Goa’s popular Baga beach set for a facelift (Goa Newsletter)
byPanaji, May 11 (IANS) Encroachments, rapid erosion, garbage and over-exploitation had cast a dark shadow over the future of Baga beach, one of Goa’s…
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Cloudy morning in Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 11 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the capital Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 24.6 degrees Celsius, a…
Indian wunderkid is youngest Berkley topper in a century
byWashington: Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive…
Classical singer Girija Devi hospitalised
byLucknow, May 11 (IANS) Eminent classical singer and “Thumri” exponent Girija Devi was admitted to a hospital in Varanasi after the 85-year-old took ill,…
Mercury soars to 46.3 degree in Odisha town
byBhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) The heat wave condition intensified in Odisha with one of its towns Friday recording a maximum temperature of 46.3 degree…
JNU, DU English departments among world’s top 100
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Center of English Studies has once again been ranked amidst the top 100 English departments in…
UAE lifts ban on import of birds from Australia
byDubai, May 10 (IANS/WAM) The UAE’s ministry of environment and water has lifted a ban on import of live birds from Australia, saying no…
No cases of novel coronavirus found in UAE
byAbu Dhabi, May 10 (IANS/WAM) No cases of novel coronavirus (NCoV) have been reported in the UAE, the health ministry said following reports about…
Another CMJ varsity official arrested in Meghalaya
byShillong, May 10 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Friday arrested another top official of Meghalaya’s private CMJ University in connection with selling fake…
Five-year-old rape victim discharged from AIIMS
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A five-year-old rape victim was Friday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here after 23…