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Newly sworn-in state ministers and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani after the the state ministerial Cabinet swearing-in ceremony in Gandhinagar, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Bhupendra Patil team wholly new, all Rupani ministers dropped

Harsh Sanghvi, Jagdish Panchal, Brijesh Merja, Jitu Choudhary and Manisha Vakil took the oath as ministers of state with...

16 Sept 2021 6:28 PM IST

A medical staff checks the body temperature of a young passenger upon his arrival at a railway platform in Mumbai on September 13, 2021. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

India records 30,570 COVID-19 cases, 431 deaths

The number of active cases has dropped to 3,42,923, which comprises 1.03 per cent of the total infections

16 Sept 2021 11:16 AM IST

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat (PTI file photo)

India may set up a rocket force: Chief of Defence Staff

In China, the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) controls its strategic land-based nuclear and conventional...

16 Sept 2021 7:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the interaction with Chief Ministers of North Eastern states on Covid-19 situation via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi to raise concerns on Afghanistan at SCO summit

The SCO meeting will be chaired by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, and the situation in Afghanistan is expected to be...

16 Sept 2021 7:07 AM IST

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Anurag Thakur during a press briefing on the Cabinet decisions, at National Media Centre in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Union Cabinet approves fresh lifeline for telecom sector

The package comes six weeks after Kumar Mangalam Birla resigned from the post of chairman of Vodafone Idea Ltd on August...

16 Sept 2021 6:31 AM IST

Sputnik Light, which is the first dose of the original two-dose composition, has shown the efficacy of 79 per cent. (ANI Photo)

Sputnik Light Covid vaccine gets permission for Phase 3 trials in...

Earlier in the month of April, the two-dose version of the vaccine, Sputnik V, was approved for 'emergency use' by the...

15 Sept 2021 5:08 PM IST

PM Modi was speaking at the release of the eighth installment of financial benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme via video conferencing. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to virtually lead Indian delegation at SCO summit on Sept 17

The 21st meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State will be held on September 17 in Dushanbe in a hybrid format

15 Sept 2021 3:05 PM IST

A man wearing mask walks past a mural, in New Delhi, Sunday, Nov 8, 2020. (PTI)

Mu, C.1.2 variants of SARS-CoV2 not found in India so far: INSAOCG

WHO has added B.1.621 (including B.1.621.1) to the list of Variants of Interest (VOI) on August 30 and christened it Mu

15 Sept 2021 1:30 PM IST

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

SC asks Centre to make appointments in two weeks in tribunals across...

Bench headed by CJI N V Ramana and justices D Y Chandrachud expressed unhappiness over the unfilled vacancies in the...

15 Sept 2021 1:14 PM IST

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel (PTI)

Gujarat: New ministers to take oath today, says BJP spokesperson

Gujarat BJP in-charge Bhupender Yadav has been holding marathon meetings in Gandhinagar since the last two days to...

15 Sept 2021 12:54 PM IST

The ranks of the candidates have been released taking into consideration the best of the four NTA scores in accordance with the policy already made. (Representational image: PTI)

44 candidates score 100 percentile in JEE-Main, 18 candidates share...

Starting this year, JEE-Main was conducted four times a year to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve...

15 Sept 2021 11:33 AM IST

People wearing masks wait to get vaccinated for COVID-19 outside a school in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

India top source of social media misinformation on COVID-19: Study

The study was published in Sage's International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions journal

15 Sept 2021 10:55 AM IST