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The Indian Navy said on Sunday that it was closely monitoring the movement of Cyclone Gulab and kept naval ships and aircraft on standby for rescue and relief operations.Gulab is likely to cross between Gopalpur in Odisha's Ganjam district and Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh around midnight, the...
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Kerala on Sunday registered 15,951 fresh COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths, which took the caseload to 46,29,915 and toll to 24,603.The number of people who recovered from the infection since Saturday was 17,658 which brought the total recoveries to 44,41,430 and the number of active cases to...
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External affairs minister S Jaishankar is paying a three-day visit to Mexico beginning Sunday with an aim to boost bilateral cooperation in trade and investment as well as other areas.It is Jaishankar's first visit to Mexico as the external affairs minister.At present, Mexico is India's...
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Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi carried out his first cabinet expansion on Sunday, inducting 15 Cabinet ministers which included seven new entrants.The new faces in the Channi ministry are Randeep Singh Nabha, Raj Kumar Verka, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Amarinder Singh Raja...
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The Tamil Nadu forest department has launched an operation to trap a man-eater tiger in Devar Solar area in Nilgiris district following the death of three people in the last few days.District Collector Innocent Divya on Sunday appealed to the people to remain indoors as their movement may prevent...
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Remaining positive about the long-term outlook of Indian markets, foreign portfolio investors (FPI) were net buyers so far in September with an investment of Rs 21,875 crore.According to data from depositories, FPIs pumped in Rs 13,536 crore into equities and Rs 8,339 crore into the debt segment...
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP, claiming it was providing entertainment to people, and questioned the need for opening cinema halls and drama auditoriums during the COVID-19 pandemic.Notably, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said cinema halls and drama...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission on Monday via video conference, his office said.The pilot project of National Digital Health Mission had been announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020.Currently, the...
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India's COVID-19 count increased by 28,326 cases as on Sep 26 according to data released by ministry of health and family welfare and ICMR
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Beginning Monday Canada will allow direct flights from India, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months.Announcing the decision, Transport Canada on Saturday in a tweet said: Beginning at 00:01 EDT on September 27, direct flights from India can land in Canada with additional...
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India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months.Indeed, a satisfying feeling, K Radhakrishnan who as the then Chairman of Indian Space Research Oranisation (ISRO) led the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) team told PTI on...
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Chhattisgarh dhief minister Bhupesh on Sunday skipped a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Left Wing Extremism (LWE).The chief ministers of 10 Naxal-hit states, including Chhattisgarh, were invited to the meeting during which Shah was to take stock of the ongoing...
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Diesel price on Sunday was hiked by 25 paise per litre -- the second increase in rates after the state-owned oil firms ended a three-week hiatus in rates following international oil prices surging to their highest since 2018.Price of diesel was hiked to Rs 89.07 per litre in Delhi and to Rs 96.68...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his birthday on Sunday, wishing him a long and healthy life.Singh, who headed the UPA coalition government between 2004 and 2014, turned 89 on Sunday. He is credited with playing a key role in ushering in economic reforms as...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day trip to the United States was packed with meetings as he attended 20 of them during the around 65 hours he spent in the country, government sources said on Sunday.He also had four long meetings in flights with officials on the way to and back from the US,...
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A review meeting on 'Left-Wing extremism' under the chairmanship of Union home minister Amit Shah has commenced at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on Sunday.Chief ministers of several Naxal-hit states including, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Madhya...
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Two unidentified terrorists were Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Watrina area of Bandipora in north Kashmir following inputs about the presence of terrorists there,...
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Actor Tisca Chopra on Sunday said her Instagram account has been hacked and asked her followers to not respond to any suspicious links sent from her page.The 47-year-old actor took to Instagram and posted a note informing that many of her pictures and videos have been deleted.Chopra said she has...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to celebrate the river festival on the occasion of World River Day on Sunday to connect with the traditions which are associated with rivers for centuries in our country.Addressing the 81st episode of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', PM Modi...
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Senior Congress leaders greeted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his birthday on Sunday, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying he has a great understanding of issues facing the country and there is much to learn from him.Singh, a Rajya Sabha member and one of the Congress's top...
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In a test conducted by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on 120 people (prisoners and staff) of Byculla Women's Jail, 39 inmates were reported COVID-19 positive.Over a period of 10 days, 39 inmates were found affected with COVID-19 which includes six children.According to a BMC official,...
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India reports 28,326 new COVID-19 cases, 26,032 recoveries, and 260 deaths in the past 24 hours.Of these, 16,671 cases and 120 deaths were reported in Kerala, yesterday.Active cases: 3,03,476Total recoveries: 3,29,02,351Death toll: 4,46,918Vaccination: 85,60,81,527 (68,42,786 in the last 24...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to accord a grand welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Sunday after his return from a successful visit to the US.Prime Minister Modi, who is returning from his three-day landmark visit to the US, will be greeted in the national...
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A verbal duel broke out between two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders at a party meeting in Srinagar shortly before Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's arrival on Saturday.Videos of the verbal spat, some recorded by reporters present at the BJP's office in Jawahar Nagar, went viral...
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The cyclonic storm Gulab is likely to reach the West Bengal coast around September 29, director of India Meteorological Department Kolkata G K Das informed on Saturday.South Bengal is likely to have enhanced weather activity particularly in terms of heavy rainfall and wind on September 28-29....
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