Day: December 9, 2019

Government is providing quality teachers in schools and colleges through Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission

open view news desk The Central Sector Scheme of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers & Teaching (PMMMNMTT) was launched in December, 2014. It will continue till March 2020. The aim of this mission is to provide quality teachers in schools and colleges, attract talented people […]

Take Over of the Instrumentation Limited

open view news desk The Union Cabinet had on 30.11.2016 approved the closure of the Kota Unit of Instrumentation Limited and had accorded in principle approval for the transfer of Palakkad Unit of Instrumentation Limited to the Government of Kerala (GoK). The GoK had constituted a High Level […]

Curtain Raiser on Human Rights Day

open view news desk Human Rights Day is celebrated on the 10th December every year to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 as the shared standard yardstick to protect human rights […]

5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving many more missing. Police said the site was still too dangerous hours later for rescuers […]

New Delhi fire victims lived and worked in unsafe spaces

NEW DELHI — Mehboob Alam’s phone rang at 5:04 a.m. Sunday. It was his 38-year-old nephew, Mohammad Imran, pleading to be saved. A minute into the call, Imran’s voice disappeared. Alam ran toward his nephew in a crowded section of central New Delhi, through the winding labyrinth of […]

Activists storm into Maltese PM’s office building

VALLETTA – Activists barged into the building that houses the office of Malta’s prime minister early on Monday to demand Joseph Muscat’s immediate resignation amid an investigation into the 2017 killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Muscat is not directly implicated in the investigation but has said he […]

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

LONDON – A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and South East Asia and has “serious epidemic potential”, global health and infectious disease specialists said on Monday. The virus, identified in 1999 in Malaysia and Singapore, has sparked outbreaks with […]

‘Sudden’ volcano eruption in New Zealand kills five, several missing

TAURANGA, New Zealand – At least five people were killed, up to 20 injured and several reported missing after a volcano that is a tourist attraction suddenly erupted off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island on Monday. Police said more casualties were feared on White Island, where […]

Satellite images show North Korea tried out rocket engine in ‘very important’ test – experts

SEOUL – Satellite imagery captured before and after North Korea conducted what it called a “very important” test at its missile launch site suggested it had tested a rocket engine, experts said on Monday. It was the latest of a series of weapons tests and statements from Pyongyang, […]

CRPF constable shoots self dead in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Dec 9: A22-year-old CRPF constable allegedly committed suicide on Monday afternoon by shooting himself with his service weapon in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said. The incident occurred at Geedam bus stand in Dantewada, nearly 400 kms away from Raipur, after a group of 22 personnel of the CRPF’s […]

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