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Assam’s biodiversity needs to be preserved: President Kovind

Guwahati: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that Assam is gifted with the extraordinary beauty of nature and rich bio-diversity and needed to be preserved.Speaking at the convocation ceremony of Tezpur University, Kovind said that every resident...

First batch of Indian students enter Hungary from Ukraine, to fly home by Air India

New Delhi: The first batch of Indian students on Saturday entered Hungary from the Ukrainian side at the Zahony crossing. They will be travelling onward to capital Budapest for return to India by Air India flight today, the Indian...

219 Indians on board first flight from Romania, EAM personally monitoring evacuation

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said he is personally monitoring the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine and the first flight to Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals has taken off from Romania.In a tweet,...

India abstains on UNSC resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

United Nations/New Delhi: India on Friday abstained on a UNSC resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The resolution proposed by the US and Albania, with the backing of nearly 60 countries, received 11 votes in favour, with Russia,...

Indian Embassy in Kyiv urges Indians not to move to border posts without prior notice

Kyiv/New Delhi: In a fresh advisory, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Saturday urged Indian nationals, especially students, not to move to the border posts for evacuation without prior coordination with MEA officials.It said the Embassy is “finding...

India records 11,499 Covid -19 cases

New Delhi: India registered 11,499 Covid-19 cases, while the daily positivity rate stood at 1.01 percent in the country, as per the Health Ministry data on Saturday.As many as 255 fresh Covid fatalities were also recorded, taking the...

Naxals slay CAF constable in Chhattisgarh

Bijapur: A constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force's 22nd Battalion has been murdered by Naxals within Gangaloor Police Station limits of this district in Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division.“Const Arjun Kudiyam was on leave and undergoing treatment at his...

India records 13,166 Covid-19 cases

New Delhi: India registered 13,166 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily positivity rate stood at 1.28 per cent in the country, as per the Union Health Ministry data released on Friday.As many as...

Blinken urges for ‘strong collective response’ to Russia, in call with Jaishankar

Washington/New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the “importance of a strong collective response to Russian aggression” during his phone conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.Blinken in a tweet on Thursday also termed Russia's...

Around 13 people were injured in Khagariya bomb blasts

Khagaria: Around 13 people were injured in serial bomb blasts near a bus stand in Bihar's Khagariya district, police said on Friday.Around four to five bombs exploded one by one near the Bakdi bus stand under the Khagariya police...

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Meghalaya hosts exhibition on new criminal laws

Shillong: The Home (Police) Department, Government of Meghalaya, on Thursday organised a Nyaya Sanhita Exhibition on the new criminal laws...