Supreme Court stays telecast of Sudarshan TV show that 'vilified' Muslims

The Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily barred news broadcaster Sudarshan News from broadcasting two episodes of one of its programmes, observing that the "rabid" show appeared to "vilify" the Muslim community. The episodes were to be aired today and tomorrow. The Supreme Court ordered a stay on the broadcast till it next hears the matter. While

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India expresses 'regret' over UN Human Rights Commissioner's remarks on Kashmir

India on Tuesday expressed regret over the remarks made by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, during her opening statement at the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Indra Mani Pandey, in his statement at the forum said, "We

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Fake news on lockdown duration triggered large scale migration: MHA

The Union home ministry on Tuesday told Parliament that migration of a large number of migrant workers during lockdown was triggered by panic created by fake news. This was stated by MoS Home G Kishan Reddy in a reply to an unstarred question by TMC MP Mala Roy. She had asked the reasons why thousands of these labourers ended up walking home post

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A test tube labelled with the vaccine is seen in front of COVID-19 and stock graph logo in this illustration taken. Illustration from Reuters

Novavax Inc is doubling its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to two billion doses under an agreement with Serum Institute of India, the US company said on Tuesday.

In August, Novavax signed a deal with

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Want peace, ready for war: Rajnath Singh lists pacts China has violated

In his statement on the India-China faceoff in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today delivered a well-calibrated message that the government is committed to peace but also prepared for combat. This comes days after Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met their Chinese counterparts in Moscow even as the India-Chin

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Forecasts of heavy rains raise fear for summer crops

Forecasts of heavy rains across key central and western growing regions of India have stoked fears of potential crop losses in the second half of September, farm experts and industry officials said.

Last week, the state-run weather office said the monsoon, which turned patchy in the first week of September, will pick up in most parts of India, with

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