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

19th October 2025 Naga Tribe Hohos, FNR declare formation of new Naga political factions unacceptable

19th October 2025 1.51 crore lamps light up Uttar Pradesh, 26 lakh Illuminate Ayodhya Dham: CM Yogi

19th October 2025 12,000 special trains operating, stop overcrowding rumours, appeals Railway Minister Vaishnaw amid festive rush

19th October 2025 ‘A Light on the Eastern Horizon’

19th October 2025 'Celebrate responsibly, shun negativity': President Murmu, VP Radhakrishnan greet people on Diwali

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

18th October 2025 ‘With influence comes responsibility’

18th October 2025 Nagaland United SC lifts 25th NSF Martyrs’ Trophy

18th October 2025 ‘Unity is the only way forward,’ says Nagaland CM

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Swiggy launches new initiative to feed the needy

Swiggy. (IANS File Photo) NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): Food delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday said it has partnered with various commercial kitchens, NGOs and state governments to provide dai

Business / 2nd April 2020
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads

A worker sanitizes the exterior of a house in al-Fari'ah refugee camp as part of a campaign conducted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Popular Committee to prevent the spread of the

World / 2nd April 2020
'Fatwa' asks people not to hide corona symptoms

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali. (IANS Photo) LUCKNOW, APRIL 2 (IANS): The Darul Uloom Firangi Mahali in Lucknow has issued a 'fatwa' asking people to go in for the corona test and seek

India / 2nd April 2020
Police on hunt to nab B'luru Asha worker attackers

BENGALURU, APRIL 2 (IANS): City police are on the lookout for the people who attacked an Asha on duty to collect data on COVID-19, an official said Thursday. "Asha workers will be protected by

India / 2nd April 2020
Defence ministry mobilises ex-servicemen in fight against COVID-19

NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has mobilised services of ex-servicemen community of armed forces as a part of augmentation of precious human resources to assist the state administ

India / 2nd April 2020
COVID-19: Meghalaya govt tracks health status, movement of suspect cases

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) In a move to curb the spread of coronavirus, Meghalaya government has devised a digitally-enabled monitoring mechanism to keep a vigil on the health status and movement of people

North-East / 2nd April 2020
South Korea to allow absentee voting by coronavirus patients in parliament elections

A man wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus waits for his flight next to an empty check in booth at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea on March 19, 2020. (REUTERS File Ph

World / 2nd April 2020
Under pressure, British PM vows 'massive' increase in coronavirus tests

A child puts up a poster in support of the NHS at Westlands Primary School as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain on April 2, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)

World / 2nd April 2020
Nagaland’s Virtual Choir brings ‘ray of hope’ during COVID-19 lockdown

A screenshot from the video “An Irish Blessings” by the Nagaland Virtual Choir Project. The project bought together 18 Naga musicians with the objective of spreading the joy of music through a ‘virtual ch

Morung Exclusive / 2nd April 2020
Northern Railway converts 40 coaches into isolation wards

IANS Photo NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 : The Northern Railways on Thursday said that it has converted 40 coaches into the isolation wards for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients and also prepared

Business / 2nd April 2020
States asked to circulate lockdown laws for strict enforcement

CISF personnel wear a mask to protect themselves from pollution outside the Ministry of Home Affairs as smog engulfs New Delhi on November 3, 2019. (IANS File Photo) NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS):

India / 2nd April 2020
COVID-19: WHO chief praises PM Modi's efforts to help the poor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (IANS Photo) NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday praised Prime Minister Nar

India / 2nd April 2020
Govt to miss borrowing target for FY21 over COVID-19 expenditure

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS): Government is unlikely to stick to the targeted levels of borrowings in current fiscal as additional expenditure and funding needs of stimulus measures would push for higher gove

Business / 2nd April 2020
Indian economy to lose $4.64 bn daily during lockdown: Acuite

NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): The ongoing disruption caused by the spread of Covid-19 will have a significant economic consequence with estimates suggesting that every single day of the 21-day nationwide lock

Business / 2nd April 2020
Spain's coronavirus deaths rise above 10,000, yet there's "glimpse of hope"

A member of the Emergency Military Unit waits for a bus in which patients infected with the COVID-19 are being transferred from the Gregorio Maranon hospital to a temporary hospital set up at the IFEMA conferen

World / 2nd April 2020
400 corona positive cases linked to Tablighi: Health Ministry

IANS Photo NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 (IANS): The Health Ministry on Thursday said that around 400 coronavirus positive cases fo far have been linked to Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi, adding that

India / 2nd April 2020
More Afghan women find solace in drugs as coronavirus, migration upends life

A drug addicted mother stands in the doorway of her house in Nimruz's capital Zaranj. About 10 percent of addicts are women here, the National Police estimates in Zaranj, Afghanistan on January 21, 2020. (Thoms

World / 2nd April 2020
National committees have final say on qualified athletes for Tokyo Olympic Games

Countdown clocks for the opening of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games that are currently covered with banners that read 'Adjusting' are seen after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disea

Sports / 2nd April 2020
Duckworth-Lewis co-inventor Tony Lewis dies, aged 78

Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis (right) | Twitter handle of Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historian LONDON, April 2 (Reuters): Tony Lewis, co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis m

Sports / 2nd April 2020
HDFC Group commits Rs 150 crore to PM CARES Fund

HDFC Bank's Q3 standalone net profit up 33% (IANS Photo) New Delhi, April 2 (IANS): Financial services conglomerate HDFC Group on Thursday committed Rs 150 crore to the PM CARES Fund to s

Business / 2nd April 2020