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Now more than 100 NGOs are associated with this cause in different parts of the country.

NGOs work for proper disposal of animal waste

A group of 15 NGOs started the campaign seven years ago and it gained popularity in other states as well

21 July 2021 12:12 AM IST

Valven stated that industries would be allowed to buy power from open access at competitive prices and the nodes would have their own industry distribution license. (Representational Image: PTI)

Efforts on to link industrial corridors: Special Chief Secretary

P Vijay Gopal Reddy from Ferro Alloys Assoc raised some issues that are making the cost of power more expensive compared...

21 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Modernas COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building, July 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP /Eugene Hoshiko)

Free vaccination at private hospitals soon: Tamil Nadu minister

The government will soon form a trust to provide treatment for spinal chord related problems, he said

20 July 2021 7:44 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. (PTI Photo)

I will have to abide by high command-'s decision: CM Yediyurappa hints...

The seer said it was because of Yediyurappa and the efforts of his associates that the BJP has been able to come to...

20 July 2021 6:50 PM IST

In this April 24, 2021, file photo, multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. Indias excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern Indias worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the country. (AP)

India-'s Covid deaths likely 10 times the -'official-' number, says...

The report is published by Indiaâ€™s former chief economic adviser and two other researchers at the CGD and Harvard...

20 July 2021 5:48 PM IST

YSR Telangana founder YS Sharmila. (ANI Photo)

YS Sharmila holds hunger strike against unemployment in Telangana

Sharmila has already staged hunger strikes regarding the same unemployment issue in several districts

20 July 2021 5:06 PM IST

A health worker holds one vial of Zydus Cadilas ZyCoV-D vaccine. (Photo: AP)

Four vaccines in human trial stage, 1 in pre-clinical stage, govt in...

Biological E Ltd-'s vaccine candidate is also in phase three clinical trial

20 July 2021 3:42 PM IST

Yediyurappa recovers from COVID-19, discharged from hospital. (PTI Photo)

Seers, even Cong leaders, warn BJP of backlash if CM Yediyurappa is...

Stating that the community wants him to continue as the Chief Minister, he said Yediyurappa has built the party from...

20 July 2021 2:57 PM IST

Workers clean the premises of Palayam Juma Masjid ahead of the Eid-al-Adha festival, in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: PTI)

SC terms as -'wholly uncalled for-' relaxations granted by Kerala govt...

The apex court pulled up the state government for giving in to traders-' pressure

20 July 2021 11:53 AM IST

A health worker carries vials of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a health centre in New Dehi. (Photo: AFP)

WHO assessing Covaxin data for EUL; Decision date -'to be confirmed-'

Rolling data allows the WHO to start its review right away to accelerate the overall review process

20 July 2021 10:49 AM IST

A medic receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Central School Campus in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Daily COVID-19 tally in India lowest in 125 days

The active caseload comprises 1.30 per cent of the total infections

20 July 2021 10:20 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC asks Kerala to explain easing of COVID curbs for Bakrid

The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on this on Tuesday

20 July 2021 6:34 AM IST