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A health worker checks swab samples collected for RTPCR test to detect COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (AP file photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India records 11,499 fresh COVID-19 cases, 255 deaths

With this, the country recorded its daily COVID-19 cases under one lakh for the 20th consecutive day

26 Feb 2022 11:15 AM IST

Before the closure of the Ukrainian airspace, Air India had conducted one flight to Ukrainian capital Kyiv on February 22 that brought 240 people back to India. (Representational image: PTI)

Air India plane departs from Mumbai to evacuate Indians stranded in...

Air India will operate more flights on Saturday to Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to evacuate Indians stranded...

26 Feb 2022 10:44 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks at the UNSC (PTI file photo)

India abstains on UNSC resolution that deplores' Russian aggression...

New Delhi called for the immediate cessation of hostilities and asserted that dialogue is the only answer to settling...

26 Feb 2022 10:30 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

After 11 days, Karnataka HC concludes 'hijab' hearing, reserves order

The Court dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain media from chasing hijab-clad students and teachers

26 Feb 2022 8:22 AM IST

A man walks past a building damaged following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukraine's capital under threat as Russia presses invasion

Russia may be seeking to overthrow Ukraine's government, which U.S. officials have described as Putin's ultimate...

26 Feb 2022 7:26 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Uncle Tom games: Can Gojo take on Czar's brigade as...

I am engaged in writing a book with the mildly derivate title 'Uncle Tom's Cabinet'

26 Feb 2022 7:13 AM IST

UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath gestures towards the party supporters during a road show ahead of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

Anand K. Sahay | Will RSS do a rethink over Modi if he takes hit in...

Mohan Bhagwat, in an address, had made barely camouflaged critical observations on the government's handling of the...

26 Feb 2022 7:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Indigenous weapons must to surprise enemies: PM Modi

Modi asserted that surprise element during war can only be attained if customised and unique weapons are developed in...

26 Feb 2022 6:47 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (Photo:AP)

Russia: Putin to give orders to ensure safety of Indians

India, a time-tested friend of Russia for decades, has so far not condemned the Russian actions

26 Feb 2022 6:41 AM IST

Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Air India flights to bring Indians from Romania

Sources said the first batch of Indian students have already left for the Ukraine/Romania border

26 Feb 2022 12:15 AM IST

A Ukrainian firefighter walks between at fragments of a downed aircraft seen in in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo: AP)

Russia bans UK flights over its airspace after sanctions

Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the U.K. carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday

25 Feb 2022 2:48 PM IST

A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19:...

The new study suggests that globally, two out of three children orphaned from are adolescents aged 10 to 17 years

25 Feb 2022 12:48 PM IST