New Delhi, June 13 (PTI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Sunday asked social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, to share origin of posts advertising direct adoption of c
Mumbai, June 13 (PTI): A video of a car disappearing into a pool of water in a Mumbai housing complex after the spot where it was parked caved in went viral on social media on Sunday.
Responding to the viral
New Delhi, June 13 (PTI): Several private hospitals across the country said they have no clarity on procuring COVID-19 vaccines under the new policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it has led
New Delhi, June 13 (PTI): Losing a loved one is never easy but if one were to compare, there would not be a loss that could quite match the severity of losing one's parents, especially for dependent childre
NEW DELHI, JUNE 13 (IANS): More than four lakh (4,48,760) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States and the Union Territories (UTs) within the next 3 days.
Ministry of Health and F
KAUSHAMBHI, June 13 (IANS): In a new initiative for eco-conservation, the residents of a village in Kaushambhi district have made it mandatory for every newly wedded couple to plant a tree.
The residents of
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) India's Covid cases continued to witness decline as it recorded 80,834 new Covid cases, lowest since April 1 and 3,303 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to da
New Delhi, June 13 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for following a 'one earth, one health' approach to effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic globally, and sought the suppo
New Delhi, June 12 (PTI): India has approached the Dominica High Court seeking to be impleaded as a party in the case filed by lawyers of absconding businessman Mehul Choksi whose bail was rejected by the High
New Delhi, June 12 (PTI): India Saturday refuted a report which claimed that its Covid deaths could be "five to seven times" higher than the official number, saying the assessment is based on extrapol
New Delhi, June 12 (PTI): A total of 1,50,000 sub-health centres and primary health centres will be transformed into Ayushman Bharat health and wellness centres (AB-HWCs) by December 2022, the Centre said on Sa
Thane, June 12 (PTI): Lack of jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced some young men who have college degrees to work as `nullah' (drain) cleaners in the Mumbra area near here.
But they are not asha
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 (IANS): India has for the first time formed a policy to compile, archive, declassify, and publish military operations and war histories.
Earlier there was no such provision. Indian Defence
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 (IANS): All mainstream media, including print and electronic, will have to comply the provisions of IT Rules, 2021 with immediate effect without exemption as the government has refused to exe
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 12 (IANS): The Attapadi areas where a sizeable tribal population lives in Palakkad district has been unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid-19, so a doctor went out of the way to enc
New York, June 12 (IANS) Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won the US' top journalism award, the Pulitzer Prize, for innovative investigative reports harnessing satellite technology that expose
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The coronavirus situation in India appears to be stabilizing as the country recorded 84,332 new Covid cases, and 4,002 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data r
Kolkata, June 11 (PTI): In a blow to the prestige of the Bharatiya Janata Party, it's national Vice President Mukul Roy along with son Subhranshu, re-joined Trinamool Congress on Friday, with Bengal Chief M
Chennai, June 11 (IANS): MDMK general secretary and firebrand leader Vaiko has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make efforts to conduct a referendum among the global Tamil diaspora for a sovereign state of
CHENNAI, JUNE 11 (IANS): With the Covid pandemic creating a financial crisis and parents finding it difficult to make ends meet, girls under the marriageable age are being married off in the state.
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