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  • Thousands to protest over migrant policy in US

    In the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join nationwide protests today over the Trump administration’s strict migrant policy. More than 630 events are planned across the US calling for the reunification of children and parents who were separated at the border. Some 2,000 children remain separated from their parents, despite […]

    Govt to link 22,000 rural markets to e-NAM portal

    The Centre today announced that 22,000 rural markets would be linked to the Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) by 2020 as part of its drive to double the income of farmers. Addressing the “AgriVikas 2018” in Bhubaneswar today, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said these 22,000 rural markets or haats will […]

    Three dead in rain-related incidents in Jammu

    In Jammu and Kashmir, three persons, including a woman, were killed in rain-related incidents in different districts of the Jammu region today. Nearly a dozen ‘kacha’ houses were also damaged, while 28 cattle perished in the heavy rains in different districts. Several footbridges, including two in Udhampur district, were also washed away by the strong […]

    Mumbai’s Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings declared World Heritage

    In a remarkable achievement, Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings of Mumbai was today declared as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. The decision was taken at the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Bahrain today. This makes Mumbai city the second city […]

    Hearing of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saifuddin Soz’s sedition case postponed

    Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Saturday adjourned to 2nd July the hearing on complaint seeking sedition case against Saifuddin Soz and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The hearing has been transferred to the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. The criminal complaint was filed against Congress leaders for allegedly making “seditious statements against the Indian Army”. The […]

    CRPF forms lady commando’s team to tackle women stone pelters

    In order to tackle women stone pelters, Central Reserve Police Force has formed team of lady commandos. These commandos have been given rigorous training including being blindfolded to deal with night deployment and repairing weapons within a minute in case of malfunctions.  

    Mangaldai college shine in GU Youth Fest

    By  Mayukh Goswami   Mangaldai  : Students of Mangaldai College have shone in the Gauhati University Inter College Zonal Youth Festival that concluded at the Gopinath Devagoswami Commerce College , Nagaon on Friday . According to the information from source of  Mangaldai college , the college has bagged the best team title in the debate […]

    Looking to mosquitoes for a way to develop painless microneedles

    A mosquito can insert a needle-like probe into our skin and draw blood for several minutes without us even noticing. Researchers at The Ohio State University believe that we can learn from nature’s design of the mosquito to create a painless microneedle for medical purposes. In a recently published paper, Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar […]

    Special court summons Vijay Mallya on August 27

    A special PMLA court in Mumbai today summoned Vijay Mallya to appear before it on the 27th August on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea seeking action against him under the fugitive economic offenders ordinance in the over nine thousand crore bank fraud case. Special judge M S Azmi, dealing with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]

    India welcomes FATF’s decision to place Pak on grey list

    India has welcomed the decision of the global financial watchdog Financial Action Task Force, FATF to place Pakistan in the Compliance Document (Grey list) for International Co-operation Review Group, monitoring. In a statement the Ministry of External Affairs said, Pakistan has given high-level political commitment to implement FATF standards for countering terror financing. The statement […]