Esah Tea showcases 60 variants of tea from Mangaldoi, Assam’s tea gardens on its own website along with on online marketplaces like Amazon..

Shubhi started volunteering with the Indore traffic police as part of a 20-day social internship programme in her college in 2019..

Chandi is now the 3rd fastest woman to trek across the continent, and also the first person to reach the South Pole on foot in 2 years. ..

In 2020, he developed drones that were used to disinfect streets in Rajapalayam and Madurai..

Project Mumbai launched vaccination drives for neglected sections of society, like for those in destitute homes or those without ID cards ..

India, on Saturday, successfully test-fired the Agni Prime missile off the coast of Odisha in Balasore, said the government officials. Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles. It is a canisterised missile having range ..

The Omicron count of India has now come close to 100, being 97 on Friday, after 10 new cases of this variant of Covid-19 were reported from national capital Delhi. Satyendar Jain, health minister, confirmed these new cases in Delhi. ..

Rhea Bhattacharya, 34, founded her own apparel brand, Drawn, during the pandemic, which offers womenswear apparel priced between Rs. 3,500 and Rs. 4,500. In 2019, Rhea closed her digital marketing firm to start working towards her dream entrepreneurial ..

2 terrorists have been killed in an encounter in Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir, said the police on Thursday morning. The gun-battle broke out between security forces and terrorists at the Redwani area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir last night...

This story is about Raj Kumar, a Bihar social welfare director. He first heard about 10-YO Prakash (name changed) 2 years ago. This little boy, who could only speak Bangla, and also suffered from epilepsy, was found stranded at Muzaffarpur railway ..

Omicron cases in India have now risen to 38, after Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh and Kerala reported their very first infections. The states of Maharashtra and Karnataka have also recorded one each, of the latest Covid-19 variant, on Sunday. ..

Under the Operation Devi Shakti, Government of India evacuated 94 Afghani people and 10 Indian people from Afghanistan on December 10. The special flight chartered by government arrived at the international airport in Delhi on Friday. The 104 passengers ..

At only 24, Kainaz Messman Harchandrai was bed-ridden due to a freak accident, something which she never expected to happen. Being an alumna of The Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Mumbai, and Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development (OCLD), ..

A special charter flight going from Kabul to New Delhi is to evacuate over 100 people on Friday, most of them Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. It will take back Afghan nationals stranded in India and medical supplies. ..

Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said, Sanskrit is the mother of all languages and it should be made the official language of the country. ..

India successfully test-fired air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, said the ministry of defence. It described the launch as a ‘major milestone’ in BrahMos development. ..

Under the comprehensive program of the Operation Parivarthana, the Andhra Pradesh police have destroyed a cumulative total of 5964.85 acres of the crop consisting of as many as 29,82,425 cannabis plants, having an estimated cost of Rs. 1,491.2 crore, ..

The Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, which is the main venue for Nagaland’s Hornbill festival, looked deserted today, as the government cancelled the day’s events with the killing of civilians in Mon district. ..

The Union health ministry said that the severity of the Covid-19 from the Omicron variant in India could be relatively low due to the “fast pace” of the vaccination and high exposure to the Delta variant...

Odisha government asked collectors to prepare for evacuation from 13 districts amidst the forecast of a cyclonic storm, named Jawad, which will reach the coast on December 4. The IMD said that the low-pressure area forming in south of the Andaman ..

It is 5.00 in the morning, and even before his parents are up, Chirayu Oram, 8, prepares to climb the hill next to Bondamunda RS Colony, with other kids from the neighbourhood. For next 3 hours, they learn several factors of mountaineering under ..

2 terrorists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the Qasba Yar area in Pulwama district, in Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday. ..

A 39-year-old man, who just returned from South Africa, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh, said the Union Territory health officials. The man returned from South Africa on November 21. Initially, after he returned from South Africa, ..

Indian Army has granted permanent commission to as many as 577 women officers since the Supreme Court verdict in February 2020. The Ministry of Defence informed Parliament that 577 women officers have been granted permanent commission...

On a particularly cloudy morning in September, close to 40 female students gathered at Mahim beach in Mumbai, to conduct a clean-up operation - 2 days after the Ganesh festival. Working under the banner of United Way Mumbai or UWM - an NGO, they ..

