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Drought-affected villages benefitted due to JalYukt Shivar: Devendra Fadna
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday heaped praises on JalYukt Shivar Abhiyaan, which promised drought-free Maharashtra by 2019, and said that his government have reduced farm dependency on rain.
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Centre reduces ESI contribution rate from 6.5 to 4%
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday reduced the rate of contribution under the ESI Act from 6.5 per cent to 4 per cent, with employers' contribution being reduced from 4.75 to 3.25 per cent and employees' contribution from 1.75 to 0.75 per cent.
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TV is not enough, 88% of people use smartphone or tablet while watching sh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], June 12 (ANI): Thanks to the reduced attention span, even television is not enough as roughly 88 per cent of Americans uses a second device, such as a phone or tablet, while watching TV, according to the annual internet trends report by venture capitalist Mary Meeker.
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Legislatures being reduced to disruptive platforms: VP Naidu in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 9 (ANI): Voicing concern about political discourse in India reaching a 'new low', Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the country's legislatures, instead of becoming effective forums of debate, are being reduced to "disruptive platforms."
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Stocks end in the green after volatile session, pharma stocks slide
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices oscillated between gains and losses on Friday, a day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) marginally reduced key interest rates and serious funding challenges appeared to cripple non-bank financial institutions.
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Stocks plunge despite RBI rate cut, financials under pressure
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were dragged down by financial stocks in afternoon trade on Thursday even though the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent in its second bi-monthly monetary policy meet of fiscal
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Andhra Pradesh: Narrow escape for passengers as bus catches fire in Kurnoo
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): A private Yellow Travels bus heading from Hyderabad to Bangalore was engulfed in fire and reduced to ashes near Enugumarri village of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday morning. All the 20 passengers made a quick escape bef
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Smartphone app improves pain control, reduces opiate use after knee surger
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that a smartphone app improved pain control and reduced opiate painkiller use in patients who used the app after total knee replacement surgery.
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Virtual reality reduces pain and need for intravenous sedation by at leas
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that virtual reality session given to patients before and during locoregional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures significantly reduced pain and the requirement for intravenous sedation.
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Stress during pregnancy affects reproductive function in male offspring: S
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 30 (ANI): Stress during early pregnancy is linked to reduced reproductive function in male offspring, a recent study suggests.
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Number of locals joining terrorism slumps reduced to half in J-K: Police
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 29 (ANI): In what is seen as a success of security forces, the number of locals joining terrorist ranks has come down to half in Jammu and Kashmir with only around 40 youths joining taking arms.
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Consuming dietary fibre can reduce heart transplant risk
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 26 (ANI): A new study discovered that heart patients who consume more dietary fibre tend to have healthier gut bacteria, which is associated with reduced risk of death or need of a heart transplant.
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