By PTI PATNA: Bihar was on Sunday rattled by 89 more COVID-19 fatalities, though its active caseload and the number of cases reported in a day continued to decline, leading to further improvement in the rate of recovery and a drop in the positivity ratio. According to the health department, the d...

Delhi-based restaurateur Navneet Kalra, accused of hoarding and selling oxygen concentrators at massively inflated prices, has been arrested from a farmhouse in neighbouring Gurgaon....

By PTI RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh on Sunday reported 4,888 new COVID-19cases, down from 7,664 cases recorded a day before, taking the state's infection count to 9,12,477, a health official said. The death of 144 patients during the day pushed the fatality count to 11,734, he said. This is after 44...

Nagpur: A case of rape has been registered against an Income Tax commissioner by the Nagpur district police after a woman doctor alleged that he raped her under the pretext of marriage and forced her to abort, an official said on Sunday (May 16). The accused, 35, is a resident of Puducherry. The ac...

Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday launched the 'Zimmewaar Sangrur' campaign and inaugurated a 100-bed facility equipped with oxygen concentrators and vital measurement monitors in the hall of the Kali Mata Temple in Sangrur. Singla has also set up a Covid war room that w...

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday (May 16) announced that the CoWIN digital portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration has been reconfigured to reflect the extension of interval between two doses of Covishield to 12-16 weeks. The Central government has communicated this change to States and UTs. Th...

Parts of Madhya Pradesh received light showers on Sunday evening as a result of cyclonic storm Tauktae that is raging far off in the Arabian sea, which also brought gusty winds at some places in the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sa...

Rafael Nadal has certainly sent a warning notice to the rest of the men's singles field with an emphatic display of tennis against World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final of Italian Open 2021 to win his 10th crown in Rome on Sunday. Nadal defeated the top seed 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 to secure his first title...

The Centre directed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Sunday to prevent dumping of bodies in the Ganga and its tributaries, and focus on their safe disposal and a dignified cremation after corpses were seen floating in these rivers following a spurt in the...

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored a stunning header in the fifth minute of stoppage-time as Liverpool snatched a 2-1 victory at the death against relegated West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Sunday. Alisson headed home from a corner to secure what could be a precious three points for Liverpool...

A top Indian virologist has resigned from a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government to detect variants of the coronavirus, he told Reuters on Sunday, weeks after questioning the authorities' handling of the pandemic. Shahid Jameel, chair of the scientific advisory group of the forum k...

Amid escalating tensions between Gaza and Israel, India on Sunday urged 'both sides' to show extreme restraint and refrain from attempts to unilaterally change the existing status-quo, underlining that 'immediate de-escalation' is the need of the hour. The UN Security Council held an open meeting o...

Amid escalating tensions between Gaza and Israel, India on Sunday urged "both sides" to show extreme restraint and refrain from attempts to unilaterally change the existing status-quo, underlining that "immediate de-escalation" is the need of the hou...

By PTI NEW DELHI: With gradual ingress of COVID-19 infection in rural and peri urban areas, the Centre on Sunday urged states to ensure community-based and primary health centre services to manage the situation while stressing on sensitisation of ground workers on containment, surveillance and us...

Businessman Navneet Kalra, accused in the black marketing of oxygen concentrators case, has been reportedly arrested by the Delhi police. According to a report in the Indian Express, Kalra was arrested from his brother-in-law's home in Gurugram. During a recent raid, 524 oxygen concentrators were r...

THE GUJARAT government launched Sunday the 'Maro Ward, Corona Mukta Ward' (my ward, coronavirus-free ward) campaign from 77 places across the state. The campaign aims to check the spread of Covid-19 in urban areas with a focus on aspects like fire safety in Covid hospitals, vaccination, sanitation...

At least seven Israeli forces sustained injuries in car ramming operation in Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. According to a local media, unknown driver rammed the vehicle into four Israeli soldiers at Sheikh Jarrah checkpoint. As the conflict entered...

Former Union minister and senior Trinamool leader Yashwant Sinha tweeted a video clip of a speech by the Indian representative at a discussion in the United Nations to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over vaccine shortage....

A couple allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old man to death following a quarrel over Rs 100 in Delhi, police said on Sunday. The police have arrested Reshma in connection with the incident, while her husband Jitender is on the run....

Amid strained ties between Washington and Beijing, the US-China nuclear arms have raced up after reports have emerged of the communist nation developing second-strike capability in nuclear energy. Francesco Sisci, writing in Asia Times said that the US commentariat is ringing alarms about China's ...

Sagar Kulkarni, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to chief ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, and Lt Governor Puducherry to review the Covid-19 situation there. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel asked the Prime Minister to ensure sufficient availability of v...

