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NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 22 said that he was proud of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who will do developmental work in his constituency despite being in jail. Sisodia had moved a plea

GENEVA (ANI) - The World Health Organization (WHO), Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that around 11 million people suffering from hypertension and diabetes are on treatment in India. Ghebreyesus stressed that earlier this year, India set the target to treat

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on August 22 said there are no plans to import wheat from Russia under any diplomatic deal. Talking to reporters, he said that are also no plans to restrict non-basmati parboiled rice exports. Last

CHENNAI, (IANS) - The Central government-owned mortgage lender, Bank of Baroda (BOB) laden with Rs.34,832.16 crore of gross non-performing loans as of June 30, has decided to withdraw its decision to auction actor Sunny Deol’s Mumbai property for non-payment of

NEW DELHI (IANS) - Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on August 20 shared a throwback picture of the former Prime Minister of India and her father Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. The picture in question was clicked by veteran

CHENNAI, (IANS) - India’s 18-year-old Grandmaster R. on August 21 entered the FIDE World Cup final after defeating world No. 3 by rating, American GM Fabiano Caruana, in the semifinal tie-break games being played at Baku, Azerbaijan. The final score stood

BENGALURU, (IANS) - The country’s first 3D-printed post office was inaugurated in Bengaluru on August 18 by Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw. The 1000 square-ft area using 3D Concrete Printing Technology by Larsen and Toubro

GIR, (IANS) - Gir Somnath district, has recorded a surge in wildlife attacks on humans, and the latest man-animal conflict was reported when a two-year-old boy lost his life in a leopard attack. The incident occurred on August 14 in Matana

VIJAYAWADA, (IANS) - People from various parts of Andhra Pradesh are descending on Gudimetla village in the NTR district for a diamond hunt, following reports that a family chanced upon a large diamond purportedly worth Rs 60 lakh. Men and

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The interests of entities, Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka are factually in direct conflict with the interests of the public shareholders and the company, an order by SEBI Chairman Madhabi Puri Buch on August 14 noted. They

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak, who was known as the pioneer in building public toilets in the country, passed away following a cardiac arrest on August 15. He was 80. According to a source in the All-India Institute

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi consistently wears impeccable traditional attire during national celebrations. Displaying enthusiasm and patriotic hues, he, renowned for his flamboyant and vivid turbans, has opted to showcase one with a predominant yellow tone in

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A committee of experts, including several noted educationists, economists, etc., has been constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise textbooks according to the new curriculum. The members of the National Syllabus

CHENNAI, (IANS) - The elephant population in Tamil Nadu has increased by 200 and stands at 2,961. A report said that the number of pachyderms in the forests of Tamil Nadu had touched 2,961, as per the synchronized census conducted in

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Tata Sons-owned Air India on August 10 unveiled its new logo and livery, which will be timed with the delivery of its brand-new A350 aircraft in December. The airline, during an event here, said that its new

SRINAGAR, (IANS) - Rajouri Chikri Wood Craft from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir and Mushqbudji Rice of Anantnag district have received the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag, an official statement said on August 8. Chikri is a pale, honey-colored, fine-grained softwood

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – India has finally imposed a long-awaited ban on two veterinary painkillers ketoprofen and aceclofenac drugs, considered a commonly used drug for cattle but deadly for vultures, to rapidly halt current population declines in four vulture species

MUMBAI – In an extraordinary tale, begging has transformed into a profitable venture for Bharat Jain, a beggar who has achieved a net worth of nearly $1 million. Typically associated with adversity and misfortune, Jain's story highlights the unexpected paths

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Security researchers have observed a surge in hacktivist incidents in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 globally, in which India emerged as a prime target of hacktivism due to religious motivations, a new report said on

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on August 8 that contaminated common cold syrup found in Iraq last month was manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company based in Maharashtra. The contaminated batch was manufactured by Fourrts (India)

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - With no noticeable symptoms, making it hard to detect until complications arise, blood pressure is a silent killer increasingly affecting Indians, both young and old, said doctors here. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose Lok Sabha membership was restored earlier in the day, arrived in Lok Sabha along with his mother Sonia Gandhi, and several party members. He arrived inside the Lok Sabha chamber much before

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - It is best to concentrate on its own problems instead of flinging allegations against others, India told Pakistan when it resorted to terrorism while being designated as one of the “Hunger Hotspots” by UN agencies. Responding

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on August 4 said that truth always triumphs and thanked people for their support, soon after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ remarks defamation case. Remarks from the

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Coffee has emerged as a prominent trend and captured the interest of many. This shift in preference towards coffee is particularly noteworthy in a country like India where tea has long been the dominant choice. The journey of

