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Guruprasad Mohapatra (Image credit : Twitter)

Industry Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra passes away; PM Modi,...

Guruprasad monitored the supply of medical oxygen across the country under very challenging circumstances during the...

19 Jun 2021 1:28 PM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Finance Ministry refutes reports of alleged rise in Indians' funds in...

The Ministry has sought relevant facts from Swiss Authorities along with their view on possible reasons for the...

19 Jun 2021 1:16 PM IST

It will also help in providing monitored medical support to those patients who cannot afford treatment or cannot isolate at home due to poor housing conditions. (Representational image: AFP file)

New software developed to help identify patients requiring ventilator...

It can also help in reducing hospital referral for those unlikely to require critical care support, thus freeing more...

19 Jun 2021 12:22 PM IST

People sit in the observation area after being inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Manipal Hospital in Bangalore on June 18, 2021. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by October, say health...

India has fully vaccinated about 5% of estimated 950 million eligible population, leaving many millions vulnerable to...

19 Jun 2021 11:56 AM IST

Tweeting a list of 10 cases, fought by Mr Chanda as a lawyer for the BJP, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek OBrien wondered: See what we found. Matters where Justice Kaushik Chanda has appeared for the Bharatiya Janata Party before the Calcutta high court. And now he has been assigned to hear the Nandigram election case. One big coincidence? DC Image

Mamata links HC judge to BJP, seeks transfer of case

TMC supremo's plea under the Representation of the People Act was listed for mentioning before Justice Chanda

19 Jun 2021 11:08 AM IST

former Indian track and field sprinter Milkha Singh arrives for the gala screening of his life story, the Bollywood Film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, in central London. - Milkha Singh, one of Indias most successful track athletes who overcame childhood tragedy to seek Olympic glory, has died aged 91 after a long battle with Covid-19, Indian media said on June 18, 2021. (AFP File)

Milkha Singh to be cremated on Saturday evening

The 91-year-old sporting icon died on Friday night after a month-long battle with COVID-19

19 Jun 2021 11:07 AM IST

Beneficiaries receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a special vaccination camp, at Vile Parle East in Mumbai, June 15, 2021. (PTI)

India records 60,753 fresh COVID-19 cases

The death toll climbed to 3,85,137 with 1,647 fresh fatalities and active cases comprise 2.55 per cent of the total...

19 Jun 2021 10:57 AM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo, Dombo & Carrie: The weird' trio at 10 Downing...

One assumed at the time that Dombo was part of all these plans and failures as he was BoJo's right-hand man

19 Jun 2021 7:16 AM IST

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted

The role of social media in the current framework is not quite as simple, but whether they are completely hands-off is...

19 Jun 2021 7:07 AM IST

The airline has been part of the Vande Bharat Mission in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak last year. (Photo: PTI)

Air India Express operates first international flight with fully...

The airline said that they have vaccinated almost all eligible crew members and frontline staff

18 Jun 2021 4:52 PM IST

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is already approved for use in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and above. (Photo: AP/File)

Pfizer, Moderna covid vaccines don't lower sperm count, study says

The participants were pre-screened to ensure they had no underlying fertility issues

18 Jun 2021 4:07 PM IST

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

Petrol crosses Rs 100 in Bengaluru - 3rd metro after Mumbai and...

In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of Rs 96.93 a litre, while diesel is now priced at Rs 87.69 per litre

18 Jun 2021 3:27 PM IST