India

Ministry of Steel supplies 4,076 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen

06 May 2021 03:25 AM IST

The Ministry of Steel on Wednesday said it has supplied 4,076 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen in view of the Covid-19 situation in the country. Steel companies from across the country, from both the public and private sectors, have stepped up efforts to meet the nation’s requirement of medical oxygen. Yesterday,

EXTENSIVE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN WEST BENGAL ANNOUNCED

06 May 2021 03:24 AM IST

Hours after taking oath as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third term, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced various steps to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the state, adding that hawkers, transporters, and journalists will be given priority when it comes to vaccination. Announcing extensive restrictions across

Delhi Police registers 113 FIRs related to black marketing of Covid medicines

06 May 2021 03:23 AM IST

Delhi Police has registered 113 FIRs, of which 61 cases pertain to cheating and fraud in the name of providing Covid-19 medicines or oxygen, while 52 cases related to black-marketing, hoarding or overcharging.A total of 100 arrests have been made in these cases, the police informed on Tuesday. The Delhi

A DISCUSSION ON INDIAN BUREAUCRACY & LEADERSHIP IDEAS IN NATION-BUILDING

06 May 2021 03:19 AM IST

The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation presented a thought-provoking talk on ‘Nurturing Leaders For Nation-Building’ with an aim to bridge the gap between the professionals and the Indian bureaucracy and how can we drive large scale systems changes for the country’s transformation. The discussion titled ‘Nurturing Leaders For Nation-Building’ was around

Theatre is my biggest and first love: Actor Suchitra Pillai

05 May 2021 19:36 PM IST

Suchitra Pillai, whose latest show Hello Mini 3 is streaming on MX player recently joined NewsX for an exclusive interview. She talked about her role in Hello Mini 3 and also told our viewers what made her accept the offer for the role. The actor was gregarious in sharing her

Wanted to explore something other than film music: Singer Sunidhi Chauhan

05 May 2021 19:07 PM IST

Singer Sunidhi Chauhan recently joined NewsX for a conversation as part of NewsX India’s special A-List series. She talks about her new single ‘Ye Ranjishein’ and also shared insights from her incredible singing journey. Sunidhi Chauhan began by telling her side of the story, answering why it took 20 years

It is really not easy to get what you want in Bollywood: Meera Chopra

05 May 2021 17:21 PM IST

Actor Meera Chopra recently joined NewsX for a special conversation as part of NewsX India A-List. In the exclusive interview, the actor opened up about not just her latest web series The Tattoo Murders, in which she shares the screen space with Tarun Virwani but also about her experience of

UK RECORDS ANOTHER 1,649 CORONAVIRUS CASES, 1 DEATH

05 May 2021 01:51 AM IST

Britain on Monday reported 1,649 new COVID-19 infections and one new death within 28 days of a positive test. Monday is a public holiday, which has in the past affected the numbers reported. The death toll from the disease in Britain now stands at 127,539. Meanwhile, some 50 million doses

ERDOGAN’S ‘CRAZY’ CANAL PROJECT MAY TURN INTO TURKEY’S WHITE ELEPHANT

05 May 2021 01:48 AM IST

NICOSIA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after trying to change the country’s history through his involvement in numerous conflicts in the Middle East and Nagorno Karabakh, appears to be determined to change the geography also by trying to create a second Bosporus strait. His plan is to dig an artificial

China continues to boost leverage over vulnerable countries as part of its debt-trap diplomacy

05 May 2021 01:44 AM IST

China is boosting its leverage over financially vulnerable countries and ensnaring some in sovereignty-eroding debt traps by extending loans with strings attached. The latest to fall prey to China’s debt-trap diplomacy is Laos, which recently signed a 25-year concession agreement allowing a majority Chinese-owned company to control its national power

A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS IN MYANMAR KILLS 5

05 May 2021 01:39 AM IST

At least five people were killed after a series of explosions went off in the Central Bago region of Myanmar on Monday, as protests against the hostile military continue. Three explosions occurred on Monday, killing three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement in opposition to February’s military

‘IMRAN GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM OF PAK PRESS BEING FREE IS A BALD-FACED LIE’

05 May 2021 01:37 AM IST

The Pakistan government’s claim that the country’s press is free is a “bald-faced” lie as journalists continue to face threats from state elements and news editors are coerced into censoring “undesirable” information or giving stories a certain slant, country’s leading newspaper Dawn has said. In an editorial on the World