Dehradun, July 11 (PTI): India's first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi was inaugurated in Uttarakhand's Dehradun district on Sunday.
Located in the district
New Delhi, July 11 (PTI): Giving rise to fresh worries about the COVID-19 pandemic rearing its head again, the R-factor, which indicates the speed at which the infection is spreading in the country, has risen r
Hyderabad, July 11 (PTI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said thatproviding better prices for agricultural produce and timely, affordable credit to farmers are crucial to sustain agriculture in the c
New Delhi, July 11 (PTI): The CPI(M) on Sunday hit out at the government over reports of a steep fall in infrastructure expenditure and a dip in vaccination rates, saying that a "bulky Cabinet" is of
Bageshwar, July 11 (PTI): Three members of a family, including an eight-year-old, were killed in a village here after their house collapsed in a landslide caused due to heavy rains early on Sunday, officials sa
New Delhi, July11 (PTI): IT and communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the new information technology rules are empowering and protecting users.
The new IT rules will ensure a safer and more
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): IIT Gandhinagar has come up with a unique invention that can help prevent viral infections among people. The premier engineering institute has developed an anti-viral coating mat
Agra, July 11 (IANS): The proposed plan to stabilise population in Uttar Pradesh by the Yogi Adityanath government ahead of the Assembly elections next year, has received mixed reactions. This could in fact bec
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS): To curb noise pollution in the national capital, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Saturday revised the penalty for violation of noise pollution rules. It has directed the a
Agartala, July 10 (IANS): The highly infectious Delta plus variant of coronavirus has been found for the first time in Tripura after the Delta strain was detected in three northeastern states -- Assam, Manipur
Gurugram, July 10 (IANS): The Haryana chief minister's flying squad busted another illegal call centre operating in Udyog Vihar, Phase-5 in Gurugram.
The call centre mostly used to cheat US nationals, po
Gurugram, July 10 (IANS): The Gurugram health department will start administering the Russian-made vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, from Saturday (July 10) at the government polyclinic sector-31 withou
New Delhi, July 10 (PTI): India has logged 42,766 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 3,07,95,716, while the active cases have declined to 4,55,033, according to the Union Health Ministry data
Houston, July 10 (PTI): Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed fl
New Delhi, July 10 (PTI): YouTube vlogger Karl Edward Rice's wife has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the central government's alleged "arbitrary and unreasonable" decision to blac
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS): India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed 37 crore on Friday with 30,55,802 doses administered across the country in the last 24 hours. A total of 37,21,96,268
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay proceedings in connection with petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's new IT rules before various high courts
New Delhi, July 9 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting on Friday to review the augmentation and availability of medical oxygen across the country, government sources said.
NEW DELHI, JULY 9 (IANS): Emphasising that public officers shouldn't be called to court unnecessarily, the Supreme Court on Friday observed judges must know their limits and they must have modesty and humil
DHARAMSALA, JULY 9 (IANS): A five-year-old slum boy, who hogged social media attention for teaching Covid-appropriate behaviour to holidaymakers with a stick in hand, is now being employed by the Himachal Prade