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29th September 2020 /
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28th September 2020 /
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27th September 2020 /
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Musicians Incubation Prog: 100 Artists, 100 Songs
25th September 2020 /
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Nagaland: Contraception knowledge higher in urban areas
25th September 2020 /
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Over half of FCRA registrations from Nagaland cancelled till date
25th September 2020 /
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Circle of Caregivers: Let’s talk about mental health
25th September 2020 /
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Negotiating livelihoods: Daily struggles continue for Naga women vendors in Dimapur
24th September 2020 /
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Abdon Mech: Embracing Authenticity
24th September 2020 /
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Nagaland becoming a leading cardamom producer in India
22nd September 2020 /

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  • Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match against Sweden's Mikael Ymer REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
    Djokovic crushes Ymer to start French Open campaign
    PARIS, September 29 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic got his quest for an 18th Grand Slam title back on track as he commenced his French Open campaign with a drama-free 6-0 6-2 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer on Tuesday. Little over three weeks since Djokovic was def
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Racing driver Mick Schumacher attends an event to celebrate 90 years of Italian premium sports car maker Ferrari racing team at Milan's Duomo square, in Milan, Italy September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio lo Scalzo/File Photo/File Photo
    Schumacher and Ilott handed F1 practice slots
    (Reuters): Mick Schumacher will take part in first Friday practice with Alfa Romeo at the Nuerburgring next week as Ferrari seek to give their three leading junior drivers Formula One race weekend experience. Britain's Callum Ilott will take part in the
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Former soccer player and MLS team owner David Beckham speaks during an interview in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files
    Beckham's Guild Esports raises $26 million ahead of Friday debut in London
    (Reuters): David Beckham's Guild Esports has raised 20 million pounds ($25.73 million) and plans to make its debut on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, making the former England soccer captain's esports enterprise the first to go public in Britain.
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) hoists the Stanley Cup after the Lightning defeat the Dallas Stars in game six of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (USA TODAY Sports Photo via Reuters)
    Lightning burst out of bubble with Stanley Cup win
    (Reuters): The Tampa Bay Lightning left the COVID-19 bubble with the Stanley Cup on Monday after their 2-0 win over the Dallas Stars secured the best-of-seven final 4-2 and brought an end to two months of quarantine. Celebrating in a near empty Edmonton are
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane in action. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Files
    Bayern's Sane to miss Super Cup, Alaba doubtful
    BERLIN, September 29 (Reuters): Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sane will miss Wednesday's domestic Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund with a knee injury while defender David Alaba is doubtful, coach Hansi Flick said on Tuesday. Bayern, who won four titles
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Tyreso manager Tony Gustavsson Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Ed Sykes /Files Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
    Swede Gustavsson named coach of Australian women's team
    MELBOURNE, September 29 (Reuters): Tony Gustavsson, who helped the United States win back-to-back Women's World Cups, has been appointed coach of the Australian women's soccer team, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced on Tuesday. The 4
