New Delhi, 2/12:In a major development, Six Covid-19 cases were reported on Wednesday among 3,476 passengers in 11 flights from “at-risk” countries and the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing, the Health Ministry said amid concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The flights landed across the country, between midnight and 4 pm on…

Mumbai, 2/12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in Mumbai, has been accused of insulting the national anthem. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has lodged a police complaint against him. Allegations have been made that CM Banerjee sat and sang the national anthem. Apart from this, Bengal BJP also targeted Banerjee on…

New Delhi,1/12: There is good news on the economy front for India. In the current financial year 2021-22, the country’s GDP growth rate will be 9.5 percent. This has been estimated in the research report ‘Ecowrap’ of the country’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI).   The GDP growth figures were released by the…

New Delhi, 1/12:Serum Institute of India has sought the drug regulator’s approval to administer Covishield as a booster dose, citing adequate stock of the vaccine in the country and the demand for a booster shot due to the emergence of Omicron coronavirus variant, official sources said.     In an application to the Drugs Controller…

Bhubaneswar, 1/12: The World Health Organisation has warned that the new virus variant poses ‘very high’ global risk and may lead to surges with severe consequences. Many countries in Europe have been experiencing increasing infections in recent weeks.    Odisha has adopted a cautious approach towards the pandemic from the beginning. We have been able…

Mumbai, 1/12: The second and last Test (IND vs NZ Mumbai Test) will be played between India and New Zealand from December 3 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, but dark clouds of crisis are hovering over it. Because it is raining in Mumbai since Wednesday i.e. this morning. Due to this both India and…

New Delhi, 1/12:Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday postponed the resumption of scheduled international flights from December 15, reported PTI quoting sources.   The regulator said that it will notify its decision on the date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passengers airline services to/from India in due course.   It…

New Delhi, 1/12:Passengers traveling in the country’s semi-high speed train Vande Bharat will now get the food menu changed. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has added some things to the menu. However the changed menu is applicable for Vande Bharat only. Other trains have the same menu as before. IRCTC has started providing cooked…

New Delhi, 1/12:Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday retained their former captain Virat Kohli while Mumbai Indians predictably retained India’s T20 captain Rohit Sharma and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the IPL mega auction.   India’s greatest white ball skipper and Chennai Super Kings talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni is his team’s second retention behind all-rounder…