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Guwahati: Acclaimed Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan was awarded the country’s highest literary honor- Jnanpith Award on Tuesday.Phookan, is considered one of the pioneers of modern Assamese poetry, has been chosen for the highest Indian literary award along with Konkani...

New Delhi: The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has achieved a milestone of immunizing 50 per cent of the eligible population with both doses of vaccines, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Twitter on Sunday.“Congratulations India. It is a...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while replying to the demand of restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Saturday that it had been existing for decades, it was there even in the 90s, but there...

Ahmedabad/Jamnagar: The first case of Omicron variant of Coronavirus was detected in Gujarat on Saturday after a 72-year old man, who had returned to Jamnagar from Zimbabwe, tested positive for the new variant.State health department officials said that the...

Washington: Some 25 million people fall victims to human trafficking and forced labor every year in a global criminal enterprise that earns crime syndicates profits of about $150 billion, a senior Biden administration official said during a press briefing.“An...

Guwahati: The Assam government will confer the state’s highest civilian award ‘Asom Bhaibav’ to industrialist Ratan Tata.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet has shared the state government’s decision in this regard.“Delighted to announce that the Government...

Islamabad: Lahore, the capital city of Punjab Province in Pakistan has once again topped as the most polluted city in the world with a hazardous Air Quality Index of 999 on Friday.Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore has once again topped...

Washington: The US government has successfully set up its First Production Unit (FPU) to extend the operational life of the nation’s arsenal B61 directly dropped or “gravity bomb” nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced in a...

New Delhi: The inaugural India-Russia 2+2 meeting on December 6 between their foreign and defence ministers will see both sides discuss bilateral, regional and international political and defence issues, leading to the annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra...

By Rohit MitraKausani: An enchanting narrow ridge, thickly surrounded by lush pine trees, overlooking the picturesque town of Someshwar and snow-capped mountains in the background, welcome to the Switzerland of India, Kausani!Sitting high at an altitude of 1890 meters...