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25 Jul

PV Sindhu Reacts After 1st Round Win at Tokyo Olympics 2020, Says ‘Have Been Working on my Aggression’

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Indian badminton ace P V Sindhu on Sunday said she has worked on her aggression in the past five years and promised a very "different" version of herself after making a winning start at the ongoing Olympics. Five years back, Sindhu was not considered a medal prospect but she stunned the world with her stellar run which ended with an unprecedented silver medal on her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. However, this time around, the 26-year-old from Hyderabad is India's biggest hope for a gold at Tokyo. Reigning world champion PV Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy…

25 Jul

Telangana’s Ramappa temple conferred UNESCO heritage tag

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The Unesco on Sunday recognised Telangana's historic 13th century Ramappa temple in Mulugu district as a world heritage site. "Just inscribed as @UNESCO #WorldHeritage site: Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana, in #India. Bravo!" the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced on its official Twitter handle. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Sunday inscribed the 13th-century Ramappa in Palampet, Telangana a ‘World Heritage Site’. A consensus was reached in this regard during the ongoing virtual meet of the World Heritage Committee. While Norway opposed the inscription, Russia led an effort to have the temple recognised…

25 Jul

9 people dead in a Landslide in Himachal Pradesh`s Kinnaur

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on Sunday (July 25) Multiple landslides occurred near Batseri on Sangla-Chitkul road. According to sources Nine people were killed and three others injured in multiple landslides in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district .11 people travelling in a tempo were hit by Heavy boulders, which left nine people dead and two severely injured.Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences for the victims.The police said they have started rescue operations .

25 Jul

President Ram Nath Kovind completed four years in office on Sunday

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Kovind was sworn in as the 14th President of India on July 25, 2017. He gave assent to 43 Bills of the Union government and 20 Bills of the state governments.The President also appointed 94 judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts, Governors of 12 states, Controller and Auditor General of India, Chief Information Commissioner, three Chief Election Commissioners, UPSC Chairman and Vigilance Commissioner. All of his works as an appointed President is mentioned in details in an e-book — ‘President Kovind at Four’ — which has been released on this occasion.As the supreme commander of the armed…

25 Jul

Afghanistan forces kill 262 Taliban terrorists in 24 hours

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The Afghanistan government has imposed a curfew across almost all of the country on Saturday in an attempt to stop the Taliban from invading cities.Apart from Kabul and two other provinces, no movement will be allowed between 10 pm and 4 am.The ministry of defense of Afghanistan on Saturday (July 24) claimed that their security forces have killed as many as 262 Taliban terrorists across various provinces in just 24 hours. The forces further said 176 terrorists were injured during the operations and 21 Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were defused.According to the ministry, security operations are being conducted continuously throughout…

24 Jul

Army soldier from Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh killed in accidental mine blast

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According to sources Sepoy Kamal Dev Vaidya, aged 27 from the Village Ghumarwin of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh died in an accidental mine blast in the Krishna Ghati Sector along the Line of Control in the Poonch district. Giving details of the incident, defence spokesman Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said on Saturday that on the night of 23 July, Sepoy Kamal Dev Vaidya was on an operational duty in Krishna Ghati Sector, District Poonch (J&K). While moving during the duty, Sepoy Kamal Dev Vaidya was critically injured in an accidental mine blast. He was immediately evacuated to the nearest…

24 Jul

Mirabai Chanu Won India’s 1st Medal In Tokyo Olympics 2020

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Hou Zhihui of China won the gold medal, setting a new Olympic record of 210kg. She set the record too in snatch with 94kg and 116kg in clean and jerk. Mirabai started off with a lift of 84kg in her first attempt at snatch. She went better in her second attempt, lifting 87kg. In the final attempt, she couldn’t lift 89kg. But her second attempt, also her personal best in snatch, was good enough to be placed second, behind Zhihui. Mirabai started off with a lift of 84kg in her first attempt at snatch. She went better in her second…

24 Jul

West Bengal: In Nadia, a fake SSKM doctor is caught by police

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On Friday afternoon, a fake doctor was arrested from a private chamber near Kalyani station in Nadia for allegedly posing as a professor at SSKM Hospital. Albert Russell Faruki, a resident of Kalyani, has worked as consultant gastroenterology there for the past ten years. “Following information from the West Bengal Doctors' Forum, we have arrested the accused who was allegedly practicing medicine without an MBBS degree,” a police officer said. He didn't have a doctor's registration number. The fraudulent doctor and his collaborators will face legal consequences.” According to sources, Faruki's prescription raised concerns among some physicians, who wrote a…

24 Jul

India’s first medal in the Olympics was won by Rupo Mirabai Chanur in weightlifting

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There were huge expectations from weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in the Women’s 49 kg category and she didn’t disappoint as she clinched a Silver medal to open India’s medal tally at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Chanu lifted 115 kg in her second attempt and created a new Olympic record. However, when Chanu went for 117 kg, she could not lift the weight and settled for the Silver medal, to win her maiden Olympic medal. China’s Hou Zhihui clinched the gold medal. Cantik Windy Aisah of Indonesia won a Bronze medal in the same category. Could not have asked for a happier…

24 Jul

Mamata Banerjee elected Trinamool Parliamentary Party chairperson

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was unanimously chosen as the chairperson of its Parliamentary Party placing her in a pivotal position to coordinate with the other opposition parties. After TMC’s victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections in May this year, the party has been positioning itself as a unifier for all opposition parties, a role that the Congress as the single largest opposition party has been playing so far. The Congress often finds itself constrained since it is a political opponent to many of the regional parties in different States. Party’s Rajya Sabha leader MP Derek O'Brien at…