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The country's top child rights body NCPCR has directed eight states that account for over 70 per cent of children in care homes to ensure their return to their families, noting that it is the right of every child to grow up in a familial environment.

Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the Serum Institute of India - the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume and which is conducting Covid vaccine trials ahead of mass production - took to Twitter to highlight potential challenges ahead of vaccine production and distribution

In view of Delhi's annual health emergency caused by stubble burning and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar proposing the use of a novel chemical that decomposes crop residue.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi condoled the death of celebrated playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam and hailed him as the "singing moon" who shed his radiance over the country.

The BJP on Saturday announced it would replace senior leaders like Ram Madhav, P Muralidhar Rao, Anil Jain, Saroj Pandey as general secretaries with new faces in a reshuffle of the party's office bearers.

Sources in the Finance Ministry have dismissed allegations ofa "diversion" of Rs 47,271 crore from the GST Compensation Cess Fund and saidall amounts due to state and union territories for 2017/18 and 2018/19 had been fully paid

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced the dates for biennial election to the Bihar Legislative Council from four graduates'' and four teachers'' constituencies.

Noted economist Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, a recipient of the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan, died today. Dr Isher Ahluwalia, who was married to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the ex-deputy chairman of the Planning Commission. She was awarded Padma Bhushan by in 2009 for her services in the field of education and literature. She was 74.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held wide-ranging talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa, covering the entire spectrum of bilateral ties and with a focus on further expanding cooperation in key areas.

At least 28 passenger trains have been cancelled as famers in Punjab continued blocking train tracks as part of the -Rail Roko- protest against the three new controversial farm bills now extended till September 29. However, the Railways is yet to announce a revised schedule.

Former Bihar police chief, Gupteshwar Pandey, who made headlines for his shocking "aukat (stature)" comment about Rhea Chakraborty, met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today amid ongoing speculation that he will join the ruling Janata Dal United

Actor Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer has accused Sushant Singh Rajput's family of trying to interfere in the CBI probe into his death, a day after reporters were told by the Rajputs' lawyer that an AIIMS doctor has said the 34-year-old actor was strangled to death. The doctor was a part of the AIIMS team that conducted forensic tests in the case, he said.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 was reported near Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday afternoon, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

The Congress, which is in the opposition in Karnataka, is hoping a debate on a motion of no-confidence in the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government will happen today - the last day of an Assembly session truncated by the Covid pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Manmohan Singh on his birthday today, wishing him a long and healthy life. "Birthday greetings to Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray to Almighty that he is blessed with a long and healthy life," PM Modi tweeted.