Railways, MHA, Defence (Civil) have highest vacancies in Centre

New Delhi, 12/2: Railways, Ministry of Home Affairs and Defence (Civil) are among five ministries or departments that account for close to 90 per cent of the 9.79 lakh vacancies in the union government, according to data tabled in Parliament.     According to the latest data available with the government, there are 9,79,327 vacancies…

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President Murmu appoints new Guv for Maha, AP, other states

Delhi:President Droupadi Murmu accepts the resignation of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, and appoints Ramesh Bais as the new governor, officials said on Sunday. Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson informed that President Murmu also accepted the resignation of Ladakh LG R K Mathur accepted, and Brig B D Mishra was appointed in his place. Former Supreme Court…

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Delhi L-G replaces AAP government nominees from power discom boards

New Delhi, 11/2: Government nominees’, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation have been replaced with senior officials, sources at the Lieutenant Governor’s office said on Saturday. Besides Shah, a spokesperson of the AAP, those removed from the boards include Naveen Gupta, son…

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Mangalore University campus hosts threatened bird species

Mangalore, 11/2: The Mangalore University campus, situated near here and spread over 353 acres, hosts a variety of bird species including three near-threatened species mentioned in the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a study has revealed.     The study, ‘A checklist of avifauna of Mangalore University’ by five…

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Fined, Rs 20 lakh, Air Asia gets DGCA rap for lapses in Pilot Proficiency Checks

New Delhi, 11/2: Aviation regulator DGCA imposed a financial penalty of Rs 20 lakh on Air Aisa for violation of applicable DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements, ANI reported.   According to the DGCA, few mandatory exercises of the pilots of Air Asia were not done during Pilot Proficiency Check as per schedule.   A penalty of…

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Alibaba sells remaining direct stake in Paytm for about Rs 13,600 cr

Beijing, 10/2: Chinese company Alibaba is learnt to have sold 3.16 per cent direct stake in digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under Paytm brand, for about Rs 13,600 crore in a block deal, according to sources. With this deal, Alibaba has sold the entire direct stake in the company. Alibaba had a…

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Turkey, Syria quake toll tops 16,000 as cold compounds misery

Turky, 9/2: Freezing temperatures deepened the misery Thursday for survivors of a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 16,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble.   The death toll from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake is expected to rise sharply as rescue efforts pass the 72-hour mark…

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