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New Delhi: Following complaints of fever, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical science (AIIMS) in New Delhi. According to news agency ANI's sources, Lalu Yadav was…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair an important meeting on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country at 10.30 am on Saturday. Top government officials are expected to attend the meeting. Saturday’s meeting…

New Delhi: Hong Kong and Israel were included in the list of countries ‘at risk’ of COVID-19, according to the Union health ministry. The health ministry’s list now includes European nations —the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil,…

New Delhi: The new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa has set off ripples of concern all over the world. The B.1.1.529 variant, also found in Botswana and Hong Kong among travellers from South Africa, has a very high number of…

New Delhi: The Centre is all set to bring a Bill in the Parliament’s winter session to ban all cryptocurrencies in India, barring a few exceptions. This is aimed at creating a framework to regulate digital currency issued by the Reserve…

New Delhi: The Delhi government had decided at an emergency meeting earlier this month that schools will remain closed for a week from November 15 due to the alarming pollution situation in the nation’s capital and surrounding regions. On…

New Delhi: Ten months into the vaccination process in India and with over 1.15 billion doses administered in the country, the Central government on Saturday added another feature on its CoWIN portal through which one can check his/her…

New Delhi: One of the many adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the fact that people of all ages are spending more time on their mobile phones, laptops and tabs. More screen time is not good for the eyes, but it has become a…

Switch on a news channel or open a newspaper, photographs framing Delhi’s pollution look grim. Everything is hazy and opaque. The sky can be grey one day, or a bit brown on another. You can make out the outlines of foot overbridges, the…

Bollywood has had a strong influence on shaping our opinions, perception and outlook. In the same vein, it has also promoted stereotypes, especially gender-based. The film industry has often been accused of glorifying toxic masculinity (and…