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LG Electronics hosts grand finale of All India K-Pop Contest 2023

Udaipur : LG Electronics, India’s leading consumer durables brand, hosted the grand finale of the All India K-Pop Contest 2023 in association with the Korean Cultural Centre on September 17, 2023. This spectacular event brought together over 4,000 enthusiastic individuals who share a profound love for K-pop and Korean culture. …

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NE will be India’s development engine: PM

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New Delhi: Extending greetings on the 36th statehood day of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said northeast India will become the country’s development engine in the 21st century. In a video message, he said: “I firmly believe that eastern India, especially the northeast, will become the development …

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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 46 Cr

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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 46 Cr yesterday. Cumulatively, 46,15,18,479 vaccine doses have been administered through 54,94,423 sessions, as per the provisional report till 8 am today. 52,99,036 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. These include:   HCWs 1st Dose 1,03,02,313 2nd Dose 78,22,150 FLWs 1st Dose 1,79,32,882 2nd Dose 1,12,50,974 Age …

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Lovlina assures India of first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics

Lovlina assures India of first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo : Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals here on Friday. The 23-year-old Assam boxer prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four where she will square …

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India set Sri Lanka 133-run target to win 2nd T20

India set Sri Lanka 133 run target to win 2nd T20

Colombo : Invited to bat, a depleted India scored 132 for five on a sluggish pitch against Sri Lanka in the second Twenty20 International, here on Wednesday. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan top-scored for the Indians with his 40-run knock while Sri Lankan off-spinner Akila Dananjaya (2/29) took two of the four …

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COVID-19: India records 35,342 fresh cases, 483 more fatalities

New Delhi : With a single-day rise of 35,342 cases, India”s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,12 93,062 on Friday, while 483 more fatalities pushed the death toll due to the viral disease to 4,19,470, according to the health ministry. The number of active cases has declined to 4,05,513, accounting for 1.3 …

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Nippon India Mutual Fund (Nimf) Launches Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund

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Udaipur : Nippon Life India Asset Management (NAM India), asset manager of Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF), announces the launch of Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund. It is an open-ended dynamic equity scheme looking at providing a one-stop solution to capture the opportunities across Market Caps. Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund seeks …

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India records 44,111 new COVID-19 cases, 738 deaths

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New Delhi : India saw a single-day rise of 44,111 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 3,05,02,362, while the death toll climbed to 4,01,050 with 738 new fatalities, the lowest in 86 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The active cases — 4,95,533 — …

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Daily COVID-19 count in India lowest in 88 days

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New Delhi : India reported 53,256 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 88 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,99,35,221, while the active cases further reduced to 7,02,887, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 3,88,135 with 1,422 fresh fatalities, the …

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India records 91,702 new COVID-19 cases, 3,403 fresh fatalities

New Delhi : The daily COVID-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day with the country reporting 91,702 fresh cases, while the daily  positivity rate dropped to 4.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. With the fresh cases, …

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India’s Budget tilted towards supporting growth: Moody’s

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Global rating agency Moody’s in its latest report has said that India’s Budget is tilted towards supporting growth and the fiscal deficit target of 6.8 percent for 2021-22 is realistic. With regard to India’s finances, it said weak fiscal position will remain a key credit challenge in 2021. It noted …

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India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 28-lakh mark

New Delhi :  India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, …

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Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out three airports – Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram – of Airports Authority of India through Public Private Partnership

The Union Cabinetchaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approvedthe proposal for leasing out three airports namely Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Union Cabinet accorded its approval for leasing of three AAI airports namely, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram …

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India scales another peak: Total recoveries cross 2 million

Fast on the heels of crossing 3 crore cumulative tests, India has recorded another high. Total number of recoveries has crossed 2 million today (20,37,870). Coupled with this is another achievement of highest ever single day recoveries of 60,091 in the last 24 hours. With this high number of COVID-19 patients recovering and being …

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Awards announced for Indo-U.S. Virtual Networks for COVID-19

Eight binational teams consisting of researchers from India and the US have received awards to pursue cutting-edge research in pathogenesis and disease management of COVID-19 through Indo-US virtual networks. The areas of research they will pursue include antiviral coatings, immune modulation, tracking SARS CoV-2 in wastewater, disease detection mechanisms, reverse …

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India reaches another record of highest single day recoveries

On a continuous path of registering high single day recoveries, India has touched another peak of posting the highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases in a single day. 57,381 have recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours. With such high level of recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has soared past 70% …

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Ministry of Tourism presents the 47th Webinar titled “Lesser known stories of India’s struggle against the British” under Dekho Apna Desh webinar series

