4th elephant death on rail tracks this year, toll rises to 94 since 2019

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The death of at least seven elephants after being hit by a high-speed passenger train in Assam on Saturday has taken the toll of such fatalities since 2019-20 to 94. This was the fourth such accident this year. The last two accidents were reported from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, sources said, adding that the safety...

Will SHANTI Act aid India’s nuclear development? | Explained

Spread the love      The story so far: Parliament has brought into force the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, which repeals previous legislation that governs nuclear activity: the Atomic Energy Act 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010. Why is SHANTI significant? SHANTI encourages private companies to participate and, potentially, allow...

Will new Act aid India’s nuclear development? | Explained

Spread the love      The story so far: Parliament has brought into force the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act which repeals legislation that governs nuclear activity — the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, and Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act, 2010. Why is SHANTI significant? SHANTI encourages private companies to participate and potentially, allow foreign...

CAG: Railways lags in non-fare earnings, recovery of dues

Spread the love       Image: IANS NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in recent reports, flagged how railways failed to boost its non-fare revenue despite holding vast stretches of vacant land and how dues amounting to Rs 4,087 crore from 269 private siding owners remained unrecovered by different zones till March 2023, pointing to weak monitoring and enforcement mechanisms.CAG audit...

With ‘Rishi Bankim babu’, PM Modi defuses ‘Bankim da’ row in West Bengal

Spread the love       File photo KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi used a fog-forced virtual rally in Bengal Saturday to pursue two parallel damage-control efforts – shoring up support among Matua voters unsettled by an electoral roll revision and repairing political fallout from his recent “Bankim da” reference in Parliament.PM Modi was to address a public meeting at Taherpur in Nadia district...

Congress nearly joined conspiracy to make Assam part of East Pakistan: PM Modi

Spread the love       GUWAHATI: PM Modi transformed his Guwahati rally on Saturday into a fierce political offensive against Congress, accusing it of “committing a sin” by preparing to join hands with the Muslim League and the British in a pre-Independence conspiracy to make Assam a part of what would later become “East Pakistan”.Modi said Congress had conspired to erase Assam’s...

Airbus plans cloud shift: Company moves away from AWS, Google, Microsoft

Spread the love       Europe’s biggest aerospace company Airbus reportedly wants to move away from two of the biggest American technology companies — Google and Microsoft. According to a report in Register, Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud. The aerospace manufacturer uses products and services of Google and Microsoft....

Lakers vs Clippers (Dec 20): Preview, lineups, injury report and how to watch

Spread the love       Los Angeles Lakers vs Los Angeles Clippers preview (Image via NBA) Tonight’s NBA game will pit the Los Angeles Lakers (19-7) against the Los Angeles Clippers (6-21). The tipoff at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. EST. NBA TV will carry the game live. The over/under is set at 230.5 total points, and...

Bangladesh unrest: Protestors break into Parliament building after Hadi’s funeral; watch

Spread the love       A mob broke through security barricades and once again entered the Parliament building on Saturday following the funeral of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, authorities said, amid heightened tensions in the Bangladeshi capital.Bangladesh held Hadi’s funeral earlier in the day, drawing a large crowd to Dhaka under extra-tight security arrangements. His death has sparked unrest across the...

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