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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s first tribal museum, known as ‘Tharu Janjati Museum, will come up at Imilia Koder village, a Tharu populated area in Balrampur district. The state will get this museum by March 2022 and it would largely concentrate on displaying the rich and diverse culture of the rare Tharu tribe, said officials. AK Singh, […]

Downloads reached 143 million installs, up 14 per cent versus H1 2020 on Google Play and Apple's App Store respectively, reports Sensor Tower.

India reported 214 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the country now stands at 4,50,589.

The Puducherry State Election Commission has announced revised dates to conduct elections on November 2, 7 and 13.

The senior leader also wanted the Government of India to withdraw the consent granted to Spent Fuels of plants 1 to 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP).

The ball is currently in the court of the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A cryptocurrency bill is expected in the winter session and till the whole picture is cleared, investing in cryptocurrencies can be a dangerous move, warn legal experts.

Chaos prevailed in the village in the late hours of Friday night when a majority of villagers complained of stomach ache, followed by vomiting.

Sources said the sleuths of NIA assisted by the CRPF carried out raids in Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla districts in connection with two cases being investigated by the agency.

Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the national capital could face a power crisis and that his government is taking adequate steps to avoid such a situation. He said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention in making adequate arrangements of coal and gas to generation plants supplying […]

In the meeting, the two prime ministers are also expected to review the progress in implementation of the 'Green Strategic Partnership' established last year.

The deceased was identified as Akanksha Mishra who was preparing for UPSC, she stated.

The UP police had pasted a summon letter outside his residence, asking him to appear before the police inquiry related to the Lakhimpur Kheri case in which eight people were killed.

The phone calls are being tracked to Mudibidre, Mudipu regions in Dakshina Kannada, in dense forest regions of Uttara Kannada and another two locations from Chikkamagaluru district in the state.

In Delhi, the petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre, taking it to Rs 104.23.

The recovery rate is currently at 97.98 per cent, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.

The transaction will be completed by December 2021, informed Department of Investment and Public Asset Management secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey.

Hyderabad: Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist and company’s whistleblower, recently told the US Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the global social media giant “promotes global division and ethnic violence”, including in India. According to the complaint filed before the US securities regulator, pages associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) […]

The central agency is likely to register a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and take up investigations.

Deputy Inspector General (Headquarters) Upendra Agarwal who is heading the team probing Sunday's incident waited for him at the police lines but he didn't show up till at least 1 pm, sources at the spot said.

The quantum of sentence in the matter will be pronounced on October 12.

The three units which received citation are 2255 Squadron Det Air Force, 47 Squadron and 116 Helicopter Unit.

A litre of petrol costs Rs 107.71 in Hyderabad, a hike of 31 paise, while the rate of diesel is Rs 100.51 per litre, a hike of 38 paise.  

The 30-share Sensex was trading 223.79 points or 0.37 per cent higher at 59,901.62. Similarly, the Nifty rose 77.75 points or 0.44 per cent to 17,868.10.

This is the eighth time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has maintained status quo.