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June 20, 2016 2:05 PM

List of recognised veterinary colleges goes up to 44: Minister

Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Sanjeev Kumar Balyan today said, the list of recognised veterinary colleges in the country has gone up from 36 to 44 in the last two years. Highlighting the achievements of Veterinary Council of India, Mr Balyan said annually around 3,400 student...

June 20, 2016 1:54 PM

Sheena Bora murder case: Indrani's driver Shyamvar Rai made approver

The special CBI court in Mumbai today accepted the application moved by Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai to become an approver in the Sheena Bora murder case. The court had reserved its decision for today during the previous hearing on Rai's plea.<br/><br/>The CBI ...

June 20, 2016 1:53 PM

Animal Welfare Board terms notifications on vermins arbitrary

The Supreme Court today asked animal rights organisations to make representations before the Centre regarding three notifications declaring Nilgais, monkeys and wild boars as vermins. The Animal Welfare Board of India, which is a statutory advisory body on animal welfare laws and promotes animal wel...

June 20, 2016 1:42 PM

ISRO begins countdown to launch record 20 satellites on Wednesday

The 48-hour long countdown for Wednesday's launch of record 20 satellites by ISRO from Sriharikota began at 9:26 this morning. Workhorse PSLV C34 will carry the satellites and inject them into the 505 km sun synchronous orbit one after the other. <br/><br/>The 20 satellites include ...

June 20, 2016 1:37 PM

HRD minister urges students to make Yoga intrinsic part of their lives

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani today urged students to make Yoga an intrinsic part of their lives. The Minister was speaking at the prize distribution function of National Yoga Olympiad organised by NCERT in New Delhi. The Minister asked the students to spread Yoga after going back...

June 20, 2016 1:35 PM

39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq are alive: Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, the 39 Indians, kidnapped by the Islamic State militant group in Iraq in June 2014, are still alive. In her annual press conference in New Delhi yesterday, she dismissed reports about their killing and insisted that efforts to trace them are on. To a que...

June 20, 2016 9:59 AM

PM to share his thoughts in Mann Ki Baat on AIR on June 26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the nation on a number of issues in Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio on 26th of this month. This will be the 21th edition of the programme.<br/><br/>People can share their thoughts in MyGov Open Forum and can also dial th...

June 20, 2016 8:24 AM

Education, agriculture should go hand in hand for development: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, education and agriculture will have to go hand in hand for India's development as has been the case in countries like Japan and South Korea. Mr Jaitley said this yesterday after laying the foundation stone for a new campus of IIM-Amritsar in Punjab. This woul...

June 20, 2016 8:21 AM

NSG meeting begins today in Seoul; Sushma expresses hope of India's membership

A week long meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group will begin at Seoul in South Korea from today. During the deliberations, 48 member countries are likely to take up the membership bid of India in its annual plenary meeting on 24th of this month. Ahead of the key meeting in Seoul, Indian Foreign Secreta...

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