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Shamsiya cleared the counselling on Friday and got admission to MBBS at the prestigious Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai, one of the oldest medical colleges in the country.

The event will be graced by President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Ram Nath Kovind. Other dignitaries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, will witness the show.

Hyderabad: As Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the country due to the Omicron variant, travel curbs and other protocols have been put in place to control the spread. The Union Home Ministry has issued a general advisory for inter-State travel. According to the advisory, there shall be no bar on inter-State travel by air, […]

New Delhi: The RISE World Summit, an open platform for global discourse on thematic issues, organized by RISE Infinity Foundation and Idobro Impact Solutions, is hosting its 9th edition from 3-5th February 2022, with an ambitious goal of engaging 100+ countries under 20 formats of interaction ranging from signature roundtables to film festivals and much […]

According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.

According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.

A massive controversy erupted last year when the NSO Group hit the headlines with the alleged use of its Pegasus software by some governments to spy on journalists, human rights defenders.

The Congress said it intends to raise the issue in the budget session starting next week and will demand accountability from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government on the floor of Parliament.

WR Chief Spokesperson Sumit Thakur said that the blaze was noticed in the pantry car of the train running from Gandhidham (Gujarat) to Puri (Odisha), after it departed from Nandurbar station, around 10.15 am.

Bareilly: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday conducted a door-to-door campaign in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, ahead of Assembly elections in the state. “Did a door-to-door campaign in Bhojipura Vidhan Sabha, Bareilly today. The abundant blessings received from the people is a testimony to the fact that due to the welfare […]

New Delhi: At least 172 homeless persons have died of the extreme cold in Delhi in the past 28 days, a report compiled by the Centre for Holistic Development (CHD), an NGO, showed. The CHD has claimed to have written a letter, containing the detailed report to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also […]

My family was told that if we take out marriage procession and I ride a horse on my wedding, then within one year we will have to leave the village.

Qubit Finance acknowledged the hack, and said in a tweet on Friday that the hackers minted unlimited Xplosive Ethereum (xETH) to borrow on Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

As per government data, there was a decline in the daily positivity rate to 13.39 per cent from 15.88 per cent on Friday. The weekly positivity rate also dipped to 16.89 per cent from 17.47 per cent yesterday.

Yadav on Friday said, "BJP can do anything before the elections." In view of this incident, Akhilesh Yadav has demanded the Election Commission of India to take up the matter.

Three persons - Palak Puranik, Vinayak Dudhade and Sharad Deshmukh have been convicted for abetment of suicide criminal conspiracy and extortion of money by an Indore district court.

Hyderabad: Living his childhood dream and floating in space is Raja Jon Vurputoor ‘Grinder’ Chari, the Commander of SpaceX Crew-3 (Expedition 66), who is currently docked at the International Space Station (ISS), and gets to watch a sunrise every 45 minutes! Travelling at 17,500 mph and orbiting Earth every 90 minutes, in an exclusive interaction […]

New Delhi: Just a couple of days before tabling the 2021-22 Economic Survey in the Parliament, the Government on Friday appointed V Anantha Nageswaran as the new Chief Economic Advisor. “The Government has appointed Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor and today, he has assumed charge,” the Finance Ministry said in a […]

Beijing: Wuhan is back in the news as a team of scientists have warned of a lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’ that requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells and carries the combination of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS)-CoV mortality rate (where one in every three infected persons may die) and the current SARS-CoV-2 […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that he was stranded in Delhi as his helicopter was not allowed to fly to UP’s Muzaffarnagar for an election programme. In a tweet in Hindi, the SP president posted a picture with the helicopter in the background and said no reason was given for it. […]

Chennai: Tough action would be taken against those spreading canards in social media to create religious hatred or disturb public tranquility, Chennai police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal warned on Friday. Following a complaint against a BJP functionary which alleged that he posted tweets that created among people hatred and enmity based on religion, an FIR was […]

Hyderabad: The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, announced the second cohort of British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM. Over 100 scholarships are available to women STEM scholars from Asia and the Americas, out of which 65 scholarships are reserved for women STEM scholars from India and other South […]

Bengaluru: Dr Soundarya (30), the granddaughter of former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, had left her nine-month-old baby in the other room of the flat before committing suicide on Friday. Meanwhile, High Ground police have lodged a case of unnatural death following the complaint by her husband Dr Neeraj. The police are awaiting the statements […]

Lucknow: The BJP on Friday released a list of 91 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, giving tickets to 13 ministers and repeating its sitting MLA in Ayodhya. The party dropped Co-Operative Affairs Minister Mukut Bihari Verma, whose son Gaurav will be contesting from his Kaiserganj seat in Bahraich. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi […]