India has over 4 lakh beggars, with the highest 81,244 beggars in West Bengal, while Lakshadweep merely has two vagrants according to the 2011 census, Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Rajya Sabha.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Raghav Chadha on Thursday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Uttarakhand Government has issued SOPs and guidelines related to Kumbh Mela Registration, passes, and COVID-19 safety measures for visitors to the Kumbh Mela. These guidelines have to be followed by everybody visiting the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. The Kumbh Mela Registration 2021 can be done online on the Kumbh Mela registration official portal.
India recorded 22,854 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around two-and-half-months, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
Geeta, the deaf and mute girl, who was rescued from Pakistan in 2015 by then Extern Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, has finally found her family in Maharashtra. Geeta returned to India on October 26, 2015 after intervention by Swaraj. She was initially lodged at a facility of a hearing and speech impaired institute run by an Indore-based NGO. 
Ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government has issued standard operating procedures making it mandatory for devotees to produce a negative report of RT-PCR test conducted not earlier than 72 hours of arrival and warning of penal action against COVID-19 SOP violators. This year, the duration of Kumbh is being shortened to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kumbh Mela 2021: Lakhs of devotees from different parts of the country took a holy dip in the river Ganga at Har ki Pairi in Haridwar on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Today is the first Shahi Snan at the Kumbh Mela which is being organised here after 12 years. An Ardh Kumbh Mela took place in Haridwar in 2016.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
