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Bengaluru, Sept 2: The Karnataka state government in partnership with US-India Business Council (USIBC) held a virtual delegation meeting yesterday with American Business houses to attract trade and investments to the state of Karnataka. The meeting was attended by Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa, Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to the United States along with senior

New Delhi, Sept 2: Nearly two months after it banned 59 China-linked apps, the government on Wednesday decided to block 118 mobile apps including PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, WeChat Work and WeChat in view of the information available that they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defence and security of India and public order. The decision came amid

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Nearly 12,300 healthcare workers have so far tested positive for covid-19 and 46 among them have lost their lives, according to data released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). They include doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, allied health workers and group D staff As of August 25, as many as 1,07,100 samples of healthcare workers from Karnataka have

India has reported a 3.4% increase suicide cases in 2019, with a distraught person killing himself every four minutes in the country. Shockingly, five states -- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka -- alone account for 49.5% of the suicides in the country. Altogether, 1,39,123 people, including 41,493 women and 17 transgenders, took their own lives last year compared

Mathura, Sep 2: Hours after the Allahabad High Court granted conditional bail to him, Dr Kafeel Khan was released from the Mathura jail. Dr Khan was charged under the National Security Act for his speech at the Aligarh Muslim University during a protest against the racist Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Notably, the order came days after the Supreme Court asked the High Court to decide and

Bengaluru, Sep 1: Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. "I have been confirmed with coronavirus infection today, there are no other health issues. As of now on the advice of the doctors I am undergoing treatment at hospital," Eshwarappa tweeted. Meanwhile, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa took to Twitter and

Bengaluru, Sept 1: Three teams of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru Police today conducted searches at three offices of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Bengaluru in connection with the violence that broke out in parts of the city on August 11. According to officials, the searches were conducted at SDPI offices situated at DJ Halli, KG Halli and Halsurgate area. The CCB

Even as India has shown the sings of becoming the new global epicentre of novel coronavirus, the country’s economy has been served a knock-out punch amid the pandemic. The arbitrary and unplanned lockdown imposed by the Narendra Modi led government mainly weighed on the already-declining consumer demand and investment in the country. With the data showing contraction in India’s GDP by 23.9 per

Dubai, Sep 1: Budget carrier Flydubai on Tuesday announced that passengers booking for travel between September 1 and November 30, 2020 will automatically receive free global cover for Covid-19. The new service covers passengers' health expenses and quarantine costs if diagnosed with Covid-19 during their trip and is valid for 31 days from the time they take their first flight on their itinerary

Chennai, Sept 1: Two days after former Karnataka IPS officer K Annamalai was appointed as the vice president of the Tamil Nadu state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, a notorious gangster too was inducted into the saffron party. Gangster ‘Red Hills’ Surya on August 31 had come to join the party at an event attended by State president L. Murugan at Vandalur. However, he fled on seeing the local