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Revolutionary developments in mapping marks one year of Indian geospatial
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/PNN): Speaking as chief guest commemorating the first Anniversary of the Release of Geospatial Data, the Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, said the launch of the pan-India 3D Maps Program by Genesys International (https://www.ig
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BSF conducts horticulture training of people living in border areas of Pun
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): With an aim to empower youth for self-employment, the Border Security Force (BSF) has conducted a one-week long Horticulture training program in border villages of Punjab, the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) under Ministry of Home Affairs informed on W
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Pakistan: Kohat jirga demands gas supply to villages along Indus Highway
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kohat [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Decrying that Kohat being deprived of a gas supply facility for the last 15 years, residents of villages along the Indus Highway held a jirga on Sunday to protest the authorities' failure.
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UP elections Phase II: Two villages in Shekhupur Assembly seat boycott pol
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Badaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 14 (ANI): People of two villages-- Narau and Milaal Nangla-- in Shekhupur assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district on Monday said that they have boycotted the voting for the second phase of the state Assembly election over contaminated
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Assam: 'Food Zone' created for elephants in Nagaon to stop their intrusion
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], February 13 (ANI): In an effort to mitigate the conflicts between human and elephants, villagers in the Nagaon district of Assam has created a separate food zone for wild elephants so that they don't enter villages in search of food.
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Congress blocked development of Uttarakhand despite strategic needs: PM Mo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Hailing development works in Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came down heavily on Congress, saying that the Opposition party sought to derail the progress of the state despite the fact that it's needed for the national security. PM
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Punjab Polls: 'I've come as hope', says Channi as he seeks votes in his ne
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Barnala (Punjab) [India], February 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday urged people to vote for him in the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab and said that he has come as a "hope" after years of rule by Captain Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal leaving th
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Budget will enable development of border villages to stop migration, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the migration from border villages is not good for the national security and the current budget has provisions to develop 'vibrant villages' on the border.
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Beijing 2022 athletes invited to sign Olympic Truce Mural
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 1 (ANI): The Olympic Truce Murals at the Olympic Villages of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 were inaugurated on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Flag Mall of the Beijing Olympic Village.
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Drugs destroy homes in Punjab, locals make efforts to save youths in villa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], January 31 (ANI): With all the political parties highlighting the drug addiction issue with the youths of Punjab ahead of the state Assembly polls, it is worth noting how many houses this addiction has destroyed. Its example can be seen in the villages of the s
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Rajasthan: Bundi administration helps Dalit groom sit atop a horse during
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bundi (Rajasthan) [India], January 26 (ANI): Even after 75 years of Independence, Chandi village in the Bundi district of Rajasthan is one of those villages where a Dalit bridegroom could not sit on a horse as a part of his wedding ceremony.
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Since majority population living in villages, India yet to see peak in COV
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): With India reporting 2,55,874 new COVID cases (50,190 less than yesterday), and 614 deaths in the last 24 hours, health experts cautioned that since most of the population lives in rural India, the country is yet to see the peak in the current wave.
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