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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

Shashi Tharoor. (Photo:PTI)

Malayalis in Taliban? Huge row in Kerala after Shashi Tharoor's tweet

Tharoor tweeted a video clip of a Taliban militant weeping in joy on reaching the outskirts of Kabul

18 Aug 2021 7:44 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)

SC seeks Centre's reply to PILs over Pegasus snooping

The court said that no one, including the petitioners, will seek anything that may compromise the national security

18 Aug 2021 7:21 AM IST

An Indian embassy staff member with his family arrives at Air force base, in Jamnagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. A special military flight with Indian officials landed in Gujarat after taking off from Kabuls main airport on Tuesday. (Gujarat State Information Office via AP)

India evacuates its envoys, empties Kabul office

About 120 Indian diplomats and security personnel were flown back from Kabul, through a longer route via Iranian...

18 Aug 2021 7:10 AM IST