Author: Puja Kumari

Only Elon Musk and Gautam Adani saw growth in fortune in the Top 10 Forbes billionaires list. - Asiana Times

The Adani Group, the largest port operator in the nation, was co-founded by Gautam Adani. The organization is reputed to be India’s largest coal trader. According to Forbes’ list, billionaire Gautam Adani is now the second-richest person in the world. He narrowly edged off Bernard Arnault, the CEO of Louis Vitton, to accomplish the accomplishment. The 60-year-old businessman has surpassed billionaires like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, the founders of Amazon, Microsoft, and Berkshire Hathaway. Adani’s net worth has increased by 3.49 percent to over 12 lakh crore, according to the Forbes Billionaires List. Elon Musk, the founder…

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10 things to know about the 8 cheetahs from Namibia travelling to India for Prime Minister Modi's birthday - Asiana Times

There are seven cheetahs in the batch being shipped to India, five female and three male. They are all younger than 5.5 years old. On September 17, which also happens to be Prime Minister Modi’s birthday, eight Namibian cheetahs will be transported to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park and released into their new home. They will be transported by a Boeing 747-400 from Namibia’s capital, Windhoek. The main cabin will house them in cages. On the flight, vets will have complete access to them. There won’t be a pause for food breaks and they won’t be provided any food to…

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Overloaded minibus crashes down steep gorge in Poonch, J&K, leaving 11 people dead and 25 injured. - Asiana Times

The minibus had 38 passengers, largely students and other daily commuters, and was much past its carrying limit. Police stated that given the serious injuries suffered by 9 passengers, the death toll may rise. Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district said that at least 11 passengers were murdered and 25 more were hurt after the overloaded minibus they were riding in went off the road and crashed into a steep valley on Wednesday morning. A police officer remarked, “The death toll is likely to rise in light of the critical injuries sustained by 9 passengers.” The minibus crash happened…

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BJP protest gets violent, turning the streets of Kolkata into a war zone

Source: Twitter On Tuesday morning, thousands of BJP supporters from all over the state began to arrive in Kolkata and the nearby Howrah area to participate in the saffron party’s “Nabanna Cholo Abhijan”. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, and MP Locket Chatterjee were detained by the Kolkata Police on Tuesday while attempting to visit Santragachi during the BJP’s large-scale protest march to the state secretariat “Nabanna” over alleged corruption by the Trinamool Congress government. During the protest, Sukanta Majumdar, the state BJP chair, was also detained by the police. On the Second Hooghly…

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TO EMPOWER WOMEN A SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IS OPENED IN BORDER AREAS BY THE INDIAN ARMY - Asiana Times

By Puja Kumari | Saturday 11th Sep 2022 In order to empower local women, the Indian Army built a skill-development centre close to the Line of Control in the border village of Gurez in North Kashmir. The Indian Army has chosen two excellent places for the talent development centre: the Habba Khatoon Peak and the Gurez Valley. These ladies are getting training in a range of disciplines to aid in their independence. In Kashmir, Habba Khatoon, a poet from the 16th century known as “The Nightingale of Kashmir,” is highly regarded. And there was no better inspiration available to these women.…

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