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Maharashtra: Toll from landslides, floods rises to 82

The death toll from the torrential rains that battered Maharashtra over the last three days and triggered landslides rose to 82 on Saturday including 47 in the coastal Raigad district while at......

Covid vaccines for children likely by Sept: AIIMS chief

Trials for Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin on children are underway and results are expected to be released by September, All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria......

Pakistan moves up the power ladder on world stage

Pakistan is once again becoming a frontline State in big-power rivalry.But this time around, Pakistan stands to gain out of its geography, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Pakistan's......

'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Indira......

Why Modi is HARSH on NGOs

It should stop what it is deliberately doing to the NGO sector and let it operate as freely as the rest of the private sector, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: People wait to receive free food from an......

Outlook for kharif crop brightens with monsoon's revival

According to latest data, crops have been sown in around 72.13 million hectares, which is 8.90 per cent less than the same period last year. IMAGE: A farmer prepares the field for cultivating......

'Covid has made Ayurveda mainstream'

'The spurt in demand for Ayurvedic products has exhausted our production capacity.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kapiva Ayurveda The pandemic may have disrupted Dabur's business initially, but......

Govt may receive 30% more from infrastructure asset sale

Now that almost 10 infrastructure ministries have submitted a fresh list of their core infrastructure assets, the government has realised it stands to make much more money from asset monetisation......

Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea gets nod for FDI up to Rs 15,000 crore

Cash-strapped telco Vodafone Idea’s proposal for investment of up to Rs 15,000 crore through foreign direct investment (FDI) has been approved by the Union government, according to officials.......

Why China has a sizeable presence in India's import basket

India’s merchandise imports from China more than doubled to $6.51 billion in April. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A year after the government’s renewed push to become......

Sindhu among favourites to win gold: Gopichand

IMAGE: India's chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand expects Indian athletes to claim an......

AITA hits back at Bopanna's Olympics qualification claims

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan with a low combined rank of 113 missed out on qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images for Sport Singapore The national......

India's contingent checks in at Tokyo Games Village

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy SAI Media/Twitter In high spirits and completely focussed on their goals, the first batch of India's 88-strong Olympic-bound contingent reached here on......

First batch of athletes departs from Delhi for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: India table tennis player Manika Batra before departing to Tokyo for the Olympics on Saturday. Photograph: Manika Batra/Twitter "How's the josh? It should be high." Sports Minister Anurag......

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