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People buy firecrackers despite the government urging public to restrain from bursting crackers during Diwali festival in view of current COVID-19 status, in Thane district, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (PTI)

Traders report Rs 1.25 L cr Diwali biz

Delhi alone did a business of about Rs 25,000 crore

6 Nov 2021 11:07 AM IST

The NCERTs new training manual ran into a controversy over its content. (Photo: PTI)

NCERT's gender-neutral training manual no longer available on its...

There was no response from NCERT officials about whether the manual had been taken down after NCPCR sought rectification...

6 Nov 2021 10:37 AM IST

A BMC health worker conducts thermal screening of the outstation passengers for COVID-19 testing at Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai, on Nov. 3, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India adds 10,929 COVID-19 cases, 392 deaths

The active cases comprise 0.43 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March last year

6 Nov 2021 10:10 AM IST

Morning haze and smog envelops the skyline in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Air quality deteriorates in many parts in north and central India...

Ambala, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Gwalior, Gorakhpur and Jalandhar were among the districts where AQI was 'very poor'

6 Nov 2021 9:36 AM IST

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Russia, Iran to participate India's NSA-level meeting on Afghanistan...

Invitations have been extended to China and Pakistan too, and formal responses are awaited

6 Nov 2021 7:48 AM IST

NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede arrives at the NCB office in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Aryan Khan case transferred to NCB special team in Delhi

Wankhede has been at the centre of a political storm following allegations of extortion in the cases being investigated...

6 Nov 2021 7:10 AM IST

A girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is there hope for planet, or will prophets of doom...

As with Covid, humanity is in this together

6 Nov 2021 2:43 AM IST

Terrorists cannot be trained with the fanciest weapons, pillowed with cash, drugged for violent killings and, after the assignment, expected to resume their lives as regular tax-paying citizens. Representational Image. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Terror in post-US Afghan: What is New Delhi's take?

It was precisely to boost the FSA's war-making abilities that the CIA and the Pentagon created a budget that ran into...

6 Nov 2021 1:09 AM IST

ndias captain Virat Kohli greets Scotlands players after India won the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Scotland in Dubai, UAE, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.(AP)

India crush Scotland, pray for 'Sunday Sensation' from Afghans

The match lasted a mere 24.1 overs as India first skittled Scotland for 85 in 17.4 overs and then batted for another 6.3...

5 Nov 2021 10:35 PM IST

A thick layer of acrid smog hung over Delhi-NCR on Friday after residents flouted the ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali and emissions from farm fires in the region peaked at 36 per cent. (PTI Photo)

Day after Diwali, Delhi records its poorest air quality in 5 years

Residents in many parts of Delhi-NCR complained of an itchy throat and watery eyes on Friday

5 Nov 2021 6:41 PM IST

Pfizer says Covid pill 'Paxlovid' 89% effective against severe disease

The results from the clinical trial are so good that Pfizer will stop recruiting new people for the trial, the company...

5 Nov 2021 5:44 PM IST

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. (Photo: PTI)

Navjot Singh Sidhu says he has taken back his resignation as Punjab...

Sidhu was appointed as the president of the Punjab Congress on July 23 this year following months of turmoil in the...

5 Nov 2021 5:38 PM IST