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Police personnel instruct beneficiaries to maintain queues as they wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine during a mega vaccination drive camp organised by Health Unit, Bolpur Municipality at Bolpur Stadium in Birbhum district, West Bengal, Aug. 25, 2021. (PTI)

India vaccinates 1 crore in one day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the milestone as a 'momentous feat' for the nation of 1.3 billion people

28 Aug 2021 11:28 AM IST

A BMC health worker takes swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India records 46,759 COVID-19 cases, 509 deaths

The death toll has climbed to 4,37,370 with 509 more fatalities being recorded, according to the data updated at 8 am

28 Aug 2021 10:34 AM IST

Local people look at trucks which were set on fire allegedly by members of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) at Dayangmukh in Dima Hasao district of Assam, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Assam: 5 people killed, 1 hurt in militant attack

Militants of the Dimasa National Liberation Army waylaid seven trucks, fired indiscriminately and set them on fire

28 Aug 2021 8:40 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)

Most Indians in Afghanistan back home

India on Friday said the question of recognition of a new government in Afghanistan was tantamount to 'jumping the gun'

28 Aug 2021 7:13 AM IST

The trials will be done at 10 sites in India. (Photo: PTI/Representative)

SEC recommends Phase 1 clinical trials of Reliance's Covid vaccine...

Earlier, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Life Sciences had sought approval for the Phase I trial of its proposed two-dose...

27 Aug 2021 2:13 PM IST

Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)

68 per cent of class 11th-12th students prefer higher studies in home...

Overall this year, 25 per cent of the total students are planning to go abroad for higher studies

27 Aug 2021 1:53 PM IST

Around 92 per cent people in the survey said they will not use Whatsapp payment features if the app shares information with Facebook and third parties. (Photo: AFP)

Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to pleas by FB, WhatsApp challenging...

The pleas have challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional

27 Aug 2021 1:30 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Sonu Sood (ANI)

Kejriwal announces Sonu Sood as brand ambassador for 'Desh ke Mentors'...

When young people join our education revolution, no one will be able to stop India from becoming a global leader,...

27 Aug 2021 1:07 PM IST

Wounded Afghans lie on a bed at a hospital after a deadly explosions outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Kabul attacks reinforce need for world to stand unitedly against...

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport on Thursday

27 Aug 2021 10:37 AM IST

A medic administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary in the presence of Kerala Minister for Health Veena George, during States first drive-through vaccination, at Government Womens college in Thiruvananthapuram, August 19, 2021. (PTI)

COVID-19: India adds 44,658 new cases, 496 fresh fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded...

27 Aug 2021 10:14 AM IST

This year marks the 25th edition of Ex Malabar, being hosted by USN in the Western Pacific. (Photo: Twitter/@PRODefNgp)

Quad nations begin Malabar exercises

Last year India had invited the Royal Australian Navy to participate in Malabar

27 Aug 2021 7:33 AM IST

People injured in poll violence sit by the side of a road as a vehicle is set on fire by locals during Panchayat polls in Nadia district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI/File)

West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI registers 9 FIRs, sets up 4 SITs

One of the nine cases filed so far is about the alleged murder of a young BJP trade union worker

27 Aug 2021 7:26 AM IST