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14 Jan

Odisha’s mangrove forest rises by 8 square km, highest in the country

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Odisha has recorded the highest increase in the mangrove forest, otherwise described as coastal woodland, in the country in the last three years. As per the latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR), 2021 released on Thursday, the mangrove forest area in Odisha has increased by 8 square kilometers in a three-year period spanning from 2019-2021. The State’s growth rate is the highest in the country. Odisha was followed by Maharashtra (4 sq km) and Karnataka (3 sq km). The total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 sq km and there has been an increase of 17 sq Km…

11 Jan

New York’s Deadliest Apartment Fire in Decades

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In New York City, on Sunday 9 children among 19 people were killed when an apartment fire started by a malfunctioning space heater sent smoke billowing through a Bronx high-rise. It is in the deadliest fire New York City had seen in more than three decades. The smoke from the fire spread to the top of the 19-storey building, darkening hallways and stairwells and shocking residents who had heard the fire alarms but did not immediately react because they had grown accustomed to frequent alarms in the building. The fire commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said at a news conference at…

05 Jan

KFC India marks World Braille Day

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KFC India has launched braille-enabled menus at its restaurants. To commemorate World Braille Day on 4th January, the menus are being rolled out across restaurants starting in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru, and have been designed in collaboration with the National Association for the Blind (India). A first of its kind initiative by a QSR brand, the menus will be available across 500+ restaurants in the country over the coming weeks. Last year the brand announced its KFC Kshamata initiative– a focused effort towards driving 2X Empowerment by 2024. The program aims to increase the women workforce at KFC restaurants…

05 Jan

Srinagar Airport cancelled 8 flights due to snowfall in J&K

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Eight flights have been postponed from Srinagar airport due to light snowfall on Wednesday. "Poor visibility due to light snow prevails at our airport. Following flights have been cancelled till now- Indigo 137 to Delhi, Indigo 6738 to Jammu, Indigo 2015 to Delhi, Indigo 2364 to Delhi, GoFirst 358 to Delhi, GoFirst 193 to Delhi, GoFirst 267 to Delhi and Vistara 611 to Jammu," Srinagar Airport pinned a tweet. "All other flights are also delayed due to the same issue," says Srinagar Airport Director. On Tuesday, continuous snowfall and poor visibility resulted in 42 cancellations across all airlines. Srinagar will…

30 Dec

Indian cities report massive new cases even as deaths remain low

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As the daily spike rates increase globally, in India, cases have begun to surge with even record cases in many European countries, the fatalities have remained low. Delhi recorded zero deaths while Mumbai recorded one fatality due to Covid-19. Countries across the world including Europe and US are seeing a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases fulled by the highly infectious Omicron variant, which was detected in South Africa last month. The new variant has also resulted in high hospitalisation, even in countries with high vaccination numbers.

22 Dec

India successfully tested the ‘Pralay’ missile in the Odisha coast

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India on Wednesday successfully tested short-range, surface to surface-guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay' off the Odisha coast, known from the DRDO sources. The missile is developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation which is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme. The missile, launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island at around 10:30 am, met all the mission objectives, the sources said. A battery of tracking instruments monitored its trajectory along the coastline. 'Pralay' is a 350-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg. 'Pralay' is a quasi ballistic surface to surface missile.…

18 Dec

India successfully tested ‘Agni P’ off Odisha coast

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India o successfully tested the nuclear-capable strategic Agni Prime missile off the coast of Odisha from Balasore on Saturday. The test was carried out by DRDO at 11:06 AM. DRDO said telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and downrange ships positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored missile trajectory and parameters. Missile followed textbook trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with the high level of accuracy. "Agni P is a two-stage solid-propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system. The second flight test has proven the reliable performance of all the advanced technologies integrated into the system," DRDO said in…

18 Dec

Labourer engaged in preparations for Modi’s visit in Varanasi commited suicide

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A labourer aged 36 years who was engaged in preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi on December 23 allegedly committed suicide, on Friday Night. Vikram, a resident of Afzalpur in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, was depressed due to an illness. He committed suicide by hanging himself on Friday night, officials said. He was working at the proposed site of the prime minister’s rally at Pindra Karkhianv under Phulpur police station area and used a rope to hang himself from a pole on the other side of the venue. The body has been sent for…

17 Dec

Terror group targets India continues to operate from Pakistan

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Terrorist groups targeting India continues to operate from Pakistan and Islamabad did not take action against other known terrorists, including JeM founder and UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar and the 2008 Mumbai attack “project manager” Sajid Mir, who remain free in that country, which is collected from the latest report on terrorism by the US State Department. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism issued, which was on Thursday, said that, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan. “Groups targeting Afghanistan — including the Afghan Taliban and affiliated Haqqani network, groups targeting India, including…

16 Dec

Ghazipur border in Delhi border reopens for traffic

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Ghazipur border was reopened for traffic today after remaining closed for more than a year due to the farmers’ stir. According to some officials, one of the carriageways at the border has been reopened for now and those coming from Vaishali, Ghaziabad can pass through the border to enter Delhi. Wednesday, the Delhi Police had allowed traffic movement and opened two carriageways at Singhu border after it dismantled all the barricades that were erected to prevent the protesting farmers from moving towards the national capital. “It has been decided that Singhu border be opened from Delhi side also. It has…