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The number of active cases came down to 1,46,950 from 1,48,922 on Friday, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 12-foot and 35 tons weighing statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya at Kedarnath on Friday. As a part of his visit to the Himalayan shrine, he inaugurated the rebuilt Samadhi of the great eighth-century philosopher. It is believed that the Samadi was damaged during the devastating 2013 Uttarakhand floods. […]

New Delhi: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the Government of the Union Territory of Ladakh, will start commercial cultivation of sea buckthorn berry from the coming spring season in Ladakh. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Earth Sciences; and MoS […]

Hyderabad: Food delivery app Zomato had a special message for its customers on the occasion of Diwali. Remembering the loved ones we all lost during the second wave of Covid-19, Zomato wrote on Instagram, “To the homes that didn’t put up lights this year, where sweets have lost their taste for all… where the loss […]

"Two more deaths in Bettiah are suspected due to illegal liquor, their post mortem reports are awaited. Those admitted to different hospitals are in stable condition," he said.

According to Sivan, the data transmitted by the satellites will be analysed by ISRO officials.

On October 29, Bombay High Court had issued a detailed bail order of Aryan Khan which stated that he should appear before NCB every Friday and was asked to surrender his passport.

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that spreads through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito named Aedes aegypti.

A total of 103 fire calls have been received in the last 4 days. Only 33 calls were received on Diwali night, specifically related to firecracker bursting.

New Delhi: A day after big cuts in petrol and diesel prices following Centre and states reducing taxes, fuel prices remained unchanged on Friday under the daily price revision mechanism followed by oil marketing companies. Accordingly, the pump price of petrol in Delhi, which fell to Rs 103.97 a litre at 6 a.m. on Thursday from […]

India's active caseload stands at 1,48,922. With 12,165 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the cumulative recoveries reached 3,37,24,959.

Among the officers retiring in 2022 are Devashish Panda, T. Venkatesh and Rajendra Pratap Pandey who will demit office on January 31.

The woman has alleged that by threatening to kill her father and brother, he molested her by taking her to hotels , purportedly to record her statement.

Varanasi: Giving a shot in the arm to the vaccination drive — quite literally, a 125-year-old seer, Swami Shivananda took his second dose of the vaccine earlier this week, putting aside all misconceptions. The seer is said to be the oldest recipient of the vaccine. The seer got the jab at Durgakund, the urban community health […]

The Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya has been reconstructed after its destruction in the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

The 30 new cases have been reported from the tests conducted at the virology lab of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow and National Institute of Virology in Pune.

Kolkata: West Bengal minister and senior All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Subrata Mukherjee passed away at SSKM hospital in Kolkata, confirms Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. Mukherjee was 75. “His mortal remains will be kept at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata tomorrow morning for people to pay their last respects,” the CM said. Now you […]

Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged sweets along the Line of control in Kashmir as a gesture for promoting peace and harmony on the occasion of Diwali, a defence spokesperson said here. “On the occasion of Diwali and as a gesture for promoting peace, harmony and compassion in the true spirit […]

The Centre on Wednesday announced that excise duty will be reduced by Rs 5 for petrol and Rs 10 for diesel from November 4.

By Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Speaking at the 2021 COP26 climate change summit held in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the global leaders as he stated that, “India will reach net-zero by 2070”. Each country in this world today, has a responsibility to protect Earth from harmful gases that are omitted into the atmosphere and […]

New Delhi: In a relief to consumers on the eve of Diwali, the central government on Wednesday announced a reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel. The excise duty on petrol will be reduced by Rs 5 and that on diesel by Rs 10 and new rates will come into effect from tomorrow. Government […]

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted Emergency Use Listing approval to India’s indigenously-developed Covid vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The global health group’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) issued the final decision.The WHO, in a tweet, said: “WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech, adding to a […]

Raghavendra Rajkumar, Puneeth's elder brother said that, his younger brother belonged to masses and since the family worshipping is done, they can visit his grave anytime, he said.

In the financial capital Mumbai, petrol prices remain at Rs 115.85 per litre, while diesel is at Rs 106.62 a litre, the highest among all metros.