In the past two years, India has shown a marginal increase of 0.21 percent forest, adding 6,778 sq km in area, with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Telangana increasing their green footprint. BCCL While overall green cover, including tree patches outside recorded forest areas, reported an incremental 1% increase (8,021 sq km) over the …
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US President Donald Trump has unveiled a $4 trillion annual budget for the fiscal 2019 beginning October 1. Of the proposed budget, $256 million were proposed to civilian assistance and $80 million in military aid to Pakistan. The proposal of aid to Pakistan comes weeks after Trump administration suspended nearly $2 billion in security assistance to Islamabad due to its …
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For the family of Rifleman Nazir Ahmad, the army doctors were none other than angels sent from heaven. Ahmad’s wife was injured in a gunshot during the terror attack in Sunjuwan. She along with 11 others, was shot in the lower back when Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists attacked civilians at the family quarters of the Army camp. ANI The woman woman who …
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After the cowardly attack on sleeping family members of the Indian Army in Sunjuwan, Pakistan is scared of the revenge that will likely follow. Safe haven for world’s terrorists, Pakistan has warned India against cross-border strikes. Saturday’s attack on the Sunjuwan camp in Jammu was the worst in months, with five soldiers and the father of one of the soldiers …
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Are you planning to get your Aadhaar updated? If yes, then be ready to shell out more money. The Aadaar issuing authority Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has suggested that it will apply 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax on updation of Aadhaar details. The UIDAI has tweeted the new charges in addition to Rs 25 that it …
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Animal trafficking is a serious crime, especially if it is about some endangered species. In a shocking incident, a sedated tiger cub was found in a plastic container with just a little open space for the air to get in Mexico’s New Tlaquepaque Central Bus Station. The pictures of the tiger cub have left social media users in shock. This …
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Residents in Bomja village in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh have all become crorepati overnight, thanks to the land compensation they received from the Central government. The 200.056 acres of land belonging to 31 households in the village was acquired by the Indian Army about five years ago to set up “key location plan units” of its Tawang Garrison. Prema …
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After revealing last year that he does not have any interest in joining any social media network, Russian President Valdimir Putin said that he still does not have a smartphone. At a meeting with scientists and academics, Putin made the admission in response to a speech by Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of the Kurchatov nuclear research institute, while travelling in Siberia …
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Setting yet another example of bravery and compassion, soldiers of Border Security Force helped a pregnant woman to reach the hospital in Odisha. A troop of 8 Battalion BSF carried a pregnant woman, who was under labour pain, in a boat from remote areas of Badapada in Odisha to Chitrakonda hospital. Troops of Company Operating Base (COB) Janbai and Badapada …
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The Delhi Police have arrested Group Captain Arun Marwaha on charges of passing on details of secret IAF documents to Pakistani spy agency ISI. DCP (special cell) Pramod Khushwah has confirmed the arrest. Marwaha, 51, was allegedly using his smartphone to click pictures of classified documents pertaining to combat exercises at the IAF headquarters and then sending them across via …
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