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Air Indias pilots union and several other airlines had earlier written to the DGCA to stop BA tests as they increased the risk of infection. (Representational image: PTI)

COVID: Breath analyser tests set to resume for pilots, crew as...

The compulsory daily breath analyser (BA) tests were paused during the deadly second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic

7 Sept 2021 12:36 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

Postpone NEET exam, let students have fair chance: Rahul to govt

Gandhi's remarks come a day after the Supreme Court refused to defer the NEET-UG examination scheduled for September 12

7 Sept 2021 11:20 AM IST

A student arrives to attend classes at a school in Chennai on September 1, 2021, after the state government relaxed the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown norms for educational institutions, allowing students to attend physical classes. (Photo: AFP)

India adds 31,222 new Covid cases, 290 new fatalities take death toll...

The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent

7 Sept 2021 10:22 AM IST

That the Union government has picked the right signals from the tragedy of citizens dying due to lack of oxygen has been reflected in the way it has been taking precautionary measures to avoid a repeat of it, should a third wave visit us. Representational Image (PTI)

India plans 50% increase in oxygen production before third COVID-19...

The target implies a 50% jump from the maximum output of almost 10,000 tonnes reached earlier this year during the peak...

7 Sept 2021 10:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to inaugurate 'Shikshak Parv' conclave today

The Prime Minister will also launch multiple key initiatives in the education sector during the event

7 Sept 2021 8:29 AM IST

The health department has released a fresh contact list containing 251 persons. Of these, 32 are in the high risk category. (Representational image: PTI)

Kerala puts rigorous Nipah management plan in place

Rambutan fruit to be the source of Nipah virus which led to the death of the 12 year old boy

7 Sept 2021 8:26 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

BJP threatens EC of taking legal steps seeking stay on Bhowanipore...

Wondering whether the EC was an 'astrologer', state BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu asked if Bhowanipore was free...

7 Sept 2021 8:10 AM IST

Why has he not been arrested yet? Who is stopping the Shiv Sena from doing that? The Shiv Sena must answer this and Mr Akhtar must apologise for his comments. He has seen the RSSs ways. But he has not seen the Talibans ways, a BJP leader said. DC file photo

Comparison of RSS with Taliban wrong: Sena

Akhtar said that the Taliban are barbaric, their actions are reprehensible, but those supporting the RSS, VHP, Bajrang...

7 Sept 2021 8:08 AM IST

The meeting will be attended by the President of Brazil Jair Bolsanaro, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of China Xi Jinping, and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Dealing with China a top priority, says S. Jaishankar ahead of Brics...

With the situation in Afghanistan likely to be discussed prominently at Thursday's Brics Summit

7 Sept 2021 6:45 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Centre emasculating tribunals by not making appointments & testing...

In an unequivocal message to the Centre, the court said that It was clear that they don't want to respect the judgments...

7 Sept 2021 2:24 AM IST

Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that they had given a deadline of September 6 to the administration to meet their demands. (Twitter)

Mobile internet suspended, section 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of...

The Haryana government ordered suspension of mobile Internet services from 12:30 pm on Monday to Tuesday midnight

7 Sept 2021 1:54 AM IST

Abhishek Banerjee represents the Diamond Harbour seat of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in money laundering case

Banerjee, 33, arrived at the office of the central agency at Jam Nagar house in central Delhi just before 11 AM

6 Sept 2021 11:41 AM IST