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Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | What'll it take for Modi to stop playing ostrich?

Central Vista construction in New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi's pet project

15 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Britains opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves to supporters at a launch event for the Labour partys general election campaign in London, Britain. Photograph:(Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why is Labour, once a force in British politics, on...

Subsequent Labour governments did very little to make the economic revival of these towns and cities their priority

15 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Palestinians inspect their destroyed houses following overnight Israeli airstrikes in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

EXPLAINER: Why is Gaza almost always mired in conflict?

Gaza, sandwiched between Israel and Egypt, is just 25 miles (40 kilometers) long and six miles (10 kilometers) wide

14 May 2021 11:07 PM IST

Soumya, who hailed from Keralas Idukki district, worked as a caregiver attending to an old woman at a house in the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon. (Photo: Twitter)

Mortal remains of Indian woman killed in Israel rocket attack sent to...

The jet carrying her body left from Ben-Gurion airport at around 7 PM on Friday and is likely to arrive in Delhi...

14 May 2021 10:45 PM IST

The Mumbai-based social activist demanded the transfer of entire revenue earned through the recent defunct IPL matches to be transferred. (Photo: PTI)

BCCI served notice to transfer IPL-14 earnings to relief funds

In a 8-page legal notice, the copy in possession of this reporter, Nair has demanded an apology from IPL chairman and...

14 May 2021 9:54 PM IST

Fishing boats anchored at Vizhinjam Coast following a cyclone alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Fishermen have been prohibited from venturing out to sea from Thursday due to the cyclone alert over the Arabian Sea. (PTI)

Cyclone 'Tauktae': NDRF earmarks 53 teams for five states

Teams are being deployed in the coastal regions of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra

14 May 2021 1:36 PM IST

Vials containing Russias Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19. (AP File)

Dr Reddy's announces launch of Sputnik vaccine in Indian market

The vaccine is presently priced at Rs 948 plus 5% GST per dose with the possibility of a lower price point when local...

14 May 2021 1:02 PM IST

Justice N.V. Ramana launches a mobile app to grant access to the media to court proceedings without having to come physically to the Supreme Court, to help in their job of reporting. PTI

CJI considering live telecast of apex court proceedings

The Supreme Court had permitted the live streaming of court proceedings in cases of constitutional and national...

14 May 2021 7:57 AM IST

Himanta biswa Sarma, Assam education minister

NRC coordinator moves apex court for comprehensive reverification

Sarma also pleaded that in the Original Inhabitants category and the Persons from other States category, errors had...

14 May 2021 7:50 AM IST

This is the second time the gap between the two doses of COVISHIELD is increased after it was earlier permitted for 4-8 weeks of spacing. (Photo: AFP)

Gap for Covishield extended to 16 weeks

The decision for higher spacing between two shots comes amid speculation that it has been done in view of shortage of...

14 May 2021 1:17 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.

Govt ready to allow other companies to make Covaxin

The government has now engaged five Public Sector Undertakings to help increase production of Covaxin

14 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | Why did Centre fail to act despite a surge warning?

The government had been effectively forewarned to expect a possible exponential rise in cases but did virtually nothing

14 May 2021 12:00 AM IST