Breaking News LIVE: No plans to recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan: Canada

Canada has no plans to recognize Taliban government in Afghanistan, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

As many as 47 migrants are feared dead off Mauritanian coast, reports AFP quoting UN migration agency.

Odisha will continue to sponsor Indian hockey teams for another 10 years, says CM Naveen Patnaik

The central government will provide ₹1,300 crore as Covid response package to all northeastern states, says Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Guwahati.

The Taliban are sanctioned as a terrorist organisation under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organisation Policies. This means we remove accounts maintained by/on behalf of the Taliban and ban their praise, support, and representation, ANI quotes Facebook spokesperson as saying.

We also have a dedicated team of Afghanistan experts, who are native Dari and Pashto speakers and have knowledge of local context, helping to identify and alert us about emerging issues on the platform, the spokesperson also said.

Your welcome has an impact on all of us. Thank you to the Indian Air Force who flew us out under conditions that are not normal, says Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rudrendra Tandon after landing at Jamnagar, Gujarat, from Afghanistan.

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought a report from the police on the status of investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl here even as it was informed that an SIT has been set up to probe the case.

New Zealand will move into a snap three-day lockdown after recording its first case of locally transmitted Covid-19 in six months, suspected to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday.

"We have seen what can happen elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it. We only get one chance," Ardern said in a televised national address, calling the Delta strain "a game-changer".

Taliban announce 'general amnesty' for govt officials, urge them to return to work, reports AFP

Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft that took off from Kabul with Indian officials have landed in Jamnagar, Gujarat, news agencies ANI reported quoting sources.

India administers over 8.8 million vaccine doses, achieves the highest single-day record of Covid-19 vaccination, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Four people killed as two vehicles caught fire after a collision at National Highway 8 in Ajmer, says sub-inspector of Adarsh Nagar, Kanhaiya Lal.

India reports 25,166 new cases in the last 24 hours, lowest in 154 days. Active cases decline to 3,69,846, lowest in 146 days; recovery at 97.51%.

Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft has taken off from Kabul with more than 120 Indian officials in it. The staff was brought inside the secure areas of the airport safely, late last evening, news agency ANI reported.

In view of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the ministry of home affairs has introduced a new category of electronic visas called “e-Emergency X-Misc Visa” to fast-track visa applications for entry into India.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke to US secretary of state Antony Blinken from New York today to seek American assistance in getting Indians evacuated from Kabul.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned a Facebook official on Tuesday along with the action report taken against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for posting a video on social media, revealing the identity of the family of the nine-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi. Read More

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) modified the travel advisory for India due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now "a Level 2 Travel Health Notice", indicating a moderate level of infection in the country.