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Congress couldn't secure our borders properly, Rahul Gandhi needs to know
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 8 (ANI): BJP leader Lanka Dinakar on Wednesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for attacking the Centre over India-China border standoff and alleged that India lost thousands of square kilometres under Congress rule.
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ISS to lower orbit before arrival of Soyuz spacecraft with crew
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) is to be reduced by 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) before the arrival of the superfast Soyuz spacecraft with a crew, a spokesman for Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation told Sputnik.
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Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 4 (ANI): Germany celebrated 30 years of reunification in a low key event on Saturday amid COVID-19 pandemic. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel were among the dignitaries who participated in the ceremony in the eastern city of Potsdam, 25
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School-bus-size asteroid to safely zoom past Earth
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): A small near-Earth asteroid (or NEA) will briefly visit Earth's neighbourhood on Thursday, September 24, zooming past at a distance of about 13,000 miles (21,000 kilometres) above our planet's surface.
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Villagers in J-K's Udhampur trek kilometres to fetch water
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 23 (ANI): Even after 74 years of independence, turning on a tap to get clean water remains a distant dream for the residents of Prey village and some adjoining villages in tehsil Ramnagar of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Bihar man who carved out 3 km-long canal receives tractor as gift
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], September 20 (ANI): Laungi Bhuiyan, who carved out a three kilometres long canal to take rainwater coming down from nearby hills to fields of his village in Bihar's Gaya district received a Mahindra tractor free of cost on Saturday.
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MT New Diamond is stable, safe 95 kms from Sri Lanka coast: Indian Navy
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan vessel MT New Diamond which caught fire after a major explosion in its engine room on September 3, was stable and safe 95 kilometres from Sri Lanka coast, Indian Navy said.
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3.6 magnitude earthquake hits Nashik in Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 11 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred 100 kilometres west of Nashik in Maharashtra on Friday, said National Centre for Seismology.
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Andhra villagers carry pregnant women on cot for 11 km due to lack of prop
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 9 (ANI): Villagers in Pallapu Dungada hamlet in Daraparti Panchayat of S Kota Mandal in Vizianagaram district had to carry a pregnant woman on a make-shift cot for around 11 kilometres due to the absence of proper roads.
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6-yr-old boy skates blindfolded for 16kms for Guinness World Records
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 4 (ANI): A six-year-old boy, Pranav Chauhan, roller-skated blindfolded for 16 kilometres in an attempt to enter the Guinness World Records at Layer Valley Skating Stadium here in Ludhiana on Friday.
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India seeks Nepal's permission to conduct detailed study of Raxaul-Kathman
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 3 (ANI): India has sought permission from Nepal to conduct a detailed study of the Raxaul-Kathmandu rail link without any delays.
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Sluggish improvement in global air passenger demand continues in July: IAT
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that global air passenger demand in July measured in revenue passenger kilometres continued at critically low levels -- 79.8 per cent below July 2019 levels.
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