Senior virologist Shahid Jameel has resigned from a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government to detect variants of the coronavirus, he told NDTV on Sunday, weeks after questioning the authorities' handling of the pandemic....

A woman and her two minor daughters drowned in a canal in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said....

By PTI JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Sunday said 93 percent of the reported COVID-19 fatalities in the past one month occurred in unvaccinated people in the union territory. He said 49.37 percent fatality was recorded in COVID-19 patients who ignored initial sympt...

New Delhi: The first batch of anti-COVID drug 2-DG, developed by the DRDO, will be released on Monday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, officials said. The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has approved the oral drug for emergency use as an adjunct therapy ...

China has lodged a solemn representation to Japan after Tokyo mentioned Taiwan in its draft defense report for the first time, said a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the Ministry, Japan has repeatedly interfered with China's internal affairs, Global Times reported...

Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti on Sunday (local time) expressed concern at the spread of violence to the West Bank and Gaza and urged both sides (Israel and Palestine) to show extreme restraint. "We expressed our apprehension at the spread of violence to other parts of West Bank a...

Mumbai on Sunday reported 1,544 fresh coronavirus positive cases following testing of 22,430 samples, the lowest such number so far this month, the city's civic body said....

As Delhi extended its lockdown by another week, keeping its Metro service shut, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the government did not want to lose the gains made during the lockdown. The city has seen less than 6,500 cases two days in a row now, with the positivity rate dipping to 10.4% ...

By PTI NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the state government is alive to the possibility of a third wave of Covid-19 and the spread of black fungus infection among cured patients and is readying itself to tackle them. He said the state government is focusing on e...

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, medics said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled the fourth war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza would rage on despite international efforts to broker a cease-fire. In a televis...

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Sunday said India will have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses from July-August. He hit out at the Congress for attacking the Centre on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and said the opposition party did not have to face such tough times during their rule...

Chennai: With very severe cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’ (pronounced Tau’te) predicted to make landfall near the Gujarat Coast on Tuesday, May 18th morning, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has confirmed that it has ensured that safe return of 5,600 boats, rescued six personnel and rerouted 335 merchant v...

Hamas "misjudged" the strength of Israel's response when the Islamist group first launched seven rockets from Gaza at Jerusalem almost a week ago, Israel's army chief said Sunday....

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Sunday launched a sarcasm-laden counter at Salman Butt, wishing that the ex-Pakistan skipper had shown such 'clarity' of thought while 'fixing matches', like the one that was on display while trashing his Kane Williamson greater than Virat Kohli viewpoint. ...

WHEN RAJEEV Satav took on some of the senior Congress leaders at an internal meeting of the party in August last year, it surprised many. For Satav, who died of post-Covid complications on Sunday, was known to be a soft-spoken leader who avoided open confrontations and believed in adjustments and a...

The "International Invincible Gold Medal" of this year has been conferred on Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank....

A senior leader of the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami group has been arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly instigating violence in March during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country, the police said on Sunday....

If we look at the events of the past one and a half years, we realize that the misappropriation of the Covid crisis has shattered the very framework of our society....

After multiple reports of bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients being found by the Ganga River in parts of Uttar Pradesh all through last week, police units in different districts across the state have stepped up patrolling....

The Omani Health Ministry on Sunday announced 2,788 new COVID-19 infections during the past five days, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 205,501, the official Oman News Agency reported. Meanwhile, 3,951 people recovered, taking the overall recoveries to 190,342 while ...

When Dr Darshil Shah tinkered with the core of a cricket bat, he knew the traditionalists would bristle. The custodians of the game were not expected to take too kindly to his innovation of replacing the old willow with laminated bamboo. Shah and co-author Ben Tinkler-Davies concluded in their stud...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended the strike on the Gaza tower that housed the Associated Press and Al Jazeera bureaus, alleging it also hosted a Palestinian "terrorist" intelligence office....

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asked for stern enforcement of the preventive directives in the containment zones to reverse the surging trends of the pandemic. He tasked the Superintendents of Police in the districts with the job....

Amid a severe vaccine shortage, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today directed authorities to explore the possibility of procuring Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for inoculating people in the 18-44 age group....

Two Chinese provinces have reported the country's first cases of community transmission in over three weeks, which has triggered a run for COVID-19 vaccines as residents are lining up to get jabs. Yingkou, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning province, reported five confirmed and eight asympt...

By PTI MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 974 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the toll to 81,486 while the number of fresh cases at 34,389 remained below 40,000 for the third consecutive day. The overall caseload in Maharashtra has reached 53,78,452, the state health department said. Of the 97...

Four districts of Kerala, which are witnessing a severe Covid spread, would be placed under a highly restrictive 'triple lockdown' for a week starting Monday. The 'triple lockdown', for which detailed guidelines have been issued, will come into effect in Malappuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Thiruvan...