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A woman and a man in their 80s in different towns in the western Kumamoto region died in mudslides, according to national broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media, although they gave no other details. Sixteen others remained in a state of “cardio-respiratory arrest”, NHK said. Of those, 14 were residents of ... Read More »

Active cases: 2,44,814 Cured/Discharged: 4,09,082 Migrated: 1 Deaths: 19,268 Read More »

The blast occurred at Pulwama. A CRPF personnel suffered injuries in his hand but he is stable.  Senior officers are at the spot. More details are awaited. Read More »

Parts of London and other cities, deserted during lockdown, sprang to life as people dressed up and came out for “Super Saturday” — the day England’s hospitality sector reopened for the first time since March. Many of the social distancing rules drilled in by ministers at daily televised briefings appeared ... Read More »

 Kapasan: Notwithstanding the current economic downturn and extended lockdowns in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd (MFCWL) — India’s leading multi-brand pre-owned cars retailer — digitally launched 34 brand new state-of-the-art used-car stores across Tier II/III cities of 13 Indian states. All these stores were inaugurated ... Read More »

Al Ain Zoo launched its Arabian sand cat conservation programme to protect the sand cat in cooperation with its strategic partners through various workshops hosted by the zoo. The workshops aimed to understand the current situation of the sand cat and combine all the knowledge we have in one document. ... Read More »

The Prime Minister said, the BJP has 52 Dalit and 43 adivasi MPs. He said, more than 113 BJP MPs are from backward class and over 150 BJP MLAs are from adivasi community. He said it shows that the BJP truly represents all sections of the society. Lauding the party ... Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people of  tech community to participate in Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge. This will run in two tracks- Promotion of Existing Apps and Development of New Apps. In a LinkedIn post, Mr Modi said, for promotion of existing Apps and platforms across the categories ... Read More »

Seven state units of the BJP are giving a presentation about work done by them during the lockdown to provide relief to the people.   Interacting with the party leaders and workers of Bihar, PM Modi said, some believed that COVID-19 will spread more in eastern India due to high poverty ... Read More »

Dr. Trilochan Mohaptra, Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research cum- Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Extension presented the priorities, performance and preparedness to face various challenges. Since 2014,based on the research at various centers of ICAR, new varieties of field crops (1434), Horticulture crops (462) and Climate resilient ... Read More »

The army said, there have been malicious and unsubstantiated accusations in some quarters.  It is unfortunate that aspersions are being cast on how our brave Armed Forces are treated. The Armed Forces give the best possible treatment to their personnel. It is clarified that the said facility is part of the ... Read More »

Paying tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his punyatithi on July 3, Amit Shah, in a tweet, said, “Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s thoughts on education, universal brotherhood and self-awakening continue to remain unbroken even today.” The Union Home Minister said “Swami Vivekananda had great faith in the abilities of India’s youth ... Read More »

We all know the huge potential of our market and the scale products can achieve if they can satisfy the demands of the market. Nowadays, we are seeing huge interest & enthusiasm among the start-up and tech ecosystem to innovate, develop and promote homegrown apps. Today, when the entire nation is working towards creating an ... Read More »

The search led to a recovery of war-like stores. UBGLs (under barrel grenade launcher), UBGL grenades, AK magazine, pistols, detonators with Ied-making materials and a pressure mine, along with other arms and ammunition were recovered by securtity forces from Rajouri, police said. Read More »

In a tweet, PM Modi informed: “For BJP Karyakartas, serving the nation comes first. In these challenging times, our Karyakartas have been working tirelessly across India, helping those in need. Will be discussing these works and the way ahead during ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ interaction at 4:30pm today.” Read More »

It means that Lin, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games, will not compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which have been pushed back to next year because of coronavirus. The end of Lin’s glorious career comes just over a year after the retirement of his great ... Read More »

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Drinking water supply is a service delivery, wherein the quantity, quality of water supplied and periodicity of water supply has to be ensured for which Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is under implementation. The objective of the Mission is universal coverage and emphasis is on the principle of ‘equity and inclusiveness’ i.e. ... Read More »

In the wake of this forecast, Mumbai civic body has kept all its systems well equipped to tackle any eventuality taking place due to rising water levels. Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra throughout the night. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains ... Read More »

More than 75,000 residents in the southern prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were asked to evacuate following pounding rains overnight. Television footage showed large areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kumamoto inundated in muddy waters that gushed out from the Kuma River. Many cars were submerged up to their windows. Mudslides ... Read More »