Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rises to 3,759

PM Modi greets Manmohan Singh on his birthday

J&K: Pakistan violated ceasefire along Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote Sector of Poonch district at about 2:15 am today

Narcotics Control Bureau set to record the statements of Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges Centre to accord classical status to Odissi music

COVID-19: 2,239 new cases, 11 deaths in Telangana

India’s COVID19 case tally crosses 59-lakh mark with a spike of 85,362 new cases & 1,089 deaths in last 24 hours

More Indians head to top B-schools abroad

More Indian students are taking a shot at applying to top overseas business schools or STEM courses despite the Covid-19 pandemic, said leading education consultants, mirroring a trend seen during the 2008 global financial crisis. Aspirants are betting that the economy would have turned around by the time they finish, the consultants said.

PM Narendra Modi to speak at UNGA today

PM Narendra Modi to hold discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa

Recovery in formal job market pushes EPFO enrolments to 8.45 lakh in July

Delayed filing of returns and partial recovery in formal job creation pushed the net enrollments under the Employees Provident Fund scheme to 8.45 lakh in July, an all-time high so far this year but lower than the average enrollment of over 10 lakh a month. However, the newly registered workers under the Employees State Insurance scheme have seen a dip of 8.7% in July at 7,41,903 compared to 8,13,006 in June 2020.

7,02,69,975 samples tested up to 25th September for COVID-19

Assam tea sector gets tax holiday of three years

US surpasses 7 million coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins Tally

Delhi: A fire broke out at a factory in Narela last night. 26 fire tenders were sent to the spot.

Huge infrastructure build-up helped India to record high COVID-19 recovery rate: Dr Harsh Vardhan

The same leader who spewed venom today admitted in 2019 in public in US that his country still has about 30,000-40,000 terrorists who have been trained by Pakistan & have fought in Afghanistan & in Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

– First Secy, India Mission to UN

Leader of Pakistan today called for those who incite hate & violence to be outlawed. But, as he went on, we were left wondering, was he referring to himself?

– Mijito Vinito, First Secretary, India Mission to UN exercises India’s right of reply to Pakistan PM at UNGA

Terrorism, clandestine nuclear trade Pak’s ‘only crowning glory’ for 70 years: India at UN

Trump extends drilling ban off North Carolina, Virginia

Rail Roko

UK pledges over $400 million for WHO, calls for end to ‘ugly rifts’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Saturday a 30% increase in funding for the World Health Organization while urging reforms to the global health body and calling for a revival of cross-border cooperation to end “ugly rifts”.

Australia says world needs to know origins of COVID-19

Punjab: Rail roko agitation against farm bills extended till September 29

Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus cases up to 720,858

China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use programme

Trump likely to choose Amy Coney Barret as new Supreme Court justice

IMF approves Colombia’s request to raise credit line by $6.2 bln

Japan determined to host Tokyo Olympics in 2021 to prove humanity’s win over COVID-19

– PM Suga at UNGA

Ukraine military plane crash death toll rises to 25

UNGA75: India exercises its Right to Reply for third time in response to Pakistan

UP govt to turn Lucknow’s RMLIMS into 300-bed dedicated COVID-19 facility

Death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 140,000