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A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

Efficacy of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine drops to 84 per cent after 6...

Ongoing follow-up is needed to understand the persistence of the vaccine effect over time

29 July 2021 9:34 AM IST

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed concern over the grenade blast and asked DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to deal with the incident sternly and nab the miscreants at the earliest. ANI file photo

Mizoram arming civilians: Assam chief minister

Assam also has ongoing border disputes with several of its neighbouring states -- including Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland...

29 July 2021 9:34 AM IST

PV Sindhu in action. (Photo: Olympics.com)

Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu beats Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt to enter...

The 26-year-old notched up a 21-15 21-13 win over 13th seed Blichfeldt in a 41-minute match

29 July 2021 8:29 AM IST

Indian team player in action at the game with Argentina. (Photo: Olympics.com)

Olympics 2020: Indian men's hockey team beat Argentina 3-1 to seal...

After goalless first two quarters, India broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute

29 July 2021 8:22 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with leaders of Opposition Parties address media on the issue of the Pegasus Project, in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Pegasus is not a privacy issue, it's treason: Rahul

Mr Gandhi claimed the government doesn't want the Pegasus issue to be discussed in the House

29 July 2021 7:30 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves after meeting Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also seen. (PTI Photo)

Mamata Banerjee: No problem if someone else leads Opposition

Mamata Banerjee met several Opposition leaders and called on Sonia Gandhi

29 July 2021 7:27 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (PTI Photo

Union Cabinet approves Bill to protect bank deposits of up to Rs 5...

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Bill to protect bank deposits of up to Rs 5 lakh

29 July 2021 7:27 AM IST

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks as Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam‚ Jaishankar listens during a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi. (Photo:AP)

At Delhi talks: US, India spar over human rights

'We talk about challenges we are both facing in renewing and strengthening our democracies and I think humbly we can...

29 July 2021 7:23 AM IST

On July 9, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla held a meeting in New Delhi with the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram in a bid to resolve the boundary issue between the two states. (Twitter)

Wasbir Hussain | Assam-Mizo firing: Spark behind clash still mystery

The worst violence in recent years along any inter-state border in the Northeast took place within 48 hours of Shah's...

29 July 2021 2:00 AM IST

It is universally accepted that local self-government bodies and peoples representatives were at the forefront of the fight against the virus in the first wave but that focus is not seen there now. Representational Image (Twitter)

AA Edit | How Kerala lost Covid fight

e of the best health infrastructure systems in the country and its doctors are renowned world over

29 July 2021 1:32 AM IST

If things took a dangerous turn just a couple of days after a meeting of northeastern states initiated by the home minister, Amit Shah, it does reflect that rivalries embedded in the region after Assam was historically broken up into smaller states are not easily resolved. (PTI)

AA Edit | First, douse the fire on Assam-Mizoram border

The police forces of two states figuring in such a conflagration is the closest India may have ever come to a civil war

29 July 2021 1:08 AM IST

Given the threats, policies addressing conservation of wildlife and nature, and environmental issues must also find an apex position in political agendas. Representational Image (PTI)

Arvind Dharmapuri | Telangana's tigers: Protecting them crucial to...

Let every Indian today, on July 29, the Global Tiger Day, ingeminate the truth that if tigers go extinct, our entire...

29 July 2021 1:04 AM IST