Seven injured in Assam-Mizoram border clashes, huts set on fire
Seven 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
The 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
A 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
Air 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…
Protesting farmers block journalists from covering stubble burning in Patiala
Farmers 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
The 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
Congress 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
As 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…
Low-lying colonies evacuated as heavy rainfalls lashed parts of Hyderabad
As Hyderabad witnessed a second bout of heavy rainfall on Saturday evening barely days after torrential rainfall devastated the capital city of Telangana earlier…
Chhattisgarh- the ‘Cleanest State’ for two consecutive years
With constant perseverance, discipline and focus, Chhattisgarh government remained consistent in its performance as India’s ‘Cleanest State’ for consecutive years of 2019 and 2020 in…