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First elephant rehabilitation centre of India in the works at Kerala’s Kottoor

India´s first elephant rehabilitation centre will set up by the Kerala government in Kottoor, an ecotourism village near the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The first phase of the Rs 105 crore-project was launched last month by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The centre, expected to have an elephant museum, mahout training centre, super-specialty hospital, a retirement home […]

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NMIC Bulletin, a fortnightly bulletin brought out by National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC)

“NMIC Bulletin“ is launched by the National Museum of Indian Cinema located in Mumbai, Maharashtra with veteran film maker Jahnu Barua hoping that it will become a platform for movie buffs and other stakeholders. Barua described the newsletter “NMIC Bulletin” as a fantastic initiative by the Films Division. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in January

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis of New Democratic Party has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Greece

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister, a day after his centre-right New Democracy party won a landslide over leftist Syriza, which had been in power since 2015. Official results showed New Democracy gaining 39.85 percent of the vote in Sunday’s snap election, compared with 31.53 for Syriza, led by outgoing

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Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal holds bilateral talks with Indonesian Trade Minister

Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal raised concerns about India’s trade deficit with Indonesia which stood at USD 10.57 billion in India’s trade deficit with Indonesia during 2018-19. He says that the balance of trade is heavily in favor of Indonesia and both countries need to work towards establishing sustainable trade by diversifying the export basket.

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Sharjah issues 1st permanent residency visa to Indian businessman to an Indian Lalu Samuel, Chairman of Kingston Holdings

General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs of Sharjah’s first Golden Card visa was issued to an Indian expat businessman, as part of the permanent residency system tailored for investors. The visa was issued to Lalu Samuel, Chairman and Managing Director of Kingston Holdings and Chairman of Sharjah Industry Business Group, which functions under the

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“Operation Milap” : Delhi Police Crime Branch rescued 333 children from the Capital within 7 months

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued 333 children from the Capital in just 7 months. These children were missing since January 2019 from various parts of the country and found in the Capital, the police said. Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajiv Ranjan said that they have also tracked down 57 people, including

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2 new heavy-lift CH-47F (I) Chinooks helicopters arrived from American aerospace company for the Indian Air Force (IAF)

American aerospace major Boeing announced the arrival of two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat. The Indian Air Force has ordered 15 Chinooks and the first four helicopters arrived in February. The IAF had placed the order in 2015 along with 22 Apache attack helicopters. “Two

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India won 13 medals on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

Mirabai Chanu who was a former world champion led the Indian medal rush by notching up a gold on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship. The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories. Mirabai lifted a total of 191kg

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India committed to complete work on the Kartarpur corridor.

India is committed to completing work on the Kartarpur Corridor, dismissing reports that New Delhi was lagging behind while Pakistan has completed 70 per cent of the work.Sources said nearly 45 per cent of the work on a four-lane highway connecting Zero point of the Kartarpur corridor up to the National Highway 354 has already

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‘Immunocontraceptive measures’ project is launched by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC)

Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a project for undertaking ‘immunocontraceptive measures’ for population management of 4 species of wild animals namely Elephant, Wild boar, Monkeys and Blue Bull (Nilgai).Key Points: i. Need: Human-elephant conflict caused the maximum number of casualties. Between 2014 and March 2019, 2,398 people died in elephant

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