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India bags silver in FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship

October 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Russia defeated India 3-1 in the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship 2021 finals in Sitges, Spain to pick up gold. India, which entered the tournament finals for the 1st time, bagged a silver medal. It is India’s first silver in any Women’s Team Chess Championship. Russia started the tournament with its top […]

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Defence: Russia test-fires hypersonic Tsirkon cruise missile

October 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Russia successfully tested a hypersonic cruise missile Tsirkon (Zircon) for the first time on Sunday evening. Launched from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, the missile is part of President Vladimir Putin’s arms systems for the new weapon generation, media reported. Named after the Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz, the Barents Sea is […]

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US scientists Julius, Patapoutin to share the Nobel Prize in medicine

October 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The Nobel Committee on Monday announced that the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They were selected for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch. Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee, made the announcement. Julius used capsaicin, the active component […]

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Earthquakes: Two tremors shake Arunachal on Monday

October 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Two earthquake tremors measuring 4.4 and 4.3 on the Richter scale, respectively, were felt in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, reports said. The northeastern state bordering China has experienced four earthquakes in as many days. The National Centre for Seismology reported these tremors in the Basar and Pangin districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The first […]

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Reliance opens Gujarat’s first paediatric Covid-19 hospital in Jamnagar

October 2, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Ahmedabad: The Reliance Foundation, a subsidiary of the Reliance Group, has built Gujarat’s first pediatric Covid-19 hospital in Jamnagar. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the facility at the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital through video-conferencing on Friday evening. In a statement, the Foundation said the 230-bed hospital comprises 30 infant intense care units (ICUs), with […]

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Covid-19: Centre to adopt reciprocal visa approach for foreign visitors

October 1, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Ahead of reopening the international borders, the Centre has decided upon a reciprocal approach to foreign tourist visa applicants. Under the revised policy, the visa facilitation will now be based on the visa policy of the applicant’s country towards Indian visitors. The decision came on Thursday after a meeting to address visa issues […]

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Ports: Adanis, SLPA ink $700 mn deal for ship terminal in Colombo

October 1, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The Adani Group on Thursday signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan Ports Authority (SLPA) for the construction of a new sea terminal in Colombo. “We signed an agreement with the Adani group of India to build a strategic brand new deep-sea container terminal. The agreement worth more than $700 million is the […]

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Covid-19: HMD supplies 471 mn syringes to govt for vaccination

October 1, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD), a leading manufacturer of disposable syringes globally, has supplied 471.35 million syringes to the Government of India to help vaccinate 642.5 million people by September. The firm supplied more syringes than it had committed, 442.5 million, according to a company statement on Friday. The government has […]

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Roving Periscope: Tunisia has the Arab world’s first woman PM

October 1, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The “Arab Spring” may have gradually blossomed into the introduction of some democracy and gender equality in the conservative Muslim world. North African country, Republic of Tunisia, where this change of season started in the early 2010s, now has the first woman Prime Minister in the Arab world. The pro-democracy […]

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Sports: 12 Indians enter ISSF World Junior Championship finals

September 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Twelve Indian players aced the qualifiers to progress into the finals of the World Junior Championship organized by the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) at Lima, Peru, on Thursday. The ISSF championship comprised six individual qualifying-round events on Wednesday, where all events were designed as Olympic disciplines. India is expected to bag at […]