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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

8th April 2026 Nagaland: Koridang bypoll turns into multi-cornered contest as 6 candidates vie amid tense atmosphere

8th April 2026 ‘Family is built on love, not biology’

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30 cr Indians to be vaccinated first in Covid immunisation drive

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): The government has marked 30 crore Indians for the large-scale immunisation of Covid-19 vaccine after it gets the necessary approval, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfar

Health / 8th December 2020
Australia stop Kohli, prevent clean sweep by India with 12-run win in final T20I

Sydney, December 8 (PTI): Australian bowlers held their nerves to come up trumps against the genius of Virat Kohli, stalling an Indian clean-sweep with a 12-run victory in the third and final T20 International

Sports / 8th December 2020
India to be ready for complete 5G usage in 2-3 years: Mittal

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Tuesday said that India will be ready to reap complete benefits of 5G technology in the next two to three years. Speaking at i

Business / 8th December 2020
Russia seeks prompt solution to Nagorno-Karabakh humanitarian crisis

MOSCOW, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): Russia is seeking a prompt and urgent solution to resolve the humanitarian issues in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei L

World / 8th December 2020
India could have 8 vaccines ready for authorisation in near future

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): As many as eight vaccine candidates for Covid-19 are under different stages of clinical trials which could be ready for authorisation in near future, the ministry of health and fam

India / 8th December 2020
UN launches int'l hub on behavioural insights to counter terrorism

UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) has launched an International Hub on Behavioral Insights to Counter Terrorism. The hub, established in partnership with Qatar, wi

World / 8th December 2020
Taller than before, Everest stands at 8,848.86 meters

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): It's official. The height of world's tallest peak is slightly higher than it was measured earlier. On Tuesday, Nepal and China jointly announced that Mount Everest, the

World / 8th December 2020
Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed

Washington, December 8 (AP): President Donald Trump and allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allow

World / 8th December 2020
Nokia's Chennai factory now manufacturing latest 5G gear

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia on Tuesday said it has started manufacturing next-generation 5G equipments at its factory in Chennai. The company which was the first to manufac

Business / 8th December 2020
Mukesh Ambani calls for policy steps for early roll out of 5G

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said there was a requirement of policy measures for the early roll out of the fifth generation (5G) connectivity technol

Business / 8th December 2020
France to face Ukraine in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Zurich, December 8 (IANS): Reigning world champions France will face Ukraine and Bosnia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers. The UEFA preliminary draw took place at a virtual event on Monday where

Sports / 8th December 2020
Indian eves focused on producing best result in Tokyo, says Udita

Bengaluru, December 8 (IANS): Attacking midfielder in the Indian women's hockey team Udita has pinned her focus on the Olympic Games re-scheduled to be held next year in Tokyo and believes the next seven mo

Sports / 8th December 2020
Boxing body polls deferred as members express concern over Covid-19

New Delhi, Decèmber 8 (IANS): The upcoming elections of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), slated to take place on December 18, have been postponed after a majority of its member state associations ex

Sports / 8th December 2020
BJP diverting attention as I only wrote about reforms: Pawar

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): Amid the Bharat Bandh, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday attacked the BJP for diverting the attention, and said during his tenure as the Union Cabinet Minister, he had only talke

India / 8th December 2020
High drama as Sisodia alleges CM under house arrest, police denies

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): High drama was witnessed outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Tuesday after his deputy Manish Sisodia went there and accused the Delhi Police of putting

India / 8th December 2020
Modi's post during Covid most retweeted one in politics: Twitter

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): The tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about lighting lamps of hope and good health during the Covid-19 pandemic was the 'Most Retweeted Tweet in Politics' on Twitter, t

India / 8th December 2020
India 9th among top 20 most spammed countries in 2020

New Delhi, December 8 (IANS): Despite a reduction in the amount of spam calls received, India still made it into the top 10 most spammed countries in 2020, a new Truecaller report said on Tuesday. In the fir

Science & Technology / 8th December 2020
PM says mobile technology to be used for COVID-19 vaccination drive

New Delhi, December 8 (PTI) With the chances of a COVID-19 vaccine being available soon increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against t

India / 8th December 2020
90-year-old Maggie world's first to get anti-COVID jab in 'landmark moment'

London, December 8 (PTI): The UK kicked off its biggest-ever vaccine campaign in history on Tuesday, as 90-year-old grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTec

World / 8th December 2020
Bharat Bandh: Life hit in some states as farmers take national centrestage

New Delhi/Chandigarh, December 8 (PTI): Shops and commercial establishments were closed, transport affected and traffic disrupted as protesters squatted on roads and train tracks in several parts of the country

India / 8th December 2020