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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

  • Priyanka lauds healthcare workers on I-Day
    India / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday lauded the soldiers, healthcare workers, farmers and labourers across the country on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day. The Congress leader, taking to Twitter, remembered the struggle for in
  • PM announces health IDs for all under new mission
    India / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled an ambitious National Digital Health Mission under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services and also announced that the country has made plans for mass-producing COVID-19
  • Health mission to new cyber policy -- 10 major announcements by PM
    India / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (IANS): Speaking on the occasion of Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made 10 major announcements on Saturday. He announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission scheme, which gives health cards to ev
  • 65,002 new cases take India's COVID-19 tally to 25.26 lakh
    India / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (PTI): A spike of 65,002 cases took India's COVID-19 tally past 25 lakh on Saturday just a day after it reached the 24-lakh mark, while 18 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 71.61 per cent, Union health ministry data s
  • Gave befitting reply to those who challenged India: PM
    India / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (ANI): Amid border tensions with China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Indian soldiers gave a befitting reply to those who tried to pose a challenge to the country's sovereignty, from the Line of Actual Control to Line of Control. "From

BUSINESS

  • India to spend Rs 100L Cr on 7K infra projects
    Business / 15th August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 15 (IANS): Aimed at eliminating silos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that India will spend Rs 100 lakh crore on 7,000 National Infrastructure projects. For this, the Prime Minister said, a very big plan has been prepared to connect the entire count
  • 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

HEALTH

  • Covid-19 patients with heart problems more likely to die: Study
    Health / 15th August 2020 /
    London, August 15 (IANS) In a major study, researchers have found that Covid-19 patients with cardiovascular comorbidities or risk factors are more likely to develop heart complications while hospitalised, and more likely to die from the virus. According to the study, published in the j
  • 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

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LIFE AND STYLE

  • 'Together' building a connected world to overcome loneliness
    Life & Style / 15th August 2020 /
    BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI  New Delhi, August 15 (IANS): At a time of social distancing forced by the coronavirus pandemic, it is becoming increasingly difficult to cope with loneliness. But then, loneliness was not an unknown phenomenon in the pre-Covid world even though the vast majorit
  • 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