MEA Joint Secretary meets Nepal’s Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary

Anurag Srivastava, Joint Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) met Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey in Kathmandu on Friday and discussed on advancing bilateral issues of mutual interest. On Thursday, India and Nepal held the Joint Project Monitoring Committee (JPMC) meeting on […]

Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve reopens for tourists

The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have reopened once again for tourists starting Friday. The inaugural ceremony that took place today was attended by State Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya, Agriculture Minister Atul Bora and PCCF (Wildlife) Amit Sahai. “Momentous occasion for Assam forest and Assam’s rich tourism platform as we open […]

Indian Army deployed in flood-affected areas of West Bengal

The Indian Army has been deployed in the flood-affected areas in West Bengal including Asansol, Durgapur, Howrah, Hooghly districts, informed the Eastern Command on Friday. The Eastern Command further informed that the Indian army has rescued at least 91 people since yesterday. Some districts are experiencing heavy rainfall for the past 48 hours. Several areas are inundated with rainwater reaching about […]

PM Modi to interact with Gram panchayats, Pani Samiti on Jal Jeevan mission on Oct 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Gram Panchayats and Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) on Jal Jeevan Mission via video conferencing on Saturday at 11 AM. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Gram Panchayats and Pani Samitis/ Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) on Jal Jeevan Mission […]

Commercial LPG cylinder price hiked by Rs 43

The petroleum companies have hiked the price of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 43.50. The new rates are effective from today. However, the rates of domestic LPG cylinders remain unchanged. Now, the price of a 19-kilogram commercial cylinder will be Rs 1736.50 in the national capital. Earlier, […]

Female instructors, students fear Taliban will never let them go back to universities

As the Taliban restrict the entry of women at Kabul University, female instructors and students at Afghanistan’s public universities increasingly fear that they will never be able get back to their classes. Cora Engelbrecht and Sharif Hassan, writing in The New York Times said that setbacks at public universities have posed another major […]

Google Lens takes visual search to a new level

With a new, more advanced AI system, Google Lens can now understand and answer questions about an image. According to Mashable, Google has unveiled what seems like a really useful and almost scarily advanced new way to search with images. Google Lens already lets you search based on an image. For example, if you […]

India reported 26,727 new Covid-19 cases,277 deaths in last 24 hours

India reported 26,727 new COVID-19 cases and 277 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Friday. As per the ministry, out of 26,727 new COVID-19 cases and 277 deaths across India, 15,914 cases and 122 deaths were reported in Kerala yesterday. India’s active caseload stands at 2,75,224; the lowest in 196 […]