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Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sachin Shridhar | Central Vista: To build or not to build

Time will judge the work which Bimal Patel produces, but the naysayers have already denounced the baby as ugly even...

5 Jun 2021 7:20 AM IST

The Windsor Castle funeral, with the restrictions on gatherings imposed by the Covid lockdown, prevented any mass congregation of citizens, but still they came in their hundreds to profess their love for a man they had never met. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | BBC's Di interview, Harry & Meghan Why do the Brits...

Prime Ministers are not permanent and that even in those countries the populace doesn't love them like the tribal Brits...

5 Jun 2021 2:13 AM IST

Its a clear warning for former spies and spooks, and others who know a little too much about the secrets of the State, that they will lose their pension and other benefits if they were to spill the beans. (Twitter)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The business of gagging retired spooks...

Citizens of a democratic state have a right to know whether the money they pay in taxes is used for diabolical acts like...

5 Jun 2021 1:01 AM IST

These foreign nationals will not be required to submit any application to the FRRO or FRO concerned for extension of their visas. (DC file photo)

Visas of stranded foreigners extended till August 31

The matter has now been reconsidered by the ministry in the light of non-resumption of normal commercial flight...

5 Jun 2021 12:45 AM IST

Students appearing from 12th standard exams are tested for body temperature at a Jabalpur school. (PTI)

CBSE panel to submit report on basis for assessment of class 12...

The government on Tuesday cancelled the CBSE class 12 board exams amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic

4 Jun 2021 6:26 PM IST

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is already approved for use in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and above. (Photo: AP/File)

UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID shot for 12-15 year-olds

Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today announced this decision

4 Jun 2021 6:00 PM IST

A beneficiary receives her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a parking lot in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Govt says will have enough vaccine doses by Aug to vaccinate up to a...

The govt said ramping up of testing as well as containment at the district level 'has worked' in bringing down the cases

4 Jun 2021 5:16 PM IST

Official figures released late on Thursday showed 122 cases across the country for the second time in three days. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 outbreak builds in Myanmar near Indian border

Medics are concerned that few cases are being detected

4 Jun 2021 3:41 PM IST

Once the website is accessed, a user needs to click on a small icon at extreme right with the alphabet A in a small box, right at the top of the website. (Photo: cowin.gov.in)

Cowin registration now available in more regional languages

Until now, the Cowin website was available in English and Hindi

4 Jun 2021 3:19 PM IST

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get...

American students have access to the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines

4 Jun 2021 2:46 PM IST

ATF price hiked by 7.5 pc; petrol, diesel rates unchanged for 2nd straight day. (PTI Photo)

Petrol crosses Rs 100/litre mark in Leh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Petrol price was increased by 27 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise a litre

4 Jun 2021 1:36 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientific community, saying it is perhaps unprecedented that vaccines were prepared within a year. (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi hails Indian scientists for developing vaccine against...

PM Modi reiterated his call for an

4 Jun 2021 1:12 PM IST