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Swachh Bharat helped reduce groundwater contamination, says UNICEF
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The 'Swachh Bharat' initiative of the Narendra Modi government has led to a reduction in the contamination of groundwater, a UNICEF study has observed.
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Nepal: Indian Mission marks World Environment Day by planting saplings
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jun 5 (ANI): The Embassy of India in Nepal on Wednesday marked the World Environment Day by planting saplings within its premises.
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Missing An-32 aircraft: Search ops by choppers called off due to bad weath
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 5 (ANI): The search and rescue operations by helicopters to locate the missing An-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force was called off on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions.
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NMCG organises events to mark World Environment Day
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on Wednesday organised a day-long convention to discuss ways to protect River Ganga and its tributaries.
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Sharp winds, bad weather prolongs Nanda Devi rescue mission
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): Operations to rescue mountaineers at the Nanda Devi peak here is likely to extend as bad weather and high sharp winds in the Himalayan Belt are hampering rescue efforts, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police said on Wednesday.
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Mahatma Gandhi, national emblem tiles found in Swachh Bharat toilets
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jun 5 (ANI): In a shocking incident, tiles bearing pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and the national emblem were used inside toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission in Bulandshahr's Ichhawari village.
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New mission on desalination will be launched soon, says Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that a new mission on desalination will be launched soon.
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IAF rescues 4 foreign climbers from Nanda Devi; 8 still missing
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], June 3 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is conducting search and rescue missions to rescue a 12-members international expedition team which went missing while climbing the Nanda Devi peak in Uttarakhand.
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Tripura to appoint consultants to expand bamboo product sales
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jun 3 (ANI): Seeking to provide a better market for bamboo handicraft products, the Tripura Bamboo Mission has signed a memorandum with the National Centre for Design and Product Development during a program at the Bamboo and Cane Development Institute at Lichu Ba
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Beating malnutrition, misogyny in Beed district of Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 2 (ANI): Given the skewed sex ratio, rampant sex determination, female foeticide, malnutrition and tradition of giving a disturbing name to girls, the state Women and Child Development Department has gone into mission mode to 'save girls' in Beed. The departm
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Guests aggressively turned away by Pak agencies from Indian mission-hosted
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 2 (ANI): Guests were "aggressively turned away" by Pakistani security officials from an Iftar party hosted by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Saturday and even calls were made to stop many of them from attending it, sources said.
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Uppskill Education has started issuing certificates using Blockchain Techn
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): As a step forward in its mission to transform into a digital institution with a future-ready talent youth, Uppskill, a skill-based learning institute, focuses more on community-driven learning, technology and skill-based education, has successfully
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