Kumar Ajwani who is 61, is on a mission to run from Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari. He is covering a total distance of 4,444 kilometre over a time period of 76 days. ..

Student visas issued by UK to Indian nationals, increased 102% in 12-month period ending in September 2021. The skilled worker visas issued to Indians during the same period were up 47%, say the latest British immigration stats. ..

India is set to get remaining 6 Rafale jets with country-specific enhancements. These include long range air-to-air missiles, frequency jammers, advanced communications in coming 2 months. ..

Greater Noida’s first charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) is likely to start in 2 weeks, and as many as 100 such stations are planned for the city, say the officials. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) said it has ..

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised concerns about imposition of strict new media guidelines in Afghanistan by Taliban, that especially harm women. ..

grenade blast happened at the Indian Army’s Triveni Gate near Dheerapul, Pathankot early morning on Monday. Police said some unidentified motorcyclists lobbed the grenade in front of Triveni gate of the cantonment. They were verifying CCTV footage ..

An ecologically fragile one, but an important area in Tamil Nadu, and trees standing tall, deep-rooted, and spread across the area, with the power to stand ground against the roughest of weathers. ..

President Ram Nath Kovind will honour as many as 342 cities that have been conferred some star rating for being clean and garbage-free in ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’, on Saturday. The event to felicitate the cities, ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ is being ..

Actor and BJP leader Hema Malini, and lyricist and former CBFC chief, Prasoon Joshi, are to be conferred with the Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2021, which begins in Goa this Saturday. ..

A top commander of the militant outfit called Hizbul Mujahideen was killed, along with 2 other terrorists, during encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. ..

The moving image of the small seahorse holding an earbud in its tail, which was captured by photographer Justin Hofman back in 2016, had struck a chord with a lot of people around the world. It was a much-needed reminder of the disastrous impact ..

Press Club of India (PCI) demanded that a case filed against 2 women journalists by Tripura police, allegedly for creating hatred between communities, be dropped...

A 13-YO girl hailing from Hyderabad has recently scaled the Mount Kilimanjaro which is the highest mountain located in Africa. The peak is known for its snow-capped peaks. After accomplishing this feat, Muriki Pulakita Hasvi now wants to climb the ..

Playing sports is one of the best ways to keep your body physically fit, says Chalamala Renuka - who is an engineering student hailing from Kadapa and is also emerging as a wrestling talent at the State level...

   The Centre has decided to observe November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas,’ every year in honour of tribal people’s contribution in the freedom movement and nation building, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced ..

Special Enquiry Team (SET) of NCB, probing allegations of extortion attempt in the drugs case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, has recorded statements of over a dozen persons so far, said a senior official. ..

Vehicles accounted for over 50% of Delhi's pollution in early winter of this year, from October 24 to November 8, according to an analysis by green think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). ..

India paid tribute to all the women and men peacekeepers - including 14 police officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, said R Ravindra, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. ..

India is to host a regional summit today, to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, following the fall of democratically-elected government, and the Taliban takeover of the country...

Srinagar has now made it to the prestigious list of the UNESCO creative cities network, for the craft and folk art in a huge recognition for the centuries-old craft and heritage of Jammu and Kashmir. ..

Google today, celebrated Indian cell biologist, Dr. Kamal Ranadive's 104th birthday with a doodle. Kamal Ranadive is known for her ground-breaking cancer research and devotion to creating a more equitable society through science and education...

Phonophobia, which is essentially a fear of loud sounds, and is seen fairly commonly in many pets. Our pets are instinctively trained to recognise, and stay away from any potential threat in our environment. It is similar to astraphobia - the fear ..

PM Modi is travelling to Rome, Italy and Glasgow, UK, from Friday to November 2 to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26 respectively. He’ll pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his first day of arrival in Rome. He will ..

Gurbir Singh from the village of Bhorshi Rajputa in Amritsar, Punjab, is a marginal farmer cultivating traditional crops. He wanted to seek opportunities outside of agriculture. But he was just 19, when tragedy struck him. ..

The Zika virus patient in Kanpur is under treatment but is now stable; samples of the 22 people who were in contact with him, resulted negative for this disease, said officials. ..

