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Addressing a press conference here, Karnataka Education Minister, S. Suresh Kumar announced the decision which has come as a big relief to lakhs of students, parents and teachers

Nandu was working as a guard to the commander, CPI Maoist SGS (special guerilla squad), Lachanna. Nandu was suffering from ill-health and there was no chance of him getting proper treatment.

He said vaccines to all above 18 years would be given free and for that Rs 1,000 crore have been set aside in the package.

The incident took place late Thursday night and the leakage was plugged within an hour, he said.

A bench of Justice Prateek Jalan said that the Anna YSR Congress Party plea is without merit and dismissed it.

Monetary Policy Committee emphasises the need for policy support from all sides – fiscal, monetary and sectoral – required to nurture recovery and expedite return to normalcy

After opening on a flat note, the 30-share BSE index was trading 59.24 points or 0.11 per cent higher at 52,291.67 in initial deals, and the broader NSE Nifty advanced 16.85 points or 0.11 per cent to 15,707.20.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to leave benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance amid the second COVID wave.

At 10:25 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 94 points or 0.18 per cent at 52,327 while the Nifty 50 gained by 31 points or 0.2 per cent to 15,721.

The announcement came after a three-day meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The RBI has kept repo rate the central bank's lending rate unchanged at 4 per cent and reverse repo rate borrowing rate at 3.35 per cent.

On June 1, India reported 1,27,510 cases lowest since April 8. On April 8, India had recorded 1,31,968 cases while on April 7, the country witnessed 1,26,789 fresh cases.

The Boeing 777 passenger jet made an emergency landing after the crew informed the Air Traffic Control about the fruit bat’s presence in the plane

The matter pertains to 150 ventilators provided to the GMCH in April under the PM Care Fund which were supplied by Rajkot-based Jyoti CNC, of which around 133 were found to be defective or malfunctional. 

This was announced by Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

While internet users grew by 4 per cent in urban India -- reaching 323 million users (67 per cent of urban population) in 2020, digital adoption continues to be propelled by rural India, clocking 13 per cent growth

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said the speed of India's vaccination drive is the fastest in the world and it will further gain momentum in future to cover maximum number of people in the shortest possible time

The two missions were selected, based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans, from four mission concepts that NASA picked in February 2020

Health Minister Satyendar Jain said 92 patients have recovered till now, while pointing out that there is a shortage of medicines to treat the infection.

The state had last month cancelled class 10 UP Board exam following which nearly 30 lakh candidates, who had registered for it, were promoted to class 11.

India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,84,41,986 with 17,13,413 active cases and 3,37,989 deaths so far.

The Pune-based firm has also sought approval for test analysis and examination.

ED officer Lalit Bazad booked for allegedly accepting Rs 5 lakh bribe to de-freeze a business account of Finvest Loan App Company

Meril’s Extraction-free Dry Swab Kit can be used to isolate the viral RNA from dry swab samples and then can be directly used for RT-PCR

The Chief Minister said the fuel price was rising uncontrollably after the shift from administrative price mechanism to dynamic pricing.