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Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is not likely to attend the bhoomi pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir. (PTI Photo)India
Will incorporate 'Karnataka-occupied areas' into Maharashtra: Uddhav

Maharashtra claims Belgaum and some other areas, part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency but currently in Karnataka, on...

17 Jan 2021 10:11 PM IST

A nurse wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by people lining up for a coronavirus test at a hospital in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government. (AP)World
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Most of the 29,000 cartons in the batch had yet to be sold, the government said

17 Jan 2021 2:17 PM IST

Kashi-Kevadia Express after it was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Varanasi, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (PTI)India
PM flags off 8 trains to boost connectivity to Statue of Unity

Modi said these trains will help boost tourism in the tribal region and increase connectivity to world's tallest statue,...

17 Jan 2021 1:58 PM IST

The plea by Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lokshakti) also sought the presence of a former top court judge on the reconstituted committee. (Photo:PTI)India
Farmers' union moves Supreme Court, seeks new panel

Plea seeks impartial committee to resolve farmers' issue

17 Jan 2021 4:52 AM IST

The controversy, however, is more about the drug regulators emergency approval to the second coronavirus vaccine, the indigenously produced Covaxin, before critical efficacy data of the third phase of clinical trials are out.India
Covaxin jabs possibly part of Bharat Biotech's Phase 3 trial

When Covaxin's emergency use was approved by the government, it was done under clinical trial mode

17 Jan 2021 4:39 AM IST

Given its abject failures on the economic front, the BJP/RSS regime in New Delhi is now pushing India towards a Hindutva nationhood, by seeking to victimise a minority for the perceived wrongs and slights of the past. (Representative Photo:AFP)Opinion
Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from India's history for PM Modi

An intolerant religion can never be the basis of nationhood and national unity in India

17 Jan 2021 4:29 AM IST

Im not the sort of writer who spent the Pandemic lockdown carefully crafting my creative skills and honing my talent so I could write that exemplar novel, that series of high philosophy essays to understand humanity, that definitive book on the state of the nation. (Representative Photo)Opinion
Ranjona Banerji | My one true calling and how life got in the way

As an adolescent, like most others, I wrote those poems. Emotions crystallized in show-off nonsense from studying...

17 Jan 2021 4:14 AM IST

The Akalis, who have been the major political voice of the Sikhs, have not been in the forefront of the agitation now that they walked out of the government and the NDA on the very same issue.(Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal's voice is missing in...

It is not clear what the equation is between the Akalis and the leaders of the farmers' unions

17 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

A health worker shows the Covishield vaccine, after arrival of the first batch of the vaccines from the Serum Institute of India. (PTI)India
Ram Manohar Lohia hospital resident doctors want Covishield, not...

Covishield has also got emergency use authorisation in the United Kingdom, Argentina and Mexico

17 Jan 2021 1:55 AM IST

District officials said most of the persons who developed \minor\ AEFI post vaccination complained about dizziness and headache. Representational Image/PTIIndia
1 'severe', 51 'minor' cases of adverse events reported among health...

Administration of coronavirus vaccine started in Delhi at 81 centres across the city on Saturday

17 Jan 2021 12:16 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)India
India gets the shot

According to initial reposts, over 1.91 lakh people were inoculated with Covaxin and Covishield vaccines at 3,351...

16 Jan 2021 11:49 PM IST

A health worker checks the boxes of Covishield vaccine at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri on January 14, 2021. (AFP)India
TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, spark row

Many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it

16 Jan 2021 10:36 PM IST

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