Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:13:42
The UN refugee agency said Thursday that 1 million people have now fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion less than a week ago, an exodus without precedent in this century for its speed. The tally from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees amounts to more than 2% of Ukraine's population ' which the World Bank counted at 44 million at the end of 2020 ' on the move across borders in just seven days.
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:07:38
With five more people succumbing on Wednesday night, the death toll in the February 25 LPG cylinder blast incident in UKP camp near Doranahalli in this district has risen to 10, as per sources.
According to hospital authorities, several of the injured are still critical.
As many as 24 people had suffered serious injuries in the incident.
The five deceased have been identified as Veerabasa
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:01:11
Around 25 to 30 girl students, including six agitating students who had approached the court demanding the right to wear hijab, are constantly remaining absent from classes, including practical exams at Government Women’s PU College in Udupi.
These girls are from the first and second PUC and are awaiting the court’s decision.
On the condition of anonymity, a student told DH that if the court
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:52:37
Citing the academic journal Science, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the official number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country is suspect.
The reputed journal estimates that the Covid toll in India between "1-6-2020 and 1-7-2021 was 3,200,000 - eight times the official death toll of 400,000", Chidambaram said on Twitter.
"Of these deaths, 2,700,000 occurred in the months o
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:49:50
The Indian Air Force said its four evacuation flights with 798 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary's Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase on Thursday morning.
Its first flight carrying 200 people from Bucharest landed at 1.30 am. The second flight brought back 210 Indians from Budapest on Thursday morning.
A little while after the second, the IAF's t
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:48:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Make in India is the need of the hour and appealed to the industry to reduce dependence on imports and boost domestic manufacturing.
He urged the industry to make efforts to cut imports of goods that can be manufactured in India.
"Today, the world is looking at India as a manufacturing powerhouse," Modi said while addressing DPIIT's webinar on 'M
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:46:16
A 22-year-old student from Punjab's Barnala district who had suffered an Ischemia stroke and was undergoing treatment for about a month died Wednesday in the war-hit Ukraine.
Chandan Jindal was admitted at the Emergency Hospital Vinnytsia in Ukraine, official sources here said.
His family has requested the government to bring back his mortal remains.
Jindal was studying at Vinnytsia Natio
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:44:38
India's COVID-19 case tally rose to 4,29,45,160 with 6,561 people testing positive for the infection in a day while active cases declined to 77,152, according to Union Health Ministry data on Thursday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,14,388 with 142 more people succumbing to the disease, the data updated at 8 am stated.
It was for 25 consecutive days that India recorded less than one lakh d
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:42:45
The Department of Pre-University Education has postponed the II PUC examination by five days to avoid a clash with JEE Mains. As per the revised draft timetable released on Wednesday, the exam will be held from April 22 to May 11. It had earlier been scheduled between April 16 and May 6.
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