'If standard protocols are meticulously followed and hospital facilities remain on high alert, direct COVID-19 deaths should be kept to less than 7,500-8,000 in the present pandemic'
Used since 1984 when late Rajiv Gandhi became the PM, the current residence was built over 12 acres of land, based on designs by New Delhi's chief architect Edwin Lutyens. However, with a new redevelopment blueprint on the table, the PM's residence is now expected to move to the South-West corner, behind South Block on Raisina Hill. Arnab Dutta reports.
Sources said it was a private luncheon.
The fashion week begins today!
PM Modi can be quite a chatty co-passenger. Here's proof
It is Father's Day this Sunday, and so it's as apt a time as any other to look back at some of the cutest pictures of celebrity dads with their little ones.
The baker remembers it as 'the dreamiest experience' of her life.
The sky turned cloudy around 4:30pm and gusty winds swept the national capital.
The stunning actress closed the show for Tarun Tahiliani at Lakme Fashion Week.
Long retired from the game but Sachin Tendulkar's mere presence was good enough for a near-capacity crowd to go hysterical during India's World Cup game against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne on Sunday.
So until the equation becomes equal, 'roses are red, violets are blue, let's smash the patriarchy, me and you.'
Rounding off the year on a stylish note!
Incredibles 2 has quick-witted action and glorious, good old-fashioned, fun, raves Sukanya Verma.
The 37-year-old former actress revealed that her "something blue", worn by brides as a lucky charm on their wedding day, was a piece of a blue dress she wore on her first date with Prince Harry stitched discreetly inside her white wedding gown.
International designer Manish Arora brought his Paris collection 'Cosmic Love' -- a collection heavily inspired by astrology -- to Lakme Fashion Week.
Umesh Sachdev's startup produces software allows people to interact with their phones in local languages.
Retinoids can cure skin issues, but they can harm too, says Dr Syed Nazim Hussain.
'When there is a change in the wind speed or the stress exerted on the surface, it will change the ocean currents.'
Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis sailed into the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open with straight sets win over Australian duo Matt Reid and Casey Dellacqua, in Melbourne on Monday.
The jump can be attributed to increased assistance through soft loan.
Trains will be available at ITO at a frequency of seven and a half minutes during peak hours
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has become the youngest Man Booker winner in the prize's history for her novel The Luminaries. The 28-year-old Catton is just the second New Zealander to win the prize, the first being Keri Hulme with The Bone People in 1985.
Green-coloured ballot papers will be there for members of Parliament and pink for MLAs who vote in the election.
Get inspired from Bollywood beauties this wedding season!
Homemade wines from this coffee county make for surprising experiences.
The good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
Here we have listed five unique products of Chanderi cotton dress materials which women can carry off with great panache as a quintessential Indian traditional wear which look heavy but are light on your pocket.
Shuai Jiao Baba (Let's Wrestle, Dad) in China seems to have made twice its combined earnings in India and the rest of the world.
A look at the pictures.
The company has upped the ante by launching updated versions of five of its highly popular bikes recently. Consumers are in for better time
President Xi Jinping today defended the one-party rule in China saying the "world will be too boring" if all countries followed the same political system, a day after the world commemorated 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has made it to this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist for her new book The Lowland, an intimate portrayal of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s.
The tag, which would appear on the packaging, also could be used to determine if medications and other perishable products were still active or fresh, scientists said.
All the details from the biggest wedding of the year.
The 50,000 Man Booker Prize will be announced tonight. The Indian-American author is in the fray for her book 'The Lowland', but what are her chances?
The threat of UV radiation exposure remains as severe in winter as in summers. In fact, it may be higher!
The portraits -- painted by African American artists -- will shake up the assumptions of visitors to US presidential galleries.
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