In India, almost 18 million children live on the streets. A lot have had no kind of formal education or they dropped out in early years of schooling owing to poverty. Instead, they are forced to beg on streets for a living. ..

Dr. Natalie Cooper, a researcher with Natural History Museum and a jury member, said, “The jury loved this photo from the beginning of the judging process. It is a great reminder to look more closely at the small animals we live with every day, ..

100s of teachers in Herat province, gathered and called on the Taliban to pay up their salaries, as they haven’t been paid for over 4 months, said reports. Teachers demanded that Islamic Emirate facilitate their payments, that they have been grappling ..

8 trekkers along with 3 cooks accompanying them on a trek to Chitkul in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh have gone missing, said officials, on Wednesday. The team of 11 people was on a trek to Chitkul through Harsil in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand, ..

nion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that he had an interaction with the WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, about several issues related to health and the latter lauded the “mammoth efforts” undertaken by Indian government ..

Thomas West has been appointed as new US special representative to Afghanistan, announced the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a statement. This took place after Zalmay Khalilzad resigned from the post following a chaotic withdrawal of American ..

Anupam Tripathi, hailing from Delhi, is the breakout star of Netflix’s global phenomenon, Squid Game. The series has undoubtedly taken the world by storm. Anupam Tripathi, who plays the role of Javed Ali - a Pakistani migrant in South Korea, expressed ..

Airlines will be running domestic flights without capacity restrictions from Monday, according to the revised order by Union ministry of civil aviation. The order was issued to increase in “passengers' demand for air travel,” the ministry stated. ..

On October 9, Shakeel, resident of Mira Road, Mumbai, left his home 5.30 pm for work. With his guitar and music setup, he travelled to Versova, Andheri to street perform. This 24-YO had been performing on streets for a while now, collecting money ..

Besides Britain, over 30 countries across the world have now agreed to recognise India's Covid-19 vaccine certificate, according to officials familiar with the matter. The countries that have agreed on this mutual recognition with India are France, ..

Leaders of G-20 countries discussed the situation in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, including critical need to maintain a laser-focus on counterterrorism efforts, ensure safe passage for foreign nationals still stuck in there. ..

Adani Ports who is India’s largest port operator, has said that its terminals are to stop handling all the containers to and from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan starting November 15. ..

“When I took my first class, I knew this is what I wanted to do my entire life,” says Suganya Kandasamy, who runs a rehabilitation institute for children with learning disabilities in Triplicane...

India is all set to achieve 450 GW renewable energy installed capacity by year 2030, said the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. ..

4 insurgents were shot dead in Thoubal district, Manipur, by security forces on Sunday, said officials. According to reports, the Army's Special Forces were involved in this operation. ..

Navratri, the 9 sacred days of the festival, mark as the most auspicious days of the lunar calendar according to Hinduism. It is celebrated with a lot of fervour and festivity all over India, and in every Hindu community the world, these nine days ..

There was great panic caused in the town of Jhargram in Bengal’s Jhargram district, on Thursday evening, when a leopard escaped from its cage at the mini zoo located around two kilometres away, said the police. ..

Afghanistan’s state power company has appealed to an UN-led mission to give $ 90 million to settle the unpaid bills to Central Asian suppliers before electricity gets cut off for the country, given that their 3-month deadline for payments has passed. ..

The Taliban forces have unlawfully killed as many as 13 ethnic Hazaras - most of them Afghan soldiers who had surrendered to the insurgents, said a prominent rights group recently. ..

The small village of Bandipada (near Khairput), which is located on Bonda hill does not have the proper road communication network that it needs. The villagers who are belonging to the Bonda tribe, have to cross literal nullahs and forests, in order ..

Afghan interpreters who had worked for Netherlands have now been summoned court by the Taliban who have threatened their families, said reports, on Friday. ..

5 talented teenagers, two of them Indian-American, and one of them Indian-origin, are showing the world innovative ways to fight the climate crisis. ..

Friday, October 1, marks the 93rd birth anniversary of the late actor Sivaji Ganesan - and Google has paid tribute to this legend by coming up with a Doodle on him. A Bengaluru artist, Noopur Rajesh Choksi made this Doodle, noted Google. ..

Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang who is a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, has now been appointed as the chief secretary of Meghalaya. This makes her the first ever native woman from the state to head its bureaucracy. ..

The newly appointed chancellor of the Kabul University, Afghanistan that women would be indefinitely banned from teaching at or even be attending the institution. ..

2 teachers decided to start the House Challenging Project back in 2014, right after they heard about a Class 8 student who was homeless. Starting then, they have now built 150 homes over the past 6 years for the homeless...

Sameera Satija, 48, based out of Gurugram, has always appreciated the thought behind bhandaras or community feasts in the city. ..

PM Modi, on Saturday, reached New York, where he will be addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, (which went virtual last year due to the pandemic.) ..

Several US Republican and Democratic lawmakers stormed out of a classified briefing with members of US President Joe Biden administration on Afghanistan on Wednesday, after their questions went unanswered. ..

Attackers struck Taliban vehicles in an eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, said the witnesses. They killed at least 2 fighters and 3 civilians in the latest violence since the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghanistan in mid-August. ..

PM Narendra Modi arrived in Washington for his 3-day visit, today and received a very warm welcome from members of Indian community at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC. The PM stepped out of the motorcade and made interactions with Indians waiting ..

Dr. Anil K Suresh who is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, along with his team from SRM University-AP just recently developed a see-through and transparent (with transmittance above 85%) bio-template...

Pakistan paid a "very heavy price" of siding with US in its occupation of Afghanistan, said PM Imran Khan. He said, listening to American politicians blame Islamabad for its humiliating retreat, hurts. In an interview, Khan expressed anger towards ..

From Monday, people who have not taken any of the two doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 won’t be allowed to enter public transport or civic buildings in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. ..

The students of the Model Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Othakadai were greeted with a surprise, in a traditional way, after going through a gap of 1 and a half years. ..

The Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, started a Covid-19 vaccination drive for devotees within the premises of the temple. Those devotees who want to visit the temple but haven’t been vaccinated yet can get their vaccination done at ..

Chattisgarh is about to be accomplishing an action plan which is to develop the nation’s biggest man-made forest on a vast area. The forest will be made on the abandoned and non-functional mining belt, for the most part. This is at Nandini in the ..

Ola, which is one of the largest ride-hailing services in India, will now soon be launching their new electric scooter factory, which will be run and managed entirely by women. ..

PM Narendra Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with the US President Joe Biden on September 24, followed by meeting of Quad leaders at the White House with focus on Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific, Corona virus, and climate change. ..

Many Afghan women were forced by Taliban to gather at the Kabul University dressed in head-to-toe black robes they distributed on the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks. ..

Taliban fighters have claimed that they seized up to $6 million in cash and close to 15 gold bricks from the residence of the former Afghan president Amrullah Saleh in the Panjshir province. ..

Sapan Kumar, a teacher from Jharkhand, has been invited by the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Harivansh Narayan Singh, to display his model of teaching in New Delhi. Sapan Kumar was recently in the headlines for turning a whole village ..

Oondrukol is an initiative of the District Collector S Karmegam. He is helping those children whose life was destroyed by Covid, by providing them with education. ..

The 12-year-old boy, who is an environmental activist hailing from Shimla, and now living in Mumbai, has been named as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, taking into account his efforts to solve difficult environmental problems...

The Taliban executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, who was the former Afghan vice president who became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley, his nephew said on Friday...

On Friday, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that his government aims to give at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to all adults in the state by September 30...

This17-year-old girl, Asma Shaikh, born and brought up in Mumbai, has spent her entire childhood living on a footpath. Her grandfather had come to Mumbai looking for work, and since then, her family has been living here. The pandemic showed her ..

This woman who died was in her 90s and had a number of underlying health conditions...

On Thursday, Pakistan temporarily closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan. This was apparently due to the fear of influx of refugees eager to leave Afghanistan after the Taliban captured it last month. ..

Avni Singh, 16, had always wanted to made education as a concept, universal. Like many others, Avni too, complaint to her friends about online education when the lockdown was imposed last year. When she went through the news, she found out that ..

Soldiers can charge the heater plates with their own hands, using a physical rotated charger to heat the camp...

Beginning in 2010 from a tiny room in a West Delhi slum, this foundation now has centres across the country..

