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WOOL BLANKETS WASHED 'ONCE A MONTH': RAILWAYS

HOW often does the Indian Railways wash the blankets provided to passengers paying for AC coach travel? In an RTI response to TNIE, the Ministry of Railways said the linen provided to passengers is washed after each use but the wool blankets are to be washed \"at least once a month, preferably twice in a month, subject to available capacity and logistics arrangements\".

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October 21, 2024
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Brinkmanship as Uddhav's Sena, Cong bicker on 15

Both refuse to yield; grand old party looks to contest from more if push comes to shove

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October 21, 2024
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Kuno awaits more cubs as one of the cheetahs pregnant, may deliver soon

ONE of the African cheetahs introduced to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh is pregnant and is expected to deliver cubs soon, Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav shared on micro-blogging social media platform X.

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October 21, 2024
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IMD: Severe cyclone 'Dana' to hit Odisha on October 23

OVER the next 48 hours, a severe cyclonic storm threatens to roar over the Bay of Bengal following the formation of a low pressure area over the Andaman Sea. Various current models suggest that the fall of the cyclonic storm would be at the coast of Odisha or adjoining West Bengal or it may recurve towards Bangladesh.

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October 21, 2024
Mysterious blast outside CRPF school in Delhi, multi-agency investigation on
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Mysterious blast outside CRPF school in Delhi, multi-agency investigation on

A mysterious blast occurred near a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini area on Sunday morning, sparking a security alert in the national capital. The blast, which appeared to be triggered by a crude bomb, partially damaged the school's wall and some cars parked nearby. Nobody was injured.

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October 21, 2024
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90 and counting as 25 more Indian flights get hoax bomb threats

HOAX bomb threats continued to disrupt the aviation sector for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, grounding planes and unnerving passengers.

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1 min  |
October 21, 2024
WHY TRUDEAU'S ALLEGATIONS ARE A BADGE OF HONOUR FOR LAWRANCE BISHNOI
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WHY TRUDEAU'S ALLEGATIONS ARE A BADGE OF HONOUR FOR LAWRANCE BISHNOI

INSTEAD OF INCAPACITATING HIM, JAILS SERVED AS INCUBATORS FOR HIS GANG TO EXPAND ITS DEPTH AND BREADTH AS HE GOT TO MAKE NEW ALLIANCES WITH FELLOW FELONS

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October 20, 2024
Jordan, Bates and the legacy of jersey No. 23
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Jordan, Bates and the legacy of jersey No. 23

JUNE 14, 1998. Delta Center, Salt Lake City. Utah Jazz vs Chicago Bulls.

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October 20, 2024
The short-lived joyride ft. Sarfaraz, Rishabh
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The short-lived joyride ft. Sarfaraz, Rishabh

ON SATURDAY, two young men -one who was on the verge of leaving the sport for good and another who almost died less than two years ago gave wings to new dreams. They broke open a hitherto lost cause.

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October 20, 2024
Spurs thrash West Ham
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Spurs thrash West Ham

TOTTENHAM roared back to beat West Ham 4-1 on Saturday, scoring three goals in eight frantic second-half minutes to ease the pain of their recent collapse against Brighton.

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October 20, 2024
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Ranji Trophy: Pradosh & Washington help TN post 674/6

AFTER Sai Sudharsan's double century (213), Washington Sundar (152) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (117) notched up a century each against a hapless Delhi attack to help Tamil Nadu post a mammoth score of 674/6 (declared) in 158.2 overs on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

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October 20, 2024
Final frontier: A new champion and long-lasting legacy await
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Final frontier: A new champion and long-lasting legacy await

HIS time around last year, when the cricketing world was in the middle of the men's ODI World Cup in India, all cards were falling in place for another rivalry to lock horns in the Rugby World Cup. While New Zealand All Blacks were crushing every opposition to make it to the final, South African Springboks were sticking to their mantra of winning by one point because that was enough of a margin for them.

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October 20, 2024
INDIA HOPING FOR A MIRACLE
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INDIA HOPING FOR A MIRACLE

TO hell and back. Well, not quite. Now that they are back where they started when the day began, it's on the bowlers to finish what the batters started.

