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Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of ignoring Dr B R Ambedkar's contribution to the development of water resources in the country as he laid the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa river linking project in Madhya Pradesh.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Ken-Betwa River Linking National Project on Wednesday (December 25), coinciding with the 100th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The project, hailed as a landmark in India’s water resource management, also faces criticism for its potential environmental impact.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Forgive us if we missed it, but we don’t recall Donald Trump campaigning to invade Panama and retake its famous canal. But there was the President-elect on the weekend, threatening our Central American ally with punishment if it doesn’t meet his demands.

California storm cause havoc in coastal communities and turn deadly. When a pier collapsed in Santa Cruz, California, a strong storm that was pounding the West Coast whipped up waves as high as sixty feet, killing one man, carrying another out to sea, and requiring numerous rescues, according to authorities.

Panama Canal has suddenly become the viral topic around the world after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose US control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located in the Central American nation.

A chemical company official has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark, oily sheen on the Flint River in Michigan

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, the realty arm of the Mahindra Group, will pause fresh investments in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and narrow operations to markets where it can create a niche as a ‘net zero’ developer. “We have exited two cities completely, Nagpur and Hyderabad, and we are holding back any investment in Delhi NCR right now," said Amit Kumar Sinha, managing director and chief executive at Mahindra Lifespace.

Yamuna river at the Wazirabad pond, an official statement of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said. According to the statement, ammonia concentrations exceeding 5.0 ppm have reduced water production at the Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant by 25-50 per cent.

Ashoka Buildcon will be in focus in Monday's trade after the company signed an agreement to invest Rs 9,000 crore in Bihar. The funds will be used for setting up a green hydrogen plant in Bihar, its COO-Renewable Energy Mayank Sharma said.

orange alert for severe cold in Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Mandi districts for four days from Monday. The meteorological department also predicted light rain and snowfall at a few places in the mid and higher hills till Thursday. While the minimum temperatures stayed below normal, the weather remained dry and day temperatures dropped by two to three degrees. Tabo was coldest in the state with a low of minus 11. 6 degrees, while Sumdo, Kusumseri and Kalpa recorded a low of minus 5.3 degrees, minus 4.8 degrees and minus 1.8 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Indian Railways is set to bolster its connectivity to Kashmir with the likely launch of two new trains next month. The first is a centrally heated sleeper train, not a Vande Bharat as previously speculated, that will ply between New Delhi and Srinagar. Designed for a 13- hour journey, part of which traverses snow-capped mountain landscapes and crosses the iconic 359-m-high Chenab Bridge, the train promises enhanced comfort but will not include second-class sleeper accommodations, ET has learnt. The second train is an eight-coach Vande Bharat, featuring chair car seating, tailored for the shorter Katra-Baramulla route, according to a senior railway officer familiar with the plan.

Devendra Fadnavis will hold the Home department portfolio with him, while Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be the Urban Development Minister, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar from the Nationalist Congress Party will be holding the Finance Ministry portfolio. According to the list submitted to the Governor’s office, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be holding Home, Energy (excluding Renewable Energy), Law and Judiciary, General Administration, Information and Publicity (and department’s not allocated to any other minister). Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena has got, “Urban Development, Housing, Public Works( Public Enterprises), Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress party has got the Finance ministry with him as well as state excise.

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Crowds in Mayotte have vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing

Packaged foods in the U_S_ must follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy.”

Partly cloudy skies will dominate the day, with early morning hours seeing haze or mist in some areas, potentially affecting visibility, as per the forecast by the Met department. This weather is being influenced by a well-marked low-pressure area over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, which is likely to move northwestwards towards the North Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coasts over the next 12 hours.