DAINIK NATION BUREUA Indian Institute of Petroleum bags the first prize for its innovation of making fuel from garbage, Graphic Era Hill University the second prize for its sensor-based smart dustbin and SPECS wins the third prize for its repairing technique for LED bulbs. Winners were given Innovator Awards-2018 by the Governor Dr KK Paul at Rajbhawan. They had displayed ...

British company Cambridge Analytica, which was embroiled in the Facebook data leak controversy, announced its closure on Wednesday with immediate effect. The company has also announced to apply itself to declare itself bankrupt in Britain and the United States. The company said in a statement, that it has been decided that there is no possibility of staying in business anymore. ...

A new video, which is doing the rounds of social media, will make you ponder a hundred times over before you decide to have tea or coffee from a vendor selling it on a train. The video, which was shot last year, but has recently surfaced online suggests water from a train toilet was being used to prepare tea and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In the presence of the President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Smriti Zubin Irani and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has given Special Mention Certificate for Film Friendly Environment award to Uttarakhand at  Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Thursday. On behalf of the state, the award was ...

A team of the vigilance department arrested a lekhpal from Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar district on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a local resident. The accused, identified as Ram Singh, was caught by vigilance sleuths while taking a bribe of Rs 5,500 from complainant Tarsem Singh for making a report on his application of domicile, ...

A severe dust storm followed by thunder showers hit parts of the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan overnight, killing over 70 people and leaving a trail of destruction. Houses collapsed and trees and poles were uprooted in the storm that also led to power outages. In Uttar Pradesh (UP), the high-intensity dust storm left 45 people dead ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has drilled 503 wells in 2017-18, which is the highest number of wells drilled in last 27 years. Among the 503 wells, 119 exploratory and 384 development wells were drilled. In order to assess the prospectivity of existing acreages in a time-bound manner and add to the company’s reserve base, more ...

In view of PM Modi’s “New India Manthan- Sankalp se Siddhi” (prosperity by resolution) the government of Uttarakhand has decided to hold a fair at Dehradun’s parade ground. Speaking to reporters at a press conference IAS Senthil Pandian said that the fair would be organized on 4th May. The government agriculture department in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development ...

With the beginning of May, heat levels in India have begun to reach the unbearable mark in many places. In many cities, the mercury has crossed 45 degrees. Temperature has been steadily on the rise across India since April month. From Delhi to Jaipur and from Chandigarh to Bhopal, people are feeling the heat. In many cities, the heat is ...

On Tuesday, the owner of a guest house shot three bullets on the administrative team which had gone on an anti-encroachment drive to 13 illegal hotels in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh’s District Solan on Tuesday afternoon. Two bullets hit the female officer who died on the spot. While a PWD employee was injured. He has been referred to PGI Chandigarh ...