Monthly Archives: October 2017

Coming soon to WhatsApp: Message recall feature

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WhatsApp is soon launching its “delete for everyone” option, which can enable users to delete a message that has already been sent, for all people within a conversation. The much-anticipated solution, however, is still in its pilot phase, and has not been rolled out for WhatsApp’s complete user base. Rumours have been doing the rounds for a while now, but ...

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Six new IITs to come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Goa, Dharwad, Jammu and Bhilai

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The Union Cabinet on 24th October 2017 approved a Rs. 7,002 crore plan for construction of permanent campuses for six new IITs, to be completed by 31st March 2020. Each campus will have facility for housing 1,200 students, beginning from the academic year 2020-2021. Currently, these institutions are functioning from temporary campuses with a total strength of 1,530 students. After ...

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Sonia Gandhi’s condition stable now; Rahul Gandhi

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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to sir Ganga Ram hospital Delhi on Friday, condition is stable now. As per the information she had gone to Shimla on Friday rushed back to the Delhi and admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after she complained of an upset stomach. According to ...

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HC to hear plea on NH-74 scam today

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The Nainital High Court is likely to give it’s directives tomorrow on whether the government should refer the NH-74 probe to the CBI or continue with SIT investigation. While hearing a PIL on the matter, Judges Sudhanshu Dhulia and Lok Pal Singh had on October 8 ordered the CBI to inform the court during the next hearing (October 28) it’s ...

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No environment for women to speak about sexual abuse: Kalki

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Kalki Koechlin says there are women who face sexual abuse in the film industry but people often turn a blind eye to them as they are not famous or successful. Recently, Hollywood witnessed the Harvey Weinstein scandal which has put the spotlight on sexual abuse in the entertainment industry. “I don’t think we provide an environment to our women to ...

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Oak grove school jharipani re-union

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Governor Dr KK Paul said that re-unions provided the opportunity to ex-students of any educational institution to refresh their memories. He was speaking as the chief guest at the re-union of  Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie where a large number of ex-alumni  from various parts of the  country and the world had gathered. The 129 year old Oak ...

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24th cricket tournament for blind to conclude in Mumbai

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) affiliated to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and World Blind Cricket (WBC) today announced the Mumbai leg of the 24th National Cricket Tournament which will be organised by Cricket Association for the Blind of Maharashtra (CABM). The zonal tournaments that started early this month will end next week in Mumbai, as ...

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PM Modi asks IAS trainees to learn how to connect with people

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime minister Narendra Modi has categorically asked the trainee officers of the civil services that earlier their task was to preserve the British rule but now objective is the prosperity and well-being of the people. If bureaucrats imbibe this then the gap between the government machinery and the people can be bridged. PM gave the tip to ...

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PM asks reconstruction plan for Kedanath tday

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Despite having busy schedule prime minister Narendra Modi spares his 20 minutes to see the state government planning for reconstruction work at Kedarnath before leaving for Delhi from Doon. He also apprised them the priority of the union government too. A delegation of bureaucrats led by Chief secretary UK Singh made brief presentation before PM Modi at ...

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Four days long chhath puja concludes today

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Four days long chhath festival concludes with the prayer of rising sun today at various ghats of  Dehradun and across the state. The festival had begun with Nahay khay, the day when devotees eats rice, pulse and vegetable gourd (kaddu). This is first festival, in which devotee offers prayer to setting sun, which means respect to elders ...

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