Russia warns of direct clash between nuclear powers; says Britain, France readying to supply arms to Ukraine

Moscow, 24/2: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement warning of ⁠the risk of a ⁠direct clash between nuclear ‌powers and ​the grave consequences such a clash could have. The ministry issued the statement ​after Russia’s ⁠Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) earlier on Tuesday accused Britain and France of preparing to ⁠secretly ‌supply Ukraine with…

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Vedanta Aluminium wins multiple accolades for environment and energy excellence

Bhubaneshwar & New Delhi, July 2, 2024 – Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has won the prestigious Kalinga Energy Excellence Award and Kalinga Environment Excellence Award for its alumina refinery unit at Lanjigarh, Kalahandi district. These awards were presented by the Institute of Quality and Environment Management (IQEMS) in association with the Odisha…

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Pakistan test-fires Fatah missile in training launch

Islamabad: Pakistan Monday conducted a successful training launch of the ‘Fatah series’ surface-to-surface missile with a range of 120 kilometres amid heightened tensions with India following the Pahalgam terror attack. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the army, said in a statement that a “Fatah Series” was tested as a part of the…

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R G Kar impasse: Junior doctors allege police pressure as decorators dismantle setup at protest site

Kolkata, 19/9: Agitating junior doctors in Kolkata on Thursday alleged that decorators were removing tents, bamboo shafts and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhawan after they were allegedly pressurised by the police to do so. The police, however, denied these allegations as baseless.        

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Israel battles Hamas on streets of Gaza city as UN delays vote again

Gaza, 20/12: Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday. United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster. Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave…

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Fear returns to J&K border as ceasefire crumbles; civilians brace for uncertain future

Srinagar, 6/5: Fear has once again taken hold of thousands of civilians living along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, as renewed cross-border exchanges of fire threatens to undo the fragile peace brought by the 2021 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. The latest round of hostilities…

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Siddaramaiah blames H D Kumaraswamy for not accepting caste census report

Bangalore, 3/7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Sunday, blamed former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy for not accepting and implementing the caste census (socio-economic and educational survey) report.   He was speaking after taking part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the building of the Kaginele Mahasamsthana Kanaka Gurupeetha here.

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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launches Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine iNCOVACC

New Delhi, 26/1: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh launched Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine, iNCOVACC, on the occasion of Republic Day on Thursday. The world’s first made-in-India intranasal vaccine was launched at Mandaviya’s residence here. The nasal vaccine — BBV154 — had received the Drugs Controller General of…

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