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States and Union territories have been asked to submit "larger number" of samples for whole genome sequencing from districts and areas which have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases over a period of seven days, official sources said on…

HYDERABAD: The Agnipath scheme has reduced their years of preparation and desire to join the Army to naught, rued aspirants who came out to protest against it at the Secunderabadrailway station on Friday. “I cleared my physical and…

Desperate to put the coronavirus pandemic behind them, airlines will hold talks on Sunday ahead of a potential summer of chaos with shortages and strikes that could threaten their recovery. While trade is roaring back to life,…

NEW DELHI: Only 6.3% of males from rural areas worked as legislators, senior officials and managers while 3.2% women from rural backgrounds figured among such occupations, the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 has shown.In…

The ED has allowed Congressleader Rahul Gandhi’s request to defer his questioning in the National Herald money-laundering case from June 17 to 20 owing to personal reasons, officials said on Thursday. The Congress MP wrote to the…

NEW DELHI: The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months, official sources said. They…

Emerging market economies, including India, need to keep foreign exchange reserves liquid after building a substantial buffer as in extreme cases like the global financial crisis or Covid outbreak there could be an outflow of as much as…

Members of the government advisory panel NTAGI on Thursday agreed on reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months, official sources said. A recommendation for it will…

The World Trade Organization has extended its ministerial in Geneva by another day to Thursday to try and build consensus on the key issues of fishing subsidies, food security and measures to combat the Covid pandemic. The four-day…

India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-position jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development, largely due to gains in…