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Union I & B Minister Anurag Thakur (PTI/Kamal Singh)

Cong flouting Covid protocols, says Anurag Thakur as Bharat Jodo Yatra...

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday hit out at the Congress over its Bharat Jodo Yatra, accusing the...

24 Dec 2022 6:37 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

India doing fine, no surge expected in cases due to Omicron...

NEW DELHI: Renowned virologist Gangandeep Kang on Friday said India has reported a few cases of Omicron sub-variants XBB...

23 Dec 2022 4:48 PM IST

A medic administers the Covid booster dose to a beneficiary under the 75-day special free vaccination drive as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Booster dose: Telangana fares better amid high hesitancy

HYDERABAD: As the Central government’s 75-day window for free booster shots has ended, only 41.5 per cent of...

2 Oct 2022 9:45 PM IST

File photo of a deserted street in Kochi amid coronavirus lockdown (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Hindsight disfavours lockdowns

There isn’t anything quite as full of wisdom as hindsight. When Rishi Sunak, now the underdog in the political...

27 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

Those who can afford are admitting their kids into private schools near their habitations. (Representational DC Image)

Schools, colleges in Puducherry to remain closed till Jan 31 due to...

Once the schools reopened, there would be vaccination of the rest, he added.`

18 Jan 2022 7:04 PM IST

Doctors maintain that as the state government is getting ready to face the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic, services of these experienced doctors will come in handy in case the situation deteriorates. (Photo:PTI)

Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: Expert

There are some epidemiological similarities between South Africa and India

4 Jan 2022 11:37 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das at RBI central board of directors in a customary post-budget meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI photo

Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021

Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of...

4 Nov 2020 3:47 PM IST

PM Modi to interact with CMs today. (PTI Photo)

With Covid poised to soar, PM Modi to confer with chief ministers...

The states are pleading with the central government allow some breathing space for the economy

11 May 2020 7:45 AM IST

Things were going well for Davanagere until all hell broke loose this week.

Karnataka's two cups of woe: Davanagere and Belagavi and one headache...

Half of the eruption of new cases are from Davanagere and Belagavi

8 May 2020 10:32 PM IST

n this file photo taken on March 7, 2020 Britains prime minister Boris Johnson (left) with his partner Carrie Symonds attend the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Wales at the Twickenham in west London. Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who helped save the prime ministers life. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy: Won't Boris be on paternal leave after weeks off for...

Boris is entitled to paternal leave of absence from his job

3 May 2020 3:44 PM IST

Davanagere in Karnataka enjoyed green status for a month with no new corona cases being reported.

In Karnataka, green district back to red after a month's lull in new...

After 30 days with no new cases, Davanagere began to ease curbs - until it all broke loose

2 May 2020 12:12 PM IST

Tejama Begam and Imran Nadaf

Social distancing: Hubballi's Muslim family performs online wedding

Both the bride and groom observed the rituals and said Qubul' to the union while staying at their own respective homes

22 April 2020 12:03 PM IST