Temperature Rises In Odisha, Bhubaneswar Hottest At 40 Degrees Celsius
Maximum temperatures are likely to remain 3-4 degrees Celsius above normal for the next 4-5 days. Bhubaneswar: Mercury levels in several parts of Odisha rose unusually on Friday ahead of the onset of summer, with capital Bhubaneswar recording the highest day temperature of 40.4 degrees…
PM To WHO Chief On Vaccine Help
“We are all together in the fight against this pandemic,” PM Modi said. (File) New Delhi: India is committed to sharing resources, experiences and knowledge for global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked him for supporting…
NDMC, IIT Event Invites Ideas On Sanitation, Town Planning Issues
The ”CiTe- Civic Tech Innovation Launchpad” event is organised by IIT and NDMC. New Delhi: A first-of-its-kind initiative to offer a technical launchpad to start-ups to present innovative solutions through a 15-day competition to address civic issues such as waste management, town planning and sanitation…
New Site For IIT To Be Announced In A Month, Says Goa Chief Minister
We will consider all aspects before finalising a site, Pramod Sawant said (File) Panaji: A new site for a proposed Indian Institute of Technology campus in Goa will be announced in a month, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday. The earlier site, in Shel-Melaulim…
Mukesh Ambani Is Richest Asian Again As China’s Zhong Shanshan Loses $22 Billion
Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani arrive for the company’s annual general meeting in 2019 India’s Mukesh Ambani is back to being the wealthiest person in Asia. Despite a brutal week for markets, his Reliance Industries Ltd. was relatively unscathed as it said it…
Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Centre clarified that a unit has been set up to take cognisance of fake news New Delhi: The Centre has told Delhi High Court that it is the responsibility of the private TV channel owner to ensure that programmes it telecast does not violate…
BJP Truth Bombs For AAP’s Surat Bash Get Quick Arvind Kejriwal Comebacks
Arvind Kejriwal held a huge roadshow in Surat on Friday. New Delhi: For the Aam Aadmi Party, flying in chief Arvind Kejriwal to celebrate its success in the municipal elections in Gujarat’s Surat, deep inside the BJP’s impenetrable citadel, the state chief of the ruling…
Court On Deep Sidhu’s Plea For Fair Probe
Deep Sidhu has filed an application for fair probe in the January 26 violence case. New Delhi: Police is not supposed to collect evidence only to prove the guilt of the accused but also to bring forth a true picture, a Delhi court said on…
Gujarat Local Body Election Campaign Ends, Voting On February 28
Counting of votes will take place on March 2. Ahmedabad: Campaigning for polls to various local bodies of Gujarat ended on Friday evening with voting scheduled for February 28. Counting of votes for elections to 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats will…
Damaging Reputation Of Spouse Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by the army officer seeking divorce. (File) New Delhi: Defamatory complaints against spouse and damaging his reputation amount to mental cruelty, the Supreme Court said on Friday while granting divorce to an army officer. A bench headed…
Risk Of Human Spread Of Bird Flu Appears Low: WHO
“The risk of human-to-human transmission remains low,” WHO said. (Representational) Geneva: The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said…
Supreme Court Asks Ex-District Judge To Face Inquiry In Sexual Harassment Case
The counsel for the former judge withdrew the appeal against high court’s order (Representational) New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it cannot allow sexual harassment cases to be “swept under the carpet” and asked a retired District Judge of Madhya Pradesh to face “in-house…