Salt Lake City, Oct 8: US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris clashed early and often over the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic during their debate on Wednesday, as the White House struggled to contain an outbreak that has infected US President Donald Trump and dozens of others.
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UGC declares 24 universities as fake; 8 from UP, 1 from Karnataka
New Delhi, Oct 7: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday announced a list of 24 "self-styled, unrecognised institutions" in the country, terming them as "fake" with the maximum of them operating from Uttar Pradesh followed by Delhi.
Ullal CMC issues guidelines for domestic waste disposal; up to Rs 2500 fine for violators
Mangaluru, Oct 7: Commissioner of Ullal City Municipal Council Rayappa has issued public notification regarding guidelines to be compulsorily followed by the citizens for domestic waste disposal within Ullal municipality limits.
Mangaluru: 'Yakshagana' performances likely to be allowed from Nov 2020
Mangaluru, Oct 7: The Karnataka government is likely to allow traditional 'Yakshagana' (dance-drama) performances to start by November-end, Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has said.
27 students from Mangaluru’s CFAL produce magnificent results in JEE Advanced 2020
CFAL students Ujwal, Koustubh, Rihan, Dheeraj, Rishan and many others have done the city proud by securing excellent ranks in the general category at the JEE Advanced Examination, the result of which was declared by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi on Monday. A total of 27 CFAL students have secured excellent ranks in the said Exam. The AIR ranks of the students in general category from CFAL are Ujwal (AIR 588), Koustubh (AIR 881), Rihan (AIR 1,232), Dheeraj (AIR 1,783) Rishan (AIR 2,572), Santhosh (3,279), Goutham (AIR 3,483), Aamod (AIR 4,170), Pramod (AIR 4,302), ShreePoorna (AIR 4,371), Shreekara (AIR 4,837), Mohan Nayak (AIR 5,073), Madhura Sabhahit (AIR 5,512), Ranjan Bhat (AIR 5,909), Pranav (AIR 6,348), Prajwal
ISRO plans to test ground landing of ‘desi’ space shuttle
New Delhi, Oct 7: The Indian space agency is likely to test its reusable launch vehicle's (RLV) landing on the ground sometime in November or December 2020, said a senior official.
Karnataka | Fine for not wearing face mask reduced to Rs 250 in urban areas, Rs 100 in rural areas
Bengaluru, Oct 7: The government of Karnataka today decided to slash fine amount for not wearing a face mask in public to Rs 250 from Rs 1,000 in urban areas and Rs 100 from Rs 500 in rural areas.
Over 1 crore children aged between 5 and 14 forced to work in covid-hit India
His hands caked with paint and dust, Aakash looks right at home working at an auto repair shop -- except that he is a minor, one of millions forced into the Indian labour market.
FIR against Kerala journalist, CFI leaders for attempt to visit Hathras; PFI condemns
Mathura, Oct 7: An FIR has been registered against four persons including a journalist and student leaders belonging to Campus Front of India in Mathura on Wednesday.
2 scientists share Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on genome editing
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR.