Bangladesh hopes to rescue crew members of hijacked ship by this month

April 9, 2024 8:01 PM

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Bangladesh hopes to rescue crew members of hijacked ship by this month

Bangladesh State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday expressed hope that the 23 crew members of hijacked Bangladeshi ship "MV Abdullah" could be rescued by this month. The state minister told journalists at his secretariat office in Dhaka today that the entire situation is now u...

Chaitra Navratri Mela begins at Mata Mansa Devi Shaktipeeth in Panchkula

April 9, 2024 7:52 PM

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Chaitra Navratri Mela begins at Mata Mansa Devi Shaktipeeth in Panchkula

The Chaitra Navratri Mela began at Mata Mansa Devi Shaktipeeth in Panchkula on Tuesday. On the first day of Navratri Mela, Haryana Chief Secretary T.V.S.N. Prasad along with his wife paid obeisance and performed a yajna in Yagya Shala amid chanting of Mantras in the Mata Mansa Devi temple. Mr. Prasa...

NIA arrests key accused in Attari drug seizure case

April 9, 2024 7:51 PM

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NIA arrests key accused in Attari drug seizure case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the key accused, identified as Harwinder Singh in the Attari drug seizure case. Indian Customs had seized over 102 kilograms of heroin worth seven hundred crore rupees in April 2022. As per NIA investigations, the accused, a resident of Punjab, us...

India, EU launch initiative for EV start-ups

April 9, 2024 7:09 PM

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India, EU launch initiative for EV start-ups

The European Union (EU) and India launched an Expression of Interest (EoI) on Tuesday for startups working in Battery Recycling Technologies for Electric Vehicles (EVs) for a matchmaking event.               The matchmaking aims to enhance the cooperation between European and Indian Small and Medium...

The Sensex and the Nifty trade flat amid volatility and closed in red after hitting record highs earlier in the day on profit booking in heavyweights such as Titan, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints and TCS.

April 9, 2024 6:59 PM

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The Sensex and the Nifty trade flat amid volatility and closed in red after hitting record highs earlier in the day on profit booking in heavyweights such as Titan, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints and TCS.

BSE Sensex lost 58 points or 0.08 percent to close at 74,683. Nifty-50 fell 23 points or 0.1 percent to settle at 22,642.   In the forex market, the Indian rupee today ended at 83 rupees and 31 paise against the US dollar.   Gold prices at Multi Commodity Exchange for June contracts, were trading at...

Climate change: ‘Uncharted territory’ fears after record hot March

April 9, 2024 5:43 PM

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Climate change: ‘Uncharted territory’ fears after record hot March

Climate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures do not fall by the end of the year. According to Gavin Schmidt, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, if a record-breaking temperatures is witnessed in the North Atlantic or elsewhere by the end of the summer,...