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E-commerce is big in India's hinterland

India's non-metropolitan regions are showing a considerable presence in the race for online retail, suggests a new report by e-commerce focused SaaS platform Unicommerce

Nearly 400,000 Covid patients availed home isolation in Delhi through telemedicine

As many as 3.8 lakh (380,000)  COVID-19 patients opted for home isolation after consulting doctors via telemedicine service of the Delhi government between June and August, according to a report unveiled by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday

Facebook executives asked to appear before Indian parliamentary panel on September 2

India's Parliamentary Panel on IT has summoned representatives of Facebook to appear before the committee on September 2 to discuss the subject of "safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space"

Asteroid which ruffled Earth's gravity discovered by IIT-B students

A SUV-sized asteroid that zoomed past just 2,950 km above the Earth's surface on August 16, disturbing the gravity, was discovered by two students of IIT-Bombay, hailing from Pune and Haryana, officials said

India's Chandrayaan-2 completes a year of orbiting the moon

It is one year since India's second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was inserted into the lunar orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday

8 states lead India's COVID-19 tally with over 100,000 cases each

India, which has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, has eight states, which have recorded over one lakh cases each, accounting for 77.87 per cent of its total tally. These states are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal and Bihar

Dhoni not just a sportsperson but a phenomenon, says PM Modi in letter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid rich tribute to former India captain MS Dhoni as he hanged his boots from international cricket, calling him not just a sportsperson but a phenomenon, which was much appreciated by MSD

'LeT planning attack on J&K army posts'

As winter draws near, terrorists based in Pakistan are making desperate attempts to cross the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to enter Indian territory, Indian intelligence agencies have alerted security establishments in the valley, according to IANS

Slight improvement in former president Pranab Mukherjee's health condition

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, whose health condition deteriorated after he developed a lung infection, is showing signs of slight improvement, the Army Research and Referral Hospital said on Thursday

Six cities rated 5-star, Indore retains cleanest city tag in India

Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot and Mysuru have been rated as five-star cities, 86 cities as three-star and 64 cities as one-star as per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' rating protocol for garbage-free cities

Government withdraws 12,000 paramilitary force personnel from J&K

A year after additional security personnel were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government on Wednesday withdrew around 12,000 troopers of various paramilitary forces, indicating a significant improvement in the law and order situation of the Union Territory

40% restaurants may not reopen at all in India

While the online food delivery space is somewhat returning to normal, the dining out industry in India has been hit hard and is operating at only 8-10 percent of the pre-Covid levels, a new Zomato report revealed on Wednesday

Foreigners holding J-1 or J-1X visas allowed in India

Foreign nationals holding journalist (J-1) visa and their dependents holding J-1X visas were on Tuesday permitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to visit India

13 airlines to repatriate Indians to Bengaluru from overseas

Thirteen airlines will connect Bengaluru to 14 international destinations as part of the latest air bubble, Vande Bharat Mission and repatriation programmes to bring back Indians stuck in foreign countries because of coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Tuesday

Cancer cases in India to rise by 12% by 2025, says official report

There will be a 12 percent increase in cancer cases across the country in five years as per the National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020, released by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research on Tuesday