Oil price pickle: On fuel duty hike
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The common aspect: On China in U.S. politics
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Migrant workers in Mumbai sell goats, ring to pay airfare
Three migrant labourers from West Bengal living in Diva near Thane sold their goats and a gold ring and borrowed…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets PLA, advises battle readiness
Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 26 called on the military “to think about worst-case scenarios” and “scale up battle…
Cyclone evacuees and migrants under one roofing in West Bengal
Before cyclone Amphan struck on May 20, officials of the Achintyanagar gram panchayat in Pathapratima block of West Bengal’s South…
Order on complete earnings withdrawn: Centre notifies Supreme Court
The court asked the government to consider the issues raised by the petitioners with urgency. The court said a lot…
Covid-19: India unfazed by HCQ trial halt but will check before donating
Representative imageNEW DELHI: While WHO has suspended HCQ trials, stoking further doubts about the efficacy of the drug in dealing…
Kerala joins political blame game over running of Shramik Special trains
NEW DELHI: Political blame game over Shramik Special trains continued between railway minister Piyush Goyal and Maharashtra government for the…
As US toll nears 100,000 (to China’s <5000), Trump and allies berate Beijing
WASHINGTON: Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is poised to tick over 100,000 on Tuesday even as…
India’s top military brass meets PM Modi amid escalating border tension with China
NEW DELHI: In the midst of escalating border tension between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra…
Government releases source code of Aarogya Setu Android app on GitHub
NEW DELHI: The government has released the source code of Aarogya Setu Android app on GitHub. The developer community can…
Migrant crisis: SC states lapses on part of Centre and states, looks for response
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance of the "problems" and "miseries" of migrant labourers amid…
Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of migrant workers concern
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on may 26 said there have been “inadequacies and certain lapses” on the…
Supreme Court permits LG Polymers staff access to Vishakapatnam plant
The LG Polymers plant, situated close to residential areas in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The Supreme Court on…
Trump threatens to pull GOP Convention out of North Carolina
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the Republican Convention out of North Carolina if its Governor did not guarantee…
‘Really heavy’ rains expected in Assam, Meghalaya from May 26-28, IMD issues red alert
A fisherman looks at his fishing net which is submerged by the rising flood water of Brahmaputra in Guwahati on…
Centre’s lockdown strategy has actually stopped working: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that all the four stages of lockdown have ‘failed’ and claimed that…
No instant Supreme Court relief for anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam
Bench seeks replies from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh; hearing adjourned for two weeks Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)…
Prakash Javadekar attacks Rahul Gandhi for calling lockdown a failed attempt
File pic of Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash JavadekarNEW DELHI: : Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on…
Only supporting, not an essential gamer in Maharashtra: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Amid allegations of mishandling the Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra by opposition leaders who even demanded dismissal of the…
BSEB Class X result 2020: General pass portion records 80.59
BSEB Chairman Anand Kishor (left), state education minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma (centre) and departments additional chief secretary RK Mahajan…
Locusts attack crops in several Indian states: All you need to know
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: May 26, 2020, 14:32 ISTNEW DELHI: Crops and vegetation in several Indian states have been threatened by…
Lockdown has failed, Centre must spell out reopening strategy: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi: PTINEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the four phases of nationwide lockdown have…
China’s ‘Bat Woman’ warns coronavirus is just tip of the iceberg
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli inside a laboratory in Wuhan.BEIJING: Shi Zhengli, a virologist renowned for her work on coronavirus in…
Analysis: Pakistan factor behind India-China stand-off in Ladakh
China’s heightened concerns over Aksai Chin and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is routed, in part, through Gilgit-Baltistan, may…
China’s silence on border, a contrast to Doklam
China’s government and media have maintained a studied public silence on developments along the Indian border through much of the…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 63 live updates | Kerala SSLC exams to resume today
The SSLC and vocational higher secondary education (VHSE) examinations will resume in Kerala today amid unprecedented arrangements against the backdrop…
Data | When are COVID-19 patients most likely to infect others?
Patient data from southeast Asian nations show that a significant share of COVID-19 patients passed on the infection to others…
Bengal’s Amphan tragedy needs more national and global attention
In every briefing since January on the evolving Covid 19 crisis, the WHO Chief mentions the need for global solidarity…
Last-minute cancellations cause chaos as flight resumes
Flyers stand in a long queue for departure at Patna's Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport following the ...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
India aims to store low-cost oil in United States: Dharmendra Pradhan
NEW DELHI: India is looking at storing some low priced US oil in facilities there as its local storage is…
ICMR sits on proposal to try Rs 5 arthritis drug in Covid cases
Representative imageCHENNAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is sitting on a proposal for a clinical trial of an…
As migrants go home, ICMR ramps up testing
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of the expected surge in Covid-19 cases due to influx of migrant workers in states like…
India-China standoff: Political-diplomatic talks seen as only escape
NEW DELHI: Direct top-level politico-diplomatic intervention is now likely to de-escalate the almost month-long military confrontation between Indian and Chinese…
Govt body for harmony in boards evaluation likely
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WHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where Covid-19 is declining
GENEVA: Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon…
Early take-off: On resumption of air travel
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Batting for free speech: On filing of disparagement cases against press
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Flights to repatriate stranded Chinese nationals from June 2
Passengers at the Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI The costs for the tickets and for…
532 flights remove however over 50%seats go empty
Airlines ferried more than 39,000 passengers on 532 flights on Monday as domestic air travel was resumed after two months.…
Coronavirus | WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment…
Coronavirus | Single-day spike continues its trend for the seventh day on Monday
India’s single-day spike continued its trend for the seventh day on Monday with over 6,900 new COVID-19 cases being reported…
COVID-19 testing capacity up in States seeing big migrants’ circulation
The Union Health Ministry has admitted that Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, currently witnessing large-scale return of migrant…
Deliberations on to solve LAC tensions
Deliberations are continuing on a daily basis between military commanders of India and China on the ground in addition to…
Reverse migration to villages has actually set economy back by 15 years, states JNU professor
Santosh K Mehrotra, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and…
US bans entry from Brazil over Covid-19 fears, despite having four times as many cases amid partying Americans
In this May 23, 2020 file photo people gather on the beach for the Memorial Day weekend in Port Aransas,…
Crashed PIA aircraft’s pilot disregarded 3 cautions to lower elevation: Report
A plume of smoke is seen after the crash of a PIA aircraft in Karachi on May 22, 2020. (Reuters…
Heatwave intensifies in northern India, Churu hottest at 47.5 deg C
Girls cover their faces with scarfs to protect themselves from the scorching heat in New Delhi.NEW DELHI: Heatwave conditions intensified…
China decides to evacuate citizens from India amid rise in coronavirus cases
NEW DELHI: China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing "difficulties"…
Need to adopt AI aggressively to ensure inclusive development in corona-hit world: Ravi Shankar Prasad
NEW DELHI: Emphasising that the government’s Aarogya Setu app protects individual user’s privacy, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad…