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Infrastructure: India, Nepal review Terai road projects

New Delhi: India and Nepal reviewed the Rs.500 crore Terai road projects on their borders to make transportation easier with 13 out of 14 road packages (contracts) completed, officials informed. The fourth Joint Project Monitoring Committee (JPMC) on the strengthening of road infrastructure in Nepal’s Terai area was held through a videoconference on Thursday. It […]

Sports: Ahmedabad club invites swimmers as Maharashtra denies help

Ahmedabad: A private club’s pool in Ahmedabad has invited national swimmers who were denied help by the Maharashtra government for their trials ahead of the upcoming National Aquatic Championship. After getting no help for the reopening of swimming pools for practice, a disappointed Swimming Association of Maharashtra (SWAM) decided to hold trials for the championship […]

Marathwada, parts of Karnataka celebrate liberation day

Mumbai: The Marathwada region of Maharashtra and parts of the neighboring state of Karnataka observed Friday as their liberation days to commemorate their accession with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948. The present-day Aurangabad, Nanded, Latur, Jalna, Beed, Parbhani, Osmanabad, and Hingoli districts comprised the Marathwada region. After Independence in August 1947, then-Deputy Prime […]

Taliban: “Afghanistan can’t be controlled from outside,” says Imran

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, on Friday, said that Afghanistan cannot be “controlled from the outside” and announced that Islamabad will continue to support the war-torn neighbouring country, as he urged the Islamist militia Taliban to “fulfil the promises they have made”. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council […]

Terror: Modi calls for SCO template to deal with extremism, radicalization

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 71 on Friday, has called for developing a joint template by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to effectively deal with the mounting challenges of extremism and radicalization. Virtually addressing the 21st annual SCO Council of Heads of States Summit held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, he […]

Afghanistan: IMF suspends engagement with Taliban govt

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Deeply concerned with dire economic conditions in war-torn Afghanistan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has dealt it a body blow by suspending its engagement with the Taliban-controlled country until the world recognizes its interim and rather unstable government studded by proscribed terrorists. The US had already frozen USD 9.5 billion […]

EVs: Ola sold an e-scooter every 4 seconds; Rs. 600 cr worth sold in 24 hours

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Ola Electric said on Thursday it sold its newly-launched electric scooters worth Rs. 600 crore within the first 24 hours of sale, and saw a two-wheeler being picked up every four seconds when deliveries started on September 15. Ola Electric, the mobility giant’s electric vehicle arm, which had to defer […]

Atmosphere: World observes Ozone Day on Thursday

Avya Mathur   New Delhi: Many countries across the globe observed World Ozone Day on Thursday to commemorate the 1987 Montreal Protocol passed under the auspices of the United Nations for preserving the ozone layer in the Earth’s atmosphere. The ozone layer comprises the pungent gas ozone (O3), commonly found in the stratosphere that shields […]

Roving Periscope: Bleeding Dragon’s precarious perch on the Great Wall!

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even nursery school toddlers learn this rhyme by heart: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again! But not the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It never went to the School of […]

Economy: Centre’s fresh reliefs may boost telecom, automobile sectors soon

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved a four-year moratorium on payment of the spectrum dues by telecom companies as part of a relief package for the struggling sectors, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishaw announced. He also said the government has decided to allow cent percent FDI in the sector. The move is […]
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