India

Will Pucovski's budding international career has been put on ice with the opening batsman ruled out of the fourth and final test against India in Brisbane after failing to recover from a shoulder injury.

Governments worldwide face a tremendous challenge in building up the logistics needed for mass vaccination against COVID19 and providing clear messaging to their citizens to boost confidence in the shots, public health experts said on Wednesday.

Rupesh Kumar Singh was sprayed with bullets while he was inside his SUV waiting for the gates of his residence in Punaichak locality in the city to open after his return from office on Tuesday evening.

The Reserve Bank of India said on Wednesday it had formed a working group to look into digital lending practices, following reports of policy violations and borrower harassment by several digital lending apps in India.

Attorney General KK Venugopal, representing petitioner Defence Ministry, submitted that armed force personnel can be dismissed from service on ground of unbecoming conduct on account of adultery with brother officers' spouses.

This will be the first IPO by a railway non-banking financial company NBFC. In January 2020, IRFC had filed draft papers for its IPO.

Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said there was no plan to cut down on number of troops in Jammu and Kashmir as the union territory continues to be affected by cross-border terrorism though the situation has improve significantly.

In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an high alert has been sounded after samples tested positive for the influenza, while in Maharashtra, a culling exercise was ordered in parts of Latur district.

While coming out in support of reforms, including permission for contract farming, Shetkari Sanghatana chief Anil Ghanwat said his attempt will be to improve the farm laws.

The terms of the legislative assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are coming to an end on different dates in May and June this year.

Till Monday, bird flu outbreak was confirmed in 10 states Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.

The Science and Technology faculties of Calcutta University (CU) will resume the laboratory work for the PG students in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols and its associated social distancing norms.

A massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID19 was set in process with Covishield vaccine leaving Pune for 13 cities across India early in the morning, four days before vaccination is scheduled to begin on January 16.

The second phase of computer-based examination under selection round one for 35 thousand posts is to be conducted by the Board from January 16, 2021.

With temperatures falling, an orange alert was issued by the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday for the northern plains with a forecast of a cold wave for the next four days. A similar alert has been sounded for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry with a fo...

The Chief of Army staff said India will have to be prepared to deal with a "two-front" threat scenario.