NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the bloody ethnic conflict in the state whose records are already available with the UIDAI.Observing that it does not propose to run the administration in Manipur, the apex court said necessary...
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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is setting up a 100 crore 'co-creation fund' to support the emergence of more venture capital funds in the state to improve investments for regional startups, women-led ventures and those innovating in rural impact and climate action. While the fund will be managed by professionals, the government will pool in a predetermined percentage based on the fund's target theme. This proposal...
SAO PAULO: A plane crash in Brazil's northern Amazon state on Saturday has left 14 dead, the state's governor said. The accident took place in the Barcelos province, some 400 km (248 miles) from the state capital, Manaus. "I deeply regret the death of the 12 passengers and two crew members who were victims of the plane crash in Barcelos on Saturday," said Wilson Lima, Governor of Amazonas state on X,...
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 07, 2023, 08:02:39 ISTDaily City News Updates Tamil Nadu reported 273 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, including 98 cases in Chennai, taking the active cases tally in the state to 1,366. Key epidemic indicators including test positivity rate and hospitalisation numbers have been increasing with the spike in new cases.Until Tuesday, less than 20 people were admitted to...
Two more patients succumbed to coronavirus in Maharashtra, taking the toll to 1,48,451 on Wednesday, while 569 people tested positive for the infection, down from 711 the previous day, said the state health department. With the addition of 569 new cases in the last 24 hours, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 81,46,870, the department said in a bulletin. The state had recorded 711 cases and four...
THANE: Congress leader Nana Patole has accused the state government to failing to work in a democratic manner and said they would soon approach governor Ramesh Bais and apprise him of the situation in the state.Patole was in the city, Friday, to protest the action against party colleague Rahul Gandhi. “The action reflects the height of dictatorship in our country. Gandhi hasn’t uttered any...
WASHINGTON: United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Indian American Richard Verma as Deputy Secretary of State, Management and Resources, a position which is normally seen as the CEO of the powerful State Department in the US Government.Verma, 54, was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 67-26.He served as the US' Ambassador to India from January 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017, and is currently the...