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New Delhi, March 2 : “It is important that more festivals come up and grants be given so as to ensure that the art of puppetry thrives in the country.Unfortunately, the recent budget witnessed a substantial cut in the cultural budget,” internationall…

New Delhi, March 1 : Minister of external affairs, S Jaishankar took his first jab of the Covid vaccine at AIIMS here on Monday in the ongoing phase 3 of the Covid immunization programme in the country.Speaking to IANS, the minister said that he is f…

Jaipur, March 1 : Tunnel trends seem to be the new innovation catching up with riches in this design city but for all the wrong reasons.Recently, thieves were caught stealing silver buried in a tunnel while unaccounted income was earlier unearthed fr…

Chandigarh, March 1 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday appointed strategist Prashant Kishor as his Principal Advisor for shaping the Congress poll campaign in 2022.Kishor had played a crucial role in the 2017 Assembly elections to ensu…

New Delhi, March 1 : Here is an original, riveting and extensively researched social and cultural history of India.Namit Arora’s “A brief History of a Civilization” (Penguin) takes the reader through nearly 5,000 years of India’s history, revealing …

New Delhi, March 1: The revival of the 2003 ceasefire accord on February 25 along the Line of Control has driven a deeper wedge between Pakistan and the Kashmir militant groups affiliated with Al Qaeda.Barely had the ink dried on the revival of the acc…

New Delhi, March 1: Repeated border flare-ups in the last few weeks have exacerbated the tensions between Pakistan and Iran threatening to further destablise an already volatile region.Various agencies have reported the killing of at least two people i…

New Delhi, March 1 : The concluding day of the 14th Jaipur Literature Festival witnessed Nobel Prize recipient, author, and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai talking about a range of subjects including education, human rights, and her hopes for Ind…

New Delhi, Feb 28 : Farmers protesting against the three Central farm laws have announced a series of Mahapanchayats in March as the stalemate between the farmers and the government continues over the withdrawal of the laws.The Bharatiya Kisan Union …

Meerut, Feb 28 : Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president, Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday, blamed the centre of orchestrating violence on Republic Day at Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor rally.Addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Mee…