BALASORE: India on Wednesday successfully launched a medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) from Odisha coast, defense sources said. The missile was fired from a land mobile launcher on launch pad number 1 in the integrated test range (ITR) around 3.55pm around here, and it hit the target with precision, sources said. …
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MUMBAI: Passengers flying into the country’s largest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new, more communicable variant of the coronavirus. Like many countries, India has suspended flights from Britain, where cases have skyrocketed …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday it approved revisions to the guidelines for the provision of DTH services in the country under which the 20-year license would be issued. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the media of the decision. Previously, the DTH license was issued for a period of …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday it approved revisions to the guidelines for the provision of DTH services in the country under which the 20-year license would be issued. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the media of the decision. Previously, the DTH license was issued for a period of …
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KASHMIR: Security forces detained a module of the outlaw Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and arrested six people involved in grenade-throwing incidents in the Tral and Sangam area of Anantnag district, it said Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday. Awantipora Police, along with 42 Rashtriya rifles and 180 BN Central Reserve Police Force, …
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NEW DELHI: On the anniversary of the birth of the former prime minister Charan singh, known for championing the cause of farmers, the government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to their well-being and expressed the hope that farmers protesting against agricultural laws he will soon withdraw his agitation. In a …
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NEW DELHI: The number of Covid-19 cases from India increased to 1,00,99,066 with 23,950 new infections reported in one day, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease increased to 96.63 lakh, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health updated on Wednesday. The death toll …
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NEW DELHI: A survey by New Delhi-based citizen engagement platform, GovernEye, found that BJP Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya, YSRCP Nellore MP Adala Prabhakara Reddy, and former Head of Congress and MP of Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, provided maximum assistance to their constituents during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Launched on October 1, the …
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NEW DELHI: Amidst farmers’ agitation against central agricultural laws, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday he said that whenever groundbreaking reform was launched, there was a tendency to first scoff at it, then oppose and finally accept it. “We are currently going through this process,” Tomar said in a …
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NEW DELHI: India is likely to approve the Oxford / AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use next week after its local manufacturer submitted additional data requested by authorities, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. This could be the first country to give a regulatory green …
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