India’s economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday. “With the vaccination programme …

With the peak of the third wave of COVID-19 seemingly passed, Delhi is doing away with the restrictions that were in place. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday decided to lift the weekend curfew and odd-even system of opening. Non-essential shops in the city besides permitting restaurants and bars to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity, in view …

Students of Hansraj College under the Delhi University have launched an online protest after the authorities allegedly set up a cow shelter inside the campus, at a location that was originally allocated for a girls’ hostel, a report in TOI said. The Swami Dayanand Saraswati Gau-Samwardhan ewam Anusandhan Kendra was set up inside the campus some two months ago. Change.org …

The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been challenging for a large section of society and students have been among the worst hit. The fear of getting infected and the lockdowns meant that educational institutions including schools and colleges have remained shut for regular classes for the better part of 2020 and 2021. BCCL Though classes switched to …

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has asked Indian ambassadors in the US and Canada to urgently look into the tragedy that resulted in the death of a family of four, including the baby on the Canadian side of the border with the US in an apparent human smuggling operation. The family said to be from Gujarat was trying to enter …

India is in the grip of the third wave of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, said to be the fastest spreading virus in history is spreading across the country like wildfire. But if you look at the number of mass gatherings and the crowds across the country, you will be forgiven for mistaking that the pandemic is over. On Friday, …

The world is celebrating what is being dubbed as a medical milestone – the first ‘successful’ transplant of a pig’s heart into a human. 57-year-old David Bennett had terminal heart disease and was deemed ineligible for a conventional heart transplant or an artificial heart pump after reviews of his medical records. So doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center …

The Delhi High Court has accepted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the release and rehabilitation of the only African elephant in the Delhi Zoo. The plea was filed by 16-year-old Nikita Dhawan, founder of Youth For Animals (YFA). A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices and sought responses of the Centre, Delhi government, …

Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, as the number of Omicron COVID-19 cases grow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday issued orders to initiate strict measures, including a statewide night curfew from December 25. The coronavirus night curfew will be applicable from 11 pm to 5 am. The number of people attending events like marriages has …

For the people of Kerala, the Indian Air Force helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, that killed 13 people including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat is also the loss of one of their own, someone who came to their help, when it was much needed. Junior Warrant Officer Pradeep Arakkal, a native …