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Air ambulance loses wheel during takeoff from Nagpur, safely belly-lands at Mumbai airport

It safely belly-landed on a foam carpet which was created on the runway by spreading foam using fire extinguishers so that the plane doesn't catch fire during emergency landing.

As Covid deaths spike in second wave, Nagpur again turns city buses into hearses

Nagpur has registered the most Covid deaths of any district in worst-hit state of Maharashtra, and recorded 60 on 1 April — the highest in the second wave.

Tigress Avni’s offspring dies 8 days after being released into the wild in Maharashtra

Avni was shot dead in 2018 after being declared a man-eater. Her female offspring died during treatment of injuries following a fight in a forest.

Lockdown in Nagpur from 15-21 March as Covid cases rise, govt offices to work at 25% capacity

District guardian minister Nitin Raut said private offices will remain closed during the lockdown, while shops of essential commodities will stay open and liquor will be sold online.

Antigen test at venue, couples counselling — how Maharashtra’s tackling super-spreader weddings

Maharashtra has so far recorded 21.6 lakh Covid cases, of which 79,093 are active. Pune has the most number of active cases at 15,872, followed by Nagpur and Thane.

GST investigators come across fraudulent transactions of Rs 290 crore linked to Mumbai firm

Searches revealed that the Mumbai-based firm was engaged in licensing rights of film production houses for broadcast on national and international channels.

‘Can’t ensure functioning mess’ — 150 IRS trainees told to leave Nagpur academy amid lockdown

IRS trainees at National Academy of Direct Taxes in Nagpur say their leave requests weren’t heard earlier when transport was available. Official says order not mandatory.

BJP dealt big blow in Maharashtra stronghold Nagpur, gets routed in Zilla Parishad polls

Result is a massive setback for BJP as Nagpur is one of its strongholds — Devendra Fadnavis and Nitin Gadkari belong to the city, which is also RSS headquarters. 

‘Meatrown’ at Howdy Modi, Nagpur’s oranges running out of juice & BSP losing its elephants

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‘Doer’ Nitin Gadkari has reshaped Nagpur, but experts criticise lack of planning by govts

From the metro to road construction and upgradation of the airport, Nagpur today bears its MP and union minister Nitin Gadkari’s stamp.

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Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

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.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

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.