Pune: Invited to bat, India were all out for 329 in the third and final ODI against England here Sunday. Rishabh Pant top-scored with 78 off 62 balls while Hardik Pandya (64 off 44) and Shikhar Dhawan (67 off 56) also notched up half-centuries for...
New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Saturday chaired a high-level review meeting with Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of 12 states, Municipal Commissioners and District Collectors of 46 districts most affected by rising cases and rising mortality because of COVID-19. The 12...
New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Saturday said clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax have begun in India and the company hopes to launch it by September this year. In August 2020, American vaccine company Novavax, Inc had announced a licence agreement...
Suez: A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries...
New Delhi: India saw 62,258 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,19,08,910, according to Union health ministry data updated Saturday. Registering a steady increase for the 17th day in row,...
Bhubaneswar: As many as 8 rapes and 4 murder cases were registered in Odisha every day last year, according to the White Paper 2020 tabled in the State Assembly Friday. Total 1.34 lakh cognisable cases including 1,470 murder, 514 cases of dacoity, 2,166 loot, 4,500...
Mumbai: The death toll in a major fire Friday in the Dreams Mall of Mumbai's Bhandup area -- where a COVID-19 centre, Sunrise Hospital was located -- has gone up to 5 and many other patients were injured and around 73 evacuated, officials said. The...
Mumbai: At least two persons have reportedly perished and around 73 evacuated after a major fire engulfed the Sunrise Hospital located within the Dreamz Mall in Mumbai's Bhandup, early Friday, officials said. The blaze was noticed around midnight on the first floor and quickly spread...
New Delhi: India saw 59,118 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,18,46,652, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Friday. The active caseload breached the 4 lakh-mark again after around three-and-half months. Registering...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported 214 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in the past two months, health officials said Thursday. The new cases pushed the tally to 3,39,460 with 3,36,337 recoveries and 1,919 deaths, officials added. Out of the...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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