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British High Commissioner tweets in Kannada wins hearts of Kannadigas

British High Commissioner switches to Kannada on Twitter, wins many hearts

British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis in his two-day visit to Karnataka won the hearts of Kannadigas by not only tweeting in Kannada, but also initiating poll on Twitter in relation to his experience with popular South Indian delicacy - dosa, on Thursday.

Aug 6, 2021

Why indigenously built INS Vikarant is important for India's strategic interests

Only five or six countries have the potential to build an aircraft carrier; India has now joined this exclusive club

Aug 6, 2021

Mammootty celebrates his golden jubilee: How he handled Mollywood following Sathyan

Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar, celebrates his golden jubilee in the film industry by reciting an Alexander Graham Bell quote.

Aug 5, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver in 57kg freestyle; Haryana announces Rs. 4 Cr reward

After losing in the final to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev, Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar won silver in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Aug 5, 2021

ISRO to launch GISAT-1 on Aug 12; India's first Sky Eye satellite

India will launch its earth observation satellite EOS-03, formerly known as the Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1), three days before its Independence Day celebrations, according to the Indian space agency.

Aug 5, 2021

More than 51.01 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs: Centre

The Centre on Thursday said that over 51 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been supplied to states and union territories since the beginning of the inoculation drive in January this year.

Aug 5, 2021

IMA scandal: ED raids the homes of ex-Karnataka ministers Zameer Ahmed Khan and Roshan Baig

In Bengaluru, the Enforcement Directorate raided the homes and offices of Congress MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan and former minister R. Roshan Baig in connection with a Ponzi scheme. This is the first time the ED has raided the home of Zameer Ahmed Khan, a four-time legislator from Champarajepet.

Aug 5, 2021

Olympics: Israeli swimmers perform on 'Aaja Nachle', impress Indians

Although they failed to qualify for the 12-team final in artistic swimming, finishing 15th among 21 teams, Israeli duet Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky managed to create more waves than any other duet. The reason: They performed to 'Aaja Nachle', a Bollywood song.

Aug 5, 2021

Bronze for us is as good as gold: Sreejesh's mother

Bronze for us is as good as gold: Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh's mother

Even when India held on to the lead that they had in the crucial clash with Germany in Tokyo, thousands of miles away from there at the house of Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh, it was anxious moments.

Aug 5, 2021

Prashant Kishor resigns as Punjab CM's Principal Advisor; takes break from public life [details]

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, saying "he's resigning in view of his decision to take a temporary break from public life".

Aug 5, 2021

India reports 42K fresh Covid cases; ICMR sends out concern over festival gatherings

India's Health and Family Welfare Ministry recorded 42,982 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Thursday. So far, the total number of people vaccinated has reached 48,93,42,295 people.

Aug 5, 2021

After reaching a new high, the Sensex sheds gains

The leading Indian equities indices gave up gains on Thursday after hitting new highs during the first trading. Analysts believe that investors took profit after the surge.

Aug 5, 2021

Bengaluru to conduct sero survey of all age groups

BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta started a serosurvey in Bengaluru to better assess Covid infection resistance and severity. The survey would be done within the municipal corporation borders.

Aug 5, 2021

Karnataka minister recalled to Raj Bhavan to take oath again, here's why

On Wednesday evening Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot recalled newly sworn-in minister Shankar Patil Munenkoppa and administered the oath again in the presence of Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar.

Aug 5, 2021

Return fees collected via illegal offline admissions: AP intermediate board asks colleges

The Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) on Wednesday directed all the junior colleges which illegally collected fees for unapproved offline admissions for academic year 2021-22 to return the money to the students.

Aug 5, 2021

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India

British High Commissioner switches to Kannada on Twitter, wins many hearts

Why indigenously built INS Vikarant is important for India's strategic interests

Mammootty celebrates his golden jubilee: How he handled Mollywood following Sathyan

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver in 57kg freestyle; Haryana announces Rs. 4 Cr reward

ISRO to launch GISAT-1 on Aug 12; India's first Sky Eye satellite

More than 51.01 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs: Centre

IMA scandal: ED raids the homes of ex-Karnataka ministers Zameer Ahmed Khan and Roshan Baig

Olympics: Israeli swimmers perform on 'Aaja Nachle', impress Indians

Bronze for us is as good as gold: Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh's mother

Prashant Kishor resigns as Punjab CM's Principal Advisor; takes break from public life [details]

India reports 42K fresh Covid cases; ICMR sends out concern over festival gatherings

After reaching a new high, the Sensex sheds gains

Bengaluru to conduct sero survey of all age groups

Karnataka minister recalled to Raj Bhavan to take oath again, here's why

Return fees collected via illegal offline admissions: AP intermediate board asks colleges

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh