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31 Mar

Awareness webinar on Electromagnetic Radiations

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaDepartment of Telecommunications, Electromagnetic

Department of Telecommunications, Northeast License Service Area organized an awareness webinar on ‘Electromagnetic Radiations from Mobile Tower’. This session was organized to make the public aware of the growing need for mobile towers to make North Eastern States of India digitally advanced and to break myths regarding the health effects of EMF exposure from mobile towers. Shri A. K. Jain, DDG gave an overview of the importance of mobile towers and the role well-entrenched telecommunications plays in providing seamless connectivity. The Sr. DDG DoT, Northeast LSA, Shillong Shri Ravi Goel averred the statistics of NE LSA. He further added that…

30 Mar

Cong MP wants to restrict guests at marriage function

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Congress Lok Sabha member Jasbir Singh Gill on Wednesday asked the government to bring in a law to restrict the number of guests and also the lavish feasts served at marriage functions.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gill said that it is necessary to remove the wastage of money during weddings. He stressed that the government should frame a law that should restrict guests to 50 each from the groom's and the bride's side and food items served should not be more than 11.

30 Mar

Russian Foreign Minister to visit India amid conflict with Ukraine

editor0 CommentsWorldrussia, ukraine

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to India from 31 March -1 April. During the visit, Lavrov is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. It is not clear if he would also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His talks with the Indian side will focus on the global geopolitical situation in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India has adopted a neutral stand on the ongoing conflict. While abstaining from voting against Russia at the UN, New Delhi has…

30 Mar

At least 5 dead in Tel Aviv shooting

editor0 CommentsCrimeTel Aviv

At least five people were killed by gunmen in the central city of Beni Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on Tuesday. The cause of the incident was not clear. It came two days after a gunman opened fire in the city of Hadera that killed two police officers, and a week later a stabbing in the southern city of Beersheba killed four. Concerns have been raised that the attack could lead to further violence. Police said shots were fired at two locations on Tuesday, apparently by a gunman on a motorcycle. The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for…

30 Mar

PM Narendra Modi attend the BIMSTEC Summit

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The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on 30th March. The 'Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)' is a regional multilateral organisation. PM Narendra Modi shared on the twitter that: https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1509057135728300035?s=20&t=YFfSkmxlRzO_jwzEo8VQNg The Summit Meeting is being held in virtual mode. It will be hosted by the current BIMSTEC chair Sri Lanka. Meetings of BIMSTEC Senior Officials took place on 28th March. It was followed by meetings of the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers (BMM) on 29th March to prepare for the Summit. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar concluded a ‘productive and…

29 Mar

Russian Rocket Blasts Hole In Government Building In Ukraine, 3 Dead

editor0 CommentsInternationalRussia-Ukraine crisis

A Russian rocket hit the regional administration of the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Mykolaiv on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 22, local authorities said. Eighteen of the injured were pulled from the wreckage by rescue workers, who continued to work at the scene, emergency services said in an online post. An image shared by local governor Vitaly Kim confirmed a large gap in the side of the building. On Tuesday, Reuters witnesses saw the wreckage in the distance and ambulances and furnace engines heading to the scene. The neighborhood was once surrounded. "They destroyed half the…

29 Mar

Fire breaks out at Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve, IAF choppers deployed to douse blaze

editor0 CommentsIndiafire, rajasthan

A giant eruption in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve that started earlier in the day is more than 10 square kilometers, the size of about 1,800 football fields, officials said. Two Indian Air Force helicopters are dropping water over the affected area, they said.The reactor threatened the territory of a tiger, codenamed ST-17 to be tracked by scientists, which is in the area with its two cubs, officials said. Big cats can also suffocate, experts say. There are more than 20 tigers in Sariska Reserve. Firefighters bring the situation under control. Two IAF helicopters were lifting water from Silisa Lake in…

29 Mar

‘NDA acknowledges work of all PMs’: PM Modi on new museum next to Nehru Museum

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPM modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged BJP MPs to take up several programs from its foundation day on April 6 as part of “Samajik Nyaya Pakhwada” (a fortnight dedicated to social justice) and emphasized that it is the only ruling birthday party. Every prime minister’s contribution has been considered by building a museum to honor it. With the birth anniversary of Constitution architect BR Ambedkar on April 14, PM Modi at the BJP’s parliamentary party rally asked MPs celebrating the birthday to highlight the people, especially the underprivileged sections of the society like Scheduled Castes. Number of government programs for…

29 Mar

Snack, Don’t Smack: Amul’s quirky doodle after Will Smith-Chris Rock’s slap drama at Oscars 2022 goes viral

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Entertainment

One of the event's most talked-about incidents was Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars for making a joke at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's expense. The incident received mixed reactions from around the world, including several Indian celebrities. Amul, known for its creative doodles, also responded to the controversy. The company shared a doodle about the issue on its social media account on Tuesday, with the caption, "#Amul Topical: Actor slams MC at Oscars!" In the artwork, it recreated the unexpected scene from Oscar in cartoon form. The poster includes a pun on Chris Rock's name, "Chris…

29 Mar

After China’s project shelved, India to build 3 wind farms in Sri Lanka

editor0 CommentsInternationalChina, India, sri lanka

India will set up hybrid power ventures on three islands near Jaffna, effectively replacing the Chinese task cleared using Colombo closing year. New Delhi has long been concerned about China's growing influence in the region. A $12 million project to build wind turbines on three small islands in the Palak Strait between southern India and Sri Lanka was awarded in 2019 to a Chinese company with funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). But work never got off the ground after Indian protests over the Chinese effort closed off its coast, and work on the islands of Nainativu, Analativu and…