After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation today (April 6, 2022) reported India’s first case of XE variant of Covid-19 infection in Mumbai, a consortium of government-owned labs, which monitor genomic variations of the virus, have said scientific evidence so far does not indicate it to be so, Indian news agencies said quoting official sources.

India today reported its first case of the new Covid-19 variant “XE” when a 50-year-old woman who reached Mumbai from South Africa was found infected with the strain, said India’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body of Mumbai.

India’s main opposition Congress party President Sonia Gandhi today alleged “systematic interference” by Facebook and other social media giants in the country’s electoral politics.

India has restored all currently valid regular (paper) visa given to nationals of all countries with immediate effect.

On Sunday, 12 December in the resort city of Eliat, Israel with 80 women from around the world competing for the crown, Miss India — Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe 2021.

Oorja, as her name suggests, is a bright young girl who is the main protagonist of the story. The novel begins with her travelling back to India after her mother’s demise. She reaches home only to find her father missing. The rest of the book is a journey of love, healing, and rediscovery of her own self. 

The annual competition, which has been hailed as “India's most valuable literature prize”, offers INR 2,500,000 (USD 35,000) to its winner for distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in or translated to English.

Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim on charges of illegally staying there for months, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) said today.

Bangladesh and India have added five more ports of call that would augment the trade and provide a stimulus to the economic development of the new locations and their hinterland.

A total of 349 Bangladeshis return home after being stranded in India and Singapore due to flight suspensions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight from New Delhi on Friday to bring back Bangladeshi nationals who have been stranded in India for around a month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundred and sixty-four Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India for over a month, return home.

India has issued about 70 licences for importing about five lakh tonnes of refined palm oil from three countries -- Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia, sources say.

Starting 8:00am, the Delhi government has implemented the "odd-even" traffic rationing scheme as air pollution levels in the city reach apocalyptic levels, reports NDTV.

At least 20 people are killed and several others injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in a residential area in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.

India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah completed a hattrick against West Indies on the second day of the second test in Jamaica on Saturday as the home team's all-too-familiar batting woes continued with another collapse.

A fire that broke out at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Hospital in New Delhi is brought under control.

Six days after India revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories, Kashmiri students in the national capital are still not able to communicate with their relatives and parents back home.

Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine made a comeback into the West Indies side as selectors named a 14-member squad for the first two T20Is against India on Monday.

The first semi-final of the World Cup will have to wait one more day as play was suspended due to excessive rain.