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A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a primary health centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

More private facilities being allowed as COVID vaccination centres in...

COVID vaccination pace is being further increased through an increase in the number of CVCs in both government and...

19 March 2021 3:41 PM IST

$The Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi (C), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Wang Yi (2nd L), Chinas Foreign Minister, speak with their US counterparts at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18, 2021. - Chinas actions \threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability,\ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday at the opening of a two-day meeting with Chinese counterparts in Alaska. (AFP)$ World

US, China spar over world order during their first meeting under Biden

The relations between the US and China are at an all-time low

19 March 2021 3:31 PM IST

The rate of infection was five times higher, at 3.3 per cent, among those who returned a positive test during the second wave having previously tested negative. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

COVID-19 patients above 65 years of age more prone to reinfection,...

During this second wave, 2 per cent tested positive among those 65 or older who had previously not had COVID-19

19 March 2021 12:30 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for coronavirus tests at the CSMT railway station, amid surge in COVID-19 cases, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Nearly 40,000 COVID-19 cases reported in India in last 24 hours

Registering an increase for the ninth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,71,282

19 March 2021 10:49 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at supporters at a rally, ahead of the State Assembly polls, at Kalaikunda in West West Medinipur, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (PTI)

Mamata asks Modi: When Amphan hit state, where were you, BJP ?

The two-time CM also tore into the BJP government at the Centre over the hikes in fuel and LPG prices

19 March 2021 8:06 AM IST

The Union government must use technology to the optimum to ensure that vaccine wastage is brought to a minimum. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Rural surge scary, act now to stop second Covid wave

While the first phase of Covid wave was in the metros and big cities of the country, the recent surge is reported from...

19 March 2021 4:56 AM IST

A diverse, multiracial society like America must own up that it has a huge racial problem in which visibly successful migrants are increasingly the victims of racial abuse, harassment and violent hate crimes. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Guns, racism & crime in US

As an epidemic, hate crime is on the rise in the USA, its graph exploding exponentially since the outbreak of the...

19 March 2021 4:12 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha, during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Rajya Sabha adjourned briefly amid Opposition uproar over Insurance...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved a bill in the Upper House to consider for further amendment of the Insurance...

18 March 2021 3:52 PM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. (PTI)

U'khand CM sparks controversy for questioning 'values' of women who...

#RippedJeans trends on Twitter following Rawat's comments on women who wear 'jeans ripped at the knees'

18 March 2021 2:15 PM IST