Odisha: Over 30 people injured in explosions during fireworks competition in Kendrapara

Odisha explosion: Explosions occurred when a fireworks competition was underway during an immersion procession at Balia Bazaar under the limit of Sadar police station.  In a tragic incident, more than 30 people were injured in explosions that occurred during a fireworks competition in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. According to reports, the incident took place on Wednesday, November 23, when the competition was underway during an immersion procession at Balia Bazaar under the limit of Sadar police station. Speaking to the media, Kendrapada District Magistrate Amrut Rituraja said that all the injured…

MCD election: Delhi Congress files complaint against BJP leader for making ‘inflammatory’ speech

MCD election: Congress is trying to regain its lost ground in Delhi. The grand old party is on decline since AAP’s emergence in the national capital. Poll battle in national capital over Municipal Corporation election 2022 intensified. All three prime parties are not leaving no stone unturned to attack each other. Congress alleged that BJP is trying to poisoning Delhi’s atmosphere with provocative remarks. The Delhi Congress on Tuesday filed a complaint with the State Election Commission against an alleged inflammatory speech made by BJP leader. According to Congress, the…

Gujarat Elections 2022: Riots, curfew, corruption are in Congress’ genes, says Yogi Adityanath

Gujarat Elections 2022: When the Congress’ corruption and dynastic politics was hurting the country’s politics, Gujarat provided Modi as prime minister, Adityanath further said.  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today (November 23) said that riots, curfew, hooliganism and corruption are in the Congress party’s “genes”. Speaking at a campaign rally at Rapar in Gujarat’s Kutch district for the BJP’s candidates for the Assembly elections, he also said that Congress could have never got a Ram temple constructed in Ayodhya. “Riots, curfew, hooliganism and corruption are the identity of the Congress. Wherever…

MCD Election 2022: Will waive off dues of private residential buildings if voted to power, promises Congress

MCD Election 2022: Polling to the MCD will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7. Delhi Congress today (November 23) said it will waive off dues of private residential buildings, if voted to power in the upcoming polls to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Launching a campaign, “House Tax- Pichhla Maaf, Agla half”, the party’s Delhi chief Anil Chaudhary said his party will also reduce the property tax by 50 per cent. “It is unfortunate that the BJP looted and…

Aaditya Thackeray visits Patna, meets Tejashwi and Nitish

Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday flew down to the Bihar capital where he met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the latter’s deputy Tejashwi Yadav. Amid the buzz around “opposition unity” against the BJP ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday flew down to the Bihar capital where he met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the latter’s deputy Tejashwi Yadav. Thackeray, whose father Uddhav had snapped ties with the saffron party a few years ago, arrived here in the afternoon, accompanied by…

Union Home Secretary and Secretary DDR&D & Chairman DRDO Releases Compendium of Low Intensity Conflict Products developed by DRDO

Union Home Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Secretary DDR&D & Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat, today jointly reviewed the ongoing collaboration between the DRDO and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) institutionalised to develop technologies and systems for Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) operations. The collaboration has helped DRDO to develop many products and systems required for the central security forces during LIC operations. The collaboration has also helped in identifying futuristic requirements for LIC operations and defining the roadmap for their development. On this occasion, a Compendium of…

Gujarat Elections 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and constituencies

AAP Gujarat Assembly Elections Candidate List: The assembly elections in Gujarat will be a triangular battle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Here is the entire list of AAP candidates and their constituencies. The Aam Admi Party (AAP) has released its full list of candidates for the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections which are scheduled to take place in two phases on December 1 & 5. AAP has fielded a total of 189 candidates for the 182 constituencies. The Gujarat Assembly consists of 182…

Lower exports to dilute profitability of sugar mills in 2023: CRISIL

A decline in exports in sugar season 2023 (October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023), together with a 3% increase in the fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane (effectively for 10% recovery rate), will impact the profitability of sugar mills this fiscal.  Sugar exports are likely to decline to ~8-8.5 million tonne1 on-year in SS 2023 from an all-time high of 11.2 million tonne last season, despite production staying stable at 39.5-40.0 million tonne. This will be largely on account of two factors: one, higher diversion of sugar for…

Bilateral trade between UAE-India projected to cross $88 Billion this year

The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is in India for a two-day official visit. During his official visit, the objective of which is to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, the Minister also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The relationship between India and UAE has seen transformational changes since 2014. India and UAE have projected to surpass bilateral trade worth USD 88 billion this year. UAE became India’s 3rd largest trading partner after the USA and China. During the five…

JNPA inaugurates Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), India’s best-performing Port, in association with the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, developed a Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) & launched an Electric Environmental Monitoring Vehicle (EV) on November 21, 2022 at the Port. The monitoring station and vehicle were inaugurated by Shri Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, JNPA, in the presence of Shri Unmesh Sharad Wagh, Dy. Chairman, JNPA, along with all the HoDs of JNPA. Speaking at the occasion, Shri Sanjay Sethi said  “JNPA is committed to achieving leadership in sustainability…