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An Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker tests swab samples of residents for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a government primary health centre. AFP

India-'s COVID-19 recovery rate touches 90 per cent

61 per cent of the total recovered cases are from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and...

24 Oct 2020 11:36 PM IST

The Tungabhadra dam. (DC)

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka projects on Tungabhadra river halted after...

AP government had proposed the construction of a flood canal from the reservoir to the state borders

24 Oct 2020 11:08 PM IST

A family walks through the floodwaters to reach a safer place in Hyderabad.

Infections galore in Hyderabad after unprecedented floods

It is stated that 70 per cent of the residents and volunteers are complaining of severe fungal infections

24 Oct 2020 10:50 PM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. (DC Photo)

Jagan urges AP bankers to sanction loans for schemes

Jagananna Thodu launched for petty traders

24 Oct 2020 1:36 AM IST

The Karnataka government revamping one year old Karnataka State Wildlife Advisory Board has kicked up a row. (Representational Image: AP)

Karnataka new wildlife board kicks up a row

The earlier Wildlife Advisory Board was constituted during the last days of the then Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy

23 Oct 2020 8:18 PM IST

Three militants, assistant sub-inspector of J-K police killed in encounter. (PTI Photo)

J&K: Militants changing sanctuaries under pressure from security...

South Kashmir has been the hotbed of insurgency especially after militant commander Burhan Wani was killed by Indian...

23 Oct 2020 8:10 PM IST

A Hindu devotee helps another to adjust a face shield as they assemble prior to evening prayers for Goddess Durga at a makeshift place for worship during Durga Puja festival in New Delhi on October 22, 2020. (AFP)

In India, 70 lakh people have recovered from COVID infection

With 54, 366 fresh cases, India on Friday registered a total of 77.61 lakh cases of novel coronavirus

23 Oct 2020 8:00 PM IST

The banners and posters, reading All Meghalaya Bengalis are Bangladeshis , were alleged to have been put up by the KSU.(Twitter/@MrSamratX)

Meghalaya government appeals for peace after posters target Bengalis...

Sources in the student body indicated that the poster campaign had its roots in the Ichamati incident earlier this year

23 Oct 2020 6:50 PM IST

Under the new section, those who produce or publish defamatory or abusive content intended to defame any person through any means of communication can be imprisoned up to five years or a fine of up to Rs 10,000 or with both.

Keralaâ€™s new cyber ordinance evokes strong objection

Five year imprisonment for creating, posting defamatory, abusive posts

23 Oct 2020 3:44 PM IST

About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine. (AFP Photo)

Hyderabad startup-'s -'CoronAid-' promises immunity against COVID-19

With the results of the clinical trials, the product is expected to be available from December 2020 in most cities and...

23 Oct 2020 4:03 AM IST

There are only two functional Confucius Institutes in India.

India reiterates -'comprehensive disengagement-' of troops at LAC in...

The heavy deployment remains after China began deploying large numbers of its troops at the LAC from April this year

23 Oct 2020 2:47 AM IST

G. Kishan Reddy

Take steps to prevent encroachment of Hyderabad lakes: Kishan Reddy

Reddy visits Ankamma basti, Shyamalakunta and nearby areas of Sanath nagar Assembly constituency

23 Oct 2020 12:01 AM IST