Russia oil spill: U.S. offers help in cleaning big Arctic Circle fuel spill
This handout photograph taken and released by the Marine Rescue Service of Russia on June 3, 2020, shows a large…
Encounter underway in Kashmir’s Shopian
File photo of soldiers at Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Security forces launched a…
Delhi govt. directs health centers to acquire, stock PPE kits, oxygen masks for 3 months
Registering a new high in the number of daily cases detected, India has overtaken Spain to become the country with…
CCMB discovers more affordable, more reliable RT-PCR technique to test COVID-19 samples
Increased tracing, testing and isolation of people with novel coronavirus infection is an effective way to contain the virus spread.…
What does self-reliance really mean? Amazing stories emerge from India’s villages
Not so long ago, Dalit women farmers in Telangana used to face hunger and deprivation. Today, they have contributed foodgrains…
84% of total Covid cases from 10 states with highest infections
NEW DELHI: A higher number of Covid-19 tests per million population by a state may not necessarily co-relate to more…
LAC standoff | India-China border meeting sets stage for more talks
India and China held crucial talks between senior military commanders on Saturday in an effort to ease the tension along…
India’s first solar ferryboat cruises into global contest
‘Aditya’, representing Asia in the Gustave Trouvé Awards event, is from Kerala. India’s first solar-powered ferry, Aditya, which became an…
Coronavirus | India’s COVID tally fifth highest in world
Registering a new high in the number of daily cases detected — 10,085 — India on June 6 overtook Spain…
Coronavirus | India is still at risk, says WHO expert
COVID-19 has not “exploded” in India, but the risk of it happening remains as the country moves towards exiting the…
Watch | Uthenge Hum, a video by Virtual Bharat in association with The Hindu
Uthenge Hum, a video by Virtual Bharat in association with The Hindu, captures India in the midst of the unprecedented…
Union House Ministry blames ‘phony news’ for migrant employees collecting at bus stations
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has blamed “fake media reports” and “misinformation” for the March 28 incident in Delhi…
Year of bugs and bugbears
Despite my advanced spiritual attainments, when I decided not to go for mahasamadhi on December 31, 2019, I hadn’t anticipated…
A week in which a press reporter and the Lawyer General failed
A report, “Death in Goa: woman alleges that daughter was murdered” (May 26), failed to adhere to journalistic standards in…
Ahead of border talks, Chinese mouthpiece warns India against US, asserts Beijing won’t give up ‘any inch of territory’
BEIJING: Ahead of talks between military commanders of India and China to resolve the standoff along the Line of Actual…
Ladakh stand-off: Talks between senior army officers of India and China end with ‘positive trajectory’
NEW DELHI: India and China held their first round of talks between senior military officers on Saturday at the Chushul-Moldo…
Last resort: Gujarat Congress packs 65 MLA in hotels after 3 resignations
AHMEDABAD: A desperate Gujarat Congress has packed its flock of 65 MLAs into three resorts and hotels to keep them…
India overtakes Spain, Covid count 5th highest in world
NEW DELHI: India’s total Covid-19 caseload went past Spain’s on Saturday to become the fifth largest in the world, on…
Tiger gets life behind bars for eliminating 3 humans
BHOPAL: It’s wandering days are over. The nomad tiger from Maharashtra, which made headlines in 2018 for the longest dispersal…
Kapil Mishra’s anti-CAA speech ‘incitement’ to violence: Zuckerberg
NEW DELHI: He does not name Kapil Mishra. But the BJP politician’s “controversial” speech against anti-CAA protestors seems to have…
Covid-19 pandemic may be over in India around mid-September, claims mathematical model-based analysis
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic may be over in India around mid-September, claim two public health experts from the health…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by Covid-19, with the country registering a record…
Researchers at IIT-Hyderabad establish affordable test package that can find Covid-19 within 20 minutes
NEW DELHI: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad claims to have developed a first-of-its…
Lawmakers in eight countries form new alliance to counter China
A group of senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the US have launched a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter…
Retired AI pilot passes away, suspected cause corona; 200 crew members either favorable or quarantined
