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In this test, a swab is taken from the throat or nose of the person who is getting tested. This swab contains a small quantity of the RNA of the virus, therefore it is amplified to produce material that is enough for testing whether or not coronavirus has...

Here are the top stories we are covering this evening: No breakthrough yet as govt meets farmer leaders; Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Vibhushan; RBI halts HDFC Bank's digital activities; US lawmaker bats for strong ties with India; Kangana and Diljit...

The victim, a contractual employee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), was on a drive along with her team near Bhandup railway station to penalise those moving out without masks. During the drive, she found a 28-year-old woman without a mask...

First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma said while India fully agrees that anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia and anti-Christian acts need to be condemned, UN resolutions on such important issues speak only of these three Abrahamic r...

The first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, was born on this day in 1884. Prasad was a lawyer, teacher, writer and India's freedom fighter.

He said COVID-19 was being treated under different "protocols" in different states which was causing confusion among patients and the doctors.

According to the police, the man identified as Pappy Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, had photocopied his brother's identity card, who is currently serving as a soldier.

Dilip Ghosh said the BJP will reach out to more than one crore households across West Bengal with leaflets on alleged failures and misdeeds of the TMC government.

Nearly a month after the November 3 election the 74-year-old Trump still refuses to acknowledge that he lost and has not conceded to his Democratic rival, who is busy building his incoming administration.

A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana granted liberty to the petitioner to make representation to the ministries of Home Affairs, Law and Justice and Women and Child Development on the issue.

Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu border clean petrol pumps every day to return the favour and offer hot, wholesome meals to those visiting them in support.

The police made the submission while opposing Tanha's plea for interim bail to enable him to appear in the exams from December 4 to 7.

According to author Vinay Sitapati, it is no coincidence that two former Congress ministers Dau Dayal Khanna and Gulzarilal Nanda were in attendance at the meeting.

Siddique Kappan claimed that he is working as a journalist in a Kerala-based daily, but that newspaper was closed two years ago, the state government told a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde.

The Commission will declare the results of Junior Hindi Translator, Junior Translator and Senior Hindi Translator Examination 2020 on January 20 and February 20, 2021.

The two-hour meeting was attended by election strategist Prashant Kishor and senior party leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Saugata Roy and Sudip Bandopadhyay.