The Third Edition of Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga was inaugurated by the Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Shripad Yesso Naik at Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in New Delhi. The Conference was jointly organized by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga and Press Information Bureau (PIB), Ministry of Information Broadcasting ahead of International Yoga Day, which ...

India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million. Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an all-male affair with no women being featured ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In yet another example of sheer backwardness of Mewat, a 30-year-old mother of three died on Tuesday while being treated by a local ‘witch doctor’ for allegedly being under the influence of spirits.The woman, identified as Prameena, was buried till neck in a five-feet-deep pit by another woman Sahida known in the area for treating “paranormal” patients. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Rashid Khan produced another magical spell of spin bowling as Afghanistan wrapped up a six wicket win over Bangladesh to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. On the other Bangladesh  neither create huge score nor shown maturity in fielding because they lost two opportunity and paid its price by loosing hope in T-20 ...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was today summoned by a city court in New Delhi on July 7 as an accused in the Sunanda Pushkar death case after it took cognisance of the police charge sheet in which he was charged with abetting the suicide of his wife. In a setback to Tharoor, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal while asking ...

The Enforcement Directorate has questioned businessman and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra for over eight hours in connection with alleged Bitcoin scam worth Rs 2000 crore. According to sources, the agency has questioned Kundra about other people he involved to promote Bitcoin. Names of several Bollywood celebrities have also come up during the questioning by the agency. Among ...

Over 25,000 saplings of the fragrant champa flower were planted in Bihar’s East Champaran district today on the occasion of World Environment Day. There are plans to spread out to neighbouring West Champaran district as well as both the districts derive their names from the off-white mildly scented flower, said the organisers. “We will work to develop a champa city ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The connectivity to Nepal and China border will be strengthened. Construction work of roads pending for years has been speeded up. Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed the working institutions to fix the time frame. The Chief Secretary was reviewing the progress of construction of border roads, in the Secretariat on Tuesday. It was informed in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A delegation of the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA) met the Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat at CM residence on Tuesday. They discussed various problems being faced by the dairy farmers. Chief Minister said that in dairy business, there are good possibilities of self-employment and employment generation. Women have an important role in the dairy business ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Finance Minister Parkash Pant and Commissioner state tax Saujanya held online counselling for annual transfers in the State tax department on Tuesday. During the counselling, the options of all those employees and officers who were coming under transfers against vacant posts were locked through video conferencing. The online transfer counselling for 54 posts including from third ...