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A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. (Photo: PTI)

India records 43,393 new cases of Covid, 911 fresh fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.49 per cent of the total infections

9 July 2021 10:21 AM IST

Union Minister for Railways and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw assumes office at Rail Bhawan, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Those who live in India must abide by its rules: IT minister

Twitter has been in the eye of a storm over its alleged failure to comply with the new IT rules in India

9 July 2021 1:33 AM IST

Cairn Energy Plc has secured a French court order to seize some 20 government properties in Paris to recover a part of the USD 1.72 billion due from New Delhi.(Photo: Twitter @CairnEnergy)

Cairn wins French court order to seize Indian properties in Paris

Finance Ministry said it has not received any order from any French court and will take appropriate legal remedies after...

9 July 2021 1:22 AM IST

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur, address a press conference on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Covid-19 fight gets a Rs 23,123 crore boost

New ministers take charge, get down to business

9 July 2021 1:06 AM IST

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

Delhi Riots: SC dismisses plea by Facebook India's Vice President

SC said that he has the option of not answering questions before the committee if they fall within the prohibited...

9 July 2021 12:36 AM IST

CIAL has adopted the Covid protocol management on par with international standards like a UV baggage disinfestation system at the conveyor belts of both terminals. (PTI Photo)

Cochin on third spot after Delhi, Mumbai airport in handling...

During the initial five months period, the total passenger volume registered at Cochin Airport was 15,56,366

8 July 2021 6:43 PM IST

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. (Photo- PTI)

India's education system has taken giant leap with introduction of...

Pradhan was given the education portfolio in a reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday

8 July 2021 3:31 PM IST

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Modernas COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

Discussions still going on over indemnity to Moderna: Sources

Earlier on June 29, Indian drug regulators granted permission to Cipla to import donated doses of Moderna from the US

8 July 2021 2:45 PM IST

PM Modi-led BJP govts new Union Cabinet Ministers. (Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)

Newly inducted union ministers take charge, PM Modi resumes work

A total of 43 leaders were administered oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind

8 July 2021 1:27 PM IST

In this April 24, 2021, file photo, exhausted workers, who bring dead bodies for cremation, sit on the rear step of an ambulance inside a crematorium, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths

An increase of 784 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

8 July 2021 10:22 AM IST

Virbhadra Singh was 87. (Photo: PTI)

Former Himachal chief minister Virbhadra Singh dies of post-COVID...

Singh, who is a nine-time MLA and five-time member of Parliament, served as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for six...

8 July 2021 8:18 AM IST

The apparent mishandling of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic finally cost the good doctor , Harsh Vardhan, his portfolio. (PTI)

COVID cost Harsh Vardhan his post; Ravi Shankar Prasad exit over...

The second wave of the pandemic, that claimed over one lakh lives, damaged the image of the Prime Minister and his...

8 July 2021 7:28 AM IST