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Zydus Cadilas COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. (Photo:Zyduscadila)

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D gets approval for Emergency Use...

ZyCoV-D has become the first vaccine to be administered to those in the age group of 12-18 years in the country

20 Aug 2021 10:54 PM IST

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Sonia Gandhi chairs meeting of opposition parties

The opposition parties are likely to discuss joint strategy to take on the BJP-led government on various issues

20 Aug 2021 7:09 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI)

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan proposes renaming Jabalpur Airport after...

The CM further announced that in the coming days every airport in each district in Madhya Pradesh would be functional

20 Aug 2021 3:48 PM IST

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

COVID-19: India reports 36,571 new infections, active cases lowest in...

A reduction of 524 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

20 Aug 2021 10:51 AM IST

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather around the shrine of Imam Abbas during a Muharram procession in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. AP/PTI

Partial Muharram ban in Srinagar; lakhs of mourners attend tazia...

Zuljinah and tazia processions and sham-e-garibaan' rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar...

20 Aug 2021 9:52 AM IST

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

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