Ten districts including Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Bengaluru Urban, Nashik, Delhi, Raipur, Durg and Aurangabad account for 45.65 per cent of the total active cases which have climbed to 10,46,631

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds

Senior NITI Aayog Member Vinod Kumar Paul recently said that \"if the cases are more, they will eventually overwhelm the system\". Maharashtra CM said government is devising a plan to put in place curbs \"similar to a lockdown\"

FM Sitharaman launches Central Scrutiny Centre to scrutinise user filingsMinister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday virtually launched Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC), an initiative of Corporate Affairs Ministry, to scrutinise the filings by users under straight through processes. The finance minister also launched the mobile app of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA). The two initiatives aim to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision ...

The app developed by the government will monitor those on quarantine so that they do not violate the rules. Users of the app will need to send photos or selfies to the monitoring team every hour through the app

Dinesh Simepurushkar, sarpanch of Calangute village panchayat said that Kama Gizmos did not have mandatory trade permit therefore it was deemed as illegal

The Ministry of Power has already announced that it is planning to replace 250 million conventional electricity metres with smart metres by 2022 in Indian homes under the Smart Meter National programme to stop pilferage and encourage timely payment

Of total purchase of 411.05 LMT, Punjab bought 202.77 LMT of paddy at MSP till close of procurement season in state on November 30, which is 49.33 per cent of total procurement in India

Wistron violence: Notices have already been sent to third-party staffing firms. A report to the state government is expected shortly

Hundreds of workers have been arrested or detained by police, and the Karnataka government has condemned the violence, vowing to take the 'strictest action' against the wrongdoers

Office of iPhone manufacturing company was vandalised over alleged non-payment of salary to some staff members on December 12; Wistron in its filing pegged around Rs 27-52 crore loss due to destruction caused by some employees

While the state government expects report on Wistron incident in the next 2-3 days, third-party staffing contractors said they are cooperating with all investing agencies

The Walt Disney Company had recently said Shankar will step down as President of its Asia Pacific business and Chairman of Star and Disney India with effect from December 31, 2020

The new approach, described in the journal Science Advances, pairs a fluorescence microscope readout device with a smartphone to determine the quantity of virus in a patient sample

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in a televised address on Singapore's COVID-19 situation, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after studying the scientific evidence and clinical trial data

The 14th All India Sammelan of SJM held virtually on December 13 passed a resolution to ensure remunerative prices to farmers under the law. However, the organisation did not call for repealing the farm legislations

India's largest automotive component manufacturer Bosch said a surge in demand for semiconductors from the consumer electronics industry partly due to the rise in 5G connectivity has led to a demand supply gap in the global market

The filming of NXT India will begin in January 2021 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Current travel restriction is why WWE is taping the show in Florida. WWE is also planning to launch its own Performance Center in India in 2022

Alphabet-owned Google is testing the idea of a 'flexible workweek' once it safe for its employees to physically return to offices, according to an email sent to the company's staff by Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai

The decision is part of a series of measures finalised by the ministry to streamline the process of environmental clearances by avoiding unnecessary delays