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As with the Phuket Sandbox programme, the Samui Plus programme has targeted tourists from low and medium-risk Covid countries. - By Arrangement

Lekha Shankar | The new Samui Plus' programme in Thailand

The Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus programmes are pioneering projects, being closely watched by other countries in the...

16 Aug 2021 12:46 PM IST

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)

Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses

Taliban official said the group would announce from the palace the restoration of the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'

16 Aug 2021 11:51 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive in Hyderabad. (AFP)

India's active caseload declines to 3,81,947, the lowest in last 145...

The country reported 32,937 fresh infections on Monday, and 417 new fatalities, mostly from Maharashtra (130) and Kerala...

16 Aug 2021 11:38 AM IST

Incremental but meaningful gains in what is still a deeply conservative, male-dominated society: Girls are now in school, and women are in Parliament, government and business. (AFP)

Afghan women fear return to 'dark days' amid Taliban sweep

In just a few minutes, everything changed for the 26-year-old resident of Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city

16 Aug 2021 3:42 AM IST

Amid ongoing fear of aftershocks, virtually the entire population of that city spent Saturday night outdoors, sleeping in front of their homes or what was left of them. (AFP)

Death toll in massive Haiti quake jumps to 724: govt

Churches, businesses, schools and homes crumbled in Saturday's quake that trapped hundreds of victims under

16 Aug 2021 3:19 AM IST

He will have lunch with residents of Gandhi Bhavan Sneharamam old age home at Wandoor in Malappuram on 17th. (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi to visit Wayanad from August 16-18

On August 16, he will unveil Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Gandhi Park in Mananthavady

16 Aug 2021 2:51 AM IST

Terminal students have to leave the hostel by September 23, which is making them unsure of accommodation with narrow financial capacity. (ANI)

Afghan students at JNU fear to go back, seek visa extension

JNU administration released a press note on August 14

16 Aug 2021 2:17 AM IST

President Ashraf Ghani. (File photo:AP)

Afghan president Ghani flees country as Taliban enter Kabul

Taliban sources told that the insurgents had taken control of the presidential palace and that a meeting on security in...

15 Aug 2021 11:57 PM IST

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. (PTI Photo)

'Sorry state of affairs': CJI N V Ramana on lack of debate in...

Chief Justice exhorted the members of the legal fraternity to participate in public life and share their experience...

15 Aug 2021 11:41 PM IST

President Kovind also sought to address the concerns raised by protesting farmers unions against the three contentious farm laws, saying the series of agricultural marketing reforms will empower our annadata farmers and help them get better price for their produce. (Twitter)

Parliament is temple of indian democracy: the president

On the 75th Independence Day, the President referred to the second wave, and said the country is yet to come out of its...

15 Aug 2021 4:03 AM IST