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Students protest Srinagar school’s move to allegedly ban ‘Abaya’

Students of Vishwa Bharti Girls Higher Secondary School, Rainawari Srinagar, protest against the school administration for allegedly not allowing students to enter the school premises wearing ‘Abaya’, in Srinagar.

11% of India’s population is diabetic while 15.3% could be pre-diabetic, says study

Around 15.4% of the urban population and 15.2% of rural India are in the pre-diabetic stage. Image for representation purpose only.

ICMR-INDAB study reveals the burden of NCDs could be higher than anticipated; the estimation is based on an analysis of the prevalence of obesity, hypertension and hypercholestrolemia (presence of bad cholesterol)

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Kumbh Mela at Tribeni: inventing tradition in West Bengal

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Empty coach of Jan Shatabdi train derails in Chennai while being taken to yard for cleaning

Mettur dam and the centenary of a milestone Cauvery agreement

The construction of the dam at Mettur took nine years and it came into use on August 21, 1934. The important benefits of the dam are stabilising irrigation, ensuring livelihood for lakhs of farmers and contributing to food security.

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Security personnel conduct Joint Combing Operations in sensitive areas both the Hills and Valley sectors of Manipur on June 8.

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Visitors enjoy the weather as dark clouds cover the Kochi skyline during the onset of monsoon over Kerala on June 8, 2023.

Top news of the day: IMD declares arrival of monsoon in Kerala; Jaishankar accuses Canada of providing space to extremist forces, and more

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi and others after a meeting, in New Delhi. File

Morning Digest | Opposition meeting to be held in Patna on June 23; 10 Manipur MLAs issued notice for ‘separatism’, and more

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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur speaks with the media after a meeting with wrestlers, outside his residence in New Delhi on June 7, 2023.

Top news of the day: Wrestlers agree to suspend protest till June 15 after meeting with Sports Minister; Centre to hike MSP for kharif crops, and more

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A 10-member CBI team reached the site of the train accident as part of its investigation into the train tragedy that took place on June 2 in Balasore on June 6.

Morning Digest | CBI team gathers evidence at Balasore crash site; Centre sends additional troops to Manipur as crisis soars, and more

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CBI officials during the investigation into the triple-train accident, near Bahanga Bazar railway station in Balasore district of Odisha on June 6, 2023.

Top news of the day: CBI begins probe in Odisha train accident, collects first-hand report; Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, and more

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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waves as a train passes after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on Sunday night, June 4, 2023.

Morning Digest | CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe; 3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur, and more

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A view of the site where a tragic Balasore train accident took place.

Top news of the day: Sakshi Malik refutes rumours of wrestlers’ protest withdrawal; NDRF ends rescue operation in Odisha rail accident; and more

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The first train on the section where the accident happened in Balasore started its journey on June 4, 51 hours after the horrific crash that killed 275 people.

Morning Digest | First train chugs out of accident-hit area in Balasore after 51 hours; Under construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Bhagalpur, and more

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Restoration work underway at the site of Friday’s triple train accident near Bahanaga Bazar railway station, in Balasore, Odisha, on June 4, 2023.

Top news of the day: Railway Board says ‘signalling interference’ caused Odisha train accident; three-member panel to probe Manipur ethnic violence, and more

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Activists of IFTU organised a candle rally in Vijayawada on Saturday expressing grief over the Odisha train tragedy.

Morning Digest | CAG’s 2022 report on ‘Derailments in Indian Railways’ flagged multiple shortcomings; normalcy returning in Manipur, says security adviser, and more

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An aerial view of three trains that collided, killing at least 288 passengers at Bahanaga railway station of Balasore, Odisha.

Top news of the day: Odisha train accident death toll rises to 288; preliminary probe says signal was given and taken off for Coromandel Express, and more

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Locals gather after the Coromandel Express derails after hitting a goods train near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday.

Morning Digest | 233 people killed, over 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash; PM Modi announced ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of deceased, and more

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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaks during a khap mahapanchayat to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Kurukshetra in Haryana on June 2, 2023.

Top news of the day: Karnataka Cabinet decides to implement 5 poll guarantees this year; ‘Khap mahapanchayat’ gives government time till June 9 to act on wrestlers’ demands, and more

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