Of towns on the Ganges, Varanasi was ranked cleanest in the Swachh Survekshan survey 2023, with Prayagraj and Bijnor finishing a close second and third.
The incident took place near Magdalla Port on Dumas road when a large number of truck drivers blocked the road demanding withdrawal of the new law on hit-and-run cases.
The chaos occurred when passengers were boarding Bihar-bound special train – Tapti Ganga Express – for the upcoming Chhath festival at Surat railway station on Saturday.
At least eight diamond workers in Surat have died by suicide in the past three months with about 15,000 laid off while the industry's losses have increased from 1% to 15-20% annually in the last five years.
India exported lab diamonds worth $216.07 million in financial year 2017-18. The latest numbers – between April 2022 & February 2023 – stand at $1568.55 million.
Traders in Surat say rough diamonds that arrive in India are 'substantially transformed'. Any G7 sanctions on Russian diamonds will negatively hurt industry, they fear.
Surat's diamond industry hit by global slowdown, unrest, and floods in Africa, from where raw diamonds are sourced. Workers union says 20% companies have halted operations.
Arvind Kejriwal's show of support for Rahul Gandhi comes at a time when AAP has been part of Congress-led opposition bloc demanding a JPC probe into the Hindenburg report on Adani.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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