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A health worker marks the hands of residents with home quarantine stamp, at Bhaji Galli Road no. 3 of Andheri East in Mumbai. PTI photo

India records highest single-day spike of 20,000 COVID-19 cases

This is the fifth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 15,000

28 Jun 2020 11:32 AM IST

Rural Telangana has been more compliant with guidelines to combat the spread of the coronavirus. (Representational image)

Rural Telangana adopts COVID-19 precautions while Hyderabad struggles

Coronavirus incidence in rural districts is still in the three digits while it galloping in the state capital

28 Jun 2020 11:31 AM IST

This combination of satellite images taken on May 22, 2020 (left) and June 23 Maxar Technologies shows construction in the Galwan river valley near the Line of Actual Control between India and China. (AP)

Satellite images show buildup on India-China LAC

Images show India has built a wall on its side and the Chinese expanded an outpost at the end of a long road connected...

28 Jun 2020 8:53 AM IST

Demand for medical oxygen has soared since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. (AFP)

Telangana moves to supply oxygen straight to COVID-19 hospital beds

Presently, portable oxygen cylinders are being used atÂ COVID-19 hospitals

28 Jun 2020 8:18 AM IST

With the coronavirus epidemic spreading to the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam, villagers set up barricades like this to ward off the virus. (DC Photo: K Narisimha Murthy)

Andhra Pradesh has its worst corona day yet

State records the highest number of deaths in a single day and the highest number of new cases in a day

28 Jun 2020 7:41 AM IST

India has once again demanded that the two sides go back to the status quo as of mid-April but it wont be an easy task to compel the Chinese to leave the vantage points they have seized both in Galwan and the Finger area around the Pangong Tso lake. PTI Photo

Chinese army reluctant to back down from finger 4 at Pangong Tso:...

The Chinese army has, in the last few years, prevented Indian patrols to move freely between finger 4 and 8 on the banks...

28 Jun 2020 5:34 AM IST

Three fighter aircrafts of the Indian Air Force fly-past the India Gate to express gratitude towards all frontline workers including medical professionals, police and sanitation workers for their contribution in fight against COVID-19, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Air defence missile systems deployed in Eastern Ladakh to counter...

India has also filled the surveillance gaps to ensure that no enemy aircraft would be able to go undetected.

28 Jun 2020 4:18 AM IST

The opening of the Kartarpur Saheb corridor to mark the 550th anniversary of the passing of Guru Nanak Dev, the 17th century founder of the Sikh faith, who had spent his last days at the gurdwara in Kartarpur, has come at a time when the bilateral relationship is fragile something that Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi point out at the drop of a hat.

-'Mirage of goodwill-': India says no to Pakistan-'s offer to reopen...

Sources said there should be at least seven days of advance notice as per the pact.

27 Jun 2020 10:50 PM IST

Sharad Pawar, who arrived in Delhi to meet Sonia Gandhi, made a cryptic statement on Monday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Sharad Pawar-'s retort to Congress: Don-'t forget China seized 45K sq...

The former Defence Minister said the entire episode is -"sensitive-" in nature.

27 Jun 2020 8:09 PM IST

Locusts attack in Gurugram. (PTI)

Centre acts after locusts attack Haryana, UP; Rahul seeks compensation...

The locusts keep flying during day time and settle down only after dark in the evening.

27 Jun 2020 7:26 PM IST

A medical technician wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks past as a woman waits to give a sample at a COVID-19 testing centre during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. PTI Photo

Garment MSMEs to Tamil Nadu: Donâ€™t even think of extending lockdown

Over 400 MSME-'s in garment exports urge CM not to extend lockdown

27 Jun 2020 6:35 PM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting to discuss the situation along the India-China border via video conferencing in New Delhi. (PIB)

Constitution is the guiding light of my government, asserts Narendra...

He was addressing the 90th birthday celebrations of Rev Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan in Pathanamthitta.

27 Jun 2020 4:54 PM IST