Category Archive for: ‘India News1’
Do’s and don’ts to prepare yourself for Cyclone Vardah
Government has been continuously monitoring the Cyclone Vardah situation. Fishermen have been advised not to venture in the sea along south Andhra Pradesh, north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts. A control room with helpline numbers has been set up to monitor the relief effort. The …
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Cyclone’Vardah’:Rain lash coastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra;Landfall process begins
Landfall process of cyclone vardah begins as cyclone touches Chennai coast. Heavy rains lash parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and wind speed crosses 100km per hour. Cyclone Vardah keeps Andhra Pradesh on high alert. Over 9000 people evacuated along the coast in Nellore. …
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Govt launches Digidhan campaign to boost digital transactions
Continuing on the path of eradicating black money and corruption, the government is pushing forward its agenda of a less cash economy through various initiatives. The latest in this regard is the ‘Digidhan’ campaign begun which kicked off on Friday. The aim of the campaign …
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Govt gives nod to plastic money
Government has given go ahead to print plastic currency notes and procurement of material has started. The Reserve Bank for long has been planning to launch plastic currency note after field trials. Plastic notes have an average life span of about five years and are …
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Gujarat: PM Modi addresses rally, inaugurates public projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Deesa in Banaskantha district of Gujarat where he inaugurated a cheese and whey plant set up with state-of-the-art technology at a cost of 350 crore rupees at the milk co-operative dairy plant of Banas dairy. Milk of the famous …
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War against black money: Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes invalid now
High denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will no longer be legal tender from midnight tonight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced as he declared a “decisive” war against black money and corruption while disclosing a raft of steps to assure commoners that their …
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SC to K’taka: Release 2000 Cusecs water
Supreme Court asks Karnataka to release 2000 cusecs of cauvery water per day to Tamilnadu till further orders, also appeals for peace in both states, Karnataka says it has no water to release. The Supreme Court has retained its direction to Karnataka to release 2000 …
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Sum hospital fire: Centre assures Odisha govt off all possible help
Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the victims of the Bhubaneswar hospital fire. The two ministers met patients at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, AMRI Hospital and KIMS Hospital. They will also visit Sum Hospital where a fire had killed 20 people …
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India-Myanmar sign three pacts
India and Myanmar have agreed for close security coordination in border areas keeping in view the sensitivity of each other’s strategic interests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi held bilateral talks in Delhi on Wednesday after which the …
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Akhilesh Yadav to be chief ministerial face: Mulayam Singh
Amid a raging family feud timed to election season, on Monday, Mulayam Singh announced that son Akhilesh is the party’s presumptive Chief Minister. The declaration is Mulayam Singh’s newest attempt to end a tug-of-war for power between Akhilesh, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and …
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