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New Delhi: The solar energy generation capacity addition rose 335 per cent to 7.4 GW in the January-September period this year from 1.73 GW a year ago, said Mercom India Research. “In the first nine months of 2021 (9M 2021), India added over 7.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar, a 335 per cent increase YoY (year-on-year) […]
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Hyderabad: India is heavily reliant on bullion imports to meet its domestic demand. Over the five-year period 2016-2020, imports made up 86 per cent of India’s gold supply, while recycling accounted for 13 per cent and mining accounted for just one per cent. Since the first duty hike in 2012, India has imported some 6,581 […]
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Hyderabad: A military operation that went awfully awry has now brought the powers exercised by security forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) back in focus. What happened? In the evening hours of December 4, a group of soldiers said to be the 21 Para Regiment misjudged some civilians as militants who belonged […]
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The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15.
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Mumbai: A man allegedly killed his 40-year-old neighbour after the latter played loud music outside his house here and refused to lower its volume, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Ambujwadi locality of Malwani area, he said. The deceased, identified as Surendra Kumar Gunnar, was listening to […]
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Arumugam, 44 was driving a TNSTC bus from Arappalayam to Kodaikanal with 30 passengers on board. As the bus departed from Arappalayam at 6.20 a.m.
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Kolkata: Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has said the central bank could lose control over money supply and inflation management if cryptocurrency is allowed in the country. Speaking at a webinar organised by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, Rao also said India’s case […]
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New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India, six connections in the case of Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam, and to disconnect in case of non-verification. The subscribers will be given the option to choose the connection they […]
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New Delhi: With an aim to increase the penetration of digital payments, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to develop the UPI platform for feature phones. India has one of the largest mobile phone users base, with around 118 crore users. A large part of them use feature phones. “In the first cohort of […]
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New Delhi: At least one person was injured in a blast that was reported at the Rohini Court in Delhi on Thursday, a fire department official said. According to the official, a call was received at 10.40 a.m. regarding the mysterious explosion inside Chamber no 102 after which the Fire Department rushed at least 7 […]
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Thursday condoled the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others who lost their lives in the IAF chopper crash. General Rawat was travelling from Sulur to Wellington in Tamil Nadu when his helicopter crashed near Coonoor on Wednesday. Lok Sabha […]
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New Delhi: In his statement to Parliament, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has ordered an inquiry into the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others. The Defence Minister said that the probe will be headed by […]
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Srinagar: Minimum temperatures remained below the freezing point in the Valley and Ladakh on Thursday as the Drass town froze at minus 15.4 degrees Celsius. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said the minimum temperature remained below the freezing point in the Valley while at minus 15.4 Drass town of Ladakh was the coldest […]
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Pune: Eminent scientist and Executive Director of Serum Institute of India (SII) Dr Suresh S. Jadhav – who was instrumental in developing the lifesaver Covishield vaccine – passed away after a prolonged illness at a private hospital late on Tuesday night. He was 72 and is survived by his wife and two children. Jadhav’s demise […]
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Chennai: Group Captain Varun Singh, the Directing Staff at the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, and the lone survivor of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Coonoor on Wednesday is battling for life with 80-85 per cent burn injuries, said a senior Tamil Nadu government official. The recipient of the Shaurya […]
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Chennai: The data recorder of the ill-fated M 17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force that crashed near Coonoor in Ooty leading to the loss of lives of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other armed personnel, was recovered on Thursday morning. A 25 special team of the Air […]
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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to brief the Lok Sabha about the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu in which Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other defence personnel died. Singh is also likely to brief the Rajya Sabha. Sources said that the Defence Minister will brief the […]
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According to the Bill, the additional quantum of pension to retired judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court is being sanctioned on completing the age of 80, 85, 90, and 95 years, as the case may be.
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Deeply anguished by the sudden demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other Armed Forces personnel in an extremely unfortunate helicopter accident today in Tamil Nadu.
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had moved the two bills together for passage in the House as there will be a common national board under the two legislations.
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Civilian Plane crashes The Kerala plane crash August 7, 2020 at Calicut Airport in Kerala The Air India Express carrying around 190 passengers fell into a valley and broke into two, leaving 21 dead The plane was repatriating Indians stranded during the pandemic in Dubai 2. Charted plane crash in Mumbai UY Aviation Pvt Ltd […]
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The Nilgiris Collector SP Amrith confirmed to PTI that 13 were killed in the crash while there was one survivor, a male.
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Singh is also monitoring the situation and a meeting of senior ministry of defence officials is underway.
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Dehradun: A study conducted by the Research Wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department has recorded the existence of five different species of flying squirrel in the state of Uttarakhand. The five species are namely the Red Giant flying squirrel, White Bellied flying squirrel, Indian Giant flying squirrel, Wolly filing squirrel and Kashmir flying squirrel.This study was […]
