New Delhi, Hitting out at External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, former union minister Anand Sharma said that the rhetoric and tweets do not change ground reality and foreign policy must have gravitas and depth. Engagements with strategic partners demand seriousness and cannot be trivialised and reduced to event management, Sh

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known for his huge social media presence, has reached 60 million followers on Twitter, on Sunday, making him one of the most followed individuals across the globe. With just former US President Barack Obama and current US President Donald Trump ahead of him, PM Modi is the third mo

New Delhi, On the initiative of Delhi Police, a 'Plasma Donation Campaign' has been launched at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Sunday. Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, was the Chief Guest while Commissioner of Police, S.N. Shrivastava, was the Guest of Ho

Agartala/Shillong, The Tripura Police have registered an FIR against M.K. Singh, acting vice-chancellor of the Tripura University (a central varsity), for violating the Covid-19 protocol, according to officials on Sunday.

The FIR was filed by Kashinath Jena, a senior professor of the varsity, at the Amtali police

Srinagar, As many as 441 more persons tested coronavirus positive in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the total tally past 13K-mark in the union territory. The active cases in J&K total 5,797.

Of the new cases, 43 were in Jammu division and 398 in Kashmir division, increasing the coronavirus cases to 13,1

Panaji, The Goa government's Food and Drugs Administration has warned chemists against sale of government-endorsed rapid testing kits to private individuals for home testing, pointing out that the practice has been 'banned'.

An advisory issued in this regard follows online advertisements and on the soc

New Delhi, In a major development, AIIMS Delhi will begin human trials of India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, from next week on 100 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 55.

The volunteers will be kept under observation for a period of nearly 150 days. Covaxin is developed by Bharat Biotech in

Mumbai, Maharashtras Covid tally on Saturday crossed the 3 lakh threshold figure while Mumbai surpassed the 1 lakh-mark, with deaths dropping below the 200-mark for the second time in July, health officials said here.

The number of deaths in the state fell sharply below the 200-mark to 144 on Saturday, but was hig

Guwahati, Even as over a month-long flood situation in Assam marginally improved on Saturday, three more persons were killed in two districts, taking the death toll due to the deluge in the state to 79, while around 28 lakh people in 26 of the 33 districts remained affected.

Officials of the Assam State Disaster M