Post coronavirus, United States is on its method to a huge comeback: Trump
WASHINGTON: Now that people are getting their jobs back and the stock market is booming after the crisis triggered by…
Coronavirus live updates: Overall number of cases in India cross 2.8 lakh mark
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 11, 2020, 12:17:48 ISTIndia crossed two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday by…
Govt moves to speed up clinical trial process
NEW DELHI: Taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the Covid-19 pandemic to boost the healthcare system, the government has…
Rajasthan Congress sniffs plot to ‘destabilise govt’, corrals its MLAs in a resort
Congress sends MLAs to a private resort ahead of Rajya Sabha pollsJAIPUR: The Rajasthan Congress on Wednesday shifted its MLAs…
In a first, India’s overall recoveries surpass active cases
The number of recoveries have overtaken the total COVID-19 active cases in India for the first time even as the…
Encounter breaks out in between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam
Photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The exchange of firing is on and further details are…
Gujarat’s pride grows as it now hosts 674 Gir lions
Gujarat prides itself on hosting Asiatic lions exclusively, and their numbers have now risen to an estimated 674 in the…
Recall in relief: On the migrant labour crisis
The worst may be over for the country’s inter-State workers. Many have returned home. More may be accommodated in Shramik…
Ugly run: On keeping sports tidy
June 11, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: June 11, 2020 00:44 IST June 11, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: June 11, 2020…
BJP is attempting to fall Gehlot federal government, says Congress
The BJP is trying to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, the Congress said on Wednesday evening, as it…
As fuel need doubles, IOC ups fine-tuning to 83%
NEW DELHI: IndianOil has ramped up refinery operations to 83% of capacity as fuel demand more than doubled on easing…
Coronavirus live updates: With 359 deaths, India’s Covid toll crosses 8,000
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 11, 2020, 06:09:58 ISTIndia crossed two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday by…
Govt justifies visa denial to members of US body
File photoNEW DELHI: Hardening its stand against United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the government has justified denying…
Nirav Modi-Choksi jewels worth Rs 1,350cr land in ED’s hands
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has received 108 consignments of diamonds, pearls and other valuables worth Rs 1,350 crore on…
US rights record under scrutiny as more police killings come to light
WASHINGTON: A policing human rights horror that has thrived uncontrolled for decades is starting to unfold in the United States,…
Coronavirus | COVID-19 turns India’s urban blight
The three-time MLA of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, J. Anbazhagan, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Wednesday morning,…
U.S. religious liberty report remembers of CAA, NRC, J&K status
The U.S. State Department has released its annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report, a survey of the state of religious…
About 3 in ten think coronavirus was made in a laboratory, states study
About three in 10 believed that coronavirus (COVID-19) was manufactured in a laboratory but most, or 42%, believed it evolved…
U.S. Black Lives Matter protests spur require India to awaken to Dalit discrimination
A screenshot from a viral video showing the body of a Dalit man being lowered from a bridge as caste…
LAC row | China reaches accord with India
China said on Wednesday it had “reached agreement” with India on the ongoing tensions along the Line of Actual Control…
ED revives 1,350 crore worth diamonds, pearls of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi companies from Hong Kong
Mehul Choksi (left) and his nephew Nirav Modi (right) are accused in the over $2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud.…
Five militants gunned down in J&K’s Shopian
On their toes: Army jawans during an encounter with terrorists in Shopian district of Kashmir. File photo | Photo Credit:…
Bid to poach MLAs, destabilise Rajasthan govt: Chief whip
JAIPUR: The Congress on Wednesday charged the BJP with attempts to destabilise the Rajasthan government even as party MLAs were…
Madhya Pradesh: Students permitted entry into board evaluation centre after chemical spray in Bhopal
Students being sprayed with harmful disinfectant before a Bhopal school on Wednesday.BHOPAL: Around 100 students were permitted entry into an…
ICC Board meeting: T20 World Cup fate to be decided next month
NEW DELHI: A decision on the fate of this year's T20 World Cup in Australia was on Wednesday deferred until…
Full text of George Floyd’s brother Philonise’s statement to US Congress
