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The great wildebeest migration under multiple threats
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The great wildebeest migration under multiple threats

MAASAI MARA (KENYA), Sept 1 - The great wildebeest migration from Serengeti (Tanzania) to Maasai Mara (Kenya) that sees the herbivores in their millions undertake a perilous journey in search of water and pasture is under increasing and multiple threats � not the least those stemming from climate...
Centre�s move to scrap Working Journalists Act opposed
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Centre�s move to scrap Working Journalists Act opposed

GUWAHATI, Sept 1 - The Assam Tribune Employees� Union (ATEU) will resort to a Raj Bhavan yatra at 10 am on September 4 in protest against the Centre�s move to scrap the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 and include it...
21 picked up by police for doctor�s killing
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21 picked up by police for doctor�s killing

JORHAT, Sept 1 - The management of Teok Tea Estate has declared lockout in the garden from today after workers on Saturday lynched the doctor of the garden Dr Deben Dutta and on the other hand police have picked up 21 persons in connection with the incident.The lockout has been declared in the main...
State of economy worrying, says Manmohan
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State of economy worrying, says Manmohan

NEW DELHI, Sept 1 - Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the state of the economy was �deeply worrying� and urged the government to put aside �vendetta politics� and reach out to sane voices and thinking minds to steer the economy out of this �man-made crisis�.The Congress leader said...
No job loss due to merger of banks: Sitharaman
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No job loss due to merger of banks: Sitharaman

CHENNAI, Sept 1 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed fears of job losses following the proposed merger of public sector banks, saying not even one employee shall be removed following the amalgamation.�Absolutely, ill informed. I want to assure every union in every one of these...
No govt policy yet on fate of persons left out of NRC
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No govt policy yet on fate of persons left out of NRC

GUWAHATI, Sept 1 - After four years of speculations, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published yesterday excluding names of more than 19 lakh people, who had applied for inclusion of their names in it. But till date, no one knows what will be the future of the NRC and the fate of the...
NRC to give effect to Assam Accord: Centre
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NRC to give effect to Assam Accord: Centre

NEW DELHI, Sept 1 - Refuting foreign media reports, the Government of India on Sunday clarified that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) aims to give effect to the Assam Accord of 1985, the signatories being the Government of India, Government of Assam, All Assam Students� Union (AASU) and All...
West Indies coach Floyd Reifer disappointed with batting against India
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West Indies coach Floyd Reifer disappointed with batting against India

KINGSTON, Sep 2: West Indies coach Floyd Reifer was left crestfallen after another batting collapse saw the hosts struggle to 87 for seven on the second day of the second Test against India here.In a lethal opening spell on Saturday, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah (6/16) rattled the West Indies by...
I owe my hat-trick to captain: Bumrah
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I owe my hat-trick to captain: Bumrah

KINGSTON, Sep 2: "I owe my hat-trick to the captain," Jasprit Bumrah told an enamoured Virat Kohli after blowing away the West Indies with his heady cocktail of line and length, pace and bounce.Known as much for his infectious energy as for his incredible batting, Kohli was caught on the stump mic...
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US Senator Bernie Sanders says 'deeply concerned' about situation in Kashmir

HOUSTON, Sep 2: US Senator and Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders told a gathering of Muslims that he was "deeply concerned" about the situation in Kashmir and asked the US government to "speak out boldly" in support of a UN-backed peaceful resolution to resolve the issue.Addressing...
Entire Pakistan united, can protect its sovereignty: Qureshi
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Entire Pakistan united, can protect its sovereignty: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2: Entire Pakistan is united and can protect the country's stability and sovereignty, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amidst tensions with India after it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.He has also alleged that India tried in vain to prevent the European...
CGHS services to be made available in 100 cities by 2022: Union health minister
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CGHS services to be made available in 100 cities by 2022: Union health minister

NEW DELHI, Sep 2: Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) services will be made available in 100 cities by 2022, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. CGHS services, which started in 1954 from Gol Market in Delhi, reached only 25 cities till 2014. But, in the last five years of the NDA...
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