Dutt trained more than 20,000 farmers, who now grow organic crops in around 15,000 acres...

Vijay says that they feed over 20-30 stray animals including dogs, cows, birds, monkeys in Dargamitta..

Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a drone along India-Pakistan border in Punjab, said the force today. The Chinese-made drone was “detected and downed” on Friday around 11:10 pm near the Wan border post in the Ferozeur sector, it said in a statement. ..

Even while living in the modern day and age, there still exist those families, who continue the tradition of making arts and crafts as their primary source of livelihood. One such family is that of Kondapalli Chidambara Nataraja. ..

Bhutan, on Friday, conferred its highest civilian award, Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - head of state of the country, pronounced Modi’s name for the civilian decoration, highlighting the “unconditional ..

Scientists at Technology Innovation Institute (TII) have developed a new device that allows for better treatment of cancer without damaging any healthy tissues. The radio lens developed by TII’s Directed Energy Research Centre allows microwave cancer ..

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested an Afghan national in connection with Mundra port drug haul case. Sobhan Aryanfar, the accused, is a resident of Neb Sarai, South Delhi. ..

The Supreme Court has allowed Centre to construct all-weather roads with 10-metre tarred surfaces, as part of the Char Dham project. A lot of these are strategic feeder roads which lead to the Indo-China border, said officials. ..

Ashwini Dhokchowle, who is a homemaker living in the Tilak Nagar locality in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, shares how her 1-YO son Shivtej, started eating eggs when he was just 6 months old. This baby now weighs 11.45 kg. The average weight of children ..

British actor Emma Watson, has lauded the Indian rural women for protecting trees and forests during the Chipko Movement during the 1970’s. On her Instagram, Emma shared a picture from the environment conservation movement which was led by Indian ..

Authorities confirmed fresh cases of bird flu in Kuttanad region, Allapuzha, in Kerala. Rapid response teams have been formed for culling hens and ducks in the affected areas. The fresh cases were confirmed in the Thakazhy panchayath Kuttanad region ..

Uttarakhand government declared a 3-day state mourning over death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. General Bipin Rawat, along with his wife and 11 others were killed in the helicopter crash near Coonoor, ..

India currently has a total of 17,726 registered pilots. Out of these, the number of women pilots is 2,764. According to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, globally, close to 5% of pilots are women. But in India, the percentage of ..

Switzerland has now legalised a ‘suicide machine’, named as Sarco. This allows users to kill themselves (relatively) painlessly by inducing hypoxia and hypocapnia, which is the state of insufficient oxygen supply at tissue level, and reduced carbon ..

All throughout history, Indian women have been supporting social change, leading vital movements, and making contributions which proved invaluable to the society. But as can be seen from our history text books, their contributions are forgotten ..

India’s vaccination drive has achieved another milestone, as 50% of the eligible population are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, said the Union health ministry. ..

When the Covid-19 pandemic had created utter confusion, and instilled fear in the minds of people, NC Krishnaprasad, who is a clerk at the community health centre in Pazhambalacode has redefined his role, to guide them through these tough times...

International travel and tourism sector in India will wait longer for a post-covid revival as Union government is adopting a cautious approach sparked to restarting the international commercial passenger flight operations in light of concerns by ..

From Wednesday, a new set of rules will come into effect for international travellers arriving in India. Rules have been revised in view of rising concerns over emergence of new coronavirus variant, called 'Omicron', that has been termed as a "variant ..

It once used to be a means of incredible joy, but few knew what the ‘dancing bear’ actually went through. Baby bears were forcibly taken from their mothers, a rope was put through their nose, pulling which would cause pain and force them to obey ..

It once used to be a means of incredible joy, but few knew what the ‘dancing bear’ actually went through. Baby bears were forcibly taken from their mothers, a rope was put through their nose, pulling which would cause pain and force them to obey ..

The Hindu Forum Canada, on Friday, observed Remembrance Day at Dundas Square, Toronto to honour victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. On November 26, 2008, in Mumbai, terrorists succeeded in killing 170 people, including 26 nationals from 15 countries ..

A major collision took place between 2 cargo ships in off of Gujarat’s Gulf of Kutch on the night of Friday. This collision further went on to lead to an oil slick in the Arabian sea, said Gujarat’s PRO Defence today. ..

