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Kabul attack: Blasts near school leave more than 50 dead
Sun May 09 2021
Blasts close to a secondary school in the Afghan capital Kabul have left at least 50 people dead and more...
PM Dials 4 Chief Ministers To Discuss Covid Situation In Their States
Sat May 08 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with four Chief Ministers in separate phone calls and discussed the coronavirus situation in...
Tried To Capture Bengal, Nearly Destroyed India: Mamata Banerjee On Modi Government
Sat May 08 2021
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that the COVID-19 crisis in the country was the result of the Centre "not...
COVID-19 surge | Supreme Court orders immediate de-congestion of prisons
Sat May 08 2021
The Supreme Court has turned a humanitarian eye on the over four-lakh prison population inside overcrowded jails even as the...
Active caseload thrice last year’s peak, a lone doctor struggles to cope with flood of patients in Saharanpur
Sat May 08 2021
The patient is weak and gasping for breath, Dr V K Sharma can barely hear him speak. But he puts...
Al-Aqsa mosque: Dozens hurt in Jerusalem clashes
Sat May 08 2021
At least 163 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers have been hurt in clashes in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics and Israeli...
Indian expat spends $55,000 to fly with family on private jet from Kerala to UAE
Sat May 08 2021
An Indian businessman has spent around $55,000 (Dh202,290) to fly with his family, including his newly married daughter and her...
Cryptocurrency investors should be prepared to lose all their money – Bank of England
Sat May 08 2021
Digital currencies “have no intrinsic value,” according to Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey. He warned that people who...
Covid hits rural India: cases and deaths quadruple
Sat May 08 2021
A disconcerting feature of the second wave of Covid-19 is the surge in cases in rural India. Compared with the...
SC refuses to intervene in Karnataka HC order on increased oxygen quota to state
Fri May 07 2021
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court’s order asking the central government to increase...
Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UK
Fri May 07 2021
Public health experts have recommended one version of the Indian coronavirus variant be made a "variant of concern" in the...
"Don't Force Us To...": Supreme Court To Centre On Delhi Oxygen Supply
Fri May 07 2021
The central government has to supply 700 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to Delhi every day till further orders, the...
India Covid aid: Is emergency relief reaching those in need?
Fri May 07 2021
As India's devastating Covid-19 crisis mounted last month, countries around the world began sending emergency medical supplies to help stem...
"Try Listening, Too": Jharkhand Chief Minister To PM After Phone Call
Fri May 07 2021
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a phone-call with him on the Covid situation...
India adds over 4.14 lakh fresh Covid cases, 3,915 casualties in a day
Fri May 07 2021
With a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to...
India Asks State Banks To Withdraw Cash Abroad So Cairn Cannot Seize It
Fri May 07 2021
India has asked state-run banks to withdraw funds from their foreign currency accounts abroad, two government officials and a banker...
4.12 Lakh Fresh Cases, 3,980 Deaths: India's Worst Covid Numbers Yet
Thu May 06 2021
Up to 3,980 people died of Covid in India the past 24 hours, the highest in a day so far,...
Prince blamed for shooting one of Europe's biggest bears
Thu May 06 2021
Environmental campaigners suspect a Liechtenstein prince shot dead probably the biggest bear alive in the EU on a hunting expedition...
Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos
Thu May 06 2021
On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi...
Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines
Thu May 06 2021
An international body representing a who’s-who of Big Pharma firms has rejected a US-backed proposal to lift intellectual property rights...