Myth-busting: Things you must know about COVID-19
byAs the impact of coronavirus progresses, our ability to understand the diseases and its causes also increases. In order to bridge the gap between…
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Seven injured in Assam-Mizoram border clashes, huts set on fire
bySeven persons were injured and several huts were torched on the Assam-Mizoram border on Saturday night in a flare up of border dispute between…
Labour bureau to unveil new working-class inflation index
byThe labour bureau will release on Wednesday (October 21) a new series for consumer price index for industrial workers (CPI-IW), a measure of inflation…
Heavy rainfall kills three in Hyderabad, Karnataka braces for floods
byA fresh spell of overnight heavy rains caused flooding on Sunday in parts of the city and left three people dead in separate rain-related incidents…
Virus might become more contagious with increasing pollution, say experts
byAir pollution may increase transmissibility of the novel coronavirus making people more vulnerable to the disease and aggravating the COVID-19 situation, experts have said, while warning that those…
15-year-old girls get raped in UP’s Jaunpur and Meerut: Is ‘Mission Shakti’ on a roll?
byWhile Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adiyanath launched ‘Mission Shakti’- a 180-day campaign focused on women’s safety, vowing “zero tolerance” towards crimes against women on…
Protesting farmers block journalists from covering stubble burning in Patiala
byFarmers protesting in Punjab’s Patiala district and Daunkalan in Ghanaur block staged a protest against the journalists of a national media channel, accusing it…
India-China prepare for another round of military commanders’ talk
byThe eighth round of India-China military and diplomatic level talks is expected to take place next week to discuss disengagement in Ladakh even as…
Congress attacks Centre over farm laws
byCongress leader Rahul Gandhi and Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh stepped up their attack on the Central government over the recently enacted farm laws…
76% of rural Indian population cannot afford a nutritious diet: Study
byAs per a paper recently published in journal Food Policy, even if they spent all their income on food, 63.3% of the rural Indian population…