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Army celebrating diamond jubilee of battle of Walong with China
The month-long celebration was inaugurated by General Officer Commanding (GOC), Spear Corps, in the easternmost location of India at Walong in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district. Defence spokesman Lt Col A.S. Walia said that the GOC paid homage at the war memorial and interacted with the war veterans. He also honoured the porters who participated in the battle of Walong six decades ago.
Terrorist who killed non-local labourers in J&K dies in firing
Taking to Twitter, the Kashmir Zone Police said: "Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police and security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists & SFs at Nowgam, Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist namely Imran Bashir Ganaie killed by firing of another terrorist.
UN chief Guterres gets warm welcome in Mumbai
He was received at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by India's Permanent Representative at the UN Ruchira Kamboj, Maharashtra Chief Secretary M.K. Shrivastava, and protocol head Manisha Mhaiskar. Also present were Mumbai Collector Nidhi Choudhary, city Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and other senior civil and police officials.
Global Hunger Index is an erroneous measure of hunger, say Health Ministry sources
The fourth indicator, 'Estimate of Proportion of Undernourished Population (PoU)' for India is 16.3 per cent. The data collected from a miniscule sample of 3,000 for a country of India's size has been used to compute this which is statistically wrong, lacks validity, biased, and unethical, the sources said.
Ahead of President Macron visit, France, India to speed up Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra
Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh met visiting French Minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou with her high-level delegation in this regard in New Delhi and discussed Indo-French collaboration in the nuclear energy sector. The two countries also discussed ways to speed up the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Maharashtra, part of an umbrella nuclear deal signed between India and France in September 2008.
'High time the world comes together to defeat all threats', PM Modi at Interpol meet
The Prime Minister noted that terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and organised crime are some of the most harmful globalised threats that the world faces today. "The pace of change of these dangers is faster than earlier. When the threats are global, the response cannot be just local. It is high time that the world comes together to defeat these threats," PM Modi said.
Indians most angry with Ashok Gehlot, least with Delhi governance, most unhappy with Telangana
According to the Anger Index, a survey conducted by CVoter opinion poll on behalf of IANS, Indians are most angry with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (a Congress leader), and least angry with Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel (also a Congress leader).
PM Modi to inaugurate DefExpo22 in Gujarat on Wednesday
This will be his third visit to the state, which will go to the polls in December, in less than one month. He had visited the state between September 29-30, as well as from October 9-11. The DefExpo22 will take place at the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the India Urban Housing Conclave 2022 and dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple key projects in Rajkot.
At 1,542 cases, India reports dip in daily Covid tally
In the same period, eight more Covid related deaths were logged, taking the national fatalities tally to 5,28,913. Meanwhile, the active caseload stands at 26,449 cases, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the total positive cases. The recovery of 1,919 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,40,77,068. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.76 per cent.
India sees Russia as longstanding, time-tested friend: Indian envoy to Russia
Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ambassador of India to the US, Reenat Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Pavan Kapoor, Virander Kumar Paul, Ambassador of India to Turkey, Mohinder Pratap Singh, Ambassador of India to Mongolia, and Sanjiv Tandon, Ambassador of India to Togo, interacted with CII members to explore the multitude opportunities available in Punjab and other areas of collaboration with these countries.
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