To boost conservation, Maharashtra has begun offering boat rides through Thane creek mangroves for nature enthusiasts who want to watch flamingos and other wetland birds. The one-hour ride along 10 km of thick mangrove cover starts from Airoli in Navi Mumbai, goes up to Vashi and back. bccl/representational image Mangrove cell officials say this is …
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After the Doklam standoff, in order to ensure faster movement of troops in Tawang, the government has planned to build a tunnel at an elevation of 13,700 feet. The tunnel will go through the Sela Pass, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today while presenting the Union Budget. Jaitley said the government was developing connectivity infrastructure in border areas to secure …
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The IAF’s counter-intelligence wing has detained a senior officer posted at the Air Headquarters for allegedly leaking classified documents to a woman among other persons, in what is suspected to be an espionage ring being run from Pakistan. The officer, a Group Captain (equivalent to a Colonel in the Army), was allegedly using his smart phone to click pictures of …
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed Tej Bahadur Yadav, a BSF soldier posted in the border who was sacked for posting a video criticising the quality of food has failed to find any contacts between him and people from outside the country. Yadav, who was last year dismissed from service has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging …
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representational image The two cities are ranked among the world’s top 10 cities with the highest rates of cannabis (marijuana or weed) consumption per year. According to a study by Seedo, an Israel-based firm that sells devices to grow weed at home. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Big Day For Indian Navy, Third Scorpene Class …
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We often hear stories related to negligence on the part of government school where the students often find worms or insects in the mid-day meal but in a shocking incident that took place in Madhya Pradesh, a class 1 student was allegedly burnt by mid-day meal serving staff after she threw hot dal on him in Shahpur’s Ludra village in …
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The United States has announced that it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 “high-risk” countries. However, it said those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past. Applicants from 11 countries, unnamed but understood to include 10 Muslim-majority nations plus North Korea, will face tougher “risk-based” assessments to be accepted. “It’s …
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It was roughly quarter past 5 pm, when three gunshots did not only break the poetic silence at Birla House in New Delhi, but also silenced the strongest voice of India’s independence movement – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, for the Indians the beloved Bapu. Yes, Mahatma was no more and the nation and world were left in shock. It was a …
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Last week, a video of a horrifying accident which showed a youth getting hit by a train while attempting a selfie had gone viral. In the chilling video, a Telangana youth, identified as Shiva was seen standing near a speeding train to click the ‘perfect selfie’. But unfortunately for him the speeding train hits the youth and the video ends …
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I don’t know about you but I am getting quite done with the internet and its business. I mean, the kind of things I am getting to see on daily basis is shocking me to the core. It’s only on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media websites where we see animals doing things that a human would do and …
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