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October 20, 2024
OLA ELECTRIC UNDER FIRE FROM CUSTOMERS AND INVESTORS
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OLA ELECTRIC UNDER FIRE FROM CUSTOMERS AND INVESTORS

There have been instances when angry consumers burnt down showroom

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October 20, 2024
SPECTRUM ALLOCATION: MUSK'S WIN OVER AMBANI DEBUNKS 2G 'SCAM' CASE
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SPECTRUM ALLOCATION: MUSK'S WIN OVER AMBANI DEBUNKS 2G 'SCAM' CASE

It is significant that the Union government has backed Elon Musk's internet arm Starlink and Amazon over Mukesh Ambani Reliance and Sunil Mittal's Airtel by deciding to allot satellite spectrum administratively rather than take the auction route.

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October 20, 2024
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Kotak Bank reports muted Q2 earnings

THE rising stress in the personal loans, credit card and microfinance portfolios roiled the earnings for Kotak Mahindra Bank for Q2FY25.

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October 20, 2024
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‘Economic prospects help India-US ties’

COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said Indo-US business relations have strengthened over the past 10 years as lack of predictability and confidence in the future of the Indian economy has become a thing of history.

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October 20, 2024
HDFC Bank net profit rises 5% to ₹16,820 crore in Q2
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HDFC Bank net profit rises 5% to ₹16,820 crore in Q2

HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 5% rise net income year-on-year to ₹16,821 crore, despite overall stressed assets inching up marginally.

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October 20, 2024
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Xi inspects Rocket Force that faced corruption purge right at the top

CHINESE President Xi Jinping has inspected a brigade of the military's strategic missile force that underwent a massive purge of officials for corruption in recent years, according to a media report on Saturday.

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October 20, 2024
BRICS exploring use of digital currency for trade, Putin says
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BRICS exploring use of digital currency for trade, Putin says

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has said the time has not come yet for a common BRICS currency but added that the 10-nation bloc is exploring the use of digital currencies in mutual trade and investments for which his country is working with India and other nations.

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October 20, 2024
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Consulate of China attacked in Myanmar

CHINA's consulate in Myanmar's city of Mandalay was attacked with an explosive device, local media said Saturday, adding that no deaths or injuries were reported.

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October 20, 2024
Man arrested for throwing several firebombs at Japan's ruling party HQ
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Man arrested for throwing several firebombs at Japan's ruling party HQ

A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan's ruling party in Tokyo Saturday, then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister's residence, Tokyo police said. There were no reports of injuries.

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October 20, 2024
Drone targets Netanyahu's house
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Drone targets Netanyahu's house

Prime Minister and his wife safe as they were not at home in Mediterranean coastal town of Caesarea, says PMO

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October 20, 2024
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US judges fear violence as Election Day nears

OVER the past four years, judges at Washington's federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the US Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation's democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming.

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October 20, 2024
RJD's '2-minute noodle' swipe at INDIA seat deal
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RJD's '2-minute noodle' swipe at INDIA seat deal

AS preparations for the Assembly polls intensify in the state, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress have announced their decision to contest 70 seats together. Meanwhile, the RJD and the left parties have been allocated 11 seats.

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October 20, 2024
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Maoists trigger IED blast, kill 2 ITBP jawans

TWO jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were killed in a powerful explosion of improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) close to forested terrain of Kodliyar village while the security forces were returning from the search operation in an edgy district of Narayanpur, south Bastar, on Saturday.

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October 20, 2024
Marandi, Champai, Soren bahu in NDA nominee list
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Marandi, Champai, Soren bahu in NDA nominee list

THE BJP on Saturday released the first list of 66 candidates, including 12 women candidates, for the Assembly elections scheduled for November 13 and 20 in Jharkhand.

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October 20, 2024
No CM face, Maha Yuti decides to fight polls under PM's name
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No CM face, Maha Yuti decides to fight polls under PM's name

THE ruling Maha Yuti in Maharashtra will not project incumbent CM Eknath Shinde or anyone else as chief minister for the assembly polls due next month.

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October 20, 2024
Mamata dials medics to break RG Kar deadlock
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Mamata dials medics to break RG Kar deadlock

A day after junior doctors threatened to go for complete cease-work in all government and private hospitals in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to the protesting medics over the phone to withdraw their fast unto-death.

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October 20, 2024
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Cataract patients open eyes to be Gujarat BJP members, party retorts

A new controversy has surfaced in Gujarat over the BJP membership drive. A viral video shows patients at Rajkot's Ranchoddas Bapu Charitable Trust eye hospital being woken up in the middle of the night and enrolled as BJP members after cataract surgeries.

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October 20, 2024