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Mamata And Nephew Fall-Out May Create Setback For TMC In National Expansion

Monomita NagFebruary 21, 20220

There is a growing rift between Mamata Banerjee, the CM of West Bengal and her anointed successor and number 2 in the party hierarchy, her nephew Abhishek Banerjee. Her displeasure was quite clear when she made a very important statement at the airport while leaving for Lucknow that she would not go to Goa to campaign for the election, as somebody was already doing that. This harmless word 'somebody' indicated that everything in Goa now has to be handled by Abhishek independently, and she had withdrawn herself from there completely.  But it is well known that TMC is running a high decibel poll campaign there as a part of its national expansion programme. It is understood that, of late, her nephew opposed certain decisions of Mamata and also tried to chalk out a new plan for the p...

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PM Modi Launches “Gobar-Dhan” Bio-CNG Plant In Indore To Tackle Issues Of Garbage Landfills

Sonia SolankiFebruary 21, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through a virtual press release, has announced 75 "Gobar-Dhan" bio-CNG plants across different cities in India. The first such plant was inaugurated in Indore with a capacity of 550 tonnes with a budget of Rs 150 crores. "This is a significant step taken by our government under the Swachh Bharat Mission to solve the issue of garbage landfills," said PM Modi. The mission of this scheme is to convert the garbage landfills sites into a green zone in the coming years. Under their government, the garbage disposal capacity has increased four times since 2014. "Gobar-Dhan" Plant Scheme And Clean India Go Hand In Hand The first plant under this scheme was launched in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. This plant has the capacity to treat 550 tonnes of solid waste garbag...

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“Yamana Language Dies With The Death Of Cristina Calderon Being The Last Guardian”

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

Cristina Calderon died on Wednesday, aged 93. She had mastered the Yamana language of the Yagan community and after the death of her family in 2003 was the last person within the world who could speak it An indigenous language from South America’s remotest south has near vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture. Cristina Calderon failed on Wednesday, aged 93. She had learned the Yamana language of the Yagan community and after the death of her family in 2003 was the last person within the world who could speak it. She worked to save lots of her knowledge by creating a wordbook of the language with paraphrases to Spanish. “ With her, a veritably important part of the artistic memory of our people is gone,” said Lidia Gonzalez, Calderon...

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Centre Plans On Running 400 Vande Bharat Trains By 2024; Read More About These Semi-High Speed Trains

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Union minister Nirmala Sitaraman has proposed investments for Vande Bharat trains. But Indian Railways plans for 400 such trains by the end of 2024. This itself is a booster for the economy where in terms of job employment generation or technological advancement. Through this article let's analyze how this plan will impact the economy and what's so special about this train. In the Budget speech, the finance minister announced that 400 Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in the next 3 years. Introduced in 2019, these are the semi-speed trains that have been a novelty so far. Two Vande Bharat train sets originally called Train18 are currently running both from Delhi to Varanasi and Katra. The budget announcement signals the government's intention to turn these self-propelled trai...

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Bombay HC Directs Development Authority To Preserve Lonar Lake; Know Interesting Facts About Its Existence

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay judicature has directed a court-appointed development body to approach the Wetland Authority to notify the Lonar Crater lake in Maharashtra as a wetland and to make sure its preservation, conservation and also sustainable management. The lake in Lonar town of Buldhana district was created over 50,000 years ago because of a meteorite impact. The HC had last year directed the government to appoint ‘Lonar Crater Lake Development Authority’ for the preservation of the water body. Lonar lake of Maharashtra is the best example of a 1.8 diameter crater and is Maharashtra's best-hidden secret. This crater is located in the basaltic bedrock in Maharashtra is a real example of terrestrial impact craters. It has attracted many scientists to explore its exist...

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Ukraine Crisis Escalates: An Analysis Of Reasons Motivating Russia To Reach A War Situation

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

The erstwhile USSR, in the 1990s, disintegrated and Russia came out as a successor. But, have you ever wondered what kind of political system was established in Russia after the downfall of the communist ideology? Whenever we think of Russia, one man who comes into our mind is Vladimir Putin. Is Russia a dictatorship or a democratic or a communist country? Let's decode what kind of political system formed there after the end of 75 years of communist ideology. Many independent countries were formed out of USSR and the then President of Russia Boris Yeltsin was constantly working on reforms for the country. But it was challenging because they had started from zero. They had a baby country in front of them whose growth and prosperity was new concept that needed to be decided. In n...

