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World Bank, Centre sign $88 mn loan agreement for Assam inland water trans
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The central government, Assam government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 88 million here on Thursday to help modernise Assam's passenger ferry sector that runs on its rivers including Brahmaputra.
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Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA threatens to resign over sand mining in Narmad
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
NarsinghPur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Congress MLA from Gadarwara Sunita Patel has threatened of protest and resignation, against illegal sand mining in the Narmada River.
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Nepal's Swasthani Brata Katha: A festival about fasting, reading, discipli
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 14 (ANI): Donned in marron red outfits, women here gathered at the banks of Salinadi river on early Tuesday morning to take dips and worship Lord Madhav Narayan.
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Dr Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor at Shiv Nadar University appointed
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Shiv Nadar University, a leading multidisciplinary and research-focused university, today announced that Dr Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor at the University has been appointed the Chairman of the Committee to draft the National Wat
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Devotees take holy dip in Ganga in Varanasi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Scores of devotees on Monday took a holy dip in the Ganga on the occasion of Makar Sakranti.
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KCR, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy agree to supply water from Godavari in the Krish
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the former's official residence on Monday.
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UP cabinet seeks Centre's nod to rename Ghaghra river as Saryu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday gave its approval to a proposal regarding re-naming of river Ghaghra to Saryu and has sent it to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for approval.
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Devotees take holy dip, offer prayers at Sangam River in Prayagraj on ausp
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Hundreds of devotees on Friday offered prayers and took a holy dip at Sangam Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on the occasion of Paush Purnima, considered as one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar.
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Dwijing Festival's fourth edition comes to an end in Assam
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): The 12-day-long river festival 'Dwijing Festival' in Assam that attracted many tourists winded up its fourth edition at Hagrama Bridge.
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NSUI's clean sweeps student elections at Varanasi's Sampurnanand Sanskrit
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Congress' student wing, National Students Union of India (NSUI) has dealt a blow to its rival Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) with a clean sweep in the students union elections held at Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya.
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UN-backed Libyan govt forces say quit Sirte to 'save civilian lives'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 7 (Xinhua/ANI): The forces of Libya's UN-backed government on Tuesday withdrew from the strategic coastal city of Sirte to "save civilian lives" after the rival eastern-based army took over it on Monday, spokesperson of the protection force of Sirte said.
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Adolescents' view of family social standing correlates with mental health,
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Young people's view of their family's social status is more strongly associated with their mental health and readiness for future education and work than how much money, education or occupational prestige their parents have, says recent research.
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