DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dehradun is most polluted among five most ecologically sensitive cities in India. Dehradun’s air quality is worse than in the cities of NCR and other major cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru, said the founder of the think tank Gati Foundation, Anoop Nautiyal. Nautiyal said that in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on December 15 ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has emphasised the need to see grain production, dairy farming, animal husbandry and fisheries, poultry, horticulture and sericulture as part of a composite approach to modern agriculture. There is also need to encourage the food processing industry to give farmers a better price and a better deal for their produce. He ...

While Cape Town in South Africa is being touted as the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of water, Bengaluru is not far behind. Bengaluru is second in a list of 11 cities that are facing the imminent threat of running out of water based on an UN-backed study, published by the ...

India’s top gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been forced out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games owing to the career-threatening knee injury she picked up last year, her coach Bisweshwar Nandi said today. “She is not yet ready for a tournament like the Commonwealth Games. So, the target is to make her fully ready for the Asian Games (August 18-September 2),” Nandi ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Trivendra Singh Rawat led Uttarakhand government has approved new Nazul land policy. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting on wednesday.  With this decision, the land can become free-hold by depositing some charges and government is expecting income of around Rs 2000 crore in near future. There was no official briefing made in view of upcoming budget ...

Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America’s intelligence chief warned today. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats’ remarks came days after a group of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists struck the Sunjuwan Military Camp in Jammu on Saturday, killing seven people including six soldiers. Pakistan is developing new types ...

Punjab National Bank, the second largest public sector bank in India, has detected a $1.8 billion fraud in one of its branches here, the bank said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Wednesday. “The bank has detected some fraudulent and unauthorised transactions (messages) in one of its branch in Mumbai for the benefit of a few select ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Kedarnath portal, which had closed in november for winter break, will open for devotees by April 29. Now devotees, who wish to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva at Kedarnath, can visit there. As per the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple committee (BKTC) portal will open on april 29 at 6.15 am. It means devotees will have to reach Kedarnath ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Khanpur MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, who met with BJP national president Amit Shah in Delhi on February 13, has embarrassed the party and its leaders including state BJP president Ajay Bhatt. Although state chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has categorically said that MLA Champion is sportsperson so he has extra energy so media should not give ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Over 300 challans were issued today under the ‘Clean Air Campaign’ – a joint venture of the Environment ministry and the Delhi government to combat air pollution in the national capital. Under the campaign, 70 teams comprising officials from Centre and Delhi government, municipal corporations, pollution control boards and others have been formed to monitor causes of ...