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Aspirants enter an examination centre without following social distancing norms to appear for the Bihar Secondary Teachers Eligibility Test (BSTET) exams amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Patna. (PTI)

India may have over 7 million corona cases by October, become No. 1 in...

The researchers are now working on refining their model based on advanced machine learning techniques to make long-term...

11 Sept 2020 4:25 PM IST

The risk of death due to coronavirus infection is 17 times higher in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the Indian Medical Association. (AFP)

Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers

The risk of death due to infection is 17 times more in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the...

11 Sept 2020 2:54 PM IST

Medical oxygen tanks for respiratory treatment are being prepared in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, Northern Italy. AP photo

No restriction be imposed on inter-state movement of medical oxygen:...

Health ministry has reiterated the critical importance of oxygen in hospitals for management of critical COVID-19...

11 Sept 2020 2:38 PM IST

Telangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas gives sample for COVID-19 test ahead of the Monsoon Session, in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Government to set up COVID-19 isolation centes in rural Telangana:...

He wanted the health department to prepare itself for facing sudden spikes in COVID-19 cases.

11 Sept 2020 2:03 PM IST

Retired Air India staff await pensions even after 20 years

Retired Air India staff await pensions even after 20 years

The pensioners said that they should come under the coverage of the Provident Funds Act, 1952

11 Sept 2020 1:36 PM IST

$Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow. (Image: Twitter\\@aadilbrar)$ Nation

India, China decide border tension not in best interest of both...

Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met in Moscow on the sidelines of a conference to try and end the...

11 Sept 2020 9:43 AM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a free testing centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

COVID-19 pandemic: Serum Institute of India halts trials of...

The move came a day after the company stated that it would push ahead with the trials in India

11 Sept 2020 3:13 AM IST

CRPF personnel wearing face shields guard Egmore Railway Station in Chennai. PTI photo

Tamil Nadu-'s COVID recovery rate 88pc

The districts that had high numbers were Chengalpattu 279, Coimbatore 440, Cuddalore 263, Salem 300 and Thiruvallur 296

11 Sept 2020 1:06 AM IST

A Rafale jet at the Ambala air base.

Amid Rafale-'s induction, Rajnath Singh issues -'big and stern-'...

Singh-'s stern message came hours ahead of Jaishankar-Wang Yi meeting

10 Sept 2020 9:25 PM IST

Narendra Modi and Donald Trump at the Howdy modi event in Houston last year. (AP)

BJP tells its US supporters not to use party-'s name in US...

Chauthaiwale had mailed the directive to the US chapter of the party on July 24

10 Sept 2020 6:52 PM IST

In another incident, Maoists on Monday lynched a tribal youth, identified as Sudam Hunga of Kamapur village in Sukma district accusing him of being a police informer.

Two security personnel killed in gunfight with Maoists in Odisha-'s...

The two personnel belonged to the Odisha Police-'s Special Operation Group (SOG)

10 Sept 2020 4:57 PM IST

Telangana government has chosen noted Telugu writer, poet and academician, Prof. Rama Chandramouli, for the Kaloji Puraskaram. (Photo- Twitter/@TelanganaCMO)

Telangana govt honours Prof Rama Chandramouli with Kaloji Puraskaram

His writings have been extensively translated into other Indian languages and have enthralled lovers of literature at...

10 Sept 2020 2:31 PM IST