
As Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday launched the state government's ambitious scheme 'Indira Rasoi' through a video conference under which full meal will be served to the needy for Rs 8, former CM and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje accused the state government of changing names of the schemes launched under the BJP's tenure....
Rescue efforts are on to rescue nine persons trapped in a fire mishap at TS Genco's hydel power station at Srisailam left bank canal in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana. ...

Blood plasma therapy that is being touted as the final resort to treat Covid-19 has not convinced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it has put the emergency use authorisation for blood plasma to treat the deadly respiratory disease on hold, the media reported. ...

The total number of cases stood at 22,593,363 and the fatalities rose to 792,396, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update....

Dr Yogita Gautam, whose body was recovered from near a highway on Wednesday after she was killed by another doctor, Vivek Tiwari, will be long remembered for her courage and achievements....

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted of contempt of court, time till August 24 to to submit an unconditional apology and asked him to reconsider his defiant statement declining to apologise for his derogatory tweets against the judiciary. ...

As many as 5,986 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu, taking the state's tally to 361,435, the health department said in a statement on Thursday....

With indications of the beginning of the Monsoon Session of Parliament in the second week of September, the government is learnt to have planned to clear 11 ordinances on priority amid the opposition's attempt to keep it on backfoot over the Galwan Valley incident in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed....

Kerala's Covid-19 tally reached 51,951 on Thursday with a record 1,968 new cases, the health department said in a statement....

Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot and Mysuru have been rated as five-star cities, 86 cities as three-star and 64 cities as one-star as per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' rating protocol for garbage-free cities....