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Audit report on state finances submitted on Nov 6 for tabling in Kerala As
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 17 (ANI): Two days after Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac criticised the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for its findings in a "draft report", the CAG on Monday clarified that an audit report on state finances for the year ended Marc
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US remains top choice for Indian students pursuing higher education abroad
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Almost two lakh students from India chose the United States as their destination to pursue higher education in the 2019-20 academic year, according to the Open Doors Report released on Monday.
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Pollution levels higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to 2019: CPCB
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Pollution levels were higher in Delhi this Diwali as compared to last year due to bursting of firecrackers and stubble burning, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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Awards follow when you give your best on the field, says Namita Toppo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 16 (ANI): Indian women's hockey team midfielder Namita Toppo, who won the prestigious Ekalabya Puraskar 2020 in Odisha, feels that accolades follow you when you give your best on the field.
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WPI inflation up 1.48 per cent in October 2020
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 1.48 per cent (provisional) for the month of October 2020 (over October 2019), as compared to 0.00 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year, an official sta
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Kerala HC questions state govt on plea by opposition on audit of local sel
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 13 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has sought an explanation from the state government on a plea of opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala which seeks to quash the state audit department's order to stop audit of accounts of Local Self Government Institutions for t
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Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for urgent action to address glo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Ahead of World Diabetes Day (November 14), a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care. Worldwide, 463 million people have diabetes, with 80% from low-income and middle- income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 4.2 million
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Worldwide Measles surge to 23-year high in 2019, killing over 200,000: UNI
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Deaths from the childhood disease measles last year increased 50 pe rcent from 2016 levels, with this year's coronavirus pandemic threatening another spike in cases by curtailing global vaccination programs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) war
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UN may close year with greater arrears than in 2019 amid cash crisis: Spok
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations continues to experience a severe shortage of funds and may be left with greater outstanding state contributions by the end of 2020 as compared to last year, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
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Russia's Lakhta Center wins Emporis Skyscraper Award 2019
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hamburg [Germany], November 10 (ANI): The Emporis Skyscraper Award, one of the world's most renowned prizes for high-rise architecture, has been given to a 462-metre-high Lakhta Center in St Petersburg this year.
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Plea in Delhi HC to direct implementation of health bill to regulate patho
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): An activist on Tuesday urged the Delhi High Court to issue directions to concerned authorities to ensure immediate implementation of the Health Bill 2019 of the government of Delhi or Clinical Establishment Act 2010, claiming illegal pathological labs ar
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On this day in 2019: Deepak Chahar created record for best bowling figures
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): It was on November 10, 2019, when India pacer Deepak Chahar created a record for the best bowling figures in a men's T20I match.
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