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Disengagement of tanks between India & China south of Pangong Tso in February. NEW DELHI: The Army is now exploring the possibility of procuring 350 light tanks, which can also be transported by air, to augment its firepower in high-altitude areas in the backdrop of the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh. The […]
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After performing the rituals, eight members of the family entered the abutting Maneru river to take bath (Photo for representative purpose only) HYDERABAD: In a tragic incident, two men and a 9-year-old boy drowned in Maneru river at Neerukulla village of Sultanabad mandal in Peddapalli district on Friday. The incident happened when the family members […]
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Khat leaves that were seized in Chennai CHENNAI: Customs officials have in Chennai seized 46.8 kg of khat leaves — worth Rs 1.17 crore – despatched from Nairobi in Kenya. They arrested a man in connection with the seizure. Khat leaves, known as miraa, is a stimulant drug and prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and […]
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DURGAPUR: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she would have had in the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief ministers of states with the highest burden of Covid-19 cases, had she been invited. Chairing a meeting on the Covid-19 situation with Chief Ministers of 11 states and Union Territories […]
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CM Yediyurappa made this request to the PM during the PM’s video conference with chief ministers of 10 states, where coronavirus cases have exploded in an alarming proportion. BENGALURU: Amid surging Covid-19 cases, Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday urged the Centre to supply 1,471 tonnes of oxygen and two lakh doses of […]
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HYDERABAD: In view of the pressing requirement of medical oxygen, Telangana government has hired two cargo aircraft of the Indian Air Force to ferry eight empty tankers to Odisha to bring liquid oxygen, health minister Etela Rajender said on Friday. The oxygen are to be brought from the steel plants in Rourkela and Angul, Odisha. […]
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The Delhi government said a total of 2,10,684 construction workers will be granted the aid under this scheme. NEW DELHI: Delhi government has disbursed Rs 52.9 crore among over 1 lakh construction workers as part of relief to help them during the pandemic because of which many have lost their jobs. An ex-gratia payment of […]
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Friday asked hospitals and nursing homes to first approach the nodal officer of the AAP government in Delhi to meet the requirement of medical oxygen to treat seriously ill Covid-19 patients. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli was hearing two separate pleas by two private hospitals, […]
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BENGALURU: The state industries department on Friday issued a clarification on which industries are exempted from the regular curfew and those from the weekend curfew in Karnataka. Accordingly, 50 industries have been exempted and a list has been issued by the state government. Broadly classified under 10 segments, the government has given exemption to: * […]
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PUNE: The Maharashtra government did not prepare for a second wave of coronavirus infections in the state despite chief minister Uddhav Thackeray predicting it in November last year, senior BJP leader Madhav Bhandari said on Friday. He said the state’s hospitals would not have been facing such an acute shortage in oxygen supply if the […]
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