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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Governor of the Kamchatka Territory at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo: AFP)

Explainer: What are US options for sanctions against Putin?

The US and European allies have promised to hit Russia financially like never before

25 Jan 2022 11:23 AM IST

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, participates in a media conference with Finlands Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Swedens Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP/Olivier Matthys)

US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry

Biden held an 80-minute video call with several European leaders on the Russian military buildup and potential responses...

25 Jan 2022 10:59 AM IST

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (ANI File photo)

Mandaviya to hold COVID review meeting with health ministers of 9...

These states and UTs include Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar...

25 Jan 2022 10:19 AM IST

Commuters on a bike wait for COVID-19 test, during the launch of a Walk in/Drive in Covid-19 Testing Centre, in Bengaluru, (PTI)

India logs 2.55 lakh fresh COVID cases, daily positivity rate dips to...

A reduction of 12,493 cases has been recorded in active cases in a span of 24 hours

25 Jan 2022 10:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees, through video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

PM tells kids, go vocal for local'

Twenty-nine children, including 14 girls, were awarded in six fields

25 Jan 2022 12:42 AM IST

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard at international border ahead of the Republic Day, in Jammu, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

Security alert along Pak border in J&K ahead of Republic Day

The BSF is tasked to guard the 198-km stretch of the India-Pakistan border in Jammu region

25 Jan 2022 12:34 AM IST

Dharam Sansad was held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days from December 16 to 19. (Photo: Screengrab)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the...

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM IST

In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019, Chinese troops march during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Representational photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure

Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security'...

24 Jan 2022 11:47 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda and Punjab Lok Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh during a meeting ahead of Punjab polls 2022, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

BJP to contest 65 seats in Punjab, Captain's PLC gets 37

J.P. Nadda, who announced the seat sharing formula along with Capt. Singh and Mr Dhindsa, claimed that the state needs...

24 Jan 2022 11:22 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

FCRA registration: SC to hear plea against Centre's decision on...

The plea, filed by 'Global Peace Initiative', came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and...

24 Jan 2022 10:42 PM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in Glasgow. (PTI Photo)

Israeli PM likely to visit India as two nations celebrate 30 years of...

S Jaishankar had extended an invitation to Bennett from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Israel last...

24 Jan 2022 10:06 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHOs director-general. (AP file photo)

WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemic

Conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge, it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one

24 Jan 2022 9:46 PM IST