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BJD MP raises 'Special Focus Status' issue for Odisha in RS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra on Wednesday raised the demand of 'special focus status' for Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, given the state's vulnerability to natural calamities.
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'What's your ethnicity?' - Kellyanne Conway asks reporter amid furore over
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 17 (ANI): Amid a raging debate across the United States on racism following US President Donald Trump's Twitter outburst and the recently concluded ICE raids which targeted immigrants, a senior counselor to Trump raised eyebrows after she asked a reporter about his eth
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LS adjourned after marathon discussion on demands for grants related to ag
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday midnight after marathon discussion on demands for grants of Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, in which me
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LS members raise farmers' problems, ways to increase farm income
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Members in Lok Sabha on Tuesday raised problems related to agriculture including delay in procurement of produce, rise in the cost of inputs, late payment of crop insurance and adversities of weather and sought steps to increase the income of farmers.
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Maharashtra raises financial aid to bravehearts by four-fold
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Assembly elections, Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday decided to increase financial assistance four-fold to families of bravehearts and disabled soldiers hailing from the state.
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Members raise demands about new, pending roads, seek return of CRIF to roa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI) Members of Lok Sabha on Monday raised demands about pending and new road projects in their constituencies with many of them demanding that Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) should be brought back to Road Transport and Highways Ministry from Finance Ministry
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Maharashtra: Cong MP raises questions over less representation to Muslims
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Hussain Dalwai on Monday said that Muslims have very less representation in the committees constituted by the party for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.
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Adam Sandler helps raise funds to honour late actor Cameron Boyce
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): American actor Adam Sandler paid tribute to his late 'Grown Ups' co-star Cameron Boyce in a sweet and generous manner.
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Punjab will not tolerate any pro-Khalistan sloganeering
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Jul 14 (ANI): Various organisations in Punjab have raised concerns over Pakistan's ill-fated designs to create disturbance in Punjab by giving a push to pro-Khalistan secessionist movement by a handful of people sitting offshore.
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Gadget's blue light increases consumption of sweets in rats at night
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): A new study revealed that just one hour of exposure to blue light (the kind of light produced by the screens of our many devices) at night raises blood sugar levels and increases sugar consumption in male rats.
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Cong MP alleges illegal coal mining in WB, to raise issue in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 14 (ANI): Congres Rajya Sabha lawmaker Pradeep Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that illegal coal mining is rampant in various parts of TMC-ruled West Bengal and added that he will raise the issue in Parliament.
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Need to expand airports in APAC to keep up with rising passenger traffic:
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 13 (ANI): Sustained growth in air passenger traffic across Asia Pacific will boost revenue for airports but also raise pressure on the infrastructure, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Service.
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