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New Delhi, June 30 : The 22 Medium Regiment (Sittang and Yenangyaung), one of the Indian Army’s artillery regiments, celebrated the 100-year anniversary of its raising on June 29, 2020.The regiment fought in the 1962 war where in Bum La, it defeated …

Jaipur, June 30 : In Rajasthan they are “killing the goose that lays the golden eggs”, feels a key minister of the Ashok Gehlot Cabinet as the Tourism Department is stuck in an ongoing deadlock between the bureaucracy and the government.State Touris…

Thane (Maharashtra) June 30 : In a huge relief for his anxious family comprising many great-grandchildren, a sprightly 103-year old Sikh man here vanquished Covid-19 and has returned home to savour the victory, close relatives said.He is Sukha Singh …

New Delhi, June 30 : India’s most subversive filmmaker Q is planning something different this time. Not a film, but a form he is experimenting with that will thematically emerge from the changing conditions in the country where people are aspiring –…

New Delhi, June 29 : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has issued a stern warning to filmmakers and over-the-top (OTT) media services against movies or web series that may show the Hindu religion in a “disparaging” manner.VHP spokesperson Shiraj Nair has war…

Mumbai, June 29 : The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) said on Monday that the electricity bills issued to the consumers for June by the four main companies in Mumbai are as per the rules.Following a large number of complaints fro…

New Delhi, June 29 : Growing up in a traditional middle-class family in Ranchi, writing was “one of those things” that 29-year-old Kritika Pandey — the Asian regional winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and one of the five contenders f…

Mumbai, June 29 : A new study by academics from two leading US universities have called for shutting red-light areas to save thousands of sex workers from the scourge of Covid-19. The study by a coalition of experts from Harvard Medical School and Ya…

Dharamsala, June 29 : The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Monday supported last week’s call to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) experts to take urgent measures against Chinese violations.”We strongly urge the UNHRC and the member states to…

New Delhi, June 29 : Centre has lifted the ban on export of personal protective equipment (PPE) but has put it under quantitative restrictions as shipments can not exceed 50 lakh units per month.According to a notification by Directorate General of F…