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After Delhi's 'Baba Ka Dhaba', people queue up at Agra's 'Kanji Bada' foll
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Days after a major outpouring of support for the elderly couple who ran Baba Ka Dhaba in the national capital after a video featuring them went viral, another clip of an old man running a 'kanji bada' stall here in Agra who lost all his earning
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Telangana Cabinet decides to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in vill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Telangana Cabinet which met here on Saturday decided to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in villages, in a bid to ensure that farmers do not face problems in the view of the ongoing Covid-pandemic.
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Army Chief to visit Myanmar tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), October 3 (ANI): Seeking to further strengthen military ties with Myanmar, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane would be visiting the neighbouring country on Sunday.
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Corrugated Box Industry in distress over rising Kraft Paper prices and sup
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 29 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Corrugated Box Industry is reeling under the twin blows - four massive price increases in a short span of two months on one hand by Kraft Paper Mills & cascading hikes in other Conversion Input Costs on the other han
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PVR announces crowdsourced film campaign - #OuchTheCouch
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): While the nation prepares to move towards normalcy, PVR Cinemas, India's largest and most premium film exhibitor with a portfolio of 845 screens in 176 properties operating in 71 cities, announced a digital campaign inviting cinema enthusiast
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Nepali migrant workers start returning to work in India
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhangadhi [Nepal], September 6 (ANI): Lokendra Bahadur Dhami, who had been working in India for the past 5 years had gone back to his hometown in Nepal after the outbreak of the Covid pandemic now wants to return to India.
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Punjab Health Minister slams Akalis for their 'provocative statements enco
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday slammed the Akalis for their "provocative statements encouraging innocent villagers to risk their lives by inciting them against the state government amidst the COVID pandemic".
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Delhi HC seeks to ascertain credentials of petitioner claiming widows' pen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has sought to ascertain the credentials of a petitioner and his livelihood, asking the man to file on oath indicating how many public interest litigations he has filed in the last three years and what social work he has done so far.
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Organ donation and the COVID pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Aug 25 (ANI/Mediawire): August 13 is observed as "organ donation day". The reason for observing this day is to spread awareness and eliminate myths and fears regarding organ donation. Organ donation is aptly termed "the gift of life".
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Donate an organ and save a life
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Aug 25 (ANI/Mediawire): Last week, I was on a virtual call with about 30 people from around the globe, celebrating the one year anniversary of a successful kidney transplant of Manish (name changed) from an altruistic donor (his close friend and associate) perfor
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VP Naidu compliments PM Modi for his 'passionate' Independence Day speech
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his passionate Independence Day speech at the Red Fort and said that it creates confidence among the people in their endeavours to revive the economy.
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Not in favour of Commission to probe Centre's management of COVID pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday noted that it is not in favour of appointing an independent commission for an inquiry into the Central government's alleged gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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