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25 Mar

BYJU’S becomes the sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2022

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A big achievement has registered by the renowned online education platform Byju's. Byju Raveendran's company Byju's has become the official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2022. BYJU'S is the first Indian firm which is associated with the FIFA World Cup and also the first edtech brand to sponsor this tournament all over the world. Now Byju's will have the access to the FIFA World Cup logo, badge and assets. The company will be able to do the unique promotions about the tournament. Then the company will distribute them to the football fans around the world. Byju's will offer educational…

25 Mar

‘Mass bleaching’ at Great Barrier Reef

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Coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Previously the UN threatened to downgrade the reef's World Heritage listing in 2015. Australia created a "Reef 2050" plan. They also poured billions of dollars into the protection. Australia declares a "mass bleaching event" at Great Barrier Reef on 25th March. United Nations began a monitoring mission to assess whether the World Heritage site is being protected from climate change. The mass bleaching report emerged four days after that. The Reef Authority also said that bleached corals are under stress. But if conditions become more moderate,…

24 Mar

Yogi Adityanath to take oath on Friday as UP CM

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Yogi Adityanath on Thursday elected as the Leader of the BJP Legislative Party in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of him taking oath as the chief minister of the state for a second consecutive term on Friday. Adityanath was elected as leader of the BJP legislature party in UP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Addressing BJP MLAs in Lucknow, an emotional Yogi Adityanath said, "For the first time, a Chief Minister completed his five-year tenure and the party came to power once again for the second time (in Uttar Pradesh). This has happened for the first time. It…

23 Mar

COVID-19 restrictions in India to end on March 31

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Two years after imposing sweeping restrictions in wake of one of the deadliest health pandemics of history, COVID-19, which wreaked havoc across the globe, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday decided has decided to end all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, 2022. However, wearing of face mask and maintaining social distancing norms will continue as earlier. The Central government had on March 24, 2020, issued for the first time orders and guidelines under the Disaster Management Act, (DM Act) 2005 for the containment of COVID-19 in the country and these have been modified on various occasions.

23 Mar

The top 50 of world’s most polluted city list includes 35 Indian cities

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The Swiss organization IQAir prepared the World Air Quality Report. The IQAir surveyed the pollution data in 6,475 cities around the world. Then it published the report and revealed that not a single country is there in the report that are managed to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality standard in 2021. Even in the some countries the pollution increased again. As per the latest guidelines by the WHO for September 2021, the accepted good air quality as per PM2.5 should be between 0-5 g/m3. But all of the countries are 10 times higher than that approved limits.…

23 Mar

PM announces compensation for the family of 11 killed in the fire in Hyderabad

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A fire broke out at an iron and plastic scrap warehouse at Bhoiguda in Hyderabad. A police officer said that the fire broke out around 4 am in the morning. In the densely populated residential colony near the Secunderabad railway station, around 13 workers were asleep on the upper floor of the warehouse when the fire broke out. He said that the fire broke out due to a short circuit. Further investigation is still going on to find the exact cause of the fire. Around eight fire tenders were there for the service. They brought the fire under control around…

22 Mar

Nine person arrested fertilizer scam in Assam

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Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had directed the CID to conduct an inquiry into the procurement and distribution of urea in the state to bring out alleged irregularities.The Criminal Investigation Department conducted the inquiry in February, 2022 and submitted a report on the large-scale irregularities in the disbursement and sale of fertilizers.Raids were conducted by CID at various places in Morigaon, Kamrup, Darrang, Cachar, Goalpara and Darrang districts recently and nine persons have been arrested so far, the spokesperson said.Eight of the arrested are owners of various retail outlets who were selling the urea at a much higher price than…

22 Mar

Petrol, diesel price increased after over 4 months; LPG up Rs 50

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Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 80 paise per litre today after a period of over four months. The price of domestic cooking gas (LPG) was increased by Rs 50 per cylinder. Petrol price in the national capital has gone up from Rs 95.41 to Rs 96.21 per litre while diesel in Delhi will now cost Rs 87.47 a litre. Petrol and diesel prices per litre in Mumbai will cost Rs 110.82 and Rs 95.00 respectively. In Kolkata, petrol and diesel will cost Rs 105.51 and Rs 90.62 per litre respectively while the prices in Chennai will be Rs…

22 Mar

Section 144 enforced in Kota, Rajasthan for the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’

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The authorities in Kota, Rajasthan have imposed Section 144 for the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’. The District Collector & District Magistrate of Kota said that, "Section 144 will be imposed in Kota, Rajasthan from 22nd March to 21st April to maintaining the law & order during the screening of the movie 'The Kashmir Files’.” As per the order, there should be no crowd gathering for watching the film. The movie had released in theatres on 11th March. The movie stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumaar and many others. It has been declared as tax-free in Madhya Pradesh,…

22 Mar

A Civilian shot dead in Budgam and a non-local injured by terrorists in Pulwama, Kashmir

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In Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district a civilian was shot dead. As per the Budgam Police, the man was identified as Tajamul Mohiuddin. He was shot by the terrorists who had barged into the house in Gotpora. The man had critical gunshot injuries. He was then shifted to the nearby hospital immediately. After his arrival there the doctors declared him dead. In south Kashmir's Pulwama district, the Militants attacked a labourer from Bihar. It was another accident that has been reported. The man was shifted to the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital at Srinagar. He was taken there for…