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2 terrorists killed in Sopore encounter

2 terrorists killed in Sopore encounter

Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security at Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Friday. “One more terrorist killed (Total 2) in Sopore encounter. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on,” police said. Earlier the firefight between terrorists and security forces took place on Thursday evening after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where…
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Tokyo Olympics: Mandeep Singh has over 150 international caps for India.

Tokyo Olympics: Mandeep Singh has over 150 international caps for India.

Making his maiden appearance at the Olympic Games, star India striker Mandeep Singh has been enjoying every experience since the team arrived in Tokyo on Sunday. Recounting the moments, Mandeep said, “It has been great so far. Although it took us some time at the airport due to testing and other procedures, ever since we checked into the Games Village it has been incredible. Everything is well-organised and everyone is very careful about all the protocols.” Mandeep also said that the team is quite used to the routine testing and maintaining social distancing and other norms that are mandatory at the…
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Jeff Bezos Offers Skittles To Crew Inside New Shepard Capsule

Jeff Bezos Offers Skittles To Crew Inside New Shepard Capsule

Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos created history on Tuesday when he and a crew of three others travelled to the edge of space and back. The founder of Amazon made the trip in a spacecraft developed by his company, Blue Origin. The two-decade-old space company developed a spacecraft called the New Shepard. Jeff Bezos was accompanied on the flight by his 53-year-old brother, Mark Bezos, 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. The world was able to witness the historic moments through a live webcast. The spacecraft carried the crew to the Karman Line, which is considered to be…
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Fuel prices remain unchanged for 5th day

Fuel prices remain unchanged for 5th day

Oil marketing companies (OMC) continued the pause on fuel price revision for the fifth consecutive day, the longest period in weeks, as global development on oil production and rising US inventories softened crude and product prices. Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continued to be sold at Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel remained unchanged at Rs 89.87 a litre on Thursday. The pump price of fuel has been static since Sunday. It rose on Saturday with petrol being revised upwards by 30 paisa per litre while diesel prices remained unchanged. One of the main reasons for pause in fuel…
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WBCHSE result will be published today

WBCHSE result will be published today

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) board will declare the results today at 3 pm via the media. The students will get their results in the available link at wbchse.nic.in and wbresults.nic.in at 4 pm. To check the results, students need their admit card but for this pandemic this year exams were cancelled. So admit card did not issue. Thus to get the results Students can visit the campus office of their respective schools. It is not compulsory for the students to be present at the school but it is mandatory for a parent or guardians to be…
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Olympics set to begin amid Covid-19 gloom

Olympics set to begin amid Covid-19 gloom

The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese capital, which is the host city, there is clear lack of enthusiasm. According to media reports, the local public is largely indifferent which is understandable, considering that the Games are being held in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic. “For Tokyo locals, concern has been replaced by indifference. A thriving city enthusiastically hosting a global sporting event is a sight to behold. Right now, Tokyo is not one. That is hardly the fault of the Japanese. With about 80% of the population opposed to…
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DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG

DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on July 21, 2021. The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, Command, Control & Communication System and launcher participating in the deployment configuration. The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories. The launch was witnessed by the representatives of the Indian Air Force. In order to…
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PM Modi to inaugurate 9 medical colleges in UP

PM Modi to inaugurate 9 medical colleges in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate nine new medical colleges on July 30 from Siddhartha Nagar district. The new medical colleges will become functional after the inauguration. According to the government spokesman, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the administration to complete all necessary arrangements on time. It will be a historic occasion for the state when all the nine medical colleges in nine districts are inaugurated simultaneously. The medical colleges that will be made functional this month will be in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, and Siddhartha Nagar. The state had only 12 medical colleges till…
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Kerala announces complete lockdown on July 24, 25

Kerala announces complete lockdown on July 24, 25

The Kerala government has announced a complete lockdown on July 24, 25 (Saturday and Sunday) with an aim to arrest the ever-rising graph of coronavirus infection in the state. The weekend lockdown announcement came a day after the state government extended the ongoing Covid-induced lockdown in the state by another week as the average test positive rate was still above 10 per cent.  The Health and Family Welfare Department has been directed to conduct a mass testing campaign on Friday, July 23 with a target of 3 lakh tests across Kerala with a special focus on districts where the seven…
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Wipro investing 7,454 cr for business transformation

Wipro investing 7,454 cr for business transformation

Wipro on Tuesday said it would invest $1 billion (Rs 7,454 crore) over the next 3 years to expand cloud services for business transformation of its clients worldwide. “We will invest $1 billion over the next 3 years in cloud services, technologies, acquisitions and partnerships to simplify and accelerate business operations of our clients,” said the software major in a statement. The global giant also unveiled FullStride cloud services to enhances its offerings and talent to its clients. “As the cloud opportunity accelerates, FullStride services bring together our full portfolio of capabilities, offerings and talent to our clients across verticals,”…
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