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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Ministers of State Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and V. Muraleedharan, as he arrives on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

PM Modi urges MPs to make Monsoon Session as productive as possible

This Session is also important because elections for the office of President and Vice President are taking place, PM...

18 July 2022 11:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the Presidential elections, at Parliament in New Delhi, Monday, July 18, 2022. (SANSAD TV/PTI Photo)

Voting begins to elect India's 15th President

Polling began at 10 am and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote

18 July 2022 11:33 AM IST

A medic administers the Covid booster dose to a beneficiary under the 75-day special free vaccination drive as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Daily Covid positivity rate recorded above six per cent after 161 days

The active cases have increased to 1,44,264, while the death toll has climbed to 5,25,760 with 51 new fatalities

18 July 2022 11:11 AM IST

The talks are being held at a time of increased tensions in the skies over the LAC as the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Air Force is carrying out aggressive exercises in the Tibet region. (PTI file image)

Amid growing tensions: India, China hold 16th round of talks

The 15th round of talks in March had failed to achieve any breakthrough in further disengagement from the friction...

18 July 2022 7:36 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

Centre to hold all-party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis tomorrow

Tamil Nadu parties mount pressure on government

18 July 2022 7:03 AM IST

Former Union minister Margaret Alva (File photo)

Opposition parties nominate Margaret Alva for V-P

Announcing the decision, Mr Pawar said that 17 Opposition parties have unanimously decided on Ms Alva's name

18 July 2022 12:16 AM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | In race to elect next UK PM, are women meant to steal...

Some rumours are floating around that a few of these candidates were selected in order to ensure that Liz Truss does not...

17 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Girls display their arms painted with message Ranil go home referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the protest site in Colombo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep race, religion out in a Sri Lankan revival...

It's a moot point whether Colombo would have placed itself at Beijing's mercy to this extent if it had not been for the...

17 July 2022 11:31 PM IST

A healthcare worker administers a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary on the first day of a 75-day special drive for free vaccination against Covid-19, in Guwahati. (PTI)

PM Modi hails India's 200 crore COVID vaccination feat

98 per cent of the adult population has received at least one dose while 90 per cent have been fully vaccinated

17 July 2022 1:44 PM IST

The last round of talks between the Indian Army and the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) took place on March 11. (Representational image: ANI)

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China to hold 16th round of military talks...

The talks are scheduled to take place at the Chushul Moldo meeting point on the Indian side of the LAC in the region

17 July 2022 11:41 AM IST

The Pakistan High Commission in India, in a goodwill gesture, has issued a three-month visa to Varma, who was only 15 years old when her family moved to India during the Partition in 1947. (Image credit: Facebook)

90-year-old Indian woman revisits Pakistan after 75 years to see her...

Varma, who is from Pune, said her family was living on the Devi College Road in Rawalpindi when the Partition took place

17 July 2022 11:09 AM IST

IndiGo announces deeper pay cuts of up to 35 per cent for senior employees. (AFP Photo)

IndiGo Sharjah - Hyderabad flight diverted to Karachi after technical...

Airline said that an additional flight will be sent to Karachi to fly the passengers to Hyderabad

17 July 2022 10:33 AM IST