Nation/World

PM Modi calls for maintaining vigil, precaution amid spike in influenza and coronavirus cases

New Delhi: Incidentally, it was the third anniversary of 'Janata Curfew' on Wednesday, which the prime minister had announced in 2020 for a day

BY / Thursday, 23 March, 2023

India likely to be most severely affected as global urban population facing water scarcity projected

United Nations: Globally, two billion people do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation

BY / Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Border issue very complicated; but neither side want war, confrontation: Chinese envoy

New Delhi: China is yet to name its Ambassador to India after Sun Weidong completed his tenure in October last year

BY / Thursday, 23 March, 2023

New Catfish species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Kolkata: The new species has been named 'Exostoma Dhritiae' after Dhriti Banerjee, the first woman director of the ZSI, as a mark of honour for her contributions to research on the fauna of the country, it stated.

BY / Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Water conservation need of the hour: Manipur CM

Imphal: The northeastern state has been reeling under acute water shortage with multiple rivers drying up due to lack of rain.

BY / Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

PM Modi to hold high-level review meeting on Covid situation

New Delhi: India has recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

BY / Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Asia’s largest International Liquid Mirror Telescope inaugurated in Uttarakhand

Devasthal: The telescope was designed and built by the Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (AMOS) Corporation and the Centre Spatial de Liège in Belgium

BY / Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan, 11 deaths reported

Islamabad: The earthquake's epicentre was Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, while its depth was 180 kilometres, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department

BY / Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Public does not have right to be heard before policy decision is formulated: Supreme Court

New Delhi: "The public at large does not have a right to be heard before a policy is formulated and implemented. The process of consultation with the public, with experts, and with other stakeholders may be desirable and would

BY / Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Opposition leaders protest in Parliament House complex over Adani issue

New Delhi: Both houses of Parliament were adjourned amid uproar over the Adani issue and demand by ruling party members that Rahul Gandhi apologise for his democracy remarks

BY / Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Punjab government lifts suspension of mobile internet services in most districts; manhunt for Amritpal continues

Chandigarh: The Khalistan sympathiser's uncle Harjit Singh and driver Harpreet Singh gave themselves up before police past Sunday midnight

BY / Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Trump failed to disclose gifts worth USD 250,000, including from PM Modi, Yogi, Kovind

Washington: Among the gifts was a vase by Yogi Adityanath, a model of the Taj Mahal, a Indian rug by former president Kovind, cufflinks by Prime Minister Modi

BY / Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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