Citing security concerns, SC approves double lane for Char Dham road project in Uttarakhand

The acceptance came almost a month after Attorney General K K Venugopal, while representing the Union government, urged the apex...

COVID restrictions on sale of crops across the border to Nepal has plunged Bihar farmers into losses

Farmers in districts along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar prefer selling their farm produce in Nepal as they lack...

Parliament Winter Session: CBSE drops passage from question paper after Sonia Gandhi flags sexist undertone

A reading comprehension passage in the CBSE’s class 10 question paper was criticised for its sexist content by Congress leader...

Ambient air pollution aside, PM2.5 levels in Delhi’s households are up to 29 times beyond WHO’s safe limit

EPIC-India’s new study has found that the indoor air pollution (PM2.5) levels in low and high income households in Delhi...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive for COVID19 amidst Omicron outbreak

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa contracted COVID19 infection on a day when the country recorded an increase from 17,154 to...

What is Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath corridor project which PM Modi inaugurated today

PM Modi is on a two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency in Varanasi where he is visiting places of...

Nagaland Killings: Victims’ families refuse compensation; demand AFSPA be repealed in the Northeast

The Nagaland government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 500,000 each to the families of the 14 civilians killed in firing...

Over a thousand families homeless as waters of the Ganges engulf villages in Malda

Since September this year, erosion on the banks of the Ganga River in West Bengal’s Malda district has wiped away...

Farmers’ protest called off as government agrees to the demands

Farmers have ended their 15-month long protest and have announced they will vacate the Delhi borders where they have picketed...

‘Prerak’ teachers fume over pending dues in election-bound Uttar Pradesh

Originally hired as part of a literacy program for adults, ‘prerak’ teachers in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to perform...