New Delhi: Schools and parents have bigger roles to play with kids being home-bound due to the COVID-19 pandemic so that the mental health issues arising due to outdoor activities...

New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected a US government report that voiced concerns over alleged attacks and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities in the country. "Our principled position remains...

New Delhi:  The government has invited fresh bids for construction of 14.15-km long tunnel across Zojila Pass for all-year connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh union territories. The tunnel...

New Delhi:  India is definitely not in the community transmission stage of COVID-19 spread, the government asserted on Thursday, even as cases and deaths continued to mount with the country...

New Delhi:  Two policy options -- a one-time cash transfer, and provision of basic food supplies per person from the public distribution system for three months before some industrial activity...

 New Delhi:  India saw the highest single-day spike of 357 fatalities and 9,996 cases on Thursday, pushing the death toll to 8,102 and the nationwide tally to 2,86,579, according to...

London:  Two drugs companies in the UK are collaborating with the universities of Birmingham and Oxford as part of a major trial to test potential therapeutics to treat patients hospitalised...

New Delhi:  Decriminalisation of minor offences ?n 19 economic legislations, as proposed by the finance ministry, will provide relief to the MSMEs reeling under the impact of COVID-19, improve ease...

New Delhi:  The historic Jama Masjid will be closed for congregational namaz with immediate effect till June 30 in view of "critical" conditions in the city due to a surge...

New Delhi:  There have been complaints of non-availability of beds or denial of treatment to COVID-19 patients in the national capital despite nearly 70 per cent of beds in five...