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Construction of Ram Mandir begins

The Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust on Thursday morning tweeted that the construction of the Ram Mandir has started with engineers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee testing the soil at the Janmabhoomi site. The shrine will be built by adhering to ancient […]

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Google launches Kormo app in India for job seekers

Tech giant Google on Wednesday expanded its employment application — Kormo Jobs — to India. It is looking forward to help Indians land entry-level jobs. According to Tech Crunch, the company had launched the application in Bangladesh in 2018 and further expanded it to Indonesia. In its official blog, Google said, “Encouraged by this momentum […]

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Swachh Survekshan 2020 results: Indore retains top spot, Chandigarh 16th

Indore city in Madhya Pradesh retained its position for the fourth time as the cleanest city in India, according to results of the Swachh Survekshan 2020 survey declared on Thursday. The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively. Chandigarh got the 16th rank in the central government’s […]

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Charitable hospital inaugurated in Chandigarh

Guru Ka Langar Eye Hospital, Sector 18, Chandigarh has opened Tera Hi Tera Mission Super Specialty Hospital in Sector-45. Specialised doctors of diabetes, kidney, bones, urology and gynaecology will be present under one roof and can be consulted for free. “If the medicine is worth ₹500, the patient will pay only ₹13 per day. Experienced […]

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Mauritius arrests Indian captain of oil spill ship

Mauritian authorities on Tuesday arrested the Indian captain of Japanese ship that wrecked off the island nation’s coast, causing an oil spill in one of the world’s most pristine maritime environments. The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef on July 25 and began oozing oil more than a week later, spilling more than […]

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Traders body objects to Chinese company as IPL sponsor

Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Wednesday wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) raising objections over the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) title sponsor reportedly having stakeholders from China. In a letter to BCCI president Saurav Ganguly, CAIT said, “We are deeply pained to note that now Dream11 has been […]

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‘Decline’ in Pranab Mukherjee’s health, signs of lung infection

Ex-president Pranab Mukherjee’s health has worsened after signs of a lung infection, a Delhi hospital said on Wednesday. Mukherjee, who had tested positive for coronavirus, has been admitted since last week for a surgery to remove a clot in his brain. “There has been a decline in the medical condition of Hon’ble Shri Pranab Mukherjee […]

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Supreme Court orders CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the CBI to investigate Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The SC said that the first information report (FIR) registered in Bihar based on the complaint filed by Sushant Singh’s father KK Singh was correct and Bihar was competent to ask the CBI to investigate the case. Mumbai police […]

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PU, CCS Agri University among top 5 in ARIIA 2020, Chitkara in top 25.

Chandigarh’s Punjab University (PU) and Haryana’s Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) Agricultural University are among the top five government-aided varsities, while Chitkara University made it to the Top 25 in the private Universities’ category in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020, launched by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. ARIIA is an initiative […]