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COVID: SC warns against silencing people raising grievances on internet

New Delhi: Terming the second wave of COVID-19 as a national crisis , the Supreme Court on Friday warned authorities, from the Centre down to...

Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh dies of COVID

Patna:Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh died of COVID on Friday in a private hospital here. Singh who had tested positive recently was undergoing treatment at Paras...

Vaccination of people in 18-45 age group will not start from May 1 in J-K: Administration

  Srinagar:Amid a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said the third phase of the inoculation drive that will...

Government to import 4.5 lakh vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir amid spike in COVID-19 cases

New Delhi:The government has placed orders for import of 4.5 lakh vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir with the first consignment of 75,000 vials expected...

Pentagon preparing for Taliban attacks during US withdrawal

  Washington: The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on US and coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, a prospect that complicates the...

COVID-19: India records new daily high of 3,86,452 cases

New Delhi: India saw 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far, pushing the total tally of...

No medical-oxygen shortage in J&K: official

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the highest number of vaccine doses in the country and there is no shortage of medical oxygen, the...

Bharat Biotech cuts vaccine price for states to Rs 400/dose

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Thursday announced a cut in price of its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' it plans to sell to the states to...

Above 60 years and with co-morbidities should be allowed home isolation after proper evaluation, say fresh guidelines

NEW DELHI: The Health Ministry on Thursday issued the "Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases", in which it advised against attempting...

Time to bring troops home from Afghanistan: Biden

WASHINGTON: After 20 years of American valour and sacrifice in Afghanistan, it's time to bring troops home, US President Joe Biden has said, assuring...

India adds record 3,79,257 COVID-19 cases and 3,645 fatalities in single day

NEW DELHI: India saw a record single day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,83,76,524, while...

Former PM Manmohan Singh discharged from AIIMS

NEW DELHI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here. He was admitted to the...

Blocked hashtag calling for PM Narendra Modi’s resignation by mistake: Facebook

NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it had temporarily blocked a hashtag calling for the Prime Minister's resignation "by mistake" and...

White supremacy is terrorism’: President Joe Biden

'WASHINGTON: In his first joint address to the US Congress, President Joe Biden identified white supremacy as a domestic terror threat that America must...

Sensex, Nifty end marginally higher on F&O expiry

Mumbai: Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher as monthly derivatives expired on Thursday amid a largely positive trend in global equities. After gyrating...

IPL 2021: Umpire Nitin Menon pulls out of IPL, Paul Reiffel’s exit stalled due to travel ban

NEW DELHI: India's top umpire Nitin Menon has pulled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) after his family was struck by a...

Changes around attitude reason for CSK’s turnaround, says Fleming

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming says a change in attitude brought with it a change of fortunes for his franchise, which...

India, China trade showing strong resilience: China

Beijing: The India-China trade is showing strong resilience, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday as the bilateral trade in goods in the first...

US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal

Washington:The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to...

It’s time to bring troops home from Afghanistan: Biden

Washington: After 20 years of American valour and sacrifice in Afghanistan, it's time to bring troops home, US President Joe Biden has said, assuring...

Blocked hashtag calling for PM’s resignation by mistake, says Facebook

  New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it had temporarily blocked a hashtag calling for the Prime Minister's resignation "by mistake" and...

It’s time to grow US economy from bottom and middle; We’re in competition with China: Biden

Washington: President Joe Biden has said that it is time to grow the US economy from the bottom and the middle, asserting that America is...

Global gold demand declines by 23 pc to 815.7 tonne in Jan-Mar 2021: WGC

Mumbai: Global gold demand dropped by 23 per cent during January-March quarter of this year to 815.7 tonne compared to the same period of 2020,...

COVID-19: India adds record 3,79, 257 cases in single day

New Delhi:  India saw a record single day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,83,76,524, while...

Covaxin “Found To Neutralise” Indian 617 Variant: US Adviser Dr. Fauci

    New Delhi: Covaxin, India's home-grown Covid vaccine produced by Bharat Biotech, has been found to neutralise the B.1.617 variant or the Indian double mutant strain,...

J&K expected to get COVID-19 vaccines by May 20 for free vaccination to persons above 18: Official

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued orders for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines for undertaking vaccination of people above 18 years and...

Jammu pharma body demands 7-day lockdown in J&K against COVID-19 pandemic

Jammu: Questioning the disparity in allocation of certain drugs used for COVID-19 treatment to Jammu and Kashmir, president of Jammu Pharmaceutical Distributors Association (JPDA)...

Over 3.6 lakh Covid cases in India

New Delhi: India saw a record single-day rise of 3,60,960 coronavirus cases, which pushed the total tally to 1,79,97,267, while the death toll crossed...

UN offers assistance of its integrated supply chain to India: UN spokesman

United Nations: As India battles a crippling surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the United Nations has offered the assistance of its integrated supply...

SC seeks GOI reply on oxygen demand

New Delhi: Taking note of resurgence of COVID-19 cases, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre to apprise it of projected demand of oxygen...

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