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Russia started human trials of Sputnik Light in January, and the studies are still ongoing, according to official records. (Photo: AFP)

Russia okays single-shot Sputnik

The new version is identical to the first dose of the two-dose Sputnik V and has yet to complete the advanced testing...

7 May 2021 12:32 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

SC quashes Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, refuses to...

The court said that to change the 50 per cent limit is to have a society which is not founded on equality but based on...

5 May 2021 11:05 PM IST

The bench also said just because the Delhi government earlier demanded less oxygen, therefore the people of this city should suffer and the Centre will ignore the revised requirement and will let people die. Twitter

HC asks Centre why it should not face contempt for failing to supply...

There is Supreme Court order and now we are also saying that you will have to supply 700 MT oxygen daily to Delhi right...

5 May 2021 1:26 AM IST

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

Supreme Court refuses to gag media on High Court observations

The observation by the court came following an appeal by the EC that complained about the harsh observations by the...

4 May 2021 1:03 AM IST

A Covid-19 coronavirus patient lies in an ambulance while waiting to get an admission in a hospital in New Delhi. (AFP)

India reports 3,92,488 new COVID-19 cases, 3,689 deaths

Hospitals and patients continue to beg for beds and oxygen while state govts keep urging Centre to increase quotas and...

2 May 2021 11:39 AM IST

According to the Election Commission website, the BJP was leading in only 53 places. The two parties were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the initial stages of counting. (AP Image)

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead of BJP in West Bengal

Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her BJP rival and sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari in...

2 May 2021 11:17 AM IST

An ambulance arrives at Batra Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility, in New Delhi. (PTI)

12 critical Covid patients die at Batra Hospital in Delhi due to lack...

Dr Himthani, head of gastroenterology department, was among those who died due to lack of oxygen, said Dr S.C.L. Gupta,...

2 May 2021 12:30 AM IST

Former Attorney General and Constitutional law expert Soli Sorabjee. (PTI File)

Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee dies of COVID-19

The 91-year-old had served as the Attorney General for India from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004

30 April 2021 11:25 AM IST

CoWin system collapsed several times on the day it opened for public registration.

Covid-19 vaccine website crashes

The CoWIN site is getting almost 27 lakh hits a minute. More Appointment slots will soon be offered, said government...

29 April 2021 1:02 AM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute cuts vaccine price for states to Rs 300/dose

Bharat Biotech which priced its Covaxin shots at â‚¹600 for states and â‚¹1,200 for private hospitals is yet to announce...

29 April 2021 1:00 AM IST

A woman collects water from a tap near a collapsed wall at an apartment building in Guwahati on April 28, 2021, after a strong earthquake hit Assam in northeastern India, damaging buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AFP)

Series of earthquakes jolt Assam and most of the Northeast

The impact was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region, parts of West Bengal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

28 April 2021 3:01 PM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)

India's Covaxin found to neutralise 617 variant of COVID-19: Dr Fauci

'So, despite the real difficulty that we're seeing in India, vaccination could be a very, very important antidote...

28 April 2021 1:24 PM IST