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Guwahati: Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday distributed Rs 3,000 each to 7.47 lakh tea garden workers in the state, totalling Rs 224 crore.The Union finance minister was in the city...

Puducherry: In a shocking incident, a 43-year old man hailing from Puducherry recently made a Facebook post claiming that he is ready to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi if anyone paid him Rs 5 crore. After his post went...

New Delhi: Pharma major Pfizer on Friday said it has decided to withdraw its application for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, the PTI reported.Pfizer was the first pharmaceutical firm to seek an emergency use...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh COVID-19 case for the second consecutive day on Friday, a senior health official said.The state's coronavirus tally stands at 16,829, State Surveillance Officer Lobsang Jampa said.One more person was cured of...

Udaipur: A BJP MLA in Rajasthan's Udaipur has been booked for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the PTI reported.The FIR against Gogunda MLA Pratap Lal Bheel (52) was registered at Sukher Police Station on Thursday.The...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 1.08 crore with 12,408 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.The total...

London: COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in or out of hospital are far more likely to die than those who are not infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a study published on Friday which found...

New Delhi: Digital payment solutions provider Paypal on Friday said it will stop offering domestic payment services within India from April 1, the PTI reported.The US-based company will instead focus on enabling more international sales for Indian businesses."We will...

Mumbai: The RBI Friday decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance, implying rate cuts in future if need arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.The Reserve...

Guwahati: Assam's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,17,186 on Thursday as 11 more people tested positive for the infection while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 1,084, a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) said. The...