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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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Can print media survive the pandemic?
7th August 2020 /
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Education on pause: Poor connectivity hampers online learning in Kiphire
6th August 2020 /
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Stories of strength and resilience
5th August 2020 /
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VOCAL FOR LOCAL CAMPAIGN TOUCHES DIMAPUR: Meet the Officer behind the indigenous bamboo barricades
5th August 2020 /

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INDIA

  • Derogatory social media post accused arrested in B'luru
    India / 12th August 2020 /
    BENGALURU, AUGUST 12 (IANS): City police have arrested the person accused of posting a derogatory message which triggered riots in Bengaluru east last night, an official said on Wednesday. "With regard to the incidents in D.J. Halli, accused Naveen was arrested for posting derogato
  • Indian villagers tire of coronavirus rules just as rural cases surge
    India / 12th August 2020 /
    BAIHATA CHARIALI/KARALAPAKKAM, August 12 (Reuters): Harmahan Deka doesn't wear a mask anymore to avoid the novel coronavirus nor does he try to keep a safe distance from others. For the 25 men and women he works with in his construction materials business near the small town of
  • Derogatory social media post accused arrested in Bengaluru
    India / 12th August 2020 /
    3 dead, 110 arrested for rioting over Facebook post   Bengaluru, August 12 (IANS): City police have arrested the person accused of posting a derogatory message which triggered riots in Bengaluru east last night, an official said on Wednesday. "With regard to the incident
  • India's COVID-19 lockdown threatens efforts to stop spikes in child marriage
    India / 12th August 2020 /
    MUMBAI, August 12 (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 northern India, the bride-to-be was distraught. With a sick father and unemployed brother, Muskaan believed that getting mar
  • 60,963 new corona cases take India tally across 23L
    India / 12th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 12 (IANS): India's novel Coronavirus tally crossed the 23-lakh mark on Wednesday with detection of 60,963 new cases in the last 24 hours, while 834 more fatalities took the death toll to 46,091, the Health Ministry said. Out of the total 2,329,638 cases, recoveries

BUSINESS

  • Hyundai Creta crosses 5 lakh cumulative sales milestone in domestic market
    Business / 11th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 11 (PTI): Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Tuesday said its SUV Creta has crossed five lakh cumulative sales mark in the domestic market. The model also remains the best-selling SUV for three consecutive months of May, June and July this year. Its new version was laun
  • Reliance at record high of 96 in Fortune Global 500, tops Indian contingent
    Business / 11th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 (IANS): Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) jumped 10 places to rank 96th in the Fortune Global 500 published on Tuesday. Its highest ranking so far was at 99 in 2012. In 2019, Reliance became India's top name in the Fortune Global 500 listing, drawn up on the basis o
  • Centre may allow cooperative banks to lend under ECLGS
    Business / 11th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 (IANS): As the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme, specially formed for MSMEs, progresses, the government is considering allowing cooperative banks to lend under it too. Addressing a webinar at the 'FICCI-SBI Atmanirbhar MSME Virtual Conclave', Micro, Sm
  • ABB India unveils eMart online marketplace
    Business / 11th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 (IANS): Global technology company ABB India on Tuesday announced the launch of eMart, an online marketplace portal, which will offer more than 6,000 products from its electrification business for home and industrial buyers. This unique B2B and B2C platform is the fi
  • CAIT seeks barring Huawei, ZTE from India's 5G plans
    Business / 11th August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUG 11 : The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday wrote to Union Minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking a ban on Chinese technology companies Huawei and ZTE from the 5G network rollout in India. The traders' body has been at the forefront

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HEALTH

  • India's Covid-19 recovery rate nears 70%
    Health / 11th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 11 (IANS): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive and comprehensive testing coupled with standardized clinical management have resulted in a sharp hike in the recovery rate at nearly 70 per ce
  • Study identifies longer-term symptoms in COVID-19 patients
    Health / 11th August 2020 /
    London, August 11 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people who were hospitalised with the COVID-19 infection. They include fatigue, breathlessness, psychological distress - including problems
  • India's COVID-19 death rate down to 2%, decreasing
    Health / 10th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 10 (IANS): As the total coronavirus patients across the country crossed the 22-lakh mark, India's fatality rate dropped to its lowest two per cent in the last 24 hours whereas the recoveries reached a new peak of over 15 lakh so far. The latest data shared by the M
  • Heavy smoking linked to increased health risks
    Health / 10th August 2020 /
    Sydney, August 10 (IANS): Each cigarette smoked a day by heavy smokers increases the risk of contracting several diseases by more than 30 per cent, warn researchers. The study, which links heavy smoking with 28 separate health conditions, revealed a 17-fold increase in emphysema (chroni
  • Russia plans to register 1st Covid vaccine this week
    Health / 10th August 2020 /
    Moscow, August 10 (IANS):  Russia is reportedly going ahead with its plan to register the world's first Covid-19 vaccine this week before it starts mass vaccination in October, despite safety concerns raised from several quarters, including the WHO. Russia's Deputy Health M

FEATURED NEWS

  • 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
  • Inspired reading in the lead-up to Independence Day
    Featured News / 8th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) Quite obviously, Independence Day - August 15 - means different things to different people. Is it tainted with pain, despair, and bloodshed due to Partition and the long drawn struggle for freedom, or is it coloured with hope and happiness - looking forward towar
  • 'China's BRI ultimate instrument of economic blackmail'
    Featured News / 8th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), determined to shape the world in its own image without a shot being fired, the Cold War never ended 30 years ago as it aims to make China the number one global power, says a scholarly new work that traces how the party has b
  • Press enter for 'Dastan-e-Haroun'
    Featured News / 7th August 2020 /
    BY SUKANT DEEPAK  New Delhi, August 7 (IANS) Even as the film 'Peepli Live', India's official entry for the 83rd Acadmey Awards Best Foreign Film category completes a decade this month, its Delhi-based writer and director Anusha Rizvi says that the media and the system

LIFE AND STYLE

  • 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
  • How Raveena Tandon ensures her kids grow up easy
    Life & Style / 10th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 10 (IANSlife): A hands-on mom, Raveena Tandon has not just portrayed impactful and memorable characters in her career spanning over two decades but has also been at the forefront of various noble causes related to child nutrition, women's welfare, and empowerment. Spe
  • Swastika Mukherjee: People tend to get intimidated by successful women
    Life & Style / 10th August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 10 (IANS) From trolling to rape threats, popular Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee has dealt with a lot lately. The actress says in our society, successful women are always targeted and humiliated. However, she adds, she has never let people shame her for the choices she ha
  • Sustainability is all about developing consciousness: Dia Mirza
    Life & Style / 10th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 10 (IANSlife) Bollywood actress Dia Mirza says sustainability is all about "developing a consciousness". It is nothing but a reminder to everyone that all life is connected, she adds. IANSlife spoke to the actress who shares her take on sustainable fashion an
  • Artisans in Etah make 2,100kg bell for Ram temple
    Life & Style / 9th August 2020 /
    Etah (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 9 (IANS) A team of artisans at Jalesar town in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh have forged a bell weighing a whopping 2,100 kg for the new Ram temple in Ayodhya and are preparing to give it final touches before sending it to the holy town. While Dau Dayal, 50, w