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These are top 5 Indian airports where the most amount of smuggled gold was seized in 2019-20

According to government data, gold smuggling fell marginally in 2019-20 compared to the previous fiscal.

How Lakshadweep has managed to be India’s only territory without coronavirus

The union territory, which is an archipelago of 36 islands, has even requested the central government to allow schools to reopen.

698 repatriated Indians arrive from the Maldives on naval ship INS Jalashwa

Inspector General of Police Vijay Sakhare said all arrangements are in place to facilitate the safe stay of those repatriated, comprising 440 Keralites.

20 Dubai-bound passengers detained at Kochi airport after UK national tests +ve for COVID-19

This takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kerala to 20 so far.

High-rise apartment complexes in Kochi’s Maradu brought down by controlled implosion

The Supreme Court in September 2019 had directed that the apartment complexes be demolished because it violated Coastal Regulation Zone norms.

It’s time airports began evaluating the risks of flooding

Several airports around the world are built on low lying marshes with flat, undeveloped land.

Kerala floods: This is what Kochi has to do to avoid drowning again

After being marooned for days, Kochi residents say the city needs better planning and removal of illegal encroachment over canals.

Airfare for Kerala flights capped at Rs 10,000, but airlines couldn’t care less

Despite a DGCA directive after the Kerala floods, airfare on the Delhi-Kochi route is expected to remain as high as Rs 55,000 till 26 August.

Kerala is not facing Lord Ayyappa’s wrath, flood video is from Mexico

The video, being shared on Twitter, falsely claims that a Hindu deity's wrath over the Sabarimala Temple case has caused the Kerala floods.

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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.