The ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi culminated on Sunday as thousands of devotees immersed idols of the elephant-headed deity.
Singapore retained its title as the world's most expensive city for the fourth consecutive year, while Hong Kong remained second, closely followed by Zurich at the 3rd place.
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
'Urbanisation results in heavy rainfall events.'
As we get used to a long haul of isolation to curb the spread of COVID-19, the police's new avatar in many places is a far cry from that of the high-handed enforcer of law and order.
Microsoft top boss Satya Nadella feels the increase in productivity has come at the price of burning the 'social capital' built up by companies over very many years, observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
There are two hotspots each in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan
A total of 1,177 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Bilaspur special train, which departed at 4 pm, while 1,122 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Dibrugarh special train that departed at 4:45 pm.
'You can never feel safe. I don't think about such things... life just carries on like this train,' said Manoj Jha, as held on to a pole at the entrance.
Nagpur region, however, continued to receive widespread rainfall with the city recording 39.6 mm rainfall during last 24 hours.
The two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest the Centre's alleged anti-worker policies evoked mixed response all over country on Tuesday.
'People are getting admitted to hospital two to three days before their death in a very serious respiratory compromise state and they are passing away within 48 hours.' 'Those who are coming early in the disease, the minute they are suspicious that they have COVID-19, the recovery rate has been much, much, higher.' 'The moral of the story is: We must destigmatise COVID-19.' 'People should be told: 'Look, if you have anything like this, please come immediately'.'
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Yet another surgical strike? India's Osama bin Laden moment? A fresh demonetisation exercise? What could it possibly be?
Be it bad loans resolution or his uncanny focus on inflation fighting which earned him criticism of being a policy hawk, Acharya was at the centre of it all and deftly steered the policy machinery.
There's a 13 per cent increase over last year, in an effort to put its flagging revenues back on track.
In times of social distancing, thousands of people are dying alone without a last glimpse of their loved ones who are unable to reach them.
Mumbaikars will get the opportunity to travel in a unique, exciting and quick mode of transport between Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
While Maharashtra and Gujarat continue to top the nationwide tally, Tamil Nadu has now crossed the 5,000 mark. The death toll of the southern state has reached 37, with two more women succumbing to COVID-19 during the day.
The focus is now on having premium service to give passenger comfort and increasing train speeds.
'Why don't they suggest artificial intelligence training for SC/STs?' 'Why can't they be trained in computer programming?'
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Fuel efficiency was the platform that had been built by the market leader in the segment, fun was the Discover domain. By diluting the message, the brand lost its old customers and pushed potential buyers into the leader's fold.
'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.' 'It's really about having strong political leadership, that is proactive, that prioritises taking the right action.' 'And if you don't have that, then you will have a much worse pandemic experience.'
Sachin had found his calling and had decided to let his love for cricket, which had grown into a passion under the tutelage of Ramkant Achrekar, override every other aspects of his life.
The Union health ministry said West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to nine in the country due to COVID-19.
It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
As the number of cases crossed 2,56,000 with more than 7,100 fatalities, according to Union health ministry figures, and the country made a calibrated exit from the lockdown in non-containment zones, shop shutters in many malls went up for the first time since March 25 but the sprawling retail places were eerily empty.
The weatherman has predicted rainfall throughout the day with the mercury settling at 19C.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
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The shutdown generated tension in Mumbai and a number of towns and cities across Maharashtra.
