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1.5L- 2L pilgrims taking Sangam dip every hr

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR, Jan. 28 -- In the run- up to the second Amrit Snan of Mauni Amavasya on January 29, pilgrims continued to pour into the 4000-hectare tent city at Mahakumbh Nagar. The average count o... Read More


2,000 hospital beds, 125 ambulances on standby ahead of Mauni Amavasya

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR (PRAYAGRAJ), Jan. 28 -- From 2,000 beds ready across hospitals to 2,000 disaster kits, a fleet of 125 ambulances, an air ambulance, and tie-ups with premier medical institutions of the... Read More


Sandal procession marks second day of Shah Jahan's Urs

AGRA, Jan. 28 -- On the second day of the three-day Urs commemorating Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a special 'sandal' procession was performed at his grave inside the Taj Mahal. The event, which marks t... Read More


Royal family member slams govt ordinance

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Pramoda Devi Wodeyar, a prominent member of the Mysore royal family, has voiced her strong opposition to the Karnataka government's recent decision to issue an ordinance enabling... Read More


Puppeteer, traditional folk artiste honoured with Padma Shri

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara, a 96-year-old puppeteer from Moranala village in Karnataka's Koppal district, has been awarded the Padma Shri for her extraordinary contribu... Read More


Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

India, Jan. 28 -- In a budget speech made 75 years ago, the then finance minister John Mathai announced the setting up of a new expert body to coordinate and guide economic activities in India - the P... Read More


MAGA won't gain from weaponising tariffs

India, Jan. 28 -- Restoring American supremacy is the declared agenda of the second Trump presidency. How exactly this will be done and what exactly it will take is not very clear. What is clear, thou... Read More


Tread carefully on the Himalayas

India, Jan. 28 -- The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in October 2023 that killed nearly 100 people in Sikkim highlighted how the climate crisis is wreaking havoc in the Himalayas. A mega-dam on th... Read More


Redeeming the federal pledge in Constitution

India, Jan. 28 -- India's federalism as enshrined in the Constitution has proven to be remarkably resilient. In what is a masterly feat in political engineering, the Constitution skillfully blends fed... Read More


BPCL's AP facility to serve dual ambitions

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) will have a refining capacity of around 50 million tonnes (mt) after commissioning the proposed greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in... Read More