Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known cave art -- a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the rollout of India's COVID-19 vaccination programme on January 16, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
In an embarrassment to the BJP, a 65-year-old, block-level office-bearer of the party, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of sexual exploitation of two children.
The city police has told the Delhi High Court that a plea moved by JNU student and Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita, accused in a case related to northeast Delhi riots, seeking copies of videos of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was not maintainable.
Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, the second straight day of increase in rates that took the prices to new highs.
Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday received 24,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The drive for vaccine distribution is set to begin on January 16.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence with a Twitter thread defending his company's ban of President Donald Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent.
Inspired by a popular web series, two 22-year-old cousins staged a fake kidnapping and demanded a ransom of Rs two lakh from their family, police said on Wednesday.
Former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma — a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for two decades who took voluntary retirement this week — is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday at the party office in Lucknow.
India's COVID-19 caseload increased to 1,05,12,093 with 16,946 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 1,01,46,763, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.