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Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Supreme Court takes note of children orphaned due to COVID

The top court's direction came on an application filed by amicus curiae Gaurav Agarwal

28 May 2021 3:31 PM IST

Labourers take rest in a closed market at Khari Baowli, during COVID-19 lockdown in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi unlock process to start gradually from Monday: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the news in a virtual press conference on Friday

28 May 2021 1:50 PM IST

The tribunals judgement came on a plea filed by farmer K Hiroji Rao regarding the operation of the stone crusher units and the pollution caused in adjoining village. (Representational image: Image credit: pcb.ap.gov.in)

NGT imposes over Rs 1.17 cr penalty on 21 stone crushers in AP for...

The bench also asked the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board to make periodical inspection of these crusher units

28 May 2021 1:29 PM IST

A team of Delhi Polices Special Cell visited the Twitter Indias Lado Sarai office in connection with the probe into the alleged Covid toolkit matter, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Plea filed against Twitter India for non-compliance with new IT rules

The new IT rules came into effect from Wednesday, May 26

28 May 2021 12:35 PM IST

Mass cremation of people who died of Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground at Ghazipur, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt stand on PIL for more crematoriums in...

The petition has also sought a centralised online facility for issuance of death certificates

28 May 2021 12:04 PM IST

The CBSE had earlier said it has not taken any decision yet on Class 12 board examination. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

SC to hear on May 31 plea seeking cancellation of Class 12 exams amid...

The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari

28 May 2021 11:42 AM IST

Unprecedented COVID pandemic has thrown up a big challenge: Kerala Governor

Unprecedented COVID pandemic has thrown up a big challenge: Kerala...

Even though there are over 22 lakh confirmed COVID cases, Kerala could keep the mortality to around 8,000, he said

28 May 2021 11:31 AM IST

The Precision Health Platform in Bengaluru will test sewage from both sewered and non-sewered waste-water. (Representational Image/PTI)

Karnataka launches city-wide sewage surveillance system to track virus...

The Government of Karnataka plans to begin testing across 45 wards in Bangalore

28 May 2021 11:11 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a drive-through vaccination camp at Select City Walk mall in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi govt to give Rs 5 lakhs for death due to lack of oxygen

This amount will be an add-on to the already-announced Rs 50,000 compensation

28 May 2021 10:58 AM IST

A patient who is receiving treatment at a free COVID-19 care center displays a placard asking for help from volunteers in New Delhi, May 27, 2021. The center is run by a Sikh voluntary organization. (AP /Amit Sharma)

India reports lowest COVID-19 cases in 44 days

The active cases have further reduced to 23,43,152 comprising 8.50 per cent of the total infections

28 May 2021 10:58 AM IST

East Godavari Collector D Muralidhar Reddy at the covid care centre. (Photo: ANI)

East Godavari Collector inaugurates Covid care centre voluntarily...

The district collector appreciated the efforts of the villagers for their initiative

28 May 2021 10:49 AM IST

'TS received positive response from AstraZeneca and Sputnik V for...

The number of COVID-19 cases in Telangana have come down with a reduction in the number of positive cases and a rise in...

28 May 2021 10:02 AM IST