As 10 staff members of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Office and residence tested positive, he has cancelled all his scheduled meetings.

As a precautionary measure, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has cancelled all pre-scheduled meetings after 10 staff of Chief Minister`s Office and residence tested positive for COVID-19. statement released by the state government stated.

A flood-like situation has emerged in several areas of Odisha's Bhadrak district as heavy rainfall has led to a rise in the water-level of Baitarani river.

While talking to ANI, Bhadrak DM Gyana Das said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRF) and fire services deployed.

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma gave a surprise to their fans on Thursday as they announced that they will be welcoming their first child together in January 2021. Virat took to his social media account to share the special news with the fans and captioned a happy picture with Anushka, cradling her baby bump.

Virat captioned the picture saying, And then, we were three! Arriving Jan 2021.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity is increasing not just in India but also abroad as well. Even in China, a large number of people are his fans. Three months after the Ladakh violence, a survey conducted by China's mouthpiece Global Times, a mouthpiece of the Chinese government, has revealed that most of the Chinese are happier with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government than their own leaders.

According to the survey, about 50 per cent of Chinese citizens have a favorable influence of Beijing, while 50 per cent of people have praised the Modi government of India.

After 75,760 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally crossed 33-lakh mark on Thursday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW).

With 1,023 new deaths, the cumulative toll has reached 60,472 deaths.

The COVID-19 case tally in the country climbed to 33,10,235 including 7,25,991 active cases, 25,23,772 cured/discharged/migrated.

Gold prices Thursday fell to 54,380 from Rs 54,870 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 65,550 from Rs 65,500 per kg, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday approved a special assistance package of Rs 200 crore for the poor and extremely poor families in the State affected due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Patnaik approved the package while reviewing the COVID-19 situation and its management in the state with senior government officials and Collectors through Video Conferencing.

In a new development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has, on Wednesday, registered a criminal case against actress Rhea Chakraborty over drug conspiracy reports.

Apart from Rhea, who was also Sushant's girlfriend, the agency booked a few other people in connection with the case, against whom the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had already been investigating earlier, Zee News reported.

While the Narendra Modi-led central government is facing opposition flak over the NEET and JEE exams, a long list of academicians including professors from Delhi University, JNU, Central University of Kerala, California University among others have written to the PM supporting the conduct of the exams in the hope that students will not lose a year.

Coordinated by a group of concerned academicians, the letter said that the academic fraternity fully supports the Centre's decision.

The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall over various parts of Indian in the next four days.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to take place at isolated places with extremely heavy falls over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh while heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Odisha.

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