India

Seeking to allay concerns over shortage of Remdesivir, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the government held talks with pharma companies and ensured sufficient supply of the medicine for COVID-19 patients.

The monks were paid between Rs 7 lakh to 15 lakh by Chinese national Charlie Peng through a shell company named 'SK Trading'. Investigators said that it was done to buy support for a Chinese man to succeed Dalai Lama.

With 6,974 fresh cases, the state's Covid tally rose to 5,33,850, including 93,153 active cases, while 83 succumbed to the infection, taking the death toll to 8,228 since March 8, when the pandemic broke.

Government offices were functioning with half their capacity due to the Covid-19 spread, with employees being allowed to work from home. The government also permitted in-house dining in hotels and restaurants.

Brussels (AP) Two UN agencies on Tuesday appealed to the European Union to set aside years of divisive debate over the best way to manage migrants and refugees and make a fresh start, as Brussels prepares to unveil a major overhaul of Europe's failed asyl...

As many as 590 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while eight persons died of the infection in Goa on Tuesday, an official from the health department said. The addition of the fresh cases has taken the tally of the coastal state to 29,343, the off...

From the merchants and employees of the East India Company who invested their colonial earnings from India in sprawling country homes to slave traders who bought up large properties in Britain, the UK's National Trust charity has documented all such conne...

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to COVID-19 that pushed the district's death toll from the pandemic to 50 on Tuesday, official data showed. The district also recorded 244 new COVID-19 patients and its tally of cases...

A majority of the shareholders of AIL -- uncles and cousins of Arunachalam -- voted against the resolution proposing her candidature for appointment as a Director of AIL at the AGM held through video-conferencing on Monday morning.

Faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and datasets to process texts in 11 Indian languages, the premier institute said on Tuesday. The initiative was taken up jointly with "AI...

When asked if the telecom ministry plans to allow the use of Chinese equipment for 5G, Minister Sanjay Dhotre said 5G technology in telecommunications network has not yet commenced.

Left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult has backed Jasprit Bumrah to bounce back strongly in Mumbai Indians' next IPL game against Kolkata Knight Riders here on Wednesday, after the India pace spearhead had a rare off day in the tournament opener. Bumrah, reg...

Only members from the ruling BJP and its ally JD-U and those of parties such as AIADMK, BJD, YSR-Congress and TDP, which have been extending support to the Modi government on various issues, participated in the debates on the bills.

Sanjay Singh is among eight opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha who were suspended on Monday for the remainder of the Monsoon session for 'unruly behaviour' during the passage of two farm bills.

Cricketer Virat Kohli, model and avid runner Milind Soman, nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar and other fitness influencers will participate in the event.

The central government has asked states to strive to achieve CFR of less than one percent. While Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have positivity rates below the national average of 8.52 per cent, it is high in the other five states.