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Mumbai: Air India employees and staff unions have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a Rs 50,000 crore financial package for the national carrier. The joint forum has stated in a letter to Modi that Air India is a “necessity”…

Berhampur: Dr Chandan Gantayat of MKCG Medical College and Hospital, here has bagged 'Doctor Sur Samrat' award created by Lupin India. Dr Gantayat, Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine of the medical college, was one of 1430…

MS Dhoni has not played a match since India lost to New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semifinal. As per reports, Dhoni has also been dropped from BCCI’s annual player contracts. This has led to speculation over Dhoni’s future in cricket,…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre and states not to charge migrant workers for travelling in train or bus to their native places. "All migrant workers who are stranded at various places shall be provided food by…

New Delhi: The coronavirus pandemic has halted the world economy pushing many households into distressing circumstances. Amid the financial hardship across the globe, child poverty especially in low and middle-income countries could…

Mumbai: A swarm of locusts wreaked havoc in Maharashtra on Tuesday, 17 years after the last attack in Dhule in 1993. The major districts affected are Amravati, Vardha and Nagpur where they attacked the orange orchards of Katol in Nagpur,…

Srinagar: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama prevented a 2019-like attack in the region after they stopped a car carrying 20 kg explosives on Wednesday night. The police opened fire on a Hyundai car when it did not stop at a…

New Delhi: Scary images of a car and its driver going up in flames in Delhi claiming it to due to a sanitiser are circulating on social media. While police are investigating the matter, here's what experts have to say about it.…

New Delhi: Face masks made of cotton can reduce transmission of coronavirus, a study by McMaster University in Canada claims. Since the virus most likely gets spread through coughing, speaking and sneezing, the cotton masks which are four…

Mumbai: The swab samples of veteran actor Kiran Kumar (74) have tested negative for COVID-19. He had been in home quarantine after contracting the virus and testing positive for it on May 14. Kiran Kumar said, “I am asymptomatic. On May…