Gargi Rawat

"He used to tell me, 'don't worry, Canada is very safe'," Jitesh Vasudev said today, recounting his conversations with his 21-year-old son Kartik, who was shot dead in Toronto.

Preliminary evidence on Omicron suggests "higher transmissibility", WHO Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal told NDTV today, adding that "regardless of the change in severity, increase in cases alone may pose overwhelming demand

Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has spread to at least 59 countries.

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said untainted data was important to calibrate the country's response to the pandemic.

Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech's Raches Ella's post objecting to a study that compares the immune response of the two vaccines used in India led to an interesting exchange on Twitter on Monday.

The chances of adult recipients of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine - made in India as Covishield - developing blood clots, even mild ones, is "very rare", AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Sunday

What caused the devastating flash flood in Uttarakhand on Sunday, that has killed 18 people and left over 200 missing in the hill state? While experts say it is too early to point out what caused the disaster, different theories have emerged, from the incident being a "glacial lake outburst flood" to an avalanche, leading to debris falling in the r...

Indian doctors' response to the Covid pandemic has been "exceptional", Soyeb Aftab - the young man who topped the NEET - held last month despite protests over the virus spreading even further - with a perfect score of 720, told NDTV on Monday

Cyclone Amphan is expected to cause "phenomenal flooding" when it strikes India's coast later today, an official private weather forecaster Skymet said, tracking the path of the storm as it barreled towards India.

Thousands of women holding protests in Shaheen Bagh against the citizenship law, had some unexpected company today: A group of Sikh men, part of a farmers' union, who came all the way from Punjab.

It might take US President Donald Trump a few more years to complete the formalities to pull out of the Paris climate accord. But many experts at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Beijing this month suggest President Trump's walking out of the deal might not be such a big setback as was feared initially.

Claiming that "vested interests" had misconstrued its cattle trade rule, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has told NDTV that the government was willing to revisit the rule that bans slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets, saying "it is not a prestige issue for us".

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan has denied the allegation of US President Donald Trump that India will double coal production till 2020, saying the country is hoping to achieve climate targets "well before time".

California's Democrat Governor Jerry Brown has said President Donald Trump's pulling US out of the Paris Climate Accord has had an unexpected result. Instead of the support for the move that he expected, people in the US and abroad have woken up to the pressing need to stop climate change.

After President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, there are questions on who will take its place and push for action to stop climate change. The question has become more pronounced as the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial - a global forum to share best practices for transition to clean energy - begins in Beijing. China, European Union ...

"He used to tell me, 'don't worry, Canada is very safe'," Jitesh Vasudev said today, recounting his conversations with his 21-year-old son Kartik, who was shot dead in Toronto.

Preliminary evidence on Omicron suggests "higher transmissibility", WHO Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal told NDTV today, adding that "regardless of the change in severity, increase in cases alone may pose overwhelming demand

Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has spread to at least 59 countries.

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said untainted data was important to calibrate the country's response to the pandemic.

Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech's Raches Ella's post objecting to a study that compares the immune response of the two vaccines used in India led to an interesting exchange on Twitter on Monday.

The chances of adult recipients of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine - made in India as Covishield - developing blood clots, even mild ones, is "very rare", AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Sunday

What caused the devastating flash flood in Uttarakhand on Sunday, that has killed 18 people and left over 200 missing in the hill state? While experts say it is too early to point out what caused the disaster, different theories have emerged, from the incident being a "glacial lake outburst flood" to an avalanche, leading to debris falling in the r...

Indian doctors' response to the Covid pandemic has been "exceptional", Soyeb Aftab - the young man who topped the NEET - held last month despite protests over the virus spreading even further - with a perfect score of 720, told NDTV on Monday

Cyclone Amphan is expected to cause "phenomenal flooding" when it strikes India's coast later today, an official private weather forecaster Skymet said, tracking the path of the storm as it barreled towards India.

Thousands of women holding protests in Shaheen Bagh against the citizenship law, had some unexpected company today: A group of Sikh men, part of a farmers' union, who came all the way from Punjab.

It might take US President Donald Trump a few more years to complete the formalities to pull out of the Paris climate accord. But many experts at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Beijing this month suggest President Trump's walking out of the deal might not be such a big setback as was feared initially.

Claiming that "vested interests" had misconstrued its cattle trade rule, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has told NDTV that the government was willing to revisit the rule that bans slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets, saying "it is not a prestige issue for us".

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan has denied the allegation of US President Donald Trump that India will double coal production till 2020, saying the country is hoping to achieve climate targets "well before time".

California's Democrat Governor Jerry Brown has said President Donald Trump's pulling US out of the Paris Climate Accord has had an unexpected result. Instead of the support for the move that he expected, people in the US and abroad have woken up to the pressing need to stop climate change.

After President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, there are questions on who will take its place and push for action to stop climate change. The question has become more pronounced as the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial - a global forum to share best practices for transition to clean energy - begins in Beijing. China, European Union ...