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उत्तराखंड के उत्तरकाशी में एक निर्माणाधीन सुरंग का एक हिस्सा ढहने से 41 मजदूरों के फंसने की घटना को शनिवार को 14 दिन हो गए हैं. घटना के दिन से ही बचाव अभियान शुरू हो गया था. यह अभियान जारी है और इस बीच कई बार आशा की किरणें देखी गईं, अधिकारियों ने नई-नई समय-सीमाएं बताईं. यहां तक कहा गया कि मजदूरों को सुरंग से निकालने में "बस कुछ ही घंटे बाकी" हैं. हालांकि अप्रत्याशित रुकावटों के चलते यह साफ हो गया कि रेस्क्यू टीमों की सबसे अच्छी योजनाएं विफल हो गई हैं और फंसे हुए मजदूरों को बचाने के प्रयास अब रविवार को फिर से शुरू होंगे. अमेरिकी ड्रिलिंग मशीन में कई दिनों के बाद तीसरी खराबी आ गई है. उसे शुक्रवार को सुरंग से निकाला गया है. राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंधन प्राधिकरण के सदस्य लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल (सेवानिवृत्त) ने शनिवार को कहा, "इस ऑपरेशन में लंबा समय लग सकता है." उन्होंने कहा, "जब आप किसी पहाड़ पर काम कर रहे होते हैं, तो सब कुछ अप्रत्याशित होता है. हमने कभी कोई समय सीमा नहीं दी." एनडीटीवी ने अब तक के बचाव अभियान की समय-सीमा पर एक नजर डाली. ऐसे कई मौके आए जब ऐसा लगा कि बा...

ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Saturday emphasised the necessity of deregulating unnecessary controls in the space sector to foster improved growth. He also attributed India's significant progress in the space industry to the opening up of the sector. Speaking to media here during the celebration of 60 years since India's first sounded rocket launch, Somanath highlighted that the involvement of the private sector in space science development has led to remarkable expansion in India's satellite-building capabilities. "Earlier, it was only ISRO for the development and production of satellites, launch vehicles, and related technologies. ISRO has only 17,000 people and a budget of Rs 13,000 crore. It remained so for all these years," S Somanath said. He said that India now has more than 130 startups in the space sector, with some companies boasting a workforce of 400 to 500 employees and a turnover ranging from Rs 500 to 1000 crores. "Some of them are paying be...

Amid protests and walkouts by opposition BJP and Congress members, Speaker Pramila Mallik on Friday adjourned Odisha Assembly sine die on Friday, at least 26 business days ahead of its schedule. The Winter Session of the Assembly which commenced on November 21 was scheduled to conclude on December 30. The Assembly secretariat had notified about 30 business days during this session. Government chief whip in Odisha Assembly Prashanta Muduli of BJD brought a motion to adjourn the House sine die for the remaining period. The proposal was supported by treasury bench members Sashi Bhusan Behera and Bhupinder Singh. The House could transact for only four days of which two days were wasted because of din over the Cabinet's decision to allow ST people to transfer their land to non-tribals and another day remained closed after making obituary reference to late members of the Assembly. The MLAs of the opposition BJP and Congress, however, strongly opposed the move and staged a walkout to ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called the Cabinet Secretary and other officials and instructed them to expedite the process of sub-categorisation in reservation for the Madiga community, government sources said. According to sources in the government of India, the Prime Minister also instructed the officials to expedite the committee formation for reservation to Madiga community. Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi, a community organisation of Madigas, is one of the biggest constituents of scheduled castes in Telugu states. Since 2013, PM Modi has closely interacted with Manda Krishna Madiga, whose organisation MRPS has been demanding internal reservations within the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. The MRPS was established in July 1994 in Edumudi village, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, under the leadership of Manda Krishna Madiga and others, with the aim of implementing internal reservations. Earlier in the month, PM Modi said that the BJP has stood with the Madiga comm...

The probe into the deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandana has hit a dead end as social media platforms have shown their inability to share information about individual(s) who have allegedly made the deepfake profiles. As per sources, the accused removed and deleted the account from the social media platforms. The officials said that the account could have been created with a fake identity and Virtual Private Network (VPN) could have been used to upload the deepfake videos. Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on November 18 said that notices were issued to all social media platforms directing them to take necessary steps to identify and remove such content. As per the officials, though the police detained a few suspects, none of them created the deepfake video in question rather they only shared the video. The investigation into the matter is still underway, the officials said. Delhi Police has received a response suggesting their inability to ...

A retired officer of the Indian Army was allegedly duped of over Rs 3 lakh by a travel agent in Gurugram, police said on Friday. The travel agent made the booking for Mauritius after taking Rs 3,68,500 online from the retired officer, but later cancelled the booking and got the refund fraudulently, they said. Major (Retd) Naresh Kumar Mawa, a resident of Sector 23 in Gurugram, in his complaint, said that he had to go to meet his son, who is pursuing a medical course in Mauritius, and contacted a travel agent named Krishan Kant Sharma, a resident of Rajasthan's Jaipur, police said. "I had made a total payment of Rs 3,68,500 to the travel agent through UPI payments in parts, but the agent cancelled the tickets after booking them including total stay without informing me and made a fraud of this amount. He switched off his phone and is not reachable," Major (Retd) Mawa said in his complaint. An FIR was registered against the travel agent following the complaint under sec...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said for the first time in the 'Amritkaal' of India's independence, the country has come out of the mentality of slavery and is moving ahead with the feeling of pride for its heritage. He was addressing the 'Mirabai Janmotsav', organised here to celebrate the 525th birth anniversary of the poet and Lord Krishna devotee. "Today for the first time in the 'Amritkaal' of India's independence, the country has come out of the mentality of slavery, PM Modi said. "We have taken the pledge of 'Panch Pran' from the Red Fort. We are moving ahead with the feeling of pride for our heritage," he said. Mentioning Mirabai, he said, "Our country has always been the one that worships women power". PM Modi also released a commemorative stamp and coin in the honour of Mirabai and attend a cultural programme, in which Hema Malini performed. Before attending the event, the prime minister paid obeis...