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A medic administers the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 has begun in the national capital from today. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

AA Edit | Ban all large gatherings, give everyone vaccines

It should consult all stakeholders and come to a consensus on banning every event that has the potential to become a...

7 April 2021 7:37 AM IST

Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and MD of tractors and farm equipment (TAFE), is the first private sector specialist to be appointed as the head of PESB for a three-year term. (Image credit: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | At last PESB has a chief; she has her task cut out

Hopefully, her appointment will now end the delayed crucial appointments to top management posts in central public...

7 April 2021 7:20 AM IST

Security personnel pay tribute to CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy, who died in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, during his funeral ceremony at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district on April 6, 2021. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Need to rethink strategy to tackle Maoist...

It is possible that some of the J&K separatists and the Naxalites are fanatical ideologues, but there are many others...

7 April 2021 7:16 AM IST

Russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AP)

Russia stresses on need for participation of Talibans in Afghanistan...

The exclusion of a group will not lead to implementation of peace agreement and that it is fraught with the risk of...

7 April 2021 2:22 AM IST

The new guidelines state that only those pilgrims who have been duly inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine will be allowed to visit the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophets Mosque) and Masjid al-Haram (The Great Mosque), said the Kingdoms Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. (Representational Image/AP)

Saudi Arabia issues new COVID-19 guidelines for Umrah pilgrims

From the 1st of Ramadan, only those who have received coronavirus vaccines will be allowed to enter the holy mosques

6 April 2021 2:47 PM IST

Paramilitary soldiers manage a queue at a polling booth during third phase of West Bengal state elections. (AP)

Bengal polls: Clash erupts between TMC, BJP in Arambagh

TMC candidate from Arambagh constituency Sujata Mondal Khan has accused BJP workers of threatening and misbehaving with...

6 April 2021 2:43 PM IST

World Health Organization (WHO) sign in Geneva next to their headquarters. (AFP)

Fake News: WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in...

India has so far reported over 1,26,86,049 COVID-19 cases. The death toll in the country has gone up to 1,65,547

6 April 2021 1:35 PM IST

A health worker collects samples of a motorist for Covid-19 tests, as coronavirus cases spike across the country, in New Delhi on April 5, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Night curfew imposed in Delhi from 10 pm to 5 am till April 30

The case positivity rate in Delhi has also risen to 5.54 per cent amid a massive surge in cases in the last few weeks

6 April 2021 12:50 PM IST

Justice Ramana will be the second Telugu speaking Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Ramana appointed as Chief Justice of India

Current CJI SA Bobde is due to retire on April 23

6 April 2021 12:09 PM IST

A paramilitary personnel stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the state legislative elections, at South Twenty Four Parganas district, about 70 km from Kolkata on April 6, 2021. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader's home, poll official suspended

A huge team of central forces had to be deployed in the area as the locals protested, alleging malpractices

6 April 2021 11:01 AM IST

CRPF jawan, Rakesh Singh Manhas, went missing in the April 3 Maoist ambush on security forces on the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. By arrangement

Maoists claim CRPF jawan's capture, family seeks release

The caller said the jawan will be released at the appropriate time and informed local media correspondent that he would...

6 April 2021 9:24 AM IST

Mr Biden can do even more to help the world rid itself of the pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

A.G. Noorani | America sinking to a new low in crass diplomacy

One had thought that President Joe Biden would break with his predecessor Donald Trump's crudeness

6 April 2021 7:39 AM IST