69 per cent reduction in malaria cases in India from 2017-2023: WHO report
India has made significant progress in combating malaria with the number of estimated cases of infection dropping to 2 million in 2023, a 69% reduction from 6.4 million cases in 2017, according to the latest World Malaria Report by the World Health Organization (WHO), released Wednesday. Similarly, malaria deaths decreased by...
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India evacuates 75 nationals from Syria after rebels overthrow Assad Govt
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Secure messaging apps big challenge to counter online radicalisation: Govt
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Motion against VP only to divert attention from Soros issue: BJP
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Commemorative stamps issued by postal department to mark UNICEF@75
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Three-year-old killed in accident
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Catholic body urges MPs to act against judge for hate speech
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Touting at IGI airport tackled: 540 arrests, 254 vehicles seized
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Babbar Khalsa behind bar bomb attack, claim Gurugram police
Terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International's (BKI) involvement in a "crude bomb" attack on a Gurugram bar has come to light, officials said on Wednesday. This was revealed during the interrogation of a man who was arrested red-handed while hurling crude bombs outside the bar in the sector 29 market here,...
Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna passes away
Former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna died at his residence early Tuesday morning. The 92-year-old veteran politician was ailing for quite some time. His last rites will be performed with full State honours at his native in Mandya district on Wednesday. The three-day state mourning is from December 10 to...
TMC's Humayun plans new ‘Babri Masjid’ in Bengal
Meet Humayun Kabir the Bengal Trinamool Congress MLA and former Minister who has proposed to construct a brand new Babri Masjid at Beldanga block of Murshidabad district. Kabir who had a few months ago courted controversy and escaped sans penalty for threatening to cut and throw a section of the population...
BJP, JD(U) slam Lalu over his remarks on Nitish’s proposed Mahila Samvad Yatra
The BJP and the JD(U) on Tuesday slammed RJD president Lalu Prasad for his remark about Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's proposed statewide tour - 'Mahila Samvad Yatra', claiming that the opposition leader insulted women of the state. Earlier in the day, Prasad had claimed that the chief minister would embark...
Man held for sharing bogus bomb alert on IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata
A man arrested for allegedly sharing a bogus bomb alert on an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata last month has turned out to be an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer. Police, however, justified his arrest claiming he provided false information that forced the flight with 187 passengers onboard to make...
Rajasthan Government to launch woman-led patrolling units next week
Rajasthan Police will launch specialised women-led patrolling units next week to enhance the safety of women and children in public spaces, officials said. The Kalika Patrolling Units will be distinctively identifiable by their blue uniforms with neon monograms, they said. Malini Agrawal, Additional Director General (Civil Rights), said the initiative will...
Kashmiri vendor manhandled by group of men during International Gita Festival
A Kashmiri vendor was allegedly manhandled by a group of men during the ongoing International Gita Festival here, prompting police to register an FIR in the matter, officials said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday when the vendor from Srinagar was allegedly manhandled by a group of men...
