Odisha: Protest against proposed steel plant in Jagatsinghpur turns violent, 40 villagers injured in police action

Paddy and betel farmers of Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujang villages in Jagatsinghpur district declare they will not give their land...

Migration causing lower voter turnout in Uttarakhand, situation to worsen due to COVID19: Report

An analysis by a non-profit organisation shows that migration of population from Uttarakhand to other states is contributing to a...

More than 70% surveyed rural household in Andhra consume iodised salt: Survey

A survey to assess the iodine nutrition status in Andhra Pradesh has found that 71.9 per cent households in the...

‘At 350 deaths, Maharashtra reports the highest toll due to extreme weather events in 2021’

2021 was the fifth warmest year on record since 1901, as per the India Meteorological Department. The Met department also...

Three doses of Vaxzevria/Covishield give good protection against Omicron, claim manufactures

Trials of a vaccine, sold as Covishield in India and Vaxzevria elsewhere, shows increased antibody response to Omicron. It also...

Madhya Pradesh: Deprived of a road, villagers forced to carry patients’ cot for 4 KM to reach health centres

Distant health centres coupled with the lack of a road trouble rural residents in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district who have...

COVID19 vaccines ‘may need to be updated’: WHO body

A technical advisory group established by WHO suggests the current COVID19 vaccines need to elicit immune responses that are “broad,...

UP’s villages might vote again on caste and religion. But what they desperately want: clean water.

Clean and available water has never been a dominant election issue for any party in Uttar Pradesh, despite some of...

Omicron outbreak: ‘Hospitalisation rate 5%-10% but situation ‘dynamic’, may change rapidly’

Today, the country recorded 1,79,723 fresh COVID19 cases, increasing the active caseload to 723,619. The daily positivity rate stood at...

Uttar Pradesh to vote in 7 phases from Feb 10; Election Commission announces poll schedule for 5 states

Elections are to be conducted in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur — in seven phases. The...