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27 Dead In Andhra, Telangana Rain Fury, PM Assures All Help: 10 Points
At least 27 people have been killed as heavy rain battered Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive day on Sunday, causing flooding and waterlogging in several areas, and disrupting road and rail traffic.
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44 Flights Hit, Schools Shut In Karnataka Over Cauvery Row Protests: 10 Points
Karnataka Bandh News Live Updates: The Karnataka Police have detained over 50 members of pro-Kannada organisations protesting over the Cauvery River water dispute near Bengaluru to maintain law and order amid the state-wide Bandh call.
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2 Boys From Bengal's Tribal Belt Make Nobel Laureate's School Proud
Kolkata's well-known South Point School's most recent claim to fame was that Nobel-winning economist Abhijit Banerjee was an alumnus.
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American Football Coach Suspended After His High School Team Scores Too Many Points
Plainedge High School's head coach, Rob Shaver was suspended for one game after his team defeated South Shore 61-13.
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"He Showed Sparks Of Brilliance": Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee's Teacher
As Kolkata celebrates city boy Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel glory, his classmate and school teacher remember the MIT professor to be an introvert, who showed sparks of brilliance.
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Cyclone Vayu To Hit Gujarat Tomorrow, Schools, Colleges Closed: 10 Points
Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...
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Fresh Nipah Outbreak Scare, Schools, Colleges To Stay Shut In Kozhikode Till June 12: 10 Points
With the brain-damaging Nipah virus claiming 16 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, the southern state's health minister has issued a warning that there could be a possible second outbreak, adding to the woes of people across the state. The government today also announced that schools, colleges and other educational institutions w...
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Jobs Only To Those Referred By AIADMK Workers, Says Tamil Nadu Minister
In a bizarre promise, Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan said job opportunities would be given only to those referred by the ruling AIADMK's workers. "You do not have to worry. In future, only those who you point will get job opportunities," the minister told party workers at his hometown Gobichettipalayam, 400 km from Chennai, ...
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Bandh In Karnataka Over Mahadayi Water Dispute Peaceful So Far: 10 Points
Schools, colleges in Karnataka are closed and buses have remained off the roads after pro-Kannada groups called for a statewide bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute on a day when the BJP chief Amit Shah is in Mysuru to address the state BJP's Parivartana rally. Similarly, another bandh on February 4, this time in Bengaluru, wi...
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8 Dead As Rain Batters Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Cyclone Ockhi Heads For Lakshadweep: 10 Points
Eight people died in coastal Kerala and Tamil Nadu and nearly 90 fishermen remained missing as a depression above the Bay of Bengal turned into a cyclonic storm. Cyclone Ockhi, meteorologists say, is heading for Lakshadweep and is unlikely to make landfall in India. Currently it is hovering 130 km west-southwest of Trivandrum. Schools in seven dist...
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Chennai Braces For More Rain,10,000 In Tamil Nadu Relief Camps: 10 Points
More than 10,000 people took shelter in over 100 relief camps set up in Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu after the northeast monsoon intensified, the state government said. Chennai received heavy rainfall this morning after last night's downpour. Schools in the city and other coastal towns will remain closed for the fifth day. The weat...
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Chennai Braces For More Rain Today, Schools Remain Shut: 10 Points
Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu braced for more showers over the next 24 hours as rain returned on Friday evening after a brief break. Schools will be closed on Saturday and several areas remained waterlogged, adding to fears of a repeat of the 2015 floods. The government maintained there was no reason to panic and Chief Minister E Pa...
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Chaos In Rain-Drenched Chennai, People Asked To Stay Home: 10 Points
Schools and colleges in Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu will remain closed today after heavy rain was witnessed in the region since last evening. Many IT companies have given the option to its employees to work from home after the government advised them to declare a holiday due to the downpour. The weather office has warned of heavy ...
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Gas Leak Near South Delhi Schools Sends 475 Girls To Hospital: 10 Points
It was a usual Saturday morning for nearly 475 girls at two schools in Tughlakabad area before they ended up at a hospital. Early in the day, as they settled in their classrooms, they began to complain of breathlessness, irritation in eyes and throats. A gas leak from a container filled with Chloromethyl Pyridine, a chemical used to produce insecti...
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Day After Cyclone Vardah, Flights Resume In Chennai: 10 Points
Flights have resumed in Chennai and power has been restored in the city, which is picking itself up on Tuesday after Cyclone Vardah battered the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday, killing 10 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes. The cyclone has weakened after crossing land, but the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next 12 hours and sc...
