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Jharkhand Fights Malaria: Panchayat Leaders Honored for Disease Control Efforts | Ranchi News

Ranchi: The health department on Saturday felicitated 10 panchayat representatives, mainly mukhiyas from different districts, for their contributions in controlling malaria and filaria cases through awareness campaigns and community participation.Addressing the World Malaria Day event, National Health Mission (NHM), Jharkhand director, Shashi Prakash Jha said, “The govt is serious about protecting people’s health. With regular…

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Skyroot flags off Vikram-1 rocket hardware to Sriharikota | India News

A trailer truck carrying the flight hardware of Indian leading space startup Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 — India’s first privately developed orbital rocket in Hyderabad — was flagged off by Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, marking the rocket’s formal departure to the launch site at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Skyroot is set…

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Maharashtra: Complainant turns hostile, MLA acquitted in 2022 assault case | Mumbai News

Thane: A magistrate court acquitted NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and 11 of his accomplices in the Viviana Mall assault case after the complainant and all prosecution witnesses turned hostile. The judgment, delivered by Joint Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class R B Khandare, concluded that the prosecution had failed to establish the charges…

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GCC plans windrow composting plant at Perungudi, two facilities at Manali | Chennai News

Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to expand composting infrastructure to strengthen solid waste management across the city. A 1,000-tonne windrow compost plant will be set up on 20acres of biomined land at Perungudi dump yard under a public-private partnership model.In north Chennai, two additional composting plants, each with a capacity of 50 tonnes a…

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From borders to drones, Bihar ramps up anti-liquor crackdown | Patna News

Patna: Since April 2016, when the Nitish Kumar-led govt enforced complete prohibition under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, the state has been locked in an unrelenting, high-stakes battle against liquor smuggling from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. What began as a policy decision has evolved into a sweeping enforcement campaign, marked by…

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Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Security Tightened for Bisu Sendra Festival Hunting Ritual | Ranchi News

Jamshedpur: To prevent hunting on the occasion of Bisu Sendra festival, the forest department has put in place elaborate security measures in the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, officials said. Several tribal groups will venture into the sanctuary on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday to observe the hunting ritual on Sunday.“We have deployed over 500…

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