![]() | Partygate scandal: Scotland Yard completes investigation, total tally of fines at 126The Metropolitan Police said the total number of referrals for fixed penalty notices, or fines, in the so-called partygate scandal stand at 126 and about events between May 2020 and April 2021. |
![]() | Hyderabad faces the heat after 2 years of lockdownHeat waves reported across State, Wankidi in Asifabad records highest temp at 46 0C |
![]() | Shanghai starts China’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown in two yearsChina’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, Shanghai had managed its smaller, past outbreaks with limited lockdowns. |
![]() | Cops help dance teacher who lost living to CovidDistraught after he lost his livelihood in Mumbai due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year, 44-year-old dance teacher Balaji Sawalkar arrived in the city to start life afresh. |
![]() | Switzerland lifts COVID curbs; Germany, Austria to follow suit as Europe's pandemic situation improvesA three-step plan was endorsed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the country's 16 state governors as official figures show Germany's COVID-19 infection rate beginning to drift downward. |
![]() | China locks down southern city of Baise as omicron variant surgesEven traffic lights switched to red to remind drivers to stay home. |
![]() | Reports on mass exodus of migrant workers false; states should be wary of rumour mongering: GovernmentThe third wave hit the country last month, forcing states to impose local restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. |
![]() | 'COVID-19 pandemic cost European clubs seven billion euros', estimates UEFAWith gate receipts decimated, sponsorship down and television rights receipts hit, clubs suffered a four billion euros hit in 2019-2020, and three billion in 2020-2021. |
![]() | 'Pandemic hit schools in rural areas, drop-out rate increased amid massive digital divide': Economic SurveyIndependent studies have noted a spike in rural school drop-out rate and a widening digital divide due to the pandemic, the government said. |
![]() | Lift pandemic-induced curbs on economic activity: CII to statesCII said Hospitalisation rates in the present wave stand at manageable levels and therefore, industry feels that Covid-related restrictions can be removed to enable the recovery process to continue. |
![]() | Former Karnataka minister R Ramalinga Reddy questions politics behind lifting COVID curfewReddy has predicted that the polls to the BBMP would be held in April, and sarcastically attributed the government's decision to 'Keshavakripa'. |
![]() | Complete lockdown across Tamil Nadu on January 23 to prevent spread of COVID: CM StalinThe Chief Minister said the activities that were allowed and restricted during the complete lockdown on January 16 would be applicable for January 23 too |
![]() | Government announces lockdown-like scenario in Kerala on next two Sundays after Covid surgeCrowds will be restricted at malls, industrial establishments, beaches, theme parks and other tourist centres, it was declared. |
![]() | Closure of schools forcing boys to work in fields, underage girls being married off: NCP MLC to Maharashtra CMIn a letter, the MLC has urged the chief minister to allow the resumption of schools and colleges with a 50 per cent capacity. |
![]() | 'A few Amma Canteens should offer free food during lockdown': Plea by homeless in TiruchySome homeless people depending on small earnings also raised concerns about the possible extension of the lockdown |
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