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27 Dead In Andhra, Telangana Rain Fury, PM Assures All Help: 10 Points
At least 27 people have been killed as heavy rain battered Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive day on Sunday, causing flooding and waterlogging in several areas, and disrupting road and rail traffic.
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44 Flights Hit, Schools Shut In Karnataka Over Cauvery Row Protests: 10 Points
Karnataka Bandh News Live Updates: The Karnataka Police have detained over 50 members of pro-Kannada organisations protesting over the Cauvery River water dispute near Bengaluru to maintain law and order amid the state-wide Bandh call.
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2 Boys From Bengal's Tribal Belt Make Nobel Laureate's School Proud
Kolkata's well-known South Point School's most recent claim to fame was that Nobel-winning economist Abhijit Banerjee was an alumnus.
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American Football Coach Suspended After His High School Team Scores Too Many Points
Plainedge High School's head coach, Rob Shaver was suspended for one game after his team defeated South Shore 61-13.
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"He Showed Sparks Of Brilliance": Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee's Teacher
As Kolkata celebrates city boy Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel glory, his classmate and school teacher remember the MIT professor to be an introvert, who showed sparks of brilliance.
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Cyclone Vayu To Hit Gujarat Tomorrow, Schools, Colleges Closed: 10 Points
Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...
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Fresh Nipah Outbreak Scare, Schools, Colleges To Stay Shut In Kozhikode Till June 12: 10 Points
With the brain-damaging Nipah virus claiming 16 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, the southern state's health minister has issued a warning that there could be a possible second outbreak, adding to the woes of people across the state. The government today also announced that schools, colleges and other educational institutions w...
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Jobs Only To Those Referred By AIADMK Workers, Says Tamil Nadu Minister
In a bizarre promise, Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan said job opportunities would be given only to those referred by the ruling AIADMK's workers. "You do not have to worry. In future, only those who you point will get job opportunities," the minister told party workers at his hometown Gobichettipalayam, 400 km from Chennai, ...
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Bandh In Karnataka Over Mahadayi Water Dispute Peaceful So Far: 10 Points
Schools, colleges in Karnataka are closed and buses have remained off the roads after pro-Kannada groups called for a statewide bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute on a day when the BJP chief Amit Shah is in Mysuru to address the state BJP's Parivartana rally. Similarly, another bandh on February 4, this time in Bengaluru, wi...
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8 Dead As Rain Batters Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Cyclone Ockhi Heads For Lakshadweep: 10 Points
Eight people died in coastal Kerala and Tamil Nadu and nearly 90 fishermen remained missing as a depression above the Bay of Bengal turned into a cyclonic storm. Cyclone Ockhi, meteorologists say, is heading for Lakshadweep and is unlikely to make landfall in India. Currently it is hovering 130 km west-southwest of Trivandrum. Schools in seven dist...
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Chennai Braces For More Rain,10,000 In Tamil Nadu Relief Camps: 10 Points
More than 10,000 people took shelter in over 100 relief camps set up in Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu after the northeast monsoon intensified, the state government said. Chennai received heavy rainfall this morning after last night's downpour. Schools in the city and other coastal towns will remain closed for the fifth day. The weat...
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Chennai Braces For More Rain Today, Schools Remain Shut: 10 Points
Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu braced for more showers over the next 24 hours as rain returned on Friday evening after a brief break. Schools will be closed on Saturday and several areas remained waterlogged, adding to fears of a repeat of the 2015 floods. The government maintained there was no reason to panic and Chief Minister E Pa...
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Chaos In Rain-Drenched Chennai, People Asked To Stay Home: 10 Points
Schools and colleges in Chennai and other parts of coastal Tamil Nadu will remain closed today after heavy rain was witnessed in the region since last evening. Many IT companies have given the option to its employees to work from home after the government advised them to declare a holiday due to the downpour. The weather office has warned of heavy ...
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Gas Leak Near South Delhi Schools Sends 475 Girls To Hospital: 10 Points
It was a usual Saturday morning for nearly 475 girls at two schools in Tughlakabad area before they ended up at a hospital. Early in the day, as they settled in their classrooms, they began to complain of breathlessness, irritation in eyes and throats. A gas leak from a container filled with Chloromethyl Pyridine, a chemical used to produce insecti...
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Day After Cyclone Vardah, Flights Resume In Chennai: 10 Points
Flights have resumed in Chennai and power has been restored in the city, which is picking itself up on Tuesday after Cyclone Vardah battered the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday, killing 10 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes. The cyclone has weakened after crossing land, but the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next 12 hours and sc...
