Two killed in gas leak at factory near Kolkata
Barrackpore (WB): The incident happened during maintenance work at the plant of Electrosteel Castings Ltd (ECL) at B T Road in North 24 Parganas district
PTI / 04 Aug, 2022
Centre holds meeting of experts on monkeypox
New Delhi: India has so far reported nine cases of monkeypox including one death
PTI / 04 Aug, 2022
Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?
Melbourne: President Biden was treated with the antiviral Paxlovid, in the hope this would allow him to recover faster and reduce his risk of severe disease
PTI / 04 Aug, 2022
India to host UN Security Council members for special meeting on counter-terrorism in October
United Nations: Mindful of the increasing threat posed by the misuse of new and emerging technologies,” the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has decided to hold a special meeting on this theme
PTI / 04 Aug, 2022
Timely action is needed against those indulging in doping: P T Usha
New Delhi: Legendary athlete PT Usha called for more focus on sports medicine and science to assist players in recovering from injuries and for all competitions to be brought under the NADA
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
Nagaland logs 13 fresh COVID-19 cases
Kohima: Three fresh COVID-19 infections were reported in Nagaland on Wednesday, bringing the total to 35,816, an official said
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
Parliamentary panel criticises govt for the absence of policy on the Indian diaspora
New Delhi: "The committee desires that the (external affairs) ministry should bring out a policy document on its diaspora to serve as a guiding principle for deeper and wider engagement with the diaspora community," it said.
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
National Anti-Doping Bill gets parliament nod
New Delhi: Parliament passed a bill providing statutory frameworks for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency and the National Dope Testing Laboratory
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
Govt withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill from LS; plans new ‘set of legislations’ in Winter Session
New Delhi: Many opposition parties suggested that the bill would only make spying on citizens easier, without achieving any benefits
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
CWG: India’s Deepak Deswal wins in men’s 100kg Judo
Coventry: The 21-year-old took down his opponent from Cameroon with an 'Ippon' in a round of 16 contest that lasted 3 minutes and 37 seconds
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
Security infra for BSF along India – Pak creek area in Gujarat to be strengthened
New Delhi: Security infrastructure for BSF troops deployed in the marshy creek areas of Kutch along the India-Pakistan international maritime border in Gujarat will be upgraded
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
Centre conducts root cause analysis of public grievances received by select govt departments
New Delhi: Root cause analysis of the public grievances was conducted against seven government departments/ministries: Central Board of Direct Taxes (Income Tax), Home Ministry, Housing and Urban Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Department of Financial Services (Insurance
PTI / 03 Aug, 2022
