“We have not re-created a new name, we have only modified the existing ones as per Tamil phonetics. We have only changed the English version of the name. From the Central Committee, we received a list of 3500 names that had to be modified and we cut it down to 1018," he said
The nationwide COVID-19 tally neared 2.9 lakh on Thursday with a record single-day increase of nearly 10,000 cases taking the count of infections detected this month to almost one lakh.
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has written an open letter to the residents informing them about dos and don`ts after 28 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported on Thursday.
In Mumbai, the number of COVID-19 cases positive patients has increased to 54085. The city has recorded 97 deaths in the last 24 hours with a total 1954 deaths.
India on Thursday requested the United Kingdom not to consider any request for asylum by fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya as there appeared to be no ground for his persecution in the country.
The clock will help scientists to determine more precisely when the risk for solar storms is highest and help to plan the impacts of space weather on our space infrastructure, important since the next switch-on of activity may be imminent as solar activity moves from its current minimum.
A 37-year-old man who was arrested for running over his stepmother, Kathryn Ashman, three times in a row at a hotel car parking following a fight at a family wedding in August last year, has been jailed for six years.
For the first time in 68 years, Pakistan's economy has marginally contracted by 0.38 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year due to adverse impacts of novel coronavirus coupled with economic stabilisation policies that had hit the industrial sector much before the deadly pandemic.
In view of the COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government has decided to cancel all pending final semester and final year exams of various Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses.
In exciting news for millions of PUBG players around the world, there’s a new PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds update - 7.3 - coming to the game which will bring a new throwable called the C4.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revised its Rs 99 Special Tariff Voucher (STV) plan with unlimited calling facility. The revised plan will also include free Personalised Ring Back Tone service (PRBT), according to a tweet by BSNL Tamil Nadu Circle.
There are more patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country than active cases currently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Thursday while adding that there is no community transmission of the pandemic in India yet.
A massive fire broke out at Mumbai's iconic Crawford Market on Thursday triggering panic among local residents here.
A brigade under the PLA 75th Group Army is reported to have held a commissioning ceremony of new weapons and equipment during field exercises in northwestern China's desert areas, Nanjiang Haojiao, or Horn of the Southern Border.
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, has retained the top spot in NIRF Ranking 2020 for law colleges released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Thursday.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has been ranked as the top medical college in India in the fifth edition of the NIRF Ranking 2020 for medical colleges released by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday.
The development comes after the Shahi Imam's secretary Amanullah died due to the novel coronavirus at the Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday night.
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has topped this year’s B-school ranking in the latest National Indian Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 announced by the Union HRD Minister through his Twitter handle.
The iTunes U platform will be available for 2020-2021 school year, but will stop being supported in 2021, according to Apple.
Miranda House of Delhi University has bagged the top rank among colleges in India for the fourth consecutive year in the NIRF Rankings. Miranda House (DU) scored 77.23 out of 100 to emerge as the best college followed by Lady Shri Ram College for Women and Hindu College (Delhi University) in the second and third place respectively.
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday released “India Rankings 2020” of Institutions of Higher Education in various categories on the basis of their performance on five broad categories of parameters.
The Mi NoteBook 14 will go on first sale on June 17.
The opening of the Lord Ayyappa shrine for its monthly rituals starting June 14 at 5 pm. will be an inhouse affair till it closes on June 19 at 10 pm.
There is currently no vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and human trials of several existing antiviral drugs have yet to show efficacy.
FADA said that demand Trend in first 10 days of June shows extremely weak consumer sentiment.