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Ambani Dethrones Adani As Asia’s Richest; Gains 10th Spot In World

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are edging one another to regain the richest Asian tag. On a daily basis, after Adani had gained the highest spot, Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani snatched the crown from Adani. As per Bloomberg's Global Ranking of Billionaires, Ambani is now in the 10th spot with a complete net worth of $89.2 billion, while Adani is now ranked 11. Two days ago, Indian coal mining tycoon Gautam Adani became Asia's richest person because of a push into green energy that has boosted his fortune to $88.5 billion, The Guardian reported. Adani had overtaken fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to enter the highest 10 of the world's richest people, in step with figures from Forbes and Bloomberg, after seeing his fortune rise by $12 billion within the past year. Amo...

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Vijay Mallya Gets ‘Last Chance’ To Defend His Case In Two Weeks

Monomita NagFebruary 13, 20220

The liquor-baron Vijay Mallya's case is back again. The accused of a bank loan default case of over ₹9,000 fled to the United Kingdom and has been living there since then. The fugitive is wanted in India as there are fraud and money laundering charges against him for taking loans from several nationalized Indian banks. The loan was taken for the Kingfisher airlines that he had owned and which became defunct subsequently. On February 3, 2022, the Supreme Court gave the fugitive the last chance to defend himself within 2 weeks. The court offered him the option of defending himself personally or he could engage a lawyer. However, it was made very clear that if he failed to present himself, the court would be left with no other alternative but to proceed with a contempt of court case ...

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Mcleodganj To Dharamshala In 5 Minutes; CM Thakur Launches Skyway To Help Tourists Beat Traffic

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Travel is food for the soul and you aren’t consumed by wanderlust if you don’t head to McLeodganj or Dharamshala to recharge your souls. With incredible crown-like snow-capped mountains, fresh air, and yummy Himachali food, these places have all our hearts. We now have one more reason to go over to those places. Read on to understand more. North India's one of the famous tourist destinations – McLeodganj, which is additionally an abode of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama is barely 1.8 km skyway away from Dharamshala. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur recently inaugurated the much-awaited Dharamshala Skyway. It is a ropeway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj that stretches for about 1.8 km and has been constructed with an average expenditure of Rs 207 crore. CM Thaku...

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ISIS Chief Blows Himself To Avoid Being Captured By US Forces

Monomita NagFebruary 13, 20220

The dreaded ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi was killed in a daring US raid in Syria a few days ago. It was a night-time airborne operation that targeted his house in the town of Atme where he had been hiding for the last 11 months. Surrendered by the US forces, Qurashi killed himself and his family members, his two wives and his children, by detonating a bomb to avoid capture. His sister who was staying with him in the same house with her adult daughter also died. Qurashi was living in a rented house and part of the house blew off which confirmed that an explosion occurred in the house. The report said besides Qurashi's family members, two more persons close to him were also killed. They were shot and killed by the forces. American forces had taken his fingerprints at the...

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Centre Consigns Lands In J&K To Army As ‘Strategic Areas’; PDP Shows Concerns

Pooja YadavFebruary 12, 20220

Gulmarg and Sonmarg, peaks that are always covered with snow and long visited by tourists, could now see more Army presence. The Centre has allotted a total of 129 acres of land in Gulmarg, India's finest skiing destination, and 44 acres in Sonmarg, to the military for operational and training requirements. This decision has sparked concern, taken by the J&K Union Territory government, which notified the land as "strategic areas" after asking the military to use it for military purposes. Both the areas remained free from conflict. The military already incorporates a presence in both places where it's running high-altitude warfare schools. In 2020, the Centre amended rules in Jammu and Kashmir, authorizing the administration to notify "strategic areas" to use by the soldie...

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“Khel Kud In Vadi”-Check Out The Sports Policies For J&K Public

Pooja YadavFebruary 12, 20220

Sports lucrative for youth, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the implementation of Jammu & Kashmir Sports Policy 2022. These policies have several sports awards, incentives, scholarships, the appointment of outstanding sportspersons among other features. The policy lays the foundation to create a healthy and vibrant incentivized sports ecosystem through strategic interventions for sports within the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. the essential canons of the policy are to ‘Scout’, ‘Engage’, ‘Facilitate’, and ‘Recognise’. The sports policy reflects the worth current dispensation—being led by a functionary, Shri Manoj Sinha—is giving this sector with considering encouraging sports at both the agricultural and concrete levels while ensuring the engagement of...

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