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Chick lit' that loses plot after promising start

Anviksha insists that her trip, although inspired by the 2011 Bollywood movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, will not mimic...

31 Jan 2021 9:28 PM IST

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Scientists decode how coronavirus damages lung cells within hours

The virus does wholesale remodeling of the lung cells

31 Jan 2021 5:24 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

India's Modi vows to pursue reforms after deadly farmer riot

Modi called the farmers' assault on a historic fort an "insult" to the national flag

31 Jan 2021 4:54 PM IST

A cold wave swept the national capital on Sunday morning, with the minimum temperature dipping to 3.1 degrees Celsius. (Representational Photo: DC)

Delhi records maximum cold wave days in January in 13 years: IMD

Only one 'cold wave' day each was recorded in 2020 and 2019, compared to seven days this year

31 Jan 2021 1:29 PM IST

Former TMC leaders Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Chakraborti and Rudranil Ghosh meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah as they join BJP. (PTI/Twitter)

Rajib Banerjee, 4 other TMC leaders join BJP ahead of assembly polls

Ruling TMC rocked by fresh bout of desertions with Banerjee quitting the party and several other leaders rallying behind...

31 Jan 2021 12:30 PM IST

A worker in protective overall disinfects a vehicle from the World Health Organization convoy while they were visiting the Baishazhou wholesale market on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP)

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

WHO said on Twitter last Thursday that the team plans to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology and laboratories at...

31 Jan 2021 12:16 PM IST

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly waves to his fans after he got discharged from a private hospital, in Kolkata, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Ganguly underwent a fresh round of angioplasty on Thursday and two more stents were implanted to clear the 48- year-old cricket legends clogged coronary arteries. (PTI)

Ganguly discharged from hospital after fresh round of angioplasty

On Thursday, two more stents were implanted during the surgery conducted by a team of doctors

31 Jan 2021 12:00 PM IST

Virtually addressing the party leaders, Narendra Modi told them that agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar was just a phone call away for protesting farmers and the agriculture minister himself had conveyed the same to farmer leaders earlier this month. (Photo:PTI)

PM: Promise to suspend 3 farm laws still stands

Talks with agriculture minister only a phone call away: Modi

31 Jan 2021 1:11 AM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute applies for trials of another Covid-19 vaccine

The firm has already produced Covishield vaccine, co-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company...

31 Jan 2021 12:27 AM IST

People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 23, 2021. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Navalny brother, aides under house arrest ahead of Russia protests

Kremlin critics say authorities are dramatically ramping up pressure on the opposition in an effort to intimidate...

30 Jan 2021 12:38 PM IST

Members of World Health Organization team depart from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital after a field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Saturday, January 30, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

The highly politicised mission had been beset by delays, with China refusing access until mid-January

30 Jan 2021 12:07 PM IST

Investigators are still unsure of when exactly the statue was torn down or what the motive may have been, The Sacramento Bee reported. (Image credit: Twitter/@JournoPranay)

Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in US

The statue of Gandhi, which was donated by the Indian government to the city of Davis, was installed by the city council...

30 Jan 2021 11:37 AM IST