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The Brahmaputra (/ˌbrɑːməˈpuːtrə/), also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachal Pradesh, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangladesh, is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, India, and Bangladesh. It is the 9th largest river in the world by discharge,...
November 13, 2022. Thirty-two teams and more than 1 million football (soccer) fans headed to Qatar in November 2022 for the World Cup. The...
June 28, 2022 to November 18, 2022 After an extremely wet October, southeast Australia continued to see heavy rainfall in November 2022. With soils...
The remains of fish teeth at an archaeological site in Israel appear to have been cooked with controlled heat rather than directly exposed to...
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A massive protest took place today outside the Sangrur home of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who is on the campaign trail in Gujarat ahead of assembly elections in...
India will formally take over the G-20 presidency today, December 1. Several events will be held across the country including the lighting of 100 monuments...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute about 71 thousand appointment letters to newly inducted recruits through video conferencing today. He will also address the...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested most wanted terrorist Kulwinderjit Singh alias Khanpuria from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. He had been...
States
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Polling has begun for the first phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat. Voting, which began at 8 this morning, December 1, will end at...
The 10-day long Hornbill Festival 2022 is beginning today at the Naga heritage village Kisama in Nagaland. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will grace the...
Searches were conducted at the house of a man allegedly involved in an autorickshaw blast in Karnataka on Saturday. Shareeq, who was injured in...
As many as 11 people were killed while 5 other injured when a vehicle carrying passengers fell into a deep gorge on Jakhola Motor...
The process of filing nominations for the first phase of assembly elections in Gujarat ended on Monday. In the first phase, voting will be...
Assam Diary
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to respondents, including the Assam Government on the plea against the Gauhati High Court verdict that state- funded Madrassas being government schools...
Around 8 Bangladeshi nationals were deported back to Bangladesh from Silchar Central Jail and Guwahati Shelter Home on Saturday who had entered the Indian...
While people across Assam were gearing up with preparations for bright and dazzling celebrations of the festival of lights-Diwali and Kali Puja, the gloomy...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma went for an inspection of the upcoming Brahmaputra riverfront beautification project recently. The region under consideration starts from...
Business and Commerce
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Reserve Bank of India will launch retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) on pilot basis today. The digital rupee would be in the form...
India’s economy grew 6.3 per cent in the July-September quarter, down from 13.5 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the official data released...
India and Australia have exchanged written notifications regarding the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). The ECTA will enter into force on 29th...
Amazon is planning to lay off thousands of employees and implement cost-cutting measures as the last few quarters haven’t been profitable, according to reports....
World
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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin – the first Chinese President to visit India, dies at 96 China’s former leader Jiang Zemin, who led the...
Colombia’s Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda shakes hands with the ELN’s Pablo Beltran in Caracas./Presidencia. The peace delegations of the Colombian government and National Liberation...
Moderate MP Susanne Nordström speaks in the debate in parliament on the changes to Sweden’s freedom of association law. Photo. Swedish Parliament/Screenshot. Scandinavia(n) Countries....
A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble...
China is again facing a grim battle with COVID-19 as Southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou locked down its largest district while capital Beijing is in...
Sports
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Argentina beat Poland 2-0 at Stadium-974 in Doha while Mexico defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1 at the Lusail Stadium, in their last Group C encounters...
India to take on New Zealand in the third and final T20 International at McLean Park in Napier today. India is leading the three-match...
India defeated hosts New Zealand by 65 runs in the second T20 cricket match, at Bay Oval ground in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. Put...
Enner Valencia scored twice in the first-half to give Ecuador a 2-0 at the break against Qatar in the opening match of the FIFA...
Star paddler Manika Batra today became the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament. World number 44,...
Entertainment & Arts
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The 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began in Goa on Sunday with a gala opening. The inaugural ceremony was held at Dr....
Spanish Film Director and writer Carlos Saura will be conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 at the upcoming 53rd edition of the...
Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine), an Assamese language film by Monjul Baruah has been selected for the prestigious International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)....
Iran has categorically denied any link with Salman Rushdie’s attacker. Mr. Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an...
In Depth
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While states float global tenders for vaccines amid a huge shortage of vaccines to shield people from getting infected by the deadly COVID virus, there could be some good...
We are working on definite and assured methods for boosting up the human immune system of our friends, colleagues, readers and other people known...
Cloves can be used in treating a wide variety of ailments with very effective results. It has been known to sooth a cough and...
Bananas are also a good source of prebiotics that activate friendly probiotic bacteria found in yogurt and kefir. Probiotics are important because they support...
Simple sugars, after consumption, are absorbed by the digestive tract of the human body and then travel through the blood stream to body cells....
Russia-Ukraine war
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A missile that killed two people in Poland and sparked fears of an escalation of Ukraine conflict was fired not by Russia but by...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that any direct contact or direct clash of NATO troops with the Russian army would lead to...
About two weeks into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “partial” mobilization for the war in Ukraine, crowds of Russians seeking to escape the draft continue...
India has abstained on a draft resolution tabled in the UN Security Council which condemned Russia’s “illegal referenda” and annexation of four Ukrainian territories...
Kadyrov, aged about 41 has expressed his desire to resign adding that his time has come and that he was necessary in state politics...
Science and technology
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India’s first ever private Vikram Suborbital rocket was launched at 11.30 on Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The rocket reached an...
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its first dedicated commercial mission of Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) M2 satellite successfully in the wee hours...
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully demonstrated a new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD). Designed and developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space...
ABSTRACT Do you think that eating fruit in summer has the same effect on your body as does eating it in winter? Scientific evidence...
Health
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Over 212 crore 17 lakh vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive. Over 26 lakh 36 thousand doses were...
Pharma companies giving incentives to doctors for prescribing their medicines should be held accountable, contended a petition being heard by the Supreme Court. As...
The UK has become the first country to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine tailored to the Omicron variant. The move will pave the way for...
India recorded a total of 16,299 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 4,42,06,996, according to...
Centre held a high-level review meeting to take stock of the monkeypox situation in the country. Union Health Secretary, Directorate General of Health Services...
Education and Books
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India has restored 108 volumes of sacred Mongolian Ganjuur (Buddhist texts) and has sent them to 50 Buddhist monasteries and educational institutions. The sacred texts, Ganjuur-...
The Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) results was announced on Thursday. This was informed by UGC Chairman Prof M Jagadesh Kumar. The results were...
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main June 2022 session will commence today. National Testing Agency will conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) – 2022...
The Mariana Trench is so deep that sunlight cannot reach it. The Mariana Trench is the deepest place on Earth. There the sea is...