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry, the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, poses for a selfie in front of a mural promoting the Women's T20 World Cup tournament in Melbourne's Hosier Lane, Australia, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ian Ransom/File Photo
    Australia's Perry out of NZ series after re-injuring hamstring
    (Reuters): Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry has been ruled out of the remaining limited overs series against New Zealand after re-injuring her hamstring, the team said on Tuesday. Perry, who tore her right hamstring during the Women's Twenty20 World C
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Spain's Garbine Muguruza celebrates after winning her quarter final against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka Pool via REUTERS/Clive Brunskill/File Photo
    Muguruza survives three-hour battle against Zidansek
    PARIS, September 29 (Reuters): Former champion Garbine Muguruza said there was no such thing as a relaxing match these days after narrowly avoiding a first-round exit at the French Open on Monday when she battled for three hours to beat Slovenia's Tamara Zidans
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Israel's Dia Saba during the warm up REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/Files
    Dubai club Al-Nasr sign Israel midfielder Saba in historic deal
    (Reuters): Al-Nasr have signed midfielder Dia Saba from Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F on a two-year deal, becoming the first Arab club to sign a player from Israel. The move comes less than two weeks after the United Arab Emirates normalised r
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Paraguay's Roque Santa Cruz (R) receives a prize from President of Olimpia Marcos Trovato for his 100th game before the match. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno/Files
    Paraguayan club president gets lifetime ban for match manipulation
    BERN/ASUNCION, September 29 (Reuters): The president of Paraguayan club Olimpia, one of the most successful in South America, has been banned for life from football after being found guilty of match manipulation, global soccer body FIFA said on Monday. In a
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Liverpool's Diogo Jota celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates Pool via REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
    Liverpool maintain 100% start with win over Arsenal
    LIVERPOOL, England, September 29 (Reuters): Premier League champions Liverpool maintained their 100% start to the season with a 3-1 win against Arsenal at Anfield on Monday leaving them level on nine points with pacesetters Everton and Leicester City. The v
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara wearing a mask arrives before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Pool/Files
    Thiago to miss Liverpool's next two games
    LIVERPOOL, England, September 29 (Reuters): Liverpool's new midfield signing Thiago Alcantara will miss their next two games, manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday. The Spaniard was signed from Bayern Munich earlier this month and made his debut against
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp talks to the media after the match Pool via REUTERS/Paul Ellis
    Liverpool's Klopp bristles at Keane's "sloppy" criticism
    LIVERPOOL, England, September 29 (Reuters): Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp hit back at television pundit and former Manchester United captain Roy Keane on Monday after the Irishman described the Premier League champions' defending in a 3-1 win over Arsena
    Sports / 29th September 2020
  • Rafael Nadal (ESP) celebrates after winning his match against Egor Gerasimov (BLR) on day two of the 2020 French Open at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports
    Different French Open, same start for Nadal
    PARIS, September 29 (Reuters): It might be an unusual French Open but claycourt master Rafael Nadal started his quest for a record-extending 13th French Open title in the usual way with a straightforward 6-4 6-4 6-2 first-round win against Belarusian Egor
    Sports / 29th September 2020
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    2020 Women's T20 WC wins big at Leaders in Sports Awards
    Dubai, September 28 (IANS): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been recognised for two digital initiatives at the Leaders in Sports Awards 2019. The ICC's coverage of the record-breaking Women's T20 World Cup and the collaboration with Wimbledon fo
    Sports / 28th September 2020

