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Railways to operate AC, non-AC trains from June 1, booking from tomorrow

It said the general (GS) coaches shall also have reserved seats for sitting, meaning there will be no unreserved coach in these trains

Actual GDP growth in FY21 depends on intensity of Covid-19: FinMin Report

The report, prepared by the Economic Affairs Division of the Finance Ministry, took comfort from an IMF note which projected a growth rate of 1.9 per cent for the current fiscal

RIL's Nowfloats forays into tele-medicine, looks to rope in 100,000 doctors

The company will gradually expand to other tele-medicine ecosystems like e-pharmacy, health check-ups and healthcare related service

Coronavirus crisis must prompt industry to reset ties with workers: FM

The industry should also strive to work towards the skilling of employees at all levels, CII quoted her as saying in a statement

Israel court orders Netanyahu to appear for opening of trial on Sunday

Netanyahu's attorneys had asked the court for an exemption from appearing for the opening of proceedings

EasyJet reveals hackers accessed 9 mn passengers' travel details, email IDs

It also said that following a forensic investigation, it found that the credit card details of only 2,208 people were accessed and that those affected have already been contacted.

No consent needed from destination states to run Shramik Specials: Railways

Earlier, a political storm had broken out when Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh were being laggard in approving these trains

UP issues fresh guidelines for lockdown 4.0: All you need to know

All vegetable markets will be allowed to open from 4 am to 7 am only and retail vegetables could be sold between 6 am and 9 pm, the government said in fresh guidelines

SARS antibodies can block coronavirus infection, claim researchers

They experimented with 25 different types of antibodies -- which target specific protein spikes on viruses -- to see if they could prevent cells becoming infected with COVID-19

CBSE announces schedule for pending board exams; papers between July1-15

For class 12, the Home Science exam will be held on July 1, followed by both courses of Hindi the next day

Covid-19: WHO conducts first virtual meeting amid rising US-China tension

The United States and Europe are at loggerheads over future vaccine access, while Washington has also accused China of trying to steal US immunisation research

Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts spending by $26 billion amid Covid-19

Saudi citizens will also lose a bonus cost-of-living allowance that had been in place since 2018, according to the country's finance minister

Nirav Modi's extradition trial in PNB fraud case to begin in London

Two additional charges of "causing the disappearance of evidence" and intimidating witnesses or criminal intimidation to cause death were added on by the CBI and certified earlier this year

Former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, slips into coma

Jogi's neurological activity is "almost nil" and he is on ventilator support, said doctors

Calls for debt monetisation gain traction as Covid-19 cripples economy

Coronavirus has snuffed out lives of more than 2,100 people and infected nearly 63,000 in India

Not offering any emergency loan through YONO platform, clarifies SBI

SBI, however, said it is in the process of introducing a pre-approved personal loan offering through YONO to provide relief to its salaried customers during Covid-19 crisis

Covid-19: Air India flight from London lands with 329 passengers in Mumbai

The special evacuation flight AI 130 -- operated with a Boeing 777 plane -- departed from London on Saturday

'Confusion' within central government in fight against Covid-19: Congress

The Congress leader said there should be more coordination between states and the central government

Covid-19 testing capacity scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan also flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the states and the problem of spitting in public places.

Govt disbursed Rs 18,253 cr to 90 mn farmers under PM-KISAN: FM Sitharaman

Under the PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) scheme, each farmer gets Rs 6,000 in a year in three equal installments directly in bank account