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Daily Bulletin: NASA finds Vikram Lander, NATO summit to begin in London, SPG amendment bill in RS; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 5 years agoNASA finds Vikram Lander, releases images of impact site on Moon surface; Amit Shah to move SPG amendment bill in Rajya Sabha; BJP to expel Jharkhand rebels ahead of state polls; day's top stories
Parliament Updates: Rajya Sabha passes Bill prohibiting e-cigarettes; don't doubt Centre's intention, says Harsh Vardhan
Fp Staff • 5 years agoParliament Updates: Rajya Sabha passed The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019. Meanwhile, both the Houses saw discussion on the Hyderabad rape and murder case, with the Opposition and Treasury benches uniting voices against the spate of crimes across the country.
Cyclone Maha likely to weaken into depression, light to moderate showers expected in parts of Maharashtra today, says IMD
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIn a bulletin released late on Wednesday night, the weather department said cyclone 'Maha' had moved east-northeastwards with a speed of 21 kmph and lay centred over east-central and adjoining northeast the Arabian Sea, about 250 km southwest of Porbandar in Gujarat and 290 km west-southwest of Diu.
Cyclone Maha: Schools, colleges in Maharashtra's Palghar to remain shut for three days as precautionary measure; villages near coast on high alert
• 5 years agoAccording to the Met department, parts of the coastal Konkan, central Maharashtra and Marthawada are likely to receive rains due to severe cyclonic storm 'Maha' which is expected to make landfall on the Gujarat coast on 7 November.
Cyclone Maha to cause rainfall in Maharashtra, Goa before making landfall in Gujarat tomorrow; system likely to weaken to 'storm'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoSevere cyclonic storm 'Maha' is expected to make landfall on the Gujarat coast near the Union Territory of Diu on Thursday, which will result in rainfall in parts of Maharashtra and Goa over the next two days.
Cyclone Maha: Several districts of Gujarat, Maharashtra to receive rain for next two days, predicts IMD; advises fishermen not to venture into sea
• 5 years agoApart from these areas, some isolated places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala and Mahe are also likely to receive heavy rainfall on Tuesday
Cyclone Kyarr likely to intensify into extremely severe storm in next 24 hours, to bring rains, thundershowers to Saurashtra, south Gujarat
• 5 years agoThe met department said the sea will become 'rough to very rough' along and off the south Gujarat coast during the next 24 hours until Sunday afternoon
NITI Aayog releases SEQI: Kerala tops in quality of schools among 20 large states in India, Uttar Pradesh worst performer
• 5 years agoKerala has emerged on top among 20 large states in terms of School Education Quality Index (SEQI), which measures quality of school education, followed by Rajasthan and Karnataka, while the most-populous Uttar Pradesh was ranked at the bottom position during 2016-17
Amit Shah arrives in Goa to chair Western Zonal Council meet; Devendra Fadnavis, Pramod Sawant, Vijay Rupani to attend conclave
• 6 years agoUnion home minister Amit Shah arrived in Goa on Thursday to chair the 24th meeting of Western Zonal Council.
25 state govts to pay one crore for every month plastic disposal plans aren't submitted to Centre
• 6 years agoThe states were expected to submit action plans for plastic disposal by 30 April to the Pollution Control Board.