7-year-old from Hyderabad scales Mt Kilimanjaro; says 'scared, but wanted to reach goal'

"I was scared but all I wanted was to reach my goal," says Virat Chandra, the 7-year-old from Hyderabad who could be perhaps one of the youngest to have scaled Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. He achieved the rare feat on March 6. Virat's coach Bharath said that he decided to take Virat for mountaineering after a month-long rigorous training. "Virat has that passion in him. He was very excited to train. Unlike many who quit midway through the training," says Bharath.

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India records 24,492 new COVID cases, 131 deaths; infection tally passes 1.14 crore-mark

India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases, registering more than 20,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. The total cases in the country rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856, with 131 fresh fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed. 

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Census delayed due to COVID-19, work may begin this year: Home Ministry tells parliamentary panel

Fieldwork related to housing conditions and amenities for Census 2021, delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, is likely to start this year with the government sharing with a parliamentary panel a broad five-year item-wise distribution of activities related to the decennial exercise.

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Maratha reservation: 50 per cent cap is ‘Lakshman Rekha’ for quota, Supreme Court told

Petitioners opposing Maratha reservation law said in the Supreme Court on Monday that changing the 50 per cent quota cap for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) as fixed by the 1992 judgement, known as the Mandal verdict, will be like having a society not found on equality but caste and it should not be revisited.

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Kolkata: 1 dead, 10 fall sick after drinking contaminated water in Bhowanipore area

One person has died, while 10 others have fallen ill after drinking contaminated water in Kolkata's Bhowanipore area, a senior civic official said on Monday. Forty-three-year-old Bhubaneswar Das, a resident of labour quarters of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on  Sashi Sekhar Bose Row has died on Saturday after consuming drinking water contaminated with sewage, he said.

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Agra administration proposes to revise Taj Mahal ticket prices. Details

The Agra administration has decided to raise the entry ticket prices for both domestic and foreign tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. According to the revised rates, Indian tourists, who presently pay Rs. 50 to enter the monument, will now have to pay Rs. 80, while foreign tourists will have to shell out Rs. 1200, instead of Rs.1100 to enter the Taj. 

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Boris Johnson to visit India in April to 'create democratic counterweight to China'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to visit India in April to boost UK opportunities in the region and to create a democratic counterweight to China, Reuters reported. With an aim to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region while preserving its strong ties with the United States, the British government will be laying out the country's post-Brexit defence and foreign policy priorities on Tuesday.

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