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Odisha: BJD releases manifesto, promises free electricity up to 100 units

Bhubaneswar, May 10 , 2024 : The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha announced on Friday free electricity to consumers using 100 units in a month and a 50 percent subsidy for using 100 to 150 units in the state. Releasing the party’s election manifesto, christened the “Peoples Manifesto,” on Thursday night, BJD Supremo…

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Pune: Gadkari to address public rally on May 11

Pune, May 10 , 2024 : Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkar is set to hold a public rally in Pune on May 11 to endorse the BJP candidate Muralidhar Mohol. Gadkari has given thousands of crores of funds for the development of Pune city and district through the Union Ministry of Road Transport. “Due…

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TN CEO directs authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply at strong rooms for EVMs

Chennai, May 10 , 2024 : Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo has directed the authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply in all the strong rooms across the state where the EVMs were kept after the April 19 polling for the Lok Sabha elections. The counting will take place on June 4. Mr Sahoo’s…

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Toll increases to 10 in TN cracker unit blast

Chennai, May 10 , 2024 : The toll in cracker unit blast at Sengamalapatti village in Sivakasi in the southern Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, rose to 10. The deceased included six women. Police sources said 13 people who were injured in the blast and sustained burns were undergoing treatment at the hospital. The blast…

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Hungary, China signed 18 agreements during Xi Jinping’s visit to Budapest

Budapest, May 10 , 2024 : Hungary and China have signed 18 agreements on cooperation in the railway and electric vehicles industries, as well as in other sectors, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said in a video message on social media. “Today, the President and [Hungarian]…

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Death toll from deadly Brazil storms rises to 107

Sao Paulo, May 10 , 2024 : – The death toll from over 10 days of deadly storms in south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 107, local authorities confirmed Thursday after seven more deaths were registered. Since the storms began on April 29, dumping record amounts of rain and sparking widespread…

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Australian gov’t to set up inquiry to examine impact of social media

Canberra, May 10 , 2024 : The Australian government will set up an inquiry into the influence of social media. Michelle Rowland, the minister for communications, and Stephen Jones, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, announced on Friday plans to establish a joint parliamentary committee to examine and report on the impacts of social…

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Moroccan navy rescues 38 migrants off Atlantic coast

Rabat, May 10 , 2024 : The Moroccan navy rescued 38 migrants from a boat off the Atlantic coast near the port of Tan-Tan on Thursday, the official MAP news agency cited a statement from the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces as saying. A Moroccan navy unit, in charge of coastal surveillance, intercepted the makeshift boat…

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Sri Lanka to hold presidential election between Sept. 17-Oct. 16

Colombo, May 10 , 2024 : Sri Lanka will hold presidential elections between September 17 and October 16, the country’s Election Commission said in a statement. “By virtue of the powers vested in the Election Commission to fix the date for the election, it will hold the presidential election between 17th September 2024 and 16th…

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Putin proposes to lower house to appoint Mishustin as Russia’s PM

Moscow, May 10 , 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia, to appoint Mikhail Mishustin as Russia’s Prime Minister, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday. “President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma on the candidacy of Mikhail…

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