INDIA

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Study on to restore elephant corridors: TN govt to HC

10:58 pm July 24, 2021

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that a comprehensive study was being undertaken with the assistance of World Wildlife Fund to ensure that elephant corridors and habitats in the Nilgiris area, if invaded, are restored to the forests and the animals. International experts are also part of the inititiave,the first […]

Amit Shah, NE CMs give standing ovation to Mirabai Chanu

10:53 pm July 24, 2021

Shillong: Union Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of all eight North Eastern states on Saturday gave a standing ovation to Mirabai Chanu who took home India’s first Olympic medal in weightlifting at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, officials said. Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh broke the news during the meeting which was chaired by the […]

Sensational Mirabai Chanu snatches silver at Tokyo Olympics

10:49 pm July 24, 2021

Tokyo: Mirabai Chanu ended India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country’s account here on Saturday. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With this, she exorcised the ghosts […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

12:11 am July 24, 2021

New Delhi: Some Delhi-based Kashmiri journalists and over 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets for surveillance between 2017 and mid-2019 by an yet unidentified government agency that is also believed to be a client of the Israeli company NSO Group, The Wire reported on Friday. The leaked list that has […]

Water enters Bhimashankar temple

12:08 am July 24, 2021

Pune: The `garbha gruha’ (sanctum) of the Bhimashankar temple in the district was flooded following incessant rain, local police said on Friday. Besides heavy rains, ongoing work by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) nearby also caused water-logging on Thursday morning but now the situation was normal, said inspector Satishkumar Gurav. The origin of the Bhima river, a tributary […]