New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal on Friday thanked the National Testing Agency (NTA) for giving a new cohort of doctors this year. The exams were conducted during "testing" times.
Kaula Lumpur [Malaysia], October 16 (ANI): The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), together with the Qatar Football Association (QFA), on Friday confirmed Doha, Qatar as the venue for this year's AFC Champions League single-leg Final, which will be held on December 19.
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Though several measures are coming into force with an effort to curtail the air pollution index by pollution watchdogs at the national and state levels in Delhi, experts believe action shouldered by the authorities was 'pretty late this year again'.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): Odisha's State Transport Authority has collected Rs 117 crore motor vehicle revenue in September this year.
Dubai [UAE], October 16 (ANI): One of the biggest challenges in resumption of cricket in the post coronavirus-era has been integrating fans into the system. Despite being the biggest stakeholders, fans have been kept away from the stadiums with an eye on their safety. In fact, going into thi
New Delhi [India] October 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): The annual Global Handwashing Day is unique in many ways this year. With the unprecedented situation arising due to the pandemic, hand hygiene has witnessed a significant increase in awareness and practise.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 16 (ANI): Devesh Chaturvedi, Uttar Pradesh's Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture on Thursday said that since October 1 this year, about 240 cases of stubble burning have surfaced.
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): As the only possible way to beat the coronavirus before its vaccine is invented is through maintaing personal hygiene, the significance of global handwashing day has increased several folds this year.
London [UK], October 15 (ANI): English county Sussex has been docked 24 points for this year's Bob Willis Trophy as the club admitted that pacer Mitch Claydon used hand sanitiser on the cricket ball.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 15 (ANI): Anand Van, an urban forest that has been developed here in the Jhajra Forest Range Complex, will be opened to the public on October 17, the first day of Navaratri this year.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], October 15 (ANI): A total of 77 children were admitted to the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) here with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome/Japanese encephalitis from March 27 this year, out of which 11 of them succumbed to the illness.
Washington DC [US], October 15 (ANI): Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun, who was on a three-day visit to New Delhi from October 12, met with senior Indian government officials ahead of the US-India two-plus-two ministerial dialogue later this year.