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Jaipur, Oct 2 : India’s 1328th butterfly species has been discovered in Rajasthan during the ongoing “Big Butterfly Month”, which is being celebrated from September 5.Butterfly expert and teacher Mukesh Panwar, a resident of Sagwara in Dungarpur dis…

Hyderabad, Oct 2 : Hyderabad has a special connection with the memory of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi as this historic city was one of the few places where his ashes were immersed.The ashes were immersed at the confluence of Musi and Esi r…

New Delhi, Oct 2 : The Accountability Breakfast 2020, held alongside the UN General Assembly 2020, focused on securing global accountability for protecting women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and rights during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond….

New Delhi, Oct 2 : The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday appealed to the people living in the National Capital Region (NCR) not to throw eatables or waste in the open as these would pose a bird-hit threat to IAF aircraft manoeuvres at low levels on Oc…

New Delhi, Oct 2 : Hampi-based curator Lavina Baldota conceptualised ‘Santati four years ago as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary.”The idea that started with textile art, ‘Khadi A Canvas, by Gaurang Shah expanded to involvin…

Ongole (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 2 : Amid rising security challenges in the country, intensifying radicalisation and communal sentiments, Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, one of the first in India, has ca…

New Delhi, Oct 1 : The first of the two Boeing B777 aircraft, which have been specially retrofitted with the latest self-defence protection suite for VVIP transport duties, landed at the IGI Airport late on Thursday afternoon.The aircraft, which was …

New Delhi, Oct 1 : The Centre has deputed 50 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) teams to monitor stubble burning and help in implementing measures to combat pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).Union Environment Minister Praka…

Ahmedabad, Oct 1 : Professor Siddhartha Saxena of Ahmedabad University has been honoured with the prestigious 2020 Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute, Washington.Saxena’s course, ‘Future of Work’, is one of the nine courses selected …

Bengaluru, Oct 1 : An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has made a breakthrough in the field of identifying cancer cells by using a 3D tumour model and magnetically-driven nanomotors to probe the microe…