New Delhi: Due to COVID19, the railway sector has lost almost 2,903 employees, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw briefed Parliament on Friday. In Rajya Sabha’s written response, he stated that he had settled the dues with the family of the deceased railway employees   in 2,782 cases “The Indian Railways has a policy to provide compassionate jobs to families…

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Seven persons, counting four staffers of Indigo and Spicejet airlines, were captured by the customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here for supposedly run in contraband into the country gold worth Rs 72.46 lakh, an official statement said on Saturday. Three persons were caught by the customs officials after their arrival from Jeddah,…

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Two more individuals tested positive for Zika virus in Kerala, taking the total number of enlisted cases of the contamination to 46, out of which five are active. A 42 year-old lady from Kumarapuram in Thiruvananthapuram and a 30 year-old lady from Kottarakkara in Kollam were the ones who tested positive for the virus, a…

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A Delhi court on Friday approved bail to a Chinese national seized in a Rs 1,000 crore money laundering case, while directing him that he will drop a pin on the google map to confirm that his location is accessible to the investigating agency. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana approved relief to the defamed Luo…

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Public will be able to tour Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex, which have been shut since mid-April due to COVID-19 pandemic, from August 1, as per the official statement released on Friday. The tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be accessible on Saturday and Sunday (except on gazetted holidays) in three pre-booked time slots-1030-1130…

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The Centre is procuring Covishield and Covaxin doses at the rate of Rs 205 and Rs 215 per dose, respectively, and there is only a small difference in the buying cost of the two antibodies for the government, the Lok Sabha was briefed on Friday. In a written response, Minister of State for Health Bharati…

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The state Transport Department on Friday published a fresh list of VIPs and emergency officials who can use beacon lights atop their vehicles, and left out the governor, chief minister, Assembly speaker and chief justice of the Calcutta High Court from the list. The Central government had in 2017 banned all kinds of beacon lights…

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Mumbai: At least 138 individuals have died in rain-related happenings, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra. The deceased include 36 who demised in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai. Various districts – primarily the Konkan region – have been receiving constant rain over the past few days, leaving…

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New Delhi: India reported 39,097 new COVID-19 cases and 546 deceased in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry revealed on Saturday (July 24, 2021). India’s total coronavirus caseload has now surged to 3,13,32,159, of which, 4,20,016 have surrendered to the virus, while  4,08,977 are active cases. A decline of 3,881 cases was enrolled…

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In the midst of reports that her government’s departments do not send replies to parliamentary inquiries on time, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has chosen to scan and approve all such responses filed by additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries among others before they are submitted, a senior official said. Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi, in a…

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