DAINIK NATION BUREAU A steady breeze helped keep the city’s air pollution levels in check today, letting people breathe relatively easy on a day thousands took part in the Delhi Half Marathon. The National Air Quality Index (AQI) had a score of 292 for the national capital, which is classified as ‘poor’ by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Following the upgrade of India’s sovereign rating from Baa3 positive to Baa2 stable on November 16 2017, Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the issuer ratings of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to Baa2 from Baa3 and revised outlook to stable from positive. The ratings of NTPC, NHPC and GAIL have also been upgraded. According to Moody’s “The ...

India’s Manushi Chhillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant here, 16 years after Priyanka Chopra won the title in 2000. Chhillar competed against 108 contestants from various countries at a glittering event held at Sanya City Arena here. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle gave away the coveted crown to the winner. Chhillar, who is from ...

Rajasthan and Uttarakhand were today jolted by medium intensity earthquakes measuring 4.2 and 3.3 on the Richter scale, the India Meteorological Department said. The first quake hit Jodhpur at 1521 hrs, while the second quake hit Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand at 1832 hrs, it said. However, there were no immediate reports of loss of life and property. Earlier in the day, ...

MajidIrshad Khan, a 20-year-old footballer who used to play as goalie for his team in Anantnag, renounced the life of violence behind and returned to mainstream after the heart wrenching video of his inconsolable mother appealing him ‘to come back or kill them’ went viral. Twenty-year-old Khan walked into an Army camp quietly after videos of his mother Ayesha and ...

Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has rubbished reports claiming he had a close shave when the rear wheel of a car taking him to Kolkata airport rolled off. Bachchan had gone to Kolkata at the invitation of the West Bengal government for the inaugural programme of the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival on November 10. The 75-year-old actor took to Twitter ...

India and China today held their first meeting on the border consultation and coordination mechanism in Beijing after the Dokalam standoff and reviewed the situation in all the sectors of their border and exchanged views on enhancing CBMs and military contacts. The 10th round of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held in ...

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has upgraded the Government of India’s local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed the outlook on the rating to stable from positive. India’s rating has been upgraded after a period of 13 years. India’s sovereign credit rating was last upgraded in January 2004 to Baa3 (from Ba1). Government of India welcomes ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To protest against the BJP led Uttarakhand government’s recent decision to include a large number of villages in the state within jurisdiction of municipal corporations and municipalities  Uttarakhand Congress took out march and burnt effigy of the state government. Protests were held at various places across the state, including capital Dehradun. Congress workers in Dehradun led by ...

Villagers hurt by government neglect took it upon themselves to solve the problem. After five months of continuous work, the villagers made a six kilometer long road. Still building is going on. When the villagers came near completion, the villagers zealously volunteered. Tholdhar-Thanghhar Patrol route of Tholaradhar Vikas khand of Tehri district has historically been a walking route for Gangotri ...