India

From depression to anxiety to seeking counsellors, internet has been flooded with discussion on mental health post the untimely death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, while in America, effect of Covid-19 has triggered the debate.

Throughout the night, fire stations in the city received more than a dozen calls about tree falls in various areas, he said, adding there was no casualty in the incidents.

The safe and contactless facility was first rolled out by the Bengaluru International Airport to Vistara, in July last year.

Delhi has seen a dramatic fall in its daily Covid-19 cases since it recorded its peak of 3,947 infections on June 23. The daily count had dropped to a low of 613 on July 27 and settled at 961 on August 2 — only the third instance in two months when the si...

The renewed outbreaks serve as a stark warning to global leaders of how quickly an apparent success story can unravel.

Public Prosecutor A Natarajan explained that he is not opposing for the sake of doing so, but but the applicant must have valid reasons to seek parole.

A comparative analysis of the data gathered since the constitutional changes were made last year shows that separatists are in disarray after the government continued to crack its whip, they said.

The government filed an affidavit in response to a public interest litigation filed by one Manoj Oswal, raising concerns of street vendors being without income due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak.

Driver Ramesh Pandey was rescued by fire brigade personnel while efforts to get the trailer truck out of the creek were hampered due to high tide, said Santosh Kadam, chief of Regional Disaster Management Cell of Thane Municipal Corporation.

Figures compiled by General Insurance Council show that 71,423 people had claimed Rs 1,145.87 crore from insurance companies as of July last week, for Covid-19 treatment. However, only 20,965 people had made claims for Rs 323 crore on June 22.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Sunday that the United States will hold an election on Nov. 3 and that President Donald Trump was raising concerns about mailin ballots when he floated the idea of delaying the U.S. vote.

Singh (64) died in a Singapore hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailments, on Saturday.

Dhanoa said the Rafale jets along with S-400 missile systems will give the Indian Air Force a major combat edge in the entire region and that India's adversaries will think twice before starting a war with it.

The chief minister said the country's battle with the pandemic has reached a decisive phase. All states have tried to stop the spread of Covid-19 with their full strength and resources.

Nearly 80 to 90 per cent members of a family do not get infected even when one member is infected, indicating they may have developed some form of resistance or immunity and are not susceptible to the disease.