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Indian Luxury Trains Adds ‘Fairy Queen’ to its Portfolio

Indian Luxury Trains (ILT), India’s first luxury train portal, is all set to add the Fairy Queen  train, India’s oldest running steam locomotive, to its portfolio. The Fairy Queen train was jolted down last year following the vandalizing & stealing of the brass parts of this...



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ISRO’s most reliable partner HAL delivers ‘Made in India’ L-40 stage for GSLV-MKII

Besides the Integrated L-40 stages, HAL is also manufacturing the riveted structures, propellant tanks, feed lines of PSLV, GSLV MKII and GSLV MKIII launch vehicles and structures of various satellites for the space agency.




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Humans in India survived Toba supervolcano eruption; Here’s how 74,000 year-old event developed Homo Sapiens

Some schools of thought suggest that the eruption pushed Earth into volcanic winter that lasted as long as six years and the planet Earth had to endure a longish cooling period of a thousand years.




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Trade and commerce in Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation: Know about the Srenis or guilds of ancient India

Since our FM mentioned the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation or the Harappan culture, it is prudent that we start our journey from there.




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Moon’s own ‘big bang’? Study reveals story behind formation of Earth’s moon, mysterious ‘Theia’ role in it

Have you ever wondered why the moon is always there next to Earth? How did it come into existence and what is its relation to the Earth?




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World Water Day 2020: India shifts focus to providing piped water to every home at household level by 2024

The report on World Water Day 2020 explains that in order to tackle climate change, a lot of marginalised communities need clean water and decent toilets as a front line defense.




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India’s response to COVID-19 pre-emptive, pro-active, graded: Govt

While citing the examples of Italy and Spain, which started screening of travellers 25 days and 39 days respectively after first reported cases, it said it took a number of proactive measures and shared the chronology of the steps taken by it.




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Coronavirus lockdown: India breathes easy as over 90 cities record minimal air pollution

India is currently under the biggest lockdown with around 130 crore people asked to stay home in view of the coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 19 lives and infected over 900 people in the country.




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Air quality improves in India amid coronavirus lockdown, says Central Pollution Control Board

The nationwide 'Janta Curfew' on March 22 and the 21-day lockdown imposed since March 24 to combat the coronavirus outbreak have resulted in a significant improvement in air quality.




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Wow! Volcanic rocks from Earth’s ocean could hold key to finding life on Mars! Here’s how

Geo-microbiologist Yohey Suzuki says clay minerals can be considered 'magic material on Earth' one can always find microbes living in them.




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India to see Pink Super Moon this week; check date and timings

One of the major lunar events India is going to witness this week is a Pink Super Moon. This appearance of the moon is considered as the brightest and the biggest.




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Gaganyaan: ISRO to develop technologies for India’s first manned mission to space

The proposals have been sought by the Directorate of Human Space Programme of the Bangalore-headquartered ISRO for a total of 18 tentative technology development areas.




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Indian-origin girl gets honour of naming NASA’s first Mars helicopter

Rupani, a high school junior from Northport, Alabama, earned the honour of naming the helicopter after she submitted her essay into NASA's "Name the Rover" contest.




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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to Indian students stuck in US: Stay home, reflect and be part of something bigger

During a virtual interaction, she compared the Indian students' experience to her being in space in a spacecraft “where you don't get to go, see your family and friends and give them a real hug.”




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Super Flower Moon 2020: Date, timing in India, how to watch full moon; check details

Did you miss last month's Pink Supermoon? Don’t worry! You can witness another supermoon today.




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Tds under dtaa between uae and india on property sale by nri

AN NRI WANTS TO SELL HIS PROPERTY IN INDIA. UNDER I. TAX PROVISIONS THE BUYER IS SUPPOSED TO DEDUCT TDS @ 20% . WHETHER A LOWER RATE IS THERE UNDER THE data BETWEEN UAE AND INDIA?




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Taliban free 3 Indians in exchange for 11 leaders

Three Indian engineers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since May 2018 have been freed by the militant group in exchange for 11 of its top members from Afghan jails, according to an Afghan media report on Monday.




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Free Webinar: Evolution of Rape Laws in India

Join us for our next webinar on "Evolution of Rape Laws in India: The present scenario and where are we lacking!"
 
 
The speaker shall be - celebrated Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India - Mrs. Geeta Luthra.
 
She will also cover the comparison between the rape laws in India and other countries. She will also touch upon whether the state of affairs in India is due to the lifestyle or mindset of the people or is it an individual's behavioral issue?
 
It surely is going to be as informative, interactive, and exciting as it always is! 




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Judicial Member, Lokpal of India, Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi died fighting COVID-19

With deep sorrow, it is to inform that on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 at approximately 8:45 PM, Judicial Member, Lokpal of India, Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi. He was infected with Corona virus and was admitted to AIIMS on




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India strongly protests against the recent order of Pakistan Supreme Court to allow elections in Gilgit Baltistan

Pakistan Supreme Court has passed an Order on 30th April to make amendments in the Gilgit Baltistan Order of 2018 to conduct the general assembly elections in that area.India has lodged a strong protest with Islamabad against these directions of the




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Center to bring back Indians stranded abroad

Indians Stranded Abroad to be evacuated in a phased manner from 7th May, says Center.The Ministry of Home Affairs have issued a press report to announce that Indians Stranded abroad will be brought back from 7th May in a phased manner. The Standard O




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Indian Museum Kolkata Sealed After Security Personnel Dies Of COVID-19

The Indian Museum in Kolkata was sealed on Friday after a CISF officer posted there died of COVID-19, an official said.




