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A year ago, in retaliation to the illegal custody and barbaric treatment then of two Indian High Commission staffers in Islamabad by Pakistani security agencies after being abducted at gunpoint , India had in June last year asked Pakistan to reduce its staff at its High Commission in New Delhi by half. Representational image/ AP

India, Pak approve fresh visas for diplomatic missions of officials

In February this year, the two nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a strict observance of the ceasefire along the Line...

17 Jun 2021 1:50 AM IST

Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Cabinet has approved increasing the subsidy amount for DAP fertiliser for the benefits of farmers. (Photo:PTI)

Cabinet approves hike in DAP fertiliser subsidy by Rs 700 per bag

The hike is part of the government's effort to ensure that farmers gets the key soil nutrient at old rates despite rise...

17 Jun 2021 1:24 AM IST

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

Twisted facts on social media, no newborn calf serum in product:...

Newborn calf serum is used only for the preparation and growth of vero cells

16 Jun 2021 3:39 PM IST

The team infected lab-grown human airway tissue with the virus and found that for the first three days, viral load in the tissue doubled about every six hours. (Representational image: AFP)

Exposure to common cold virus may protect from COVID-19: Study

They found evidence of rapid growth of SARS-CoV-2 in the first few days of infection, followed by activation of the...

16 Jun 2021 1:37 PM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific...

Dr Arora said that the earlier decision of four weeks was based upon the bridging trial data available then

16 Jun 2021 12:45 PM IST

Twitter has to appear before the panel on June 18 at 4 pm and give representation on how to prevent misuse of social media and online news. (Photo: PTI/File)

Twitter loses 'safe harbour' shield in India over non-compliance to IT...

Earlier this month, the government had given one last chance to Twitter to comply with the new IT rules

16 Jun 2021 12:37 PM IST

Singh was virtually addressing the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus. (Photo: Twitter/@rajnathsingh)

Terrorism, radicalisation gravest threats facing world: Rajnath Singh

The defence minister said India remained committed to combating financing terrorism

16 Jun 2021 11:51 AM IST

The FIR alleges that the video was shared with an intention to provoke communal unrest. (Photo: Screengrab from video)

UP Police books Twitter, journalists for circulating video of Muslim...

In the video clip, the elderly Muslim man alleges he was thrashed by some young men and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

16 Jun 2021 11:46 AM IST

Pakistan directed the federal government to give India another opportunity to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

Pakistan court adjourns Kulbhushan Jadhav's case till October 5

Jadhavwas sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017

16 Jun 2021 11:34 AM IST

A student holds a mobile phone for another so that he can listen to instructions from a teacher as children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

India reports 62,224 fresh cases of Covid, 2,542 new fatalities

The active cases further declined to 8,65,432 comprising 2.92 per cent of the total infections

16 Jun 2021 11:29 AM IST