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New Delhi: A 24-year old mother of two children committed suicide on Thursday in Tamil Nadu after she was scolded by her husband and prevented from using the short video-making app. Anitha, recorded herself as she drank the poision and then sent the video via WhatsApp to her husband, who is in Singapore. According to […]

New Delhi: India saw expand in solar photovoltaic employment in 2018, while China, the US, Japan and the European Union lost jobs, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Thursday. In total, 11 million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, up from 10.3 million in 2017. As more and more countries […]

Cuttack: A woman sustained critical injuries after being allegedly attacked by her brother-in-law over a land dispute at Pahanga village in Niali area of Cuttack district on Wednesday night. According to sources, one Ganeswar Barik had a long standing land dispute with his younger brother Jogesh Barik. The ongoing dispute between them took an ugly […]

New Delhi: Farmers will have to contribute Rs 100 per month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana that seeks to provide minimum fixed monthly pension of Rs 3,000 on attainment of 60 years, according to the government. The central government will also contribute an equal amount to the pension fund to be managed by […]

New Delhi: Software giant Microsoft on Thursday launched Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital labs in collaboration with 10 higher educational institutions in India. The programme, ‘Intelligent Cloud Hub’, covers institutes including BITS Pilani, SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Trident Academy of Technology among others. “With the right technology infrastructure, curriculum and training, we can […]

Nottingham: The frustrating English weather finally caught up with the Indian team as their third World Cup game against New Zealand was called off without a ball being bowled here Thursday. New Zealand have seven points from four games while India now have five from three with the next game against Pakistan in Manchester on […]

Sambalpur: A minor boy was held by Sambalpur Police on the charges of duping people by creating fake social media accounts in the name of ministers, MLAs and other eminent personalities. Police sources said the accused had created fake Facebook accounts in the name of Sambalpur Collector, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das […]

Raipur: In a first, Chhattisgarh Police has decided to use indigenously developed ‘air conditioned’ helmets for traffic cops and other field officers. “We will be using two such helmets on pilot basis. If it’s trial yields desired result, we will consider to have it for all field staff, mainly those doing traffic and security duty,” […]

New Delhi: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday donated Rs one crore to procure oxygen concentrators for COVID-19 patients in the country as it battles a severe second wave of…

Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia in early September to be chief guest at the Eastern Economic Forum meeting and will also hold discussions with President Vladimir Putin as part of the India-Russia annual bilateral summit. Modi had a bilateral meeting with Putin here on Thursday on the sidelines of SCO summit and […]

Patna: Seven more children died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome-like symptoms in Bihar in last 24 hours, taking the toll to 43 even as new cases are being reported, officials said on Thursday. With the toll feared to go up as dozens of kids were still being treated in various hospitals, the state and Central governments […]

New Delhi: A group of students moved the Supreme Court on Thursday claiming that answer keys of four questions in the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses were apparently incorrect. The test was held on May 5. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi agreed to […]

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Pakistan must take concrete action against terrorism affecting India to create an atmosphere for peaceful bilateral relations, as the issue came up during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping here. The Prime Minister said India had made efforts to build cordial relations with Pakistan but […]

Kabul: As many as 10 people, including five civilians, were killed and nine others injured in a suicide attack on a police vehicle at Jalalabad in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said. The attack took place around 4.15 p.m. near a security check-point, Nangarhar Governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyanai told Efe news. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Tarang Cine Productions, the leading movie production house in Odisha, is all set to woo movie buffs with two big releases- ‘Golmal Love’ and ‘Tu Mo Love Story- 2’. Both the movies will hit theaters across Odisha on the occasion of Raja tomorrow. Ollywood’s chocolate-boy Babushan will enthrall audience in a unique character in […]