INDIA
India supports Bangladesh's candidacy for WHO's SEARO ED post
Newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Kumar Doraiswami confirmed this while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence on Wednesday morning. Doraiswami also conveyed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings to Hasina and all the Bangladeshis.
Leh freezes at minus 11.9, Gulmarg shivers at minus 5.2
The mercury dropped to a bone-chilling minus 11.9 degree Celsius on Friday in Leh town of Ladakh region while the famous ski resort, Gulmarg of Jammu and Kashmir recorded minus 5.2 degree Celsius as the minimum temperature.
'Spike in crime rate in Bihar a failure of Nitish govt'
On Wednesday, the Chief Minister had held a marathon meeting with top cops and officials of the civil administration after gold jewelleries worth crores of rupees were robbed at gunpoint from a shop in Darbhanga district.
Anti-cow slaughter Bill will impact milk production: Kumaraswamy
Kumaraswamy is pushed to the corner for the controversial stand taken on the day of Bharat Bandh by backing the ruling BJP's controversial Bill on Land Reforms, which has angered a section of farmer leaders in the state.
5 Pakistan soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by India along Line of Control
Pakistan initiated unprovoked firing and shelling targeting civilian facilities in Mankote sector of the LoC in Poonch district on Thursday. Damage was caused to civilian properties due to indiscriminate targeting of civilian facilities by the Pakistan army.
Prime Minister pays tribute to martyrs of Assam movement
"On Swahid Diwas, we pay homage to the great martyrs of the Assam Movement," PM Modi said in a tweet.
Fake call centre duping US nationals busted, 2 held
The call centre used to cheat American nationals on the pretext of computer security and used to charge $100 to $500 as service charge via e-cheque, debit and credit cards, the police said on Thursday.
BJP, AAP spar over 'attack' on Sisodia's house, police file case
BJP workers earlier staged a protest near Sisodia's residence over an alleged conspiracy to kill mayors and leaders of the party-ruled municipal corporations and staged an indefinite dharna demanding payment of dues from the Kejriwal government.
Assam NRC not final, 2.77 lakh 'undeserving' on it, HC told
Assam's NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma, following the court's direction in October, submitted a detailed affidavit, saying that the NRC published in August last year was only a "supplementary list" and the final document is yet to published by the Registrar General of India (RGI).
IndianOil refinery utilisation rises to 100% in November
On a sequential basis, this figure stood at 88 per cent in October and last year for the same period last year, it was 99 percent.
The company said that as the Indian economy prepares to bounce back, IndianOil has gradually raised the throughput of its refineries to the maximum capacity in six months from about 55 per cent of rated capacity at the beginning of May 2020.
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