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UP Assembly session commences today; Sept 22 reserved for women members

The brief monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly that begins on Monday will be unique in the sense that it will have a day exclusively reserved for women members

South Korea to slaughter some 7,000 pigs amid new African swine fever case

South Korea will slaughter some 7,000 pigs to try to stem the spread of African swine fever (ASF) following a new outbreak at a local farm, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.

Despite govt measures, death toll of Lassa fever rises to 171 in Nigeria

The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 171, despite measures by the government to reduce infections across the country, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC)

New jerseys unveiled for India men's and women's T20I cricket matches

For the first time in Indian cricket history, the jersey was unveiled not by the national team, but by the Mumbai Under-19 women's cricket players along with some of the 'superfans' of the game

Spielberg's coming-of-age movie, 'The Fabelmans', gets top TIFF award

Steven Spielberg's autobiographical coming-of-age story 'The Fabelmans' took home the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

NEP recognises all Indian languages as national languages: Pradhan

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 recognises all Indian languages as national languages

VIMS tragedy: Karnataka CM defends Health Min, rules out his resignation

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday flatly refused the opposition parties' demand for Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar's resignation over the deaths in VIMS

Stir continues at Chandigarh University over 'leaked objectionable videos'

Donning black T-shirts, students of Chandigarh University in Punjab's Mohali district continued to protest demanding justice over the alleged 'leaked objectionable videos' on Sunday

Almost 50% coal blocks allotted to power PSUs face delay in prodn: Report

Seven out of the total 16 coal blocks issued to state-owned power sector entities or PSUs are yet to start or have just started production, even more than seven years after their allotment

Goa CM Sawant to meet PM along with eight MLAs who switched to BJP

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant along with eight MLAs, who recently switched to the BJP from the Congress, will leave for Delhi later on Sunday to meet PM Modi and other senior saffron party leaders

All rail projects proposed by Kerala rejected, says Karnataka CM Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said all three major rail projects, proposed by Kerala, have been rejected

Team Ganguly-Shah: Tracking the journeys of key BCCI office-bearers

With Shah taking the top position in the BCCI, former Indian captain Ganguly could take on the ICC chairman's role. However, only time will tell about these developments

'Stop threatening media,' says Delhi CM Kejriwal to PM's media advisor

Addressing Aam Aadmi Party's first Rashtriya Janpratinidhi Sammelan here, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister's media advisor of threatening the media

India should start Australia T20Is with Pant instead of Karthik: Gambhir

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir wants the hosts to start the T20I series against Australia with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the playing eleven, instead of veteran Dinesh Karthik.

Virat Kohli is our third opener; might open in some matches: Rohit Sharma

Ahead of the T20I series against Australia, India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed that talismanic batter Virat Kohli will be the third opener in the side.

Telegram's new update brings infinite reactions, emoji statuses

Telegram has announced that it is rolling out a new update that gives users more ways to use new emojis to express how they are feeling -- with infinite reactions and emoji statuses

Withdraw confidentiality breach allegations: IDBI Trustee asks Rel Capital

IDBI Trusteeship Services has asked the administrator of Reliance Capital, Nageswara Rao Y to withdraw the allegations of breach of confidentiality

Philippine president to focus on food, energy, climate change at UNGA

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos left for New York to participate in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, with his priority focus on food security, energy and climate change

S Korea's new Covid-19 cases fall below 40,000 amid virus slowdown

South Korea's new Covid-19 cases fell for the fourth consecutive day to below 40,000 on Sunday as the spread of the virus slows down

China's chip output shrinks as India, US ramp up local manufacturing

As India and the US double down on domestic semiconductor manufacturing, China witnessed its biggest-ever monthly decline in chip manufacturing in August