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Parliamentarians participate in a debate in the Lok Sabha today. (PTI)

No Parliament Winter Session due to COVID-19

The government will convene the Budget Session in January 2021, parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi said

16 Dec 2020 4:25 AM IST

Members of Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS. (Photo- PTI)

AIIMS nurses go on indefinite strike; patient care services hit

AIIMS in a statement said nurses have gone on a strike in contravention of the high court's direction on the 'code of...

15 Dec 2020 2:23 PM IST

Nurse Frank Baez, right, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Tara Easter, a nurse manager of the hospitals medical intensive care unit, at NYU-Langone Hospital on Monday, December. 14, 2020, in New York. (AP/Kevin Hagen)

US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin

If a second vaccine is authorised soon, as expected, 20 million people could be immunized by month's end

15 Dec 2020 1:12 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi govt's real eco strategy: To let Big Biz grow &...

'Atma Nirbhar' privileges the industrialist over the consumer, but that is not the way that it is advertised

15 Dec 2020 8:54 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered still upbeat?

The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state

15 Dec 2020 7:32 AM IST

Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal (C) with Hard Cheema Vadhesh and Sonia Mann performs during their visit to Ghazipur border to support farmers protesting against Centres farm reform laws, in Ghaziabad, Sunday, Dec.13 2020. (PTI)

Farmers 'apologise' to people with 'folded hands' for road blockade,...

Leaders of around 32 farmer unions observed a day-long hunger strike at Delhi's Singhu border earlier on the day

14 Dec 2020 11:07 PM IST

A group of protesting farmers march towards the residence of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party leader Mahesh Sharma to hand over a list of their demands during a protest against new farm in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Indian farmers filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform which they say will drive down crop prices, as they continued their two-week blockade of highways connecting to the Indian capital. (AP)

Farmers' stir: Several Delhi border points closed, police ask...

Farmer leaders are observing day-long hunger strike against the Centre's new farm laws today

14 Dec 2020 2:33 PM IST

Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week. (AP)

Some in White House getting early access to COVID-19 vaccine

It was not immediately clear how many officials would be offered the vaccine initially and whether Trump or Pence would...

14 Dec 2020 2:21 PM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as Â‘totally impermissible the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

V. Vijayasai Reddy | Justice hurried is justice buried

The speedy disposal paradigm also conflicts with the present condition of fast track courts in the country

13 Dec 2020 11:59 PM IST

Farmers carry an effigy during their ongoing Delhi Chalo agitation against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

AA Edit | Lessons from Delhi border

The government's propaganda machine, however, is jealous of the confident, new farmer

13 Dec 2020 11:59 PM IST

Farmer leaders had said that thousands of farmers will start their Delhi Chalo march with their tractors from Rajasthans Shahjahanpur through the Jaipur highway at 11 am on Sunday. (Representational Image: AP)

Heads of protesting farmer unions to go on hunger strike from Monday

Kejriwal asked the BJP-ruled Centre to shun 'arrogance' and scrap the three farm laws as demanded by the agitating...

13 Dec 2020 9:29 PM IST

File picture of Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani leaving after being questioned by Mumbai Police in a probe related to TRP manipulation case, in Mumbai, Sunday, October 11, 2020. (PTI)

TRP scam: Republic Media Network's CEO arrested

The police have arrested a total of 13 persons in the case so far

13 Dec 2020 9:17 PM IST