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Air India becomes first airline globally to use ‘Taxibot’ on Airbus flight

Oct 15, 2019 New Delhi: Air India scripted history on Tuesday by becoming the first airline in the world to use a TaxiBot on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a commercial flight with passengers onboard.…

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Nobel winner feels no grand theory can explain underdevelopment: Economists

By Sirshendu Panth Oct 15, 2019 Kolkata: Successful micro-level field experiments like the one that established a connect between barefoot children, whooping cough and school drop outs in Africa characterise the works of Abhijit Vinayak…

Development/People

A very big day for us, says Abhijit Banerjee’s alma mater

Oct 14, 2019 Kolkata:  Calling it a very big day for the institution, the South Point High School here on Monday rejoiced at its alumnus Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee getting the coveted Nobel Prize for Economics.…

Development/Education

Jamia Hamdard to honour Dr Frank F Islam

Dr Farnk F Islam   Oct 11, 2019 New Delhi: Jamia Hamdadrd university will confer Honorary Doctorate on eminent Indian American, industry and civic leader Dr Frank F. Islam Dr Islam, who is an information…

5,300 refugee families from Pak to get Rs 5.5 lakh each

Oct 9, 2019 New Delhi: Refugee families that had migrated to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan will give financial support of Rs 5.5 lakh each, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on  announced…

Development/Railways

Swachh Survey: Lucknow ranks 150th, Varanasi also slips

Oct 4, 2019 Lucknow: The Charbagh railway station and Lucknow Junction have been ranked 150th and 109th among 700-odd railway stations in the country in a cleanliness survey conducted by Indian Railways and Quality Council…

Kashmir to be among most developed states in next 10 years: Shah

Oct 3, 2019 New Delhi: Flagging off the second semi-high speed indigenous Vande Bharat train from the national capital to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that Kashmir…

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TN 100 per cent free of open defecation, reveals data

Oct 2, 2019 Chennai:  Tamil Nadu has achieved 100 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status as per data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014,…

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Jaipur, Jodhpur, Durgapura cleanest stations: Railway survey

Oct 2, 2019 New Delhi:  Three railway stations in Rajasthan — Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura — have topped the list of the Railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal here. Jaipur…

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A Swachh Bharat milestone: Google Maps show 57K public toilets in India

Oct 2, 2019 New Delhi:  In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Google Maps now lists over 57,000 public toilets in over 2,300 cities across the country, the company announced on…

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