
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the government on the agitation by farmers, whom he equated with 'satyagrahis' who will take their rights from the government....

With 18,177 new coronavirus infections and 217 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's overall tally stood at 1,03,23,965 on Sunday, while the death toll touched 1,49,435, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said....

Eleven months after the first case of deadly coronavirus was detected in India, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G. Somani on Sunday approved Serum Institute of India's 'Covishield' vaccine and Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' for emergency use, paving the way for their roll-out and administration to millions....

In the last 24 hours, 494 new Covid cases and 13 new deaths have been reported in Delhi while 40 people have been detected with new corona strain. All the 40 persons have been admitted to LNJP hospital. ...
Bharat Biotech on Saturday announced successful recruitment of 23,000 volunteers, and continued progress towards achieving the goal of 26,000 participants for phase-III clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine 'Covaxin' across multiple sites in India....

The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) said it is shocked to learn of the SEC's recommendation to grant REU approval to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN in "clinical trial mode" and "specially in the context of infection by mutant strains". ...

In an all out crackdown against the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant groups, Pakistan counter-terrorism authorities have arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the chief planner of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the LeT's current supreme commander of operations, on charges of terror financing. ...
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed deep grief over the demise of former Home Minister and Congress leader Buta Singh, saying the country has lost one of the longest serving parliamentarians who was an effective voice for the welfare of the downtrodden....

The Centre has prepared a bill to raise the age for allowing sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years....

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) are angry after the statement made by former Bihar Chief Minister and opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi, saying that her party leaders would think about Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejoining the Opposition Grand Alliance ...