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Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. (AP)

At least 8 dead, several injured after crush at US music festival

Around 50,000 people were in the crowd at rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival, authorities added

6 Nov 2021 2:20 PM IST

The citys AQI slipped to the severe category on Thursday night and continued its upward trend to reach 462 at noon on Friday. (Representational image: PTI)

Higher wind speed flushes out pollution in Delhi

According to Central Pollution Control Board's Sameer app, Delhi's air quality index stood at 449 in the severe category...

6 Nov 2021 2:11 PM IST

Injured patients being shifted to safer place after a fire broke out at the ICU of Civil Hospital in Ahmednagar, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Maharashtra: 11 COVID patients die in ICU fire, Uddhav Thackeray...

A fire audit had been carried out at the hospital, but all necessary systems were not in place due to lack of funds

6 Nov 2021 2:08 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over LPG price hike, says people forced to...

The development vehicle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the 'reverse gear', Rahul said

6 Nov 2021 1:22 PM IST

People wearing face mask of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others celebrate 1 billion vaccine dose completion in India, in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

Massive COVID wave unlikely if large population already infected, says...

The WHO had earlier warned of a massive COVID-19 wave in Europe and Central Asia

6 Nov 2021 12:49 PM IST

The Pfizer and Merck pills still have to go through various regulatory processes in the U.S. and elsewhere. (AP)

Pfizer results open door to new chapter for COVID-19 treatments

If the drugs are authorized by regulators, they are likely to overtake currently-available antibody treatments

6 Nov 2021 12:07 PM IST

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

'Your News Update' feature removed by Google from its Assistant

Google has not revealed why it has decided to do away with this particular feature

6 Nov 2021 11:40 AM IST

The six vessels gathered to train together and promote maritime cooperation throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Navy said in a statement. (Photo: Twitter I Indian Navy)

Third Goa Maritime Conclave to begin on Sunday, to host heads of 12...

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh would host the chiefs of navies/heads of maritime forces from 12 Indian...

6 Nov 2021 11:36 AM IST

Brown label ATMs are those in which the ATM machine is owned by the service provider but the cash management and connectivity to banking networks is supplied by a sponsor bank. Representational image/PTI

Banks increasingly outsourcing ATMs

SBI, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India have, in the last 18 months, issued a request for proposal (RFP) for over 20,000...

6 Nov 2021 11:25 AM IST

This launch marked the 396th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets. (Photo: AP)

China successfully launches 3 new remote sensing satellites

The satellites, belonging to the Yaogan-35 family, were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket

6 Nov 2021 11:25 AM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

Technical textile usage made mandatory for govt depts

In January 2019, for the first time, India issued 207 HSN codes for technical textiles and in less than 2 years, it...

6 Nov 2021 11:17 AM IST

Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)

US Congress okays $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a long-delayed win...

Approval of the bill would create legions of jobs and improve broadband, water supplies and other public works

6 Nov 2021 11:16 AM IST