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08 Apr

A cheetah was found dead in Jalpaiguri

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According to the report, a cheetah was found dead in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning.It is suspected that the cheetah was hit by a vehicle, they said.The carcass has a deep wound on its head, indicating that it was hit by a vehicle, forest officials said.Further now, the carcass is being sent for post-mortem to assure the cause of its death.

08 Apr

J&K HC to remove illgal immigrants gives six weeks to the govt.

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The Jammu and Kashmir, High Court has given six weeks to the government to identify immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are illegally staying in the Union Territory and banish them as soon as possible. The case filed by advocate Hunar Gupta, a bench comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi who passed the order on public interest litigation(PIL)"We direct the secretary home, UT of J&K to consider the matter and to evolve a mechanism for the identification of all illegal immigrants and to prepare a list after identifying them.According to government data, over 13,700 foreigners, including…

07 Apr

Chairperson of NGO Subhadra Foundation joins BJP in J&K

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Ritika Trehan, along with several others, was welcomed into the BJP by party national general secretary Vinod Tawde, state unit president Ravinder Raina and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta. Tawde said, "BJP has successfully gained trust of common masses with its public-oriented works and policies."

07 Apr

IPL Score, match between DC vs. LSG

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Delhi Capitals Innings:Prithvi Shaw c de Kock b Gowtham 61David Warner c Badoni b Bishnoi 4Rovman Powell b Bishnoi 3Rishabh Pant not out 39Sarfaraz Khan not out 36Extras: (LB-2 W-4) 6Total: (For 3 wickets in 20 overs) 149Fall of wickets: 1/67 2/69 3/74Bowling: Jason Holder 4-0-30-0, K Gowtham 4-1-23-1, Avesh Khan 3-0-32-0, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-22-2, Andrew Tye 3-0-28-0, Krunal Pandya 2-0-12-0.

07 Apr

29 COVID-19 cases in Telengana

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On Thursday Telangana recorded 29 fresh COVID-19 cases, surging to 7, 91,426. 16,388 samples were tested.No fresh case occurred due to the infectious disease and the toll remained 4,111.A health department bulletin said 32 people retrieved from the infection raising the recoveries to 7, 87,066. The recovery rate stood at 99.44 per cent. The number of active cases was 249. The case fatality rate in the state was 0.51 per cent.

07 Apr

Chinese hackers targeted the power sector in India

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In an apparent cyber-espionage campaign in recent months, suspected state-sponsored Chinese hackers have targeted India's power sector. This was stated in a report published by the intelligence agency Recorded Future Inc. The hackers targeted at least seven load dispatch centers in northern India. In areas near the disputed India-China border in Ladakh, they focused on conducting real-time operations for grid control and power distribution. One of the seven load dispatch centers previously targeted by Radeco. It was another hacking group. According to Recorded Future, a hacking group called TAG-38 used a type of software called ShadowPad. It was previously affiliated…

07 Apr

KKR celebrates Pat Cummins’ fastest fifty

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Cricketer Pat Cummins has left the cricket world speechless. He played such a spectacular innings. The match was surprising as well as mind-blowing at the same time. He hits 50 runs off 14 balls. It is the fastest fifty in the history of IPL. It was matching the record of KL Rahul. KL Rahul achieved this feat in 2018 against DC in Mohali. Pat Cummins was playing his first innings in the tournaments. He performs a mesmerising performance in his first tournaments. After 13.1 overs Cummins came on the crease when his side was hanging there by a thread as…

06 Apr

Jaishankar’s statement on Ukraine-Russia conflict

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India is strongly against the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said if New Delhi has chosen a side; it is the side of peace and for an immediate end to violence.Replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha, Jaishankar said all members would agree that India's approach should be guided by its national beliefs and values, national interest and by its national strategy.He also added Jaishankar, "We are strongly against the conflict, and we believe that no solution can be arrived at by shedding blood and at the cost of innocent lives. In this day and age, dialogue…

04 Apr

Punjab AAP activist shot and injured

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Two men riding a motorcycle fired at an AAP activist and injured him in Phagwara district of Punjab on Monday, police said.He told reporters from his hospital bed that he was driving his car when the two unidentified men fired at him and fled away.Several activists of the state ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) assembled at the civil hospital and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.

02 Apr

Gujarat Titans wins by 14 runs in IPL

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Gujarat Titans defeated Delhi Capitals by 14 runs in their IPL match here on Saturday.Brief Scores:Gujarat Titans: 171 for 6 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 84; Mustafizur Rahman 3/23).Delhi Capitals: 157 for 9 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 43, Lalit Yadav 25; Lockie Ferguson 4/28, Mohammed Shami 2/30).