TRAI plans to limit satellite permits to five years, defying Musk’s Starlink

New Delhi, 13/3: India’s telecom regulator plans to recommend that satellite broadband spectrum be allotted for around five years to assess initial market adoption, defying Elon Musk’s Starlink, which is seeking a 20-year permit, said a senior government sources. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is currently working on key recommendations to the federal…

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Thousands Of Trucks Carrying Lifesaving Food Items Remain Stuck At Torkham Border

Kabul:  The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that thousands of trucks remain stranded at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan which remains closed since February 21 after several violent clashes that have resulted in the death of many armed forces personnel and civilians on both sides. The trucks are carrying critical food…

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OAS transfer in Odisha: Several officers given new appointments

Bhubaneswar: Several Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have been transferred with new appointments, informed the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department of Odisha government. As per the notification issued by the department, OAS officer Judhisthir Naik the Registrar of the Rajendra University in Balangir district has been transferred and posted as the Additional District…

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Sundargarh: Bus plunges 10 feet down the road, 1 killed, over 40 injured

Sundargarh: A private passenger bus reportedly plunged 10 feet down the road which left one dead and 40 others injured on the Telendihi-Tangarmunda road in Sundargarh district today. The private bus –Maa Samaleswari- bearing registration no. OD-23R-0347) was going towards Sundargarh from the Kinjirkela area at around 1:10 PM. However, it skidded off the road and…

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Odisha: 505 people killed in road accidents in one month, snakebite claims 1,859 lives in two years

Bhubaneswar: As many as 505 people were killed in road accidents during the safety awareness month, which was held between January 1, 2025 and January 31, 2025 in Odisha, informed Transport Minister Bibhuti Jena. In his reply to a question of Nayagarh MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo at the State assembly today, the Transport Minister said…

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ED conducts raids in gold smuggling case involving Karnataka actor Ranya Rao, others

Bengaluru, 13/3: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple locations in Bengaluru and some other places as part of a money laundering probe linked to probe “larger conspiracy” into an alleged gold smuggling racket in which an actor was recently arrested by the DRI in Karnataka. A case has been filed under the Prevention of…

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Person of interest identified in disappearance of Indian student in Dominican Republic: Report

New York, 13/3: The US authorities have identified a 24-year-old man as person of interest in the case of a 20-year-old Indian student who has mysteriously gone missing during a spring break visit to the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States, was last seen on…

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