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Nagaland: Scepticism over govt’s ‘pen-drive’ initiative
15th August 2020 /
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No job is menial: Calls for change in mindset to tackle unemployment
13th August 2020 /
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‘A long journey of recovery’
13th August 2020 /
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RMLCF brings new ray of hope for cancer patients
12th August 2020 /
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COVID-19: ‘One of the worst crises to hit travel industry’
12th August 2020 /
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Break The Silence: Addressing period poverty in Nagaland
11th August 2020 /
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Newspapers in collective fight against COVID-19 pandemic
10th August 2020 /
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Revisiting Indigenous Peoples’ resilience
9th August 2020 /
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Baking on the rise in Nagaland
8th August 2020 /
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Nagaland: Newspaper economy in deep crisis
8th August 2020 /

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INDIA

  • Shah tests negative for corona, to remain in home isolation
    India / 14th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 14 (IANS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had earlier tested positive for coronavirus, said on Friday that his latest report was negative though he will remain in home isolation for some more days. "I thank God and express my heartfelt gratitude to all those w
  • On Independence Day eve, President issues veiled warning to China
    India / 14th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August  14 (PTI): In a veiled message to China amid the border standoff, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday asserted that while India believes in peace it is also capable of giving a befitting response to any attempt of aggression as he said "some in our neighbourhood
  • Gehlot government wins trust vote
    India / 14th August 2020 /
    Jaipur, August 14 (PTI): The Ashok Gehlot government won a confidence vote in the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday, ending the threat triggered by a rebellion within the Congress ranks in the state. The motion of confidence moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal was passed
  • Come up with books on citizens' duties, Law Ministry tells NCERT
    India / 14th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 14 (IANS): The Ministry of Law and Justice has requested the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) as well as the state governments to come up with books on citizens' duties. As part of its concerted efforts to create public awareness on the
  • Student develops 'Robo Helmet' to strengthen security forces
    India / 14th August 2020 /
    VARANASI, AUGUST 14 (IANS): A student from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency of Varanasi has developed a helmet that can help to strengthen security forces. The 'Robo Helmet', which works on radio signals can remotely fire at enemies in war-like situatio

BUSINESS

  • Local lockdown, labour crunch impact realty construction
    Business / 14th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 14 (IANS): With the staggered lifting of the nationwide lockdown, construction activity in the real estate sector has gradually picked up. However, developers and sector experts say the local lockdowns in several states and the lack of construction workers, who mostly ret
  • Air India no longer accepting withdrawal of resignations
    Business / 14th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 14 (IANS): Air India has informed employees that it is no longer accepting withdrawals of resignations and several cabin crew employees are being relieved as the national carrier has said implicitly "it does not have the financial ability to pay". It is also
  • HDFC Bank launches farm loan product for armed forces
    Business / 14th August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 14 (IANS): HDFC Bank on Friday launched 'Shaurya KGC Card', for families of armed forces engaged in agricultural activities wherein the armed forces personnel will get finance for agricultural requirements like production of crop, post-harvest maintenance and consump
  • 'Pandemic delays Australia's national economic recovery by months'
    Business / 14th August 2020 /
    Canberra, August 14 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe said on Friday that the coronavirus outbreak in Victoria state is likely to delay the country's economic recovery by several months. Prior to the outbreak in Victoria, both the government and
  • India's consumer price inflation rises to 6.93% in July
    Business / 13th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 13 (IANS): A substantial rise in food prices lifted India's Juy retail inflation to 6.93 per cent from 6.23 per cent in June, official data showed on Thursday. Accordingly, India's consumer food price index during the month under review rose to 9.62 per cent fr

