Sixteen species of owls have been identified that are commonly trafficked in wildlife trade in India, WWF India has said highlighting that the birds are victims of superstitious beliefs and rituals. TRAFFIC, an organisation that works to ensure wildlife trade is not a threat to the conservation of nature, has…
A Mithi river clean-up pilot project was inaugurated by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in the presence of Maharashtra environment minister Aaditya Thackeray at Bandra Kurla Complex on Friday. The objective of the project, which has been launched in collaboration with the Marine Debris…
Two militants were killed in an encounter with Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces on Friday in Rajouri district’s Thanamandi area of Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said it is after nearly a decade an encounter has ensued between security forces and militants in the border Rajouri district. A joint party of…
Several opposition party leaders will on Friday go to Jantar Mantar here to express solidarity with farmers protesting against the contentious farm laws and participate in the ‘Kisan Sansad’. Leaders of 14 opposition parties met in Parliament house at 10 AM and decided to extend their support to the farmers’…
The Chhattisgarh State Open School (CGSOS) board today declared the high school main result or class 10 results today. The result links are now active at the official websites – sos.cg.nic.in or result.cg.nic.in from where students can download the marksheet. Out of the total 54,260 class 10 students who…
New Delhi: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India, will be renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today. The renaming recognises the ultimate hockey hero and legend of the sport, Dhyan Chand. The change undercuts and eclipses the name of…
New Delhi: An emotional tweet by PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper for the men’s hockey team – that yesterday claimed a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, the first in over four decades – is making waves online, with nearly 70,000 likes and 12,000 re-tweets since being posted 12 hours ago. The tweet…
HIGHLIGHTS Gold is trading at Rs 47,500 per 10 grams on the MCX. Silver futures maturing on September 3 stand at Rs 66,819 per kg. Both metals are trading on the lower side on Friday. Both gold and silver prices have recorded a dip on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), on August 6, 2021. Gold futures maturing on…
Benchmark stock market indices fell after the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept key interest rates steady at record lows on Friday. The central kept the repo rate unchanged at 4% and the reverse repo rate, the borrowing rate, unchanged at 3.35%. The NSE Nifty 50 index was down over 38…
The Supreme Court ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon.com after it had filed a plea against a Rs 24,713 crore deal for the merger of Future Retail Limited (FRL) with Reliance Retail. The top court bench stated that the emergency award is enforceable under Indian laws and upheld the Delhi High Court judgement…