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Covid-19 Threatening India's Gains in Protecting Children Against Pneumonia, Diarrhea: Report
The report tracks progress by analysing 10 indicators from the latest available data on how countries are delivering key interventions, including breastfeeding, immunisation, care-seeking and antibiotics, ORS and zinc supplementation, shown to prevent pne...
Major Fire Breaks Out at Cloth Godown in Delhi's Gandhi Nagar, 26 Fire Tenders at Spot
The cause of the fire is not known yet.
Centre Issues Notice to Twitter for Showing Leh as Part of Jammu & Kashmir Instead of Ladakh Union Territory
The notice, issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has directed the microblogging site to explain in five days why legal action should not be taken against it for disrespecting India's territorial integrity.
Attorney General Grants Consent for Contempt Proceedings Against Kunal Kamra for Tweets 'Critical' of SC
In one of the letters seeking the AG's consent, three lawyers claimed that Kamra allegedly attempted to lower the authority of the Supreme Court through tweets after the court granted interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami.
PM Modi to Dedicate Two Ayurveda Institutes to Nation on 5th Ayurveda Day on Friday
The former has been conferred the status of an Institution of National Importance (INI) by an Act of Parliament and the latter that of an Institution Deemed to be University (De novo Category) by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the ministry said.
India-China Escalation Would Further Trigger Regional Instability, Be Misused by Other Players: Russia
Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said Russia is "naturally concerned" over the tensions between the two Asian powers, noting that it was "very important" for both the countries to engage more in "constructive dialogue".
Subsidy for Job Creation, Income Tax Relief for Homebuyers in Centre's 'Aatmanirbhar' Package 3.0
The finance minister also announced a Rs 65,000-crore fertilizer subsidy for farmers as part of her stimulus package to boost the economy.
Delhi Records Over 8,000 Covid-19 Cases for First Time, 85 New Fatalities Take Death Toll to 7,228
The city's positivity rate stood at 13.4 per cent, the bulletin said. Delhi's previous highest single-day spike of 7,830 cases was recorded on Tuesday. It had also reported 83 deaths.
Extreme Low Temperature Required to Store Pfizer's Covid Vaccine Big Challenge for India: AIIMS Director
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said the extreme low temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius required for the potential anti-coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer poses a big challenge for its delivery in a developing nation like India.
People Have Shown Trust in Modi, Happy LJP Did Not Bend Down for Power: Chirag Paswan on Bihar Results
The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes while contesting on nearly 140 seats in the elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly.
Not Under Any Pressure, Says EC after RJD and Congress Claim Certificates Withheld from Winning Candidates
The RJD alleged that Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Sushil Modi were instructing the chief secretary to call District Magistrates and ROs to pressure them into swindling the results in their favour.
UP By-election Result 2020: BJP Wins 6 Out of 7 Seats, SP Manages to Retain Malhani
The Samajwadi Party only managed to retain power in Malhani as Lucky Yadav defeated independent candidate Dhananjay Singh by 4,632 votes in his late father Parasnath Yadav's bastion.
Bihar Elections 2020 LIVE Updates: People Will Show They Put Jobs and Infrastructure Above Hindutva Politics, Says Chidambaram on Exit Poll Results
Bihar Elections 2020 LIVE Updates: A day after several exit polls gave the RJD-led opposition alliance in Bihar an edge over the ruling NDA, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the people of the state will send a clear message that they are more...
52-yr-old Man Held for Selling Firecrackers Illegally in Southeast Delhi's Meethapur, Say Police
Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi government had on Thursday decided to ban firecrackers, including green crackers, in the national capital till November 30 to combat the pollution amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city.
Over 1100 Candidates with Criminal Antecedents Contested Bihar Assembly Polls
Following a Supreme Court direction in February this year, the Election Commission had in March asked political parties to justify why they chose candidates with criminal history to contest elections. In September, the EC had made the norms of publicity o...
Exit Polls Predict RJD-Congress May Edge Out NDA in Bihar Assembly Elections, Tejashwi Likely to Be CM
Bihar Exit Poll Results 2020 Live Updates: An exit poll conducted by Today's Chankaya has predicted a landslide victory for the opposition 'Mahagathbandhan', giving it more than 180 seats in the Assembly and a two-thirds majority.