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An official said that cows and buffaloes are being tagged in this manner to create a nationwide recording mechanism called the Information Network for Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH).

As per the government's targets, the coverage in 2017-18 should have increased to 40 per cent but has actually reduced to 24 per cent.

The number of seats lying vacant in the premium institutes has seen a rising trend in the five years, except in 2014, prompting the ministry to set up a panel which made several recommendations to address the issue.

The Prime Minister added that in order to ensure that farmers do not have to go far to sell their produce, 22,000 village haats are being upgraded to agricultural produce market committees.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation via his Mann ki Baat radio address at 11am today.

Manoj Tomar, a resident of Morena in Madhya Pradesh, has been running from pillar to post for four years to get assistance for the costly treatment.

Temple authorities identified the devotee as Jayantbhai, from Mumbai, but refused to divulge any more details about him.

Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to the poll-bound Karnataka's old Mysuru region, was taking questions from the students in the 30-minute long interaction.

The bone of contention is an interpretation of a recent Supreme Court judgment (Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd) whereby universities have been prohibited from conducting engineering courses through distance learning or correspondence

The WMO and NMHSs aim to make the world weather-ready and climate-smart by reducing the brunt of extreme weather events on life and livelihoods of people across the world.

A candidate needs the votes of 37 MLAs to go to the Upper House. With 311 MLAs in the UP Assembly, the BJP is assured of eight out of 10 seats.

The Delhi government announced installation of CCTV cameras in schools, providing self-defence training for girl students, allocating Rs 100 crore for free Wi-Fi, which was a major pre-poll promise by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and installation of 1.2 lakh...

Amid probe by US privacy watchdog over a potential breach of user confidentiality by Facebook, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government fully supports freedom of press, speech and expression and is for exchange of ideas on social media.

When militancy broke out in Jammu and Kashmir, many hoteliers ended up winding their business and vacating the buildings. The only one remaining was Ahdoos, located at Residency Road in Srinagar and famous for its scrumptious Kebabs.

According to political analysts, Lingayats decide the outcome in close to 100 Assembly seats and 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has time and again declared that it is mandatory for doctors to prescribe the generic names of medicines. However, it is still far from being put in practice.