Gusty winds, heavy shower lash Bhopal

Hailstorm, heavy rainfall damage crops in many parts of state Bhopal experienced gusty winds at speeds ranging from 65 to 70 kilometers per hour, accompanied by heavy rain on Tuesday evening. This weather phenomenon resulted in power outages in several localities across the state capital. In a sudden turn of weather conditions, Bhopal experienced a…

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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches ‘Swayam Plus’ platform to be operated by IIT Madras

Chennai, Feb 28 (UNI) Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform that will offer courses developed collaboratively with the industry at an event in Delhi on Tuesday. These employability and professional development‐focused programs have been developed with leading industry players such as L&T, Microsoft, CISCO etc….

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Ongoing famine in Gaza alerts UN

United Nations, Feb 28 (UNI) The permanent observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, on Tuesday told the Security Council that Gaza is currently experiencing a famine, which worsens daily due to the ongoing “criminal aggression” by Israel. “We must stop for a moment and consider what this truly means,”…

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31 dead in Mali road accident

Bamoka, Feb 28 (UNI) Thirty-one people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus traveling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in southeastern Mali, the Malian Ministry of Transport said Tuesday. The accident occurred around 5:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on the bridge crossing the Bagoe River, the ministry said in a…

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Morocco rescues 56 sub-Saharan migrants off coast

Rabat, Feb 28 (UNI) The Moroccan navy rescued 56 sub-Saharan migrants bound for the Canary Islands on Monday off the Atlantic coast, the official news agency MAP reported on Tuesday. The boat carrying the migrants was in distress due to “very unfavorable weather conditions” when it was intercepted by a Moroccan navy ship on a…

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6 killed in Nigeria building collapse

Abuja, Feb 28 (UNI) A building under construction at a market in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra collapsed Monday night, killing at least six and injuring some 20 others. A search was under way for other survivors at the Odu-Igbo Market in the state’s commercial city of Onitsha, the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria…

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Abhinav Bindra, Neeraj Chopra, Anju Bobby George to be part of Bharat Sports Science Conclave

New Delhi, (UNI) A plethora of current and former athletes including Tokyo Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra, India’s first individual Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, 2003 World Championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George, 2012 Olympics Bronze Medallist Yogeshwar Dutt and Indian Cricketer Deepak Chahar and top sports science experts like South African Athlete Performance Specialist…

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