As Bangalore grapples with record cases of Covid-19, many sanitation workers in the city are protesting about their basic safety needs in the time of Covid crisis. They said, "We are facing dangers every day during the time of Covid-19. We have lost many colleagues due to Covid-19. Now it’s high time that the government should increase our salaries to Rs 10,000. If not, then we will not work more."
Karnataka’s active caseload breached the 5-lakh with 49,058 fresh Covid-19 infections on Thursday, while the infection toll stood at 17,212 with 328 deaths, the health department said. According to the department bulletin, the infection count is now 17,90,104, whereas there are 5,17,075 active cases in the state. With 18,943 discharges on Thursday, 12,55,797 people have been discharged so far.
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Three sisters died after allegedly jumping from the ninth floor of their residential building in Ghaziabad in the early hours of Wednesday. A note was recovered at the scene, and police are examining claims that the teenagers had been using a task-based online gaming app, though officials said the exact circumstances are still under investigation. India Today’s Himanshu Mishra is reporting from the ground in Ghaziabad.
A day after US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the landmark India-US trade deal and that he would reduce reciprocal tariffs from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, a massive political war has erupted in Delhi.
In an exclusive interview with India Today's Geeta Mohan and Marya Shakil, American journalist Tucker Carlson spoke on a wide range of issues, including the US-India trade deal and the role of social media.
This Get Real India report focusses on a horrific crime in Maharashtra's Nanded district, where a seven-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father to contest panchayat elections.
