New Delhi: India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday launched a Rs 100 lakh crore national master plan for multi-modal connectivity that aims to develop infrastructure to reduce logistic costs and boost the economy. PM Gati Shakti targets to cut logistic costs, increase cargo handling capacity and...
Patna: As the electricity generation was hit due to coal shortage in the country, its effect has started showing in Bihar with many districts facing more than 10 hours of power outage for the last few days. According to an official, Bihar required 6,500 megawatt...
Bhubaneswar: The commissionerate police Tuesday detained one of the two friends of the deceased, Manish Anurag Das, son of senior scribe Navin Das, who was with him in the party on the fateful day. Sources said the youth, one of the two friends, had picked...
New Delhi: An expert panel of India’s Central Drug Authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for children in the two to 18 years age group with certain conditions, sources said Tuesday. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which completed the phase 2/3...
Puri, Oct 11: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is contemplating introducing a dress code in Srimandir in a phased manner. The decision to introduce the dress code was taken after consultations with Chhatisha Nijog (confederation servitor bodies of Srimandir), temple’s chief administrator Krishan Kumar...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday approved the Food and Procurement policy with a tentative target to collect 52 lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) rice from farmers during Kharif Marketing Season for 2021-22. In terms of paddy this comes to around 77 LMT, Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Dussehra, the state cabinet Monday raised the monthly remunerations of all contractual employees by 50 per cent. Briefing media after the meeting, Law Minister Pratap Jena said contractual employees will now be called ‘Initial Appointees’ and their existing remuneration will be increased...
Jammu: Five soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) were killed Monday in a gunfight with the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Lt Colonel Devender Anand, defence ministry spokesman said, "Five soldiers including JCO, who suffered critical injuries in an encounter with the...
Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's brother Agrasen Gehlot for questioning Monday in a case of illegal export of fertilisers. Agrasen is required to appear before the officials in Delhi office. Sources confirmed that Agrasen will visit the ED headquarters along...
The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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Brazil has come as a surprise at a time when extreme Right parties in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, helped...
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The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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