Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Union Budget 2019 with focus on “Gaon, Garib and Kisan.” This is the first budget of Narendra Modi government’s second tenure. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Mumbai Is Not The Only State Affected By Rains, Assam Flood Situation Has Worsened With Over 6,000 …
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The first-term Democratic Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez took to twitter and wrote about the ordeals the migrants entering the US are going through. She wrote that migrants are being held at border patrol station in Texas and their condition is so “horrifying” that apart from the psychological abuse, they are subjected to, they are forced to drink out of toilets. …
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Continuous rains have thrown Mumbai completely out of gear. People are unable to reach their work places as most of the streets are chocked with waterlogging. According to reports, at least 16 people have been killed overnight in Mumbai and Thane as heavy rains continue to lash most parts of Maharashtra. Most of these deaths were reportedly due to wall …
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Day will briefly turn to night today over large parts of Chile and Argentina as a total eclipse of the Sun plunges a vast swath of the southern Pacific and the cone of South America into darkness. Both countries will be under the narrow, 6,000-mile long band that will experience a total eclipse when the Moon will completely block the …
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June has ended with a huge countrywide rainfall deficit of 33% of normal, making it the fifth driest month of June in the past 100 years, as indicated by TOI two days ago. While monsoon’s performance has so far been way below expectations, Met officials say there are indications of good rains in the first half of July. Read more …
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Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the government is working towards a ‘one nation one ration card’, to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country. Paswan, while addressing the meeting of state food secretaries and government officials on Food Security issue in the national capital, said that integrated management of PDS is creating a central repository of …
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Maharashtra, which since 2018 has imposed one of the toughest restriction on the use of plastic in the country has taken yet another step that can other states can follow. Ever since the ban which came into effect last year, production, sale and use of almost all single-use plastic items like carry-bags and PET bottles has taken a hit. One …
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In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl in Assam committed suicide allegedly after the names of members of her family were missing from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft which was released. The girl, Noor Nahar Begum, a resident of Roumari chapori village in Nagaon hung herself on a dupatta after learning that the names of her family members …
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The state proposed a jail term ranging from six months to three years for those who engage in violence against anyone charged under the anti-cow slaughter act. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) 14-Year-Old Assam Girl Commits Suicide After Her Name Was Missing From NRC For The Second Time In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl …
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A team of climbers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has recovered seven bodies believed to be of the mountaineers who went missing from an unnamed peak near Nanda Devi East in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. The bodies, including that of a woman, were dug out from under the snow, on Sunday, while the search for the eighth missing mountaineer …
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