One of India’s most wanted terrorists, Abu Bakr a key conspirator behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts has reportedly been apprehended in the UAE. Abu Bakar, a close aid of Dawood Ibrahim was held in the UAE, where he had been living for years, at the request of Indian authorities. India Today, quoting sources reported that …
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Time and again, trees and forests have proved to be the much-needed respite we all need from the consequences of climate change. Across the world, trees are duly recognised for their superpower of sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Large-scale tree plantations can help achieve a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by generating jobs, storing carbon, increasing water table …
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India’s economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday. “With the vaccination programme having covered the bulk of …
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With the peak of the third wave of COVID-19 seemingly passed, Delhi is doing away with the restrictions that were in place. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday decided to lift the weekend curfew and odd-even system of opening. Non-essential shops in the city besides permitting restaurants and bars to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity, in view …
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The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been challenging for a large section of society and students have been among the worst hit. The fear of getting infected and the lockdowns meant that educational institutions including schools and colleges have remained shut for regular classes for the better part of 2020 and 2021. BCCL Though classes switched to …
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Students of Hansraj College under the Delhi University have launched an online protest after the authorities allegedly set up a cow shelter inside the campus, at a location that was originally allocated for a girls’ hostel, a report in TOI said. The Swami Dayanand Saraswati Gau-Samwardhan ewam Anusandhan Kendra was set up inside the campus some two months ago. Change.org …
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It is 7 in the morning and Mushtaq Ahmad, a COVID lab technician is getting ready to leave for his duty. “I have to reach the hospital at 9.45 am,” said Ahmad who is posted at Primary Health Centre (PHC) Boniyar, a remote area in northern Kashmir. As per his staff, Ahmad is one the dedicated employees of the hospital …
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has asked Indian ambassadors in the US and Canada to urgently look into the tragedy that resulted in the death of a family of four, including the baby on the Canadian side of the border with the US in an apparent human smuggling operation. The family said to be from Gujarat was trying to enter …
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Residents of Khampur village in Delhi’s Alipur are keeping a strict vigil on a 120-year-old ‘sacred’ banyan tree in the area after it was trimmed by unidentified people while they were asleep. Locals of the village said they have an emotional attachment with the tree and worship it during festivals while some of them blamed the local land mafia for …
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There’s good news for international travellers arriving in India as the Centre has decided not to make a stay at the Covid isolation facility mandatory. It is effective from today. Jump To Revised guidelines Previous guidelines Indias Covid tally Revised guidelines So, now if Covid positive passengers arrive in India from any country, he/she will not mandatorily be managed at …
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