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This handout photo courtesy of US Marines Corps shows US Marines assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit escort evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (Nicholas GUEVARA / US Marine Corps/ AFP)

IAF may resume evacuation of Indians from Kabul today

Minister S. Jaishankar told the UN Security Council that the terrorist Haqqani Network's activities in Afghanistan were...

20 Aug 2021 7:27 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate country's first smog tower on...

Environment Min Gopal Rai said the smog tower will clean 1,000 cubic metres of air every second and reduce PM 2.5 and PM...

19 Aug 2021 6:49 PM IST

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening in Mumbai (Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)

Over 50 crore samples tested for COVID-19 in India till now: ICMR

On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 crore COVID-19 samples, which reached the 50-crore mark on August 18, 2021

19 Aug 2021 12:10 PM IST

A BMC health worker does thermal screening of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India logs 36,401 new COVID-19 cases, 530 deaths

The weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 1.95 per cent and it has been below three per cent for the last 55 days

19 Aug 2021 11:50 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Collegium sends 9 names to government for elevation as SC judges

Justice B.V. Nagarathna, if cleared, will go on to become first woman Chief Justice of India though for a brief period

19 Aug 2021 7:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter/ @PMOIndia)

India evaluates Afghanistan evacuations

PM Modi chaired another meeting of the CCS to discuss the crisis in the strife-torn nation and its implications for...

19 Aug 2021 12:52 AM IST

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

SC allows women to appear in NDA examination, asks UPSC to issue...

SC told the Additional Solicitor General that this policy decision is based on gender discrimination

19 Aug 2021 12:00 AM IST

Government is planning to phase out LPG susbidy by March 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Cooking gas LPG price hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder

This is the second straight month of a price increase. Rates were hiked by Rs 25.50 per cylinder on July 1

18 Aug 2021 3:02 PM IST

A health worker administers Covid-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a cinema hall, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (PTI /Kunal Patil)

COVID-19: India logs 35,178 new cases, 440 fatalities

The active cases declined to 3,67,415, the lowest in 148 days, and comprise 1.14 per cent of the total infections,...

18 Aug 2021 12:11 PM IST

Sunanda Pushkar (left) with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (Photo:ANI)

Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor discharged by Delhi court

Special Judge Geetanjali Goel of the Rouse Avenue Court said that the accused was discharged and asked him to file a...

18 Aug 2021 11:42 AM IST

Afghans living in India, purchase food from a street vendor at Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi, Aug. 16, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Many Afghans in Delhi don't want to go back

Hundreds of students from Afghanistan studying at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and other universities are not...

18 Aug 2021 9:55 AM IST

The police and other security personnel rushed to the area and brought the situation under control. (Representational image: PTI file)

Clashes in Assam, curfew imposed in parts of Barak Valley

Several people including two police personnel were injured in the incident, and they were rushed to nearby hospital

18 Aug 2021 8:35 AM IST