Covid-19: Wuhan’s mass testing may have eradicated the coronavirus
WUHAN: Wuhan authorities said they found no new cases of "silent spreaders" for the first time in nearly two months…
Four-year-old girl sexually assaulted, killed in Madhya Pradesh
Villagers found the body floating in a well in Chhatarpur district on May 29. The police have registered a case…
Southwest monsoon hits Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram has been witnessing intermittent rain spells overnight from Sunday. A scene from Panathura island in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday morning.…
Violence against COVID-19 frontline employees not appropriate, states Modi
Prime Minister participates in the online inauguration. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Government has taken steps to protect those…
Light showers, thunderstorm in Mumbai, adjacent locations
Municipal Corporation building reflected in a puddle after Mumbai experienced rainfall early on Monday morning. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre…
Migrant workers: 11 dead, 22 hurt in bus-truck collision in Nepal
Hundreds of workers are stranded along Nepal’s border with India due to the lockdown A passenger bus with migrant workers…
Trump nestled in White House bunker as demonstrations raved
Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered…
Open with care: On Unlock 1
It is a truth universally acknowledged now that the severe restrictions to contain COVID-19 produced traumatic displacement of the weakest…
Land of the unfree: On U.S. discontent
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Union Home Ministry offered 94 orders in 68 days
MHA had also started three control rooms to monitor the complaints received from States and to resolve the migrant crisis.…
When Sachin Tendulkar unleashed his ‘desert storm’, Suresh Raina avoided school to see it
On left, Sachin Tendulkar during his knock in the 1998 Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah and, on right, Sachin Tendulka...Read…
Delhi seals its borders for one week with neighbouring states
Delhi chief minister Arvind KejriwalNEW DELHI: Delhi government on Monday announced immediate sealing of capital's borders with all neighbouring states…
Coronavirus may be invisible but our corona warriors are invincible: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the coronavirus as "invisible enemy" and called India's corona warriors as…
Unlock 1.0 : Things you should do, you should avoid
NEW DELHI: Coronavirus, Covid-19, sealdown, lockdown, quarantine, nose-throat swabs, hospital, curfew, and police enforcement. These terms have dominated our daily…
First of 3-phase ‘unlock’ plan begins today: What’s open & from when
NEW DELHI: After over two-month-long coronavirus-induced lockdown, the country on Monday entered the first phase of three-phase unlock plan announced…
Curbs are being eased but lowering of guard is not an option: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: A day before further easing of the lockdown, with significant curbs restricted to containment zones, Prime Minister Narendra…
Railways resumes operations, 1.5 lakh to board 200 trains today
Representative imageNEW DELHI: More than 1.45 lakh passengers will board 200 special express and mail trains from Monday when the…
Counter-productive Twitter war erupts as Indian & Chinese soldiers remain locked in actual confrontation in Ladakh
NEW DELHI: A virtual online battle erupted between Indian and Chinese twitter warriors on Sunday to further stoke tensions while…
G-haan: Trump wants to expand G7 to G10/11 to include India
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants to reformat G7, the group of seven advanced economies in the world, to make…
15 games you can play without downloading | Gadgets Now
1 / 1615 games you can play without downloadingWho says you need a powerful gaming PC/laptop or phone to play…
Maharashtra CM Uddhav advises caution as state relaxes curbs
MUMBAI: On a day his government granted a slew of relaxations in non-containment zones while extending the latest lockdown till…
Cyclone Nisarga may hit Maharashtra-Gujarat coast on June 3, bring strong wind with heavy rainfall in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: With India’s mainland getting ready for the onset of monsoon over Kerala, new conditions over the Arabian Sea…
India expels two Pakistani envoys for espionage
NEW DELHI: Two officials of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi were apprehended by the Indian law enforcement authorities…
American anarchy: US burns as pandemic unemployment meets racial disquiet
WASHINGTON: America burned coast-to-coast with anger and strife over the killing of black people by militarized police with growing scenes…
From Maharashtra to UP, states & UTs issue guidelines for Unlock 1.0
