Nashik: The first-ever ‘Kisan Train’ service, for transporting vegetables, fruits and other perishables, was started in the country on Friday. Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal green signalled the train, via videoconferencing. Currently, the train will run, once a week, between Deolali, near Nashik and Danapur Station in Bihar. […]
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Kolkata: A new route, from Kolkata to Chittagong port in Bangladesh to Agartala, has been opened to ensure supply of essential commodities to the northeastern states. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Shipping, flagged off the first container ship destined for Chittagong, from Kolkata Port. The eastern states have been permitted to use the […]
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Washington/Beijing: – The United States announced a complete ban on the passenger flights, to and from China. Two US passenger airline companies had sought permission from China, to restart passenger flights to China, which had been suspended due to Coronavirus pandemic. But as China refused the permission, in retaliation, the United States banned all passenger […]
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Srinagar: Two days ago, the Indian security forces foiled a plot of a terror attack which was more dreadful than the Pulwama attack. The investigating agencies have received some important information regarding the terror plot. Pakistani commander Mohammed Ismail alias Fauji, involved in the attack, is the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, Moulana Masood Azhar. At […]
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New Delhi: Nepal is building a road parallel to the Indian border. The government of Nepal has entrusted the responsibility of making this 130-kilometre long road from Dharchula to Tinker, to the military. The residents of the villages in the most inaccessible parts, which are at high altitudes on the Indo-Nepal border, use Indian roads […]
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New Delhi: More than 2,000 ‘Shramik Special Trains’ were operated, since 1st of May in the country, providing transportation, to their home states, for nearly 4.5 million workers. Chairman of the Railway Board, Vinod Kumar Yadav, gave this information during a press conference. Yada added that 2,600 more ‘Shramik Special Train’ services will be operated […]
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New Delhi: On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared additional benefits for the joint ventures of farmers and agriculture businesses. The Finance Minister also shared information regarding the new plans to be implemented for businesses such as fishery and pisciculture. Besides, vaccination programmes will be held for 53 crore cattle too. Most importantly, the Finance […]
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New Delhi: F-16 and JF-17 fighter jets of the Pakistani air force are patrolling near the Indian border. Whereas, China has made infiltration attempts through the Sikkim border. As per the military analysts, these simultaneous activities are not a matter of coincidence and are, in fact, a part of the anti-India strategy of China and […]
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New Delhi: – India, Bangladesh and Nepal have decided to expedite the development of road, rail and waterways network between the three countries, for free passenger and freight movement, under the Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA). A meeting of Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) was held on Sunday. BBIN had signed a ‘free movement of passengers and freight’ agreement […]
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London/Brussels: Narcotics worth nearly 130 million euros were seized in a joint operation conducted by 15 European countries, along with the United Kingdom. More than 400 people were arrested during the action which is said to be the biggest jolt delivered to the narcotics trade in Europe. This is the second major joint operation at […]
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