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A health worker collects swab sample of a child for Covid-19 test, at majestic bus stand in Bengaluru, July 15, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

New study suggests COVID-19 virus piggybacks only black carbon...

The study is based on data collected from Delhi, from September to December 2020

18 July 2021 11:45 AM IST

In this file photo, multiple funeral pyres of victims of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 41,157 fresh Covid cases

The active cases have declined to 4,22,660 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections

18 July 2021 10:55 AM IST

Water logging in Hindmata area after heavy rains in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Mumbai rains: 15 dead in house collapses, local train services...

The IMD has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains

18 July 2021 10:26 AM IST

Atheletes during a ceremony to see off the first batch of Indian athletes as they leave for Tokyo to participate in the Olympics, in New Delhi. (PTI)

COVID scare at Olympics: 3 athletes test positive, 2 staying at...

The development comes a day after a non-athlete at the Village tested positive for the dreaded virus

18 July 2021 10:18 AM IST

Taming regulatory excess in retail markets

Sadly, legislation, in democracies, is strongly influenced by political economy which dilutes technical good sense

18 July 2021 7:47 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talks to media representatives in front of her temporary residence, in Nandigram, on March 31, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Three IPS officers reject Bengal DGP post offer, make govt follow UPSC...

The three IPS officers were individually invited to separate meetings where they were offered the state DGP post by a...

18 July 2021 7:38 AM IST

NCP chief Sharad Pawar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (PTI)

Pawar meets PM Modi, talks Shah's new ministry and Banking Act

The former union agriculture minister flagged his concerns on the ministry of cooperation

18 July 2021 7:03 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Friday, July 16, 2021. (PTI)

As resignation rumours grow stronger, Karnataka CM B.S Yediyurappa...

The chief minister has offered to resign on the condition that his son Vijayendra should get a good position in the...

18 July 2021 6:54 AM IST

Cover page of Anthropocene by Sudeep Sen. (Twitter)

A melange of insights that elate and sadden

Sen uses his voice to bring home every atrocity we have wrought on this planet, on ourselves and our lives

18 July 2021 2:43 AM IST

Cover page of The Oracle of Karuthupuzha by Manu Bhattathiri. (Twitter)

The humour and romance of being in Karuthupuzha

The Oracle of Karuthupuzha has all the elements to make it the perfect book of fiction to escape' into during a pandemic

18 July 2021 1:49 AM IST

No free lunch in diplomacy: India's lesson in Afghanistan

It perhaps may be instructive for Indian strategic elites to acknowledge the American trajectory of leaving allies in...

18 July 2021 1:45 AM IST

Cover page of The Meeting of Minds: A Bridging Initiative by Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed. (Twitter)

Muslims are geographical Hindus'

For dialogue to succeed between Muslims and RSS-oriented Hindus, it is imperative for both sides to admit that there...

18 July 2021 1:41 AM IST