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July 6, 2016 7:22 AM

Smriti Irani shifted to textiles ministry, Javadekar is new HRD minister

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has been shifted to Textiles Ministry. Mr. Prakash Javadekar, who was promoted as Cabinet minister in yesterday&apos;s expansion, will replace her as the new Human Resources Development Minister. <br/><br/>M Venkaiah Naidu, who was the Par...

July 6, 2016 7:21 AM

Film festival on wildlife to begin in Shimla tomorrow

A three-day Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film Festival will begin at historic Gaiety Theatre in Shimla tomorrow. 45 films, including several national award winning movies and five films from Himachal Pradesh will be screened at the festival, which is aimed at highlighting the environmental co...

July 6, 2016 7:20 AM

World's largest charkha unveiled at Delhi airport

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Kalraj Mishra has unveiled the world&apos;s largest Charkha at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, IGI in New Delhi yesterday. <br/><br/>The idea behind displaying the Charkha at the airport is to highlight India&apos;s ques...

July 6, 2016 7:19 AM

Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath begins in Odisha

The world famous Rath Yatra or chariot festival of Lord Jagannath will begin today at Puri in Odisha amid tight security.<br/><br/>The three gigantic colourfully decked up wooden chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra have been kept ready near the Jagannath temple ...

July 6, 2016 7:16 AM

Nation pays homage to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his death anniversary

Nation pays homage to veteran leader Babu Jagjivan Ram on his death anniversary today.<br/><br/>A host of dignitaries and common man are paying their respects to the great freedom fighter and administrator at Samta Sthal near Rajghat in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Throughout his pol...

July 5, 2016 9:49 PM

Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on Thursday

EID- UL FITR which marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan will be celebrated on Thursday. Announcing this, Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, Delhi, Dr Mufti Mohammed Mukkaram said the EID will be celebrated on 7th of this month as the moon could not be sighted today.

July 5, 2016 9:12 PM

SC raps Google, Yahoo for failing to check pre-birth test ads

Supreme Court today pulled up online search engines like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft; for failing to check sex determination advertisements, saying they were violating Indian law. It asked the Centre to convene a meeting of technical experts and the search engines within 10 days, to explore ways to ...

July 5, 2016 9:11 PM

BRICS nations adopt draft action plan on energy saving and efficiency

The first meeting of the BRICS Working Group on "Energy Efficiency and Energy Savings" concluded in Visakhapatnam this evening. BRICS nations have come out with a draft action plan to jointly work on research as well as technological development to promote energy saving and efficiency thro...

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