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Shortage of cottages, rooms and also the high cost for accommodation facilities at some luxury hotels and resorts are cited as reasons for growing demand for tents. (DC)

Tents sheltering tourists trending in tourist spots in Vizag

The demand for tents has grown after Visakhapatnam has started recording shivering temperature to as low as below 15...

16 Dec 2021 1:09 PM IST

Bum-Rukn-ud-Dowla. (Photo: PTI)

NGT constitutes independent committee for restoration of Hyderabad's...

Bum-Rukn-ud-Dowla is a historic heritage water body at Hyderabad's Shivrampally

16 Dec 2021 1:07 PM IST

A man dressed as Santa Claus gives sanitizer to students as they prepare to attend classes at a school in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Delhi adds four more Omicron cases taking national capital's tally to...

With this, India's tally of Omicron infections reached 77

16 Dec 2021 12:25 PM IST

A healthcare worker checks the complete vaccination certificate of the arriving passengers, at Bandra Terminal, in Mumbai,. (PTI)

Omicron cases: Prohibitory orders issued in Mumbai till December 31

Only people up to 50 % of the capacity at a venue will be allowed to attend any event and organizers of programme should...

16 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester. (Photo: AP)

Study finds a longer lasting COVID vaccine

The findings suggested that viral polymerase could potentially be added to vaccines to create a longer-lasting immune...

16 Dec 2021 12:02 PM IST

Kids and adults wait for their booster or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances

Universities are abruptly closing classrooms during finals week with infections multiplying at a fast rate

16 Dec 2021 11:25 AM IST

Justice Rekha Palli opined that not treating physical presence as a mandatory requirement would also encourages parties to easily get their marriages registered. (Representational image: PTI)

Cabinet clears proposal to raise minimum age of marriage for women...

The move comes more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan during his Independence Day...

16 Dec 2021 11:15 AM IST

More intriguing is how Mamata Banerjee has used the BSFs territorial expansion to make common cause with Punjab. (PTI)

'Khela Hobe' in 2024; BJP will be defeated across India in LS polls:...

The 'Khela Hobe' slogan of the TMC had become immensely popular during the high-octane campaigning of the assembly...

16 Dec 2021 10:21 AM IST

A used face mask on Westminster Bridge in London. (Photo: AP)

Omicron infects 70 times faster but is less severe, study says

The supercharged speed of omicron's spread in the human bronchus was found 24 hours following infection

16 Dec 2021 10:15 AM IST

A worker disguised as Santa conducts thermal screening of a child as he arrives at a school that reopened after the Maharashtra government allowed schools to reopen for Ist to IVth classes, in Thane. (Photo: PTI)

India adds 7,974 new Covid infections, 15 per cent higher than...

The death toll climbed to 4,76,478 with 343 fresh fatalities

16 Dec 2021 10:08 AM IST

Army Chief Gen M M Naravane. (Photo: PTI)

Army Chief Gen Naravane takes charge as chairman of Chiefs of Staff...

The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash

16 Dec 2021 9:30 AM IST

Students check a notice board for their allocated seats as they arrive to appear for the CBSE 10th class Maths exam, in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI)

Board exams: CBSE stops physical evaluation of OMR answer sheets at...

The term-1 board examination is currently going on for students of classes 10 and 12

16 Dec 2021 9:22 AM IST