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Wildlife body urges L-G to name snow leopard as state animal of Ladakh

11:26 pm December 8, 2020

Leh : The Wildlife Conservation and Birds Club of Ladakh (WCBCL), an NGO working for preservation of wildlife, on Tuesday batted strongly for naming the black-necked crane as the state bird and snow leopard as state animal of the Union territory. A delegation of WCBCL led by its President Lobzang Vishuda and Secretary Dorjey Daya […]

Govt school teacher suspended for sending lewd messages to women teachers: Official

India drops to 9th spot in global spam call tally, Gujarat gets max calls: Truecaller

8:33 pm December 8, 2020

New Delhi: Indian mobile users saw a 34 per cent decline in spam calls received in 2020, helping the country move lower to the ninth position in the tally of most spammed countries, according to a report by Truecaller. Within India, Gujarat received the most spam calls in 2020. In 2019, India was at the fifth position […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech seeks emergency use authorisation for indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin

11:51 pm December 7, 2020

New Delhi: After Pfizer and Serum Institute, Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech on Monday applied to the central drug regulator seeking emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, official sources said. Covaxin is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). On December 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an all-party meeting had expressed hope that a […]

Our NRI family members backing us, willing to send funds: Protesting farmers

8:38 pm December 6, 2020

New Delhi: Farmers protesting on both sides of Delhi-Haryana border have asserted that they are self-sufficient in carrying on their agitation against the new farm laws, with some saying their NRI relatives have also extended support to sustain the momentum of the demonstration. Drawn from several parts of Punjab, aggrieved farmers have converged on an unprecedented […]

Conservation outlook of Western Ghats grim, says report

7:14 pm December 6, 2020

Kochi: India’s iconic Western Ghats, inscribed by UNESCO in 2012 as a natural world heritage site, is threatened by population pressure, urbanisation and climate change, according to a new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 3, published last week, builds on previous reports from 2014 and 2017 […]