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12th July 2020 /
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11th July 2020 /
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11th July 2020 /
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9th July 2020 /
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8th July 2020 /
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North East Matters Campaign for ‘One India’
8th July 2020 /
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Travelling mela stuck in Tuensang for 4 months
6th July 2020 /
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6th July 2020 /
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Chingmei: Beekeeping boosting local economy
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INDIA

  • Bring ordinance to control population: BJP leader to PM
    India / 11th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring an ordinance to control India's population which, he claimed, was linked to how much "atmanirbhar" or self-reliant the country became.   Interestingly, he
  • WHO acknowledges Dharavi's success over Covid-19
    India / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) In a major boost to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra government's morale, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded their success over the Covid-19 outbreak in Dharavi - Asia's largest slum.   WHO Director-General Tedros
  • VITEEE 2020 stands cancelled, admission on basis of Class 12 marks
    India / 11th July 2020 /
      Vellore, July 11 (MExN): The VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE) 2020 for admission to various engineering programmes under Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) group of Institutions has been cancelled, an official release informed today.    “Cond
  • Rahul, Priyanka have the guts to take on Modi-Shah: Digvijaya
    India / 11th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday asserted that the party leadership must take up the challenge of building the party organisation under the "dynamic" leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. He said both have the guts and courag
  • 'Around 300 terrorists waiting in launch pads to infiltrate into India'
    India / 11th July 2020 /
    Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) Pakistan is trying to step up infiltration and push in more terrorists into J&K after failing to instigate the people of Kashmir following last year's August 5 decision of revoking Article 370 .   GoC 19 Infantry Division Kashmir Major General Vi

BUSINESS

  • Air India effects transfers in its Operations Department
    Business / 11th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): Air India on Friday announced transfers in its Operations Department with Anish Singh being shifted from headquarters to its Northern Region.   Singh was Deputy General Manager, Operations in the Operations Department, Headquarters, Delhi.  
  • Franklin Templeton receives Rs 1,252 cr payment from VIL
    Business / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS): Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund on Friday said that it has received Rs 1,252.44 crore from Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL).   The fund house will distribute the amount among the unit-holders of the concerned segregated portfolio.   In a statement, the m
  • Jio Platforms receive over Rs 30K cr from 4 investors
    Business / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS): Reliance Industries on Saturday said that Jio Platforms received subscription amounts of Rs 30,062.43 crore from four investors for 6.13 per cent stake in total.   Among the four investors, Interstellar Platform Holdings (L Catterton) has invested Rs 1,89
  • Economy showing signs of getting back to normalcy: RBI Guv
    Business / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS): India's economy is showing signs of getting back to normalcy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday.   In a keynote address at the 7th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave, Das noted that medium term outlook still remains uncer
  • Economy showing signs of getting back to normalcy: RBI Guv
    Business / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) India's economy is showing signs of getting back to normalcy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday.   In a keynote address at the 7th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave, Das noted that medium term outlook still remains uncert

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HEALTH

  • Strokes linked to Covid-19 more severe with higher mortality: Study
    Health / 11th July 2020 /
    New York, July 11 (IANS) An international team of researchers has found that acute ischemic stroke (AIS) linked to Covid-19 are more severe, lead to worse functional outcomes and are associated with higher mortality.   For the study, published in Stroke: Journal of the American
  • Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients
    Health / 11th July 2020 /
    July 11 (Reuters) - India's Biocon Ltd has received regulatory approval for its drug Itolizumab to be used on coronavirus infected patients suffering from moderate to severe respiratory distress, the biopharmaceutical company said in a statement on Saturday.   The drug, whic
  • High blood sugar ups Covid-19 death risk: Study
    Health / 11th July 2020 /
    Beijing, July 11 (IANS) Covid-19 patients with abnormally high blood sugar are at an increased risk of severe complications and more than twice as likely to face death, warn researchers.   Previous studies have established that hyperglycaemia (abnormally high blood sugar) is ass
  • Gilead analysis shows remdesivir reduced coronavirus death risk, more studies needed
    Health / 11th July 2020 /
    July 11 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said on Friday an analysis showed its antiviral remdesivir helped reduce the risk of death in severely ill COVID-19 patients, but cautioned that rigorous clinical trials were needed to confirm the benefit.   Remdesivir has been at the fore
  • Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne
    Health / 11th July 2020 /
    CHICAGO, July 11 (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory.   The Geneva-based World Health Organization acknowledged this week that the novel

FEATURED NEWS

  • How New Delhi tamed China
    Featured News / 11th July 2020 /
    BY LT GEN CHERISH MATHSON  New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A resolute, unruffled leadership and India's multi-pronged, hard stance, from the borders to financial markets, has forced China to tone down its aggression it had initiated since early May 2020. While India's military
  • World Population Day: Bringing back the 'choice, voice debate' on family planning during COVID-19
    Featured News / 11th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 11 (IANSlife) Family planning is central to gender equality and womens empowerment, and it is a key factor in reducing poverty. Millions of girls and women in India can transform their lives if needs for family planning - to delay, space and limit the number of children tha
  • It's 'Vocal for Local' in Rajasthan on Raksha Bandhan this year
    Featured News / 9th July 2020 /
    Jaipur, July 9 (IANS) The 'Raksha Bandhan' festival this year will be celebrated with local flavour in Rajasthan, as many organisations in the state are following the Prime Minister's call for 'Vocal for Local'.   They have started making handmade 'rakhis
  • PM Modi's visit to his village Nimo, comforts 1962 war veteran
    Featured News / 9th July 2020 /
    Nimo/Leh, July 9 (IANS) In a quaint little village with tall poplars swinging gently in the summer bloom against the bare lofty mountains, 1962 war veteran Tsering Tashi giggles with exuberance over the thought that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his village just a week ago.  
  • US envoy admires Dalai Lama for seeking freedom for Tibetans
    Featured News / 6th July 2020 /
    Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) Reaffirming Washington's continued support to the Tibetan cause, US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Ian Juster, on Monday greeted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday by admiring his tireless efforts to seek freedom for Tibetans and bringi

LIFE AND STYLE

  • WHO launches initiative to help 1.3bn people quit smoking
    Life & Style / 11th July 2020 /
    Geneva, July 11 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it was launching an initiative to help 1.3 billion global tobacco-users quit the habit during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.   The Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco will help people freely access the
  • Tahira Kashyap completes her fourth book during lockdown
    Life & Style / 11th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Writer-filmmaker Tahira Kashyap Khurrana has completed her fourth book, "The 12 Commandments Of Being A Woman", during the coronavirus lockdown.   "I've finally finished writing 'The 12 Commandments Of Being A Woman' and it's
  • Hate desk job? It may be good for your mental health
    Life & Style / 10th July 2020 /
    London, July 10 (IANS) People who work in jobs that require less physical activity - typically office and desk-based jobs - are at a lower risk of subsequent poor cognition than those whose work is more physically active, according to a study.   Lack of physical activity and exe
  • Rising global temperature creates 'enormous challenge' for meeting climate goals
    Life & Style / 9th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least one degree Celsius above the levels it was before the industrial era in each of the ensuing five years and there is a chance that it may exceed 1.5 degrees in at least one year, according to an analysis pu
  • Home-schooling tips during COVID-19
    Life & Style / 9th July 2020 /
    New Delhi, July 9 (IANSlife) Parenting could be hard during a pandemic, especially when your child's physical classes are on hold. If you are helping your child learn from home or home-schooling them, a few tips can make it a positive experience.   Priyam Saharia, a parentin