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DMRC to build monorail in Kozhikode and Thiruananthapuram

June 15, 2013

The Cabinet has given its nod for the signing the general consultancy agreement with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the Rs. 5,581-crore elevated mass rapid transit system in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. After the signing of this pact, the DMRC ..

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Number of Royal Bengal Tiger in Sudarbans exceeds 2011 census estimates

June 13, 2013

As per a new study conducted in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF) and Wildlife Institute of India, the number of Royal Bengal tigers in the four ranges of the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) and the adjoining South 24 ..

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ONGC adopts six monuments under Campaign Clean India

June 7, 2013

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has agreed to the initiative of Ministry of Tourism for permitting ONGC for adopting six monuments under Campaign Clean India. The six monuments/tourist destinations are: Taj Mahal at Agra, Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, Elephanta Caves ..

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First All-Women Police Station starts functioning in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

June 6, 2013

To combat the issue of increasing crimes against the women, the first all-women police station started functioning in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh). The state cabinet had recently passed a proposal to set up all-women police station. To deal with crime against women, ..

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Rajasthan to get two new airports

June 5, 2013

As per Airports Authority of India (AAI), the civil airports in Jaisalmer and Bikaner in Rajasthan will be made operational before the end of this year. Both airports will be inaugurated in August this year. The AAI will conduct surveys about unused airstrips and old airport buildings ..

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Kerala launches Seaplane service

June 4, 2013

With an aim to boost tourism in the state launched the seaplane service at a function on the Asramam banks of Ashtamudi Lake amid protests from the fishing community who are of the view that the service would affect their ..

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Tension escalate b/w Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile water diversion

June 4, 2013

Dispute b/w Egypt and Ethiopia has resurfaced over the diversion of a major Nile tributary even as Ethiopia continues construction of Africa’s biggest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the world’s longest river. What is the issue? Background: Nile, which ..

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Madhya Pradesh govt to listen to oustees of the Omkareshwar dam project

June 2, 2013

The MP government has decided to hear out the issues of the oustees of the Omkareshwar dam project who have been protesting standing in waist to neck-deep water, for the last two weeks as part of their jal satyagraha. Why this ..

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