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E-waste is the world's fastest growing waste stream
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (NewsVoir): With more than 2 million metric tonnes of e-waste generated every year, India is the fourth largest e-waste producer in the world.
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Meghan Markle to attend fewer events during Royal Tour
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 21 (ANI): The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Harry and Meghan, began their 16-day travels across Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand as their first royal tour last week. Meghan is about 12 weeks pregnant, owing to which, she will reduce her engagements for the rest
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Rahul blows poll bugle in Telangana, attacks PM Modi, KCR
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kamareddy (Telangana) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Setting the tone for upcoming assembly elections in Telangana, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the latter is trying to "divide the nation."
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India provides more humanitarian aid for Afghan reconstruction
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 18 (ANI): India contributed 1998.1 tonnes of lentils (chana daal) as humanitarian aid for the reconstruction of Afghanistan at the Kabul Silo on Friday.
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Hisar: 30 female wrestlers tonsured their hair to focus better
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Thirty female wrestlers of Haryana, striving hard to make their mark at the global level, have tonsured their hair to focus better on their game.
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Twitter will count all emojis equally towards 280-character limit
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [United States], October 11 (ANI): Now, irrespective of which modified emoji you use, it will be counted equally towards Twitter's total character limit of 280.
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Indian freight train from India arrives in Janakpur
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 11 (ANI): People of Nepal on Thursday welcomed with great fanfare its first freight train laden with 5,500 tonnes of ballast. The train set off from India's Jharkhand yesterday.
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SC limits import of pet coke for aluminium, calciner industries
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday put restriction on import of petroleum coke or pet coke by the aluminium and calciner industries up to 0.5 million tonnes and 1.4 million tonnes respectively per year.
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Not just in govt, Congress failed as Opposition too: PM
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Pushkar (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Setting a tone for Rajasthan assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the Congress saying that the party not only failed in government for 60 long years, but has also failed as an opposition.
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Understanding orthopaedic complications of cerebral palsy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition caused by a brain injury that takes place before, during or shortly after birth. It affects muscle tone and control, which can result in involuntary movements or abnormal walking.
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Rajkot Test: Kohli hits ton, India 506-5 at lunch
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Indian skipper Virat Kohli struck his 24th Test century to help the home side put up a mammoth total of 506 runs at the loss of five wickets till lunch on Day Two of the opening Test against West Indies here at the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium on Friday.
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I didn't try anything different: Shaw on debut ton
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw, who smashed a blistering century in his debut Test against West Indies on Thursday, revealed that he tried to keep things simple while batting and did not look to do things in a different way.
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