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$People offering prayers to \Corona Mata\. (Photo: Screengrab/Reuters)$ India

Indian village prays to goddess corona' to rid them of the virus

Devotees in Shuklapur village have been offering prayers, holy water, flowers at the bright yellow shrine

13 Jun 2021 12:27 PM IST

Rajkumar Haryani, 38, poses for photographs after getting a dose of Covishield, Serum Institute of Indias version of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AP)

Daily COVID-19 count in India remains below one lakh mark

With the fresh cases, the country's tally of cases has climbed to 2,94,39,989

13 Jun 2021 10:49 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

War histories to be declassified in 5 years

War records will be open after 25 years; Government can withhold sensitive info

13 Jun 2021 9:28 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a press conference after chairing the 44th GST Council meeting via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo:PTI)

GST slashed on COVID-19, black fungus medicines; 5% tax retained on...

The reduced tax rates were based on a recommendation of a group of ministers, headed by Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister...

13 Jun 2021 7:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a meeting, in New Delhi on June 11, 2021 (PTI)

Anita Katyal | UP rumblings: Yogi's men bank on Modi to allay 2022...

The BJP MLAs are hoping Yogi's meetings with the Prime Minister and home minister Amit Shah will yield positive results

13 Jun 2021 7:33 AM IST

The stock market is not a useful proxy for economic welfare. It tracks the well-being of an elitist minority in the formal sector, albeit with trickle down benefits. (By arrangement)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The morality of stock markets

Capital intensive competitive 'games' have a funneling effect where the biggest players benefit disproportionately

13 Jun 2021 7:14 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI file photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Curb your enthusiasm, someone tell Dhankhar

Dhankharji's actions, to my mind, constitute a fit case for Prez Kovind to take suo motu initiative to counsel his...

13 Jun 2021 7:04 AM IST

Antigua and Barbuda businessman Mehul Choksi is taken to a police van via a wheelchair by a police officer after attending a court hearing, in Roseau, Dominica. (AP)

Dominica High Court denies bail to Mehul Choksi, calls him 'flight...

Choksi had approached the high court after the magistrate had rejected his bail petition

12 Jun 2021 3:17 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets Home Minister Amit Shah, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Bombshell Barbara' vs the Robed Yogi' of UP

Political watchers believe a new axis is forming, which pitches the Modi-Shah combo against the Gadkari-Yogi jodi

12 Jun 2021 1:09 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | All the world's a stage: Gender, race, diversity &...

Through the last few decades, no choric group of white singers in the West would blacken their faces to represent black...

12 Jun 2021 12:17 AM IST

The Pintos had approached Bombay HC seeking transit anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in connection with murder of a 7-year-old boy in the toilet of a school run by the Ryan group in Gurgaon. (Photo: File | PTI)

Bombay HC asks Centre to look at Kerala, J&K pattern for door-to-door...

The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocates Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari

11 Jun 2021 5:38 PM IST

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

SC orders postponement of INI-CET exam by a month due to Covid-19

The apex court was hearing petitions challenging the conduct of INI CET exam on June 16

11 Jun 2021 4:34 PM IST