As many as 14 students in Andhra Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19, apparently through their tuition teacher. According to the officials, the students, all below 12 years of age were attending tuition classes run by a couple in Guntur district of the state. The couple had earlier tested COVID positive. Now, parents of a few of those students have also tested coronavirus positive, the officials said. 
A nuclear power, India has reiterated its commitment on Gandhi Jayanti to its policy of 'No First Use' of nuclear weapons and to a complete non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament.
The Centre has agreed to waive off compounded interest for loans up to Rs 2 crore, frozen by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a six-month moratorium granted because of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has told Supreme Court in an affidavit. The Centre also said it will consult SEBI on whether companies can be given relief on credit rating downgrades for moratorium period. 
An Indian Navy Captain Madhusudan Reddy died on Friday morning due to a paragliding accident. The deceased who hailed from Andhra Pradesh was killed after the powerglider plunged into the Arabian Sea in Karnataka's Karwar. 
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Jill have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his doctor has confirmed.
India on Saturday recorded as many as 79,476 new coronavirus cases and 1,069 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. India's Covid-19 tally crossed 64 lakh-mark with Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases. The total cases of coronavirus infections stand at 64,73,545 while the death toll climbed to 1,00,842 the data updated at 8 am showed. Out of these 9,44,996 are active cases, 54,27,707 recovered, according to the health ministry. 
The gangrape, murder and hurried cremation of a 19-year-old Dalit girl has sparked a political slugfest in India, with many political leaders making a beeline to the victim's village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras but to no avail. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was stopped by the police at Yamuna expressway while he was enroute to Hathras on Thursday, will yet again make an attempt today. Meanwhile, local authorities are rigid on their stand that the Dalit victim’s village was off-limits for the media.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
