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A unique underground library has 900,000 books in Rajasthan

Jaipur, May 20 (IANS) The libraries come in different shapes and sizes across the world. But the one laying beneath a temple at the...

Cabinet nod to extend senior citizens’ pension scheme by 3 years

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) In good news for the senior citizens, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the...

With 398 new cases, Guj’s corona tally jumps to 12,539

Gandhinagar, May 20 (IANS) The total number of Coronavirus positive cases climbed over the 9,000-mark for the hotspot Ahmedabad, as 271 fresh cases were...

Free foodgrains to migrants for 2 months

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the scheme to provide foodgrains free of cost to the migrants and stranded...

Corona cases in India cross 1 lakh-mark with 134 deaths in 24 hours

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The number of novel Coronavirus patients in India passed the significant one-lakh mark on Tuesday with total number of...

Amphan weakens into ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Cyclone Amphan, with 700 km width and 15 km height, is whirling 570 km south-southwest of West Bengal's Digha...

Swamy asks for source after UN official criticises his Muslim ‘comment’

BY ARUL LOUIS United Nations, May 19 (IANS) After a UN human rights official criticised BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, saying that the...

Indian space sector reforms: Will it be a big bang approach?

BY VENKATACHARI JAGANNATHAN Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Space industry experts are divided over whether big-bang changes/reforms proposed in the Indian space sector is going...

Cyclone Amphan: Odisha starts evacuating people

Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The District Collectors of cyclone Amphan vulnerable areas had started evacuating people as the cyclone was likely to make landfall...

With over 5K new cases, India Covid tally jumps to 96,169

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With the sharpest spike of 5,242 new cases in 24 hours, India's total case count of coronavirus jumped to...