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Potable water, groundwater wastage or misuse now punishable offence in India

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 (IANS): In a landmark development in the history of groundwater preservation in the country, wastage and misuse of potable water or groundwater will, henceforth, be a punishable offen

India / 23rd October 2020
CBI books Manipur official in disproportionate asset case

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 (IANS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has booked a Senior Accountant working in Accountant General's office in Manipur in a disproportionate assets c

North-East / 23rd October 2020
'Venice of the East' revives canals to fix traffic snarls

Rina Chandran Thomson Reuters Foundation Until recently, Nuttanakul Somsak's daily commute to work was unlike that of most residents in Bangkok: she hopped on a boat for about half the price of a train

People-Life-Etc / 23rd October 2020
Amid Covid spread, rain dampens Durga Puja spirit in NE

Guwahati/Agartala, October 23 (IANS): Amid Covid-19 spread, the five-day long Durga Puja festivity was dampened by rain across the northeastern region. The pandemic has restricted not just gatherings and mov

North-East / 23rd October 2020
Torchbearer Mahbubul Hoque turns guiding force for northeast edupreneurs

Guwahati, October 23 (IANS): Mahbubul Hoque, who has set up eight mega educational institutions and a university in 19 years, has turned out to be a guiding light for scores of people in northeast India. Wit

North-East / 23rd October 2020
Unfur-gettable: Puppy with green fur born in Sardinia

ROME, October 23 (Reuters): Italian farmer Cristian Mallocci could not believe his eyes when Spelacchia, one of his eight dogs, gave birth to a green-furred puppy. The tiny dog, immediately named Pistac

World / 23rd October 2020
RBI Central Board takes stock of the economy

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 23 (IANS): The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday reviewed the current economic situation, continued global and domestic challenges and various areas of operations of the

Business / 23rd October 2020
COVID-19 circulating more quickly than in spring - French epidemiologist

PARIS, October 23 (Reuters): The COVID-19 virus is spreading more quickly than during its initial outbreak in the spring, French government scientific advisor Arnaud Fontanet said on Friday, in one of the

World / 23rd October 2020
Japan PM's meddling in science panel a 'dangerous direction' - scholars

TOKYO, October 23 (Reuters): Scholars excluded from Japan's top science advisory panel said the move was unconstitutional and a dangerous sign of how newly installed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will

World / 23rd October 2020
Sri Lanka parliament strengthens presidential powers

COLOMBO, October 23 (Reuters): Sri Lankan lawmakers approved amendments to the constitution that strengthened the powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and took away parliament's role in making key ap

World / 23rd October 2020
Russian hackers attack U.S. state and local government networks, U.S. government says

Reuters Hackers sponsored by Russia have been trying to break into U.S. state and local government computer networks and in two instances were successful, U.S. government agencies said on Thursday - the seco

World / 23rd October 2020
Erdogan says Turkey tested Russian S-400s, shrugs off U.S. objections

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday that Turkey had been testing the S-400 air defence systems that it bought from Russia and said U.S. objections on the issue did not matter

World / 23rd October 2020
Free on bail, prominent Thai protest leader pledges to keep up campaign

BANGKOK, October 23 (Reuters): One of the most prominent leaders of more than three months of anti-government protests in Thailand was freed on bail on Friday and pledged to keep up the campaign to remove

World / 23rd October 2020
Holocaust survivor and Nazi sympathiser's son forge friendship in Belgium

BRUSSELS, October 23 (Reuters): More than seven decades ago, their families were divided by war and hatred - Koenraad Tinel, the son of a Nazi sympathiser, and Simon Gronowski, a Holocaust survivor who los

World / 23rd October 2020
Malaysian PM to ask king to declare state of emergency - sources

KUALA LUMPUR, October 23 (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will ask the king to declare a state of emergency on Friday, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that

World / 23rd October 2020
Don't give up on COVID-19 plasma, experts say, after study finds no benefit

LONDON, October 23 (Reuters): Researchers called on Friday for more research into using blood from recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment, after a small t

World / 23rd October 2020
EU environment ministers strike deal on climate law, leave out 2030 target

BRUSSELS, October 23 (Reuters): European Union environment ministers struck a deal on Friday to make the bloc's 2050 net zero emissions target legally binding, but left a decision on a 2030 emissions-cuttin

World / 23rd October 2020
Trump's description of India as filthy sets off calls for cleaner air

NEW DELHI, October 23 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump's description of India as a filthy place with polluted air has unleashed calls on social media for urgent clean-up action, particularly over

India / 23rd October 2020
ISL: Mumbai City FC sign goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa

Mumbai, October 23 (IANS): Mumbai City FC on Friday announced the signing of goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa ahead of the 2020-21 season of the Indian Super League (ISL). The 22-year-old joins the Islanders on a con

Sports / 23rd October 2020
Punjab lynch mob attacks child rapist & his grandpa

CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 23 (IANS): A lynch mob went berserk on Friday and assaulted an accused and his grandfather, who were in police custody on charges of raping and burning a six-year-old girl of a migrant labou

India / 23rd October 2020