New Delhi,  Amid the searches at 40 locations by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the illegal arms licences case, IAS officer Shahid Choudhary broke his silence saying that the agency searched his premises and found nothing incriminating.

In a tweet Choudhary said, "With

Gurugram,  A 33-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside a private company's premises in IMT Manesar Sector-2, Gurugram, on Saturday afternoon. However, no suicide note has been recovered. Manesar police have sent the body for autopsy and are probing the case.

The deceased h

Bengaluru,  The Karnataka government on Saturday further eased restrictions in places of worship and also allowed amusement parks and similar places to reopen from Sunday onwards.

However, permission was denied for large gatherings, jaatras, temple festivals, processions and congregations. Similarly, wat

Bhubaneswar,   Foreign-bound Indian nationals, who have taken the first dose of Covishield or AstraZeneca vaccine in a foreign country, can now receive the second dose of Covishield in Odisha, state government officials said on Saturday.

If any Indian citizen, who has taken the first dose of Covishi

Hyderabad,  Innovation hub and ecosystem enabler Technology Hub (T-Hub) on Friday launched the Global Markets Accelerator Programme 2.0 in partnership with La Trobe University, selecting three Australian growth stage startups.

MeetMyCoach, Insight Academy and Neutopia are the startups which will be part

Bengaluru,  India and Israel would collaborate in life sciences and agritech through an innovation bridge between the two countries, an official said on Friday.

"An agreement has been signed for Indo-Israel innovation bridge to collaborate in life sciences and agritech by the city-based Centre for C

New York,   The US government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

This brings the total number of doses to be supplied by Pfizer and BioNTech to the US government under its existing supply agreement to 500 million.

About 110 million o

San Francisco,  Facebook has announced to let people enjoy Tokyo Olympics 2020 via new features across its main platform, Instagram and WhatsApp to help people discover content and cheer on their teams.

In select countries, fans will have access to highlights from Tokyo 2020, athlete pro

Mumbai, India's premier nuclear sector research organisation Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai has transferred its highly efficient cotton-based biodegradable oil absorbent technology to a private company.

According to BARC the cotton based oil absorbent developed by it with radiation technol

Chennai,  The number of cases of dry eyes and digital eye strain has gone up during the pandemic period, said a top official of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.

The cases of digital eye strain and dry eyes seen a significant rise as a result of excessive exposure to light-emitting digital screens as peopl