Maha rejoices as Maratha forts nominated for UNESCO 2024-25 tag

IANS | January 30, 2024 6:40 PM

Mumbai, Jan. 30 (IANS) Maharashtra heritage lovers welcomed the Centre’s decision to nominated 12 Maratha forts for the UNESCO World Heritage List 2024-2025, as ‘Maratha Military Landscapes of India’, announced by the Ministry of Culture.

Dense fog to continue over parts of north India on Jan 31: IMD

IANS | January 30, 2024 3:13 PM

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that dense to very dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail in morning hours over isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on Wednesday, Friday and dense fog in isolated pockets on Saturday.

Uber launches operations in J&K

IANS | January 30, 2024 2:43 PM

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Ride-hailing platform Uber on Tuesday launched its operations in Jammu & Kashmir, with its first stop in Srinagar.

Tourist arrival in Nagaland one of country's highest: Minister

IANS | January 29, 2024 6:45 PM

Kohima, Jan 29 (IANS) Nagaland Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along on Monday said that tourist footfall in the state was approximately 15 per cent of the state’s total population, which is among the highest in the country.

Delhi's bad AQI in January raises concerns, experts flag temperature inversion & urban factors

IANS | January 28, 2024 7:40 PM

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The days when "parali" (stubble) burning in neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab was solely blamed for rising pollution levels in Delhi from October to the first week of December have long gone. As January ends, the national capital finds itself fluctuating between "very poor" to "severe" levels of the Air Quality Index (AQI) at several monitoring stations in the city.