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The 13-year-old big cat named Kalpana died around on Wednesday evening and the carcass was cremated on Thursday following direction to minimize human-animal interface, an official from the Environment Ministry said.

Both the Chinese companies clearly say that these rapid test kits may not detect antibodies at all even in an infected person due to a 'window period' between which a person is infected and antibodies are created.

A 95-year-old World War-II veteran, who had suffered a fracture, was shunted between eight different hospitals in Bengaluru solely because private hospitals simply refused to admit new patients.

Sasikumar, panchayat president of Kaveripoompattinam village, lodged a complaint with the Nagapattinam district animal husbandry department.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Mike Pompeo spoke over phone and discussed bilateral and international cooperation to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

The affidavit, filed by Ravindra Thakare, Nagpur Collector on behalf of the state, was responding to a petition filed by the Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists (MUWJ) andthe NagpurUnion of Working Journalists (NUWJ), challenging a government circula...

A statement issued by the Maa Kamakhya Devalaya said on Thursday that a decision has been taken by the 'Dolois' (priests) that only the rituals and prayers associated with the festival would be performed by them.

In a virtual interactive session, he said if older people turn sick then they need to be identified early and all efforts should be made to protect them.

The sources said an ordinance would be promulgated to suspend three sections of IBC for up to one year and a decision in this regard was taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. Section 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC would be suspended for six months and the susp...

At the National Stock Exchange, it zoomed 8.86 per cent to close at Rs 4.30. During the day, it climbed 13.92 per cent to Rs 4.50. In terms of volume, 758.47 lakh shares were traded at the BSE, while about 69 crore shares changed hands on the NSE during t...

The deceased, whose name was not revealed by the authorities, was found dead at the staircase landing at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital here and subsequently died of injuries, the police said.

The condition of the woman, pre-and post delivery, will be monitored on a web-based application which will have details such as expected date of delivery, administrative action, hospital assistance and vaccination schedules, officials said.

Priyanka Gandhi said the small and medium industry had earlier suffered due to demonetisation and GST and now the coronavirus lockdown has hit them hard.

Chennai's Arignar Anna Zoological Park has received about 4.5 crore page views and over 50,000 app downloads amid the coronavirus lockdown.

According to a study conducted by ICMR, in the absence of a lockdown and containment measures, there would have been 8,20,000 cases by April 15.

The state government earlier this month had decided to deduct one-month salary of all government employees as contribution to relief fund, sparking opposition from various quarters.