101 NDRF personnel depart for earthquake hit Turkey to assist in relief and rescue operations
New Delhi: The earthquake on Monday killed more than 4,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings in Turkey and neighbouring Syria
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia, after banning site for ‘blasphemy’
Islamabad: In December 2020, the PTA issued notices to Wikipedia and Google Inc for "disseminating sacrilegious content", while the country blocked YouTube from 2012 to 2016
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
UN says over a million Tibetan children in China-run boarding schools
United Nations/Geneva: UN experts say that children of the Tibetan minority are forced to complete a "compulsory education" curriculum in Mandarin Chinese
BY PTI / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake: a seismologist explains what just happened
At least 2,000 people are thought to have died across the two countries, and there are reports of damage to gas pipelines leading to fires
BY The Conversation / Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
Centre for Innovations in Public Systems invites application for innovation awards
Hyderabad: The awards are for Central/State Government officials, Civil Society Organisations, Individuals and Private Organisations
BY NTN / Monday, 6 February, 2023
Parliament: Houses adjourned again amid relentless Opposition demand for discussion on Adani Group
New Delhi: In the LS, opposition members primarily Congress MPs came to the Well shouting slogans such as "Adani sarkar shame-shame"
BY PTI / Monday, 6 February, 2023
Education Ministry spent over Rs 28 cr on 5 editions of PM’s Pariksha Pe Charcha
New Delhi: 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' is an annual event where Modi interacts with students appearing in board examinations
BY PTI / Monday, 6 February, 2023
BJP slams Cong after Tharoor condoles Musharraf’s demise, calls him ‘foe-turned-real force for peace’
New Delhi: Pakistan's former military ruler Musharraf died on Sunday in Dubai after battling an incurable disease
BY PTI / Monday, 6 February, 2023
CJI Chandrachud administers oath of office to five new SC judges, raising strength to 32
New Delhi: The names of the ne judges were recommended for elevation as apex court judges by the Supreme Court Collegium on 13 December 2022
BY PTI / Monday, 6 February, 2023
Police and Meta agreement saves 2 lives in a week in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: In both cases, the tech giant managed to scupper their attempts by alerting in time the local police, who then traced the two people and stopped them from committing suicide
BY PTI / Sunday, 5 February, 2023
Global ‘Climate Resilience Fund’ will help women tackle challenge of heat caused by climate change: Hillary Clinton
Ahmedabad: Clinton is in Gujarat at the event to mark 50 years of SEWA as a trade union and to pay homage to its founder and renowned social activist Ela Bhatt
BY PTI / Sunday, 5 February, 2023
Sqdn Ldr Avni Chaturvedi, first woman IAF pilot to participate in aerial wargame abroad
New Delhi: Chaturvedi, a Su-30MKI pilot, was part of the IAF contingent that participated in a 16-day mega air combat exercise with the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF)
BY PTI / Sunday, 5 February, 2023