A unique ‘clothing bank’ is spreading kindness and dignity amongst the needy. Situated in the Electronic City in Bengaluru, the ‘Imagine Clothes Bank’ was launched recently for the underprivileged to buy clothes...

The Centre is all set to launch a programme in which the school teachers will be trained to identify early warning signs of stress, mental health problems in the students, and provide them and give them the required support. The union education ..

Back in 2019, Jinender Soni quit his job as a maths teacher in a popular online coaching academy, which paid him Rs. 5 lakhs a month. He built a similar facility for government school students in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. ..

Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav flagged off the first-ever All India Survey on Domestic workers being conducted by Labour Bureau, Chandigarh. ..

The story that we are about to look at today has an extremely unique objective - it aims to create an entire tribe of happy people who are living their life contently. The name of this amazingly unique start-up is The Happy Tribe, and it was actually ..

From Monday, travellers from India fully vaccinated people can apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) for flights to Singapore - a day after aviation regulators from the 2 countries reached an agreement to resume daily commercial passenger flights ..

17 individuals have been reported dead, and more than 100 people have been washed away in floods, following the incessant rains happening in Andhra Pradesh. Visuals from the temple town of Tirupati show100s of pilgrims trapped in the massive floods...

Pochampally village in Telangana, which is known for its Ikkat sarees, was selected as one of the best tourism villages in the world by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation or the UNWTO. ..

Delhi environment minister, Gopal Rai, urged his Union government counterpart to hold a meeting and formulate a joint action plan to tackle sources of pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) that were impacting Delhi. ..

India was re-elected to the executive board of the UN's cultural and education organisation for 2021-25 term with 164 votes, on Wednesday. India was re-elected to Group IV of Asian and Pacific States which include Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook ..

It is happening! On the 20th anniversary of the film, HBOMax announced that the reunion of the cast is happening and it will air on HBOMax on January 1, 2022. The post shared by HBOMax said, "For the first time ever, the legendary cast returns to ..

It is widely believed all over the globe that hard work makes everything achievable, because hard work towards any of your goals needs a lot of time and resource available, but that is what makes Kerala’s 104-year-old Kuttiyamma’s feat even more ..

US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a ‘Level One’ Covid-19 notice for Americans travelling to India. They said the risk of contracting the infection and developing severe symptoms may be lower when one is fully vaccinated. ..

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi will submit a proposal on imposing a lockdown and its modalities to the Supreme Court on Monday in view of the rising air pollution in the Capital...

A visually challenged individual, Sanjeev Gohil, recently climbed Mount Friendship, or popularly known as Friendship Peak, at an altitude of 17,346 feet above sea level in Himachal Pradesh. This 43-year-old has always been passionate about forests, ..

Uttarakhand has won prestigious national level awards in 3 categories in field of tourism. It won the Best Wildlife Destination, Best Adventure Destination and Best Spiritual Destination awards. ..

Drugs Controller General of India is reviewing the clinical data of molnupiravir - the world's first anti-Covid pill approved in the UK, for the treatment of Covid-19 in adults in India. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is all set to introduce Merck ..

Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, said on Tuesday that 96 countries have recognised Covaxin and Covishield. Both these COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency use listing (EUL) from the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Two 19-year-old entrepreneurs Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, came back to Mumbai from Stanford University last year and found it hard to get groceries delivered in their area. Dissatisfied by their execution, the duo found an opportunity in the ..

Chennai got some relief on Monday from continuous rain, but many roads and areas in the city are under sheets of water. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more rain there, and nearby areas from today. 4 people have been killed so ..

A constable was shot dead by terrorists outside his residence, in Batamaloo in Srinagar district on Sunday, said the police. The Police identified this constable as Tausif Ahmad. ..

The Indian Navy said that the 7th frigate of P1135.6 class has been launched at the Yantar Shipyard in Russia’s Kaliningrad, which will add capability navy for projecting power in the Indian Ocean region. ..

The controversial “independent witness” of the NCB, that is investigating the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case has now been detained in Pune, around 3 days after he claimed that he would surrender at a police station in Lucknow, capital Uttar Pradesh. ..

