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Apple transportation through drones to become reality in tribal Kinnaur district of HP
Apple growers in remote and inaccessible areas of the tribal Kinnaur district are in for a new revolution as transportation of apples through drone technology would soon become a reality. Successful trials of transportation of 20 kg apple boxes were done in Rohan Kanda village in Nichar block of Kinnaur district and the boxes were transported for a distance of 12 km from an orchard to the main road in six minutes by the Vegrow apple procurement agency in collaboration with Skyeair.
5 Bihar villages to be developed into human-carnivore coexistence zone
Five villages of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district of Bihar will be developed into a model human-carnivore coexistence zone, with the state government joining hands with the Wildlife Trust of India, a Nepalese organisation and a UK-based zoo for the project, officials said. The objective of the project is to end the human-carnivore conflict in the Valmiki-Chitwan-Parsa transboundary landscape, they said.
Delhi's air quality will likely improve from Sunday evening, says IMD
The 'severe' air quality in Delhi is likely to improve and bring respite to city dwellers from Sunday evening, as per weather scientist.
Centre to convene all-party meet Monday to finalise strategies for 2023 G-20 summit
The Centre will convene an all-party meeting on Monday to solicit suggestions, discuss and finalise strategies for the G-20 ...
Investment intent of ₹10.5 lakh crore received at Odisha biz summit
Odisha has received investment intent to the tune of Rs 10.50 lakh crore at the third edition of its flagship business conclave held here, Chief Mini...
SC quashes Kerala HC order granting anticipatory bail to 4 in ISRO espionage case
The Supreme Court Friday quashed a Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Dir...
India coal production for April-Nov period up 17%, to 524mn tonnes
Domestic coal production went up by 17.13 per cent to 524.20 million tonnes during April-November 2022 as compared 447.54 million tonnes of productio...
After waiting for 38 years, MP gets its first respiratory diseases hospital
The Regional Institute for Respiratory Diseases, which was established few months back in Bhopal's Idgah Hills area, receives around 150-200 patients every day, of them nearly three to five per cent are follow-up patients affected by the toxic gas leak back in 1984, a senior doctor associated with the institute said.
Eetika Kapoor
Bahamas, Taiwan, Malta & more: Here are 10 countries offering digital nomad visa
The number of digital nomads with traditional jobs increased by 9% in 2022, growing from 10.2 million in 2021 to 11.1 million in 2022. Governments across the world are offering digital nomad visas to working professionals.
38 years on, 1.2 lakh Bhopal residents carry gas tragedy scars, fight for justice
The aftermath of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the worlds largest and most lethal chemical disaster continues to wreak havoc in the lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors even after 38 years.
Sourabh Jain
Top 10 companies with the highest net profit in India as per Hurun 2022 list
Here are the top 10 companies with the highest net profit in India as per the 2022 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 list....
Thai e-Visa on-arrival applications from India increased seven fold in 2022
VFS Global, the world's largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions, on T...
India's G20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, decisive: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will work to further promote oneness, inspired by the theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future", and listed terror, climate change, pandemic as the greatest challenges that can be best fought together.
Indian migrants to send home a record $100 billion in 2022 says World Bank
In its latest Migration and Development Brief, World Bank said remittance flows to India will rise 12 per cent, putting its inflows ahead of countries including China, Mexico and the Philippines.
Queer lawyer requests CJI for gender-inclusive appearance slips in courts
A queer lawyer practising before the Supreme Court has written to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with a request to modify the appearance slips in the Supreme Court to include an additional column for mentioning people's pronouns so that they may be correctly used in the court's orders or judgments.
Government lifts ban on organic non-basmati rice exports
The government on Tuesday lifted the ban on export of organic non-basmati rice, including broken rice.
Bhakti Makwana
Capex cycle to touch ₹21 lakh crore in FY23, but there's a catch
Private corporates’ capex in the listed space has risen to an all-time high of ₹7 lakh crore on a trailing twelve-month basis. The combined state and...
India's G20 presidency will reflect interests of global south, says Jaishankar
Jaishankar made these remarks during the annual flagship event co-hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs and Carnegie India. The theme for this year's Summit is Geopolitics of Technology.
Eetika Kapoor
Swiggy plays matchmaker for singles with similar food tastes
Swiggy is assisting singles in finding their ideal date based on their food preferences, in a recently released YouTube show ‘Plate Date’.
AstraZeneca India gets approval to market anti-diabetes drug
Drug firm AstraZeneca India on Tuesday said it has received approval from the country's drug regulator to market the anti-diabetes medication Dapagliflozin. The company said it has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDCSCO) for the drug indicated for diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Eetika Kapoor
Heartbreak songs are still hot favourites: Top 10 songs Indian singles are streaming on Tinder
Young singles in India are listening to songs that talk about a tale as old as time - of jilted lovers, vengeance and heartb...
S&P cuts India's growth forecast to 7% for FY23
S&P Global Ratings on Monday cut India's economic growth forecast for current fiscal year to 7 per cent, but said the domestic demand-led economy will be less impacted by the global slowdown.
Katya Naidu
India ranks 3rd in millionaire outmigration in 2022, but it’s still churning out more millionaires than it is losing: Henley & Partners
In 2022, so far 8,000 high-networth individuals (HNI) have moved out of India. The Indian HNI population is e...
DHFL loan fraud case: Money laundered via 87 shell firms, 2.6 lakh fake borrowers
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its charge sheet lodged in the Rs 34,615 crore DHFL loan fraud case has said that the accused created 87 shell companies and 2,60,000 fake borrowers to launder money. The charge sheet was filed in the second week of October.
Tiruppur, Coimbatore powerlooms to remain shut for 14 days as yarn prices remain unstable
With unstable yarn prices and high power tariffs taking a toll on their products, the Tiruppur and Coimbatore district textile and fibre manufacturers have decided to stop their production which would lead to the shutting down of the power looms for the next 14 days.
