GST on molasses will be reduced from 28% to 5% which will benefit sugarcane farmers, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman. Updated, Oct. 07, 2023. 6.14 PM. The 52nd GST Council...
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3rd. October 2023. India has asked Canada to withdraw about 40 diplomatic staff from India, reports say, in a sharp escalation of a weeks-long crisis. Those who stayed past...
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Sikkim Floods. CM P S Tamang chairs meeting to assess disaster situation in the State; Relief and rescue operation in full swing.
Updated, Oct. 05, 2023. 9.11 PM. In Sikkim, Chief Minister PS Tamang chaired a meeting today to assess the current disaster situation in the State with Chief Secretary VB...
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Over 50,000 people take pledge to donate their organs, under AyushmanBhav campaign launched last month.
Updated, Oct 02, 2023. 1.55 PM. Over 50 thousand people have taken the pledge to donate their organs, under the AyushmanBhav campaign. President Droupadi Murmu launched the campaign last...
28 September, 2023. In recent weeks, Bangladesh has experienced its most severe outbreak of dengue, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths, according to authorities. This outbreak has been exacerbated by...
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Nashik’s Guardian Minister Dada Bhuse urges traders to resume participation in onion auctions.
Updated, Sep 21, 2023. 9:42 PM. Nashik’s Guardian Minister Dada Bhuse, today, urged traders to resume their participation in onion auctions. Speaking to the media after holding a meeting...
The U.S. has greenlit the transfer of F-16 combat aircraft from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine, Reuters reports. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken sent letters to his counterparts...
Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of an average of one gigajoule of energy. This...
July 22, 2022. On the islands of American Samoa, rugged volcanic terrain is blanketed with dense tropical rainforest and ringed by dramatic coastlines and coral reefs. The U.S. territory...
June 20, 2023. Kansas normally produces about 25 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop, but that may not happen this year. As drought gripped the state for much...