Ndtv News Desk With Inputs From Agencies

Russia attacked cities across Ukraine today and targeted military and air installations after President Vladimir Putin ordered an operation to "demilitarize" the country, provoking worldwide condemnation.

After the death of a 12-year-old boy of the Nipah virus in Kerala, the state is on high alert over the contagious disease that jumps from animals to humans. So far, eight contacts of the child have tested negative for the virus.

A British couple, Steve and Glenda Hardy, were stopped from boarding a flight to Malta on Friday and were turned away from the airport in UK because they had unknowingly received Covishield, which is not approved by the EU medical body.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesdaymade a strong case for privatization of Public Sector Units that he said burdened the taxpayer, and stressed that the government has "no business to be in business". He also emphasized that his government was working towards the mantra of "monetize or modernise" to benefit citizens.

Cyrus Mistry, NCLAT: Mistry family owns about 18.5 per cent in Tata Sons, since the past six decades, making them the largest non-promoter shareholder in the group.

While junior foreign minister MJ Akbar faces calls for him to resign over allegations of sexual harassment during his time as a journalist, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh has come out with an appalling statement. Lata Kelkar, the chief of the party's women's wing in Madhya Pradesh, has said that she does not consider women journalists so "innocen...

Even as the nation struggles to come to terms with the brutality of the Kathua rape and murder case, another horrific incident has emerged from Surat. A nine-year-old girl's body has been found with over 80 injuries, including some on her private parts, reports news agency ANI.

257 people died after an Algerian military plane carrying army personnel crashed near an airbase outside the capital Algiers, reported Algerian State TV. The plane came down near Boufarif airport shortly after taking off.

Russia attacked cities across Ukraine today and targeted military and air installations after President Vladimir Putin ordered an operation to "demilitarize" the country, provoking worldwide condemnation.

After the death of a 12-year-old boy of the Nipah virus in Kerala, the state is on high alert over the contagious disease that jumps from animals to humans. So far, eight contacts of the child have tested negative for the virus.

A British couple, Steve and Glenda Hardy, were stopped from boarding a flight to Malta on Friday and were turned away from the airport in UK because they had unknowingly received Covishield, which is not approved by the EU medical body.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesdaymade a strong case for privatization of Public Sector Units that he said burdened the taxpayer, and stressed that the government has "no business to be in business". He also emphasized that his government was working towards the mantra of "monetize or modernise" to benefit citizens.

Cyrus Mistry, NCLAT: Mistry family owns about 18.5 per cent in Tata Sons, since the past six decades, making them the largest non-promoter shareholder in the group.

While junior foreign minister MJ Akbar faces calls for him to resign over allegations of sexual harassment during his time as a journalist, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh has come out with an appalling statement. Lata Kelkar, the chief of the party's women's wing in Madhya Pradesh, has said that she does not consider women journalists so "innocen...

Even as the nation struggles to come to terms with the brutality of the Kathua rape and murder case, another horrific incident has emerged from Surat. A nine-year-old girl's body has been found with over 80 injuries, including some on her private parts, reports news agency ANI.

257 people died after an Algerian military plane carrying army personnel crashed near an airbase outside the capital Algiers, reported Algerian State TV. The plane came down near Boufarif airport shortly after taking off.