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A book titled “Dangerous Earth” by Marine biologist Ellen Prager

Marine biologist Ellen Prager has released a book titled “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”. “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more” book highlights the most compelling question: Why can’t we better predict natural disasters? About the book: In Dangerous Earth, marine scientist […]

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik releases a book titled ‘Lockdown Lyrics’

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released a book titled Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems written by Sanjukta Dash. The poems are an unadulterated narration of the author’s experiences and exasperations during the pandemic. She has reflected all the trauma & tribulations and hope and aspirations of humanity during this most critical journey of society in a long

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Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s paddlers wins gold in Table Tennis

Indian men’s table tennis team clinched the gold medal defeating Singapore 3-1 in the final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Tuesday. It was another dominant performance by the Indian paddlers. For India, Harmeet Desai and G Sathiyan gave India a great start by registering a win in the doubles match. However, Chew Zhe Yu

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian Team bags gold in Lawn Bowl

The India lawn bowls team bagged a historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, a day after getting the country hooked to the rarely-followed game with their inspiring show. This was the country’s first medal in the lawn bowls event and the team, made of skipper Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni

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Third edition of Vietnam-India army exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” begins

The third edition of Vietnam-India bilateral army exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” has begun at Chandimandir in Haryana till 20th August. Aim: To strengthen the bilateral relations between India and Vietnam. Theme of Ex VINBAX – 2022: Employment and deployment of an Engineer Company and a Medical Team as part of United Nations Contingent for Peace Keeping Operations. Indian Army General Chief:

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Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates Badi Sadri-Mavli gauge converted rail section

Union Rail Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the Badi Sadri-Mavli gauge converted rail section. The minister flagged off the Badi Sadri-Udaipur City train service in Chittorgarh. While, the Rewa-Udaipur City Special and Siuri-Sealdah-Siuri train services in West Bengal virtually. The railway stations that are currently in the redevelopment phase are being built with a plan keeping in mind

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Sanjay Arora takes charge as Delhi police commissioner

Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu-cadre IPS office, took charge as Delhi’s police commissioner. He is due for retirement in 2025. He succeeded Rakesh Asthana (Gujarat cadre IPS officer), who retired after nearly 38 years in service. He was appointed the Director General of the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He served as the Superintendent of Police of the Tamil Nadu

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Indian Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli clinched gold medal in 2022 CWG

Indian weightlifter, Achinta Sheuli has bagged gold medal in Men’s 73 Kg category, with a total lift of 313 Kg (143kg in snatch and 170kg in clean & jerk). Erry Hidayat Mohammad (Malaysia) has clinched Silver medal with a total of 303 kg, while Darsigny (Canada) won Bronze with a total of 298 kg. Earlier, Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinunnga have claimed gold

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Indo-Oman joint military exercise begins in Rajasthan

The joint military Exercise “AL NAJAH -IV” between contingents of Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman has been started at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The contingent of Royal Army of Oman is comprising 60 personnel from the Sultan of Oman Parachute Regiment and the Indian Army is represented by troops from the 18

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GST revenue collection for July 2022 second highest ever at ₹1.49 lakh cror

The government has collected gross GST for July 2022 is ₹1,48,995 crore, which is the second highest collection ever since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax. The July 2022 revenue is 28% higher than the revenues in the July 2021 of ₹1,16,393 crore. CGST is ₹25,751 crore, SGST is ₹32,807 crore, IGST is ₹79,518 crore (including ₹41,420 crore

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