"Chairman Jerrold Nadler and members of the Committee: "Thank you for the invitation to be here today to talk about…
India, China start another round of ‘tough’ military talks; Pangong Tso still a major problem
NEW DELHI: India and China kicked off another round of military talks on Wednesday, with the two sides engaging in…
ED revives Rs 1,350 crore worth refined diamonds, pearls of Nirav Modi, Choksi companies from Hong Kong
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday brought back over 2,300 kg of polished diamonds and pearls worth Rs…
George Floyd’s brother to attend to US House panel on police reforms
Philonise Floyd. (AP photo)WASHINGTON: One of the brothers of George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world,…
World economy to contract 6%in 2020, recovery ‘slow and uncertain’: OECD
(Representative image)PARIS: The global economy will contract at least six per cent this year, with the unprecedented loss of income…
China, India taking steps to ‘relieve’ scenario along borders: Chinese main
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that Indian and Chinese troops have started implementing the "positive consensus" reached by the senior…
Sourav Ganguly had amazing leadership qualities, Virat Kohli is very passionate: Venkatesh Prasad
NEW DELHI: From making his international debut under Mohammad Azharuddin in 1994 against New Zealand to playing his career’s last…
Army tightens up grip on Pakistan as Imran Khan’s appeal wanes
ISLAMABAD: The generals are back in control in Pakistan —unofficially that is. There's now more than a dozen former and…
Adityanath must be told it’s not appropriate to threaten Nepal: Oli
India’s claim on Kalapani region is based on unsound facts, he says Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath should be told…
LAC row | China, India taking steps to ‘ease’ situation along borders: Chinese official
Army patrol teams in the Sub Sector North along the Line of Actual Control with China. File | Photo Credit:…
As ‘Unlock 1’ unfolds, BJP prepares for surveys
The announcement of a graded opening up of the economy, termed “Unlock 1”, has also seen a stepping up of…
Will carry out LG’s choice on limiting treatment in Delhi healthcare facilities, states Kejriwal
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday fell in line with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s diktat of rescinding the Delhi Cabinet’s…
Assam: 2 firefighters eliminated in OIL well fire
Two infernos that engulfed a natural gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on June…
Tamil Nadu MLA J. Anbazhagan catches COVID-19
Three-time DMK MLA, J. Anbazhagan, died on Wednesday, days after he tested positive for COVID-19 at a private hospital in…
SARS-CoV-2 may have concerned India by means of Europe, Middle East: IISc. research study
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, India is now the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the…
A case for 15%business tax rate will enhance India’s competitiveness. Here’s why
(This story originally appeared in on Jun 10, 2020)In September last year, the government had reduced the corporate tax rate…
J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai
J AnbazhaganCHENNAI: DMK MLA J Anbazhagan died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday (June…
Covid-19: Centre deploys high-level teams to assist 15 states that saw cases spurt
NEW DELHI: Amid rising Covid-19 cases, the health ministry on Tuesday deployed high-level multi-disciplinary central teams in 15 states and…
Incorrect priorities: On keeping spiritual places open during a pandemic
Some things are better kept for later during a pandemic. And, public worship is certainly one of them. When epidemiologists…
Crossing the line: On Delhi’s decision to restrict health services
The decision announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to restrict COVID-19 treatment in Delhi’s private hospitals and those run by…
Demarche to Pakistan on demolition of Hindu homes
File photoNEW DELHI: India issued a strong demarche to the Pakistani high commission on Tuesday over what sources here described…
Time to dry sneeze droplets may affect Covid spread: Study
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Cities where cough or sneeze droplets took a shorter time to dry out due to higher temperature…
Coronavirus live updates: In 9 days, June cases at 50% of May count
In 9 days, June cases at 50% of May countCovid-19 cases in India were poised to cross 2.75 lakh on…
India to sign up 1 crore migrant workers at town, block level
Representative imageNEW DELHI: India will soon undertake a gigantic exercise of registering all migrant workers and specifying their occupational skill…
Delhi could reach 5.5 lakh cases, need 80,000 beds by end-July, says Manish Sisodia
ANI photoNEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday claimed the number of Covid-19 positive cases in the city…