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A man does yoga on the terrace of his house on International Yoga Day in Mumbai, on Sunday June 21, 2020. International Yoga Day is celebrated annually on day of the summer solstice, 21 June. Due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the yoga activities this year were held digitally. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Yoga helping COVID patients defeat disease: PM Modi

International Yoga Day is being observed digitally this year

21 Jun 2020 10:47 AM IST

Collectors and officials being screened before their meeting with Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad. PTI photo

Telangana state crosses 500 in Covid-19 cases per day

The state has logged 2,000 cases in just seven days

21 Jun 2020 10:44 AM IST

Prime Minister on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan which entails work for 125 days for skilled guest workers. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi employment scheme Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan for guest...

Centre is yet to clarify whether these skilled workers will be paid as per Minimum Wages Act or wages paid under MGNREGA...

21 Jun 2020 10:44 AM IST

Health workers conduct COVID19 testing at CGHS in New Delhi. PTI photo

India-'s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike...

India has been registering record single-day spike for the past four days

21 Jun 2020 10:24 AM IST

India domestic flights resume, but coronavirus cases rise. (PTI Photo)

International flights will have to wait until situation normalises:...

He, however, added that more flights will be added to bring back stranded Indians.

20 Jun 2020 10:51 PM IST

Minister of State Gen VK Singh. (PTI)

India also released captured Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley, claims...

He was being interviewed by a Hindi news channel.

20 Jun 2020 10:03 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi has -'limited intellect-' but is damaging Armed forces-'...

Gandhi on Saturday tweeted that the PM had â€œsurrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression-"

20 Jun 2020 8:37 PM IST

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Meat lovers in Chennai face tough time in lockdown with meat, poultry...

Average consumption of meat among the consumers in Chennai is well above the national per capita consumption.

20 Jun 2020 8:08 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on its 125th anniversary via video link, in New Delhi, on June 2, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Full text of government clarification on PM Modi-'s remarks to...

Prime Minister was clear that India would respond firmly to any attempts to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC):...

20 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

Representational image. (PTI)

Government clarifies: PM meant there are no Chinese on our side now

Government adds that any attempts to transgress the Line of Actual Control would be dealt very firmly.

20 Jun 2020 3:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)

Modi hails Bihar Regiment while launching employment scheme in Bihar...

Modi hailing the Bihar Regiment came just hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked him for allegedly...

20 Jun 2020 2:01 PM IST

A man waits to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (PTI)

Finally, Telangana is testing, but there-'s no one to do the tracing

Because of the lag in the testing process, asymptomatic cases are spreading the infection around

20 Jun 2020 11:58 AM IST