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NEW DELHI: The Centre said on Friday it will grant special maternity leaveof 60 days to its women employees coping with the trauma of stillbirth or death of a child during delivery. For the purpose of availing of such leave, a…

As COVID cases have shown a rising trend across the country, an expert on Thursday said the majority of cases have mild symptoms. Senior Pulmonologist at in Delhi, Dr Nikhil Modi said the COVID cases are definitely rising but symptoms…

The government has no plans to release at this stage the caste data collected under the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that the…

NEW DELHI: India reported 17,073 new Covid-19 cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry dataupdated on Monday morning. A massive jump of 5,334 infections in the tally of new cases in a day has pushed…

Fewer parents living in urban slums of Delhi-NCR feel girls should learn to suppress their anger and other emotions, according to a study conducted by Sesame Workshop India that also revealed a higher number of children reporting their…

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has tested positive for COVID-19. Confirming the development, Azad wrote on his Twitter handle today, "I have tested covid positive today and am under…