The International Olympic Committee said that over 700 members of its community still remain in danger in Afghanistan under Taliban regime. ..

Apollo group said it will provide Covid-19 vaccine for free to children with “specified co-morbidities”, even as Centre is yet to announce its approval to it. ..

Fully vaccinated travellers coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of World Health Organization / WHO approved Covid-19 vaccines, shall now be allowed to leave the airport and they need not go through ..

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge completed 26 years on Friday, and Aditya Chopra, the director, announced his Broadway debut. Titled ‘Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical’, the Broadway is being produced by Yash Raj Films. Aditya was working on this ..

In view of the easing Covid-19 situation, the city's civic body, the BMC has allowed cinema halls, drama theatres, and auditoriums, to reopen from Friday, with Covid-19 protocols like the mandatory use of face masks and social distancing. ..

With Afghanistan’s food crisis driving millions to the brink of starvation, and India is going over options to transport 50,000 metric tons of wheat and medical aid there. ..

C M Nagaraja, is a school teacher from Bengaluru, and even though he teaches science to students of Class 8, 9 and 10, he has gone well beyond his call of duty to inculcate some very healthy lifestyle changes through his teachings and lessons. ..

Incessant rains have been lashing Uttarakhand for the second consecutive day on Monday, prompting authorities to advise Chardham pilgrims to not proceed to the temples until the weather clears. ..

India is likely to host a national security advisor-level meeting on Afghanistan in New Delhi in November. This will be the first-of-its-kind dialogue, hosted by New Delhi. The tentative dates of the proposed in-person dialogue are November 10-11 ..

Pune airport will remain closed for 14 days starting October 16 to October 29 to complete the runway resurfacing work. ..

The electricity supply from Uzbekistan, to several Afghan provinces and the capital city Kabul has been stopped due to technical problems, said Afghanistan's state power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat / DABS. ..

Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu, who is a 32-year-old advocate hailing from Bengaluru, has been appointed as Chairperson of New York City Bar’s International Human Rights Committee. She is now all set to take up big challenges in terms of addressing the ..

South Korean drama Squid Game, has become Netflix's most popular series ever. This thriller show has gathered more than 111 million fans in less than a month, said the streaming service. ..

Amid reports of power crisis due to alleged shortage of coal stock in the country, government sources on Tuesday said States have to pay nearly Rs. 20,000 crores as dues to Coal India. ..

Girl students returned to schools in provinces of Kunduz, Balkh and Sar-e-Pul, for the first time since the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan, said reports. Head of Balkh's provincial department of education, Jalil Sayed Khili, said all ..

The Taliban have arrested 8 terrorists of Islamic States in Afghanistan’s Khost province in the east. ..

2 teenage girls suffering from spinal deformity were operated upon, using an integrated system of the 3D imaging and minimally invasive robotics procedure, said Indian Spinal Injuries Centre / ISIC hospital, earlier this week. ..

Russia will invite representatives of Taliban to the international talks on Afghanistan that it is planning to host in Moscow on October 20, said President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan. ..

Healthy diets never equal to bad taste, and 25-year-old Siva Priya proves that. When she was trying to avoid milk tea and black tea, but the only other common option, green tea, didn’t sit well with her taste buds. Hence, she decided to make a much ..

The Anti-Narcotics Cell / ANC of Mumbai Police has arrested 2 drug suppliers from Rajasthan, seized heroin worth Rs. 15 crores from them, said an official on Wednesday. ..

The Karnataka government announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 3 lakh to families of those who died after drinking the water which was contaminated. This took place in a village in a district named Vijayanagara, which was recently made. ..

Plant-based microbial fuel cells can generate power profitably from wastewater compared to the algae-based systems, researchers of Indian Institute of Technology / IIT Jodhpur have found. The results of their work, (sponsored by central government's ..

5 members of a Navy expedition team went missing Friday after getting caught in an avalanche near the summit of Mount Trishul, Uttarakhand. 5 of the 10-member team were safe. ..

The Taliban, on Thursday, violently shut down on a women's rights demonstration, by firing shots into the air and pushing the protesters back. ..

The Taliban-controlled Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority / CAA wrote to the Indian aviation regulator DGCA to resume commercial flights between the two countries. ..

