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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today greeted everyone a "happy new year", remembering those "we lost" and who "protect" and "sacrifice for us". On a short personal trip abroad, he tweeted his message around midnight India time.…
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New Delhi : Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat condoled the death of Colonel Narendra Kumar (retd), a former top mountaineer who contributed immensely in helping India secure the Siachen Glacier. “On the demise of Col Narendra…
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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday mocked rivals claim of bringing qualitative changes in the health and other fields if voted to power, asking them to look back at their track record during 15 years they were in power in…
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Jammu : Amid a protracted Sino-India stand-off in eastern Ladakh and spike in ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) south of Pir Panjal, two strategic corps of the Indian Army—Leh based Fire & Fury Corps (14…
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New Delhi : The westerlies play a bigger role than the Indian monsoon in controlling rain, snow and glacier health in the Western Himalayas, a new study has found. A team of scientists from the School of Environmental Sciences at…
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New Delhi : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a warning for extremely heavy rain (over 20 cm) in several places along the west coast including Madhya Maharashtra, Goa, Konkan and parts of coastal Karnataka on…
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New Delhi: India generated 18,006 tonnes of COVID-19 biomedical waste in the last four months, with Maharashtra contributing the maximum (3,587 tonnes) to it, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. Around 5,500 tonnes…
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New Delhi : The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for its failure to monitor the unutilised funds lying with at least 10 states for the construction of fortified police stations or…
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New Delhi : The ‘rail roko’ agitation against the farm bills passed in Parliament in the recently concluded monsoon season entered its third day on Saturday. It was scheduled to conclude on September 26 but now has been extended by three…
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New Delhi : From a complete shutdown of international and domestic flights in March and April, India has come a long way achieving the one crore passenger mark in the domestic sector. Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), which started in May,…
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