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A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, at a vaccination centre, in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI)

India's single-day rise of Covid infections fall below 10,000 after...

The death toll has climbed to 5,13,843 with 119 daily fatalities, with a decline in active cases

28 Feb 2022 10:21 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in a meeting of ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 26, 2022. (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite

A spy satellite is among an array of sophisticated weapons systems that Kim Jong Un vowed to develop under military...

28 Feb 2022 9:58 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

Manipur elections 2022: Incidents of violence, EVM damage reported...

At least one person was injured in a clash between two parties in Churachandpur district

28 Feb 2022 9:20 AM IST

Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, upon their arrival at the IGI Airport, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

Three more flights bring back 688 Indians from Ukraine

Government says taking steps to ensure return of all stranded citizens

28 Feb 2022 8:28 AM IST

An armored vehicle rolls outside Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, in eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP)

Ukraine updates: Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, escalating...

Amid the mounting tensions, Ukraine announced that a delegation from the country had agreed to meet with Russian...

28 Feb 2022 7:33 AM IST

More batches of Indian students enter Hungary from Ukrainian side at Zahony crossing, travelling onward to Budapest for return to India by AI flight. (PTI)

PM Modi chairs crisis meet as 15K Indians still stuck in war zone

Indians fleeing the war zone have been asked to prominently display the tricolour on their buses to escape amid...

28 Feb 2022 6:51 AM IST

Oil bill to exceed $100 bn this fiscal

The country's import dependence has increased this fiscal owing to a steady decline in domestic output

28 Feb 2022 3:00 AM IST

For many who are familiar with scrabble, or have done crosswords, this was a strange fixation but the charm of it was that it is online and so many can play and compete with each other. (DC)

Kishwar Desai | War of Wordles has UK in grip; 20m flowers to float...

In a bid to make Wordle popular in their backyard they have made the word puzzle much more puzzling

28 Feb 2022 2:45 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Wars need wisdom: How far is Putin likely to go?

The mistake was made not in 2021-22 but way back in 1991, when the Soviet Union broke up

28 Feb 2022 1:37 AM IST

Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station during the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad on February 27, 2022. (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

53.93 per cent voter turnout in UP fifth phase elections, till 5 pm

Barring a few reports of EVM glitches and some stray cases of poll violence, the phase went off largely peaceful

28 Feb 2022 1:28 AM IST

Indian nationals on board a special Air India flight as people stranded in war-torn Ukraine are evacuated, in Romania, Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Air India evacuation flights costing Rs 7-8 lakh per hour: Source

The airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing 787 plane, better known as Dreamliner

27 Feb 2022 3:55 PM IST

A man holds a placard as people gather at Tokyos Shibuya area to protest Russias invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)

Ukraine crisis updates: Ukraine calls for Russia to lose UN Security...

Russia is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, giving it veto power over resolutions

27 Feb 2022 2:35 PM IST