In August of 2018, flash floods and landslides left behind them a trail of destruction, Kaluru was one of the worst-hit villages in Kodagu district. People lost most of their livestock, houses, farmlands and estates just within a night. ..

A 41-year-old deputy commandant-rank official of Jharkhand Jaguar, an anti-Maoist force of state police, was killed in an encounter in Latehar district, on Tuesday, said a senior official. ..

The Taliban said on Sunday, airport in Kabul is fully ready for domestic and international flights. ..

The Taliban's new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month. ..

Vinisha Umashankar is a 14-year-old girl hailing from Tiruvannamalai. She is one among the 15 finalists for the first-ever Earthshot Prize, launched by the Prince of Britain, William, last year...

US Vice President, Kamala Harris, in her maiden meeting with PM Modi, ‘suo moto’ referred to Pakistan's role in terrorism. ..

PM Narendra Modi arrived in Washington for his 3-day visit, today and received a very warm welcome from members of Indian community at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC. The PM stepped out of the motorcade and made interactions with Indians waiting ..

This the very first of its kind initiative made to encourage the tribal students to their pursue high education abroad. In it, 6 tribal students have been selected for the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Scholarship Scheme. ..

The Mumbai Crime Branch issued a lookout notice against the missing accused Yash Thakur alias Arvind Srivastava, and Pradeep Bakshi, both aides of businessman and Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, said the Crime Branch on Tuesday...

A woman was injured and close to a dozen vehicles have been buried under slush that entered a village in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, following heavy rains early Monday, said the officials. ..

The Directorate of Revenue and Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 3,000kg of Afghan heroin worth approx. ₹21,000 crore in international market from 2 containers at Mundra port in Gujarat. ..

Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture said that they have started efforts to track, locate the Bactrian treasure. It is also called the Bactrian Gold and was discovered 4 decades ago in the Tela Tapa area of Sherberghan district. This was ..

The International Monetary Fund or IMF said that its engagement with Afghanistan will remain suspended until there is clarity within the international community on the recognition of the government led by the Taliban. The IMF said that it is concerned ..

The initiative of the Telangana government, 'Medicine from the Sky' was launched on September 11, Saturday. ..

Dr. S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, is expected to travel to Tajikistan on Thursday. He is to participate in an important meeting at Dushanbe, on the situation in Afghanistan and hold talks with counterparts from many countries, on the ..

The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin or the AAPI is one of the biggest medical associations in the United States, has launched the "Adopt-A-Village" initiative. The initiative is in order to provide health services to the rural ..

A private boat with 92 on board capsized, sank in Brahmaputra on the evening of September 8, following a collision with a government-owned ferry steamer near Nimati Ghat in Assam. ..

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to declare the JEE Main 2021 result for Session 4 along with all India ranks and cut-off marks compiled for all the sessions today. According to Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare, NTA will announce ..

The Mathur village panchayat became the first ever civic body in India to have banned colonial honorifics like 'sir' and 'madam'. ..

The Taliban executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, who was the former Afghan vice president who became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley, his nephew said on Friday. ..

3 youths, (all of them postgraduates in different subjects and fields), have come together to start to teach children in the flood-hit areas of Katihar district in Bihar, on a boat. Through their initiative ‘Boat / Naav ki Pathshala,’ they reach ..

Ganesh Chaturthi comes as a blessing for the convicts in Puducherry Central Jail, Kalapet. These convicts have made as many as 51 beautiful Ganesh idols which sold out in minutes, as part of their major prison reform programme...

The Taliban has finally announced the name of its ‘caretaker’ government. There was no sign of inclusivity in this new Cabinet. No woman or member of the Shia community have been included in the new government. ..

Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will be inaugurating an emergency landing strip at the Gandhav Bhakasar section, on National Highway-925, in Barmer, Rajasthan, on Thursday for Indian Air Force planes (IAF). ..

The World Book of Records has recognized the 6-year-old Rian as the ‘youngest and fastest’ to cycle non-stop for 108 kms. ..

With the onset of monsoon in India, Firozabad is facing a major outbreak of dengue in which mostly children have lost their lives. ..

On the first day after the US Troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the new rulers struggled to keep the country functioning. The foreign donors are concerned about the awaiting humanitarian crisis. ..