A population of over 83 lakhs is facing the deluge. However, in some areas the people have returned to their homes as water has partially receded from some villages. Six relief camps are being run in Khagadia and Samastipur where over 5000 people are sheltered. 1.6 Lakh people are being …
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Intense rainfall spell over central parts of the country during next 5 days
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre/Regional Meteorological Centre, New Delhi of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): A Well Marked Low Pressure Area lies over north coastal Odisha & neighbourhood. It is very likely to move westwards and concentrate into a Depression during next 24 hoursandaneast-westshearzonerunsroughlyalongLat.21°NacrosscentralIndiain mid troposphericlevels. Under …
Read More »Bihar: Over 81 lakh population spread over 16 districts facing flood fury
The river Ganga has started rising all along its course in Bihar. The river is flowing 12 centimeters above danger mark at Gandhi Ghat in Patna. Moderate rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the river Gandak during past twenty four hours. This has caused heavy discharge from Gandak …
Read More »Prime Day 2020 was the biggest 2-days ever for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) on Amazon
Udaipur : Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)and Prime members on Amazon.in discovered joy like never before on Prime Daymaking it the biggest 48-hoursfor SMB sellers, for new member sign-ups, and for engagement with Prime benefits. With the highest ever SMB participation, over 91,000 SMBs, artisans, weavers and women entrepreneurs from …
Read More »Bihar: Relief & rescue operations in full swing in flood hit 14 districts
In Muzaffarpur, an embankment of Tirhut canal breached in Mohammadpur Kothi Panchayat area inundating several adjoining villages of the district. Similarly, a ring bund was breached at Birne village under Kewati block of Darbhanga district. Relief and rescue operations are in full swing as over 55 lakh people spread …
Read More »Monsoon to get active over parts of central and western India from tomorrow
It said, a low-pressure area is likely to develop over the north Bay of Bengal and move into Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and then to central Maharashtra and Gujarat, bringing heavy rainfall. Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal may also receive moderate rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday. A monsoon trough …
Read More »Flood situation worsens further in northern parts of Bihar
Over 55 lakh people spread over 14 districts are reeling under the impact of devastating floods. The worst affected is Darbhanga where about 17 lakh people have been affected. The other affected districts are Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and East Champaran. People who are living in low lying areas of Darbhanga …
Read More »BJP flays Rahul Gandhi’s statement in Germany over terrorism
BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra also said Rahul Gandhi must apologise for blaming ‘Indian Culture’ for crimes against women.
Read More »Over 2 million Muslims begin Hajj in Saudi Arabia
The five-day hajj pilgrimage represents one of the world’s biggest gatherings every year. “We are very blessed by Allah to be in this place, and we pray to Allah to make the Islamic nations from the West to the East in a better situation,” said Essam-Eddin Afifi, a pilgrim from …
Read More »Sensex falls over 200 points on weak macro cues
The 30-share index dropped 207.03 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 37,644.97. The gauge had gained 207.10 points in the previous session on Tuesday. Financial markets were shut yesterday on account of Independence Day. The NSE Nifty fell below the 11,400-mark, shedding 58.15 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 11,376.95. …
Read More »Mojave Desert birds crashed over the last century due to climate change
Bird communities in the Mojave Desert straddling the California/Nevada border have collapsed over the past 100 years, most likely because of lower rainfall due to climate change, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study. A three-year survey of the area, which is larger than the state of New …
Read More »Swachh Bharat Mission: PM expresses happiness over people’s support
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the feeling of ownership among 125 crore Indians towards the Swachh Bharat Mission has led to India making remarkable progress in cleanliness and sanitation. The Prime Minister said this while sharing a letter of a citizen from Saharanpur on Twitter on Sunday …
Read More »Sensex falls over 200 points, Nifty slips below 11,300 mark
The repo rate, at which the central bank lends to other banks, now stands at 6.5 per cent. Moreover, fall in Asian stocks on renewed US-China trade war concerns influenced the sentiment here, brokers said. The 30-share index dropped 248.42 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 37,273.20. The gauge had …
Read More »Rajya Sabha adjourned over Assam’s NRC
After a smooth first half of the session, the upper House was adjourned minutes after it reconvened after lunch break. A short duration discussion on farmers issues and MSP was to be held. Before the discussion could begin, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad requested for a reply by the …
Read More »Engines of main battle tanks handed over to Army
While addressing the gathering, Nirmala Seetharaman said that the country aims to produce all its defence hardware indigenously. The Defence Minister congratulated the EFA staff for achieving indigenization in both design and manufacture of these engines.
Read More »Defence Minister hands over multi-fuel war tank engines to Army
The engines were developed at the Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, a unit of Ordnance Factory Board under the Department of Defence Production. The engines have been fully indigenised for the first time under the Make-in-India Programme. Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Minister said that the country aims to produce …
Read More »Sensex sets record again, rises over 150 points; Nifty hits 11,300 mark
The 30-share index spurted 159.95 points, or 0.42 per cent, to an all-time high of 37,496.80. The gauge had gained 840.48 points in the previous five record-setting sessions and closed at an all-time high of 37,336.85 points in Friday’s session. The broader NSE Nifty too hit a new high by …
Read More »India hands over cheque of 2.1 billion Nepalese rupee to Nepal
The amount has been released towards reimbursement of 1st tranche of housing support to 42,086 Govt of India supported beneficiaries in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts. As part of India’s commitment towards Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, both the countries had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for US$ 100 million grant to …
Read More »Protests in Moscow over government’s decision to raise retirement age
The government announced its plans last month to raise the retirement age, for men from 60 to 65 and for women from 55 to 63, to ease pressure on state coffers from an ageing population and weak economic growth made worse by the impact of sanctions. “I do not want …
Read More »Users should have rights over their data as firms are mere custodians: TRAI
Terming the existing data protection framework as inadequate, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a set of recommendations to DoT said that companies should not use meta-data to identify users and should disclose any data breaches. Stating that each user owns his/her personal data and information submitted to …
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