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Supreme Court to hear Pegasus snooping scandal plea next week
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea by veteran journalists N. Ram and Sashi Kumar seeking a direction for an independent probe by its sitting or retired judge into the alleged Pegasus snooping scandal.
Senior…
BJYM leader booked for murder during anti-CAA protests
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): Charges have been framed against former Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) office bearer, Vinay Varshney, for the murder of Mohammad Tariq during a clash that broke out between anti-CAA protesters and the police in…
India, US sponsoring forum to boost Indo-Pacific business cooperation
By Arul Louis
New York: India and the US are sponsoring a virtual meeting of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) to promote government and business cooperation across the region, according to the State Department.
The US Chamber of…
Vaccination key to control COVID-19
Lusaka: The Zambian government said on Thursday that vaccination was a tool that could help attain herd immunity and bring Covid-19 under control.
Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health in charge of Technical…
This is how Danish Siddiqui was murdered by Taliban
New Delhi/Washington: Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire, nor was he a collateral damage; rather, he was brutally murdered by the Taliban, Michael Rubin wrote in the Washington…
Govt announces 27% reservation for OBCs, 10% for EWS in UG/PG medical courses
New Delhi: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a historic and a landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme for…
India has doubled tiger population four years ahead of time: PM Modi
New Delhi: India achieved the target of doubling of tiger population four years ahead of schedule of the St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on International Tiger Day on Thursday.
Greeting…
World Health Organisation reports ‘sharp’ increase in Covid-19 deaths; read details
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a "sharp" jump was reported in the number of the global Covid-19 deaths in the week between July 19-25.
In a statement on Wednesday, the world body said that with over 69,000…
5 more sites added to Unesco World Heritage List
Paris: The World Heritage Committee has added four cultural sites, located in Russia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK and one natural site in Africa to the Unesco's World Heritage List.
The additions made on Wednesday were decided the…
9 out of 10 Indian women ate less food during Covid-19 lockdown: Report
New Delhi: Nine out of 10 women in India had less food, impacting their nutrition levels, during the 2020 nationwide lockdown imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Tata-Cornell…
