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Assembly Elections 2021

Labourers pluck tea leaves at a tea plantation in Shipaidura village. File

Amid tall poll promises, distress looms over north Bengal tea gardens Shiv Sahay Singh

With no ownership of land or houses and denial of minimum wage, lakhs of workers continue to live in a vicious cycle of bondage plucking

As COVID-19 cases surge, campaign curbs imposed in Bengal

1,071 companies of Central forces deployed

At all-party meet, BJP says it is against clubbing of poll dates

Left Front bats for original poll schedule

COVID-19

India records over 2 lakh new cases for second straight day Special Correspondent

Maharashtra leads with 63,729 infections, followed by U.P. and Delhi

Centre promises more oxygen, ventilators for U.P., Chhattisgarh

Shortage of oxygen supply in Gujarat hospitals

A 15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

‘Strong evidence’ COVID-19 predominantly spreads through air, says Lancet study

National

NEW DELHI, 02/12/202: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during a Interview with The Hindu at South Block in New Delhi on December 02, 2020. Photo: R. V. Moorthy

National

U.S. pullout a big step, must ensure democracy prevails in Afghanistan, says Jaishankar

Suhasini Haidar External Affairs Minister calls for a ‘responsible drawdown’ of American and NATO forces.

National

The Hindu Group appoints Krishna Prasad as Group Editorial Officer

He will play a guiding role on content management across all the publications, working with the editors and the business and technical teams to drive THG’s digital transformation.

International

International

India on U.S. Treasury Currency Monitoring List Again

Sriram Lakshman India was on the list in the previous report from December 2020 as well.

Cuban First Secretary of the Communist Party Raul Castro speaking during the opening session of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party at the Convention Palace in Havana, on April 16, 2021.

International

Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba

AP His retirement means that for the first time in more than six decades Cubans won't have a Castro formally guilding their affairs

States All

People line up to register their names at a free COVID-19 testing facility at Urban Primary Health Centre Bagh Amberpet in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Data

Data | India accounts for 6% of the world's COVID-19 cases registered in April

The Hindu Data Team In India, Maharashtra continues to bear the brunt both in terms of cases and deaths

A Delhi Civil Defence staffer assists a health care worker to administer a shot of Covishield vaccine to a woman at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Raghubir Nagar in West Delhi on Wednesday. Delhi reported over 13,000 cases yesterday.

Data

Data | COVID-19 vaccination rate picks up significantly in the first ten days of April in India

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Tamil Nadu is one of the few major States that recorded a decrease in vaccination rate between April 1 and 10 compared to March 21 and 30