New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Air pollution is the second biggest factor affecting human health in India and its economic cost is estimated to exceed USD 150 billion annually, a latest report said.
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Hyderabad, March 23 (PTI): It was a tragedy waiting to happen at the ill-fated scrap godown in Hyderabad's Bhoiguda as 12 migrant workers from Bihar were staying in a single room above the godown that had a
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the Centre to restart the mid-day meal scheme in schools which was discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): A group of senior journalists from all over India issued a collective appeal to constitutional institutions on Wednesday to step in and discharge their mandate in the wake of "at
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Child malnutrition, gender inequality, equitable access to safe water and environmental pollution are some of the factors hindering India's march to progress, Vice President M Ven
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): Aiming to make comprehensive changes in criminal laws, the government has initiated the process of amendment to laws such as Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the
New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): The government has increased the budget on education, crossing Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to queries during the questio
London, March 22 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed the "grave situation" as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian
United Nations/Geneva, March 22 (PTI) Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India said the UN Human Rights Council needs to denounce the continued support that Islamabad has been providing to UN-proscribed terroris
Chandigarh, March 22 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government will regularise the services of 35,000 contractual employees.
"A decision has been taken to regularise the s
Washington, March 22 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has said that India is being "somewhat shaky" in terms of showing support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he asserted that most of the frie
New Delhi, March 22 (PTI): Eight persons died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses caught fire at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.
The incident took place within an hour after the alle
New Delhi, March 22 (PTI): Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad's health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi for b
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): A Supreme Court-appointed panel to study the three farm laws, which was scrapped by Parliament in November last year, had recommended that the three legislations should not be repeale
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): Riding high on its stupendous victory in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday took the first step towards its nationwide expansion and appointed new office-bearers for nine states in
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): As many as 29 antiquities, including on the themes of Lord Shiva and his disciples, Lord Vishnu and the Jain tradition, have been repatriated to India by Australia and Prime Minister
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apprised his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison about the situation in eastern Ladakh and emphasised that peace and tranquillity in the regio
Dehradun, March 21 (PTI) Before the Uttarakhand assembly polls, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had compared Pushkar Singh Dhami to cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhami, he said, was a good finisher , suggestin
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind will confer Padma awards, including to General Bipin Rawat (posthumous) and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, at a civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati B
Haveri (K'taka), March 21 (PTI) Hundreds of people paid their last respects to Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, a medical student from the state who was killed in a Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine three