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DU student booked for injecting saline solution injections to children to boost their memory

11:13 pm February 14, 2021

New Delhi: The police have booked a Delhi University student who was allegedly caught injecting saline solution to a group of children to whom he gave free tuition to ”boost their memory”, officials said on Sunday. Sandeep, a second-year-BA student of DU, is a resident of Mandawali in east Delhi, they said. He told the police that he got the […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Indian-origin employee at UN announces her candidacy for its Secretary-General

12:27 am February 14, 2021

United Nations: A34-year-old Indian-origin employee at the UN has announced that she is running to be its next Secretary General, throwing her hat in the ring against the world organisation’s current chief Antonio Guterres, saying she refuses to be a bystander and it is now time for a new UN. Arora Akanksha, whose work includes managing audits […]

It is resolved: Rahul Gandhi on Punjab Cong infighting

Rahul Gandhi should apologise for calling PM Modi coward: Rajasthan BJP chief

11:45 pm February 13, 2021

Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Saturday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a coward. ”Rahul Gandhi should apologise for the comments made on Friday against the prime minister of the country and calling him a coward on the issue of China,” Poonia told reporters at a press conference here. Poonia […]

Govt pursuing reforms to make India one of world’s top economies: FM

5:22 pm February 13, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government, undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been pursuing reforms for achieving sustained long-term growth in a bid to make India one of the top economies of the world in the coming decades. Replying to debate on Budget 2021-22 in Lok Sabha, she said, the Prime Minister did not lose any […]

35 children’s books in Parag Honour List for 2021

5:00 pm February 13, 2021

New Delhi: Thirty-five books for children and young adults across fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres by authors like Vinod Kumar Shukl, Jerry Pinto, Nandini Nayar and Nandita Da Cunha in English and Hindi feature in the Parag Honour List 2021. Currently in its second edition, this annual list by the Parag Initiative of Tata Trusts features best of children’s books published in the past one year. The list was launched Saturday […]