An elephant was rescued from a well after a 16-hour operation. A female elephant that fell into a deep well in a farm field in Tamil Nadu’s Panchapalli Village Dharmapuri district was finally rescued on Friday after a 16-hour rescue operation by the fire department. The well is known to …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2020 10:27:37 am People pass by a public bath in Guwahati on Monday. (Express photo: Dasarath Deka) The United Nations commemorates November 19 annually as World Toilet Day to raise awareness about access to hygienic toilets and the human costs …
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Comment: Currently, recruitment competitions for central positions are conducted in only two languages: English and Hindi. Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking the Union government to conduct competitive exams in regional languages for the benefit of students of diverse backgrounds. Currently, competitions for …
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MUMBAI: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that all schools in Mumbai will remain closed until December 31 of this year. Previously, they had allowed schools to resume physical sessions for classes IX through XII starting November 23 (Monday), but they revised the decision on Friday. A BMC official stated …
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IAS Tina Dabi, Athar Khan file for divorce New Delhi: IAS leader Tina Dabi and IAS Athar Aamir Khan, who married in 2018, filed for divorce. The couple have filed for divorce by mutual consent in a family court in Jaipur. Notably, Dabi had spearheaded the Union Public Service Commission …
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MUMBAI: Countries are losing more than $ 427 billion in tax every year due to international corporate tax abuse and private tax evasion. Annual of India tax loss totals to $ 10.3 billion. These are the findings of the first study led by The Tax Justice Network (TJN), which is …
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that the marriage that the petitioner wants to celebrate with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also illegal per se. “… the presentation in the present petition that when she …
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An Alaskan town said goodbye to the Sun and will see the next daylight in 2021. Formerly known as Barrow, in the town of Utqiagvik, the sun last set in 2020 on November 19 over a span of more than 60 days . The small city north of the Arctic …
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Schools in Haryana closed again until November 30: Government | Photo Credit: Representative Image Following the growing number of COVID19 infections in students, the Haryana government has ordered the closure of all schools, government and private in the state until November 30. Up to 333 students tested positive in recent …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a review meeting with senior security officials following the assassinations of four JeM terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that security forces have thwarted his efforts to cause “great havoc and destruction.” Government sources said the terrorists were planning “something big” on the …
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