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WHO member states approve resolution calling for pandemic treaty

New Delhi, May 20 -- Members of the World Health Organization (WHO), who met on May 19 in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that called for the adoption of an historic gl... Read More


MGNREGA struggles to deliver jobs despite surge in registrations: Report

New Delhi, May 20 -- Despite a rise in household registrations under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the rural jobs scheme failed to generate adequate employment ... Read More


Conference to boost transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa begins in Zimbabwe

New Delhi, May 20 -- More than 500 delegates from 16 African countries are meeting in the Zimbabwean capital Harare for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Transfrontier Conservation Are... Read More


How India moves: Itanagar's twin city Naharlagun is facing unprecedented challenges in urban management, infrastructure capacity, and land use

New Delhi, May 20 -- Naharlagun and Itanagar are commonly known as the twin capitals of Arunachal Pradesh and fall under the administrative jurisdiction of the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR). Naharlagu... Read More


Britain anticipates its driest spring in 100 years as 'medium' risk for a summer drought hovers over the island

New Delhi, May 20 -- In the wake of an adversely changing climate, news headlines around the world are replete with superlatives like hottest, warmest, wettest and driest. Likewise, the latest additio... Read More


How India moves: Chennai bus riders face long wait times, overcrowding as city's bus fleet meet only half of the demand

New Delhi, May 20 -- Mythli, a student at a coaching centre in Saidapet, South Chennai, typically waits several minutes at the bus shelter for her evening commute home. However, on May 17, 2025, her w... Read More


World health assembly: Four nations honoured for efforts to eliminate trans fats but global progress far from target

New Delhi, May 20 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) May 19, 2025 officially recognised four countries - Austria, Norway, Oman and Singapore - for their outstanding leadership in eliminating indus... Read More


How India moves: Imphal travels privately - and it's choking its people and air

New Delhi, May 20 -- Every morning before dawn, 54-year-old Laitonjam Sanamanbi set off from her village in the Ngariyan Hills with baskets of fresh vegetables and a rising sense of dread - for the jo... Read More


Daily heat tracker: Srinagar sees 4 Degree Celsius jump in maximum temperatures

New Delhi, May 20 -- Heat wave conditions are very likely to persist in isolated pockets of west Rajasthan from May 19-24, East Rajasthan during May 19-22 and Haryana during May 19-21, according to th... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Extremely heavy rain likely in isolated places over Karnataka today, day after

New Delhi, May 20 -- Heat wave conditions are very likely to persist in isolated pockets of west Rajasthan from May 19-24, East Rajasthan during May 19-22 and Haryana during May 19-21, according to th... Read More