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New Delhi:  The Centre on Monday advised all the five poll-bound states to speedily ramp up the Covid vaccination of all eligible population for the first dose and ensure that those who were due for the second dose are administered the…

New Delhi:  The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to defer the implementation of GST rate hike on textiles and footwear. The proposal is to increase the rate of tax from 5 per cent to…

Bengaluru:  Tamil Thaliavas and U Mumba settled for a 30-30 tie in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 at the Sheraton Grand, here on Monday. U Mumba raider V Ajith Kumar scored 15 points in the match and helped his team to secure a tie. The…

New Delhi:  Stylish opener KL Rahul is likely to captain Team India in the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa if the newly appointed skipper, Rohit Sharma fails to recover in time. Rohit was named India's limited-overs…

Bhubaneswar:  The pair of Nitesh Kumar and Tarun defeated World No 1 Paralympic Games gold medallist Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar in straight sets 21-19, 21-11 to win the gold medal in the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, here…

Kolkata:  Amidst the ongoing controversy regarding the Howrah Municipal Corporation, the state election commission announced the poll dates of four other municipal corporations in the state. The commission left out Howrah amid the ongoing…

Mumbai:  Maharashtra on Monday reported 26 new cases of the Covid-19 variant Omicron, taking the state's tally to 167, with Mumbai accounting for the highest number, health officials said. Of the fresh cases, the maximum, 11 are from…

New Delhi:  As the vaccination process for the teens aged 15 to 18 years will commence from January 3 across the nation, the government has said only Covaxin will be administered. The Centre on Monday issued guidelines for the…

New Delhi:  Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, on Monday revealed that hackers attempted to bypass security controls by using a combination of Windows Safe Mode and the AnyDesk remote administration tool. Windows Safe Mode is an…

New Delhi:  Reduced economic activities during the pandemic-related lockdown had resulted in decrease of air pollution in most parts of India, but, contrary to the general trend, satellite observations show that parts of central-western…