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Need to review many welfare schemes, Montek reminds govt

New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a former Deputy Chairman of the now- defunct Planning Commission, on Monday said that many welfare schemes of the government needed to be reviewed to

Business / 17th February 2020
Industry asks Modi govt to consider import subsidies

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 17 (IANS): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended a slew of measures to the government including subsidies to overcome the adverse impact of disruption in

Business / 17th February 2020
'Every scenario on the table' in China virus outbreak - WHO's Tedros

Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland on February 11, 2020. (REUTERS Photo) GENEVA, February

World / 17th February 2020
Nagaland: News in brief

Two apprehended in Wokha Wokha, February 17 (MExN): The Wokha Circle Students’ Union (WCSU) on Monday apprehended two persons from Wokha Town Municipal Complex for shoplifting and possession of banned drug

Nagaland / 17th February 2020
30 kg gold robbed in Ludhiana in 20 minutes

Gold. (IANS File Photo) CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 17 (IANS)0: In a daring heist, five armed robbers on Monday decamped with 30 kg gold from the industrial city Ludhiana in Punjab within 20 minutes

India / 17th February 2020
Syria's Assad says major gains against rebels not yet end of 9-year conflict

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attends a meeting in Damascus, Syria on January 7, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo) AMMAN, February 17 (Reuters): Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Monda

World / 17th February 2020
As South Sudan deadline to form unity government looms, soldiers and rebels hastily gather

South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), and The Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) soldiers gather at the training site for the joint force t

World / 17th February 2020
Pakistan confirms escape of Taliban leader who justified Malala shooting

ISLAMABAD, February 17 (Reuters): A high-profile local Taliban figure who announced and justified the 2012 attack on teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has escaped detention, Pakistan's interior minis

World / 17th February 2020
Libya's rival factions dig in for long conflict

Security forces stand guard during a celebration of the 9th anniversary of the revolution against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya on February 17. (REUTERS Photo) &nb

World / 17th February 2020
‘Massive’ efforts on to make Mizoram most literate & cleanest state: Guv

File Photo Mizoram Governor, PS Sreedharan Pillai. (Photo: M Nikhil Kumar / CC BY-SA [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0] via Wikimedia Commons) Newmai News Network Aizawl |

North-East / 17th February 2020
Mizoram to launch COVID- 19 awareness campaign along borders

Newmai News Network AIZAWL | February 17 The Mizoram government will launch campaign (gram sabha) to give awareness to people to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), which ha

North-East / 17th February 2020
48-hour strike of Mapithel dam-affected villagers begins

Newmai News Network IMPHAL | February 17 The 48-hour total shutdown along the road leading to Mapithel Dam imposed by the dam affected villagers commenced on Monday. The s

North-East / 17th February 2020
Ex-Tripura CS arrested from UP in PWD scam

Agartala, February 17 (IANS): Former Tripura Chief Secretary Yash Pal Singh was arrested on Monday in connection with a multi-crore PWD scam from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district in a joint operat

North-East / 17th February 2020
NFR conducts disaster management training

Senior officials and staff of the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) during a training on disaster management held at the Multi-Disciplinary Divisional Training Institute (MDDTI), Rangiya on February 15. (Photo

North-East / 17th February 2020
Pompeo blasts corruption, promotes U.S. business in Africa trip

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a business leaders reception at the Museu de Moeda in Luanda, Angola on February 17. (REUTERS Photo) LUANDA, February 17 (Reuters): U.S. Secr

World / 17th February 2020
Indonesian authorities call for calm after radiation found at housing complex near Jakarta

The National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN) and Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) decontaminate the soil that is exposed to radioactive waste in the residential area of Batan Indah, Tangera

World / 17th February 2020
Massive fire in GST Bhavan; scores evacuated, no casualty

Mumbai, February 17 (PTI): Scores of employees were evacuated from the GST Bhavan in south Mumbai after a massive fire broke out in the multi-storey building on Monday, but no casualty was reported, civic offic

India / 17th February 2020
SC calls delay in Permanent Commission to women officers 'irreparable prejudice'

IANS Photo New Delhi, February 17 (IANS): Insisting on shaking-off typical arguments founded on the physical strengths and weaknesses of men and women, the Supreme Court in a landmark judgement on

India / 17th February 2020
Modi announces institutional research on migratory birds

Gandhinagar, February 17 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a convention on migratory fauna and announced the creation of an institutional facility for undertaking research and assessmen

India / 17th February 2020
UN summit on critical threats to wildlife begins

Gandhinagar, February 17 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Ani

India / 17th February 2020