A school teacher in Nizamabad, who had travelled 1,400 km on a two-wheeler all by herself to bring back her son stranded in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, following the sudden imposition of lockdown in March 2020, is in distress again. Razia Begum’s 19-year-old Nizammudin Aman is stuck in Sumy, a city in north-eastern Ukraine, where he is…Continue Reading

The first Air India flight ferrying Indian citizens from Ukraine is expected to arrive at New Delhi’s IGI Airport on Tuesday night.The Tata Group-led Air India’s special flight to Ukrainian capital Kyiv took-off at 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday.The flight is expected to land at T3, IGI Airport, around 10.15 p.m. with full capacity. According to…Continue Reading

Watch: NDRF personnel rescue nearly 500 persons from in and around Chennai, rescue ops continue

While large parts of Chennai limping back to normalcy after being battered by over 50cms of rainfall over the last six days, rescue and relief operations continue across the inundated regions in the adjoining districts. As Civic authorities and their teams scramble to drain and pump out water from waterlogged areas across Chennai city, many…Continue Reading

Will raise funds for animal rescue centres though PPP models, says Union Minister

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Bhupender Yadav on Monday said that the ministry plans to raise funds for new animal rescue centres across the country through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models. The Union Minister was addressing the concluding event of the two-day national conference of zoo directors in Kevadia of Narmada district.…Continue Reading