A tragic accident at the Chinchave Minor Irrigation Project in Maharashtra brings into focus long-simmering questions over the quality of minor irrigation works as well as the nexus between engineers and contractors. Parineeta Dandekar takes a look.

The periodic floods in the Kosi basin and embankment breaches have landed the people of north Bihar in a perpetual mess. In assembly sessions, politicians discuss flood relief but seldom the cause behind the disasters, reports Surekha Sule.

Mritunjay Tiwary has brought eyesight to tens of thousands of people through his eye hospital in rural Bihar. But his vision of development extends much farther. Ruchi Choudhary reports.

भारती एक्सा जनरल इंश्योरेंस (BHARTI AXA General Insurance) ने बुधवार को बीमा पॉलिसी बेचने वाले ऑनलाइन मंच पॉलिसी बाजार के साथ साझेदारी की जानकारी दी. कंपनी मंच के माध्यम से कार बीमा पॉलिसियां बेचेगी. कंपनी ने कहा कि यह योजना बीमा नियामक की सैंडबॉक्स परियोजना के तहत निजी कार मालिकों के लिए तैयार की गयी है.

'क्राउचिंग टाइगर हिडन ड्रैगन, ब्रोकबैक माउंटेन और लाइफ ऑफ़ पाय' जैसी फिल्म बनाने वाले डायरेक्टर से इतनी बोरिंग फिल्म की उम्मीद नहीं थी.

हैकर्स ने अनएकेडमी सर्वर को हैक करके 22 मिलियन (लगभग 2.2 करोड़) से ज़्यादा स्टूडेंट्स की जानकारी चुरा ली है. अब इस डिटेल को डार्क वेब (Dark Web) पर ऑनलाइन बेचा जा रहा है.

With the sporting world coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, sportspersons and international sporting bodies have taken to social media to interact with fans and bring back classic moments from the past. The English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has posted two videos of leg-spinner Adil Rashid dismissing Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.

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अमेरिकी कंपनी गिलियड साइंसेज (Gilead Sciences) का दावा है कि कोरोना वायरस (COVID-19) के इलाज में Remdesivir एक कारगर दवाई साबित होगी. इस पर प्रयोग जारी हैं. आइए जानते हैं इस दवाई से जुड़ी खास जरूरी बातें.

मच्छर काटने की सूजन से बचाएंगे ये घरेलू उपाय (Home Remedies For Mosquito Bite): मच्छर के काटने से स्किन पर लाल चकते और खुलजी होने लगती है. कई बार खुजली इतनी ज्यादा होती है कि गुस्सा आने लगता है.

जीओटी (Game of Thrones) के प्रोड्यूसर डेविड बेनिऑफ ने अवॉर्ड स्वीकार करते हुए कहा, ‘पिछले 10 साल हमारी जिंदगी के सबसे अच्छे साल रहे हैं. मुझे भरोसा नहीं होता कि हमने यह किया, हमें दोबारा ऐसा कुछ देखने का मौका नहीं मिलेगा.’

Aam Aadmi Party’s decision to not contest any of the four upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana and Jharkhand is the wisest choice the party has made in the last six months.

After having raised the issue of whether the clubby and secretive collegiums system actually preserves the independence of the judiciary former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju, has now trained his guns on India’s antiquated contempt of court law. He has made the valid point, in this newspaper, that judicial supremacy cannot be based on the law of kings in a democracy.

Owing to the COVID crisis, many doctors and medical facilities are making use of telephonic consultations and virtual visitations to get in touch with their patients.

Remembering Tagore on his 159th birth anniversary today, here we list down some of his timeless poems that continue to resonate his creative charm and are still as relevant.

The unemployment rate in the US has seen an unprecedented growth; Indians are making ends meet after thousands were asked to take pay cut.

Indian economy has stopped, govt should de-centralise the system: Rahul Gandhi

Firemen spray disinfectant inside Odisha State Secretariat to prevent spread of Covid-19

Seema Nanda, 48, became the first Indian-American to be appointed as the CEO of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in June, 2018. She, however, did not give reasons for leaving the top position in the party. The Washington Post reported that Nanda's sudden exit from the DNC was part of the effort of the former US Vice President Joe Biden who is the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

A group of Democratic senators have said that there has been a surge in the hate crime against the Asian-Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic and urged the Trump administration to take concrete steps to arrest the spike in such incidents.

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 52 weeks' imprisonment after pleading guilty to writing offensive graffiti at a number of locations across Leicester in central England, some of which was deemed to be racially or religiously aggravated. Amit Divecha admitted to being responsible for the graffiti, which was found outside a Hindu temple.

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RBI के मोनेटोरियम (RBI Moratorium) सर्कुलर पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट (Supreme Court of India) ने हस्तक्षेप से इनका कर दिया है. दरअसल लोन की EMI के भुगतान को लेकर 3 माह की मोहलत से जुड़े RBI सर्कुलर को उच्चतम न्यायालय में चुनौती दी गई थी.

होम लोन को एक्सटर्न बेंचमार्क से जोड़ने पर ग्राहकों को EMI बचत कम करने में मदद मिल सकती है. खासकर, एक ऐसे समय में जब नीतिगत ब्याज दरों में बड़ी कटौती गई है. आरबीआई ने 1 अक्टूबर 2019 से एक्सटर्नल बेंचमार्क लागू कर दिया है.

भारतीय स्टेट बैंक (SBI) पर्सनल इमजजेंसी लोन बेहद ही कम ब्याज दर पर दे रहा है. इस लोन के लिए घर बैठे ही आवेदन किया जा सकता है. खास बात है कि इस लोन की अवधि में पहले 6 महीने तक कोई ईएमआई भी नहीं देना होगा.