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Fort Kochi to become Kerala's first disabled-friendly heritage site

According to the UNWTO, 15 per cent of the world's population is said to be living with some kind of disability.

Sep 28, 2016

World Tourism Day 2016: When is it and why is it celebrated?

Find out the significance of World Tourism Day, and when and how it came to be.

Sep 27, 2016

Mann Ki Baat: Key highlights of Narendra Modi's weekly radio address to the nation

Modi also saluted the Paralympic athletes who won medals at the Paralympics this year and brought glory to the nation.

Sep 25, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media inside the parliament premises

Mann Ki Baat Updates: Narendra Modi talks about Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan, Uri attack martyrs

PM Modi has been delivering this periodical address around once a month since assuming power in 2014.

Sep 25, 2016

Life Insurance Corporation LIC premium insurance bima diamond plan money back

LIC launches money-back plan 'Bima Diamond' to mark diamond jubilee

The maximum sum assured under the money-back plan "Bima Diamond" is Rs 5 lakh.

Sep 19, 2016

7th Pay Commission: Soldiers to get revised salaries from September

Core pay anomalies refers to comparative discrepancies in pay between army personnel, civilian counterparts and bureaucrats.

Sep 17, 2016

'How can we allow a dirty person inside?' says manager of Mocambo restaurant after backlash

Mocambo said it does not discriminate but cannot let someone dirtily dressed and unclean inside the restaurant.

Sep 14, 2016

India at Paralympics 2016 Day 5 live: Watch Deepa Malik in women's shot put final online

The gifted athlete has a total of 54 national gold medals and 13 international medals.

Sep 12, 2016

Sports ministry, Jayalalithaa govt announce rewards for Paralympics 2016 star Mariyappan [Video]

The 20-year-old athlete from Tamil Nadu won the gold medal in the men's high jump T42 event at Rio Paralympics.

Sep 10, 2016

India launches biggest leprosy detection campaign to screen 32 crore people

Around 32 crore people would be screened for leprosy across 19 states and 149 districts.

Sep 6, 2016

Rio 2016: The Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps of Paralympics, India's medal chances and more

The Paralympics 2016 will see 4,300 athletes competing in 22 sporting disciplines.

Sep 6, 2016

Vietnamese woman pays friend to cut off her hand, foot for insurance claims

Ly Thi resorted to such extremes to get $150,000 from the insurance company as she was facing severe losses in her struggling business.

Aug 25, 2016

Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from border after wedding attack

Saturday's attack in the southeastern city of Gaziantep is the deadliest in Turkey this year.

Aug 23, 2016

Team GB Paralympian Karen Darke starts crowd-funding campaign ahead of Rio 2016 Paralympics

Karen Darke training in Mallorca for the Rio Paralympic games.

Aug 22, 2016

Railway passengers can buy travel insurance on paying premium of Re. 1

In the event of death or permanent total disability, the railways will pay a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the kin.

Jul 28, 2016

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