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NASA Releases New Global Maps Of Earth At Night
NASA has released its latest global maps of Earth at night, providing the "clearest yet composite" view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet.....
Damage From AoL's Culture Festival Quantified At Rs 42 Cr In 10 Years
It would take Rs 42.02 crore and a decade for the ecological rehabilitation of the Yamuna floodplains from adverse damages caused by the Art of Living's (AoL) World Culture Festival, says the report of an expert committee.....
10 Militants Killed In Afghanistan
At least 10 Taliban militants were killed during an ongoing military operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, a military statement said on Thursday.....
BJP Wins Delhi By-poll, AAP Stumbles To Third Place
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday won the Delhi assembly by-election from the Rajouri Garden constituency with a margin of over 14,000 votes.....
President To Visit Karnataka And Maharashtra
President Pranab Mukherjee will lay the foundation stone of B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics in Bengaluru during his two-day visit to Karnataka and Maharashtra on April 14 and 15, an official statement said.....
Islamabad Literature Festival Starts On Friday
The fifth Islamabad Literary Festival (ILF) is set to begin on Friday to celebrate and analyse 70 years of literature in Pakistan, the media reported on Thursday.....
Hasina: I Hid Nothing About India Deals Unlike Khaleda
Amid criticism by Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia of the latest deals signed with India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she hid nothing during the visit, unlike Khaleda did when she held the top post.....
Kejriwal Questions Credibility Of EC's 'open Challenge' To Hack EVMs
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned the credibility of the "open challenge" by the Election Commission (EC) to hack its electronic voting machines (EVMs).....
Modi To Launch BHIM-Aadhaar Digital Payments Platform On Friday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the BHIM-Aadhaar digital payments platform to boost the digital payments revolution on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, here on Friday.....
US Drops 'mother Of All Bombs' To Hit IS In Afghanistan
The US military on Thursday dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the "mother of all bombs", in eastern Afghanistan against a series of caves used by the Islamic State.....
