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PHUKET: Six national parks along the Andaman coast, including Phuket’s Sirinath Marine National Park, have made the shortlist of candidates to be named UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Saturday said the central government has given the new inflation as the New Year gift to the country.

After taking the number of rural households in Rajasthan to get tap water supply from 11.74 lakh out of 1.01 crore (11.5 per cent) in August 2019 to 21.39 lakh (21.1 per cent), the Centre on Sunday said it approved allocation of Rs 10,180 crore for Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22 to assist the state achieve Har Ghar Jal.

The Central governments recently approved Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the promotion of the semiconductor industry in the country, is all set to benefit Uttar Pradesh in a big way.

The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Centre on a petition alleging lack of transparency in the posting of a professor of the Jamia Milia Islamia as a member of the National Commission For Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI).

Muscat: Eng Ahmed Maati al Mutairi, Director-General of the GCC Accreditation Centre (GAC), has lauded the issuance of Royal Decree No 55/2021 ratifying the establishment of the GAC.In a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA), Eng Ahmed Maati stressed the GAC’s mandate to activate accreditation activity in the Sultanate in coordination with the departments...