International Yoga Day | Rajasthan records biggest yoga gathering
June 21 is being observed as International Yoga Day every year, after the United Nations accepted India's proposal in 2014. This year, the national event was held at Dehradun’s Forest Research Institute with the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Centre bans offshoots of al-Qaeda, Islamic State under anti-terror law
The Central government has banned new offshoots of the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), according to an official order.
Israel PM Netanyahu's wife charged with fraud
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, was charged on Thursday with fraud for alleged misuse of state funds in ordering catered meals at their official residence, the Justice Ministry said.
Kerala scraps plantation tax
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement in the Assembly on Thursday that the government has decided to do away with Plantation Tax. A commission headed by Justice (retired) Krishnan Nair that was appointed in November 2015 to study the problems faced by the plantation sector had said that plantation tax is one of the oldest taxes and it was levied only in Kerala. Hence, the government decided to do away with the tax, he said.
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern gives birth to baby girl
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl in an Auckland hospital on Thursday, becoming only the second world leader to do so while in office.
Delhi govt. schools to have ‘happiness curriculum’ from nursery to Class VIII
Starting July 2, lakhs of Delhi government school students from nursery to Class VIII will be taught a ‘happiness curriculum’, which would be launched by the Dalai Lama, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.
Jashodaben snubs Anandiben for 'PM not married' remark
In an apparent snub to Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel over her reported remark that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not married, Jashodaben, estranged wife of the Prime Minister, said that “she was shocked at Anandiben’s statement.”
Bear necessities force shifting of Tongki from Seoul to Yorkshire
The last polar bear kept in South Korea will be sent to Britain to escape the country’s stifling, humid summers and live out his days in more appropriate surroundings, zoo keepers said on Thursday.
‘Humiliated’ inter-faith couple get passports after narrating their ordeal on Twitter
A Noida-based couple on Thursday were issued passports, a day after they narrated on Twitter how they were subjected to humiliation by an official at the Regional Passport Office in Lucknow.
Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46
The Gorilla Foundation said that the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla named Koko died in its sleep at the foundation’s preserve in California’s Sana Cruz mountains on Tuesday.
