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15 Dec

India Meteorological Department forecasts light rain for Delhi on December 16

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There is a possibility of very light rain towards evening or night in Delhi on Thursday, accompanied by partly cloudy sky and shallow fog in the morning, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its forecast. Wednesday morning was mainly misty with a clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures for the day have been pegged at 23 degrees and 8 degrees Celsius respectively. Both the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to dip by at least one or two degrees in the coming few days. Meanwhile, Delhi-NCR's Air Quality Index continues to remain in the 'very poor' category with the…

11 Dec

Korean is now the fastest growing language in India – influenced by pop culture

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While speaking different languages can help a person in their professional life and can also boost confidence, pop culture has become a great influence when it comes to which language to pick. Indian millennials and Gen-Z – especially between the age groups of 17 to 25 – are responsible for the rise of Korean learning in India. Korean has climbed up the s7teps of most popular languages becoming the fastest growing language in India and has comfortably established itself as the 5th most popular language in the country, according to the 2021 Duolingo Language Report. This rise can be attributed…

11 Dec

Delhi records the lowest temperature for the season

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The national capital recorded its lowest temperature of the season at 8.3 degrees Celsius on Saturday, one notch below the average. The air quality remained (AQI) in the city at 8 am stood at 302, which falls in the very poor category. Neighbouring Faridabad stood 266, Ghaziabad stood 262, Greater Noida stood 224 , Gurgaon stood 288 and Noida stood 254 also recorded air quality in the poor category. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.…

08 Dec

Harbhajan Singh to announce his retirement from cricket soon, could join IPL franchisee as support staff

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Harbhajan Singh will be seen in a different avatar during next year's Indian Premier League as a key member of the support staff in one of the high-profile franchises. The 41-year-old Harbhajan, who featured in a few matches during the first phase of last IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders, didn't play a game in the UAE leg of the league. It is expected that sometime next week he will officially announce his retirement from competitive cricket and after that he is expected to decide on one of the offers he has got to be a part of the support staff of at…

08 Dec

Pakistan: 4 women stripped, thrashed on allegations of shoplifting

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A group of people in Pakistan stripped four women, including a teenager, dragged and beat them up after accusing them of “shoplifting” in the country’s Punjab. The incident took place in Faisalabad, some 180 km from the place, on Monday. The four women, including a teenager, were seen in a viral video pleading to the people surrounding them to let them have a piece of cloth to cover themselves after being stripped but they were beaten with sticks. The women were seen crying and requesting the people to let them go. They were paraded naked in the streets for an…

07 Dec

Will urge Centre for opening of trade with Pak via land route: Punjab CM Channi

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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has demanded from the centre to start trade with their neighbor Pakistan. He said that he will soon write to the Centre to press for the opening of trade through the Attari border “to boost the state’s economy”. Punjab is one of the four states to share border with Pakistan. Punjab shares 425 km long border with Pakistan's Punjab province. "If trade can be carried by sea route with Pakistan, then why is it not permitted through land route as it would propel enormous opportunities of economic prosperity," Channi said during the 15th edition of the Punjab…

04 Dec

31 people killed by terrorists attack on bus in Mali

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31 people were killed and eight others were injured after terrorists' attack on a bus in Mali, a source told news agency Sputnik. The incident took place not much far from the eastern Malian town of Bandiagara, the Mopti region. Mali's situation was destabilized in 2012 when the Tuareg militants seized vast territories in the northern part of the country. The conflict got serious even more over the activities of Islamists, forces loyal to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as well as French interference.

04 Dec

75 trains cancelled due to Cyclone named Jawad

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With the cyclonic storm, Jawad, expected to make landfall, Indian Railways has cancelled around 36 trains that were scheduled to depart on December 4. These mostly include trains that were scheduled to depart from Visakhapatnam, Howrah and Puri. Further, 38 trains scheduled to depart on December 5 and one on December 6 have also been cancelled as a precautionary measure. New Tinsukia-Bangalore Express from New Tinsukia on December 3 will run on a diverted route via Kharagpur-Jharsuguda-Ballaharsa instead of the Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam route. AK Satpathy, Divisional Railway Manager of East Coast Railway, which handle major parts of Odisha and…

03 Dec

World Gold Council Members contributed $38bn to local economies in 2020

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World Gold Council has released a report where it highlights the role of its members, many of the world’s most forward-thinking gold mining companies, in contributing to socio-economic development in the countries and communities where they operate. Collectively, WGC member companies contributed$37.9bn to the GDP of the countries where they operate in the form of taxes, salaries and payments to suppliers. This represented 63% of the total revenue they received from gold sales and equates to almost US$1,100 in value added locally for every ounce of gold produced.

02 Dec

Japan withdrew new flight bookings ban after criticisms

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Japan says it has withdrawn a ban on new incoming international flight bookings to defend against the new variant of the COVID only a day after the policy was announced. The transport ministry on Wednesday issued a request to international airlines to stop taking new reservations for flights coming into Japan until the end of December as an emergency precaution to defend against the new omicron variant. The ministry said Thursday it has withdrawn the request after receiving criticisms from inside and outside the country that the ban was too strict. The request had aimed to reduce Japan's daily international…