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Monsoon mock drill held across Malkajgiri to strengthen flood response coordination

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The Malkajgiri traffic police on Tuesday conducted monsoon awareness and mock drills at key waterlogging points to test inter-departmental coordination and improve response mechanisms in the eventuality of heavy rainfall. Officials said the mock drills were conducted at identified major and minor waterlogging points across all 11 traffic police station limits. Each station carried out…

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Science Snapshots: June 21, 2026

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Members of a task force search structures and debris on March 16, 2011, in Kamaishi, Japan, for survivors. | Photo Credit: DVIDSHUB (CC BY) New seismic hazard spotted in Japan’s 2011 quake Following the 2011 earthquake, 15 minutes after the main shock, the ground across Japan shifted east by up to 6 mm. Using satellite…

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What a ‘super’ El Niño would mean for India’s monsoon

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The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed this month that an El Niño has formed in the equatorial Pacific, and placed the odds at about 63% that it will strengthen into a “very strong” — colloquially, a “super” — event by the northern winter. India’s June rainfall, until 16th June, is roughly…

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Stock markets extend rally to fourth day as easing crude oil prices fuel buying

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The Sensex climbed 347.14 points, or 0.45%, to settle at 77,155.62, and the Nifty rallied 96.55 points, or 0.40%, to end at 24,085.70. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Wednesday (June 17, 2026), taking their winning run to the fourth straight session, buoyed by softening…

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Why do recessive traits from older generations suddenly resurface in one individual?

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Someone with one recessive allele alongside a dominant one is called a carrier. | Photo Credit: Getty Images — Deva Narayanan A: Genes work in pairs. Every person inherits two copies of most genes, one from each parent. Some gene variants, called dominant alleles, express themselves even when only one copy is present. Others, called…

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UCC Bill to be tabled in July Assembly Session: M.P. CM Mohan Yadav

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. File Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) said that a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would be introduced in the upcoming Monsoon Session of the State Legislative Assembly, slated to be held from July 20. “In the [upcoming] Assembly Session, our government…

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Stud Poker, Encino, Prokofiev, Knotty Emperor and Dardanus shine

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Stud Poker, Encino, Prokofiev, Knotty Emperor and Dardanus shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (June 17). Inner sand: 1400m: Europe (Vishal B) 1-35, 1,200/1-22, 1,000/1-9, 600/40.5. Strode out well. Outer sand: 600m: Cordillera (Vaibhav) 46. Easy. Brave Heart (Rushal) 43. Pleased. Digital Empress (Antony) 45.5. Moved on the bit. Teak (Ritesh…

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Training on food packaging, mushroom cultivation to be held at agriculture college

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The Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute – Tiruchi Agri Business Incubation Forum (EDII-TABIF), functioning at Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute in Tiruchi, will conduct a couple of specialised programmes aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable agriculture, and food sector development. The first programme will be a day-long workshop on ‘Next-generation food packaging,’ to…

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Samajwadi Party trashes U.P. Minister Rajbhar’s claims on split in party

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A file image of Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav. | Photo Credit: ANI Minister in Uttar Pradesh government Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) claimed that the Samajwadi Party (SP) is headed for a major split, with a large number of leaders willing to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “There will…

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U.S. not ‘pulling away’ from allies by cutting NATO commitments, says Rutte

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes…

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