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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

A medic takes a nasal swab sample for the COVID- 19 test amid the rise in coronavirus cases, at a swab collect kiosk of urban community health center (UCHC), in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Two omicron cases detected in Odisha

Both of them have travel history to foreign nations - Nigeria and Qatar, respectively

21 Dec 2021 2:11 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the Prime Minister at Prayagraj. (ANI)

PM reaches Prayagraj, to transfer Rs 1,000 cr to SHGs benefitting 16...

PM will also transfer over Rs. 20 crores to more than one lakh beneficiaries under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala...

21 Dec 2021 1:36 PM IST

The security forces cordoned off the entire area and recovered four live IEDs, planted by Naxals. (Representational image: ANI)

Cop injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

The incident took place around 8.30 am when a joint team of various security forces was out on a road security operation...

21 Dec 2021 1:09 PM IST

A worker prepares a bed for Covid patients in Commonwealth Games Village in view of the Omicron cases, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

34 new Omicron cases reported in LNJP Hospital: Delhi Health Minister

Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry had said that India has a total of 200 cases of Omicron

21 Dec 2021 12:44 PM IST

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Likely order of Covid symptoms depends on coronavirus variant: Study

The study used modelling approach to predict symptom order in a set of 373,883 cases in the US

21 Dec 2021 11:43 AM IST

A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine for COVID-19 to a worker at the factory of a face mask manufacturer on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Two hundred Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19...

Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana registered 20 cases

21 Dec 2021 11:24 AM IST

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio (PTI)

Centre imposed AFSPA against state's wishes : Nagaland CM Rio

The Chief Minister lamented that objections of the state government are ignored every time and the declaration is...

21 Dec 2021 11:06 AM IST

Though there was a marginal rise in the minimum temperature, it was still on the lower side, as the weather remained chilly in the morning. (PTI)

Cold wave in Delhi, air quality very poor

On Monday, the national capital had recorded a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal and the lowest so...

21 Dec 2021 10:26 AM IST

Kajari Banerjee (C), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees sister-in-law and TMC candidate, flashes victory sign after casting her vote with her family members during Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, in Kolkata. (PTI /Swapan Mahapatra)

KMC election: TMC wins 13 wards, leads in 112; BJP ahead in five seats

Sporadic incidents of violence, including hurling of bombs at two booths, marred the KMC elections on Sunday

21 Dec 2021 10:12 AM IST

People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 9:58 AM IST

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST