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It is time for New Delhi to ask the Chinese government to repatriate to India the mortal remains of the brave Sikh soldier. (Stock Image)

Claude Arpi | Will Beijing return the remains of 1962 hero?

It is shocking that Beijing has never returned the remains of Subedar Joginder Singh, Param Vir Chakra, who died in...

13 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Israeli firefighter extinguishes a burning vehicle on Tuesday after Hamas launched rockets from Gaza Strip to Ashkelon, at southern Israel. (AFP)

Israel strikes kill senior Hamas commander, Palestinians fire rockets

At least 56 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave's health...

12 May 2021 11:17 PM IST

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

12 opposition leaders write to PM, demand suspension of Central Vista...

The leaders have also demanded a repeal of the three Central farm laws

12 May 2021 11:12 PM IST

A staff member of the Rajawadi Hospital holds a vial of Covishield, AstraZenecas Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine made by Indias Serum Institute, in Mumbai. (AFP)

Serum says will raise monthly production to 10 crore doses by August

Sources said Health Ministry and the office of DCGI had sought from both the firms their production plan for June, July,...

12 May 2021 10:43 PM IST

No HC stay on Maha final year undergraduate medical exams. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka postpones CET exams from July to August due to COVID-19...

Karnataka Education Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana also informed that further applications would be invited online...

12 May 2021 10:42 PM IST

The BMCs Central Purchase Authority is procuring antifungal drug Amphotericin B which is used to treat mucormycosis. (File/PTI)

111 mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment in Mumbai

Most of these patients are from outside Mumbai, according to the BMC

12 May 2021 10:33 PM IST

Population explosion has been a regularly used trope to incite fear and panic in many Third World countries. (Representational Image)

India may overtake China as most populous country sooner than UN...

India is expected to add nearly 273 million people to its population between now and 2050

12 May 2021 10:17 PM IST

The major worry with the new UK variant is that it is 70 percent more transmissible than the existing strains.

Using term 'Indian variant' for B.1.617 strain has no basis: Health...

The WHO also said it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from

12 May 2021 10:07 PM IST

Nishith Pramanik is an MP of Coochbehar in North Bengal, Jagannath Sarkar is an MP of Ranaghat in Nadia.

2 BJP MLA-elects to remain MPs

The BJP central leadership accepted the 2 MPs' request to retain their Cooch Behar and Ranaghat parliamentary seats and...

12 May 2021 8:17 AM IST

A medic administers the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 has begun in the national capital from today. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

States rushing for global vaccine tenders

The officials took the cue from the Uttar Pradesh government, ruled by BJP, which was first among the states to moot...

12 May 2021 8:15 AM IST

BJP president J P Nadda a three-point programme should be started by the state BJPs IT cell. (PTI Photo)

BJP asks Congress to cut Covid criticism

Hitting back over criticism of his party for holding huge poll rallies, Mr Nadda said the Congress too held massive...

12 May 2021 8:12 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

States blame Centre for shortage of vaccine

Since the 3rd phase of vaccination began amidst a ferocious 2nd wave of Covid-19, India has been facing acute shortage...

12 May 2021 8:11 AM IST