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Customers waited over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their propane tanks in Houston (AP)

Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists

More than 320,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

18 Feb 2021 10:21 PM IST

China says disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in eastern Ladakh going on smoothly

China says disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in eastern Ladakh...

After nine months of border standoff in eastern Ladakh, the two armies reached an agreement on disengagement

18 Feb 2021 9:26 PM IST

Confederation of All India Trader (CAIT) (Twitter@CAITIndia)

Commercial markets across India to remain shut on Feb 26: Traders'...

It also called for a review of the GST system and its tax slabs to simplify and rationalise it for easier compliance by...

18 Feb 2021 8:03 PM IST

Resue teams inside the Tapovan tunnel (Twitter@ITBP_official)

2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; U'khand disaster toll...

143 are still missing in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7, said the police

18 Feb 2021 7:22 PM IST

A health worker takes swab sample of a resident for COVID-19 testing in a housing society, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, at Nehru Nagar in Mumbai, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (PTI)

3 Maharashtra cities likely to face stricter curbs 'at any moment'

The state reported 4,787 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest one-day count this year

18 Feb 2021 2:55 PM IST

Globally, approximate 160,000 deaths have been attributed to PM2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities of Delhi (30 million), Mexico City (22 million), Sao Paulo (22 million), Shanghai (26 million) and Tokyo (37 million), report said. (AFP)

Air pollution claimed 54,000 lives in Delhi last year: Study

The study also noted that the damage is equally worrying in other Indian cities

18 Feb 2021 2:40 PM IST

Protesting farmers sit on tracks after calling for a four-hour rail blockade as they continue their protest against the central governments recent agricultural reforms, in Sonipat on February 18, 2021. (AFP)

Rail roko: Protesting farmers sit on tracks in Punjab, Haryana;...

Security has been tightened in Haryana and Punjab with personnel of the government railway police and the state police...

18 Feb 2021 1:36 PM IST

The end of the chapter also marks the completion of the current contract for series star Allison Janney, who became the sole lead of the show following the exit of Anna Faris last year. (Image: Twitter/@MomCBS)

'Mom' to end with season 8

The series had started as a rare comedy with two female leads and deals with important issues like addiction, recovery...

18 Feb 2021 1:28 PM IST

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan being sworn in Lt Governor of Puducherry, an additional charge, by Chief Justice of Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee during a brief ceremony at Raj Nivas in Puducherry, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (PTI)

Telangana Guv Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as Pondy Lt Governor

After the swearing-in, the Lt Governor was presented a guard of honour by the Puducherry police outside Raj Nivas

18 Feb 2021 11:43 AM IST