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August 17, 2024 1:51 PM August 17, 2024 1:51 PM

Sumit Antil & Bhagyashree Jadhav to be India’s flagbearers for opening ceremony of Paris Paralympics 2024

Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Sumit Antil and shot-put star Bhagyashri Jadhav will be flagbearers of Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics. The Paralympic Games will take place from 28th August to 8th September this year. In Paris Paralympics, 84 athletes...

August 17, 2024 2:05 PM August 17, 2024 2:05 PM

Karnataka Governor grants sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has today granted sanction for the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment ‘scam’. The sanction is based on three petitions filed by T J Abraham, Pradeep and Snehamayi Krishna. ...

August 17, 2024 1:59 PM August 17, 2024 1:59 PM

Healthcare services affected across the nation due to on going doctors’ strike to protest rape & murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata

Resident doctors and medical students in the National Capital continue their protest against the alleged rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. Doctors from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College hospitals are staging protests. Faculty members of All India Institute of...

August 17, 2024 3:50 PM August 17, 2024 3:50 PM

BJP’s national office-bearers meeting to be held today in Delhi

The BJP's national office-bearers meeting is underway in New Delhi. Party President J.P. Nadda is chairing the meeting, which is expected to discuss the BJP's membership drive and organizational elections, as well as preparedness for the upcoming assembly polls. It is being attended ...

August 17, 2024 1:38 PM August 17, 2024 1:38 PM

Union Cabinet approves three metro rail projects for Bengaluru, Thane and Pune

Union Cabinet has given its approval to three new metro rail projects in the country. The projects include phase three of Bangalore Metro with an estimated cost of 15 thousand 611 crore rupees, Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail Project with a cost of 12 thousand 200 crore rupees and Pune Metro P...

August 17, 2024 1:38 PM August 17, 2024 1:38 PM

IMA calls for 24-hour nationwide strike today to protest against rape, murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata

Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a 24-hour nationwide strike today to protest against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor at West Bengal government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The IMA has called for the withdrawal of non-emergency and OPD serv...

August 17, 2024 1:32 PM August 17, 2024 1:32 PM

South Korea to enhance quarantine and surveillance measures for mpox

South Korean authorities have decided to enhance quarantine and surveillance measures for mpox. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced the decision after a meeting with medical and academic experts to discuss the potential of mpox entering the country and response st...

August 17, 2024 1:07 PM August 17, 2024 1:07 PM

IAF & Indian Army carry out first precise para-drop of critical health care unit at high altitude

Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army have jointly carried out a first-of-its-kind precise para-drop operation of critical trauma care cube at a high-altitude area close to 15 thousand feet. These critical trauma care cubes have been indigenously developed under Project BHISHM (Bharat Health...

August 17, 2024 12:54 PM August 17, 2024 12:54 PM

Vinesh Phogat receives grand welcome at Delhi airport

Ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat arrived at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport this morning following her heartbreaking disqualification from Paris Olympics 50kg gold medal match. She was disqualified for being 100 grams overweight before the Women's 50kg final bout. Vinesh had to s...

August 17, 2024 1:29 PM August 17, 2024 1:29 PM

India could become 3rd largest economy by 2027, says IMF’s Gita Gopinath

First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dr Gita Gopinath has said that India’s growth did much better than expected during the last fiscal year 2023-24 and the country is expected to become the third-largest economy of the world by 2027. In an interview with a ...

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