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19th October 2025 37 villages resolve to protect Ntangki National Park at Athibung consultation

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18th October 2025 IT’S FINAL NOW: NDPP agrees to merge with NPF

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Banks not to pay further dividend from FY20 profits

Shaktikanta Das. (IANS File Photo) NEW DELHI, APRIL 17 (IANS): Banks will not be required to pay any further dividend from their profits from financial year 2019-20 as the Reserve Bank of

Business / 17th April 2020
Myanmar to free almost 25,000 prisoners in largest amnesty in years

A health worker sprays disinfectant as people gather outside Insein prison waiting for the release of prisoners after Myanmar government announced the release of almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark th

World / 17th April 2020
France's coronavirus death toll nears 18,000, but some good omens

Homeless person stand near their tents in the deserted Rue de Rivoli in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

World / 17th April 2020
Farah Khan Ali tests COVID-19 negative

Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan's former sister-in-law and Sussanne Khan's sister, Farah Khan Ali, has tested negative for COVID-19 but says she has been quarantined until April 29.

Entertainment / 17th April 2020
Slow ramp up of industrial activity seen after lockdown relaxation

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS): The partial relaxation of the national lockdown to contain Covid 19 may only see a slow ramp up in industrial activity while some corporates may not restart operations immediate

Business / 17th April 2020
Rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in India slower than in US, Italy

People crowd at LNJP hospital to get themselves checked for coronavirus in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo New Delhi, April 17 (PTI): The rate at which COVID-19 cases has b

India / 17th April 2020
Britain's Princess Beatrice cancels wedding amid coronavirus -media reports

April 17 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Princess Beatrice and her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have canceled their royal wedding due to the lockdown in the United Kingdom amid the coronavirus pande

Entertainment / 17th April 2020
U.S. officials run into dead ends in rush to find masks amid pandemic

A family wearing face masks queues in a check-in line at Dulles International Airport a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced travel restrictions on flights from Europe to the United States for 30 day

World / 17th April 2020
US stocks end higher following grim weekly jobs data

IANS FIle Photo. New York, April 17 (IANS): US stocks closed higher on Thursday after data showed more than 5 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. The Dow Jones

Business / 17th April 2020
Sensex up 1,000 points ahead of RBI Governor's briefing

IANS File Photo. Mumbai, April 17 (IANS): The Indian stock market opened on a positive noted on Friday, with the BSE Sensex rising over 1,000 points. The gains came ahead of the briefin

Business / 17th April 2020
Financial sectors, minor and timber forest produce exempted from lockdown

IANS File Photo. New Delhi, April 17 (IANS): The Centre has exempted financial sectors, Minor Forest Produce (MFP) and Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) activities from the lockdown restriction

Business / 17th April 2020
3 held in Assam for siphoning off foodgrains meant for poor

Hailakandi, April 17 (PTI): Three persons have been arrested in connection with siphoning off rice and flour wheat meant for the poor in Hailakandi district of South Assam, police said. District Su

North-East / 17th April 2020
Italy COVID-19 deaths climb above 22,000

A medical staff member looks out over the intensive care unit, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, at the Circolo hospital in Varese, Italy, on April 9, 2020. REUT

World / 17th April 2020
Trump proposes 3-phased country reopening plan

New York, April 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has proposed a three-phase, locally targeted plan for opening the coronavirus-battered nation, but will leave the decision on implementing it in the hand

World / 17th April 2020
Wuhan revises number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths

Wuhan, April 17 (IANS) Wuhan city, the capital of China's Hubei province where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Friday revised the numbers of its confirmed coronavirus cases and

World / 17th April 2020
In the midst of COVID-19, 'The Big Questions Of Life'

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional; loss is unavoidable; grief isn't; death is certain. And life? Well, life isn't certain. Its uncertainty, unpredictability, even its irr

Life & Style / 17th April 2020
Implement proposed law for docs safety, AIIMS RDA urges Shah

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged for the implement a proposed law

India / 17th April 2020
Unable to reach hospital, Telangana woman delivers baby on road

Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) A woman in Telangana delivered a child by the roadside as she could not be shifted to a hospital in Suryapet town on time by her husband on his motorbike due to barricades put up

India / 17th April 2020
Constitute economic task force in UP: Priyanka

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and demanded constituting an Economic Task Force in the state to give re

India / 17th April 2020
Resolution period for large stressed assets extended by 90 days: RBI

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced a 90-day extension for the resolution period for large stressed assets which have not been resolved withi

Business / 17th April 2020