New Delhi: To boost air travel between smaller cities, fares for one-hour flights will be capped at 2,500 rupees in the new UDAN scheme that is likely to launch in January. The UDAN scheme (an acronym for Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik or “helping the average Indian fly”) has beenContinue Reading
Lucknow: A day after Sunni cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli announced launching of a campaign on ‘rights of women in Islamic law’, Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq said on Thursday the better idea would be to give women the right toContinue Reading
The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai has been officially named as the second venue for the FIFA U17 World Cup, to be held across India next year. This news comes a day after the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Stadium Kochi, Kerala, was announced as the first of the six Indian stadiumsContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: As many as 550 jobs have disappeared every day in last four years and if this trend continues, employment would shrink by 7 million by 2050 in the country, a study has claimed. Farmers, petty retail vendors, contract labourers and construction workers are the most vulnerable sections facingContinue Reading
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to replace debit cards whose security is suspected to have been compromised after being used in some automated teller machines (ATMs). The issue was first suspected by payment gateways such as Visa, Mastercard and Rupay, the last of which is operatedContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Only three of Odisha’s 568 hospitals have fire safety clearance, the National Human Rights Commission said today and issued a notice to the state government over the fire incident at a hospital in Bhubaneswar which has left 21 people dead so far. The Commission has taken suo motu cognisanceContinue Reading
More than 70 percent of rain water in Kerala is drained offContinue Reading
Fr Chiramel moots kidney exchange programContinue Reading
Twenty-two people were killed and 120 injured in a major fire at SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday evening. While 14 patients were declared “brought dead” at Capital Hospital, eight were “brought dead” to AMRI Hospital from the fire-struck private medical facility, officials said. Capital Hospital superintendent Binod Kumar MishraContinue Reading
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has apologised after being criticised for modelling an “insensitive” top on a Conde Nast Traveller magazine cover. The top has the words “migrant”, “refugee” and “outsider” crossed out while the word “traveller” stands out. Both the actress and Conde Nast were criticised over the “privileged” message,Continue Reading
