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DGCA extends ban on scheduled international commercial passenger flights until June 30

KEY STORY The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday extended the ban on international commercial passenger flights by one month till June...

DRDO’s 2-DG anti-COVID-19 drug to be available for Rs 990 per sachet; discount for...

KEY STORY The drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development...

‘Dirty joke’ against Mayawati: Actor Randeep Hooda removed as ambassador of UN’s environmental treaty

KEY STORY Actor Randeep Hooda has been removed as the ambassador of Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), United...

IPL 2021 to resume from 3rd week of September in UAE; no call on...

KEY STORY The talks of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign being moved to the UAE have been afloat for a while...

WhatsApp says it won’t stop users from sending messages if they don’t accept new...

KEY STORY Whatsapp has reversed its decision to limit functionality for users who have not accepted the new privacy policy. The Facebook-owned company had...

Fungal Nail infections: Was it your shoes or the clippers at the salon? How...

KEY STORY Many a time, a well-groomed person may inadvertently reveal a set of blackened toenails that do not seem to belong to that...

BSY to visit Karnataka districts every fortnight

KEY STORY At a time when murmurs of a leadership change in the next few months are gaining strength, and party colleagues are launching...

PU teachers threaten to boycott exam if not vaccinated

KEY STORY The PU teachers association has threatened that the teachers would not report for exam and evaluation duties if they are not given two...

You don’t have to pay a toll if…: New guidelines for toll plazas

KEY STORY In order to ensure smooth and quick passage of vehicles at the toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has...

Covid-19 treatment still a mirage in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi villages

KEY STORY The medical facilities in villages plagued by Covid-19-19 infections have gone from bad to worse over the last two months. The residents...