Author: Savi
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Lok Sabha Election 2019: EVMs recovered from Bihar hotel on polling day
Two EVMs and VVPATs were recovered from a hotel near a polling booth in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Monday. The recovery was made by the Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) Kundan Kumar while polling for the Lok Sabha elections was underway in a booth nearby on May 6. According to sources, sector magistrate Avdesh Kumar was in-charge of…
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AIIMS PG Admit Card 2019 Released Hall Ticket at aiimsexams.org
The admit cards of the PG Entrance Examination for July 2019 session have been released by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS). The conducting body has issued the admit card of AIIMS PG 2019 in online mode. It is mandatory to download the AIIMS PG admit card 2019 in order to appear for…
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CRPF banned its troops from playing PUBG
PUBG has emerged as one of the most popular games around the world. The addictive behaviour associated with the game — Player Unknown’s Battegrounds or PUBG as it is popularly called — has even prompted some children to commit suicide. Now in a recent development, the Central Reserve Police Force has instructed commanding officers to…
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Mexico: Environmental emergency declared in the city as wildfires hurt air quality
As smoke from nearby wildfires pushed pollution to levels deemed potentially harmful to human health, authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday for metropolitan Mexico City, one of the world’s most populous megalopolises. Environmental authorities advised residents to avoid outdoor activities and exercise and remain indoors with windows and doors shut especially sensitive groups, including…
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GSP countries to benefit from US trade war with China
According to the latest report on Tuesday, the year-long trade war with China is pushing American companies to source more from GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) countries such as India, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Turkey, warning that cancelling GSP benefits to India would only help China. GSP is the largest and oldest US trade preference…
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IndiGo plans budget business class seats to tempt Europe-Asia fliers
One of the world’s most successful budget carriers, Indigo is considering cut-price business class seats as a way into the Europe-Asia market. India’s IndiGo, which currently flies as far as Istanbul, is mapping out an ambitious long-distance network. In an interview in New Delhi last week, Chief Executive Officer Ronojoy Dutta said, the airline aims…
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Greater Noida: Woman allegedly thrashed publicly by employer over salary dispute
A 25-year-old woman, working at a unisex salon in Greater Noida, was thrashed in public by her employer and his three friends, over the salary issue. According to the police, the main accused in the case has been arrested on Monday evening, two days after the incident on Saturday. A video of the incident purportedly…
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Men too have ticking ‘biological clock’ just like women
Men too have a ticking “biological clock”—just like women—say scientists who have found that older fathers may put the health of their partners and unborn children at risk. The study, published in the journal Maturitas, which reviewed 40 years of research on the effect of parental age on fertility, pregnancy and the health of children.…
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Shrinking Moon is the reason behind the lunar quakes
According to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published on Monday that the Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and earthquakes. Just as a grape wrinkles as it shrinks down to a raisin, the Moon gets wrinkles as it shrinks, researchers said. A survey of more than…
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IMD: Monsoon to be delayed by five days, might hit Kerala on June 6
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon season is expected to hit India through the southern coast five days after its normal onset i.e. on June 6. The weather department suggested that monsoon will first hit the coast of Kerala on June 6. The IMD said, “This year, the statistical model forecast suggests…
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No improvement in air pollution despite summer season in Delhi
Despite the peak summer, there is no improvement in air pollution levels in Delhi. It is almost as bad as they are in winter, highlighting the Capital’s enduring bad-air problem. On Monday, the air quality was in the “very poor” category, fomented by westerly winds bringing dust from neighbouring states, stubble burning in parts of…
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Lockheed Martin: Won’t sell F-21 jets to anyone, if deal with India finalised
“We will not sell the newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes, in an offer aimed at pitching itself ahead of its US, European and Russian competitors for the mega-deal,” said US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy and Business…