As India gears up to celebrate its 74th Independence Day celebrations, the Ministry of Tourism’s Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Series presented a webinar titled “Lesser known stories of India’s struggle against the British” on 12th August 2020.  The 47th in the series of Dekho Apna Desh webinars, the “Lesser known stories of India’s struggle …

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Ministry of Tourism organises second Independence Day themed webinar titled “Cellular Jail: Letters, Memoirs & Memories” under DekhoApnaDesh webinar series

As India gears up to celebrate its 74th Independence Day celebrations , the Ministry of Tourism’s DekhoApnaDesh Webinar Series presented the webinar titled “Cellular Jail : Letters , Memoirs & Memories on 10th August 2020. The 46th in the series of DekhoApnaDeshwebinars, the “Cellular Jail :Letters , Memoirs & Memories”was presented by Ms. NidhiBansal, …

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Air India Express Plane Overshoots Runway During Kerala Landing

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Thiruvananthapuram: An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board from Dubai skidded off the runway while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday. Rescue operations are underway. First images from the site showed the aircraft broken in two pieces with debris strewn over the runway and beyond. A number …

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Union Minister of State for Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually inaugurates world class “Thenzawl Golf Resort” project implemented in Mizoram under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme

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Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent charge) Prahlad Singh Patel virtually inaugurated the “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in the presence of Tourism Minister of Mizoram Robert RomawiaRoyte and Commissioner and Secretary for Tourism Department …

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India’s total recovered cases are now double the active cases

With 12,30,509 total recoveries, India’s recovered cases are twice the active cases, as of today. 44,306 patients discharged in the last 24 hours. This has taken the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients to 66.31%. Coordinated implementation of COVID-19 management strategy by the Union and State/UT governments and selfless sacrifice of …

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacts with the participants of Grand Finale of the largest ever online hackathon in the world through video-conference

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the participants of Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon (Software)-2020,viaVideo Conference  today. Smart India Hackathon Speaking at the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon, PM said that students are working on several solutions to the challenges being faced by the country. Along with …

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PM addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020 through video conference today. Smart India Hackathon Speaking at the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon, PM said that students are working on several solutions to the challenges being faced by the country. Along with providing solutions …

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PM to address Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020 on 1st August via video conferencing. He will also be interacting with students on the occasion. The Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing …

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BRICS one of the most valuable and working partnership: Shri Prakash Javadekar

The Environment Ministers of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) participated in the 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting on 30 July 2020 via videoconference under the presidency of Russia. Representing India, Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, said that India attaches great importance to the grouping. The Environment …

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6th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting

In order to attain sustainable development goals, India offered to help and showcases all the best practices in environmental management in BRICS countries. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar also elaborated on the efforts made by India in areas relating to sustainable urban management, tackling marine litter, air pollution and the cleaning …

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India Cements reports 11% growth in cement sales

India Cements has reported 11% growth in the cement sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, at 30.10 lakh tons and a clinker sale of 0.67 lakh tons. The overall volume was at Rs 30.77 lakh tons. India Cements is amongst India’s leading manufacturers and supplier of cement and …

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India beat West Indies by 6 wickets in 3rd T20I

Shikhar Dhawan (92) and Rishabh Pant (58) scored superb half-centuries to guide the team home in the last ball of the thrilling match. Dhawan hit 10 fours and two sixes in his 62-ball innings and forged a scintillating 130-run partnership with Rishab Pant (58) for the third wicket to take …

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Women’s World T-20: India Vs. Pak Today

On a high after a resounding 34-run win in their first outing against New Zealand in the ICC Women`s World T20, Indian eves would aim at continuing their domination over arch-rivals Pakistan when they face off at the Providence Stadium, Guyana in West Indies.     India and Pakistan women …

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ICC Women’s World T20: India beat New Zealand by 34 runs

Earlier, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Friday became the first Indian woman to record a century in the shortest format, her scintillating 51-ball 103 powering the team to an imposing 194 for five against New Zealand here. The 29-year Harmanpreet reached the three-figure mark in 49 balls, punishing the Nerw Zealand …

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India Cements reports 94% fall in Q2 net profit

India Cements has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company has reported a fall of 93.96% in its net profit at Rs 1.43 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 23.67 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income …

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India to take on New Zealand in T20 WC opener today

The Indian team will be led by skipper Harmapnreet Singh. The 10-team tournament will be played as a standalone event for the first time between Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.  A young Indian squad will aim to emerge from the …

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Hockey India announce World Cup squad

