An Indian doctor in the UAE has been cleared of the charge of sexually molesting a woman after a Botox therapy session at his clinic in Dubai....

Image Source : FILE Bihar caps number of guests for wedding, other functions to 100 Amid rising cases of coronavirus in the state, Bihar government on Thursday issued new guidelines for organising weddings and other related events. The state government has limit the number of guests allowed at the ...

Team India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday admitted that the uncertainty regarding the availability of Rohit Sharma for the Australia tour has been very confusing and not the ideal thing to have before a tour. "Before we had the selection meeting in Dubai, we had got an email two days before th...

Pureplay Skin Sciences India — the parent company of vegan skincare brands Plum and Phy — on Thursday said it raised Rs 110 crore in Series B funding round led by Faering Capital. Trifecta Capital, as well as existing investor Unilever Ventures, also participated in the round, which will...

Image Source : TCS/TWITTER TCS founder Faqir Chand Kohli dies at 96 Faqir Chand Kohli, the founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), died on Thursday. Popularly called the father of the Indian IT industry, Kohli breathed his last at the age of 96. "Sad day for Indian IT. He was...

New Delhi: It's been 12 years since the dastardly 26.11.2008 Mumbai terror attack rattled India and the rest of the world. However, Pakistan is yet to initiate any serious action to nab, let alone punish, the 19 members of the terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who had been put on the list of...

New Delhi: Reacting the Haryana government's use of water cannon to stop farmers from reaching Delhi for peaceful protest, Punjab Chif Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said stopping farmers is going against the Constitutional spirit and freedom of speech of this country. Issuing a statem...

Former India pacer S Sreesanth will return to competitive cricket with a local T20 tournament organised by the Kerala Cricket Association, his first after completing a seven-year-ban on charges of match-fixing. Sreesanth, who was banned by the BCCI over his alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the ...

Modified tractors, carrying rations, woollens, essential items and people, trundled through Haryana in the chilly winter evening as thousands farmers slowly moved closer to Delhi, undeterred by police barricades, tear gas and water cannons. "More than 50,000 farmers will be standing at the Delh...

Backed and endorsed by the chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, the world's first franchise-based poker league is back in a new avatar as Poker Sports League - Virtual Season 3 (PSL-V). With a unique, online-based format, PSL aims to establish poker as a mind sport by putting on display - a combina...

China and India have maintained "candid and in-depth communication and coordination" to promote disengagement in areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh after the eighth round of talks to resolve the current standoff, the Chinese military said on Thursday. The Chine...

AstraZeneca and Oxford University have acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine. A statement describing the error on Wednesday came days after the company and the university described the shots as 'highly effective...

Ahead of first-ever elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs), three People's Democratic Party (PDP) leaders - Dhaman Bhasin, Fallail Singh and Pritam Kotwal resigned terming the party as "second fiddle" to National Conference....

PTI, Malaria No More India with support from Times Bridge, has launched a new tool for Android devices to provide information on the disease and treatment protocols. Malaria No More India (MNM India) is a non-profit organisation working to support India's goal of eliminating malaria by 2030. Times ...

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday (November 26, 2020) chaired a high-level review meeting on various schemes and programmes of the Education Ministry. “Chaired a high-level review meeting on various schemes and programmes of @eduminofindia,” Pokhriyal tweete...

DH Web Desk, In your evening news brief, From the Newsroom, football legend Diego Maradona no more, Kerala announces a two-day mourning; FC Kohli passes away; Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitches for 'One Nation, One Election'; Pakistan yet to initiate any serious efforts to nab 26/11 accused, and ...

The final rites of former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi were performed on Thursday with full state honours at the Nabagraha Cremation ground in Guwahati. Assam bade an emotional farewell to its beloved Tarun Gogoi. Amid the chanting of hymns, preceded by a gun salute and band played by the Assam...

School Reopening News: Even though a number of states have reopened their schools keeping the Central government's unlock guidelines in mind, but the Delhi government is in no hurry to open schools as the national capital is witnessing surge in coronavirus cases. So when the schools in Delhi will re...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit India's top vaccine hubs in Pune and Hyderabad this weekend with coronavirus cases surging in parts of the country and amid redoubled efforts to zero in on an effective vaccine....

A married woman died after allegedly setting herself on fire in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, and the act was recorded on video by her husband, who sent the clip to his in-laws, police said on Thursday....

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton says Diego Maradona tried to disguise the handball that secured the infamous Hand of God goal which helped Argentina knock England out of the 1986 World Cup but did not expect his effort to stand. Maradona died aged 60 after suffering a heart attack at his ho...

CHANDIGARH: Tens of thousands of farmers on Thursday practically rose up in arms as they braved tear-gas shells and water cannons, managed to break police barricades at several places in Haryana while heading to the national capital to lodge their protest over the Centre's farm laws. Several p...

Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad case, will have to wait a few more days for a straw and a sipper cup he needs as a Parkinson's patient. Responding to Swamy's request for these items before a special court here on Thursday...

Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha has written an opinion piece where he reacted to the digital streaming platforms being brought under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He wrote on how 'moral policing' will kill the online streaming platforms and called the move 'farce'....

Ahead of the first ODI international against India in Sydney on Friday, Australia limited overs skipper Aaron Finch said that the visitors have plenty of talent in their squad to replace Rohit Sharma who is likely to be out of most of the tour due to an injury he sustained in the Indian Premier Leag...

Image Source : AP A nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. Delhi is geared up for the COVID-19 vaccination programme and the city's entire population can be covered in a mont...

PTI, The phase-three human clinical trial of indigenously developed anti-coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin began at the AIIMS here on Thursday with Dr M V Padma Srivastava, the chief of Neurosciences Centre at the premier institute, and three other volunteers receiving the first dose. 'Covaxin'...

Kolkata: Months ahead of the 2021 state election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the "Swasthya Sathi' health scheme of the government will cover the entire population of the state. The decision will be applicable from December 1, 2020 and all people in th...

Image Source : PTI PM Modi to visit Pune's Serum Institute of India on November 28, likely to review vaccine status Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will visit the Serum Institute of India in Pune, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for COVID-...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has planned to take Rambhawan, an accused, to the crime scene in connection with the case of sexual exploitation of about 50 minor boys, recording videos of the acts and circulating them on the dark web, sources said. India Today TV has learnt that the CBI w...

The central government is treating farmers as "enemy of the State", SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal alleged today, condemning the use of force to stop them from marching towards Delhi in protest against the Centre's farm laws....

AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford, among the front-runners in the quest to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine, face mounting questions about their trial results after acknowledging a manufacturing error....

Flipkart, India’s homegrown ecommerce marketplace, on Thursday announced its collaboration with the Indian Armed Forces, with the launch of ‘FlipMarch’ initiative to onboard ex-Army personnel across its value chain.As part of the initiative, Flipkart has partnered with the Army Wel...

Kabul, Nov 26 Unidentified gunmen intercepted vehicles and abducted 28 travellers in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province, police spokesman ... Kabul, Nov 26 Unidentified gunmen intercepted vehicles and abducted 28 travellers in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province, police spokesman Hajji Moham...

Dev Diwali 2020: Every year on the full moon date of Kartik month, Dev Diwali is celebrated in India. As per Hindi Panchang, this festival is celebrated will a lot of enthusiasm and fervour in Kashi. This year, it will be celebrated on November 29, Sunday. The festivities begin for the Dev Diwali on...

VAL D'ISERE, France: Two mens World Cup races scheduled in France next week were switched to Italy on Thursday because of a lack of snow. The International Ski Federation said Val dIsere could not stage giant slaloms on Dec. 5-6 which now go to Santa Caterina Valfurva. The canceled races were due t...

For thousands of investors allegedly duped in the IMA scam that came to light last year, the long process of recovering their money began on Wednesday, with a one-month window before them to make their claims....

DH Web Desk, Faqir Chand Kohli - FC Kohli, often called the Father of Indian IT industry, passed away on Thursday. More details awaited. ...

The phase-three human clinical trial of indigenously developed anti-coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin began at the AIIMS here on Thursday with Dr M V Padma Srivastava, the chief of Neurosciences Centre at the premier institute, and three other volunteers receiving the first dose. 'Covaxin' is b...

Two army soldiers were killed in a militant attack in Srinagar on Thursday. According to defence spokesman militants fired indiscriminately at a quick reaction team of Indian Army in general area Aban Shah Chowk, HMT, Khushipora in the outskirts of Srinagar. 'Being a crowded area, the troops exerci...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday termed the number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital as 'alarming' while hearing a plea challenging AAP government's decision to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 33 private hospitals here. 'The numbers, we know, are presently in an ...

Image Source : FILE PHOTO COVAXIN is India's indigineously developed vaccine. The phase-three human clinical trial of indigenously developed anti-coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin began at the AIIMS here on Thursday with Dr M V Padma Srivastava, the chief of Neurosciences Centre at the premier ...

Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia are self-isolating after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the royal palace said Thursday....

PTI, Twelve years after the 26/11 attack, Pakistan has placed 19 members of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in a list of the "Most Wanted Terrorists" for their role in the heinous assault, but it has not initiated any serious efforts to nab them and also punish seven others who are facin...

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, instances of lung damage are also on the rise among patients who have survived the disease. In particular, pulmonary fibrosis is being commonly reported across the world and in India as well. Pulmonary fibrosis is essentially the inflammat...

WASHINGTON: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has time and again spoken of her inherent love for cooking. Day ahead of Thanksgiving, Harris took to social media to reveal one of her family's favourite holiday recipes - cornbread dressing. The pictures she posted had a warm hue as sh...

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, will have to wait till at least December to use a straw and sipper cup which he needs as a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease....

KATHMANDU: In a bid to repair ties with Nepal that have hit all time low following the boundary dispute, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday morning for a two-day visit. The announcement of the visit, as already made by Kathmandu and New Delhi, will ...