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    The increase took rates across the country to fresh highs with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark. (PTI Photo)India
    Fuel prices hiked for third consecutive day across metros

    Kolkata saw the highest surge of 30 paise, which is retailing petrol at the rate of Rs 102.77 per litre

    2 Oct 2021 11:48 AM IST

    Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (L) prepares to give a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination to Chen Knifsend (R) at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)World
    Global COVID-19 deaths hit 50 lakhs as Delta variant sweeps the world

    As a region, South America has the highest death toll in the world accounting for 21% of all reported deaths

    2 Oct 2021 11:16 AM IST

    In this image provided by the University of Utah Health, medical professionals look after a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit on July 30, 2021, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 700,000. (Charlie Ehlert/University of Utah Health via AP)World
    US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins

    The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 pc of the population...

    2 Oct 2021 10:45 AM IST

    A worker sanitises a corridor of the Gandhi Memorial English High School after Maharashtra government allowed schools to reopen for VIIIth to XIIth classes from October 4, at Matunga in Mumbai, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (PTI/Kunal Patil)India
    India logs 24,354 new COVID-19 cases, 234 fresh fatalities

    The active cases comprise 0.81 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

    2 Oct 2021 10:31 AM IST

    Elon Musk-led SpaceXs satellite broadband arm Starlink said that its service is available in many countries and it will be easier for it to get government approvals if it has a high number of pre-orders from India. (AFP Photo)Business
    Elon Musk's Starlink aims to start broadband service in India from Dec...

    Starlink Country Director for India Sanjay Bhargava in his social media post said that the pre-order from India has...

    1 Oct 2021 3:47 PM IST

    Air Marshal Sandeep Singh succeeded Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, who became the 27th Chief of the Air Staff on Thursday. (ANI Photo)India
    Air Marshal Sandeep Singh takes charge as Vice Chief of IAF

    An alumnus of NDA, Air Marshal Singh was commissioned in the flying branch of the IAF in December 1983, as a fighter...

    1 Oct 2021 3:45 PM IST

    \Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ New Zealand government official said. (PTI)Business
    Indian govt says no decision on Air India sale after report cites Tata...

    Earlier this month the finance ministry said it had received bids for the airline, but did not name the bidders

    1 Oct 2021 3:43 PM IST

    Apple CEO Tim Cook with the iPhone 13 Pro Max and Apple Watch Series 7 during a special event at Apple Park. (Photo: AFP)Technology
    Apple to avoid 600 MT of plastic by eliminating plastic wrap on iPhone...

    Apple aims to have its entire business carbon neutral by 2030

    1 Oct 2021 3:17 PM IST

    Security personnel check documents of travellers at an airport. (AFP)India
    Govt to roll out 'customised visa' policy

    The visa facilitation will depend on the applicant's home country's policy for the Indian tourists

    1 Oct 2021 3:10 PM IST

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