India

The national capital on Friday recorded 4,086 fresh cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day spike here in 34 days, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 6,189. These fresh cases resulted from 58,568 tests conducted the previous day, pushing...

Currently, Nafed is offloading onion buffer stock in the market to boost domestic availability and check onion prices which surpassed Rs 75 per kg in some parts of the country in the last few weeks.

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Friday asked officials to intensify surveillance, detection, contact tracing and quarantine efforts to arrest the spread of COVID-19 in the city during the ongoing festive season. He issued the directions at a meeting of t...

The Delhi Transport Corporation Board has decided to engage central government agency National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for development of prime land parcels and provide maternity leave of six months to women employees of the public transp...

Several doctors, associated with different hospitals and nursing homes, never miss an opportunity to spend an evening together after their duty hours to sing the songs composed by them for this year's Durga Puja.

The Chirag Paswan-led LJP has disassociated itself with the NDA in Bihar and has put candidates against JD(U) nominees in many places.

On October 13, a 35-year-old woman from Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh had set herself on fire near the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. She succumbed to her injuries at a Lucknow hospital the next day.

The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution stood at 17 per cent. The city recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 254.

The SCO events are assuming significance as the virtual summit of the SCO Heads of the State being hosted by Russia is scheduled to be held on November 10 in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to take part.

Milan (AP) The Italian government has approved 40 billion euros (USD 47 billion) in new spending to counter the pandemic's economic blow. The stimulus package announced Sunday includes an additional 1 billion euros to the national health care system, p...

Pakistan authorities have removed the names of over 5,000 individuals from the travel blacklist after the government took note of the problems faced by citizens whose names have been blacklisted for a long time, according to a media report on Sunday. Inte...

Integration of quality services, convergence of healthcare services at the household level and strategic use of data could further advance public nutrition service delivery in India, experts have said. Noting that the child's first 1000 days (pregnancy...

With Union Minister Babul Supriyo by his side, PM Narendra Modi will deliver the ‘Puja Ki Baat' speech for the nation on October 22.

The Noida Authority on Saturday said it issued penalties worth Rs 11,15,000 on various private contractors and entities for flouting anti-air pollution guidelines and rules here. It said the action has been taken as per the guidelines of the Graded Resp...

Residents doctors of two COVID-19 facilities in Goa on Saturday threatened to go on strike if an order asking them to share rooms was not withdrawn. Later in evening, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said he had spoken to the chief minister to get the...

She visited the marquees of Babubagan, Jodhpur Park 95 Pally, Jodhpur Park Sarbojonin, Ekdalia Evergreen Club, Singhi Park, Ballygunge Cultural, Samajsebi Sangha and Shibmandir in south Kolkata.