$Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that \the southern part of Tibet belongs to the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Chin and it has been Chinas inherent territories\. (PTI File Image)$ World

China says Arunachal Pradesh 'inherent part' of its territory

India on Thursday had strongly rejected China renaming 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh

31 Dec 2021 2:58 PM IST

Sports

Sourav Ganguly discharged after COVID treatment, to remain in home...

Ganguly was rushed to Woodlands Multispeciality hospital on Monday night after he tested positive

31 Dec 2021 2:58 PM IST

A health worker prepares to collects a swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

World

US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours...

Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19

31 Dec 2021 1:26 PM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman (R) chairs the 46th GST Council meeting, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec 31, 2021. (PTI)

India

Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 46th GST Council meeting in Delhi

Finance ministers of States and Union Territories and senior officials are attending the meeting held at Vigyan Bhawan...

31 Dec 2021 1:25 PM IST

A throat swab is taken from a patient to test for COVID-19 at a facility in Soweto, South Africa, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP)

World

South Africa lifts curfew as Omicron wave subsides

Infections dropped by almost 30% last week compared to the preceding seven days while hospital admissions also declined...

31 Dec 2021 11:52 AM IST

A medical staff works inside a newly created Covid-19 coronavirus oxygen support isolation ward at a government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)

India

Maharashtra reports highest number of Omicron cases, India tally rises...

The daily rise in COVID-19 cases crossed the 16,000 mark after around 64 days

31 Dec 2021 10:13 AM IST

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Metros

Mumbai on high alert after inputs of possible terror attack by...

Mumbai Police have instructed all police stations to be on alert

31 Dec 2021 9:21 AM IST

Empty vials of Biological-Es covid vaccine Corbevax. (Photo: Biological-E)

World

Discussions underway for WHO approval for Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine

Corbevax was recently granted emergency approval by the Indian govt and will be manufactured by Hyderabad-based...

31 Dec 2021 9:13 AM IST