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New Delhi: As thousands of farmers continue to protest at various borders of the national capital demanding the repeal of three new farm laws, the government Wednesday proposed to give a ‘written assurance’ that the existing Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime for procurement will continue....

New Delhi: Results of an interim analysis of the Phase III programme conducted by Oxford University with AZD1222, peer-reviewed and published in The Lancet Wednesday demonstrated that the vaccine is safe and effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and that it protects against severe disease and...

New Delhi: Farmers' protest on Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh entered 14th day Wednesday even as farmer leaders will meet on the Singhu border at noon to discuss government's response to their demands as well as the future course of action. The development...

Beijing: China and India are in close communication to further ease tensions in eastern Ladakh. Both sides will hold consultations over specific arrangements for the next round of talks, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday. The Chinese and Indian Armies held the eighth round of...

New Delhi: Life was disrupted Tuesday in several parts of India as shops and commercial establishments stayed closed, transport was affected and protesters squatted on key roads and rail tracks in response to a ‘Bharat Bandh' called by farmers demanding a repeal of the new...

New Delhi: Hundreds of Delhi Congress, Indian Youth Congress and activists of the women's wing of the Congress Tuesday staged a protest and stopped traffic near the Income Tax Office (ITO) intersection in the national capital in support of the 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers...

New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, a day after he visited the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, a charge denied by the force. In...

New Delhi: After Pfizer and Serum Institute, Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech applied Monday to the central drug regulator seeking emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’, official sources said. The COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with...

Lucknow: Amid the row over laws meant to bring a major change in the agri-marketing sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday reforms are needed for development. The prime minister said some laws from the past century have become a burden now. Narendra Modi made...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav was put under undeclared house arrest Monday morning and by afternoon he was arrested and taken away by Uttar Pradesh Police. The arrest came as the numbers of party workers and supporters swelled outside his house and the former...