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$Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 23, 2020. - Britain on Wednesday introduced restrictions on travel from South Africa over the spread of another new variant of coronavirus, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said. \Were placing immediate restrictions on travel from South Africa,\ Hancock said, adding that two cases of the \highly concerning\ new virus strain had been discovered in Britain. (AFP)$ World

UK quarantines travelers from South Africa as one more Covid variant...

Hancock said the new variant has mutated further' than the one that recently prompted the British government to tighten...

23 Dec 2020 10:26 PM IST

Farmers take part in a demonstration to protest against the new agricultural laws in Mumbai on December 22, 2020. (AFP)

Protesting farmers to write to British leaders to stop Johnson's...

At the Singhu border, a group of farmers wrote a letter with their blood to the Prime Minister urging him to immediately...

23 Dec 2020 10:40 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AP)

Trump presents Legion of Merit on Narendra Modi

Mr Modi was conferred the award for his steadfast leadership and vision for India's emergence as a global power

23 Dec 2020 8:11 AM IST

Aijaz Hussain (C), the BJP candidate for the District Development Council (DDC) polls celebrates after he won a DDC seat in Srinagar on December 22, 2020. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

Gupkar alliance poised to win big in DDC polls

The BJP has also performed well by winning an election for the first time from any seat in the predominantly Muslim...

23 Dec 2020 7:33 AM IST

Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool...

Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government

23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in West Midnapore district, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?

Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at...

23 Dec 2020 6:52 AM IST

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

COVID-19: Eight from UK test positive after arrival in India

Several states have quarantined all those with recent travel history to the UK and collected their swabs for testing

23 Dec 2020 4:55 AM IST

Some pollution hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai turn into green zones. (PTI Photo)

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019: Lancet study

India's three main cities, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, were on the list of the world's 20 worst polluted cities,...

22 Dec 2020 11:22 PM IST

Sister Abhaya murder: Both accused found guilty after 28 years

Another accused in the case, Fr Poothrakayal was discharged earlier over lack of evidence

22 Dec 2020 12:24 PM IST

The minister said that there has been a phenomenal growth of 55.71 percent national highway length in the last six years in the state (Photo credit:Twitter)

Gadkari lays foundation for 14 NH projects in Telangana

The Union minister said that a total of 59 road works at a cost of Rs 17,617 crore have been sanctioned for Telangana in...

22 Dec 2020 10:23 AM IST

A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French governments announcement. (AP)

India suspends flights to and from UK in view of fast-spreading...

The Maharashtra government on Monday said 14 days' institutional quarantine was mandatory for flyers coming from Europe...

22 Dec 2020 9:49 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during an event on Christmas celebrations, in Kolkata, Monday, December 21, 2020. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

Didi asks Shah to check facts on Bengal growth

Trinamul Congress supremo also cautioned him against lying as a home minister for his political mileage

22 Dec 2020 7:37 AM IST