Subrata Pati atop the neem tree in his village of Ahanda teaching his students history. Photograph: PTI Photo
Subrata Pati, who is in Ahanda village in West Bengal's Bankura district, climbs a
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BY SFOORTI MISHRA
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Becoming a mother is one of the most phenomenal events in a woman's life. Nothing gives her more joy than holding her baby in her a
BY VINOD MIRANI
IANS | April 19
Struggle: The word people used for the hundreds of aspiring men alighting from Frontier Mail (now Golden Temple Mail) and other trains coming from the North, especially Punja
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JOHANNESBURG, April 18 (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Afri
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTER
Children of stranded migrant workers wait for food, distributed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Chennai, Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Read about a journey that began on March 17, 1959 in Lhasa and ended a year later in in McLeodganj in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where
New Delhi, April 16 (PTI): As the nation enters the second phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, an opinion poll during the first phase has given very high credit to the central government for its actions to control
B00Y D.D. KALE
IANS | April 16
The deadly coronavirus pandemic, that originated from China, has so far killed over 1.35 lakh people across the world. The COVID-19 pandemic will leave s
BY SUMIT SAXENA
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) In an email interview with IANS, Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India, said some evidence suggests the novel coronavirus infect
BY SIDDHI JAIN
New Delhi, April 15 (IANSlife) British anthropologist Jane Goodall, 86, who is known for her path-breaking research on chimpanzees in 1960s Tanzania, blames humankind for disrespecting n
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) In a shocker, Maharashtra has willy-nilly emerged as a global hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the mortality rate, even as the country went into an extended lockdown til
People wearing face masks are seen at a park after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 12, 2020. REUTERS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) In the first analysis by the man widely considered Indias foremost electoral strategist, Prashant Kishor has said the crisis has increased the already existing levels of frustrat
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BY MAJOR GENERAL (RETD) S.B. ASTHANA
IANS | April 11
The recent decisions of the Honorable Supreme Court on February 17 and March 17 rega
London, April 11 (IANS) Since water can obviously be found on our planet today, it means that the water we are now enjoying on Earth has been there since its formation, says a study which sheds new light i
New Delhi, April 10 (PTI): The arrival of summer in India may have raised hopes that hot and humid weather could slow the COVID-19 pandemic, however, experts believe that there is not enough proof to conclude a
BY ROHIT VAID
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) As speculation is rife over the possible extension of the national lockdown, economists and industry insiders have contended that India can afford such a m
New Delhi, April 9 (PTI): The year 2020 could see the worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression in the 1930s with over 170 countries likely to experience negative per capita income growth due to
BY BHARAT UPADHYAY
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) With the coronavirus pandemic striking hard and spreading rapidly in India, a big question arises whether we need a new COVID-19 ventilator p