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The minister shared that BSNL's loss has swelled to Rs 15,500 crore from Rs 14,904 crore, and that of MTNL increased to Rs 3,811 crore from Rs 3,398 crore between 201920 and 2018-19.

Two states, Gujarat and West Bengal, initiated vaccination of frontline workers on Tuesday and 19,902 frontline workers were inoculated till 7pm, the Union Health Ministry said.

In December, the sports ministry had announced that India was going to contribute an additional sum of USD1million (Rs.7.3 crore) to strengthen WADA's scientific research.

Farmer unions said the countrywide 'chakka jam' would be organised in protest against the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and other issues.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) said the new procedure will lead to "mixopathy". Women doctors will lead the nationwide hunger strike on February 7.

Union minister of state for commerce Som Parkash, who is the sole representative of Punjab in the central cabinet, said the propaganda was that farmers’ land would be snatched by corporates, arguing that the laws had "nothing like that".

The case has been registered at the IP Estate police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, police said.

The ED said the provisionally attached properties are in the form of land, residential house and commercial buildings in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan that are worth Rs 186.44 crore and six fixed deposits of Rs 7.72 crore.

This warning is significant since credit growth has plunged to record low levels in recent months on account of a range of factors, including general economic slowdown and muted demand.

ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said there is no contraindication in administering COVID-19 vaccines to those who are on blood thinners such as aspirin and clopidogrel.

The government said the delay in tree cutting permission, COVID-19 lockdown, financial hardships and migration of labour slowed down the construction and upgradation of four major STPs in Delhi.

Born in 1865, Rai was a noted freedom fighter from Punjab and came to be known as Punjab Kesari.

During the initial investigation by Punjab Police, it was revealed that the killing was executed under a conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based Khalistani Terrorist Lakvir Singh Rode and his handlers in Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI.

For a country, which has for long, profoundly believed in Deng Xiaoping’s philosophy of ‘hide your strength, bide your time’, and one which proficiently analyses every plan before putting it to execution, it is highly unlikely that the Sikkim incident was...

Ramani, who had made allegation of sexual misconduct against Akbar in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018, also accused him of undermining the sexual harassment that women go through at workplace by terming her allegations as fictitious.

The embassy has asked its personnel to avoid the northern Delhi border - the epicentre of protests, the Republic Day parade route, and downtown areas near the India Gate.