India successfully test fired its latest 450-km range version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Odisha coast this morning, according to DRDO sources. The move came days after Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chief S. Christopher announced its development at the Aero India 2017. This is the first test of the missile…
DRS controversy: BCCI files official complaint
March 10, 2017The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on yesterday filed an official complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against Australian captain Steve Smith and middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb regarding the DRS controversy. The development comes a day after the ICC in a press release had stated that it will not charge players…
ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai wins gold
March 2, 2017India won their first gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi after pistol shooter Jitu Rai clinched the top position in the 50m men’s air pistol event yesterday. This was his second medal in two days after he won the bronze medal in the 10m pistol event on Tuesday. The silver medal…
3-year-old twins die after falling into washing machine in Delhi
February 26, 2017Three-year-old twin boys died after falling into a washing machine at their home in outer Delhi’s Rohini locality yesterday. The horrific accident occurred when their mother Rakhi had stepped out to buy detergent and other household items, setting up the machine, filling it with water for laundry. When she returned, approximately “six minutes later”, she…
Applications invited for Arabic course
February 19, 2017Madarasa-e-Moinia Wakf Centre has invited applications for one-year certificate course in functional Arabic from those who have knowledge of Urdu and Arabic and particularly passed in Aalim course. The course is sponsored by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Interested persons may obtain the application…
Cannot release any more water to TN: Karnataka
February 18, 2017Counsels for Karnataka yesterday explained before the Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) the acute water crisis it is facing in the Cauvery River basin due to severe droughts and conveyed its inability to continue releasing 2,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu due to the prevailing distress situation. Participating in the CSC meeting at Shrama…
MP takes a dig at Centre
February 11, 2017Centre has failed to release drought relief funds for Karnataka, said MP R. Dhruvanarayan. Speaking during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Dhruvanarayan mentioned that Karnataka was facing severe drought where people were suffering from scarcity of drinking water and animals without fodder. He added the despite Chief Minister Siddharamaiah requesting Prime Minister…
RBI says no weekly cash withdrawal limit from March 13
February 9, 2017The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday said that the limit on cash withdrawal from Savings Bank (SB) accounts will be removed in two stages. In the first stage, the weekly withdrawal limit will be increased to Rs. 50,000 from the current Rs. 24,000 from Feb. 20 and then completely removed from March 13. The…
MP urges more allocation of funds for wildlife conservation
February 8, 2017Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvana-rayan has urged the Union Forest and Environment Ministry to release more funds for wildlife conservation in Karnataka. Speaking during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Dhruvanarayan said that 97 people have lost their lives and 197 others have sustained injuries in man-animal conflicts across Karnataka over the last 3 years….
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