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Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Pariwan area of Kulgam district. (Representational image: PTI)

JeM terrorist, cop killed and five injured in encounter in J&K

The search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire towards the position of security forces

13 Jan 2022 11:40 AM IST

A receptionist works at a Tesla showroom in Beijing, China. (Photo: AP)

Tesla working through 'challenges' with govt to launch products in...

Last year, Tesla had sought a reduction in import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) in India

13 Jan 2022 11:15 AM IST

ISRO successfully conducts the qualification test of Cryogenic Engine for the Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. (PTI)

Qualification testing of cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan programme...

One more engine will undergo two short-duration tests and one long-duration test to complete the cryogenic engine...

13 Jan 2022 10:36 AM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT Station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Single day rise of 2,47,417 Covid cases reported in India, Omicron...

The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far

13 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

S Somanath will take the post of Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, ISRO. (Photo: Twitter/@vijayanpinarayi)

S Somanath appointed as new ISRO chief

Somanath, who is at present director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), will succeed K Sivan

13 Jan 2022 9:26 AM IST

Kidambi Srikant in action against Siril Verma in the opening round of the India Open 2022 badminton tournament, at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India Open: Kidambi Srikanth, six other players withdrawn after...

The federation, however, did not reveal the names of the players

13 Jan 2022 9:03 AM IST

Union health ministry secretary Rajesh Bhushan urged the chief secretaries to direct their departments to ensure adequate buffer stocks of medical oxygen for at least 48 hours and reinvigorate oxygen control rooms. (Photo:PTI)

Centre tells states to keep oxygen ready as COVID cases near 2 lakh a...

Rajesh Bhushan urged the chief secretaries to direct their departments to ensure adequate buffer stocks of medical...

13 Jan 2022 1:41 AM IST

Recently, there was a conclave of so-called sadhus in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, which gave a call for killing and wiping out Muslims. (Representational Image/ AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Push back against hate: Redefine new normal'

In many countries, the unfolding tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic has been accompanied by intense polarisation

13 Jan 2022 1:29 AM IST

General Naravane (PTI)

China threat has not reduced at LAC: Army Chief

14th round of commanders' talks held to resolve Ladakh standoff

13 Jan 2022 1:26 AM IST

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomes former BSP MP Dara Singh Chauhan into the party, in Lucknow, Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Second minister quits Yogi's government, more MLAs exit ahead of...

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, in a tweet, welcomed Dara Singh Chauhan into the SP

13 Jan 2022 1:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Tamil Nadu, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on January 12, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health...

Thanks to the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the poor now have access to top quality and affordable health care, the Prime...

13 Jan 2022 1:00 AM IST

Medical staff members tend to a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of Cremona hospital, in Cremona, northern Italy. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable, says WHO

Last week, WHO noted a pandemic record high of 9.5 million new infections in a single week

12 Jan 2022 4:40 PM IST