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New Delhi: Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday extended wishes to Indians on the occasion of the country’s 75th Independence Day with a Google Doodle. The Doodle, illustrated by Kerala-based guest artist Neethi, celebrates India’s 75th Independence Day by showcasing the age-old tradition of flying kites. Happy Independence Day, India! We’re commemorating 75 years […]

Chennai: Wishing the nation and its people a happy Independence day, Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu said that India is one nation with one emotion and one identity. One nation.. One emotion.. One identity! Celebrating 75 years of Independence! 🇮🇳#ProudIndian #HarGharTiranga @AmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/BN5OOtWHj2 — Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) August 15, 2022 Taking to Twitter to greet the masses […]

Washington: Extending wishes to India on the occasion of its 75th Independence Day, US President Joe Biden said the two countries are indispensable partners and he is confident that the two largest democracies will stand together to defend rules-based order, advance a free and open Indo-Pacific. “I am confident that in the years ahead our […]

New Delhi: India is celebrating its 75th year of Independence and is at the crossroads of realising a resilient economic growth for its people during the next 25 years – what the government terms the country’s “Amrit Kaal”. Keeping other aspects of the economy aside, let us have a glance at how the Indian currency […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on the people of India to take “panch pran” (five pledges) for a developed nation and aim to fulfil the dreams of the freedom fighters by the year 2047- the 100th year of India’s Independence. The Prime Minister while addressing the nation on the 75th Independence […]

New Delhi: With 14,917 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s case tally rose to 4,42,68,381, while the active cases increased to 1,17,508, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,069 with 32 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. In the […]

By Craig Jeffrey, Jane Dyson Young people have been taking to the streets across India, demanding governments act to provide more jobs. In Bihar, large numbers protested recently at delays in filling public sector vacancies. Some of them had passed the required examinations but waited several years for their job to start. In July and […]

New Delhi: India’s retail inflation fell to 6.71 per cent in July, the lowest level in five months, helped by an easing in food and oil prices, as per the National Statistical Office (NSO) data released this Friday. With this, retail inflation has been over the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6 […]

New Delhi: India reported 14,092 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline from the previous day’s count of 15,815 Covid, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. In the same period, the country has reported 41 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,27,037. Meanwhile, the active caseload has marginally […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received 31 bids from manufacturers showing interest in developing vaccine against the monkeypox virus after the medical body floated the Expression of Interest (EOI) for the development of vaccine and diagnostic kits, a source said on Saturday. According to the source, of the total 31 […]

By Amit Banerjee During the last 75 years as an independent democratic country, our nation has had a chequered growth trajectory. Belying the views of sceptics, India has emerged as the world’s fifth largest economy and the third largest contributor to global economic growth. But with the failure of the ‘trickledown effect’ of our much-vaunted […]

New Delhi: The India men’s cricket team, led by opener KL Rahul, left for Zimbabwe on Saturday morning ahead of the three-match ODI series, starting from August 18, followed by two more matches on August 20 and 22 at the Harare Sports Club. The social media accounts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India […]

New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India reported 15,815 new Covid-19 cases and 68 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. With the new fatalities, the nationwide death toll now stands at 5,26,996. The active caseload marginally declined to 1,19,264, accounting for 0.27 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of […]

New Delhi: The Legends League Cricket season two is to be dedicated to the 75th year celebration of Indian Independence and the first match of the season will be a special match to be held on September 16 at Eden Garden, Kolkata. It will be played between India vs World as India Maharajas vs World […]

Hyderabad: Stating that demographic advantage of India could turn into a liability if the youth was not trained properly, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said Telangana Government promotes three I’s of Innovation, Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth. “Telangana is one of those very few States where one can witness rapid industrial, IT, agricultural growth and increase […]

New Delhi: India added 16,561 new coronavirus cases taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,42,23,557, while the active cases dipped to 1,23,535, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,26,928 with 49 fatalities which include 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 […]

New Delhi: It is a sad commentary on the divisive times we live in that films get trolled, and the patriotism of their makers questioned, even before they are released. There used to be an adage, ‘Don’t let conclusions jump on you’, and nowhere has it been more appropriate than in the troll army’s response to […]

New Delhi: Former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Thursday sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Dhankhar (71) in a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dhankhar took the oath in Hindi in the name of god. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dhankhar’s predecessor […]

New Delhi: Vice President-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. The former West Bengal Governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar is set to take oath as the 14th Vice President of the country today. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the Oath of Office to the elected Vice-President […]

New Delhi: India logged 16,299 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,42,06,996 while the active cases declined to 1,25,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday The death toll climbed to 5,26,879 with 53 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]