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Rajiv Kumar takes over as new Election Commissioner

September 1, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, Sept 1: Rajiv Kumar assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India on Tuesday joining with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra. Born on February 19, 1960, Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer. During the span of more than 36 years of Government […]

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Growth narrowed down due to intense lockdown, V-shaped recovery on its way, says Chief Economic Adviser

September 1, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Aditya Hore NEW DELHI, Sept 1: The Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian on Monday looked forward to a better economic performance by the country from the current and the subsequent quarters pointing out that India recorded 23.9 percent contraction in GDP in April-June due to the coronavirus lockdown but aided by a ‘V-shaped’ recovery in […]

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Pranab Mukherjee Cremated With Full State Honours

September 1, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, Sept 1: The former President and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee was cremated with full state honours at the Lodhi Road crematorium in the national capital on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, his body was kept at his residence here where a large number of leaders, including President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime […]

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Union Cabinet Condole the death of Pranab Mukherjee

September 1, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, Sept 1: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday condoled the death of the former president Pranab Mukherjee in the army hospital in Delhi yesterday. Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in memory of Mukherjee. The Cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister Naredra Modi adopted a condolence resolution expressing its profound sorrow at his […]

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Defence: Israel Refuses To Sell AWACS to China

September 1, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Amid tension on Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, Israel has dropped the deal to sell the AWACS to China. AWACS is an Airborne Warning and Control System which is basically installed in the aircrafts. Before the two decades, the United States had forced Israel to destroy the deal of AWACs with […]

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Heavy Rains and Floods: Many Parts of India Devastated

August 31, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Aditya Hore AHMEDABAD, August 31: Amidst the Corona pandemic havoc, several Indian states, particularly Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, are facing major problem of floods and heavy rains for the last fortnight or so and the weather predictions for the coming days show no silver lining. A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed […]

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Plastic Waste Handling Facility Inaugurated at Naval Base, Kochi

August 29, 2020 Vinayak Barot

KOCHI (KERALA), August 29: The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command (SNC) Vice Admiral Anil K Chawla, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC inaugurated a Plastic Waste Handling Facility at Naval Base Kochi on Saturday. He also released A BIRD BOOK titled “Kaleidoscope – Feathered Friends @KatariBagh” on the occasion as part of environment friendly initiatives […]

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SAARC Diary: Inland Waterway route linking India and Bangladesh to commence from September 5

August 29, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, August 29: An Inland Waterways protocol route is about to commence connecting India (Sonamura – dist. Sipahijala) and Bangladesh (Daudkandi – dist. Comilla) on September 5. The project to be launched in the presence of Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, is set to connect Tripura with Bangladesh via river Gomti. The 90-km […]

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Agricultural Institutions Will Provide New Opportunities, Will Connect Farming with Research and Advanced Technology: PM

August 29, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, August 29: The centre is planning to introduce agriculture as a subject at the middle school level in villages to help the students develop agriculture-related knowledge and communicate the farm-based information, its modern techniques and marketing to their family members and other villagers, the prime minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday. […]

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IAF to become stronger: Air Force plans to buy 33 MiG-29, Sukhoi 30 fighter jets

August 29, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Indian Air Force (IAF) in a move to boost its dwindling fighter squadron strength is pushing a proposal for acquiring 33 new combat aircraft including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s. A high-level meeting of the Defence Ministry is going to be held in the next few weeks but before that a proposal regarding the […]