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Second COVID-19 wave started in K'taka: Health min urges people to follow guidelines

Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar's admission came as the state health bulletin on Saturday said 1,798 cases were registered on Friday, taking the state's tally to 9.68 lakh, including 12,828 active cases.

Mar 21, 2021

Remembering Chittisinghpura: 21 years later closure still evades massacre of 35 Kashmiri Sikhs

March 20 marks 21 years of the Chittisinghpura massacre of 2000, when 35 innocent Sikhs were killed in the village of south Kashmir.

Mar 20, 2021

Beware of your "clean" homes: Traditional cleaning methods ineffective, study shows [details]

Dyson commissioned a dust study, which was carried out by FICCI Research and Analysis Centre (FRAC), presenting some eye-opening facts about the kind of dust that lingers in our households.

Mar 19, 2021

Fact check: Nothing will prevent morning Azaan over loudspeaker, K'taka Wakf clears air

After restricting mosques and dargahs from using loudspeakers between 10 pm to 6 am during namaaz citing the Noise Pollution, the Karnataka State Board of Wakf clarified that the content of the circular has been misinterpreted and nothing can prevent morning Azaan over the loudspeaker.

Mar 18, 2021

Mars water did not evaporate as widely believed but still trapped underground, says new study

A significant portion of Mars' water, between 30 and 99 per cent, is trapped within minerals in the planet's crust, says a new study.

Mar 17, 2021

No loudspeakers in Karnataka mosques between 10 pm and 6 am [details]

As per the order issued by Karnataka Waqf Board, mosques and dargahs are restricted to use loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Read further details here.

Mar 16, 2021

India's e-commerce policy to bring several changes; what changes for sellers, consumers [details]

An e-Commerce operator operating in marketplace or hybrid mode shall manage its relationship with sellers on its platform in an agnostic manner and without being partial to any of its sellers.

Mar 15, 2021

Pakistan girl proposes boy in college campus; gets expelled for "gross misconduct" [see reactions]

College authorities have taken strict action against the duo, in addition to releasing an official notice where they have denied entry to both the students in any of the varsity's campuses.

Mar 14, 2021

Post-Brexit UK Overtakes India To Become 4th Most Favoured Investment Destination: Report

The top three - the United States, China and Germany - were unchanged from the previous year's PwC survey, while Britain and India swapped positions.

Mar 12, 2021

Who is Tirath Singh Rawat, the new Uttarakhand CM

After the resignation of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Tirath Singh Rawat, the Lok Sabha MP from Garhwal constituency, as the state's new Chief Minister.

Mar 10, 2021

Sound of space: Scientists discover most distant radio blast that took 13 billion light years to reach

The scientists inspected the quasar from the Magellan Telescope in Chile at Las Campanas Observatory.

Mar 9, 2021

Sensex opens Friday down 400 points, Nifty below 15,000

The banking sector witnessed major fall as IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were the top losers while the top gainers on the Sensex were ONGC, NTPC and Maruti Suzuki India.

Mar 5, 2021

Balakot anniversary: IAF chief flies Mirage to show capabilities of Spice 2000 bombs

It is pertinent to note that Mirage 2000s hit the terrorist camps in Balakot with Israeli-origin Spice 2000 bombs with penetrator warheads.

Feb 27, 2021

Balakot Air Strike second anniversary: Nation salutes bravery of IAF; a lookback

The famous 'Balakot Air Strike', the first aerial assault carried out by India in Pakistan after the 1971 Indo-Pak war, completes two years today. The Balakot Air Strike was conducted in response to the deadly Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.

Feb 26, 2021

Self-driving cars, robots and AI homes coming up at Toyota's smart city near Mt Fuji, sans "human touch"

The 'smart' city seems to have its heart in the right place as it aims at being a fully sustainable city with minimised carbon footprint in several ways