The pandemic’s summer resurgence is slowing the global economic recovery as the delta variant dogs efforts to rev up factories, offices and schools. Instead of entering the final months of 2021 confident that the acute phase of the pandemic is over, it’s becoming clear that booster shots may be needed for…
Lucknow: Having waited for well over an hour outside a government hospital in western Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, the mother of a 12-year-old fell at the feet of a doctor on Sunday evening as her son was granted admission capturing the desperation of patients and their relatives in the district battling a…
New Delhi: The spokesperson of the anti-Taliban resistance in Panjshir was killed in a fierce gunfight on Sunday. Just days ago, Fahim Dashty, chief spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), had told NDTV: “If we die, history will write about us, as people who stood for their…
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), made the announcement on the…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered reviews of the potential declassification of documents from the FBI’s investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. “When I ran for president, I made a commitment to ensuring transparency regarding the declassification of documents on the September…
Mumbai: Mumbai Airport was evacuated this morning for a mock drill, police said, urging people not to panic amid social media buzz. “A mock drill is being conducted at Mumbai International Airport. No one needs to panic,” read a statement by the Mumbai Police. Pictures were shared on social media…
New Delhi: Citing inordinate delay in cases being prosecuted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Supreme Court has sought data on the agency’s success rate in court cases and is likely to evaluate its performance. The query on Friday comes after an appeal was filed in the top court regarding a…
New Delhi: Bihar MLA Gopal Mandal who was already under fire for walking around in his underwear on a train journey has now been accused of being drunk by a fellow passenger. The passenger has also accused him of snatching his gold ornaments after he objected to the MLA’s display. The passenger, Prahlad…
The US-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So it was little comfort when an Uzbek guard unsympathetically quipped the other day: “You can’t stay here forever.” The offhand warning added to an already grinding sense…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to five people accused in First Information Reports (FIRs) related to murder case of head constable Ratan Lal as well as causing injuries to a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) during the violence that erupted in northeast Delhi in February 2020. Justice…