With the profound message of Iskcon Founder Acharya Shrila Prabhupada that “no one should go hungry” as its motto, the country’s leading non-government organisation Akshaya Patra Foundation has served a whopping 6.3-crore meals to the needy since the lockdown was enforced across the country on March 25 to contain the corona virus spread. […]
The staggered relaxations during the two-month-long nationwide lockdown did not have much of an impact on retail business and their businesses witnessed a severe contraction during the period, according to a survey by the Retailers Association of India (RAI). In a statement, RAI said that the business assessment for three months — March, April and […]
Military-level talks between India and China continued for de-escalation in the Galwan region of eastern Ladakh on Friday with top army commanders from both sides meeting to resolve the face-off. The fifth round of military-level talks took place even as the troop build-up continued on both sides, days after a slight retreat by both armies […]
The police in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district are probing the allegations of gang-rape, forced labour and under payment levelled by two Santhali tribal women from Jharkhand, an official said on Friday. “A Santhali tribal woman from Jharkhand has complained of being gang-raped by two middlemen from the district and also of being under paid for forced […]
Top Indian smuggling cartels linked with Colombian drug kingpins are being hotly pursued by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following specific inputs of international agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). “Crime syndicates run by Indian expatriates in Canada are the major go-betweens between foreign drug kingpins and Indian smugglers. After the recent seizure […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered the invoking of the National Security Act (NSA) against Noor Alam and Javed Siddiqui, the two main accused responsible for setting on fire some houses of Dalits in the Jaunpur district. The Chief Minister, on Wednesday, directed the concerned police officials to book all the accused […]
He starts with a pause. There is a window that lives on the wall of his writing room. He looks out often to take in the mist enveloped mountains of Garhwal embracing Landour. For decades, this setting has remained unchanged for writer Ruskin Bond, who recently celebrated his 86th birthday. Of course, he does miss […]
Researchers have found that COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with obesity as they struggle to manage their weight and mental health. For the study, published in the journal Clinical Obesity, the research team surveyed 123 weight management patients and revealed that nearly 73 per cent of the patients experienced increased anxiety […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government on a news report claiming as many 35 children in a protection home near Chennai got infected by Covid-19. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat said that 35 children have been infected with Covid-19 in […]
A massive negative impact on income due to the lockdown is driving households to a flight to safety towards public sector banks while a large number of Indians now feel their hopes of purchasing a home of their own would remain a dream, as per the latest IANS CVoter Economic Battery Wave survey. As the […]