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A health worker collects a swab sample from a traveler to test for COVID-19 at a train station in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)_

India sees single-day rise of 38,628 COVID-19 cases, 617 deaths

A decrease of 2,006 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

7 Aug 2021 12:27 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

Shobhaa De | Putin is everywhere How super sexy is new' Russia?

Putin's 'New Russia' is sexy, glamourous, flashy and trashy!

7 Aug 2021 10:41 AM IST

Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home screens via a new widget. (Photo: PTI)

Creepy feelings as tech advances: Will Alexa listen in & tell the CIA?

The brain is a muscle which harbours memories and thoughts

7 Aug 2021 10:33 AM IST

Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengage from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh. (Representational Photo:PTI)

India, China pull back from Gogra

Both nations dismantle temporary structures

7 Aug 2021 2:53 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC pulls up CBI, IB, cops for inaction over complaints by CJs

SC issued notices to all states directing them to file an affidavit on the kind of protection and security provided to...

7 Aug 2021 2:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays floral tribute to Major Dhyan Chand. (PTI File)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the move was based on numerous requests he had received from across the nation

6 Aug 2021 11:45 PM IST

CNN President Jeff Zucker in his memo did not specify the fired employees names, positions or office locations. (AFP Photo)

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated: US media

Tech giants like Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all said they will require employees to get jabbed before returning...

6 Aug 2021 1:55 PM IST

Walmarts Flipkart eyes alcohol delivery foray with Indian startup, letters show. (PTI Photo)

Flipkart gets $1.35-bn ED notice

The case pertains to an investigation by ED into allegations of attracting foreign investment by Flipkart and WS Retail

6 Aug 2021 11:35 AM IST

A health worker takes swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Monday, July 26, 2021. (PTI/Kunal Patil)

COVID-19: India logs 44,643 new cases, 464 fatalities

An increase of 3,083 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

6 Aug 2021 11:07 AM IST

A train runs on the Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 section of Delhi Metros Pink Line after its inauguration in New Delhi on Monday. The 9.7-km Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 corridor of the Pink Line was inaugurated by Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri here on Monday, which directly connects South and East Delhi on the rapid transit network. (Photo: PTI)

Major boost to Delhi Metro, Pink Line becomes network's longest...

The 59-km-long Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor or the Pink Line, which spans 38 stations, has been fully linked for the...

6 Aug 2021 10:59 AM IST

L. Ravichander | Trafficking bill gender-neutral, but does not...

Slavery still exists... now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. Victor Hugo

6 Aug 2021 1:40 AM IST

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to the frontline workers after the virtual launch of the COVID-19 vaccination. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | What Kerala did right and where India went wrong

The subject that we know a lot about, albeit one-sidedly, is the Covid-19 situation in Kerala

6 Aug 2021 1:31 AM IST