Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 3 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje, has called for the need to undertake coconut cultivation and processing as a commercial enterprise and target the export market to ensure remunerative returns to the small-holder farmers. She was delivering the inaugural address of the 25th World Coconut Day…
Kolhapur, Sep 3 (UNI) Alleging that the central and state governments were “unsuccessful” in solving people’s problems including rising inflation, and high GST on essential commodities, Congress leader in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Satej Patil on Sunday said the masses were expressing their discontent against the present Shinde-Phadnvis-Pawar government. Led by Patil, Kolhapur district Congress…
Harare, Sep 3 (UNI) Zimbabwe’s President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be sworn in on Monday for his second term in office, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has announced. The inauguration ceremony will be held at the 60,000-seater National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Mutsvangwa announced in a press release on…
New York, (UNI) Novak Djokovic (No. 2 seed) managed to come back from two sets down to beat Laslo Djere in full sets in the men’s singles third round, while China’s Wang Xinyu came out winner in both her singles and doubles matches at the US Open on Friday. The 36-year-old Serbian clawed past his…
Pallekele, (UNI) The much-awaited Asia Cup faceoff between India and Pakistan Asia Cup was called off due to intermittent rains at Pallekele Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. Both teams shared a point each, but Pakistan stormed into the Super-Four Stage of the tournament without sweating too much with the bat, and their pacers had a…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (UNI) As many as ten people have died and three injured in six districts in Odisha due to lightning, Special Relief Commissioner Office (SRC) office sources here said. SRC office sources said while four people died in Khordha, two died in Bolangir and one died each in Anugul, Boudh, Jagatsinghpur and Dhenkanal…
Oman, Sep 3 (UNI) The Indian men’s hockey team were crowned champions at the inaugural Hockey5s Asia Cup on Saturday night, which also served as Asia’s qualifying tournament for the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024, defeating Pakistan 4-4 (2-0) in the all-important Final. Subsequently, India qualified for the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup…
Bengaluru, Sep 2 (UNI) ISRO Chairman S Somnath on Saturday said the Chandrayaan-3 team is in the process of putting Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to sleep. “We are in the process of putting them both (Vikram lander and Pragyan rover) to sleep,” he said addressing ISRO scientists at Sriharikota after the successful injection of…
Sriharikota (AP), Sep 2 (UNI) “It’s like a dream come true”, that’s how Ms Nigar Shaji, the Project Director of Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India’s maiden Sun mission, said on Saturday. “My special thanks to the entire committee who had been there right from the day the project started and till the launch. My thanks to all…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against three Railway Officials in the Bahanaga train tragedy case which claimed 292 lives. The charge sheet was filed in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Bhubaneswar against the then SSE (Signal) Incharge, Balasore, then SSE (Signal), Soro and then…
