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A health worker conducts a swab test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a residential compound in Shanghai on March 18, 2022. (Photo : AFP)

AA Edit | Covid: Time is not right to lower guard

As per the WHO, new infections are up 8% globally compared to the previous week, with 11 million new cases and over...

18 March 2022 11:42 PM IST

India has to keep focussing on competitive energy sources and it welcomes offers from all oil producers as geopolitical developments have posed significant challenges to the countrys energy security, sources said. (Representational Image/PTI)

India's legitimate energy transactions should not be politicised:...

Russia has made the offer to India and many other countries after the US last week banned all Russian oil and gas...

18 March 2022 11:37 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Why is Gondwana's land of Koitur left neglected?

Wherever the Gonds still speak their own language, they refer to themselves as Koi, or Koitur

18 March 2022 11:28 PM IST

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda leaves from the residence of party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, after the Congress G-23 leaders meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Congress high command called Haryana strongman Bhupinder Singh Hooda...

The meeting ostensibly was called to discuss the Haryana Congress' issues but the topic soon turned to the change...

18 March 2022 3:16 AM IST

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. (PTI)

Punjab govt to launch anti-corruption helpline on Mar 23: CM Bhagwant...

The Punjab CM said he was not threatening any officer or an employee

18 March 2022 2:04 AM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don't weaponise' hijab, time to be more...

The question about the hijab is a political issue. And we must get at the facts as to why and when the issue became a...

17 March 2022 11:54 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, at Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Is BJP turning into Congress led by Sardar, minus Nehru?

What gave BJP winning numbers was its secular, economic measures rations, cash, money for housing. Is this not some...

17 March 2022 11:51 PM IST

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit with AAP leader Bhagwant Mann as he takes oath as Punjab Chief Minister, at Khatkar Kalan the birthplace of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr near Jalandhar, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Hope marries pragmatism as Punjab rings in AAP 2.0

AAP, with two states under its belt, has in a way surpassed all other regional parties, which could not manage this feat

17 March 2022 11:30 PM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the U.S. Congress by video to plead for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | Zelenskyy: Comedian to hero

Zelenskyy's speeches exhorting his troops and his fellow citizens to resist the invasion have made him a folk hero

17 March 2022 11:09 PM IST

A Municipal Corporation worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary inside a Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport bus, during a special vaccination drive for residents of Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

India fared better than others in managing Omicron-driven Covid surge,...

With 3,536 cases reported on an average in the week ending March 15, India contributed to only 0.21 per cent of global...

17 March 2022 12:47 PM IST

Abhishek Banerjee represents the Diamond Harbour seat of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

ED issues fresh summons to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, wife in coal scam...

The Delhi High Court had on March 11 dismissed a plea by the couple challenging the summons that asked them to appear...

17 March 2022 11:50 AM IST

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student at Lions Public School, in Gurugram, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Vaccination for children in the age group of 12 to 14 years began on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

Over 3 lakh doses of Covid vaccine given to children aged 12-14 yrs on...

As of March 1, 2021, there were 4.7 crore children aged 12 and 13 years in the country

17 March 2022 11:24 AM IST