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SILVERSIDE ROAD ADA IMPROVEMENTS, VEALE ROAD TO WINDYBUSH DR

SILVERSIDE ROAD ADA IMPROVEMENTS, VEALE ROAD TO WINDYBUSH DR




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Culture goes virtual: Content creators, performers find innovative ways to keep their audience entertained

In the light of recent regulations, many artists and cultural organisations have taken to the internet to continue with their events.




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A life less ordinary: Musings on Indian society and politics

Ananthamurthy was also fascinated by Ram Manohar Lohia’s creative interpretation of Indian myths and politics.




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Coronavirus lockdown: AI to solve definition problem as Indians consume more data

The start-ups have an ingenious solution to the problem, where the use of artificial intelligence can help companies achieve this.




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Future perfect: Arvind Panagariya offers a comprehensive blueprint for economic transformation

In other words, the book espouses a clear philosophy of hope that Panagariya holds dear and an action plan for sustained growth in the years ahead, in a manner that seems internally consistent.




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Customers are learning to adapt to the new norm: Deb Deep Sengupta, MD, SAP Indian Subcontinent

In order to ensure business continuity during these challenging times, the German enterprise software maker SAP is actively engaged with its workforce and customers to help navigate this challenging business environment.




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Manufacturing: What India needs to do post-Covid-19

Getting big-ticket investments would be challenging; focus on investments that are modest in size and low in resource demands.




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Keeping up the spirit: Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on industries – a look at where F&B industry stands

In other words, we can speculate, but frankly, we don’t have much to go by till we know that work can be resumed to some extent.




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The book of life: Meet these contemporary writers who are helping reshape little minds

From gender equality and adoption to mental health and sustainability, authors today are training the spotlight on many sensitive topics.




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Covid in India: Kerala swings to reverse quarantine as 4 lakh NRIs plan to return

Kerala has decided to place people aged over 65 under reverse quarantine in the third phase of lockdown, as the magnitude of reverse migration to the state seems larger than what was anticipated.




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IndiGo to implement wider pay cuts, send some staff on leave without pay

While senior-vice presidents and above would have 20% of their pay slashed, vice-presidents and cockpit crew would take a 15% cut.




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Sovereign rating: Moody’s warn of India downgrade, pegs FY21 growth at 0%

Separately, in a report released on Friday, S&P said it expected the banking systems of Indonesia and India to be among the worst hit in the Asia-Pacific region.




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Industries want suspension of most labour laws for 3 years

Earlier in the week, Uttar Pradesh promulgated an ordinance to exempt industries from various labour laws for three years to revive economic activities.




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Indian exchanges aim to attract overseas rupee trading volumes onshore

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the rupee-dollar derivatives trading on the two exchanges on Friday.




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Analyst Corner: Jindal Steel & Power Rating ‘buy’ – Volume uptick in April beat sector trend

Company faring better than peers on operational front due to its focus on exports; lower costs to aid margin; ‘Buy’ maintained.




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Indian equities gain on strong global cues

The markets after witnessing strong volumes on Thursday rose on thin volumes on Friday with the F&O segment on the NSE witnessing a turnover of Rs 5.7 lakh crore against the six month average of Rs 14.2 lakh crore.




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Flights from Riyadh, Bahrain carrying stranded Indians reach Kerala

The passengers were subjected to thermal test at the aerobridge itself before allowing them to undergo customs and immigration checks, Kozhikode airport sources said.




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Why Xiaomi didn’t talk about its software quirks during Mi 10 5G India launch

Why did Xiaomi not talk about one of Mi 10 5G’s biggest highlights at launch, or after? The reason is simple.




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Rs 411 crore loan fraud: After defaulters flee India, SBI complains to CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not carry out any searches in the matter because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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MEA goes all out to repatriate stranded Indians in the second phase

Till date there have been requests for repatriation from 67,833 which includes 34 per cent of 22,470 students, 30 per cent of 15,815 migrant workers, 9,250 short-term visa holders faced with the expiry of visas.




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Good news on Coronavirus medicine! Study finds this antiviral drug combo promising against COVID-19

The researchers believe that a future phase 3 trial will confirm or refute the usefulness of this candidate drug as a backbone treatment for COVID-19.




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Operation Samudra Setu: Two Indian Navy ships head to the UAE; INS Jalashwa sails back

Around 2,000 Indians will be evacuated from the island nation. And for this purpose two Ships of the navy – INS Jalshwa and INS Magar are being used.




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COVID-19: Indian-origin woman faces charges for refusing to wear face mask in Singapore

The mall staff informed the police and when the officers requested to see her identity, she allegedly started peeling off the address sticker on her identity card.




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Zoom had a ‘record’ April in India despite Government’s red flag over privacy

The MHA had issued an advisory for Zoom users in India in April, to safeguard their virtual meetings from prying eyes, deeming the video conferencing platform unsafe.




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After flip-flops, IndiGo clarifies pay cut for senior employees will be for entire 2020-21

The country's largest domestic airlines had on Friday announced pay cut ranging between 5 and 25 per cent, in addition to its leave-without-pay programme for May, June and July, for senior employees.




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Fan of routine, Djokovic finds it tough to adjust to uncertainty

World number one Novak Djokovic said he initially struggled to cope with the uncertainty surrounding when tennis can restart after its shutdown in early March due to the novel coronavirus.




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BJP's Social Media "Beta" Tajinder Bagga Makes His Election Debut

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, who debuts as a BJP candidate for the February Delhi election, is one of the ruling party's most prominent faces on social media. On the flip-side, he has been accused by his...




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Arvind Krishna To Lead IBM: 5 Things To Know About The IIT-Kanpur Alumnus

Indian-origin technology executive Arvind Krishna has been named Chief Executive Officer of American IT giant IBM. Mr Krishna, 57, succeeds Virginia Rometty, who described him as the "right CEO for...