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HEALTH

  • Yoga can improve anxiety, nervousness: Study
    Health / 14th August 2020 /
    New York, Augùst 14 (IANS): Researchers have suggested that yoga improves symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder, a condition with chronic nervousness and worry, suggesting the popular practice may be helpful in treating anxiety in some people. The study, published in the journ
  • Experimental Covid-19 vax prevents severe disease in mice
    Health / 14th August 2020 /
    Washington, August 14 (IANS): An experimental vaccine is effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to a study. The vaccine, which is made from a mild virus genetically modified to carry a key gene from the Covid-19 virus, is published in the j
  • People should not fear spread of COVID-19 in food, packaging - WHO
    Health / 14th August 2020 /
    GENEVA, August 14 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence of coronavirus being spread by food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain. Two cities in China said they had found traces of the coronavirus in i
  • Study reveals why Covid-19 virus impacts patients differently
    Health / 14th August 2020 /
    Toronto, August 14 (IANS): Previously scientists have determined that entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells occurs through a receptor on the cell surface, known as ACE2 but a new study has found that the ACE2 receptor is at very low levels in human lung tissue. Researchers at McMaster Universi
  • Scientists identify hundreds of drugs to treat Covid-19
    Health / 13th August 2020 /
    New York, August 13 (IANS): Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have used machine learning (ML) to identify hundreds of new potential drugs that could help treat Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2. "We have developed a drug discovery pipeli

FEATURED NEWS

  • The Maha village where children speak Japanese
    Featured News / 14th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 14 (PTI): A fascination for robotics and technology has pushed students of a Zilla Parishad-run school in a remote village of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district to learn Japanese. Gadiwat village, located 25 km from Aurangabad city, may not have access to good roads
  • 'Growing body of children's literature beyond usual adventure genre'
    Featured News / 13th August 2020 /
    BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi, August 13 (IANS): In India it was long assumed that literature for children must have 'safe topics but in a world where Google knows everything, so do children. Now, a growing body of children's literature beyond the 'adventure genre is helpin
  • India's COVID-19 lockdown threatens efforts to stop spikes in child marriage
    Featured News / 13th August 2020 /
    Rise in child marriages feared as struggling families marry off girls to ease their economic hardship during the pandemic MUMBAI, August 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the police knocked on the door as 15-year-old Muskaan prepared to head to the temple in their village in northe
  • J&K was run like a Ponzi scheme: Chief Secretary
    Featured News / 10th August 2020 /
    Srinagar, August 10 (IANS): Governance in Jammu & Kashmir was "badly managed and broken", and there was no system, no rule and no process, J&K Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam has said. The whole political system was captured by feudalism, and Kashmir remained untou
  • New education policy will boost STEM in India
    Featured News / 9th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 9 (IANS) With the National Education Policy 2020 recognising the need for flexibility in choosing the subjects that a student wants to study, implementation of this policy will boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in India, edtech startu

LIFE AND STYLE

  • Manoj Bajpayee, wife lead the cause of generating livelihood locally
    Life & Style / 13th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 13 (IANSlife): Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee and his wife Shabana Raza Bajpayee have lent their support to an initiative called 'Shramik Sammaan' that aims to generate employment for the migrant workers who have returned to their home towns and villages during th
  • Women no longer willing to compromise on compatibility
    Life & Style / 13th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 13 (IANS): After 74 years of Independence are women in this country able to choose their own destiny, their life paths or even their own life partner? While matchmaking is still a family affair in India, matchmaking platform Shaadi.com has seen that singles are increasing
  • Princess Diana musical to debut on Netflix before hitting Broadway
    Life & Style / 13th August 2020 /
    LOS ANGELES, August 13 (Reuters) - A new musical about Britain’s Princess Diana will be filmed without an audience and air on Netflix Inc in early 2021 before it debuts on Broadway, producers announced on Wednesday. The unusual arrangement for “Diana” was made as Broad
  • Post-weaning depression: It's time we start talking about it
    Life & Style / 12th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 12 (IANSlife): Post-weaning depression is a form of mental illness which can occur after a woman stops breastfeeding. Like other depression, it requires immediate medical attention. It is a result of hormonal fluctuations and/or the psychological stress of weaning the bab
  • Manushi Chhillar: Likes and shares in virtual world add to pressure
    Life & Style / 12th August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 12 (IANS) Actress and former beauty queen Manushi Chhillar, on the occasion of International Youth Day on Wednesday, said that youth should feel free to be themselves, but also warned against online toxicity. "We, the youth of our country, are riding on the technolog