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Experts pitch for voluntary use of facemask to meet Covid XE challenge

Voluntary use of masks must be promoted in the country in view of Covid-19's new XE variant, healthcare experts said, calling it the single-most effective intervention against all variants of the......

Does India need booster shots to fight Omicron?

'Better to prevent than to wait for evidence. Protection delayed can also mean protection denied' IMAGE: A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at a government......

BJP's national council has 40 more members

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday included 40 leaders in its National Council.Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani included seven former governors, including Kedarnath Sahani and Babu......

With 91 seats, Left dethrones UDF in Kerala

The BJP scripted history by securing a seat in the assembly for the first time. The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front on Thursday returned to power in Kerala getting a......

Rifleman Aurangzeb, Maj Aditya among those awarded Shaurya Chakra

Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......

States Seek Centre's Help To Deal With Trump's Tariffs

State governments have requested the Centre for export incentives, lifting of import duty in the case of cotton for the textile sector and GST exemptions. IMAGE: A garment manufacturing unit in......

Why are India's babus so unprofessional?

The 2G judgment suggests many bureaucrats have poor application, inadequate interest and are unwilling to be active participants in the policy process, says Babu Jacob. Illustration: Dominic......

'The expected credit loss model will not dent profits much'

'We will test the waters, ferret out information through our business correspondents, and only then open a branch' Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons The 107-year-old Karur Vysya Bank......

Prithviraj to romance Vedhika in James & Alice

The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry. Cinematographer-turned-director Sujith Vaassudev’s James & Alice, starring Prithviraj and Vedhika, has been scripted by......

Neeraj to lead 37-member athletics team in CWG 2022

IMAGE: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will lead a 37-member Indian athletics team at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty......

CWG: Anas included in men's 4x400m relay team

IMAGE: Mohammed Anas was a part of the Indian 4x400m relay quartet that failed to qualify for the finals of the recent World Championships in Eugene, USA after finishing 12th overall in the heat......

Chess: Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Championship

Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a draw with Indian national title holder G Akash in the 11th and final round......

AFI names 31-member athletics team for Gold Coast CWG

IMAGE: India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. Photograph: Joosep Martinson/Getty Images for IAAF The Athletics Federation of India on Saturday named a 31-member Indian track and field team (18 men......