Migratory bird species are in danger of extinction globally. International cooperation is must. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Secretariat in Bonn is working closely with India to conserve them, says its Executive Secretary Amy Fraenkel.
The Sports Ministry has issued the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) for reopening of swimming pools outside the containment zones across the country in which one of the noticeable points is that not more than 20 swimmers will be allowed to train during one particular session at the Olympic-sized pool.
A woman was injured in unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday in J&K's Poonch district.
As the US presidential election inches closer, Twitter on Friday said it will add additional warnings and restrictions on tweets with a misleading information label from US political figures (including candidates and campaign accounts), US-based accounts with more than 100,000 followers, or that obtain significant engagement.
CSK's major concern has been the middle-order. While Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are in good form, the middle-order has let them down. Despite restricting Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a moderate total in their previous outing, the Yellow Brigade failed to overhaul the target by 10 runs.
The development came a day after the Mumbai Police sent the country's television industry in a tizzy by unearthing a suspected mega scam of fraudulent Television Rating Point (TRP) estimated to be worth over Rs 30,000 crore.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 cases crossed the 15 lakh-mark while deaths continued to spiral and stood just below the 40,000-mark, health officials said here on Friday. The state has added one lakh plus cases in the past nine days, while half a million cases were added in the last 28 days from September 11.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against eight accused persons in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case. The 10,000-page supplementary chargesheet was filed at a Special NIA court here against eight accused under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Microsoft is not alone in sending employees home. Facebook is shifting tens of thousand of jobs to remote work and Twitter has also given its workforce the option for remote working.
Superstar Akshay Kumar on Friday replied to a tweet by Taapsee Pannu, where the actress had expressed disappointment that his much-hyped Diwali release, Laxmmi Bomb, would open on OTT and not the big screen. "You're not alone... but the show must go on. Thank you for the love on the trailer," Akshay wrote to Taapsee.
Babil Khan has recently shared a picture of the grave of his late father, actor Irrfan Khan, adorned with red roses. It seems like the grave has also been given a fresh coat of white paint. With the image, Babil penned a note drawing from Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi classic, "Stalker".
The plea also sought the court's direction to the central government, represented by its standing counsel Ajay Digpaul, to frame rules, regulations and guidelines to govern reporting or broadcasting of news related to criminal investigations by media outlets.
The observations came on a plea by five candidates who sought quashing of the exam due to alleged technical glitches. The CLAT -- a centralised national entrance test for admissions to National Law Universities (NLUs) in the country -- was held on September 28.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign announced that it has raised more than $12 million following the debate between the party's candidate Kamala Harris and US Vice President Mike Pence.
The rest of the Indian squad, including Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Shubhankar Dey, flew with Air France from Delhi the previous night, while Jayaram was flying with the British Airways on Friday morning.
America's Sofia Kenin, in her second Grand Slam final of this year, is preparing to bring out her best when she takes on 19-year-old rookie Iga Swiatek in the summit clash of the French Open to be played on Saturday.
An undergraduate student was beaten to death in Delhi after a brother objected to his friendship with his sister.
Malayalam actress Kani Kusruti wants a system in place that lets artistes get equal opportunities, irrespective of caste, class or skin colour. Kani was recently awarded Best Actress in the BRICS competition category at the 42nd Moscow Film Festival, and she dedicated her win to Malayalam cinema's first ever heroine, PK Rosy.
In a unique move, Flipkart on Friday announced that potential consumers can get access to select products between October 11-October 14 and pre-book these products at a minimal price of Rs 1 before the Big Billion Days sale event that begins from October 16.
A day after the demise of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, President Ram Nath Kovind has given the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
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