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RS Chairman hails Deepavali's inclusion in UNESCO list

India, Dec. 12 -- Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday welcomed the inclusion of Deepavali in Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and called it a moment of "... Read More


No harm in cars from ethanol petrol, says Nitin Gadkari

India, Dec. 12 -- Ethanol-blended petrol has greatly benefitted farmers and resulted in saving of over Rs 1.40 lakh crore of foreign exchange, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. Amid concerns over th... Read More


Over 6,700 Indians rescued from SE Asia fake job scams: Govt

India, Dec. 12 -- The Centre on Thursday informed Parliament that it has taken notice of instances of dubious firms involved in fake recruitment job offers, having lured Indian nationals mostly throug... Read More


Rajya Sabha discusses medical billing, farmers' suicides, tribal languages

India, Dec. 12 -- Issues including standardised medical billing by private hospitals, farmers' suicide in Maharashtra and inclusion of some languages spoken by tribal communities in the Eighth Schedul... Read More


Mamata slams SIR, urges people to protest

India, Dec. 12 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her tirade against the "mischievous implementation" of special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal "with a one-point... Read More


Govt hire 5,215 teachers IN FIVE YEARS: tripura CM

India, Dec. 12 -- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday said the State has recruited 5,215 teachers over the past five years to ensure quality education in schools. Addressing an education dep... Read More


Kenya Plans Private Partner for Delayed Smart Driving Licence Project

Kenya, Dec. 12 -- The Kenyan government is preparing to hand over the troubled smart driving licence project to a private investor through a public-private partnership, seven years after the Roads and... Read More


President, PM remember Pranab Mukherjee

India, Dec. 12 -- President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday remembered former president Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary. Modi r... Read More


JP Nadda urges equal status for Vande Mataram as anthem, flag

India, Dec. 12 -- Asserting that the national song Vande Matram is linked to "nationalism," BJP President JP Nadda on Thursday said the country should take a resolve a resolve to accord equal status t... Read More


BJP MP accuses Oppposition of unconstitutional impeachment

India, Dec. 12 -- BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday accused the DMK and the Congress of "unconstitutional weaponisation of impeachment" after several Opposition MPs submitted a notice seeking the remov... Read More