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SHIMLA: The positive impact of the lockdown, enforced to contain the coronavirus spread, is visible in the agricultural fields and orchards of Himachal Pradesh where almost 80 per cent of rural households possess some land. The state Agriculture Department has seen the lockdown period as an opportunity

With students taking to the streets to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has taken upon itself to put a full stop to the situation once and for all by asking the educational institutions to step in. According

Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, has admitted she doesn’t engage with Twitter or read newspapers, in an effort to avoid “getting muddled” by the “noise,” the UK’s Press Association (PA) news agency reports. The Duchess made the admission during a panel discussion marking International Women’s Day at King’s College

Sri Lanka on Wednesday (Mar 7) blocked access to Facebook and suspended internet services in a troubled central district after police warned that rioters were using social media to spread anti-Muslim sentiment. The government declared an island-wide state of emergency on Tuesday and imposed curfews across Kandy

The chair and chief executive of the world’s largest online gaming company has stepped back from the company after being charged with insider trading and stock manipulation, Amaya announced Tuesday. David Baazov, 35, “is taking an indefinite paid leave of absence from the company,” it said in