March 22, 2025 10:29 PM

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Swiss Open Badminton: Treesa-Gayatri Exit in Women’s Doubles Semifinals

In the Swiss Open Badminton, India’s women’s doubles pair, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, bowed out of the Swiss Open after a hard-fought semifinal loss to world number 1 Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning of China. The world No. 9 Indian duo fell 21-15, 15-21, 12-21 this evening.   With this defeat, I...

March 22, 2025 9:02 PM

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India Sends Humanitarian Aid to Botswana & Kiribati

India has sent humanitarian assistance to Botswana in the wake of floods in the country. The External Affairs Ministry said in a social media post that the first tranche of around 10 tonnes of assistance comprising essential medicines, surgical supplies, mosquito nets, and water purifiers was dispat...

March 22, 2025 9:01 PM

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Hindi Writer Vinod Kumar Shukla Wins Jnanpith Award

A famous Hindi poet and writer from Chhattisgarh, Vinod Kumar Shukla, has been selected for the Jnanpith award. This award is considered the country’s highest literary honour. This was announced in New Delhi today. Mr Shukla lives in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. He was born on January 1, 194...

March 22, 2025 8:55 PM

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BJD President Naveen Patnaik Opposes Population-Based Lok Sabha Delimitation

BJD President Naveen Patnaik has cautioned against using population as the sole criterion for the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. He said it will unfairly penalise states that successfully controlled their population growth. The BJD president advocated for an all-party discussion by the Un...

March 22, 2025 8:48 PM

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Centre Lifts 20% Export Duty on Onions from April 1

The Centre has withdrawn the 20 percent duty on onion exports, effective from 1st April. According to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, this will ensure remunerative prices to farmers while maintaining the affordability of onions to the consumers at a crucial juncture. ...

March 22, 2025 8:43 PM

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Jal Shakti Minister Launches ‘Catch the Rain 2025’ Campaign in Haryana

Today on World Water Day, Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil launched the country-wide Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain - 2025 from Panchkula, Haryana. This campaign has been launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the...

March 22, 2025 8:43 PM

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ECI Holds Grassroots Meetings to Resolve Polling Issues Nationwide

The Election Commission today said grassroots-level meetings with political parties are underway at ERO, DEO, and CEO levels. A total of 4,123 electoral registration officers, and EROs, across the country are holding all-party meetings to resolve any pending polling booth-level issues in their assem...

March 22, 2025 10:29 PM

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Cricket: IPL 2025 Kicks Off at Eden Gardens as KKR Faces RCB

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, IPL-2025, kicked off today at the iconic Eden Gardens, marking the start of another thrilling season of T20 cricket.   In the opening match against, chasing 175 for victory, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, RCB were 128 for 2 after 13 overs against defendin...