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) - AAP MP from Punjab, Vikramjit Singh Sahney has been invited by the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, the platform where Swami Vivekananda gave the renowned address to the world in 1893. Sahney is being invited as

NEW DELHI (ANI) - In a move aimed at promoting India as a destination for medical value travel, the Union Home Ministry has officially notified the creation of a new visa category called "Ayush Visa." This visa is specifically designed

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Zomato has hired a new kind of CFO -- Chief Fitness Officer who will work with an in-house wellness team of trainers, nutritionists, and wellbeing counselors to make employees fit and healthy. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced

RANCHI (IANS) -Hundreds of artifacts excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI ) from Benisagar, a village 85 kilometers from Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, suggest continuous habitation from the fifth century A.D. to 16-17 century A.D. The ASI has included

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has pitched the name of WFI joint secretary Sanjay Singh Bablu for the president's post in the upcoming elections. According to reports, Sanjay

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Indians don’t appear to be as negative about China’s foreign policy and its behavior on the international stage as the people of its Quad partner countries polled recently, and, remarkably, that is despite violent border skirmishes

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (IANS) - Kerala's popular toddy, often known as the poor man’s scotch, has got the nod from the government to brand all toddy produced in the state as Kerala Toddy. Another boost to toddy came when the sanction was accorded

SRINAGAR, (IANS) - The J&K administration addressed the demand of Shia community by allowing the 8th Muharram procession on the traditional route from Guru Bazar to Dalgate in Srinagar after three decades. "While taking the religious sentiments of Shia brethren into

LONDON, (IANS) - Immigration lawyers in the UK are briefing clients on how to lie to the authorities to win the right to stay in Britain and are charging 10,000 pounds to make false asylum claims, according to a Daily

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - The International Monetary Fund on July 25 projected that the Indian economy would grow by 6.1 percent in 2023, which is 0.2 points — 20 basis percentage points — higher than its April forecast. The fund attributed

AIZAWL (IANS) - Thousands of persons on July 25 took part in the ‘Solidarity March’, organized by the NGOs Coordination Committee in the Mizoram capital on July 25 to express solidarity with the violence-hit Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, and demanded

VARANASI (IANS) - Taking a cue from the Smart City missions by governments to improve a city with technology systems, the ongoing International Temples Convention and Expo (ITCX) 2023, has launched Smart Temples Connect by Temple Connect. “The mission aims to

India-West News Desk MUMBAI - In a groundbreaking development, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has clinched a multi-year partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to spearhead a transform finance, payroll, and recruitment applications management. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, TCS

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - An exclusive survey conducted by India's leading poll agency CVoter reveals that close to half of the Indians are of the opinion that Opposition parties have done the right thing by branding their 26-party alliance against

PORT OF SPAIN, (IANS) - Star India batter Virat Kohli on July 21 slammed his 29th Test century to end his five-year drought for a hundred in an overseas red-ball match, in his 500th international appearance on Day 2 of

IMPHAL, (IANS) - Thousands of women of both Meitei and Kuki communities, on July 21 organized massive protests across Manipur condemning the parading of two naked women by a mob in the state’s Kangpokpi district on May 4. While condemning the

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - To fulfill her mother's wish, a Dubai expat flew back to India with 10 kg of tomatoes in her suitcase packed in kitchen storage containers. The woman who was coming home to India for holidays asked her

DUBAI, (IANS) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) joined forces to unveil a new campaign ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India later this year. The 'It Takes One Day'

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, alleging multiple instances of sexual harassment against women wrestlers both in India and abroad. The 1599-page chargesheet,

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on July 18 said that the agency cannot confirm or deny whether the huge object which had beached in Australia was part of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket. “We cannot confirm

NEW YORK, NY (ANI) – India has given $1 million to the United Nations as part of an initiative aimed at promoting the usage of the Hindi language within the global organization. Ruchira Kamboj, India's Permanent Representative to the UN,

LADAKH (ANI) - Buddhist monks who took part in the ‘Peace Walk’ in Ladakh lauded India for the development of Buddhist places in the country. Carrying prayers and peace messages, a large congregation of Buddhist monks from across countries along with

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A Bengaluru-based tech startup founder and CEO took to Twitter to express his shock and wonder after receiving over 3,000 resumes in 48 hours for job postings on the company's website. "Received over 3K resumes in the

SRIHARIKOTA (ANI) – On July 14 Chandrayaan-3 was launched on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota as per the scheduled launch time. Built on a budget of less

India-West News Desk CHENNAI - Dr Preeti Aghalayam will be the first woman director to lead an IIT campus. She has been named as the first Director-in-charge for IIT Madras Zanzibar. "The Zanzibar Campus of the IIT Madras will be located on