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June 17, 2025 8:50 PM June 17, 2025 8:50 PM

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Rain in Delhi-NCR brings respite from  scorching heat

  Parts of Delhi-NCR have experienced light to moderate rainfall today afternoon, accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds, bringing much-needed respite from the scorching heat. The weather department has issued a yellow alert for moderate rainfall and thunderstorms across the region for the nex...

June 17, 2025 8:33 PM June 17, 2025 8:33 PM

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Calcutta HC stays preparation of new OBC list

The Calcutta High Court has stayed the preparation of a new list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the West Bengal, which included the addition of new castes to the existing list of OBC classes. A division bench of Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Tapabrata Chakraborty issued the interim stay until ...

June 17, 2025 6:05 PM June 17, 2025 6:05 PM

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Monsoon hits Jharkhand;  rainfall expected to intensify in coming days

  The Southwest monsoon today arrived in Jharkhand. The monsoon winds have reached the eastern parts of the state including in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, and Bokaro. The India Meteorological Department has predicted that the monsoon will cover the entire state within the next 48 hours. Early ...

June 17, 2025 5:02 PM June 17, 2025 5:02 PM

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Maharashtra: Cabinet approves MahaAgri-AI 2025-29 to transform agri sector

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved MahaAgri-AI 2025-29, the state’s agriculture-artificial intelligence policy. It aims to bring significant transformation in the agriculture sector through the use of artificial intelligence, generative AI, drones, computer vision, robotics, and predictive analyti...

June 17, 2025 12:44 PM June 17, 2025 12:44 PM

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IMD predicts extremely heavy rainfall in Saurashtra & Kutch

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the Saurashtra and Kutch regions today. The met department said that under the influence of two low-pressure areas formed over south Gujarat and its neighborhood and southwest Bangladesh and adjoining ...

June 17, 2025 9:34 AM June 17, 2025 9:34 AM

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Meghalaya allocates 8% of state budget to health, highest in India

Meghalaya now allocates eight per cent of its total state budget to the highest in the country, an official statement said today. Since 2010, the state’s health budget has grown nearly sixfold, from Rs 300 crore to Rs 1,700 crore in 2023. Major investments have been made across Primary and Community...

June 17, 2025 9:22 AM June 17, 2025 9:22 AM

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At least 14 killed in lightning strikes across 8 districts in Bihar as monsoon nears

In Bihar, at least 14 people died in separate incidents of lightning in eight different districts during the past 24 hours. According to sources, a maximum of four fatalities were registered in the Buxar district, followed by three each in West Champaran and Katihar. Fatalities have also been report...

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