New Delhi (IANS) The Environment Ministry is launching a mass cleanliness drive at 50 beaches under the “Swachh – Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan”. The government’s effort is to clean up the beaches and create awareness among citizens about the importance of coastal … read more
President Donald Trump’s announcement that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State(IS) commander, died during a US military operation in Syria, later confirmed by ISIS itself, was welcome news for all fighting terrorism or suffering from it in any part of … read more
New Delhi (IANS) A proposal mooted by the Defence Ministry to provide 10 per cent reservation to trade apprentices belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in ordnance factories has been turned down by the Union Skill Development Ministry, sources said here. … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra in a tweet on Saturday wondered if many Indian travellers fake the need of wheelchairs at airports, sparking a heated debate among his followers. “Only flights to and from India at most airports … read more
New Delhi (IANS) A new analysis of the air quality life index (AQLI) on Thursday showed the average citizen living in the Indo-Gangetic plain region can expect to lose about seven years of life expectancy. Particulate pollution is high in Bihar, … read more
Boston (IANS) Among the futuristic innovators, Hugh Herr is sort of a legend. Billed as a “Bionic Man”, Herr lost both his legs below the knees to frostbite during a climbing accident in New Hampshires White Mountains in the early 1980s. … read more
The fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank shows that there is a rot in the system and not the bank. If unchecked, it can cause irreparable damage to the system. The complicity of bank officials with the Wadhawan … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Senior advocate Harish Salve on Thursday told the Supreme Court that ministers or those holding high office should exercise restraint while making statements in the public domain. The apex court had appointed two senior advocates – Salve and … read more
New Delhi (IANSlife) Dating app OkCupid, which asks its users some questions to match them based on common interests, has found that Indian millennials may not be that tradition-defying, after all, as they seem to value family time during Diwali … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met Captain Amol Yadav, a pilot who built a six-seater aircraft on the terrace of his house in Mumbai. Modi on Sunday met the young pilot who reportedly took 19 years in perfecting … read more