NEW DELHI: An Air India pilot who retired from the airline about a month back passed away Friday night and…
Coronavirus | 2020 World Archery Field Championships postponed to 2022
Instruments of archers are seen on the ground. File | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout The world body said a separate…
Trump’s reaction to Floyd demonstrations has actually language connected with racial segregationists: U.N. professionals
U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to protests against the killing of African-American George Floyd has included language directly associated with…
Govt destroying economy by refusing to supply money support to people, MSMEs: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Mr. Gandhi has called for an immediate provision of ₹10,000 to…
Centre needs to handhold States up until their economies are back on track: Ashok Gehlot
The roots of economy are quite robust and the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be temporary,…
Padma awards portal goes live in the middle of pandemic
A view of the Padma Awards portal website. It has been thrown open for nominations by any individual in a…
Tamil Nadu repairs tariff for private medical facilities treating COVID-19 patients
Two slabs for general ward, ₹15,000 for ICU per day fixed. The Tamil Nadu State Health department has determined maximum…
India, China remain engaged through diplomatic, military channels: Army statement
Representative image NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese officials continue to remain engaged through the established military and diplomatic channels to…
Covid-19 not ‘exploded’ in India but risk remains: WHO expert
UNITED NATIONS: The coronavirus disease has not "exploded" in India, but the risk of that happening remains as the country…
Air India offers over 22,000 tickets for west-bound Vande Bharat battles in 15 hours
NEW DELHI: Air India (AI) has sold over 22,000 seats in 15 hours of opening bookings for Vande Bharat Mission-III…
India now sixth worst-hit country by Covid-19, exceeds Italy with an infection tally of 2,36,657
NEW DELHI: India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic with the country registering…
Kerala: Man held for elephant’s brutal killing
PALAKKAD/THRISSUR: Forest department officials on Friday arrested a person in connection with the brutal killing of a 15-year-old pregnant wild…
Uthenge Hum, a video by Virtual Bharat in collaboration with The Hindu
Uthenge Hum, a video by Virtual Bharat in collaboration with The Hindu, captures India in the midst of the unprecedented…
India, China will have more COVID-19 cases with more tests, states Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 74 live updates | India now has the sixth highest number of cases in the world
As parts of the economy opens up, a question mark remains over the future of India's education system. India has…
Sun Pharma to test plant-based drug for Covid-19 treatment
(File photo)NEW DELHI: The country’s top drug regulator has allowed Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceutical to conduct clinical trial for the first…
Trump appears to lose confidence of generals amid pushback from military
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump appears to be losing confidence of Americans generals -- who he praises incessantly when they…
How neglect and infractions resulted in a deadly disaster
A little past 3 a.m. on May 7, Naveen (name changed) woke up smelling something different in the air. Feeling…
Shine a light: On retraction of a term paper
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Winning formula: On revival of Solution One
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States to pick resuming of schools
The State governments will each make their own decisions on when to reopen schools, School Education Secretary Anita Karwal said…
Coronavirus lockdown | Low wages force fishermen of Odisha’s Ganjam to return to Chennai
Just six weeks back, they bought a boat to sail from Chennai to Odisha to escape the travails of the…
Coronavirus lockdown | ‘Guest workers’ want to stay back, Kerala tells Supreme Court
The Kerala government on Friday told the Supreme Court that “guest workers” in the State did not want to return…
Huge spike in foreign circulations into market
In just under a week in June, the quantum of foreign flows in the equity market has surpassed that of…
Video of Jodhpur cop kneeling on guy’s neck goes viral
Police claimed that Mukesh Kumar Prajapat was roaming around without a face mask and had turned violent when confronted by…
Trump hits out at Republican Senator over Mattis remarks
As protests across the U.S. continued in the aftermath of last week’s the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed…