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Owing to intense and continuous fire-fighting, "the fire has been localised at Port Bridge Deck and Aft Ready Use tank area," a defence release said providing updates on ongoing efforts to put off the blaze.

The states have been advised to proactively ensure higher testing, effective clinical management along with efficient monitoring at various levels to lower fatality, the Union Health Ministry said.

Releasing the state rankings based on the implementation of State Business Reform Action Plan 2019, Sitharaman said Aatmanirbhar Bharat would help India build on its strengths and become self-reliant.

The bench also referred to the order passed by the Supreme Court on August 17 refusing to postpone the JEE-Main and NEET exams and noting that though there is a pandemic situation, life has to go on and the career of students cannot be put in peril for lo...

Karnataka will soon reach its goal of conducting one lakh COVID19 tests per day as it has increased the number of labs and the tests done, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said here on Saturday. "From one testing lab for COVID19 test, we have o...

The AAP dispensation and the university have been locked in a tussle over the formation of governing bodies in 28 colleges, 12 of which are fully funded by the Delhi government.

At a review meeting held by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, the district authorities were asked to bring down the response time of ambulances while ensuring zero refusal by them and effective clinical management of hospitalised cases to cut down on...

The minister requested all those who came in his contact to get themselves tested.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also emphasised the need to reform the United Nations to reflect contemporary global realities, and the feelings of millions of people in the world.

Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla said there was a linkage between what was happening on the border, and the nations' larger relationship. "It is evident," he said.

The Producers Guild of India on Friday called out the media for "peddling" what it termed clickbait journalism following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and trying to paint Bollywood as a murky den of substance abuse and criminality. In a stat...

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday launched an awareness campaign to counter misinformation about coronavirus on social media. Launching the drive, Sidhu said a stigma and discrimination have been attached with the disease which needed...

The national capital recorded 2,914 fresh COVID19 cases on Friday, the highest singleday spike in 69 days, taking tally to over 1.85 lakh, whilethe death toll jumped to 4,513, authoritiessaid. This is the fourth successive day in September when over 2,0...

Market volatility is back and investors expect more wild swings in the coming weeks and months as the U.S. presidential election closes in.

Portals of the Hemkund Sahib, a famous Sikh shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, were opened for devotees on Friday with the first batch of over 120 pilgrims attending the ceremony. The Guru Granth Sahib was brought into the diwan hall at 9...

Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske on Friday asked the city's civic chief Vipin Sharma to ensure staff was considered "on duty" during the time they were absent from work after being detected with COVID19 and sent into isolation. Mhaske said such staff should be...