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9th April 2026 Nagaland: Adoptions without legal order constitute child trafficking, cautions SARA

9th April 2026 NagaEd’s LEAP Project transforms digital education in Kiphire

9th April 2026 Nearly 81 pc turnout in Nagaland’s Koridang Assembly bypoll; no incident

9th April 2026 Nagaland bypoll: Around 60 pc voter turnout recorded in Koridang Assembly seat till 1 P.M.

9th April 2026 Nagaland bypoll: Voting underway in Koridang amid heavy security

9th April 2026 ‘No case of impersonation’: Police clarify IRB deployment in Koridang area

8th April 2026 Free and Fair: Koridang bye-election voting today

8th April 2026 Koridang bye-poll: NPP claims fake IRB personnel controlling villager movement

8th April 2026 Zunheboto Child Helpline 1098 receives 41 calls: DCPO

8th April 2026 Leprosy cases in Nagaland confined to three districts

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MIT scientists create music from spider webs

New York, April 12 (IANS) A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have translated the structure of a spider web into music, which could have applications ranging from b

Science & Technology / 12th April 2021
76% growth in digital payments in India in last 12 months

BENGALURU, APRIL 12 (IANS): Online transactions saw a healthy growth of 76 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to 2020, as tier 2 and 3 cities and towns continued to contribute over 50 per cent of

Business / 12th April 2021
Pets eased children's loneliness in lockdown: Study

New Delhi, April 12 (IANSlife) Family pets help children better manage feelings of stress and loneliness, which have been greatly exacerbated by virtual schooling as a result of the pandemic, shows a new survey

Health / 12th April 2021
Base effect pushes March passenger vehicle sales higher: SIAM

NEW DELHI, APRIL 12 (IANS): Base effect, along with low interest rates and pent-up demand, accelerated domestic passenger vehicle sales in March 2021 on both year-on-year and sequential basis. Sales of passe

Business / 12th April 2021
Antibody reaction traced to blood clots linked to AstraZeneca jabs

New York, April 12 (IANS) After reports of blood clots experienced by some people after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine triggered safety concerns, new research published in a leading medical journal

Health / 12th April 2021
'Jallianwala Bagh propelled the Mahatma to assume centre stage'

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre propelled Mahatma Gandhi to assume centre stage and encouraged him to launch his non-violent movement, says Nonica Datta, an Associate Professor of Histo

Featured News / 12th April 2021
B'desh imposes week-long air travel ban

Dhaka, April 12 (IANS): Bangladesh has announced plans to ban all international and domestic flights for a week from Wednesday, coinciding with yet another lockdown to counter a spike in new coronavirus cass.

World / 12th April 2021
Cambodians demand apology over altered images of genocide victims

Phnom Penh, April 12 (IANS): Cambodians are demanding an apology after an Irish artist altered images of the country's genocide victims, including digitally colouring and adding smiles to prisoners facing e

World / 12th April 2021
Suu Kyi demands in-person meeting with lawyers

Nay Pyi Taw, April 12 (IANS): Myanmar's former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted and detained following the February 1 coup, has again demanded a face-to-face meeting with her lawyers at a co

World / 12th April 2021
Arunachal reports 4 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally rises to

Itanagar, April 12 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported four fresh COVID-19 cases, including a security personnel, pushing the tally to 16,882, a senior health department official said on Monday. The northeaste

North-East / 12th April 2021
Mizoram reports seven fresh COVID-19 cases, one more fatality

Aizawl, April 12 (PTI): Mizoram''s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 4,619 with seven fresh cases, an official said on Monday. The state also reported one more fatality, pushing the death toll to 12, he sai

North-East / 12th April 2021
Iran blames Israel for attack on nuke facility

Tehran, April 12 (IANS): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday described the cyberattack on the Natanz nuclear facility as an act of terrorism and blamed Israel for it. The plant in central

World / 12th April 2021
Tokyo adopts tougher virus rules, starts vaccinating elders

Tokyo, April 12 (AP): Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as it struggles to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1 per

World / 12th April 2021
Inter continue march to title, Juve sink Genoa

Rome, April 12 (IANS): Inter Milan moved closer to the Serie A championship after a 1-0 hard-win over Cagliari while Juventus claimed the second consecutive victory by dispatching Genoa 3-1 at Allianz Stad

Sports / 12th April 2021
BAFTA 2021: 'Nomadland' wins big, Adarsh Gourav loses to Anthony Hopkins

London, April 12 (IANS): The Frances McDormand-starrer Hollywood drama "Nomadland" was the big winner at the 74th British Academy for Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards held at Royal Albert Hall

Entertainment / 12th April 2021
6.1-magnitude quake kills 8 in Indonesia

Jakarta, April 12 (IANS): At least eight people were killed and 39 others injured when an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's East Java province, the National Disaster Managemen

World / 12th April 2021
Microsoft to buy speech-recognition firm Nuance for $16B: Report

San Francisco, April 12 (IANS): Microsoft is reportedly acquiring speech-recognition company Nuance Communications for nearly $16 billion and the deal could be announced on Monday (US time), the media reported.

Business / 12th April 2021
Flipkart enters into strategic partnership with Adani Group

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS): Flipkart, India's leading homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Monday announced a strategic and commercial partnership with the Adani Group, India's largest multinational infras

Business / 12th April 2021
Petrol, diesel prices unchanged for 13th consecutive day

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS): Fuel prices in the country remained unchanged on Monday with oil marketing companies continuing the pause mode and keeping petrol and diesel prices static for the 13th consecutive da

Business / 12th April 2021
Novel personalised cancer vaccine safe: Study

New York, April 12 (IANS): A new personalised cancer vaccine, developed by the US researchers, is safe and beneficial for patients with different cancers, including lung and bladder, results of phase I clinical

World / 12th April 2021