New Delhi, Oct 13: The prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India may cause a loss of over $400 billion in the country’s future earnings, besides substantial learning losses, according to a World Bank report.
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Kondagaon, Oct 13: A BJP MP from Chhattisgarh has stoked a controversy by reportedly referring to the alleged gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras as a "banavat" (fake) incident, drawing flak from the ruling Congress.
New Delhi, Oct 12: Seven Indians, who were kidnapped in Libya last month, have been released, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 12: The prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India may cause a loss of over USD 400 billion in the country's future earnings, besides substantial learning losses, according to a World Bank report.
Chennai, Oct 12: Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar, one of the Congress's most prominent defenders, quit the party today and joined the BJP just months before the Tamil Nadu polls. In her resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, she wrote that she felt "pushed and suppressed" by people who had no connect with ground reality.
New Delhi, Oct 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday announced a Rs 12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states for spending on capital projects in a bid to boost economy.
New Delhi, Oct 12: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2020 Result on October 16.
Khushbu Sundar is has been dropped as AICC Spokesperson with immediate effect, she is likely to join the BJP in New Delhi today. Along with her, a couple of other popular personalities from Tamil Nadu would also join the national party today, sources said.
Panaji, Oct 11: A probe has been initiated into the death of a factory worker due to ammonia gas leakage at a food processing unit in South Goa's Cuncolim industrial estate, an official said on Saturday.
Washington, Oct 11: Facebook on Saturday said its centralised resource centre called Emotional Health, launched this week to help people cope with growing mental health issues in the pandemic, is now available with locally relevant information from its Indian partners.