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History was scripted on June 18 when Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar formally commissioned three women fighter pilots along with flight cadets of various branches of the Indian Air Force at a combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal - Photogallery
History was scripted on June 18 when Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar formally commissioned three women fighter pilots along with flight cadets of various branches of the Indian Air Force at a combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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History was scripted on June 18 when Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar formally commissioned three women fighter pilots along with flight cadets of various branches of the Indian Air Force at a combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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Britain's first astronaut Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station (ISS) headed home following a historic six-month mission to the space station - Photogallery
Britain's first astronaut Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station (ISS) headed home following a historic six-month mission to the space station.A Soyuz capsule carrying Peake and two other crew members landed in Kazakhstan on Saturday (June 18). (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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Britain's first astronaut Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station (ISS) headed home following a historic six-month mission to the space station.A Soyuz capsule carrying Peake and two other crew members landed in Kazakhstan on Saturday (June 18). (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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The slow progress of the monsoon has meant water storage in 91 major reservoirs has dipped further and overall availability stands at just 15% of capacity - Photogallery
The slow progress of the monsoon has meant water storage in 91 major reservoirs has dipped further and overall availability stands at just 15% of capacity. This has not only hit initial kharif sowing but also availability of drinking water. Water levels in key reservoirs dipped from 26.81 billion cubic metres on May 26, to 23.78 BCM on June 16.
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The slow progress of the monsoon has meant water storage in 91 major reservoirs has dipped further and overall availability stands at just 15% of capacity. This has not only hit initial kharif sowing but also availability of drinking water. Water levels in key reservoirs dipped from 26.81 billion cubic metres on May 26, to 23.78 BCM on June 16.
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Kochi will be the first Indian city where water connectivity will be developed as a feeder service to the Metro rail - Photogallery
Kochi will be the first Indian city where water connectivity will be developed as a feeder service to the Metro rail. New boats which will be procured for this project will provide the same transportation experience as the Metro, and will be called 'Water Metros'. See more of :
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Kochi will be the first Indian city where water connectivity will be developed as a feeder service to the Metro rail. New boats which will be procured for this project will provide the same transportation experience as the Metro, and will be called 'Water Metros'. /news/events/top-stories-of-the-day-18th-june/eventshow/52806831.cms05
Tamil Nadu weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam became the second from the state to qualify for the Rio Olympics - Photogallery
Tamil Nadu weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam became the second from the state to qualify for the Rio Olympics. After paddler Sharath Kamal did it sometime back, it was the turn of Vellore-born weightlifter to snatch a berth in the men's 77-kg category. (Getty Images)See more of :
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Tamil Nadu weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam became the second from the state to qualify for the Rio Olympics. After paddler Sharath Kamal did it sometime back, it was the turn of Vellore-born weightlifter to snatch a berth in the men's 77-kg category. (Getty Images) /news/events/top-stories-of-the-day-18th-june/eventshow/52806833.cms06
The irony of the birth places of CV Raman and S Chandrasekhar not being touched by technology will soon end - Photogallery
The irony of the birth places of CV Raman and S Chandrasekhar not being touched by technology will soon end. The ancestral villages of the two Nobel laureates in Thanjavur district will now have 2Mbps Wi-Fi, thanks to an initiative by the World Broadband Alliance (WBA). Microsense, a wireless internet service provider headquartered in Chennai and a founding-member of WBA, is carrying out the drive to link unconnected parts of the country. (BCCL)See more of :
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The irony of the birth places of CV Raman and S Chandrasekhar not being touched by technology will soon end. The ancestral villages of the two Nobel laureates in Thanjavur district will now have 2Mbps Wi-Fi, thanks to an initiative by the World Broadband Alliance (WBA). Microsense, a wireless internet service provider headquartered in Chennai and a founding-member of WBA, is carrying out the drive to link unconnected parts of the country. (BCCL) /news/events/top-stories-of-the-day-18th-june/eventshow/52806830.cms07
Four units of the rare Bombay blood group will be flown across the border today (June 18) to save the life of a Bangladeshi youth waiting to undergo a life-saving surgery in Dhaka - Photogallery
Four units of the rare Bombay blood group will be flown across the border today (June 18) to save the life of a Bangladeshi youth waiting to undergo a life-saving surgery in Dhaka. Four Mumbaikars have come to the rescue of accident victim Mohammed Kamruzzaman who needs the blood for an urgent surgery to treat multiple fractures. ((Representative Image) (BCCL)See more of :
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Four units of the rare Bombay blood group will be flown across the border today (June 18) to save the life of a Bangladeshi youth waiting to undergo a life-saving surgery in Dhaka. Four Mumbaikars have come to the rescue of accident victim Mohammed Kamruzzaman who needs the blood for an urgent surgery to treat multiple fractures. ((Representative Image) (BCCL) /news/events/top-stories-of-the-day-18th-june/eventshow/52806817.cms08
In his most direct attack on Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal yet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accuses the party of using advertising funds to manipulate media - Photogallery
In his most direct attack on Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal yet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accuses the party of using advertising funds to manipulate media. While 'friendly' media is being given advertisements, media houses which are critical of the AAP government are being denied ad revenue. (PTI)See more of :
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In his most direct attack on Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal yet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accuses the party of using advertising funds to manipulate media. While 'friendly' media is being given advertisements, media houses which are critical of the AAP government are being denied ad revenue. (PTI) /news/events/top-stories-of-the-day-18th-june/eventshow/52806835.cms09
Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has been consistently pitching for growth of population using every public platform - Photogallery
Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has been consistently pitching for growth of population using every public platform. Expressing serious concern over the downward trend in population growth of Andhra Pradesh, he squarely blamed the rich for being content themselves with 'one or no' child. He said the elite sections tend to have one or none, while the poor on the other hand prefer to have 1 or 2 children.
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Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has been consistently pitching for growth of population using every public platform. Expressing serious concern over the downward trend in population growth of Andhra Pradesh, he squarely blamed the rich for being content themselves with 'one or no' child. He said the elite sections tend to have one or none, while the poor on the other hand prefer to have 1 or 2 children.
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An orphan tribal boy's dream of becoming a neurologist may soon become a reality as he has secured the 13th position (scheduled tribe category) in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) exam, the results of which were declared recently - Photogallery
An orphan tribal boy's dream of becoming a neurologist may soon become a reality as he has secured the 13th position (scheduled tribe category) in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) exam, the results of which were declared recently. "Though the news made me very happy, I also had doubts about pursuing MBBS in the prestigious medical institute owing to financial problems," said Narayan Mallick (18) of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district. (BCCL) An orphan tribal boy's dream of becoming a neurologist may soon become a reality as he has secured the 13th position (scheduled tribe category) in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) exam, the results of which were declared recently. "Though the news made me very happy, I also had doubts about pursuing MBBS in the prestigious medical institute owing to financial problems," said Narayan Mallick (18) of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district. (BCCL) 
