The workers who are “tunnelling experts” are among the 300-odd migrant workforce who will be brought back by second week of July from five states, officials working with the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) said.

Stop creating obstructions, hindrances in patrolling patters of Indian troops, Indian envoy Vikram Misri tells China; rejects Beijing claim to Galwan valley

According to Nitin Patel, who also holds the Health portfolio, private laboratories have been testing an average of 500 people per day. The decision to slash the rates came after a chief ministerial level meeting on Wednesday.

Federation of Indian Export Organisation’s (FIEO’s) President, Sharad Kumar Saraf, and Director General, Ajay Sahai, hinted on Thursday that a “blanket ban” may not be feasible. The India Cellular and Electronics Association and the Automotive Component Manufacturers

The pending exams for Class 12 in CBSE-affiliated schools included 12 core subjects — Business Studies, Geography, Hindi (Core), Hindi (Elective), Home Science, Sociology, Computer Science (Old), Computer Science (New), Information Practice (Old), Information Practice (New), Information Technology and Bio-Technology.

The AAP government had opposed the new protocol, which came into effect on June 22, saying it was “nearly impossible” to implement it. Both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had criticised the move and raised the issue with the Centre.

The government is said to be especially concerned about Telangana, where testing has remained low and positivity rate high.

The move comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, and protests in the US after the death of George Floyd, which has compelled companies, globally, to reassess their businesses and marketing strategies for signs of racism, colourism and discrimination.

Officials attributed the spike to increased number of tests being conducted in the state. On Wednesday, 24,251 people were tested — the highest ever to be tested in a single day. A day before, 21,000 people were tested.

On June 20, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced containment zones in the West zone that has 678 active cases, facing protests from the residents. The same day, walled city was freed of containment.

The revised Covid response plan, which places emphasis on active surveillance followed by rigorous testing, was formulated after a high-level panel, led by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul, suggested a series of measures to tackle the virus spread.

Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday signed the file for Sanjay Kumar's appointment and he will take over the reins of the state administration after Ajoy Mehta's extended tenure ends on June 30.

At the meeting, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said there was a “growing feeling among the people that the government has gravely mishandled the situation”. She said she hoped that “mature diplomacy and decisive leadership will inform the government’s actions in protecting our territorial integrity”.

A member of the epidemiology and surveillance task force under ICMR told The Indian Express this was the first time that testing was advised for symptomatic individuals “without any qualifiers.”

The last time a 50 per cent downgrade of the two High Commissions took place was in December 2001. Following the terrorist attack on Parliament, then External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh had asked for the reduction in strength to be completed within 48 hours.

In a statement, the White House said that many American workers had been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, and “they should not remain on the sidelines while being replaced by new foreign labour”.

The 27-year-old was arrested by the Special Cell on April 10 and is facing a UAPA case in connection with the riots.

A senior official told The Indian Express that the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPITT) is also actively examining a proposal put forth by a group of traders that the ‘country of origin’ tag be made a must for products listed on private e-commerce platforms as well.

From the Shingne home in Nagpur to the Khan household in Kotatala village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, the story of the miracle is being shared over and over six days later.

For the first time in 143 years, a stay order by the Gujarat High Court was put on the Jagannath Rath Yatra of Ahmedabad, said to be the biggest after Puri in Odisha, amid Coronavirus pandemic.

With at least 3 lakh workers leaving the state amid the Covid lockdown, the pillars that propped up its economy — from construction to manufacturing and farming — are crumbling.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Monday partially modified its June 18 order, by which it had restrained temple authorities in Puri and elsewhere in Odisha from taking out Rath Yatras this year.

Chinnaswamy was accused of hiring a gang who hacked his son-in-law V Shankar, then 22, at the Udumalpet market in broad daylight.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said 1 lakh oxymeters were being procured, with each costing between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000.