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Passengers stand in a queue as they arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron grips India: List of states mandating quarantine for...

The new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected in South Africa this week, has been designated as a 'Variant of...

30 Nov 2021 10:42 AM IST

A woman hold her arm after receiving Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

India reports 6,990 new Covid cases; active cases decline to 1,00,543

A decrease of 3,316 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

30 Nov 2021 10:20 AM IST

People wait in line to get their Covid-19 vaccination at an outdoor walk-up vaccination site within Franklin Park in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

Countries should accelerate vaccinations, stresses WHO as new variant...

The emergence of the omicron variant has fulfilled predictions of scientists who warned the elevated transmission of...

30 Nov 2021 9:18 AM IST

Bangladesh has managed to improve manufacturings share of GDP in recent years from 16 per cent to 20 per cent while Indias has fallen from 15 per cent to 12 per cent since 2014. (Representational Image. DC File Image)

Aakar Patel | South Asia will be compelled to change as world gets a...

In terms of their Human Development Index, India is ranked 133rd in the world, Bangladesh at 135th and Pakistan at 154th

30 Nov 2021 3:11 AM IST

Shankaracharya arrested on November 11, 2004. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Kumbakonam of the Kanchi Shankaracharya

The Kumbakonam Mutt was established in 1821 by the Maratha king of Tanjore, Pratap Singh Tuljaji, as a branch of the...

30 Nov 2021 2:23 AM IST

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait reacts after a bill to cancel the three contentious farm laws was passed during the Winter Session of the Parliament, in Ghazipur, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Farmers won't end Delhi stir sans MSP guarantee: Rakesh Tikait

An emergency meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha will be held on Wednesday to decide their future course of action

30 Nov 2021 1:01 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a press conference at NMC in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

No proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

It was introduced in 2008 by an unidentified group of programmers as a cryptocurrency as well as an electronic payment...

29 Nov 2021 1:23 PM IST

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana extended till March 2022

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana extended till March 2022

Under the scheme, the government will provide 5 kg foodgrains per person per month free of cost ration

29 Nov 2021 1:11 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Three Farm Laws repealed by both Houses in a hurry

Bill clears Lok Sabha in just 4 minutes; short discussion in Rajya Sabha

29 Nov 2021 1:09 PM IST

Passengers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) queue to check-in for their flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang. (Photo: AFP)

India reports 8,309 new Covid cases; active cases decline

The death toll has climbed to 4,68,790 with 236 daily fatalities

29 Nov 2021 10:15 AM IST

Passengers, some wearing face coverings to combat the spread of Covid-19, travel on the London underground in central London. (Photo: AFP)

Not yet clear if Omicron more transmissible, causes severe disease,...

The WHO said all variants of COVID-19, including the Delta variant, can cause severe disease or death

29 Nov 2021 8:00 AM IST

A policewoman directs a pedestrian towards a COVID-19 testing booth in Jammu. (Photo: AP)

14-days travel details, negative RT-PCR: New guidelines for...

Various states have already begun to re-tighten curbs and urgently trace people who arrived from abroad

29 Nov 2021 7:44 AM IST