India

The fine for not wearing masks and not following social distancing norms has been hiked from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000.

India has reminded Pakistan, the host to the world's largest number of UN proscribed terrorists and entities, of Abbottabad, the garrison city where alQaeda leader Osama bin Laden hid for years and was killed, in a hardhitting response as Islamabad's UN e...

The IMD predicts cyclone Nivar to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram anytime between midnight of November 25 and wee hours of November 26.

A period of uncertainty at cricket's world governing body ended Tuesday with Greg Barclay being elected ICC chairman after a second round of voting.

Senior TMC MP and spokesman Sougata Roy lauded party supremo Mamata Banerjee as a force who can unite all the secular forces in the country at a time when independent and constitutional bodies like CBI and the office of the governor have been compromised.

The 83-year-old was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to the ICU of a private hospital in Lucknow on November 17.

The PM's visit, if it takes place, would be aimed at reviewing the status of the vaccine candidate for coronavirus infection and to know about its launch, production and distribution mechanisms, an official said.

In the report on Tuesday, Bank of America Securities also said that there are seven major drivers for the change, including the push to cut diesel intake, increase natural gas and renewable energy, stricter emission norms, cleaning up Ganga river and bett...

The representatives of the ten central trade unions expressed satisfaction about the preparations of nationwide general strike on November 26, 2020 in a joint press conference.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the IMA said the long list of modern medicine surgeries that have been enlisted under Shalya Tantra and Shalakya Tantra squarely fall under the ambit, authority and jurisdiction of the modern medicine practice.

While in the virtual meeting, Mamata maintained that there was enough manpower and infrastructure in the state to handle the vaccination process, the plan will help the West Bengal government in the smooth execution of the exercise whenever a vaccine beco...

The decision, which was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray here, will cost an additional Rs 1,400 crore to the state, an official statement said.

Interacting with chief ministers, the prime minister also called for more RTPCR tests, even as he underlined that India's COVID-19 situation is more stable than other countries in terms of recovery and fatality rates.

On an average, more than 10 lakh daily tests have ensured that the cumulative positivity rate is sustained at low levels, the ministry underlined, adding that it is presently following a downward trajectory.

The counsel appearing for Delhi government told the court that he was given oral instructions that spas would not be reopened in view of prevailing conditions in the national capital and sought time to file an affidavit giving reasons for the same.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain attributed the high Covid-19 death rate in the city to the pollution caused by stubble-burning and said he expects a downtrend in the next two-three weeks.