-NDTV.com (with inputs from Agencies) Crude oil prices rose over 0.5% on Tuesday, as the Ukraine conflict drags on, albeit well below a seven-year high hit last week. Crude oil prices rose over 0.5% on Tuesday, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on, albeit well below a seven-year high after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began last week, which is the most significant attack on a European country since World War Two. While global financial...
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India May See Fourth Covid Wave From June, Peak In August: Study
-PTI/ NDTV.com Officials at the World Health Organization recently warned that Omicron may not be the last Covid variant and the next strain could be more contagious. New Delhi: The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid-to-late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, recently posted on the preprint repository MedRxiv, used a...
More »36-Hour Outage Paralyses Chandigarh, Water Supply Disrupted, Hospitals Hit -Mohammad Ghazali
-NDTV.com The electricity workers are protesting against the privatisation of the electricity department. Chandigarh: Large parts of Chandigarh have been left without electricity and water for over 36 hours after a major power outage following a three-day strike by electricity department workers. Thousands of homes have been without power and water supply since Monday evening and traffic lights are not working in many areas in the city. Government hospitals have rescheduled surgeries. The Chandigarh...
More »Healthcare Budget Allocation Low As It's States' Responsibility: Finance Secretary
-PTI/ NDTV Finance secretary T V Somanathan on Monday said healthcare is primarily the responsibility of the states Mumbai: Finance secretary TV Somanathan on Monday said healthcare is primarily the responsibility of the states, amid suggestions by the industry that the budgetary allocation for the sector is still low at 1.3 per cent of GDP. At a post-budget interaction of industry representatives in Mumbai with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Confederation of Indian Industry...
More »"Outsiders Have No Right To Comment": Foreign Ministry On Hijab Row
-NDTV.com The comment follows similarly worded rebuttals by the government to remarks by the US and an intergovernmental organisation of Muslim nations called OIC. New Delhi: The controversy over hijabs in classrooms spreading out of Karnataka and being heard by its high court is an internal matter of India, and other countries have no right to comment on it, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. "This is not a matter for...
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