National Security and Gangster acts to be invoked against cow slaughter in UP
Lucknow--Cow slaughter will now invite punishment under the National Security Act (NSA) and Gangster Act, an official said on Tuesday.
Director General of Police Sulkhan...
Disposable sanitary napkins mess up health and hygiene
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi-- Long-lasting, comfortable, stain-free and affordable are the thoughts that come to every woman's mind when she picks up a disposable...
India to take up road and highway projects abroad: Minister Nitin Gadkari
By Rohit Vaid
New Delhi--The government is planning to launch a dedicated international subsidiary of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take up...
New Irish PM-elect’s extended family in Mumbai ecstatic
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai--Shortly before midnight on Friday, residents of an otherwise quiet home in the middle-class locality of Abhinav Nagar in Borivali east here...
A campaign that bats for two-child norm in India
By Rupesh Dutta
New Delhi--As India's population continues to grow and threatens to overtake that of China, a campaign started by a group called Taxpayers'...
Eye care needs in Bhopal gas tragedy survivors still unmet
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata--Over three decades after the horrific Bhopal gas tragedy, there are still unmet eye-care needs among the survivors of the catastrophe, considered...
1 in 3 Mumbai Municipal School children malnourished, up 4 times since 2013-14
By Swagata Yadavar
Despite an extensive mid-day meal programme, a third of children in schools run by Indias richest municipal corporation in the countrys richest...
Karunanidhi a tall leader whose life straddled two centuries: Sonia
Chennai--Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hailed DMK President M. Karunanidhi as one of the few leaders whose political life has straddled two centuries.
Greeting...
India’s 70,000+ public libraries and its untapped potential: A study in contrast
By Saket Suman
New Delhi-- A meagre total of 75 public libraries are serving the over 200 million population of Uttar Pradesh. Compare this to...
Fewer Indians use tobacco, but country still world’s No. 2 consumer, producer
By Ojaswi Rao
Fewer Indians used tobacco in 2015-16 than a decade ago, but only China consumes and produces more tobacco, keeping cancer rates high,...