NEW DELHI: As the Centre eased restrictions across the country with Unlock 1.0, the state governments have come up with…
100-year-old Indonesian lady beats COVID-19
Kamtim with her daughter-in-law Siti Aminah in Surabaya on Sunday. | Photo Credit: JUNI KRISWANTO Surabaya’s Kamtim discharged after a…
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docked on May 31 with the International Space Station, the first…
CIC admonishes authorities for rejecting RTI data on stranded migrants, asks govt to put it online
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up an official for “callous and casual” response in denying data on stranded…
Crossed wires at Ahmedabad healthcare facility leave household troubled
A doctor treats COVID-19 patient at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: Special Correspondent Negative results for COVID-19…
Youth eliminated in 2nd lynching in a week in Assam
Debasish Gogoi, who was lynched by a mob on May 29 in eastern Assam's Jorhat district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL…
Fan turned villain: The issue postured by Oli
With his decision to push through a Constitutional amendment to change Nepal’s official map to include parts of Indian territory…
Coronavirus | Indefinite lockdown more harmful, say public health experts
A group of public health experts, two of whom are part of a government-constituted advisory committee to contain the pandemic,…
There is a growing intolerance against the judiciary fuelled by social media, says Supreme Court judge
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said there was a growing intolerance against the judiciary fuelled by the social…
Honoured & humbled: Rohit Sharma on being nominated for Khel Ratna
MUMBAI: India white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday expressed his gratitude after being nominated by the Board of Control for…
200 special trains start operations from June 1; over 1.45 lakh passengers to travel on Day 1
NEW DELHI: The Railways on Sunday said it will begin operations of 200 special trains from June 1 and more…
New I-T return forms enable deduction claims in FY 2019-20, for investments made by June end
MUMBAI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the Income-tax (I-T) return forms for taxpayers, for filing their…
Low pressure area over Arabian sea may become cyclonic storm: IMD
MUMBAI: A low pressure area is formed into the Arabian sea which might develop into a cyclonic storm and could…
Covid-19: India’s recovery rate improves to 47.76%
NEW DELHI: The recovery rate of coronavirus patients has increased to 47.76 per cent, said the Union ministry of health…
Terrorist camps, launch pads in PoK full, Army’s response to ceasefire violations swift and hard: Lt Gen Raju
A valley along the Line of Control that runs through Kashmir (NYT)NEW DELHI: All the terrorist camps and around 15…
CISCE permits class 10,12 students to alter exam centre, appear for boards later on
Photograph used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: K.V. Srinivasan Students who are unable to appear for the remaining…
Managing coronavirus pandemic in spite of huge population an accomplishment for India: PM Modi on Mann ki baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on Mann Ki Baat today, said, with much of public…
Tamil Nadu extends coronavirus lockdown till June 30, allows partial resumption of public transportation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday extended the COVID-19 lockdown till June 30 but announced significant relaxations,…
Profile | Who is Benny Gantz, the new face in Israel Cabinet?
Benny Gantz, a relative neophyte in Israeli politics who vowed during three inconclusive elections not to serve under a criminally…
Lockdown has forced Indian cinema to script a brand-new sequel to filmmaking
Karan Johar wants to go back to work. Back to the studios, to his creative collaborators, back to making movies:…
Fourth estate and the collaborators of enemy
Some readers ask how my columns about the larger information ecology and about social media are linked to the journalism…
Curfews and clashes as United States race demonstrations escalate
Chicago police officers clash with protesters near Kinzie and State as thousands of protesters joined national...Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS: Curfews were imposed…
PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address: Highlights
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the 65th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat',…
Tamil Nadu retains most lockdown standards for Chennai and neighbouring districts; relaxes norms for rest of the state
File picture of Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and O PanneerselvamCHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has extended the lockdown…
Protests over police killings rage in dozens of US cities
MINNEAPOLIS: Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New…