New Delhi

Thousands of protesters had clashed with the police during the tractor parade called by farmer unions on January 26 to highlight their demand for repeal of the Centre's three farm laws.

National Conference member Farooq Abdullah appealed to the Centre to hold a dialogue with the agitating farmers and come out with a solution.

Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said 127 people were injured from ceasefire violations in 2019 but that dropped to 71 in 2020.

IMD said Chamoli, Tapovan and Joshimath are likely to witness dry weather during the next two days. However, light rainfall/snowfall is likely in the northern parts of the Chamoli on February 9-10, the advisory said.

In India's recent tour to Argentina, Sharmila scored twice for India in low-scoring games that proved crucial for the team against the second-ranked side in the world.

In this week's column, the queries have been answered by Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable diseases division, ICMR. Panda has addressed questions on how to deal with mental health issues and pregnancy during vaccination.

Special Judge Praveen Singh also issued warrants against three co-accused Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah alias Funtoosh and businessman from the UAE Naval Kishore Kapoor who are currently lodged in the Tihar cen...

The organisation, in a press release on its website, said it did not "coordinate Rihanna, Greta Thunberg or any number of specific celebrities to tweet about the farmers' protest".

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), the government provides income support to farmers by transferring annually Rs 6,000 in three equal instalments to eligible farmers directly into their bank accounts.

Long-term circulation of the virus in a vaccinated population may result in both antigenic and genetic changes in the virus and this has been reported to have occurred in several countries, the Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairyin...

Choksi has fled India and is stated by probe agencies to be based in Antigua and Barbuda.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said in a press briefing that 21.5 per cent of population surveyed from December 17 to January 8 showed evidence of past exposure to Covid-19.

To address the issues arising out of such attempts, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said, the two sides have held nine rounds of senior commander level talks and six meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordinatio...

AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel Syed had put forth a list of questions to the Ministry of External Affairs over the PIOs and countries, if any, which had given their support to the farmers' agitation in India.

In a circular issued by Joint Secretary in Sports Ministry, L Siddhartha Singh informed that government has decided to add the relaxation clause provision in the National Sports Code 2011.

This was the best Budget-day gain for the markets since 1997, analysts said. Following the extremely positive sentiment, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies rallied Rs 6,34,069.67 crore to Rs 1,92,46,713.70 crore.