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A health worker prepares to inoculate a child with a dose of the Covid-19 coronavirus Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive for the 12-14 age group at a school in Hyderabad. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

India logs 1,938 fresh COVID-19 cases, 67 deaths

A reduction of 660 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

24 March 2022 10:34 AM IST

Forensic experts collect samples from the house of Sona Sheikh where seven people were burnt to death keeping captive in their room, allegedly for avenging the killing of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh, at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (PTI)

HC asks Bengal for report today about Birbhum massacre

I expect the state government will definitely punish those who committed such a heinous sin on the great land of Bengal....

24 March 2022 8:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya, during the oath taking ceremony of the cabinet ministers, in Dehradun. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is also seen. (PTI Photo)

Dhami takes oath as Uttarakhand CM for second term, PM attends

Apart from Mr Dhami, eight ministers were also administered the oath by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh

24 March 2022 8:25 AM IST

Wang Yi, Chinas foreign minister. (http://in.china-embassy.org)

India blasts Wang on OIC Jammu Kashmir remark, visit unclear

Speculation was rife on Wednesday that Mr Wang may reach New Delhi for a brief visit sometime on Thursday and leave for...

24 March 2022 7:41 AM IST

DC Edit | India's stance over Putin's war gets harder to sustain

As a member of the US-led Quad alliance, India remains the only nation not to condemn the abomination of the Russian war...

24 March 2022 2:38 AM IST

Defence secretary Ajay Kumar. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | The wait continues for a new defence production secy

The delay in the appointment did raise eyebrows in babu circles, but the speculation will surely end now

24 March 2022 1:46 AM IST

In the process of economic growth, this country cant afford to ride roughshod over ecological balance. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Managing future shocks: Way to self-reliant...

No one really knows what the world will look like in a year or two but at this moment it seems very likely that the war...

24 March 2022 12:32 AM IST

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar

Dhankhar alleges Didi trying to shield West Bengal carnage culprits

Dhankhar, slammed Ms Banerjee for questioning his silence on 'heinous incidents in BJP-ruled states and also in other...

23 March 2022 6:11 PM IST

The general public now has much higher level of awareness on the COVID-appropriate behavior, said Ajay Bhalla. (Representational image: AFP)

All COVID restrictions to end on March 31, wearing of face mask to...

Ministry has asked all states and Union Territories to insist that people wear masks and follow physical distancing...

23 March 2022 1:43 PM IST

The Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for little less than an hour as opposition parties led by the Congress created a ruckus. (SANSAD TV/PTI)

Opposition protest over fuel price hike hits Parliament proceedings

In Lok Sabha, members from the Congress, DMK, TMC and other parties were in the Well of House raising slogans such as...

23 March 2022 12:31 PM IST

The nuns defied a request to move to a safer place and chose to stay on in a war-torn Ukraine risking their lives to continue serving refugees and injured people (Representational image: AFP file)

Indian nuns working in Kyiv running short on food, but remain...

Sisters Rosela and Frida along with 3 other Sisters were caring for 37 homeless Ukrainians inside the packed storehouse

23 March 2022 12:12 PM IST

All the men were in one room and most of them died from asphyxiation. (DC)

11 Bihar migrant workers dead in fire at scrap godown in Telangana

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the dead

23 March 2022 11:15 AM IST