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The National Green Tribunal in the order passed on 10.12.2015, directed and prohibited agricultural residue burning in any part of the NCT of Delhi, State of Rajasthan, State of Punjab, State of Uttar Pradesh and State of Haryana. Paddy Stubble burning is mainly practiced in Indo-gangetic plains of the States of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to clear the fields ...

The 4th National Yoga Olympiad concluded at All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi today. Secretary, School Education & Literacy, MHRD, Ms. Rina Ray was the Chief Guest in the function. Ms. Rina Ray distributed Prizes to the children of winner states and UTs. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Rina Ray appreciated the efforts of the Director, NCERT and ...

Indian Navy has deployed, in the Gulf of Oman, to re-assure Indian Flagged Vessels operating/ transiting through Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman following the maritime security incidents in the region. IN Ships Chennai and Sunayna have been deployed in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf to undertake Maritime Security operations. In addition, aerial surveillance by IN aircraft is ...

The protesting doctors in West Bengal on Monday agreed to withdraw their week-long stir after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced steps to scale up security at hospitals An assurance to call off the strike came at a meeting Banerjee held with representatives of the striking doctors at the state secretariat “We are satisfied with the meeting,” a representative of the ...

The DU is likely to release its first cut-off list by the end of this month as the Delhi High Court Friday directed the university to extend its registration date to June 22, officials said. The Delhi University’s online registration process had commenced on May 30 and was supposed to end on June 14 at 11.59 pm. It was to ...

The result of JEE (Advanced) 2019 was declared today. A total number of 161319 candidates appeared in both papers 1 and 2 in JEE (Advanced) 2019. A total of 38705 candidates have qualified JEE (Advanced) 2019. Of the total qualified candidates, 5356 are females. Mr. Gupta Kartikey Chandresh of Ballarpur, Maharashtra is the top ranker in Common Rank List (CRL) ...

The services at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and its facilities across the state were partially affected Friday as several doctors went on a one-day strike in solidarity with their counterparts in West Bengal. The protest was part of the nationwide strike call given by medical associations after a patient’s relatives assaulted two junior doctors at NRS ...

All 13 air-warriors on board an AN-32 transport aircraft that crashed in a heavily forested mountainous area in Arunachal Pradesh 10 days back were killed, the Indian Air Force said Thursday. Official sources said the “black box” of the aircraft has been recovered from the crash site and it will help the investigators reconstruct the events leading to the crash. ...

The wreckage of the AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force was spotted on Tuesday 16 km north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh, eight days after it went missing after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat The aircraft had 13 people on board and the IAF said efforts are on to establish the status of the occupants “The wreckage of the ...

Onset of cyclone “Vayu” will trigger heavy rains in Goa and the Konkan area for the next two days, the IMD said on Tuesday. The department has issued the “orange” warning for Goa in view of the deep depression over East Central and adjoining South East Arabian sea, which has intensified into cyclonic storm. “Goa will receive widespread rainfall with ...