Day: June 20, 2020

Partial solar eclipse will be visible in Bengaluru

8:12 pm June 20, 2020

Bengaluru: A partial solar eclipse will be visible in the city on Sunday from 10:12 am to 1:31 pm, the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium has said. The maximum, around 40 percent eclipse will be visible at 11:47 am, the Planetarium has said on its website. The eclipsing sun should not be seen without protective and safety […]

DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general

8:05 pm June 20, 2020

Washington DC: Protesters toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation’s capital and set it on fire on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Cheering demonstrators jumped up and down as the 11-foot (3.4-meter) statue of Albert Pike wrapped with chains wobbled […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

IIT Kharagpur to start virtual lecture series on innovation, entrepreneurship in post-COVID world

7:59 pm June 20, 2020

Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur’s Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship is set to start a virtual lecture series dealing with crucial aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series titled ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID World’ will be divided into 16 parts and conducted on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced […]

Yoga today is an integral part of global lifestyle: Modi

Yoga may help reduce migraine pain, cut treatment cost: AIIMS study

7:55 pm June 20, 2020

New Delhi: Yoga can reduce not just the pain, but also the treatment cost of migraines, a new study has found. The study conducted by AIIMS was published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, according to a statement by AIIMS. The statement comes ahead of the International Yoga Day […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

NDA widens gap with Opposition in Rajya Sabha

4:05 pm June 20, 2020

New Delhi: With the latest round of biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha over, the BJP-led NDA has further widened its gap with the Opposition in the House, with the saffron party now having 86 seats and rival Congress merely 41. The National Democratic Alliance now has nearly 100 members in the 245-member House. If […]