Forest officials said the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but usually these are man-made incidents, adding the fire was contained immediately.
A gauge of global equity markets pulled back on Wednesday from the record high hit in the previous session as investors sold technologyrelated companies and the prospect of rising inflation tempered optimism around a vaccineled global economic recovery.
A tablet covered in a red velvet case bearing the Government of India emblem, has now replaced the iconic Bahi khata and the historic Budget briefcase.
The United States stands by Taiwan and always will, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said on Wednesday following a call with Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen, after her own trip to Taipei this week got scrapped.
Till Monday, bird flu outbreak was confirmed in 10 states Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.
The 24-hour average was 404 on Saturday, which falls in the severe category. It was 382 on Friday, 341 on Thursday, 373 on Wednesday, 367 on Tuesday, 318 on Monday and 268 on Sunday.
For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia's biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is also the head of Gorakshpeeth, on Sunday performed Kanya Pujan' on the last date of Navratri here. As per the tradition of Nath sect, Adityanath is in the role of 'Nyayik Dandadhikari' and will lead g...
Algeria's 75yearold President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is self isolating because some officials in "upper ranks of the government" are sick with COVID19, he said in a Tweet on Saturday.
As Yash Raj Films (YRF) celebrates 50 years, filmmaker Aditya Chopra credited the welcoming nature of the Indian film industry for the success of the studio, set up by his father, late director-producer Yash Chopra in 1970. In a special note to mark t...
The award ceremony for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, traditionally held at the Oslo city hall on Dec. 10, will instead be held in scaleddown form at the citys university because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The space agency said it is also looking at paving the way for the insurance sector to render services in the space domain.
South Korea aims to secure a supply of novel coronavirus vaccines for 30 million people, or 60% of its population, Prime Minister Chung Syekyun said on Tuesday.
He was replying to queries on the police investigation into the drug menace among bigwigs of the state including film actors, children of politicians and realtors. The Chief Minister said no one would be spared.
The weekly number of positive COVID19 cases in England in late August was the highest since the end of May, the latest data from the test and trace scheme showed on Thursday.
