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A health worker inoculates 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 on March 22, 2022. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

India reports 1,778 new COVID cases, 62 fatalities

Active cases now constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the country's COVID recovery rate was recorded...

23 March 2022 11:13 AM IST

An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP/Petros Giannakouris)

Russian strikes turning Mariupol into 'ashes' as West plans more...

Russian forces and Russian-backed separatist units had taken about half of the port city, normally home to around...

23 March 2022 10:51 AM IST

Raj Sachdev (Thai name: Sutham Sachaphimukh). (By Arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | My memories of him will never fade: Bose's boy scout

Raj Sachdev, one of the last survivors of Netaji's Balak Sena, reminisces his role in India's Independence

23 March 2022 1:25 AM IST

It seems to me that the reader and the audience should feel a deep sense of gratitude for every individual mediaperson who is going against the grain at the cost of unspeakable abuse online, on social media and even on their own online platforms. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Media outlets, others must do more to curtail...

While the newsperson is going through her set of emotional distress, the public at large has its own issues to deal with

23 March 2022 1:10 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks at Business Roundtables CEO quarterly meeting, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington. AP/PTI

Biden says India's stand on Ukraine 'somewhat shaky'

India has so far abstained from voting against Russia on any of the UN resolutions so far on the Ukraine conflict

23 March 2022 1:03 AM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi

Sonia meets more G-23 leaders, talks likely to continue

Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari, Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma and Vivek Tankha met Gandhi for almost an hour at her residence

23 March 2022 12:58 AM IST

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar during the state Budget session, in Chandigarh. (PTI Photo)

Haryana passes anti-conversion Bill

Similar Bills in the recent past have been passed in the BJP-ruled state, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

23 March 2022 12:51 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Mehangai Hatao Rally against the Central government, in Jaipur, Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Either the Congress will survive, or the Gandhis

The existence of the Congress is at stake: the party with the same name as the one that belongs to the nation

23 March 2022 12:25 AM IST

Charred remains of the houses after some miscreants set the houses on fire for allegedly avenging the killing of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh, at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. At least 8 persons were burnt to death in the incident, according to officials. (PTI Photo)

8 burnt alive over TMC leader's murder in WB

11 held, 2 cops suspended, BJP wants Centre to act

22 March 2022 10:49 PM IST

A man walks along the Rajpath street near India Gate amid smoggy conditions a day after Diwali in New Delhi on November 15, 2020. (Photo: AFP/File)

Delhi most polluted capital in the world in 2021: Report

In 2021, none of the cities in India met the prescribed World Health Organization air quality standards, report shows

22 March 2022 3:23 PM IST

Superintendent of Police (Birbhum) Nagendra Nath Tripathi who inspected the area in the morning along with a large contingent of cops confirmed the death of only seven villagers. (ANI)

8 charred bodies recovered from burnt houses in Bengal village

The massacre, which has put the Mamata Banerjee government in a tight spot, took place at Boktui village in Rampurhat...

22 March 2022 1:06 PM IST

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole accused the Centre of inflicting atrocities on people as soon as the elections got over. (ANI)

NCP, Congress criticise Centre for fuel price hike

The parties questioned the need for increasing the rates at a time when crude oil was imported at highly discounted...

22 March 2022 12:29 PM IST