Thailand reintroduces 300-baht tourism tax to boost revenue and infrastructureThailand's Tourism Minister, Sorawong Thienthong, plans to reintroduce a 300-baht tourism tax to boost revenue, targeting 3 trillion baht t...
19 Sep, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Olympic triathletes will swim in Paris' Seine River after days of concerns about water qualityOlympic triathlon events are set to take place in the Seine River after water quality tests confirmed safety standards. Previous delays ste...
31 Jul, 2024, 08.58 AM IST
Marathon Petroleum refinery in Louisiana's Garyville reports chemical storage plant leak, fire, evacuation underwayMarathon Petroleum refinery in Garyville town of Louisiana claims to have contained a fire and leak in the chemical storage tank of its ref...
25 Aug, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
I ditched my smart watch, and I don't regret itA review in the American Journal of Medicine found "little indication that wearable devices provide a benefit for health outcomes. Another ...
30 Jan, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
Japan to extend emergency virus measures as Olympics approachThe emergency measures, which are less strict than blanket lockdowns elsewhere, had been due to end on May 11 but are now expected to conti...
07 May, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
Last year's lockdown the right decision with information we had: Sanjeev SanyalIn that environment the best thing we thought was to do a full lockdown in order to hedge for the worst possible outcome, said Sanjeev Sany...
26 Mar, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
Olympic-bound athletes will be given priority when COVID-19 vaccine is available: Kiren RijijuRijiju also said that the country is expected to send the largest ever contingent of athletes to the postponed Tokyo Olympics which is sche...
29 Nov, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
Olympic-bound Avinash Sable breaks national half-marathon record, first Indian to run it in less than 61 minutesThe 26-year-old Sable, who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 3000m steeplechase event during the World Athletics Championships last year, be...
29 Nov, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Telangana CM orders high alert amid sharp spike in Covid outbreakIn a late Sunday statement, the chief minister’s office said the high-level review meeting was “held from 3pm in the afternoon to 9.30pm in...
12 Apr, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
Delhi Police to beef up security ahead of Ayodhya verdictThe Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ay...
08 Nov, 2019, 11.22 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari says 2019 focus will be on creating world-class expressways networkThe focus in 2019 now would be to build a network of "world-class expressways", Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
30 Dec, 2018, 11.28 AM IST
Airtel may review sponsorship for Delhi Half Marathon over air quality concerns“Air pollution poses serious health risks and it is important that these concerns are addressed urgently and appropriately by the authoriti...
06 Nov, 2017, 08.54 PM IST
Piyush Goyal empowers Railways’ general managers on safety, stampede toll rises to 23The announcement came after marathon meetings held by the minister with senior railway board officials since yesterday.
30 Sep, 2017, 10.52 PM IST
Social media reactions after terrorist attack studiedThe study is the first large-scale analysis of fear and social-support reactions from geographically distant communities following a terror...
14 Dec, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Kudankulam nuclear plant on MondayA bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, which had reserved the verdict following marathon arguments, will deliver its judgem...
05 May, 2013, 10.29 AM IST
Supreme Court reserves order on Kudankulam nuclear plantThe Centre, Tamil Nadu government and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, which operates the plant, had refuted all the allegations on ...
06 Dec, 2012, 04.50 PM IST
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