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Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 : She was among the winners in the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ last year and she is now preparing to become a government primary school teacher.Usha Yadav, a resident of the Bhuska village in the Meja area of Prayagraj, …

New Delhi, May 17 : The Centre will come up with a new Public Sector Enterprise Policy, and open up all sectors to the private sector.Speaking to the media here, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said public sector enterprises (PSE) will play an im…

New Delhi, May 17 : He remembers that it was in the year 2010, when his mother became partially sighted, that he started looking at spaces including art galleries, museums, monuments and events with a perspective whether they were conducive to people…

New Delhi, May 16 : In a mega push to boost mining, defence, civil aviation and power distribution sectors, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday announced deep structural reforms under the Rs 20 lakh-crore economic package for the ‘self-r…

New Delhi, May 16 : Face masks, contactless ticketing, thermal screening and longer travel time and halts at stations can be expected in the Metro, if it gets approval to run in the lockdown 4.0 after May 17.While the Central government is yet to ann…

New Delhi, May 16 : Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, 43.1 per cent of old people (those above 60 years of age) took active part in household chores, while nearly 60 per cent of those aged between 25 and 45 years al…

New Delhi, May 16 : As many as 48-66 per cent of people belonging to rural areas, and various educational, social, income and age groups have expressed hope that lives would return to the normal track at the end of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to…

Chennai, May 16 : The opening up of the Indian space sector for private players as announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was termed as forward looking and will give a big boost for the industry, said industry officials and experts.In…

Hyderabad, May 16 : Terrifying visuals of a leopard pouncing on a truck cleaner near Katedan on the outskirts of Hyderabad surfaced on Saturday.Two days after the leopard was seen resting in the middle of a road, the CCTV visuals of its attack on a l…

New Delhi, May 16 : The Delhi government has ordered its officials to ensure that migrant workers do not walk on roads or railway tracks.Such persons should be taken to the nearest shelter facilities, it said.Speaking to IANS, a government official s…