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Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the state's revenue has already taken a hit due to the closure of the mining industry, which was one of the prominent economic pillars of the state.

The incident comes three days after 12 children were administered hand sanitiser drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops at a village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district.

February 3, Wednesday, is Krishna Paksha Shashthi Tithi of Magha Maas in Vikram Samvat 2077. The day is Budhwara (Wednesday) and the Shashthi Tithi will remain up to 02:12 pm IST.

A bronze statue of Gandhi in the Central Park of the city of Davis in Northern California was vandalised, broken and ripped from the base by unknown miscreants last week. The city has registered a case and is investigating the incident.

One of the pleas filed has sought directions to the NIA to court-monitored investigation against anti-social elements, part of the tractor rally, who engaged in violence on the streets of the national capital on Republic Day.

India is a key partner in terms of production of vaccine and we expect that there’ll be a restricted emergency use order for the Sputnik V vaccine this month or next, the RDIF said.

The court, while dismissing the petition, also observed that it appeared to be a 'publicity' interest litigation. The petitioner, a law graduate, claims that he has come to know through news reports and social activists that people were detained from the...

The minor IED blast took place near the Embassy of Israel on Friday evening, 40-50 metres away at Jindal House.

The 2021 campaign underscores the significance of wetlands to "the quantity and quality of freshwater on our planet".

The Sports Ministry's flagship Khelo India has had its allocation slashed to Rs.657.71 crore from Rs.890.42 crore allocated in 2020-21 -- a difference of Rs. 232.71 crore.

The day is Mangalawara (Tuesday) and the Panchami Tithi will remain up to 04:19 pm IST, after which Krishna Paksha Shashthi Tithi will begin. The day will start with the sunrise at 7.09 am and the sunset will be marked at 6:01 pm.

The bank said it has fully provided for these non-performing assets.

In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to amend the Insurance Act, 1938 to increase the permissible FDI limit from 49 per cent to 74 per cent in insurance companies and allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards.

Sources said that a group of farmers had boarded the Punjab Mail last night at Ferozepur (in Punjab) and they were to join others who have been protesting against the Central laws at the Delhi borders.

The funds will be used for procurement of ballot units, control units and VVPATS and ancillary expenditure on EVMs and destruction of obsolete voting machines.

Underscoring the significant importance of health and well being for the growth and development of the country, the budget allocation for the same has been increased to Rs 2,23,846 crore in budget estimate 2021-22 as against this year's budget estimate of...