
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 186.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.02 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...

With the southwest monsoon reviving after a week-long break, moderate to heavy rains lashed Karnataka, disrupting normal life, an official said on Sunday....

At least 38 people were killed in eleven districts of Uttar Pradesh, after being struck by lightning, thunder and rain....

Puducherry will open schools for students of Classes 9 to 12 and all colleges, including professional colleges, from July 16, Chief Minister N. Rangasami announced on Sunday. ...

Sirisha Bandla soared spacewards on Sunday on board VSS Unity 22 in quest to touch the heavens and become the fourth astronaut of Indian descent....

Ushering in a new space age, Virgin Galactic's billionaire CEO Richard Branson on Sunday touched the edge of space with three employees, including one of Indian-origin, and has landed safely back to Earth....

The UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), in a major operation, has arrested two alleged terrorists, linked to Al Qaeda, from Kakori on the outskirts of Lucknow on Sunday....

P.R. Sundaram, one of the four AIADMK MLAs in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after the party's rout in the 1996 Assembly elections, and a close associate of late J. Jayalalithaa, on Sunday left the party and joined the DMK....

The Zika tally in Kerala has touched 18 after a 22-month-old toddler, a 29-year-old health worker and a 46-year-old man tested positive for the disease, Health Minister Veena George announced on Sunday. ...

Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy affected the much-awaited portfolio allocation and as demanded by the BJP, the crucial home portfolio was allotted to BJP leader A. Namasivayam. ...