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An Indian hawker arranges mangoes at a roadside shop in the southern city of Chennai. (Photo: Reuters)

Sanjaya Baru | The mango as a metaphor: The pluralism of our palate &...

India's mango exports to the US were the fruit of prolonged negotiations

17 May 2021 8:36 AM IST

Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Israel's brutality in Gaza has dented heroic image

The founding of the State of Israel held out the promise of a new nation

17 May 2021 8:16 AM IST

High sea waves due to cyclone Tauktae hit Bhagavathi Prem Sinken Dredger, at Surathkal Beach near Mangaluru, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (PTI)

Cyclone Tauktae intensifies after ploughing through Kerala, Karnataka,...

Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss preparedness for Cyclone Tauktae

16 May 2021 11:55 PM IST

Second batch of Sputnik-V vaccine arrives in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Second batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine reaches Hyderabad

The first consignment of 1.50 lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) landed in India...

16 May 2021 2:25 PM IST

COVAXIN is one of the three COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available in the country. (Photo: PTI)

COVAXIN effective against coronavirus strains found in India, UK

These findings are from a study conducted in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology - India Council of...

16 May 2021 1:54 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media virtually, in New Delhi. (PTI)

COVID-19 lockdown extended in Delhi by another week

The COVID-19 situation has been improving in Delhi with the number of cases and positivity rate going down steadily in...

16 May 2021 12:34 PM IST

Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. (Photo: File/PTI)

Petrol, diesel price hiked again; petrol price nears Rs 99 in Mumbai

Rates had already crossed Rs 100-mark in several cities in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

16 May 2021 11:53 AM IST

Satav on April 22 said he had tested COVID-19 positive. (Photo: Twitter/Rahul Gandhi)

Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19

Satav (46) was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Pune after testing positive last month and was on...

16 May 2021 11:44 AM IST

Construction of two more PSA plants, one each in Dimapur and Mokokchung district is progressing. (Photo: PTI)

Nagaland's first PSA oxygen generation plant at NHAK will be...

The PSA oxygen generation plant is being funded by PM CARES fund.

16 May 2021 11:14 AM IST

A medic takes a swab sample for COVID-19 testing during the second wave of coronavirus epidemic in India, in Ranchi, Friday, May 7, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

India records 3.11 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases in single day

The active cases have reduced to 36,18,458 comprising 14.66 per cent of the total infections

16 May 2021 10:58 AM IST

Damaged roof of a structure due to heavy winds as Cyclone Tauktae forms in the Arabian Sea. (Photo: PTI)

Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai civic body moves 580 COVID-19 patients

Officials are also contemplating a possible shut down of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link as a precautionary measure

16 May 2021 10:16 AM IST

Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

UN Security Council to meet after Gaza destruction, rocket fire into...

Israeli forces pummeled the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday

16 May 2021 10:04 AM IST