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The opposition has been vocal in its condemnation of the directive. New Delhi: If Ramdev has no problem, then what irks Rahman? Asked Yoga Guru Ramdev amid an ongoing debate over the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government’s directive mandating food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners’ names. Ramdev’s remarks come amidst…
“Awareness campaigns about cleanliness are being carried out to educate tourists about waste management and environmental sustainability,” officials said. | Photo Credit: The Hindu “All tourist vehicles entering Sikkim will now have to mandatorily carry a large garbage bag,” according to an official order. The decision has been taken to ensure community participation towards achieving…
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Representational Image New Delhi: One person has died after a plane, used for skydiving, crashed in Niagara County, New York on Saturday, reported CNN. Following the incident, New York officials launched an investigation on Saturday. The single-engine Cessna 208B, a plane that was used for skydiving, crashed near Lake Road near Youngstown, New York, shortly…
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India officially have 35 medals in the Olympics. But two of them – their first two medals – are dubious, and carry a lot of doubt around them. 124 years ago, even before the Indian golden era in field hockey, India’s first two Olympic medals were won by athlete Norman Pritchard, who lived…
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“The tremor hit at 8.53 p.m. with its epicentre 8 km southeast of Jalapa city, at a depth of 265.5 km,” according to the USGS. | Photo Credit: Photo credit: https://earthquake.usgs.gov Further, the seismological institute in El Salvador recorded the quake at a magnitude of 5.9 while that of Nicaragua registered it at 5.2-magnitude. “A…
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Hardik Pandya and Ajit Agarkar© X (Twitter) India all-rounder Hardik Pandya saw his world turn upside down quickly as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the tour of Sri Lanka. Expected to be named the team’s new T20I captain, after the retirement of Rohit Sharma, but…
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South Korea’s military decided to resume its round-the-clock loudspeaker broadcast Seoul: North Korea on Sunday floated balloons carrying trash towards South Korea, South Korea’s military said, declaring it would respond with “full-scale” loudspeaker broadcasts. The South Korean military said the North’s actions raising tensions near the heavily armed border could have fatal consequences, adding the…
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New Delhi: Israeli warplanes today struck targets around the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Yemen’s Hudaydah, retaliating for a drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Iran-backed rebels that killed a man and exposed a vulnerability in Israeli air defences. The rebels claimed that three people had been killed in the strikes, which triggered a…
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The accident occurred on a pathway between Gaurikund and Chirbasa New Delhi: At least three pilgrims, including two from Maharashtra, were killed in a landslide triggered by rains when they were en route to Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath temple today, officials said. Eight people were also injured in the accident, which occurred on a pathway between Gaurikund and…
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A member of the Bangladesh Army checks bags of women during a curfew imposed in response to student-led protests against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Bangladesh extended a curfew on July 21 to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114 people, as authorities braced…
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