Tiger number rises in India, but vanishes from three parks

According to the latest national tiger census released, on Monday, by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there has been nearly 33 per cent rise in the number of tigers in India. The count of tigers has reached to 2,967 compared to the count of 2,226 in 2014. Read More
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World leaders congratulate Modi over landslide election win

With the trend indicating that the NDA led by the BJP heading towards a landslide victory on the 2019 Lok Sabha election, international leaders have already started to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for retaining power with an even greater mandate than 2014. Read More
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SC rejects Tej Bahadur’s plea versus his nomination cancellation

The Supreme Court rejected former BSF jawan and Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav’s petition challenging the Election Commission’s decision to reject his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Read More
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India slips two ranks in World Press Freedom Index 2019

India is ranked 140th out of 180 countries across the world in the World Press Freedom Index 2019. This is a fall of two ranks from the 138th position India was ranked in 2018. Read More
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In Deoband, SP, BSP, RLD first-ever joint rally pulls sea of loyalists

The show of strength by the three powerful regional parties – Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal – in Deoband pulled lakhs of loyalists from the three parties the rally where Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav and Ajit Singh shared the stage for the first time. Read More
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Air pollution killed 1.2 million people in India in 2017: Global study

Air pollution is the third-highest cause of death in India among all health risks, claimed a global study. The study has revealed that bad air quality alone has contributed to over 1.2 million deaths in India in 2017. Read More
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US rights report: ‘Right-wingers intimidating Indian media’

Quoting the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, the report says Hindu nationalists are trying to purge all manifestations of “anti-national” thought from the national debate, self-censorship is growing in the mainstream media and journalists are targeted. Read More
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LS poll: RLD officially joins SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh

The Rashtriya Lok Dal will contest along with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election. This comes after a monthlong negotiation. Read More
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Rising tensions: World urges India, Pakistan to show restrain

Following the rapid escalation of hostilities between the Pulwama terror attack, which triggered Indian air strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan and subsequent Pakistani military retaliation, world leaders have urged both New Delhi and Islamabad to de-escalate tensions. Read More
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In UP, small parties step up talks with SP, BSP, Congress

After BSP and SP announced that they were forming an alliance in UP for this year’s Lok Sabha election and the subsequent announcement by the Congress that it would contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, smaller parties intensified alliance talks with all the three. Read More
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