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New Delhi: Several international personalities, including singers Jay Sean, Dr Zeus and former adult star Mia Khalifa, have joined pop star Rihanna in supporting Indian farmers who have been protesting for over two months against the three contentious agri...

New Delhi: The centre has given itself time - till July 9 at least - to frame and implement rules relating to the controversial citizenship law, amendments to which were passed in December 2019 amid unprecedented chaos in parliament and...

New Delhi: The government has revised the funding pattern of the Post Matric Scholarship scheme for SC students and has adopted a ratio of 60:40 sharing between the Centre and States/UTs (90 per cent in case of North Eastern...

New Delhi: The CBSE board exam for Class X and XII will begin on May 4, the Education Ministry said Tuesday, as it released a datesheet for both classes.The Class X exams will finish June 7, while the Class...

Kochi: Kerala's first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam general hospital here on Friday by Health Minister K K Shailaja.Set up with the support of the Rotary Club of Cochin Global, the...

New Delhi: In a big relief to senior citizens, people above 75 years of age have been exempted from filing income tax return, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Monday. “We shall reduce the compliance burden on our senior citizens...

New Delhi: The Rashtrapati Bhavan will re-open for visitors from Saturday, nearly 11 months after it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official statement issued on Monday.It will be open on Saturdays and Sundays (except...

New Delhi: With 11,427 new coronavirus cases being reported in a day, India's COVID-19 tally has increased to 1,07,57,610, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,34,983, according to the Union Health...

New Delhi: The Delhi University announced on Sunday that it will allow final year students at all its colleges with 100 per cent staff strength from February 1.The decision was taken after a meeting with the heads of the...

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has permitted cinema halls to operate at 100% seating capacity from February 1. In its latest set of guidelines, the government had allowed cinema halls to operate at a higher capacity.In...