made a suggestion that now that the Shahi Snans were done, the rest of the events could be undertaken in a symbolic way,’ he tweeted about his conversation with Swami Awadeshananda Giri.

Coronavirus live updates | Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju tests positive

Sonia calls for reducing immunisation age to 25; Centre to depute 25 doctors, 75 paramedics from paramilitary forces in Gujarat

Coronavirus | After Maharashtra’s plea, Railways develops policy to transport liquid medical oxygen

It will be transported in cryogenic containers

Meth, gold and arms — How Assam Rifles is trying to stop them from entering Mizoram

The Assam Rifles faces the twin challenges of checking smuggling and preventing illegal crossings into Mizoram even while overseeing the much-delayed and ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. Dinakar Peri reports on the paramilitary force

Highest ever single-day surge of 63,729 cases in Maharashtra

Spike of over 11,000 cases in Pune, 8,803 in Mumbai

Assembly Elections 2021 | Cash, other freebies seizures top ₹1,000 crore

Tamil Nadu tops with inducements worth ₹446.28 crore recovered.

U.S. pullout a big step, must ensure democracy prevails in Afghanistan, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister calls for a ‘responsible drawdown’ of American and NATO forces.

1,189 samples tested positive for variants

RTPCR tests did not miss U.K., Brazil, South Africa and Double Mutant variants: Ministry

Coronavirus | India adds over 2.33 lakh cases, more than 1,300 deaths

Maharashtra leads with 63,729 infections, followed by U.P. and Delhi

Rahul slams Modi government’s COVID-19 strategy

After imposing a ‘Tughlaqi lockdown,’ Centre is now banking on divine intervention to fight the virus, he says

Coronavirus | Former Union Law Minister writes to CJI on worsening pandemic

Calling for curbs on ‘super spreader’ gatherings, Ashwani Kumar said, ‘The right to life stands at the pinnacle in the hierarchy of constitutional rights’

ISRO espionage case | CBI probe will expose real culprits, says V. Muraleedharan

The Minister of State for External Affairs calls on former space scientist Nambi Narayanan

Coronavirus | Gujarat High Court asks State government to publish data on COVID-19 tests, deaths

Concealment will lead to panic among public, says division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav Karia.

Coronavirus | Centre promises more oxygen, ventilators for U.P., Chhattisgarh

Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen

The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt. Ltd. appoints Krishna Prasad as Group Editorial Officer

He will play a guiding role on content management across all the publications, working with the editors and the business and technical teams to drive THG’s digital transformation.

Coronavirus | Govt. taking all steps to accelerate remdesivir production: Union Minister

The production of remdesivir has gone up from 28 lakh vials per month to 41 lakh vials per month during the last week, says D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Adolescent girls grappled with increased pressure to get married, more gender-based violence during pandemic: Study

‘COVID In Her Voice: A Girl-led and Centred Participatory Research Study also found girls spent longer hours on household chores and lacked tools to continue school education online.

CICSE defers class X, XII exams in view of surge in COVID-19 cases

In light of the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases, the Class X and XII exams were to be held from May 4.

Coronavirus | Prakash Javadekar tests positive

Recently Union Labor minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went into quarantine after testing positive.

We are continuously ignored by govt., say Pandits in Kashmir

Report speaks of alienation among community members who remain in Valley

U.K. approves Nirav Modi’s extradition in PNB fraud case

The findings of the court were sent to the U.K. Home Department as per which it cleared the extradition.

70% of trains operational now: Railways

No State govt. has asked for services to be stopped; passengers provided details on IRCTC portal

India remains badly placed to tackle COVID spread, says Fitch Solutions

The agency flags inadequate public spending in healthcare.

Coronavirus | Union Ministries, PSUs told to make beds available for COVID-19 management

To work with State, district authorities to provide treatment.

Coronavirus | Haffkine Bio-Pharma targets 22.8 crore Covaxin vials a year

It will be at least a year before the company begins actual production.

Ashok Leyland delivers first lot of light bullet proof vehicles to Indian Air Force

Developed using ‘transfer of technology’ from Lockheed Martin, the vehicles are completely made in India.

Coronavirus | PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical grade oxygen

The PMO said that an overview of district-level situation in these States was presented to the Prime Minister.

Coronavirus | SII CEO appeals to U.S. seeking lifting of embargo on export of raw material for vaccine

The appeal comes when WHO urged countries in South-East Asia Region to apply all tools to prevent further infections and save lives.

Met office forecasts normal monsoon

Except for parts of east and northeastern India, many parts of the country are expected to get even ‘above normal’ rainfall.

Natwar Singh meets Modi, triggers speculation

It is learnt reliably that the Prime Minister discussed a number of issues during the meeting which lasted for half an hour.

Give safe passage to Myanmar journalists: Manipur scribes’ forum

Three journalists working with a multimedia news organisation have fled the military junta and taken shelter in border town Moreh

Former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha passes away at 68

He earlier headed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Railway Protection Force and was appointed the CBI chief in December 2012 for a fixed tenure of two years.

Coronavirus updates | April 16, 2021

India added a record 2,17,353 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,42,91,917, while active cases surpassed the 15-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday, April 16, 2021

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