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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Mend Pak ties, keep China in check to raise India heft

As the only democracy in SCO, besides a dysfunctional Pak, India must ensure the group is not hijacked by China to forge...

20 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Tomato fever is not the official name of any disease. (Representational Image)

Chandrakant Lahariya | As tomato fever' emerges, misinformation...

It has become clear that what has been reported is not a new virus but rather a form of the hand, foot and mouth...

8 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his weekly Prime Ministers Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Focus on Boris, Rishi as Britain examines how it...

The inquiry is entrusted with finding out precisely how the virus spread and what the government of the time did or did...

25 Nov 2023 12:01 AM IST

Malaria is a global problem and Indias success in reducing the burden of this disease can inspire other countries to take action and implement similar strategies. (Representational Image)

Anup Anvikar | End to malaria in sight: India edging close to the...

Malaria has been a major public health concern in the country for decades, with high numbers of cases and deaths...

26 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Fact-checking' by govt & the truth: Sweeping powers to...

Visible action by the State, especially harsh and intimidatory action, against critics and dissenters acts as a...

11 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Migrants to return home in special trains. (PTI Photo)

Rs 5,000 cr annual loss to Western Railway due to COVID-19 crisis:...

Among the trains being currently operated by the WR, some are running with only 10 per cent occupancy, a senior official...

24 Feb 2021 11:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions in Health sector, in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. (PTI)

Government working on four fronts to keep India healthy: PM

The world has noted the strength shown by India's health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said

23 Feb 2021 12:27 PM IST

Biden and Modi committed that the US and India will work closely together to win the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, renew their partnership on climate change, rebuild the global economy in a way that benefits the people of both countries. (File photo / Saul LOEB / AFP)

Biden, Modi commit towards greater Indo-US ties; work against COVID,...

A veiled message to Pakistan was also sent, with both countries resolving to 'stand together against the scourge of...

9 Feb 2021 10:20 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind with Uniond Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, (Image source: PTI)

Poll-bound states get big allocations

Budget for economic corridors and fisheries too announced

2 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

ONE SANE VOICE: John Millman of Australia. AP Photo

'They needed a pandemic to realise lower-ranked players should have...

World number 43 John Millman said the unfairness of the lower tours meant he had always been uncomfortable with the top...

20 April 2020 1:03 PM IST

ncome Tax return forms being revised. (PTI Photo)

I-T revises return forms to enable taxpayers avail benefits of...

The new income tax returns forms will be notified by the month-end and return filing utility would be available by May...

19 April 2020 6:53 PM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority in New Delhi in 2018. (PIB)

Saikat Datta: Why we lurch from one disaster to another

We have no institutional memory of what worked and what didn't in past crises

11 April 2020 11:16 PM IST