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India scaling renewable energy capacity but challenges remain: ADB
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India has scaled up its renewable energy capacity by 250 per cent between 2014 and 2021. It now ranks fourth in renewable energy capacity in the world but attempting a clean energy transition at the scale that India requires faces many challenges, according to Asian Development Bank
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PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' key pillar of government's citizen-outreach, has
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat will be broadcast on Sunday. The programme started on October 3, 2014, months after Narendra Modi took over the Prime Minister's Office in May
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'Mann ki Baat' created a mass movement, spurred community action, boosted
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
PM Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' created a mass movement, spurred community action, boosted sustainable development efforts, says a recent report by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) in partnership with Axis My India and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the impact of the monthly r
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Andre Russell completes 100 IPL matches for Kolkata Knight Riders
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 35-year-old all-rounder accomplished this milestone during his side's IPL 2023 match against Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The West Indies star made his IPL debut back in 2012 for Delhi Capitals (formerly known as Delhi Daredevils) and represented the franchise till 2013
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Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan reaches 100th-match mark in his IPL career
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 24-year-old accomplished this milestone in his side's IPL 2023 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Rashid made his IPL debut in 2017 and represented Sunrisers Hyderabad till 2021. From 2022 onwards, he represented Gujarat Titans and won the title with the si
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Duroplast India takes a giant leap with New uPVC Profile Extrusion Plant
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI/PNN): Duroplast India Pvt Ltd, today proudly announced the launch of its new facility in Howrah, West Bengal, which will extrude extremely energy-efficient uPVC window profiles. The building is situated in the immediate vicinage of the system supplier's extru
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Pakistani parents lock daughters' graves to avoid rape
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Women's bodies were said to have been unearthed and desecrated on several occasions. A necrophilia case was reported in Pakistan in 2011 when a grave keeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North Nazimabad, Karachi was arrested after he confessed to raping 48 female corpses.
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Pakistan: Economic uncertainty shrinks Eid-related spending by 40 pc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the amount spent on Eid in 2023 was around PKR 432 billion, which was the lowest amount in ten years. This is significantly less than the previous high of PKR 1.1 trillion in 2018 and even less than the PKR 480 billion spent in 2021 amid the Covi
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Throwback Saturday: Ali Fazal drops pics with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ali Fazal made his Hollywood film debut with a special appearance in the 2015 action film Furious 7, the seventh instalment in the immensely successful The Fast and the Furious franchise.
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Sachin Tendulkar reveals his inspirational speech to Team India before Pak
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India great Sachin Tendulkar has revealed the inspirational message he gave to teammates ahead of their cut-throat semifinal clash against Pakistan at the 2011 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
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SC extends interim protection granted to Hardik Patel
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday extended the interim protection granted to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hardik Patel in connection with a case pertaining to the violence that erupted during a Patidar stir in Gujarat in 2015.
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Vulnerability of agriculture to monsoon shock has reduced: India Ratings
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to India Ratings, at the all-India level, the area under irrigation was 54.32 per cent in 2018-19 (FY19) compared with 41.7 per cent in 1996-97. As a result, the correlation between the kharif foodgrain output and monsoon rains from June till September was 0.4 over FY13-FY21 compar
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