Principal Director General of PIB tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to AIIMS
PTI New Delhi, June 08, 2020 01:54 IST Updated: June 08, 2020 05:10 IST Principle Direoctor General of PIB, K.S.…
Earnings, not profiteering: On guideline of COVID-19 testing charges
The role of the state as a big brother is problematic, and yet only a vigilant, just state can temper…
Coronavirus | Maharashtra tally surges past China to touch 85,975; 91 deaths recorded
With 3,007 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra recorded its second-highest single-day case surge on Sunday as its tally surged to 85,975, exceeding…
NDA will get 2/3rd majority in Bihar under Nitish, says Amit Shah
PATNA/NEW DELHI: In the first-ever virtual political rally of the country, home minister Amit Shah on Sunday made it clear…
Delhi, UP pay resident doctors most, interns in Maharashtra among worst paid
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar pay resident doctors (MBBS degree holders pursuing postgraduation) the most. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Haryana…
Covid cases cross 2.5 L, toll 7k as shopping centers, shrines set to open
NEW DELHI: A day before malls, shrines and several other public places are set to open in many parts of…
Noida woman has a stillborn on the road
NOIDA: A 26-year-old woman allegedly refused admission by the Noida District Hospital in Sector 30 delivered a stillborn on a…
5 companies wait for regulator’s nod to make Remdesivir
NEW DELHI: Despite rapidly rising Covid-19 deaths and an approval to use Remdesivir for treatment of severe cases, Indian patients…
Hit by Covid-19, Census-NPR may be pushed to next year
NEW DELHI: As Census houselisting and NPR operations, due to be held during April-September 2020, remain suspended on account of…
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress shifts 21 Gujarat MLAs to Rajasthan
The Congress on June 7 shifted 21 of its Gujarat MLAs to a resort in Abu Road in Rajasthan and…
Bihar virtual rally | NDA will get two-thirds majority in Bihar under Nitish Kumar’s leadership: Amit Shah
BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would get two-thirds majority in the coming Assembly…
Worldwide death toll goes beyond 400,000
A man wears a protective face shield and a mask at a store during a curfew imposed to prevent the…
Culture Ministry nod to open 820 ASI monuments which have places of praise from June 8
A view of the Fatehpur Masjid in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Sources said that wearing masks…
Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Shopian
File photo of soldiers at Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Security forces launched a…
Extreme rallies for racial justice in United States amid fractures in GOP
WASHINGTON: Tens of thousands of people marched through American cities on Saturday demonstrating before government edifices, city halls, and monuments…
Guardians of the world economy stagger from rescue to recovery
A medical worker stands at the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day that traders…
NDA will get two-third majority in Bihar under Nitish Kumar’s management: Amit Shah at virtual rally
NEW DELHI: Setting the tone for Bihar assembly polls, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the state moved…
Five terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Shopian
File photo used for representation SRINAGAR: Five Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, including a top commander of the outfit, were on Sunday…
86% of Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu asymptomatic, says CM Palaniswami
CHENNAI: As many as 86 per cent of Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 cases have been found to be asymptomatic, and the…
Eastern Ladakh standoff: Indian, Chinese armies agree to quietly resolve row
An Army convoy moving towards the Zojilla pass in Drass ( ANI File Photo)NEW DELHI: A series of military talks…
Day 7 of coronavirus unlock 1.0: Ground report from Indian cities
NEW DELHI: From Monday, cities across the country would have lifted several restrictions imposed in the wake of coronavirus. The…
Government, private hospitals in Delhi will only treat patients from national capital: CM Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind KejriwalNEW DELHI: The Delhi government has decided to open all religious places, shopping malls and restaurants from Monday as…
Karnataka: Hunt on to discover BS Yediyurappa’s successor
BENGALURU: The BJP top brass has a tough task on hand — hunting for an “acceptable” successor to 78-year-old Lingayat…
Coronavirus cases: India overtakes Spain, 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…
How Bengaluru kept its coronavirus count low
Bengaluru has seen 13 Covid-related deaths in the past three months.BENGALURU: While coronavirus cases are increasing sharply in many parts…
Guy jailed for hurting pregnant cow by feeding explosive-mixed eatables in Himachal Pradesh
A man was arrested in Bilaspur district near Shimla on Saturday on an allegation by the owner of a pregnant…
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…