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Polling officials carry Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at an election material distribution centre on the eve of the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad. (Photo: AFP)

UP elections 2022 fifth phase: Over 21 per cent polling recorded till...

As many as 692 candidates are in the fray in this round including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

27 Feb 2022 9:48 AM IST

Kidney dishes with mounted syringes containing the vaccine from Novavax (from top to bottom), Biontech and Moderna lie in a refrigerator in a vaccination center ready for vaccination. (Photo: AP)

Over 10,000 Covid cases reported in last 24 hours, active caseload...

The death toll climbed to 5,13,724 with 243 fresh fatalities

27 Feb 2022 9:39 AM IST

Stranded Indian students from Ukraine waiting to board the Air India evacuation flight. (Photo by arrangement)

Low MBBS fees attract Indian students to Ukraine

Medical universities in Ukraine charge a fee of Rs 20 lakh- Rs 25 lakh for MBBS course as against Rs. 1 crore charged in...

27 Feb 2022 7:50 AM IST

Polling officials check the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) before they leave for their respective polling stations on the eve of the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad. (Sanjay KANOJIA / AFP)

BJP sees chance in Uttar Pradesh Phase-5 elections

Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement is expected to play a major role for the BJP in this region

27 Feb 2022 2:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a webinar highlighting positive impact of Union Budget on education sector, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi calls upon private firms to enter medical education sector in...

Indian students going abroad for study, especially in medical education, also result in hundreds of billions of rupees...

26 Feb 2022 1:41 PM IST

Priyanka Gandhi waves during a road show for the upcoming state assembly elections in Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

UP polls: Fifth phase of voting on Sunday; 692 candidates in fray for...

Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement, will too...

26 Feb 2022 1:13 PM IST

This is the second such agreement that the Indian Air Force has signed for buying okayed airframes that will help one of the most potent aircraft fleets to continue for longer in service. (ANI)

IAF decides not to send aircraft to multilateral air exercise in UK

Though the IAF did not clearly mention the reasons for the pull-out, it is learnt that the crisis in Ukraine prompted...

26 Feb 2022 12:20 PM IST

Indian nationals hold the tricolor before boarding the 2nd special Air India flight, evacuating Indians from war-torn Ukraine, in Bucharest, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (PTI)

Air India's second flight carrying 250 Indian evacuees from Ukraine...

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees at the airport by handing out roses to them

26 Feb 2022 11:43 AM IST

A health worker checks swab samples collected for RTPCR test to detect COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (AP file photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India records 11,499 fresh COVID-19 cases, 255 deaths

With this, the country recorded its daily COVID-19 cases under one lakh for the 20th consecutive day

26 Feb 2022 11:15 AM IST

Before the closure of the Ukrainian airspace, Air India had conducted one flight to Ukrainian capital Kyiv on February 22 that brought 240 people back to India. (Representational image: PTI)

Air India plane departs from Mumbai to evacuate Indians stranded in...

Air India will operate more flights on Saturday to Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to evacuate Indians stranded...

26 Feb 2022 10:44 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks at the UNSC (PTI file photo)

India abstains on UNSC resolution that deplores' Russian aggression...

New Delhi called for the immediate cessation of hostilities and asserted that dialogue is the only answer to settling...

26 Feb 2022 10:30 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

After 11 days, Karnataka HC concludes 'hijab' hearing, reserves order

The Court dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain media from chasing hijab-clad students and teachers

26 Feb 2022 8:22 AM IST