December 17, 2020

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the Aligarh Muslim University's centenary celebrations via video link on December 22, said the university official statement on Wednesday. The Prime Minister would attend the…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh were engaged in a public spat on social media on Wednesday over the government's decision not to hold the winter session of Parliament, with the…

NEW DELHI: The JEE-Mains for admission to engineering colleges will be held four times a year starting 2021 to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced…

WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday added India along with Taiwan and Thailand to the "monitoring list" of currency manipulating countries that includes major trading partners like China and six others. It also branded Vietnam and…

HYDERABAD: The Covid-19 vaccine by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, Covaxin, has been found to have a robust immune response, without any severe adverse events, among the people who were immunized with it as part of the Phase-I clinical…

New Delhi , December 16  With the start of Covid vaccination an immediate future in India, the phase III clinical trial for indigenously-developed Bharat Biotech's vaccine candidate COVAXIN is witnessing a shortage of volunteer…

New Delhi: As the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws entered its 21st day, a 65-year-old farmer committed suicide at the Singhu border protest site on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Baba Ram Singh of…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 16   Orissa High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq on Wednesday said that quick redressal of justice is significant for an effective judiciary system. The Chief Justice said that despite the restrictions posed by the…

New Delhi , December 16   The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to continue releasing salaries of professors of Delhi University for the last quarter of the financial year 2020-21. The High Court was…

Brusseles Dec16 (Sputnik) - The European parliament on Wednesday approved the seven-year budget of over one trillion euros ($1.2 trillion). According to a statement published on the European Parliament, the legislative body agreed the…