The aggressive rise of China is compelling the United States of America to augment its security and diplomatic arrangements in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition to its own presence through the Hawa...

YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has developed the world's first DNA vaccine against COVID-19, which can be administered to all people above the age of 12 years. "India, w...

Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of Covishield will still have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the UK even as the vaccine has been approved under the revised British guidelines for trav...

Internally, the BJP felt that the devastation caused by the second wave of the pandemic had scarred Modi’s image, necessitating this all-out attempt at perception management on his birthday. Th...

The CPM and BJP on Wednesday organised protests alleging that Trinamul was controlling some Covid-19 vaccination centres in Siliguri and giving priority to their supporters for the jab. Shankar Ghosh...

A scheme for vaccine passports or so-called COVID pass for entry to nightclubs and other large events in England will not go ahead, the UK government announced on Sunday. The passes, proof of being f...

Bengal on Friday recorded 753 new Covid-19 infections, 766 recoveries and 14 deaths. Active cases fell by 27 to 8,219 in all with 82 successive days of a slide. Calcutta logged 127 new infections an...

While the West has treated the Taliban government warily, China has made cautious overtures to a potentially dangerous neighbour that Beijing is eager to influence. In addition to welcoming the newly...

Assistant solicitor-general of India P. Vijayakumar had filed a statement on behalf of the Union government seeking the dismissal of the petition since the “the decision to increase the dose int...