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Arriving passengers leave a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Tanzania returnee tests positive for COVID in Mumbai, officials...

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that his sample has been sent for genome sequencing

5 Dec 2021 1:43 PM IST

: People use umbrellas to protect themselves from rain as they walk on a road, amid Cyclone Jawad threat, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (PTI)

Cyclone Jawad: Rain lashes Kolkata, other parts of south Bengal

Heavy rain will occur in some isolated parts of south Bengal, including coastal areas of South 24 Parganas and Purba...

5 Dec 2021 1:32 PM IST

Passport Department will start soon in rest of the provinces. (Representational image: ANI)

Afghanistan to resume issuing passports in 17 provinces

Whenever the machines are provided, we will resume passport-issuing in the capital, said head of the Passport...

5 Dec 2021 12:54 PM IST

A medical worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI)

Half of India's adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1

5 Dec 2021 12:41 PM IST

Till now, 17 people (who come from abroad) have tested positive for Covid and they have been admitted to the hospital. (Representational image: ANI)

First Omicron case in Delhi after Tanzania returnee tests positive;...

Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop international flights in view...

5 Dec 2021 12:08 PM IST

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US makes negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for all incoming...

Air passengers will also be required to confirm in the form of an attestation that the information they present is true,...

5 Dec 2021 12:02 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has dinner with BSF personnel, during his visit to Rohitash Border Outpost in Jaisalmer. (Photo: PTI)

Centre ensured immediate response to border incursions: Amit Shah

The home minister was speaking on the occasion of the BSF's 57th Raising Day celebrations

5 Dec 2021 11:37 AM IST

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption

Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters (40,000...

5 Dec 2021 11:31 AM IST

The Union ministry of electronics and IT (MeITY) is learnt to have sought a clarification from the Facebook following recent revelations by whistle-blower Frances Haugen. (AFP file photo)

Facebook Messenger to get built-in bill splitting feature

The feature could be useful for situations like divvying up a restaurant bill with your friends or splitting a bill with...

5 Dec 2021 11:18 AM IST

Soldiers ride past the main town in a convoy in Kohima, capital of Nagaland, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP/Yirmiyan Arthur)

16 civilians gunned down in Nagaland as Army anti-militant operation...

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, who was in New Delhi, announced a high-level Special Investigation Team probe into...

5 Dec 2021 11:14 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a commuter for COVID-19 test, amid fear of the spreading of a new variant of COVID-19, at KSR railway station in Bengaluru, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (PTI)

India adds 8,895 new COVID-19 cases, records 2,796 deaths as Bihar...

Kerala also cleared a backlog of 263 deaths due to which the nation's death tally is showing a spike

5 Dec 2021 10:47 AM IST

A man is seen standing on the ledge of a building as smog envelopes the horizon in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Delhi's air quality remains stagnant in 'very poor' category

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi on Sunday morning was recorded at 309

5 Dec 2021 10:31 AM IST