Geneva, Dec 3 (IANS) Nearly 77,826 civilians have fled Mosul and its adjacent districts since Iraq’s military operations to recapture Mosul, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. “We are deeply concerned about both the…
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) A permanently deaf four-year-old boy from Bangladesh received bilateral cochlear implants, which help provide a sense of sound to the child, at a private hospital here, a statement said on Friday….
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) A mobile application was launched here on Friday to help people report the inappropriate promotion of marketed baby food around them, by enabling them to click pictures of advertisements, displays…
New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) Two elderly persons died while standing in a bank queue in West Bengal on Friday as people, scrambling for money across the country, battled long lines outside banks and ATMs…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Holding fossil fuel as a major culprit, a report by Greenpeace on Friday said that total deaths caused due to air pollution in India is underestimated at least by six…
Bhopal, Dec 2 (IANS) Thirty-two years of agonising existence after the infamous gas leak in Bhopal have only aggravated the pain of victims, who are still haunted by the nightmarish experience they went through on…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The British Library and the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) have come together in a new partnership to host a series of events in Jaipur and London during 2017, with the…
Srinagar, Dec 2 (IANS) Police in Kashmir have started counselling stone throwers and conducting sessions to de-radicalise them, soothe their anguish and battle, rather peacefully, resilient protests that have been recurring in the valley. And…
Agra, Dec 2 (IANS) Marking 32 years of Bhopal gas tragedy, activists on Friday demanded that the state pollution control boards and other regulatory bodies should ensure strict compliance of safety norms in the industries,…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The National Policy for Women, 2016 emphasises on mindset change through advocacy campaigns, multi-sectoral actions, raising awareness and community mobilisation on the ground through programmes and schemes, Minister of Women…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Women are coming forward in larger numbers to report cases of sexual harassment at the workplace, Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said here on Friday. As per…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) In an attempt to create more awareness about breast cancer, Fortis La Femme will be organising ‘Motarde’ — a women-s only bike rally here on December 4. Breast cancer is…
Panaji, Dec 2 (IANS) Goa’s Art and Culture minister Dayanand Mandrekar’s statement on Wednesday, when he said that women are so immersed in TV serials, that they forget to make tea or enquire about their…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A charitable organisation will hold an artificial limb donation camp in which 101 aids including 51 artificial limbs, tri-cycles, wheelchairs and crutches will be distributed. The free-of-cost limb donation camp,…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Already starved of cash due to demonetisation, people across India suffered more pain amid stray violence on Thursday as queues outside banks and ATMs got longer after November salaries and…
Solapur (Maharashtra), Dec 1 (IANS) Major Kunal M. Gosavi, who was killed in Tuesday’s brutal terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir, was cremated with full military honours at his native village Wakhri here on Thursday….
Agartala, Dec 1 (IANS) The body of Naik Chittaranjan Debbarma, who was killed in a terror attack near Jammu on Tuesday, was brought to Tripura on Thursday for cremation on Friday. The cremation will take…
By Raymond Kharmujai Kisama (Nagaland), Dec 1 (IANS) The Hornbill Festival, the Festival of all Festivals in Nagaland, got off to a grand start on Thursday as tourists, including foreigners, descended here. The 10-day festival,…
Kisama (Nagaland), Dec 1 (IANS) The Hornbill Festival, the Festival of all Festivals in Nagaland, got off to a grand start on Thursday as tourists, including foreigners, descended here. The 10-day festival, which also coincides…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 1 (IANS) Thousands of people were left standing outside treasuries and banks on the first salary-pension day after the November 8 demonetisation, as 42 state treasuries remained cashless till noon, said a Kerala…