In what could be a milestone development, the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF is considering induction of women personnel in its specialised jungle warfare commando force CoBRA. Ten Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) units with over 12,000 personnel were raised under the CRPF in 2009 for undertaking intelligence-based jungle warfare operations. Facebook “We …
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Kerala State Lotteries is a scheme that the Kerala government runs. Nearly daily there’s a draw and each lottery has a prize of Rs 70-80 lakh. There are bigger draws where the winning prize can be in crores as well. Lottery tickets are sold throughout Kerala. The winning combo of numbers is announced online at 3 PM. Kerala State Lotteries …
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In a harrowing incident of sexual assault, a 2.5-year-old girl was raped and her body was found on October 29 at the roadside bushes of Kavi Nagar area in Ghaziabad. A special POCSO court gave the death sentence to the accused, delivering the verdict in record time. The court took 29 days to deliver the death sentence. PTI Jump To …
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In their second meeting in two days with police officials, farmer organisations reiterated that they would take out the tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day even as , farmers in Punjab, western UP and Uttarakhand began preparing to reach Delhi. They made it clear that the parade will be carried out inside Delhi in a peaceful manner and rejected …
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s shared a spectacular image of a supernova captured by Chandra X-ray Observatory on its Instagram page on Saturday. The picture of a neutron star in the middle of a supernova remnant, have left netizens in awe. The American space agency captured a bright source of light at the centre of supernova RCW 103 remnant in 2016. …
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This Republic Day, Rafale jets, whose induction into the IAF began last September and is work in progress, will make a debut in the Republic Day fly-past. Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth, amongst the first three women fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF), will also be a part of the Republic Day Parade. This will be the first time …
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The UK-based international NGO Khalsa Aid has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by members of the Canadian Parliament. This after Canadian MP Tim Uppal, Mayor of Brampton Patrick Brown, and the MPP for Brampton South Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria submitted the official nomination for Khalsa Aid, stating that Khalsa Aid recognized the Sikh principle of recognizing the entire human race …
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580 adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) were recorded in India, three days after the coronavirus vaccination drive was rolled out. Of these, seven people required hospitalisation. This translates to 0.15% of the total number of people vaccinated. While this number cited by the Centre is within the range, what should you expect after you receive COVID-19 vaccination? How should you …
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A new year brings hopes of a new start, but rest assured, whatever may change, our politicians will never and they will continue to make absurd, illogical, and stupid comments. So, 2021 has got to a good start, and here are some of the gems we heard from our leaders so far. “A 15-Year-Old Girl Can Reproduce, Why Increase Marriage …
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AFP Even as India is yet to officially roll out its COVID-19 vaccination programme, the country is all set to export the domestically manufactured vaccines. Brazil, which has the second-highest death toll from COVID-19 in the world after the US will be the first country to export the vaccine from India. The country has said that it has begun preparations …
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