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Delhi Government Plans Artificial Rain Trial To Combat Smog
- Mar 20, 2025 02:45 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi government plans to conduct artificial rain trials, a move hinging on the success of the upcoming water sample tests, alongside a series of large-scale anti-pollution projects designed to target multiple pollution hotspots across Delhi-NCR.
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After 40 Years, Rape Survivor Gets Justice From Supreme Court
- Mar 20, 2025 00:18 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Upholding a man's conviction in a 39-year-old rape case, the Supreme Court has commiserated with the woman and her family, who had to wait so long for closure.
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IT Ministry In Talks With X Over AI Chatbot Grok Using Hindi Slang, Abuses
- Mar 19, 2025 23:52 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Information and Technology Ministry is in touch with social media platform X over the recent incident of AI chatbot Grok using Hindi slang and abuses and will be examining the issue, according to sources.
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Prices Of Electric Vehicles To Be Same As Petrol Cars In 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari
- Mar 19, 2025 23:32 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Addressing the 32nd Convergence India and 10th Smart Cities India Expo, Gadkari further said the construction work of the 212-km Delhi-Dehradun access-controlled expressway will be complete in the next three months.
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Rajasthan Tables Bill To Regulate Coaching Centres But Key Provisions Missing
- Mar 19, 2025 23:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Harsha Kumari Singh
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
A bill to regulate the coaching centres of Rajasthan, spurred by the spiralling student suicides in Kota, was tabled in the state assembly today. This year, eight students have died by suicide in Kota. The last year, the figure was as high as 26.
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Infiltration Attempts Go Up In J&K, Agencies Crackdown On Overground Workers
- Mar 19, 2025 22:59 pm IST
- Written by: Neeta Sharma
A surge in infiltration attempts by heavily armed terrorists along the International Border in Jammu sector has become a major cause of concern for New Delhi, prompting a crackdown on overground workers aiding them.
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Madhya Pradesh Boat Capsize: Bodies of 6 Victims Recovered, 1 Still Missing
- Mar 19, 2025 22:43 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The authorities recovered the bodies of six persons, including three children, who drowned after a boat carrying them capsized in Matatila dam in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, while search was on to trace a teenage girl, police said.
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After Quad, India May Be Part Of New Military Grouping In South China Sea
- Mar 19, 2025 22:15 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhishek Chakraborty
- (with inputs from Reuters)
Even as the Quad steadily strengthens its hold across the Indo-Pacific region, India may soon consider being a part of another key multilateral alliance that focuses on the South China Sea.
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Indian Startup, Boeing's Liquid Robotics Look To Co-Produce Autonomous Surface Vessels
- Mar 19, 2025 22:15 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
An Indian startup and a US company are looking to work together to co-develop and co-produce autonomous surface vessels (ASV) in a first such project by a startup in the country, American aerospace firm Boeing said in a statement.
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"Taiyyar Raho": 100 Lawyers Try To Attack Cement Murder Accused In Meerut Court
- Mar 19, 2025 21:41 pm IST
- Edited by: Rohit Paul
The woman and her boyfriend accused of stabbing her Merchant Navy officer husband and chopping up his body found themselves at the receiving end of the ire of over 100 lawyers when they were produced in a court in Meerut on Wednesday.
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ISRO Chief On Sunita Williams' Homecoming, Support For Gaganyaan Mission
- Mar 19, 2025 21:35 pm IST
- Written by: Pallava Bagla
As India prepares for its Gaganyaan Mission, ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan watched glued to the screen the safe return of Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams from the International Space Station back to Earth.
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Supreme Court Flags Ration Card Misuse, Says Its Now A "Popularity Card"
- Mar 19, 2025 21:22 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Observing that ration cards have become a "popularity card", the Supreme Court on Wednesday wondered if the benefits meant for the poor percolated to undeserving persons.
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Farm Leaders Detained In Punjab's Mohali, Cops Clear Shambhu Border
- Mar 19, 2025 21:18 pm IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chinna
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
A group of farmer leaders were detained by the Punjab police when they were on their way to join the ongoing farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders. Those detained included Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
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Bill Gates Discusses Healthcare With Union Health Minister JP Nadda
- Mar 19, 2025 21:14 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday met Union Health Minister J P Nadda and reviewed the collaboration between the government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the healthcare sector.
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Lalu Prasad Appears Before Probe Agency Over Land-For-Jobs Scam
- Mar 19, 2025 20:46 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
RJD president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate, which had summoned him in connection with its probe into the land-for-jobs scam, officials said.
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"BJP Likes Congress Policies": DK Shivakumar's Jab On 4% Quota
- Mar 19, 2025 20:26 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Sivakumar brushed off the BJP objections to the 4 per cent minority quota in government contracts, saying the BJP loves Congress policies even though they officially oppose them.
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Improve Accessibility For Disabled Or Pack Up: High Court To Rapido
- Mar 19, 2025 20:10 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
App-based transport aggregator Rapido has got a stern message from the Delhi High Court, which demanded that it improve accessibility for disabled persons and stop operations till that is done.
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Israeli Technology Helps Delhi Police Solve ₹80 Lakh Robbery Case, 2 Arrested
- Mar 19, 2025 19:38 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
An Israeli facial recognition system has helped Delhi Police solve a case of robbery at gunpoint, arrest two accused persons, and recover the entire stolen amount of Rs 80 lakh, officials said on Wednesday.
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Where Is Mehul Choksi? Antigua Foreign Minister Says "Not On Island"
- Mar 19, 2025 19:12 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Mehul Choksi - wanted in the alleged defrauding of the Punjab National Bank of Rs 13,850 crore - is not currently on the Caribbean island of Antigua, that country's Foreign Minister, EP Chet Greene told news agency ANI Wednesday evening.