India

New Delhi: A monkey hitched a ride on the Delhi Metro on Saturday. A video of the monkey’s joyride, which was shared on Twitter and went viral, shows the primate...

Punjab has become the second Indian state to report a case of green fungus, or aspergillosis. The 60-year-old from Jalandhar was undergoing treatment for COVID-19. The first case of green...

New Delhi: The single-day COVID-19 count fell to an 81-day low with 58,570 testing positive for the infection on Saturday. This is the lowest tally since March 30. The coronavirus...

New Delhi: The Central government told the Supreme Court that COVID victims’ families cannot be paid Rs 4 lakh compensation as it applies to natural disasters only. The Centre said...

Can the same person be administered two different COVID-19 vaccines to the same person? That, too, in the space of five minutes? However bizarre it might sound, that is exactly...

New Delhi: The Japanese government has imposed stricter regulations on Indian athletes and officials who will be travelling to Tokyo for next month’s Olympic Games, leaving the Indian Olympic Association...

Bhubaneswar: With states going ahead with the unlocking process amid a drop in COVID cases, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday directed the chief secretaries to ensure that there...

Work-from-home, long hours at the laptop, zero social life — it has taken a toll on everyone during the pandemic-induced lockdown. It has been tougher for the millennial and Gen-Z...

New Delhi: United Nations experts have expressed concern over India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, in the current form. The Human Rights Commissioner experts...

New Delhi: Odisha-born IAS officer and Secretary in the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Guruprasad Mohapatra died of COVID-19 related complications on Saturday. Condoling Mohapatra’s demise, Prime Minister...