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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a petition against the centre’s refusal to renew licences required to get foreign funding for thousands of non-profits that could impair their vital humanitarian, advocacy and other operations in…

Bhubaneswar: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has sought a report from 5 states including Odisha on the steps taken to locate the tribals who had fled Chhattisgarh to other states following torture by the Maoists.…

Navi Mumbai: COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian squad forced the home team to withdraw from the Women’s Asian Cup football tournament on Sunday. India were scheduled to face Chinese Taipei at DY Patil Stadium this evening in a must-win Group…

Bhubaneswar: In its commitment to ensure safe journey to passengers, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of East Coast Railway (ECoR) rescued 314 passengers including  minor children, women and senior citizens in 2021. The RPF escorted…

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately ban opinion polls being telecast on different TV news channels ahead of assembly elections in five states, including UP. “Ban, with immediate effect,…

New Delhi: This year’s Republic Day parade will be different from previous years. For the first time, the parade will start half an hour late, due to COVID-related restrictions. The parade will see the Army marching contingents displaying…

Bhubaneswar: Professor of Economics, Ashoka University, Ashwini Deshpande could not have wished for a better ending to this story, which began last year. On December 31, the professor shared an adorable story about how an Egyptian travel…

New Delhi: Omicron is in community transmission stage in the country and is now the dominant variant in several metro cities, INSACOG said in its latest bulletin on Sunday. INSACOG stands for Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium. It…

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, where COVID-19 cases have spiralled, imposed a one-day lockdown on Sunday. Only emergency services are functioning in the state. The state government on Friday announced to impose lockdowns on two Sundays,…

New Delhi: The COVID curve in India witnessed marginal improvement on Sunday as the country logged 3.33 lakh cases. The number of cases is marginally lower than Saturday. India is the second worst-hit country after the US with a tally of…