New Delhi, Union I&B minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that after the National Education Policy, the Centre is now committed to make students learn by understanding instead of simply memorising.

The World Bank supported STARS programme is part of that endeavour, he said that will pave the way for th

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to chief ministers of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to assure Central assistance after unprecedented rainfall in the region.

"Spoke to Telangana CM KCR Garu and AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Garu regarding the situation in Telangana and AP

New Delhi,  A day after a letter war hogged the limelight in Maharashtra, the Congress lashed out at Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari over his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said, "the Governor should understand that he is n

New Delhi, The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said the country's doubling time of Covid-19 cases has sharply increased to 70.4 days from 25.5 days in mid-August, which is nearly thrice the time being taken earlier.

"This indicates a substantial fall in the daily new cases and the consequent increase in

Mumbai, Cinemas are scheduled to open on October 15 in many states of India, but Bollywood has reacted to the news with caution. Almost all big films have been pushed to 2021, most mediocre and small films of the year have already been sold to OTT platforms, and the few films being touted for the festive weekends have not confir

New Delhi,  Actress Rupal Patel, best known for playing Kokila in the daily soap Saath Nibhaana Saathiya, is happy to explore the comedy genre.

She recently shot for the comedy show "Gangs Of Filmistaan", which features comedians Sunil Grover, Siddharth Sagar and Sanket Bhosale.

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Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that the country has registered the second Covid-19 vaccine, according to media reports.

Russia became the first country to give regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine in August when Sputnik V was officially registered ahead of large-scale cli

Bengaluru,  Timely intervention by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar came as a boon for a farmer's daughter Tanuja Karegowda, who aspires to become a doctor, as she could complete the formalities and sit in NEET on Wednesday.

Tanuja from Shikaripura in Shivamogga di

N0ew Delhi, At a time when the seventh round of India and China military talks to resolve the border disputes in Eastern Ladakh have ended in a deadlock, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his soldiers, "We must put all our minds and energy on preparing for war."

Xi made these remarks while visiting a

Hyderabad, The rainfall received by Hyderabad on Tuesday was an all-time high, the met office said on Wednesday.

The 19.2 cm rainfall in the city broke all the previous records. The previous highest was 9.83 cm recorded on October 10, 2013, said Dr K. Naga Ratna, scientist at Hyderabad Meteorological Centre.