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Rescued crew members from the sunken offshore barge P305 look out disembark the INS Kochi naval ship after arriving in Mumbai on May 19, 2021 following Cyclone Tauktae landfall on Indias west coast with powerful winds and driving rain, leaving at least 33 people dead and almost 89 missing. (AFP)India
Navy confirms death of 37 personnel onboard barge P305, bodies...

Search operation for at least 36 missing personnel is still on and a total of 188 of the 261 onboard have already been...

20 May 2021 11:42 PM IST

The advisory recommended the use of gable fan systems and roof ventilators in offices, auditoriums, shopping malls and other closed public spaces. (Photo: Representational/PTI)Science
Aerosols carrying Covid-19 virus can travel in air up to 10 meters:...

The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor in a release has advised introducing outdoor air in offices, homes and larger...

20 May 2021 2:49 PM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to return a teargas canister toward soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP)World
Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum

A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days

20 May 2021 2:45 PM IST

A view captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission of the A-76 iceberg off the Ronne Ice Shelf, in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica taken on March 9, 2021 - combined with a graphic of the Spanish island of Majorca for scale. - An iceberg the size of the island of Majorca has broken off from the Ronne ice pack in Antarctica, making it the largest iceberg in existence, according to images from a European Copernicus satellite, the European Space Agency said on May 20, 2021. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP)World
World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency

The iceberg is around 170 kms long and 25 kms wide, with an area of 4,320 square kms, slightly larger than the Spanish...

20 May 2021 2:33 PM IST

PM Modi interacted with the state and district officials via video conferencing. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@BJP4India)India
PM Modi warns of covid mutation, vaccine wastage in interaction with...

He also cautioned the officials on wastage of vaccine doses and said that even a single dose going waste denies someone...

20 May 2021 1:39 PM IST

The accused person convinced the victim that vaginal swab was necessary for the Covid test. (PTI Photo)Business
Cipla launches RT-PCR test kit 'ViraGen' in India partnership with...

The company will commence supply of the COVID-19 virus detection kit from May 25, 2021

20 May 2021 12:42 PM IST

A medic collects swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 tests, at National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, Mehrauli, in New Delhi, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Singh)India
'B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2 has sub-lineages; nothing called...

B.1.617 was the mutant which was increasing in some part of the country like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka

20 May 2021 11:48 AM IST

Citizens wait in a queue to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at ESIS Hospital in Navi Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)India
Rockefeller Foundation recommends strategic roadmap to control...

The Rockefeller report, outlines how India can strengthen its testing and tracing capacity to adapt to this moment

20 May 2021 11:39 AM IST

Citizens stand in a queue as they wait to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)India
India records 2,76,110 COVID-19 cases; daily deaths below 4,000

The active cases have further reduced to 31,29,878, comprising 12.14 per cent of the total infections

20 May 2021 10:34 AM IST

\Weve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine\, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)World
US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says...

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have...

20 May 2021 10:22 AM IST

April-May, the pre-monsoon months, usually witness formation of cyclones on the eastern as well as the western coast. (Photo: PTI)India
Cyclone Yass likely to hit West Bengal, Odisha coast by May 27

A low pressure area is very likely to form over north Andaman Sea and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around May 22

20 May 2021 10:04 AM IST

PM Modi was welcomed by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. (Photo: Twitter/@vijayrupanibjp)India
Cyclone leaves 72 dead in Gujarat, Maharashtra

Saurashtra worst affected; Navy pressed into service

20 May 2021 9:24 AM IST

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