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IMD issues orange alert for severe cold over North-West India for two days.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024August 13, 2025

Updated, Jan. 4, 2024. 8.20 PM. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has today issued orange alert over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for two days...

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91 coal mines successfully auctioned so far, informs government; Estimated to attract annual revenue of over 33,000 crore rupees.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

The government has informed that 91 mines have been successfully auctioned so far. According to the Coal Ministry, six commercial mines have already started coal production and another three...

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All India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police begins in Jaipur.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

A three-day All India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police 2023 began today at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur. Home minister Amit Shah was present...

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Government approves PRITHVI VIGYAN scheme worth nearly 4,800 crore rupees.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Updated, Jan. 4, 2024. 1.58 PM. The government has decided to implement the overarching scheme PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI) for 4,797 crore rupees. A decision in this regard was taken...

Ambiguous Ethiopia port deal fuels uncertainty over Somaliland statehood.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Somalis march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal at Yarisow stadium in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024. On Monday, an agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Prime...

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Iraq blames US-led coalition for deadly drone strike in Baghdad.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Iraqi security forces on patrol after a drone attack on an Iran-backed paramilitary group’s headquarters in Baghdad, January 4, 2024. Iraq’s government has accused the United States-led international coalition...

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Germany warns risk of escalation between Israel, Lebanon is ‘very real’.

ION correspondentJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024

The German government is monitoring the situation on the border between Israel and Lebanon, a German foreign ministry spokesperson says as the country’s top diplomat prepares to travel to...

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Nasrallah vows response to Arouri, warns of fight ‘without limits’ if Israel goes to war.

Deepak BoraJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024

People watch a televised speech in Beirut by Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah on January 3, 2023, a day after the killing in the city of a Hamas terror...

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ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts near Soleimani’s grave in Iran.

ION correspondentJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024

People disperse near the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb...

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J&K. VP Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates Mega Expo under theme “Emerging StartUp Trends in North India” at Kathua.

ION correspondentJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024

Updated, Jan. 4, 2024. 9.23 PM. In Jammu and Kashmir, Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar today inaugurated a Mega Expo under the theme “Emerging StartUp Trends in North...