The all-party meeting to discuss the ‘One Nation, One Poll’ idea, proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has begun at the Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi.
While the left parties have regist...
Muzaffarpur: Fresh deaths due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been reported in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, taking the total number of casualties to 113.
The deaths took place at the Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), where 20 fresh ...
The Congress will skip the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the one nation, one election issue as it is opposed to the idea of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections, sources said on Wednesday.
The decis...
Holding simultaneous polls to Parliament and state Assemblies is fundamentally anti-federal and anti-democratic and thus, against the Constitution, the CPI(M) said on Wednesday, listing out the reasons for its opposition to the "artificial attempt" t...
Bengaluru: Amid growing rumblings in the Karnataka Congress, the grand old party dissolved its unit in the southern state on Wednesday, while retaining its president and working president.
“The AICC has decided to dissolve the present committee of (the) Karn...
New Delhi: Newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said he will run the House in an impartial manner, while asserting that the chair should not be biased.
Addressing the House after being unanimously elected as the speaker, Birla assured the me...
There is a rift in the AIADMK as most of the Lok Sabha candidates who lost the election want a seat to the Upper House, which puts pressure on the party
Chennai: After the Mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh put up a flop show in the Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (June 5) termed the Opposition alliance as an experiment tha...
With as many as 35 regional parties lobbying to bag prime spaces for their offices on the Parliament premises, foremost in the race is YSR Congress and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy,...
Ballia (UP): The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj, an estranged ally of the BJP, on Wednesday (June 5) said it was in talks with the SP and BSP for forging an electoral alliance for the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly bypolls...
Generations of school students have grown up with textbooks having the image of a mother cutting vegetables in the kitchen, while the father reads a newspaper, but this will now change in Maharashtra.
Keeping up with the changing social struc...
Student life in India has changed drastically over the past decade. From stories of mischief in college or university hostel dorms and strict bed timings, their tales have now shifted to the travails of living as paying guests or sharing a priva...
Kolkata: At least 50 colleges in West Bengal, including a few in the city, have added 'humanity', 'agnostic', 'secular' and 'non-religious' options in the religion column of online admission forms for students who are unwilling to disclose their faith.
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Chennai: The draft of National Educational Policy, which was submitted on May 31 (Friday) to the HRD ministry by a committee led by its chairman Dr. Kasturirangan, triggered a new wave of resistance against the alleged imposition of Hindi, on social medi...
The Union health ministry has advised states and union territories to hold screening sessions in school and college campuses for mental health and non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and blood pressure at regular intervals.
The ai...
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and higher educational institutions to submit data on the number of sexual harassment complaints received by them and its status.
The commission has also sought a report on the ...
London: Antarctica's ice sheet has thinned by up to 122 metres in places, with the most rapid changes occurring in West Antarctica where ocean melting has triggered glacier imbalance, scientists say.
The UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling ...
Scientists have trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to see things the way humans do, by inferring an environment with just a few quick glimpses around, that may pave the way for more effective search-and-rescue robots.
Most AI tool...
Muzaffarpur: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday (June 16) visited the families of the children suffering from suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) even as the death toll rose to 93 in the district.
Vardhan, his deputy Ashw...
Melbourne: High levels of Internet use may change the brain in a way which could affect our attention, memory and social interactions, according to a study. The research, published in the journal World Psychiatry found that Internet can prod...
New Delhi: Wear loose, light-coloured cotton clothes, stay indoors and avoid drinking alcohol, tea and coffee, the government said on Monday (June 3) in a health advisory issued in view of the ongoing spell of a heatwave in parts of the coun...
Kochi: The Kerala government on Monday (June 3) said a college student in Kochi is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah virus but a final confirmation is awaited from the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
The Kerala He...
Los Angeles: People who face racism may be at an increased risk of inflammation and chronic illness, a study has found.
Inflammation serves to protect an organism from a health threat. However, if someone feels under threat for long periods of time, their health may suffer significantly with chronic inflammation. "If those genes remain active for an extended period of time, that can promote heart attacks, neurodegenerative diseases, and metastatic can...
Tokyo: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan, sparking a tsunami advisory that was later lifted with no reports on Wednesday of major damage and only a handful of light injuries....
Orlando: President Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection campaign on Tuesday, whipping up a crowd of at least 20,000 with a nationalist boast about the US economy being the "envy" of th...
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday (June 18) signed three loan agreements worth a total of USD 918 million with the World Bank, Prime Minister Imran Khan's adviser on finance has said as the cash...
Washington: An Indian-American IT professional committed suicide by shooting himself while his wife and two minor sons were shot dead inside their home in the US State of Iowa, police said aft...
