India

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 57,118 positive cases took India’s COVID-19 tally to 16,95,988 on Saturday. This is the highest single-day surge in coronavirus cases in the country so...

Amaravati: In order to promote plasma donation by already-cured COVID-19 patients, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to reward the plasma donors with cash incentives. The state government is also...

Chennai: A Chennai-based advocate has filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking the arrest of Team India captain Virat Kohli and actress Tamannah Bhatia. According to a report...

New Delhi: Operation of regular international passenger flights in India will continue to remain suspended till July 31, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Friday. The DGCA had...

New Delhi: In a bid to encourage local manufacturing and check Chinese imports, the Indian government on Thursday imposed restrictions on the import of colour television sets. The import bill...

Bhubaneswar: With IIT-JEE exams scheduled for September after being postponed in view of COVID-19 pandemic, a Twitter trend seems to have touched on the lighter side of being an IITian....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of the petition by 31 students, challenging the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines on conducting final-year university exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Close on the heels of the release of a film on her, Guinness World Records honoured Shakuntala Devi, the 'Human Computer' with the long-overdue record title. The award comes four...

Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old woman was duped by a 30-year-old lab technician who convinced her for a vaginal swab for “an accurate COVID-19 test result”. The woman...

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 55,078 positive cases took India’s COVID-19 tally to 16,38,870 while 779 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The death of...