Bengaluru, 20/2: Bengaluru has received a fresh Rs 116-crore grant from the Central government for projects to improve air quality. This is the third tranche of grants sanctioned under the National Clean Air Project (NCAP). The Centre earlier released Rs 419 crore under the project. Sources in the Urban Development Department (UDD) said the…
Bhopal, 19/2: India’s wildlife diversity has received a boost with 12 cheetahs arriving in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said. The 12 cheetahs arrived on Saturday and were released into quarantine enclosures at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district, five months after the first batch of eight…
Mumbai, 18/2: Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who is known for his knack for off-beat scripts and roles, was on Saturday appointed as the National Ambassador of Child Rights for UNICEF India. As a part of his duties, Ayushmann will work with UNICEF to ensure the rights of every child to survive, thrive, be protected besides…
Goa, 18/2: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday claimed that the number of cancer cases in the country has increased after the Covid-19 pandemic. He made this observation while addressing a gathering early morning at Miramar beach in Goa, where his Patanjali Yog Samiti has organised a three-day-long yoga camp starting Saturday. Goa Chief Minister Pramod…
New Delhi, 18/2: The CBI has called Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case nearly three months after filing the charge sheet in the case, officials said Saturday. Sisodia, called on Sunday for questioning, has not been named as accused in the charge sheet, they…
Washington DC, 18/2: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make…
Mumbai, 17/2: BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma on Friday resigned from his post, according to ANI. He sent his resignation to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and the latter accepted it. This comes days after Sharma was caught in a controversy after he allegedly revealed classified selection matters during a sting operation conducted…
Moscow, 17/2: After a report this week renewed scrutiny on Moscow for deporting Ukrainian children and detaining others, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, ignoring widespread condemnations of human rights abuses, said more Russian families want to adopt Ukrainian children. In a meeting with Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, on Thursday, Putin…
Beijing, 16/2: China’s ceremonial parliament has accused American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the US passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon’s intrusion into US airspace. The statement issued on Thursday by the National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee repeated Beijing’s insistence that the balloon was…
New Delhi, 16/2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a global business summit on Friday, his office said. The summit, Economic Times Global Business Summit 2023, is hosted annually by The Times Group, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Thursday. It will bring together thought leaders, policymakers, academicians and corporate heads…
