SC directs states, UTs to submit information on welfare schemes for elderly
New Delhi: The top court was hearing a plea filed by former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar seeking setting up of old age homes with basic healthcare facilities across the country
PTI / 06 Oct, 2022
Tawang helicopter crash: Lt Col from Army Aviation killed, co-pilot injured
Tawang/New Delhi: The accident once again puts the spotlight on the ageing and virtually obsolete fleets of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters which lack modern avionics and need replacement
PTI / 06 Oct, 2022
Rajnath Singh performs Shastra Puja at military base in Auli, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Defence Minister said that Shastra Puja teaches that we must acknowledge the contribution of all things that contribute to our lives, both living and non-living, including 'shastra' (arms)
PTI / 06 Oct, 2022
Bodies of Sikh family kidnapped in California found
Los Angeles: The family, originally from Harsi Pind in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, was kidnapped at a business in Merced County, California, on 3 October
PTI / 06 Oct, 2022
WHO flags four India-made “contaminated” cough syrups potentially linked to the death of 66 children in The Gambia
New York: The four products that are believed to contain chemicals are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup, all manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited
PTI / 06 Oct, 2022
What is click chemistry that won chemist trio Nobel Prize
New Delhi: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
Thirteen Indians trapped in Myanmar’s Myawaddy area rescued
New Delhi: The mission said Indian workers are taken to Myanmar illegally without proper documentation leading to their "entrapment"
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
IIT-Delhi set for complete curriculum revamp after over a decade, forms expert panel
New Delhi: Banerjee, who was earlier a professor at IIT-Bombay, said both knowledge and technology landscape are rapidly changing, and the curriculum has to match up the pace
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
Scientists find new evidence for liquid water on Mars
London: The results are in agreement with earlier ice-penetrating radar measurements that were originally interpreted to show a potential area of liquid water beneath the ice
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
Over 60 new genetic regions behind stroke identified, may lead to new therapies
New Delhi: The latest results, recently published in the journal Nature, are based on the analysis of data from 2.5 million people from five different ancestries
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
12th Luke Sasong Memorial Volleyball Trophy 2022 underway at Mokokchung
Mokokchung: All together 12 teams are participating in the Tournament with one team each from Wokha and Kohima and ten teams from Mokokchung
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
Sikh family kidnapping in California: Person of interest in custody, 4 victims still missing
Los Angeles: The family is believed to have been taken against their will while at a business in Merced, central California by an armed and dangerous
PTI / 05 Oct, 2022
