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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

People get inoculated with the dose of the Covaxin Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a temporary vaccination camp inside a school in Mumbai. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

'Number of people who got at least one dose of COVID jab in India...

Presently, about 60.7 per cent of the adult population in the country has received at least one dose of COVID-19...

15 Sept 2021 10:48 AM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of Covaxin vaccine against Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

India records 27,176 new cases of Covid, 284 fresh fatalities

Less than 50,000 daily cases have been reported for 80 consecutive days now

15 Sept 2021 10:36 AM IST

Relief supplies from the United States in the wake of Indias COVID-19 situation arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport cargo terminal in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 30, 2021. (Photo: AP)

US, India in talks over timeline for restarting COVID-19 vaccine...

The administration official said Washington was staying in close touch with India about the vaccine partnership

14 Sept 2021 3:02 PM IST