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Week’s National Mourning Declared in Myanmar, Death Toll Crosses 2.000

March 31, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Mar 31: Myanmar on Monday declared a week of national mourning as the death toll in the devastating earthquake crossed 2,000 mark and hopes of finding survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings kept fading. National flags will fly at half-mast until April 6 “in sympathy for the loss of life and damages” […]

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India Refutes NYT Report of HAL Selling Sensitive technology to Banned Russian Firm

March 31, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Mar 31: India has refuted a New York Times report that alleged the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a government-owned aerospace and defence company, sold sensitive technology, with potential military use, to a blacklisted agency supplying Russia with weapons. The Centre slammed the “factually incorrect and misleading” report and accused it of trying to “frame […]

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Chinese Company under Investigation for Collapsed Building in Thailand

March 31, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 31: An anti-corruption watchdog of Thailand has flagged irregularities in the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper having Chinese link and the police have detained four Chinese nationals allegedly for unauthorised entry and removing some documents related to its construction. The unfinished tower was the only Bangkok building among a large […]

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Controversy over Aurangzeb’s Tomb “Unnecessary:” RSS

March 31, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 31: Amidst the demands from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, both belonging to the Sangh Parivar, for removal of Moghul emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the second time in a week asserted that the controversy had been raised “unnecessarily.” As the controversy […]

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Modi’s Retirement: Suggestion Made and Promptly Refuted

March 31, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 31: A debate over possible retirement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turns 75 this September, has started on the expected lines. A suggestion has been made that Mr Modi will adhere to his own set of rules and has been promptly refuted by the BJP. The Maharashtra Chief […]

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Vodafone Idea Spectrum Dues to be Converted into Equity

March 30, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Mar 30: The Centre has decided to convert Vodafone’s spectrum auction dues worth Rs 36,950 crores into equity which will increase the government’s holding in Vodafone Idea to 48.99 per cent – up from 22.6 per cent. The government has been the single-largest shareholder in the debt-ridden Vodafone Idea. Now it will receive 3,695 […]

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India Dispatched 2 More Ships with Relief Materials to Myanmar, Death Toll Crosses 1,700

March 30, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 30: India has dispatched two more Navy ships carrying relief materials to the earthquake-hit Myanmar where the death toll has mounted to over 1,700 with nearly 4,000 people injured. Across the border in Thailand, rescuers in Bangkok worked Sunday to pluck out survivors trapped in a 30-storey skyscraper under construction […]

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Six Killed under a Falling Tree in Kullu Valley

March 30, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Mar 30: At least six people have been killed in a freak tragic incident when a storm uprooted a tree that fell on vehicles and food stalls in Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday evening. A relief and rescue operation is still on. Eyewitnesses reported that a tree near the road in […]

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Kashmir Valley to Join Railway Network in April

March 30, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 30: After years of anticipation, the Kashmir Valley is finally set to join India’s rail network next month when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi flag off the first-ever train service connecting Katra to Baramulla. Mr Modi is scheduled to flag off the train on April 19, official sources said on […]

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Kamakhya Express Derail near Nergundi in Odisha, One Killed

March 30, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 30: One person was killed while seven others sustained injuries when 11 coaches of the Bengaluru – Guwahati AC Superfast Kamakhya Express train derailed near Nergundi Station in the Cuttack-Nergundi Railway Section of Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway in Odisha on Sunday, officials said. “We have received one […]