NEW DELHI: A total of 8,145 deaths were reported in India in 2019 due to causes attributable to forces of nature, with nearly 3,000 of them caused by lightning, a report by National Office of Criminal Records Has revealed. The majority (50.3%) of the reported victims belonged to the age …
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Representative photo: PTI NEW DELHI: A total of 4.37.396 road accidents were recorded across India in 2019, resulting in the death of 1,54,732 people and the injury of another 4,39,262, according to the latest National Office of Criminal Records (NCRB) data. In addition, the majority (59.6 percent) of traffic accidents …
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NEW DELHI: The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Chinese troops resorted to “provocative actions” to change the status quo in the south bank area of Pangong lake and the Indian side took appropriate defensive measures to thwart their attempts. Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said the Chinese side violated …
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NEW DELHI: India reported close to 2 million Covid-19 cases in August, the highest recorded in any country for any month since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also saw an increase in deaths from the virus, with 28,859 deaths reported in August, a 50% increase from the previous …
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NEW DELHI: The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) – Major for admission to engineering colleges began Tuesday amid strict precautions and social distancing measures in light of the Covid-19 pandemic even as the chorus continued to grow to postpone the crucial exam that has already been postponed twice. Scenes outside test …
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Representative photo UNITED NATIONS: India at the UN has called for the Jammu and Kashmir issue to be permanently removed under the “outdated agenda item” of the “India-Pakistan issue” from the Security Council agenda, saying that “irrational exuberance“There are no winners in a decent world. In a veiled attack on …
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NEW DELHI: End of line FacebookThe alleged political leanings increased on Tuesday after the Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote to his CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the “political predisposition” of the social media giant’s India team. The letter came after the opposition Congress attacked the Center, citing a media report …
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NEW DELHI: Retired IAS Officer Rajiv kumar on Tuesday he took office as the new Election Commissioner of India. Kumar’s appointment came immediately after Ashok Lavasa resigned at the end of his term. Kumar was appointed new Election commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind on August 21. Here is everything …
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Representative photo: PTI NEW DELHI: The country received 27 percent more rain than normal in August, the fourth highest amount in the past 120 years, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Overall rainfall recorded in India from June 1 to August 31 was 10 percent higher than normal, IMD said …
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NEW DELHI: Former bureaucrat Rajiv kumar On Tuesday, he took office as the new electoral commissioner.He takes the place left vacant by Ashok Lavasa who joins the Asian Development Bank as vice president.Kumar, a 1984 retired IAS officer from the Jharkhand cadre, will serve a five-year term and will retire …
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