The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that if the ban on the Puri Rath Yatra was not lifted and if traditions were broken, stopping Lord Jagannath from taking his chariot ride starting Tuesday then as per norm, the Hindu god will not be able to have a Rath Yatra for the next 12 […]
Over thousands of Indian Army men stand a few meters away from Line of Actual Control against Chinese People’s Liberation Army even as corps commanders of two countries’ military meet at Moldo on Monday to resolve the border issue and ease tension in Eastern Ladakh. This is the second such meeting after the first one […]
The International Yoga Day was celebrated in Tamil Nadu on Sunday at educational institutions, Army Headquarters of Dakshin Bharat area and at other places. At the SRM Institute of Science and Technology near here, Vice Chancellor Sandeep Sancheti and others performed various yogas at their grounds. They also performed breathing exercises which are believed to […]
The presence of West Indies legend Garfield Sobers in his Sheffield Shield team while he was starting out was a great education, both in cricket and life, according to former Australia captain Ian Chappell. Speaking about instances of racism he experienced throughout his playing career, particularly whenever he went to South Africa under the Apartheid […]
As communities around the world slowly begin to open their doors, global travel company Airbnb is expecting a surge in bookings owing to the pent-up travel demand. According to the company, over the weekend of June 5-7, gross booking value grew in year-over-year terms for the first time since February, when the coronavirus began to […]
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus due to a fresh outbreak at a slaughterhouse in Germany has risen to 1,029, according to officials. The outbreak at the Rheda-Wiedenbr�ck meat processing plant, in the district of G�tersloh, near Bielefeld, was made public on June 17, a report by the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle […]
After Bihars Muzaffarpur shelter case involving sexual abuse, a similar case has been reported in Kanpur after reports emerged that two girls were found pregnant and one infected with HIV while 49 other girls were found Covid-positive in a shelter home for juveniles. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that the condition in government shelter […]
Marking a major success story, Mumbai’s sore underbelly – Dharavi – has made a dramatic return from the brink in the ongoing war against coronavirus. As per the latest official data released on Sunday, Dharavi’s doubling time of corona cases has become more than twice compared with the wider Mumbai city – indicating a major […]
The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana has cancelled contracts with Chinese companies for installing pollution control equipment worth Rs 780 crore at two of its thermal power facilities, in the wake of heightened tension between the two neighbours. The contracts had been awarded by the Haryana Power Generation Corp Ltd (HPGCL) through global […]
India’s landslide victory through an unopposed inclusion into the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member has irked the Imran Khan-led government in Pakistan, as angry reactions have started coming out of Islamabad, threatening India of dire consequences in case of any misadventure committed along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working […]