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Balrampur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of the Saryu Nahar National Project, ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022, in Balrampur district. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Politics of nostalgia hides the problems of...

Central to the BJP's ideology is the juxtaposition of a glorious Hindu golden age followed by an era of Muslim...

17 Dec 2021 11:59 PM IST

Indias Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) greets his French counterpart Florence Parly during an official welcoming ceremony in New Delhi on December 17, 2021. (AFP)

Ready to provide additional Rafale aircraft to India: French Defence...

France has delivered 30 Rafale aircraft to India so far, and six more are set to be delivered by April next year

17 Dec 2021 2:50 PM IST

In this file photo, a Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer is given an injection at St Georges University hospital in London. (AP Photo)

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine could get EU approval next week

The WHO said on Thursday that it would reveal its position over the vaccine in the coming days, following an expert...

17 Dec 2021 2:50 PM IST

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

Boris Johnson suffers humiliating defeat in UK special election

A no-confidence vote takes place if 15% of Conservative MPs (54) write to the chair of the so-called 1922 committee,...

17 Dec 2021 1:57 PM IST

A health worker shows empty vials of Covishield vaccine at a vaccination centre in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

New drug could treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia:...

The team tested namilumab in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia

17 Dec 2021 1:20 PM IST

A health workers conducts thermal screening of a passenger at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport amid concern over Omicron variant of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad (PTI)

Delhi logs 10 new cases of Omicron, total reaches 20: Jain

The minister said 10 out of the 40 samples sent for genome sequencing tested positive for the new variant

17 Dec 2021 12:58 PM IST

Rescue officals at the spot where an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

IAF chopper crash: SBI gives Rs 48.40 lakh cheque to deceased Lance...

The SBI official presented cheques relating to two insurance claims totaling to Rs 48.40 lakh

17 Dec 2021 12:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Bhutan confers its highest civilian award on PM Modi

Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering said that he was overjoyed to name PM Modi for the highest civilian decoration

17 Dec 2021 11:00 AM IST

In this May file photo, family members react during the cremation of a COVID-19 victim, as coronavirus cases surge in record numbers, at Sarai Kale Khan Crematorium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 7,447 fresh Covid cases, decline of 830 cases in past 24...

The death toll climbed to 4,76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities

17 Dec 2021 10:29 AM IST

This general picture shows emergency vehicles in front of a building where a fire broke out in Osaka. (Photo: AFP)

27 feared dead in building fire in Japan's Osaka

TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the eight-storey building

17 Dec 2021 9:35 AM IST

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Parliamentary panel recommends more accountability of social media...

It also recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation

17 Dec 2021 7:22 AM IST