The team will be led by Manpreet Singh while the Vice Captain is Chinglensana Singh Kangujam. The Indian team scheduled to begin their campaign against South Africa on the opening day features PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak as goalkeepers. The Men’s team for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup …

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CCEA approves disinvestment of 100% Govt stake in Dredging Corporation of India

Cabinet also approved leasing out six airports, namely Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru for operation, management, and development under Public Private Partnership. The Cabinet approved laying down procedures and mechanisms for sale of enemy shares. Sale proceeds are to be deposited as disivestment proceeds in the government account …

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India beat West Indies by 71 runs in 2nd T20

Earlier, riding on skipper Rohit Sharma’s 111 not out off 61 balls, the hosts scored 195 for 2 in stipulated twenty overs. Shikhar Dhawan scored 43 while KL Rahul contributed 26. India brought back Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of Umesh Yadav while the West Indies replaced Rovman Powell with Nicolas …

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International Film Festival of India to commence in Goa from 20th-28th Nov

49th edition of the festival will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries which reflects diversity of taste. International Competition section has 15 films out of which 3 are Indian. Competition section itself represents films produced and co-produced by 22 countries. Festival Kaleidoscope section carries 20 critically acclaimed international films …

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Tata Steel aims 30 million tonne capacity by 2025 in India

Tata Steel is aiming an installed capacity of around 30 million tonne per annum by 2025 in India from the existing 18.5 million tonne. The company has recently acquired Bhushan Steel and Usha Martin plants, which has a combined rated capacity of 7 million tonne per annum. The planned 30 …

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PM Modi : INS Arihant enhances India’s security needs

The crew of the Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine were felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who lauded the accomplishment calling it “historic” and gives a fitting response to those who indulge in nuclear blackmail. Prime Minister expressed the hope that just as light dispels darkness and all fear, INS Arihant …

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India beat West Indies by 5 wickets in first T20 Intl.

Sent into bat, West Indies were restricted to 109 for eight and India chased down the target of 110 in 17.5 overs at the Eden Gardens. India lead the three-match series 1-0. Brief scores:  West Indies: 109/8 in 20 overs (Fabian Allen 27; Kuldeep Yadav 3/13) India: 110/5 in 17.5 …

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T20: India win toss and choose to bowl first

All-rounder Krunal Pandya and left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed are making their senior India debut in the first of the three-match series, at the Eden Gardens. Yuzvendra Chahal missed out from the 12 named on match eve.  Umesh Yadav has come in for the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. West Indies have three …

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India vs West Indies: 1st T-20I at Eden Gardens

After registering comprehensive victories against the West Indies in the Test and the One-day International series, an upbeat India will look to continue with the winning momentum in the shortest format also. he Indian team will be led by Rohit Sharma while  Carlos Brathwaite will lead the West Indies. Rishabh …

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Vice President participates in India-Zimbabwe Business Forum in Harare

Addressing the India-Zimbabwe Business Forum meeting on Saturday, the Vice President said India and Zimbabwe have shared very cordial and warm relationship that dates back to the 17th century. He also emphasised the need to tap natural synergies between the 2 economies and highlighted scope for engagement in healthcare, agriculture,hospitality, …

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Goodyear India to shut down plant situated in NCR

Goodyear India is going to shut down its plant situated in NCR i.e. Ballabgarh, Haryana State and the boiler operations of the plant use coal and biomass fuel to manufacture the products, from November 4, 2018 till November 10, 2018 (both days inclusive), in compliance with the directions issued by …

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Coal India reports 49.77 MT of coal production in October

Coal India has reported provisional coal production of 49.77 million tonnes (MT) in October 2018, as against 46.15 MT reported during corresponding month of previous year. The company’s total off-take for the month of October stood at 50.00 MT, as against 48.28 MT in October 2017. Coal India is the …

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India beat West Indies by 9 wkts, win series 3-1

Batting first after winning the toss, West Indies were 104 all out in 31.5 overs. Chasing a paltry target of 105, India completed the task in 14.5 overs at the Greenfield Stadium. Brief scores: West Indies: 103 all out in 31.5 overs (Holder 25; Ahmed 2/29, Jadeja 4/33, Bumrah 2/11). …

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Castrol India reports 8% fall in Q3 net profit

Castrol India has reported results for third quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company has reported 8.40% fall in its net profit at Rs 150.40 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 164.20 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the company …

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Dabur India reports 4% rise in Q2 consolidated net profit

Dabur India has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The company has reported a rise of 8.42% in its net profit at Rs 307.26 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 283.41 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of …

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