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Ola Electric raises $250 million from SoftBank
02 Jul 2019
Ola’s move also supplements government’s ambitious target of 30 per cent overall electric mobility by 2030 and 40 per cent EV target for ride-sharing companies by 2026, in order to curtail air pollution and carbon emissions
Cyclone Vayu changes course, may veer off Gujarat coast
13 Jun 2019
Fishermen have been advised not to venture into north Arabian Sea and along and off Gujarat coast till 15 and over east-central Arabian Sea and along and off Maharashtra Coast on 13 June 2019 even as the IMD has forecast likely damage for Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka
Evacuation on, trains cancelled as Cyclone Vayu heads for Gujarat coast
12 Jun 2019
Western Railway said it has cancelled or short-terminated all passenger and Mail/Express trains to Veraval, Okha, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Gandhidham, but will operate one special train from each station to evacuate people from these areas
Gujarat on alert for Cyclone `Vayu’
11 Jun 2019
Where there's waste there's fertiliser
15 May 2019
The bird that came back from the dead
10 May 2019
Three dead as Cyclone Fani pummels temple town Puri
03 May 2019
The IMD said `Fani’ is very likely weaken further over the next nine hours as it continues to move north-northeastward and weaken further after it reaches Gangetic West Bengal tomorrow
Over 2 lakh evacuated along east coast as Cyclone Fani looms
02 May 2019
Authorities expect a total of about 800,000 people to be evacuated from low-lying areas of Odisha to cyclone shelters, schools and other buildings before the cyclonic storm makes a landfall by Friday
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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