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Home Secretary calls on states, UTs to be better prepared ahead of Southwe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Ahead of the Southwest monsoon season, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday asked all the states, Union Territories (UTs) and Central agencies to be better prepared so that losses due to natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, landslides
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Xi moves to silence retired party members as he is set to secure third ter
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): As Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks a historic third term in power, his party has called on all the retired elderly party members to not make any "negative" political remarks and keep quiet on topics where they are in disagreement with the President.
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Assam Chief Secretary reviews floods, landslide situation in state; more t
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 17 (ANI): A review meeting was held at Chief Secretary's Conference Hall in Guwahati on Tuesday for taking stock of the current situation in Dima Hasao, Hojai, Cachar and other Barak Valley districts in the state affected due to severe floods and landslides s
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Shahid Kapoor's 'Jersey' gets OTT release date
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 17 (ANI): After Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Jersey' turned out to be a disappointing affair at the box office, the makers are now all set to release the film on Netflix on May 20.
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Norwegian investigating Baloch disappearances in Pakistan brutally torture
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Norwegian national and Human Rights Activist Ehsan Arjemandi, who went to Pakistan to investigate a large number of enforced disappearances of Baloch people was arbitrarily detained and brutally tortured.
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Climate change responsible for disappearance of Tibetan Kingdom?
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 17 (ANI): Temperature sensitivity tests on barley distribution, the principal cultivated cereal in Tibet, suggest that climate change or a decline in temperature led to a decreased crop yield that may have factored into the disappearance of the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibe
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Assam floods: All stranded passengers at Ditokchera station evacuated
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 16 (ANI): All stranded passengers at Ditokchera station have been rescued, informed Northeast Frontier Railway on Monday.
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CBI sends back inspector involved in scuffle with security guard, police t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) Inspector, who had joined the probe agency in mid-April, was sent back to his parent department office of the Chief Commissioner GST & Customs Guwahati Zone on Monday, after he was allegedly involved in a scuffle with
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Assam: Floods, landslides affect 1.97 lakh people across 20 districts
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Cachar (Assam) [India], May 16 (ANI): Incessant rains have triggered floods and landslides in Assam. Nearly 1.97 lakh people in 20 districts of the state have been affected by the current spell of floods.
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SC directs IIT Bombay to hand over Master in Design degree to 'learning di
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New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): For a student suffering from 'learning disabilities', the Supreme Court order has come as a great relief as it directed the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) to hand over his degree in Master in Design, declaring that the student has successfu
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Assam floods: Over 40,000 people affected in Cachar district
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Cachar (Assam) [India], May 16 (ANI): The situation in Assam's Cachar district continues to remain grim with over 41,000 people in the district affected by the current wave of floods.
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Union Minister Virendra Kumar to inaugurate services of CRC-Shillong for s
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New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar will inaugurate the services of Composite Regional Centre (CRC) for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) at Shillong, Meghalaya on Tuesday.
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