With gymnasiums and yoga centres slated to open from August 5 as part of the Centre’s Unlock 3.0 process, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in an advisory has said that only those locate...
Bengaluru: After two consecutive floods in 2018 and 2019, parts of Karnataka are bracing for another flood-like situation this year with the meteorological department warning of heavy rains in coastal and northern regions of the state.
A soldier of the 162 Battalion has gone missing since Sunday (August 02) evening in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV reported. Officials suspect that the rifleman, who had gone to the valley for Eid celebration, might have been kidnapped by...
Attacking Home Minister Amit Shah's choice of medical treatment, Congress MP from Kerala Shashi Tharoor on Monday (Aug 3) questioned why Amit Shah did not go to AIIMS to receive treatment.
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country.
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A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said he has tested positive for coronavirus, Union IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has gone into self-isolation, as he had met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (August 01) evening.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday (August 3) criticised the Centre’s three-language policy mentioned in the New Education Policy 2020 and said that his government would never allow the same to be implemented in the state.
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Vikram Joshi, a Ghaziabad-based journalist, was shot dead by goons because he had earlier objected to eve-teasing of his niece by them and also had a tiff with the local satta (gambling) mafia. Rajendra Mishra, father of a serving Army officer, was bludgeoned to death and his pregnant daughter-in-law was also beaten over a land dispute in Amethi. That these were the day-to-day headlines over the past week speaks volumes about the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath. Click here to know more.
Bengaluru: After two consecutive floods in 2018 and 2019, parts of Karnataka are bracing for another flood-like situation this year with the meteorological department warning of heavy rains in coastal and northern regions of the state.
Amaravati: A day after Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan cleared the legislative hurdle to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's plan to have three capitals for the state, the state government on Saturday (August 01) started the process of shifting the administrative capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam.
Kolkata: The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Ltd, the country’s largest fuel retailer, on Friday reported almost a 50 per cent drop in net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal as the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic dropped the fuel demand.
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries has become the second-largest energy company, only behind Saudi Aramco, after overtaking American oil company ExxonMobil Corporation, reported Indian Express.
According to the report, the total market v...
New Delhi: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday made a strong case for stepping up investments in the infrastructure sector to restart the economy reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi: Bajaj Auto is witnessing a strong revival in demand for two-wheelers in the domestic as well as international markets, even as it continues to face headwinds in the three-wheeler segment, a senior company official has said.
New Delhi: The Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Reserve Bank of India were in a disagreement over the moves to dilute the new bankruptcy law, writes Urjit Patel, the former governor of the central bank, in his book released on Friday.
New Delhi: A day after announcing reduction in the allowances of employees with monthly gross salary of more than ₹25,000, Air India on Thursday said that unlike other airlines that have laid off a large number of workers, no employee of the national carrier will lose job.
Bengaluru: The Flipkart Group on Thursday (July 23) announced the launch of Flipkart Wholesale, a new digital marketplace, and the acquisition of 100 per cent interest in Walmart India Private Limited, which operates the Best Price cash-and-carry business.
New Delhi: Noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj will step down as Non-Executive Chairman of Bajaj Finance on July 31, after being at the helm of the company for over three decades.
The eagerly-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on September 19 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the finals slated for November 8, IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel said on Friday (July 24).
The eagerly-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) is set kick start on September 19 with its final slated for November 8 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), BCCI sources said.
While the IPL Governing Council will meet next week to...
With the T20 World Cup's postponement clearing the decks for a full-fledged IPL tournament, the glitzy event's Governing Council will meet in a week or 10 days' time to plan its next course of action, eyeing UAE as the host this y...
The ICC on Monday (July 20) postponed the T20 World Cup in Australia owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, paving the way for the BCCI to organise the Indian Premier League during the October-November window.
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The most sought after cricketing tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) of 2020 is likely to be held in UAE between October and November, on conditions of the Centre clearing it and International Cricket Council postponing the T20 Cricket World Cup to be held in Australia.
ICC board is set to meet virtually on Monday, with the BCCI hoping for a postponement of this years T20 World Cup which has been scheduled to be played between October...
The Nepal government will send its revised nation map to India, the United Nations, and the international community by mid-August, a minister said, according to media reports.
Even as US looks to follow India in banning popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok, tech giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok's US operations
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US President Donald Trump is likely to travel to New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly session in September, the only world leader to address this year’s virtual high-level week in person, the US envoy to the UN said.
China's territorial claims in Bhutan and the recent incursion into Indian land are indicative of their intentions, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday (July 30), adding that Beijing under President Xi Jinping was trying to find out whether other countries are going to push back.
New Delhi: In its latest guidelines on disposal of COVID-19 waste, pollution watchdog CPCB has directed that masks and gloves used by everyone, whether infected or not, should be cut and kept in paper bags for minimum 72 hours before disposing of them.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), testing is the key to combat the novel coronavirus. However, with a massive, dense population in a country like India, testing in large numbers is impractical and not entirely affordable.
Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Bombay High Court that a decision to declare sanitary napkins as an essential commodity can be taken only after following the due process.
New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and the renaming of the HRD ministry to education ministry. The policy, framed in 1986, was last revised in 1992.
Teachers worry that the quality of education is the biggest casualty of online teaching, besides that some children have begun losing interest in studies. They fear, this may further drive down the already-low literacy rates in the state, which currently stands at 76.6 per cent.
New Delhi: After dropping the Class 12 marks criteria for admissions in IITs, the Centre has decided to follow the same for National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and all Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena's youth wing Yuva Sena, headed by Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray, has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the final year exams of universities across states in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are considering reduction of the exam syllabus for the JEE Advanced and changing the entrance exam format for the upcoming test.
