Green nod for strategically-crucial Great Nicobar Island mega project, around 8.5 lakh trees to be felled
New Delhi: The project involves development of a military-civil, dual-use airport; international container trans-shipment terminal; a gas, diesel, and solar-based power plant, and a township
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
UNICEF regrets poor response to USD 39 million appeal for Pakistan’s flood-hit children
Islamabad: “The rains and floods have already claimed the lives of more than 550 children. Without a significant surge in support, we fear many more children will lose their lives," Unicef Pakistan chief field officer in Balochistan, Gerida Birukila,
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
India’s Radhika Batra and 3 others honoured with 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals awards by Gates Foundation
New York: The recognises a leader who has driven progress on a global scale toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Cong to notify for party president polls on Thursday: Likely to have first non-Gandhi president in over two decades
New Delhi: The new president would replace Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving party president who has been at the helm since 1998, barring the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
BJP threatens to block MP leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress over its leader’s ‘anti-Brahmin’ comments
Bhopal: The Congress MP claims the ruling party "twisted" his comments as they are rattled by the huge response Gandhi's mass contact drive was getting across the country
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Alcohol prohibition to be partially lifted from Manipur
Imphal: A massive public movement had led the state government to enact prohibition through the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991, which was later amended in 2002
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Talks to resume day after NSCN-IM tells Centre unification of Naga inhabited areas, separate flag non-negotiable
New Delhi: The talks with the NSCN-IM are currently going nowhere as the group has been insisting on a separate Naga flag and constitution, a demand rejected by the central government
PTI / 21 Sep, 2022
Permanent saliva ban among changes to Playing Conditions announced by ICC
Dubai: The changes were announced after the CEC ratified recommendations made by the ICC Cricket Committee, led by former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
Arunachal police arrests five in connection with APSPSC question paper leak
Itanagar: CM Khandu has said that the government will not tolerate any corruption, and anyone found to have been involved in the incident will not be spared irrespective of his or her position
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
Farmers in Noklak invent game changing low-cost machines
Noklak: The oil expelling machine and the cooking cum drying machine are available for sale to interested buyers
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II buried alongside late husband at St George’s Chapel
London: Britain's longest-serving monarch was laid to rest in a historic funeral ceremony conducted to military precision at a scale never seen before
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
Have to be realistic about losses, not easy to bring back animal from extinction: Cheetah expert
New Delhi: Succes may potentially come in 20 years or more, says Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) founder Dr Laurie Marker. The CCF has closely assisted Indian authorities in re-introducing cheetahs in the country
PTI / 20 Sep, 2022
