Smoking, spitting & chewing tobacco banned at MGNREGA work sites
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Centre has directed strict adherence to instructions at places where work is being carried under the MGNREGA scheme. It...
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Centre seeks proof of social distancing at MGNREGA sites (IANS Exclusive)
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Union Rural Development Ministry has written to the state governments to provide proof whether social distancing norms are followed...
‘Prohibit export of anti-TB medicines; allow production sites to function’
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry has written to the empowered group to issue necessary directions to prohibit export of anti-TB medicines,...
Hackers creating scam sites similar to COVID-19 relief packages
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down major parts of the global economy, governments are responding with massive stimulus packages aimed...
Karnataka to sell Benguluru housing sites to raise funds
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) With the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent 21-day lockdown triggering a financial crisis, cash-starved Karnataka has decided to auction 12,000 housing sites...
Karnataka govt to auction housing sites in Bengaluru to raise funds
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) With coronavirus pandemic and subsequent 21-day lockdown triggering a financial crisis, cash-starved Karnataka would auction 12,000 housing sites in Bengaluru to...
More Chinese tourist sites resume operations
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) More Chinese tourist sites reopened on Sunday after remaining closed for almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, which originated...
Egypt closes archaeological sites, mosques, churches
Cairo, March 22 (IANS) Egyptian authorities have shut down archaeological sites, mosques and Coptic churches to avoid the spread of the coronavirus which has so...
HK Disneyland to lend vacant sites for quarantine facilities
Hong Kong, Feb 15 (IANS) Hong Kong Disneyland has agreed to lend vacant sites to the city’s government to build coronavirus quarantine facilities, officials said....
Parties must publish candidates criminal cases on sites: SC
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed political parties to upload on their respective websites the details...
Conserve heritage sites hit by natural disasters: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar, Feb 11 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday stressed improving early warning dissemination system and capacity building for the conservation of cultural...
Native American burial sites blown up for US border wall
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Native American burial sites in Arizona have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, according to lawmakers...
Israeli war jets bomb several Gaza sites, none injured
Gaza, Feb 10 (IANS) Israeli war jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Monday as an Egyptian security delegation arrived in the Palestinian enclave for its...
Konark to be soon in iconic tourist sites list: Union Minister
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Friday said the Sun Temple at Odisha’s Konark will soon be included in the...
JCC to visit CAA protest sites to drum up support for march
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) With the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) announcing a Jamia-to-Rajghat march on January 30, the protest against the amended Citizenship Act...
Air pollution from oil, gas production sites visible from space
New York, Jan 16 (IANS) Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last two years, as researchers...
Indian-American prof fired for joke about Iranian bomb list of US sites
New York, Jan. Jan 13 (IANS) An Indian-American professor, who posted a joke on Facebook about Iran choosing 52 US cultural sites to bomb, has...
Shashi Tharoor visits Jamia, Shaheen Bagh protest sites
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor joined the anti-CAA protests at Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh to express his solidarity with...
Metro tracks becoming preferred sites for committing suicide
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) On January 8, Anjani Kumar Rai (38) allegedly attempted suicide by jumping in front of a train at Dwarka metro...
Varanasi to get path connecting 108 religious sites
Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) To give impetus to religious tourism in Varanasi, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to construct a holy path that will...