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A Municipal Corporation worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary inside a Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport bus, during a special vaccination drive for residents of Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

India's Omicron tally at 213, logs 6,317 new COVID cases, 318 deaths

Delhi has recorded the maximum 57 cases of Omicron variant followed by Maharashtra at 54, Telangana 24, Karnataka 19,...

22 Dec 2021 10:49 AM IST

An Indian man wrapped in a shawl rides a motorbike on a cold morning in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Cold wave conditions abate slightly in Delhi, more relief ahead

The capital's air quality index (AQI) read 399 at 9 am

22 Dec 2021 10:45 AM IST

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (ANI)

World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron...

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 10:17 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind being welcomed as the Guest of Honour by Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the gala celebrations of Mujib Borsho and Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh, in Dhaka (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | How the past overwhelms Bangla's present &...

Culturally, economically, politically and strategically, the present and future of the 2 countries are too closely...

22 Dec 2021 7:07 AM IST

A person gives his sample for Covid testing. (PTI Photo)

Omicron cases cross 200 mark across country

Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha on Tuesday recorded their first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid

22 Dec 2021 1:15 AM IST

Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control (LoC). (PTI file photo)

Indian Army halts work by Pak guards across LoC

It is not known if the Pakistan Rangers wanted to construct a barrack or a bunker close to the divide line

22 Dec 2021 1:04 AM IST

ndias Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during the launch of women-centric initiatives during an event held at the parade ground near the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad on December 21, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Delayed marriage upsets some: PM

SP MPs Shafiqur Rehman Barq and ST Hasan had made adverse comments over the Centre's move to increase the legal age of...

22 Dec 2021 12:55 AM IST

New Delhi: Opposition MPs protest in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Parliamentary panel to decide on marriage age

The bill sets 21 years as the uniform marriage age for both women and men

22 Dec 2021 12:46 AM IST

TMC MP Derek OBrien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Electoral reforms bill passed in Rajya Sabha amid din; O'Brien...

No voting allowed, Opposition walks out, TMC MP threw rule book at Chair?

21 Dec 2021 3:56 PM IST

While holding that the linking of Aadhaar with bank account was not mandatory, the court had said that the earlier governments notification of making linking mandatory amounted to depriving a person of his property rights. (Photo: PTI)

Linking Aadhaar with electoral roll will clean voters' list of...

The government sources said the bill incorporates various electoral reforms which have been discussed for a long time

21 Dec 2021 3:45 PM IST

Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Mobile app launched for live telecast of Parliament proceedings

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced about the mobile application and its features during the Question Hour

21 Dec 2021 3:31 PM IST

Indian Oil Corp Ltds 300,000 barrels per day refinery on the countrys east coast to be shut for three weeks for maintenance. (AFP Photo)

IOCL acquires 4.93 per cent equity stake in Indian Gas Exchange

The Board of Directors of Indian Oil approved the deal at its meeting held on December 20

21 Dec 2021 2:59 PM IST