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Petrol Pumps In Rajasthan Begin Indefinite Strike Demanding Tax Reduction

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Rajasthan has a total of 6,712 petrol pumps. Jaipur: Petrol filling stations across Rajasthan, barring privately-owned and operated pumps, began an indefinite strike from 6 am today, demanding a reduction in Value-Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. The Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers’ Association (RPDYA) has called the strike, citing the state’s high VAT on fuel…

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Google nears release of AI software Gemini

September 15, 2023 admin

Gemini is intended to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model. (File) | Photo Credit: REUTERS Alphabet’s Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of Gemini, its conversational artificial intelligence software, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Gemini is intended to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model,…

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Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing

September 15, 2023 admin

A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing | Photo Credit: AFP Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city…

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After Mexico Brings Bodies Of ‘Aliens’ To Parliament, NASA’s Response

September 15, 2023 admin

Mexican Congress recently held hearing on UFOs featuring purported ‘alien’ bodies New Delhi: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Thursday released a new report on what it calls the “unidentified anomalous phenomenon” (UAP), better known to the public as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. In response to a recommendation by an independent study…

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Virat Kohli Receives Handmade Portrait Of Himself From Fan, Star’s Gesture Is Viral. Watch

September 15, 2023 admin

Virat Kohli received a handmade potrait of himself from a fan in Colombo.© X (Twitter) Virat Kohli is one of the most talked about cricketers in the world. His exceptional talent and consistent performance have earned him a huge fan following across the globe. Amid the ongoing Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Kohli received a…

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Anantnag Encounter On After 48 Hours, 2 Army Officers Killed, 1 Soldier Missing

September 15, 2023 admin

A soldier has gone missing while two others were injured in an encounter with terrorists that is underway for over 48 hours in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.The fierce encounter broke out early Wednesday morning after the army and the police launched a joint operation to hunt down terrorists in the dense forests of Kokernag….

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Morning Digest | Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areas, Joe Biden’s son Hunter indicted on gun charges, and more

September 15, 2023 admin

Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areas A Central team of officials is expected to visit Maruthonkara and Ayancheri areas in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday where two persons died due to Nipah infection recently. Five people have so far tested positive for the virus, of whom two are dead. The others are…

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Fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre of the Aditya-L1 mission performed successfully

September 15, 2023 admin

he fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre of the Aditya-L1 mission has been performed successfully in the early hours of September 15. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@isro The fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre of the Aditya-L1 mission has been performed successfully in the early hours of September 15. “Aditya-L1 Mission: The fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#4) is performed successfully. ISRO’s ground stations…

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Kerala To Test Samples Of All Persons In ‘High-Risk’ Nipah Contact List

September 15, 2023 admin

Kerala Health Minister said the mobile lab has 2 machines each of which can test 96 samples at a time. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday decided to take body-fluid samples of all of those who are on the ‘high-risk’ contact list linked to the first Nipah victim, a 47-year-old man who died on August…

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US Surgeons Report Longest Successful Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant

September 15, 2023 admin

The US surgeon team had conducted the experiment into a brain-dead patient. (Representational) Washington: US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days. The latest experimental procedure is part of a growing field of research aimed at advancing cross-species…

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