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An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the beginning of every session of Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning. (Photo: AFP/file)

Govt plans slew of bills in Monsoon session; Oppn to corner it over...

Opposition would also seek replies on the rising prices of petrol diesel and cooking gas during the session which would...

18 July 2021 1:12 PM IST

FIR against Sonia in Karnataka for PM-CARES jibe. (PTI Photo)

Sonia Gandhi reconstitutes Congress' parliamentary hierarchy

Mallikarjun Kharge will be the leader on the floor in Rajya Sabha, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

18 July 2021 12:34 PM IST

Scheduled domestic flights in India were completely suspended for a period of two months between March 25 and May 24, 2020, due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. (Representational image: Twitter/@airindiain)

Indian students enrolled in Italian universities stranded back home...

Those who returned to India before April 28 are now stuck here

18 July 2021 12:25 PM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a child for Covid-19 test, at majestic bus stand in Bengaluru, July 15, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

New study suggests COVID-19 virus piggybacks only black carbon...

The study is based on data collected from Delhi, from September to December 2020

18 July 2021 11:45 AM IST

In this file photo, multiple funeral pyres of victims of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 41,157 fresh Covid cases

The active cases have declined to 4,22,660 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections

18 July 2021 10:55 AM IST

Water logging in Hindmata area after heavy rains in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Mumbai rains: 15 dead in house collapses, local train services...

The IMD has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains

18 July 2021 10:26 AM IST

Taming regulatory excess in retail markets

Sadly, legislation, in democracies, is strongly influenced by political economy which dilutes technical good sense

18 July 2021 7:47 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talks to media representatives in front of her temporary residence, in Nandigram, on March 31, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Three IPS officers reject Bengal DGP post offer, make govt follow UPSC...

The three IPS officers were individually invited to separate meetings where they were offered the state DGP post by a...

18 July 2021 7:38 AM IST

NCP chief Sharad Pawar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (PTI)

Pawar meets PM Modi, talks Shah's new ministry and Banking Act

The former union agriculture minister flagged his concerns on the ministry of cooperation

18 July 2021 7:03 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Friday, July 16, 2021. (PTI)

As resignation rumours grow stronger, Karnataka CM B.S Yediyurappa...

The chief minister has offered to resign on the condition that his son Vijayendra should get a good position in the...

18 July 2021 6:54 AM IST

No free lunch in diplomacy: India's lesson in Afghanistan

It perhaps may be instructive for Indian strategic elites to acknowledge the American trajectory of leaving allies in...

18 July 2021 1:45 AM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

France allows visitors with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine

Several other EU countries already accept the Indian version, which is notably used in the U.K. and around Africa

17 July 2021 6:01 PM IST