New Delhi,  The Central government on Tuesday fixed the maximum price that private hospitals can charge for Covid vaccines, amid sharp allegations that people are being forced to pay a heavy amount to get a jab at private hospitals.

As per the notification issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welf

New Delhi,  India on Wednesday logged 92,596 new Covid infections in 24 hours, less than one lakh cases for the second straight day and 6,098 cases more than Tuesday, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.

On June 8, India recorded 86,498 cases, lowest since April 2 when the country logged 89

Bengaluru,  As part of the economic relief package to the Covid-hit, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday released Rs 2,000 subsidy each to over 2 lakh registered street vendors across the state under the Deendayal Antyodaya (national urban livelihood) scheme.

The scheme has been formulat

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh),  The last time a handpump made news was when actor Sunny Deol uprooted it in a fit of anger in his 2001 blockbuster film 'Gadar- Ek Prem Katha'.

Now a handpump in Saharanpur district has become an object of communal discord.

The handpump in Maniharan mar

Hyderabad,  Nine special food processing zones will come up in Telangana, the state Cabinet decided at its meeting on Tuesday.

The zones will come up in old districts, except in Hyderabad.

Rice mills and other food processing industries will be set up in not less than 250

Panaji,  Students and job seekers heading abroad and Tokyo Olympic Games-bound sportspersons in the 18-45 years age group will be allowed vaccination in Goa from Wednesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.

In a tweet, the Chief Minister said the fresh set of relaxation is in sync with the go

Lucknow,  The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has cancelled the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council Class 10 and 12 board examinations for session 2020-2021, keeping in view the "extraordinary situation arising due to the Covid pandemic".

An official release sai

Bengaluru,  With Karnataka cancelling the second-year pre-university course (PUC) board exams due to the pandemic's second wave, the state education department on Tuesday waived minimum marks for the common entrance test (CET) to get admission in engineering and medical colleges across the state.

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Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi,  Congress veteran K. Sudhakaran was on Tuesday appointed as the party's new Kerala unit President.

"Rahul Gandhi called up and conveyed the news," a beaming Sudhakaran told the media here.

"I see this as a huge responsibilit

Motihari (Bihar)   "Happiness is no longer part of my life," said Kumari Neha. The 30-year-old was tragically widowed when her husband Deepak Anand, a government school teacher succumbed to Covid-19 while being treated at Government Medical College and Hospital at Bettiah, the headquarters of Bihar's West