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New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) To filter particulate matter and dilute air pollutants in the national capital, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday inaugurated air pollution control device WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit) here. Speaking at the inauguration the minister said :”The device can purify air in[Read More…]

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday urged all government as well as private schools to remain open, assuring them that the state government will counter the 12-hour shutdown called by the BJP on Wednesday across the state. “I had requested the private schools to[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated Odisha Bhawan in Chennai. “With completion of this facility, we have created an institution which will provide a platform for engagement between Odisha and the State of Tamil Nadu,” said the Chief Minister. “Chennai is one of the most[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan wants to further elevate its ties with India from the Strategic Partnership the two countries share now and also take bilateral trade to $1 billion within two years, senior Uzbek officials said on Tuesday. Briefing the media here ahead[Read More…]

Madrid, Sep 25 (IANS) Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui said on Tuesday that the use of video assistant referee (VAR) has contributed to improving football, but is still not a perfect solution. The coach made his remarks at a press conference ahead of his side’s La Liga away game against[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday alleged an e-tender scam worth Rs 30,000 crore in last four years in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and approached the Election Commission raising concern that it could impact the assembly elections in the state. In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Alwar will get India’s first world-class educational institute for poor, backward and minorities by 2020, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday. The foundation stone for the institute would be laid on October 1 and it would start functioning in 2020, he[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday became the first hospital in Delhi to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Health Agency in Ayushaman Bharat PM-JAY Scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Septemeber 23 launched the flagship scheme in Ranchi[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed his government dedicated 35 airports in last four years, the Congress on Tuesday described it as “new rhetoric of fake credit seeking” and said that the government had inagurated only seven airports in the last four years.[Read More…]

Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) The Haryana government will develop five new cities over an area of 50,000 hectares on each side of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway. The expressway, which will provide an alternative route to vehicles to go towards Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan without entering Delhi, is likely to be[Read More…]

Madrid, Sep 25 (IANS) Real Madrid announced on Tuesday that Spain midfielder Isco Alarcon had successfully undergone surgery for acute appendicitis. Isco’s injury will likely sideline him for a month, and was discovered when he arrived at the Valdebebas sports city early Tuesday morning with severe abdominal pain and was[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) On an average, 18 children per day were reported missing in 2017, and their count per day is 19 so far this year, data collected by Delhi Police has revealed. In 2017, 6,450 children were reported missing, among whom 2,535 were boys and 3,919 girls.[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Yes Bank on Tuesday said it has set up a committee to select a new MD and CEO, but added that it would seek more time for Rana Kapoor in the post, at least till April 30, 2019. The bank’s board in its meeting on Tuesday[Read More…]