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Chhattisgarh: Police recovers cannabis worth Rs 1.25 crore; 2 held
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
During the search, police recovered 500 kilograms of cannabis, said the officer, adding that the value of the seizure would be around Rs 1.25 crore.
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Global venture funding in startup witnesses decline in 2022, trend continu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Based on the startup tracking platform Tracxn, a total of USD 1.1 billion went into startups in South Asia in the first quarter of 2023.
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'Bridge Man' believed to be person responsible for protest against anti-CO
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Peng Lifa, also known as "Bridge Man" is widely believed to be the person responsible for initiating one of the greatest protests in China since the Tiananmen Square Massacre, which happened in 1989.
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How funding slowdown is impacting startups in Singapore and India
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to data from Crunchbase, total global venture funding started to fall in Q1 2022 from its peak of around USD187 billion in the last quarter of 2021. To be fair, 2021 was a unique year for various reasons (explained later in this article) and is not likely to be repeated any time so
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Study finds reduced emissions during epidemic aggravated climate change
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that Covid epidemic shutdowns in South Asia significantly reduced the number of short-lived cooling particles in the air while having no effect on the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases. Researchers were thus able to demonstrate how lower air pollution emissi
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Jammu and Kashmir: Pilgrims receive special vaccination before leaving for
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
With an aim to make the Hajj pilgrimage hassle-free and COVID-free, a special vaccination was held in Srinagar on Saturday for pilgrims before departing to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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Travel demand continues strong in April; domestic traffic fully recovered:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Total traffic in April 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 45.8per cent compared to April 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 90.5 per cent of pre-Covid levels. At 81.3 per cent, the industry load factor was only 1.8 percentage points below the pre-pandemic level, Inte
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International cooperation needed to advance vaccine development for emergi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday addressed the Global Vaccine Research Collaborative Discussion on Vaccine Research and Development, a G20 co-branded event in Telangana's Hyderabad.
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Andhra: Chief of the Naval Staff felicitates student for designing game to
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar felicitated Master Veer Kashyap, a student of Naval Children School Visakhapatnam for receiving the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Purskar (PMRBP) - 2021 at Visakhapatnam.
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NCERT drops chapters on Periodic Table, Challenges to Democracy, others fr
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As per the NCERT, the decision has been taken to reduce the content load on students in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Music Composer-Duo Salim-Sulaiman launched Musical Anthem - "Aaj Zindagi J
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1: According to Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4, 38% of cigarette, 47% of bidi smokers and 52% of smokeless tobacco users in India initiated the use before their 10th birthday. In contrast, 71% of students thought other people's cigarette smoking is harmful t
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Reduced emissions during the epidemic exacerbated climate change: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found that the Covid epidemic shutdowns in South Asia significantly lowered the number of short-lived cooling particles in the air while having no effect on the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases. Researchers were, therefore, able to show how lower air pollution emissio
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