New Delhi,  India reported 8,503 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the fatalities rose to 624, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.

The death toll now stands at 4,74,735.

The recovery of 7,678 patients in the same period has increased the cumulative tally to

Bengaluru,  The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) has organised a bike rally from Bengaluru to national capital New Delhi with a call to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics condemning Chinese aggression.

The bike rally will be flagged off on Friday on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day.

Chandigarh, To ensure that the illegal sand mining is effectively nipped in the bud and prices of sand remain constant at the government fixed rates of Rs 5.50 per cubic feet, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi has announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for violation of norms.

He has directed district officials

New Delhi,  Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) again inched closer to the 'very poor' category as it slipped to 293 at 9 a.m. Friday morning, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research's (SAFAR) data said.

The level of PM 2.5 and PM 10 pollutants in the air were recorded at &

San Francisco, Apple has shut one of its retail stores in Texas in the US after at least four of its staff members were found Covid-19 positive, the media reported.

According to NBC News, the Apple store in Southlake, Texas, was closed Wednesday through Sunday following an outbreak of positive Covid cases among st

Hyderabad,  Polling was underway amid tight security on Friday for biennial elections to six seats of Telangana Legislative Council from local authority constituencies.

Local body representatives including corporators, councilors, ZPTC and MPTC members were casting their votes in five undivided districts

Gurugram,  In a bid to deal with the cybercrime cases swiftly, all the police stations in Gurugram will soon have a cyber help desk.

Currently, the city has only one cybercrime help desk.

The announcement was made by the Commissioner of Gurugram Police K.K. Rao while presiding a crime meeting a

Patna,  Five foreign returnees have tested positive for Covid-19 in Patna, an official said on Friday.

The official from the the Patna civil surgeon's office said two of the passengers arrived from Singapore, while the remaining three came from Nepal.

"The five persons arrived at

New Delhi,  Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday gave an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha.

The notice says, "The high rate of inflation has hurt the economically weaker sections of the country. Prices of Oil & vegetables have skyrocketed and Fuel is breaking new price records almost everyday w