Amid rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (February 17) claimed that the Indian government is being grossly negligent and over confident about COVID-19 pandemic. The Wayanad MP warned that the pandemic is not over yet and the Centre must not take it lightly.

"GOI is being grossly negligent and over confident about Covid-19. It’s not over yet," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

In a recent COVID-19 shocker, 103 residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru were tested positive for coronavirus after which the area was declared a containment zone. District officials say the community spread of the virus happened just days after two marriage anniversary parties were organised in the residential society.

The BBMP has also sent samples to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) to find the variant of the virus.

Petrol prices breached the Rs 89-a-litre mark to touch an all-time high of Rs 89.29 in the national capital.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 30 paise and 35 paise per litre each on Tuesday, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies. The diesel prices stood at Rs 79.70.

At least 37 people, including 16 women, died after the bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, a senior official said, adding that search operations are still going on.

After fishing out 18 bodies initially, rescuers have retrieved 19 more bodies until now, said Rewa Divisional Commissioner Rajesh Jain.

Tamil Nadu today announced its new Industrial Policy 2021 with an aim to garner investments worth about Rs 10 trillion by 2025.

The state's Chief Secretary, Rajeev Ranjan, said the objective of the policy is to attract investments worth Rs trillion and create employment opportunities for two million by 2025.

Tata Electronics has signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a facility for manufacturing mobile components.

Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said that Tata Electronics' Rs 4684 crore project in Krishnagiri for manufacturing mechanical enclosures for mobile phones, can create jobs for 18,250 people.

India made a solid comeback after the first Test loss against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Men in Blue won the second Test by 317 runs on Day 4 and have now levelled the series 1-1.

England's sub-continental winning run comes to an end. The Test was just a formality after Rohit Sharma's assault on the first day itself and the winning of the toss and choosing to bat was the icing on the cake.

A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended Punjabi actor-turned-singer Deep Sidhu's police custody by seven more days in the Republic Day violence case.

Sidhu, arrested from Karnal bypass in Haryana on February 9, has been touted by Delhi Police as the 'main instigator' of the violence which took place on the Republic Day at the Red Fort.

Future Group has alleged that Amazon had asked for USD 40 million (around Rs 290.41 crore) in compensation for the deal with Reliance Industries, a charge that the e-commerce major termed as "false and misleading claims".

According to documents submitted to the emergency arbitrator of SIAC by the Kishore Biyani-led firm, Amazon had asked for USD 40 million in compensation from Future Group for the deal with Reliance Industries, and that the US-based company was well aware of the Rs 24,713 crore Future-RIL deal.

Samsung Electronics was the top vendor in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed on Tuesday, amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend.

Samsung shipped 4 million tablets in the EMEA market in the October-December period for a 28.1 per cent market share, according to industry researcher International Data Corporation (IDC).

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