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Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016

Stubble burning is the setting up of fire to the left over straw that remains after harvesting of paddy, wheat etc. The Government restricted and discouraged this practice....

December 9, 2019

Inaugural Conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” held in Delhi

Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, chaired the inaugural conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” organized by the National Capital...

November 12, 2019

Delhi approves India’s first sports university

The Delhi Cabinet has recently approved a Bill to set up India’s first sports university in Delhi, which will offer graduation, post graduation and doctorate degrees in cricket,...

October 4, 2019

Sanjay Mitra committee to oversee bifurcation of J&K

The Union Government has constituted a 3-member committee to look into distribution of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) between Union territories of J&K and Ladakh,...

September 10, 2019

Delhi government to provide free rides to women in city buses and metro trains

The Delhi Cabinet has given “in principle” approval to the free-ride scheme of providing free rides for women in city buses and metro trains. For this cause, the...

August 31, 2019

Meenakshi Lekhi authored book titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’

The book titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’ has been authored by Meenakshi Lekhi, a Lok Sabha MP from Delhi and a Supreme Court lawyer. It is co-authored by...

July 1, 2019

Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy

The Delhi Metro has become the India’s first-ever project to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the project is also...

June 7, 2019

India’s newest pit viper found in Arunachal Pradesh

A team of herpetologists led by Ashok Captain have described a new species of reddish-brown pit viper — a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system — from...

May 10, 2019

Myanmar: More than 50 dead in the landslide

In a major landslide in the jade mining area of the northern Kachin state of Myanmar at least 50 people have been feared to be killed. The accident...

April 23, 2019

Iran: Warnings of Fresh Floods lead to Mass Evacuations

The authorities in southern Iran have got many villages and towns evacuated as warnings for a fresh round of floods had been issued especially in the regions which...

April 7, 2019

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