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INDIA

  • VP Naidu tests positive for COVID-19; in good health
    India / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (PTI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19, the Vice President Secretariat said. It said Naidu, 71, is asymptomatic and in good health. "The Vice President of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning ha
  • Activists demand death penalty for Hathras gangrape accused
    India / 29th September 2020 /
    Agra, September 29 (IANS): Social activists and women's groups have protested and demanded firm action against four men accused of gangraping a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. The victim on Tuesday succumbed to her injuries in a Delhi hospital. The young victim w
  • Indian economy among worst performing in world: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
    India / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (PTI): Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday said India is among the worst performing economies in the world and the government's economic stimulus was inadequate to tackle the problem.          He, however, said that the cou
  • Situation along Ladakh border in uneasy 'no war no peace' status: IAF chief
    India / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (IANS): The current situation along the eastern Ladakh border with China is in an "uneasy no war no peace status" and Indian forces were prepared for any eventuality, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S Bhadauria said on Tuesday. "The IA
  • China now says it does not recognise Ladakh
    India / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (PTI): China on Tuesday voiced its opposition to India undertaking infrastructure development for military purposes in the border areas of Ladakh, and maintained that both countries should avoid any activities that might complicate the situation upsetting the consen

BUSINESS

  • Amazon introduces new way to make people pay with their palm
    Business / 29th September 2020 /
    SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER 29 (IANS): Amazon on Tuesday introduced a contactless way for people to use their palm to make everyday activities like paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, or entering a location like a stadium. Called, Amazon One, the service uses custom-built algorit
  • Xiaomi's Mi India forays into smart home category in India
    Business / 29th September 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 (IANS): Xiaomi subsidiary Mi India on Tuesday forayed into the smartwatch and smart speaker categories, along with launching other affordable smart home products for the India market ahead of the festive season. The Mi Watch Revolve wearable, that comes for a sta
  • Samsung partners Microsoft to scale enterprise 5G deployment
    Business / 29th September 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 (IANS): Samsung on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft on an end-to-end, Cloud-based private 5G network solution to drive innovation that lowers the barrier to entry for deployment of private 5G networks in enterprises. Through a Cloud-based approach
  • Bounce back: Mother Dairy sees revival, plans more health-based products
    Business / 29th September 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 (IANS): Diversified FMCG major Mother Dairy foresees business revival as the demand contraction triggered due to Covid-19 pandemic weans-off. Talking to IANS, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable's Managing Director Sangram Chaudhary not only disclosed an upbea
  • Mukesh Ambani tops IIFL Hurun Rich List for 9th straight year with Rs 6.58L Cr asset
    Business / 29th September 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 (IANS): Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Indias most valued firm Reliance Industries, continues to top the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2020 for the ninth consecutive year, with a total wealth of Rs 6.58 lakh crore. His total wealth has surged by 73 per cent in th

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HEALTH

  • Eating dairy products may cut bowel cancer risk: Study
    Health / 29th September 2020 /
    Toronto, September 29 (IANS): Eating dairy products may reduce bowel cancer risk, but there's no evidence that garlic or onions, fish, tea or coffee protect against the disease, say researchers. For the findings, published in the journal Gut, the research team McGill University in C
  • Serum Institute to manufacture 200mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine
    Health / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (IANS) A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will accelerate the manufacture and delivery of up to 100 million doses of safe and e
  • Are men at a greater risk of heart disease than women?
    Health / 29th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 29 (IANSlife): Over the years, multiple researches have concluded that heart disease impacts men and women differently. It has been noted that in the younger age groups, men are at a far higher risk of heart disease than women; on an average, while the disease strikes
  • Clinical trial of Ayurvedic remedy for Covid-19 shows groundbreaking results
    Health / 28th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 28 (IANS): A groundbreaking interim report on a clinical trial being conducted in three hospitals has shown that Covid-19 patients on natural treatment are resolving most symptoms earlier than those on conventional medicines. The interim report on combination treatm
  • Healthy at Heart
    Health / 28th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 28 (IANSlife): This World Heart Day, let's have a light-hearted conversation about the importance of having a healthy heart and how one should take care of it. Being aware of cardiovascular diseases and measures to prevent them is of utmost importance to all of us,

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LIFE AND STYLE

  • Payal Ghosh meets Maharashtra governor seeking Y category security
    Life & Style / 29th September 2020 /
    Mumbai, September 29 (IANS): Actress Payal Ghosh, who has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday seeking Y-category security. The meeting took place at Raj Bhavan in the city. Payal was accompanied by Union Minist
  • Sona Mohapatra: The men in film land only stick to milk and biscuits?
    Life & Style / 28th September 2020 /
    Mumbai, September 28 (IANS): Singer Sona Mohapatra finds it strange that only actresses are being singled out as alleged drug users in Bollywood, while none of their male counterparts have come under the radar of suspicion. On Monday, in a verified Facebook post, Sona also spoke about t
  • Changing footwear trends in India
    Life & Style / 27th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 27 (IANSlife): Covid-19 has changed consumer buying patterns across segments, ranging from FMCG, personal care, apparel to footwear. The change has also led manufacturers to take innovative strategies and widen certain product portfolio ranges to attract consumers and
  • Campaign creates buzz about perils of early marriage and pregnancies in Rajasthan
    Life & Style / 26th September 2020 /
    Jaipur, September 26 (IANS) : The Zero Teenage Pregnancy (ZTP) campaign, launched at the start of this year, aiming at highlighting the issue in Rajasthan, has created a buzz around the sensitive and important issue of early marriages and pregnancies. In all these months, the campaign h
  • PM Modi is my son: Shaheen Bagh's 'Bilkis Dadi'
    Life & Style / 25th September 2020 /
    New Delhi, September 25 (ANI): Bilkis Bano, the 82-year-old who earned the moniker "Dadi of Shaheen Bagh" during the long protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the national capital has now been named among the 100-most influential global personalities by Time magazine.