India

The date of June 26 was chosen after the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution regarding it on December 7, 1987.

The US Secretary of State said the actions of the ruling Chinese Communist Party meant there were "threats to India, threats to Vietnam, threats to Malaysia, Indonesia and the South China Sea challenge".

Trivendra Singh Rawat said everything should be done legally following a set procedure.

Out of these, 109 deaths took place in the last 48 hours, while the remaining 83 occurred earlier, but were not listed as those caused by COVID-19, the official said.

The first phase will cover four districts - Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and Jagatsinghpur and an estimated Rs 11,000 crore will be spent on building up the disaster-resilient electrical framework.

Experts say claiming that a drug is going to keep you safe from the pandemic can get people to just consume that medicine and throw caution to the wind.

The Congress leader in a Facebook post on Sunday had attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over a media report about two girls being found pregnant at the state-run child shelter home, saying it shows that facts were being suppressed in the name of...

According to the DGCA, passengers might be facing increased stress due to new procedures which have been instituted to carry on operations in Covid-19 environment.

The top court had deferred the hearing on Tuesday to June 25 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Centre and CBSE, submitted that discussions on the matter were at an advanced stage and that a decision will be taken by Wednesda...

In a steep increase of more than 700 per cent in a month, the cases have risen from 274 on May 22, to 2,100 as of now.

A police officer said the search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated.

China has long followed a strategy of nibbling away into Indian territory, Madhav said, adding that earlier governments often did not assert the country's claim over the territory that it believed to be on its side of LAC.

The committee members have been empowered to take action against any malpractice by ration dealers or panchayat members during distribution of relief to cyclone-hit people.

Sixty-four fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department bulletin said on Wednesday.

The CCEA, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the additional investment for the Shwe oil and gas project in Myanmar blocks, an official statement said.

The court permitted the BMC to use Neelkamal Realty Tower in Byculla area of Mumbai as a quarantine facility, as long as it paid the rent for the 200-odd tenants of the redevelopment building who are currently staying in transit accommodations.