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Bhubaneswar: The humble lemon is in high demand during the searing summer heat to stay dehydrated. But it appears that the summer heat that pushes up the demand for the citrus fruit is also driving up its prices this year across India,…

Bhubaneswar: A day before the opening of the 'precaution dose' drive for all above 18 years, the prices of Covishield and Covaxin at private hospitals were slashed by more than half on Saturday. The vaccines of Serum Institute of India and…

New Delhi:  Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Saturday held an orientation meeting of all Health Secretaries of States/UTs regarding precaution dose for the 18-59 age group. All those who are more than 18 years of age and have…

Ahmedabad: After Mumbai, the XE variant of COVID-19, a more infectious but not more severe than the Omicron, has been detected in Gujarat, The Hindu reported quoting a highly-placed official. The report further said that an Indian Sarscov2…

Bengaluru: Students had to be evacuated after six schools on the outskirts of the Karnataka capital received bomb threats via email on Friday. “A very powerful bomb has been planted in your school, attention is not a joke, this is not a…

Mumbai: In a step aimed at checking fraud, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday said it will soon permit all banks to introduce card-less cash withdrawal through ATMs. At present, card-less cash withdrawal through ATMs is offered by a few…

New Delhi: India will soon be issuing e-passports to its citizens, most likely from the year 2022-23. Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan provided the information in Rajya Sabha on Thursday while responding to a…

New Delhi: Air India has cancelled its Delhi-Moscow flight, according to reports. The Russian embassy on Wednesday said Air India had stopped selling tickets on the Delhi-Moscow-Delhi route. "Dear fellow citizens. We draw your attention…

New Delhi: Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers targeted India’s electricity network near Ladakh in recent months, according to a report by private intelligence firm Recorded Future, Bloomberg and NDTV reported. The hackers targeted at…

Mumbai: India Inc is likely to give an average 9 per cent salary hike this year. The average salary hike in 2022 is likely to be 9 per cent against 7 per cent in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the Michael Page Salary Report 2022 said,…