India

Given that India is dealing with the dual problems of COVID-19 and pollution, many states have banned, fully or partially, the use and sale of firecrackers to prevent the situation...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Friday issued guidelines that allow 'work from home' and 'work from anywhere' facilities for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees. The guidelines aim to simplify or remove...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that all offences cannot be considered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only on the ground that the...

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor often has people reaching for their dictionaries with his use of long and obscure words, but he may have met his match in this teenager...

New Delhi: The National Payments Corporation of India has allowed Facebook Inc. to start operating its WhatsApp payments service through the multibank Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the country. In...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Centre to issue directions on "banning or regulating the use of disinfection tunnels spraying chemical or organic disinfectants on humans" within...

New Delhi: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NTPC's subsidiary Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) to set up solar power plants at airports...

New Delhi: The Central Government on Thursday further eased the restrictions in the new guidelines issued for those flying to India from abroad. According to the fresh standard operating procedure...

Chennai: Kamal Haasan said on Thursday that he will be contesting the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. Addressing the media in Chennai on Thursday, the actor-turned-politician claimed that Makkal Needhi...

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a set of guidelines for universities and colleges to reopen. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education have...