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The Centre on Friday conferred former President Pranab Mukherjee the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award. Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika have also been awarded posthumously. Mukherjee said he accepted the honour with “deep sense of humility and gratitude”. “ I have
Following intense pressure from civil society and tourism industry stakeholders, the Goa cabinet, which met on Thursday evening, approved amendments to the Tourist Trade Act, imposing a fine of Rs 2,000 on errant tourists who cause ‘public nuisance’. Announcing this, minister for tourism Manohar Ajgaonkar said that the tourists defying
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) and put into space Microsat-R, an imaging satellite and student-made Kalamsat, a communication satellite named after former President Abdul Kalam, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The launch took place at 11:37
Rescuers on Thursday managed to pull out the remains of the lone body that they had managed to locate in the flooded Meghalaya coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district. On Tuesday, the body had slipped from the grip of the Indian Navy’s underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The body was found
Dense to very dense fog on the morning of January 26 could mar Republic Day celebrations, the weatherman said on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that dense to very dense fog could cover the city almost every morning over the next few days and cold wave conditions