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Rights group says Bolsonaro gives ‘green light’ to Amazon illegal loggers

9:15 am September 18, 2019

Sao Paulo: Human Rights Watch has accused Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of giving a “green light” to illegal loggers to destroy the Amazon and failing to protect those defending the world’s largest rain forest. Bolsonaro, whose anti-environment rhetoric and policies have been widely blamed for a spike in fires and land clearing in the Amazon this […]

United Left wins all 4 central panel posts in JNU Students’ Union polls

8:56 pm September 17, 2019

New Delhi: The united front of Left student groups AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF won all the four central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) polls, the election committee announced on Tuesday. The grouping’s presidential candidate Aishe Ghosh defeated Manish Jangid of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) by bagging 2,313 votes. […]

No slowdown in automobile sector, claims traders body CAIT

2:51 pm September 17, 2019

New Delhi: Traders body CAIT on Tuesday said there is no slowdown in the domestic automobile sector and the industry is making hue and cry only to get a package from the government. The auto industry has been attributing the sales downturn to several factors like high GST (Goods and Services Tax) rates, farm distress, […]

Light rain forecast in Delhi today

10:54 am September 17, 2019

New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to humid weather on Tuesday with the minimum weather settling at 27.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal. The relative humidity level in the morning was recorded at 73 per cent, according to the MeT Department. The weatherman has forecast cloudy sky with light rain later in the day. […]

DRDO UAV crashes in farmland in Karnataka, none injured

10:43 am September 17, 2019

Bengaluru: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation crashed during a trial in an agriculture field in Chitradurga district on Tuesday, a video of which has gone viral. However, no casualties were reported. The incident created quite a scare at Jodi Chillenahalli village as a loud noise was heard […]