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Bengaluru metro worries poaching of engineers for railway project

Post the grant of Union Cabinet for K-RIDE for Bengaluru suburban train project, Namma Metro has the rising concern about its engineers being poached b the railway agency. Ajay Seth, Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), had put forth the issue in a letter addressed to Amit Garg, MD of Rail Infrastructure Development…

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Nine detained in Bengaluru for enforcing strike on BMTC staff

Two FIRs have been filed at the Upparpet Police Station and nine people have been arrested for assaulting the on-duty staffers of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). The FIRs were registered while having links with the strike invoked by the state transport department on Saturday. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), West, said, “In yesterday’s incidents,…

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UN chief directs the world leaders to declare ‘climate emergency’ for states

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, while addressing the opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday iterated that world leaders should take the move to declare states of ‘climate emergency’ in their respective countries to take immediate steps to avert catastrophic global warming. The summit has over 70 countries in the one-day virtual gathering which focuses…

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UPS, FedEx collaborated with Pfizer-BioNTech for shipping the Covid-19 vaccines in US

Rival US companies UPS and FedEx are collaborating with Pfizer-BioNTech side-by-side to distribute the Covid-19 vaccines, post its approval for emergency use authorization by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. According to New York Times, the two shipping companies revealed that they had curated the action plan for months and presented it as…

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Karnataka performs better pertaining to women’s reproductive health

Karnataka has performed better pertaining to all elements of women’s reproductive health and child health, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-20), which was presented by the Government of India on Saturday. The sex ration in Karnataka has also improved, with 979 females to 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 1,034. Alongside, the neonatal mortality…

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Hopeful final discussion round of Centre-farmer unions will be in 24-48 hours, and yield ultimate conclusion, says Dushyant Chautela

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautela on Saturday stated that the Centre is taking it positively to resolve on a common ground pertaining to the demands of the protesting farmers and expressed hope about reaching a conclusive result with the final round of discussion to be conducted between the Centre and the farmer unions in…

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