LIVE: Existing restrictions and relaxations in WB to continue till Dec 15

All outdoor activities, including movement of people and vehicles shall continue to be prohibited between 11 pm to 5 am

11:40 AM

44 economists indicates India’s economy grew at 8.4% during Q2: Reuters survey

India’s economy contracted 7.5% during the same period last year as the pandemic-induced lockdown ravaged economic growth.

11:36 AM

Market update: Here are the stocks to watch in today's trade

11:26 AM

Monsoon session LIVE updates: Opposition MPs stage walkout from Rajya Sabha

Opposition MPs stage walkout from Rajya Sabha after House Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejects revocation of suspension of 12 MPs.

11:15 AM

The bitter experience of the last Monsoon Session still continues to haunt most of us: Venkaiah Naidu

The bitter experience of the last Monsoon Session still continues to haunt most of us. I was expecting & waiting for the leading lights of the House to take lead in expressing outrage over what happened in the last Session: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu

11:08 AM

Vaccines likely less effective against Omicron: Moderna CEO

The head of drugmaker Moderna said Covid-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as they have been against the Delta variant. "There is no world, I think, where (the effectiveness) is the same level we had with Delta," Moderna Chief Executive Stéphane Bance told the Financial Times 

10:30 AM

India must stop international flights: Kejriwal

9:30 AM

India logs 6,990 new cases of Covid-19

India recorded 6,990 new cases of Covid-19 and 190 deaths in 24 hours, said the health ministry on Tuesday. Total cases have reached 34.59 million and death toll in the pandemic increased to 468,980.

8:52 AM

CAG says concerned at treatment of bank recap expenditure: ET

India’s Comptroller and Audit General has raised its concerns over treatment of expenditure of bank recapitalisation during 2017-18 and 2018-19, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. CAG said the expenditure was against the provision of the fiscal responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.

8:35 AM

Carmakers will be asked to have bio-ethanol engines: Gadkari

7:26 AM

USA's CDC says all adults should get booster shots

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday everyone aged 18 years and older should get a booster shot, as it looks to tackle a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe, Reuters reported.

7:05 AM

Austrian woman visiting Vrindavan tests positive for Covid

An Austrian woman visiting Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh has tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of infected foreigners in the district to four, officials said on Monday. The pilgrim city is on alert for Covid cases as it gets many foreign tourists, PTI reported.

7:05 AM

Austrian woman visiting Vrindavan tests positive for Covid

An Austrian woman visiting Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh has tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of infected foreigners in the district to four, officials said on Monday. The pilgrim city is on alert for Covid cases as it gets many foreign tourists, PTI reported.

5:46 AM

Hong Kong announces travel restrictions for omicron

Hong Kong joined countries across the world in expanding travel restrictions amid the spread of the omicron variant. The long-awaited reopening in Singapore was drawing surprisingly few travelers even before the strain emerged.

 

5:28 AM

Parliament repeals farm laws without debate

Parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back. Lok Sabha passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 within minutes and Rajya Sabha approved it later by voice vote. The exercise was completed within two hours and without debate.