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New Delhi, Dec 12: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan attended the 'Cancer Awareness Program' organised by the Centre for Indian studies-Kuwait via video conferencing on Friday and said there exists great scope for both countries to increase collaboration in the field of health and medicine. Vardhan tweeted, Indian diaspora has been the torchbearer of humanitarian principles propagating our

New Delhi, Dec 13: With 30,254 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India's total cases have risen to 98,57,029, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). With 391 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,43,019. The total number of active cases is at 3,56,546 while the total discharged cases are at 93,57,464 with 33,136 new

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Sandalwood actress Sanjjanaa Galrani, arrested on alleged drug peddling charges, has been granted bail on health grounds. The Karnataka high court on Friday granted conditional bail to the actress, currently lodged in the judicial custody of central prison in Parappana Agrahara. She was arrested on September 9 by CCB police and was sent to judicial custody on September 16. Her

Mangaluru, Dec 11: The flight services between Mysuru and Mangaluru commenced today with the Alliance Air flight bring passengers from the city of palaces to the coastal city. There were 78 passengers on board the inaugural flight. Under Udaan, flight services are operational between Mangaluru and Mysuru four times a week—Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The distance between Mangaluru and

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Revenue Minister R Ashoka and Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar at a press conference here said that New Year celebrations in all public places and high streets like MG Road and Brigade Road are banned. "People should celebrate New Year with their family at home. Pubs, bars, and hotels that would previously allow thousands of guests should function at 50% of

Mumbai, Dec 11: India moved down seven spots in the global home price index to 54th rank in the third quarter (July to September) against 47th rank in Q3 2019 with a decline of 2.4 per cent year-on-year in home prices, Knight Frank said on Friday. In the performance compared to previous quarter (Q2 2020), the ranking remains unchanged to 54th spot among the 56 countries and territories tracked in

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoking the name of Basavanna or Basaweshwara, a 12th century saint, social reformer and poet, after laying the foundation for the new Parliament building in New Delhi has gone viral in Karnataka. In the nearly one-minute clip, Modi refers to the Anubhava Mantapa that was established by the saint Basavanna as an academy of mystics, saints and

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Recoveries in Karnataka shot up to 5,076 in a single day, taking the total number of patients cured of the infection to 8,66,664 till date. "With 1,238 new cases on Wednesday, the state's Covid tally rose to 8,97,801, including 19,206 positive cases," said the state health bulletin on Thursday. The infection claimed 12 lives in the last 24 hours, taking the state's death toll to

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Opposition Congress in Karnataka boycotted the proceedings of the legislative assembly on Thursday, the last day of the winter session, in protest against the introduction and passage of the anti-cow slaughter bill, despite repeated requests by the Speaker to participate. The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, was passed in the

New Delhi, Dec 10: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday had a telephonic conversation with Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and thanked him for taking good care of the Indian community during COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said he and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman discussed the follow up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim