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Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ conferred with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ was conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award today at a virtual ceremony.  Dr. Amish Tripathi, renowned writer, Director of the Nehru Center, London was the special guest on the occasion. Chairman Vatayan, Mira Kaushik; Vice Chairman Central Hindi Board, Agra Kavi Anil Sharma Joshi and Executive Director, Vani Prakashan, Aditi Maheshwari were also present on … Read more

Campaigning ends for 1st phase of polls for Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad

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Jaipur : Campaigning for the first phase of elections for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad members in 21 districts of Rajasthan ended on Saturday and the polling will be held on Monday. According to state election commissioner P S Mehra, 72.38 lakh voters, of which 37.47 lakh male and 34.90 female, will be able to exercise … Read more

Gurugram DGGI arrests 2 for input tax credit fraud of Rs 25 crore

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The Gurugram Zonal Unit of Directorate General of GST Intelligence has arrested two persons namely Mr. Naresh Mittal and Mr. ChhediLal Mittal, both cousins and having their firms at Naya Bazar, Delhi – 06. Both are residents of Bahadurgarh, Haryana. An investigation was already undergoing in respect of fake invoices received without goods by one … Read more

Petroleum Minister inaugurates Rs 220 Crore Seismic Survey Campaign in Mahanadi Basin in Odisha, says commercial production of oil and gas from Mahanadi basin will be a game changer in the socio-economic development of Odisha

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Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, inaugurated the seismic survey campaign of Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second largest National Exploration & Production Company, at Kakatpur  in Puri District, Odisha in the Mahanadi Basin (Onland). Speaking on the occasion, Minister Pradhan said, “It is a matter of great personal pride … Read more

Contributing Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat,RCF Records Highest Ever Daily Sale Of Its Industrial Products of Rs. 5.44 Crores on 18th November 2020

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Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF), despite the current COVID19 situation has been successful in keeping its operations running and has crossed numerous milestonesin sales of its Fertilizers and Industrial Productsin the current Financial year 2020-21. Giving a boost to ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, RCF has recorded its highest ever daily sale of Industrial Products of Rs. … Read more

Mission Sagar – Ii Handing Over Food Aid To South Sudan By Ins Airavat

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In continuation of the ongoing humanitarian mission ‘Sagar-II’, Indian Naval Ship Airavatarrived at Port of Mombasa, Kenya on 20 November 2020. The Government of India is providing assistance to Friendly Foreign Countries to overcome natural calamities and COVID-19 pandemic, and towards the same INS Airavat is carrying food aid for the people of South Sudan. The Mission … Read more

Webinar with South Africa on Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership and Expo held

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A webinar between India and South Africa was held today. The Theme of webinar was “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo”.  It was organized under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through SIDM. This webinar is the part of the series of webinars which are being … Read more

Repayment of ‘Government of India Floating Rate Bonds (FRB)2020’

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The outstanding balance of ‘GOI Floating Rate Bonds (FRB) 2020’is repayable at par on December 21, 2020. No interest will accrue there on from December 21, 2020.In the event of a holiday being declared on December 21, 2020 by any State Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Loan/s will be repaid by the paying offices in that State on … Read more

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attends the G20 Finance Ministers virtual meeting

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Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the G20 Finance Ministers virtual meeting here today. Finance Ministers of the G20 countries gathered to discuss their views on the global economic outlook and downside risks in wake of the COVID-19 crisis and how G20 could carry forward the collective global action … Read more

Headquarters Andaman And Nicobar Command On 17th And 18th Nov 2020 Port Blair 19 Nov 20

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Sustained efforts by Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) towards high operational readiness witnessed conduct of Combat Free Fall (CFF) exercise by Indian Navy Marine Commandos (MARCOS) at all the airfields of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 17th and 18th November 2020. The exercise enhanced the operational skills of troops to jump at a distance far … Read more

Diversion of excess sugar to ethanol to enhance income of sugarcane farmers and to achieve ethanol blending target

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In the normal sugar season, about 320 LMT of sugar is produced against domestic consumption of 260 LMT.  This 60 LMT of surplus sugar which remains unsold, blocks funds of sugar mills to the tune of about Rs. 19,000 crore every year thereby affecting liquidity positions of sugar mills resulting in accumulation of cane price arrears … Read more

All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers – October, 2020

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The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for the month of October, 2020 increased by 15 points and 14 points to stand at 1052 (One thousand and fifty two) and 1057 (One thousand and fifty seven) points respectively. The major contribution towards the rise in general index of … Read more

PM Thanks Security Forces for Thwarting Terrorism Plot in Jammu and Kashmir

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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has thanked the security forces for defeating terrorist plot of Jaish-e-Mohammad, targeted at grassroots level democratic exercises in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister tweeted that “Neutralising of 4 terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and the presence of large cache of weapons and explosives with them indicates that … Read more

Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)

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The 30th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy is being conducted from 18 – 20 November 2020. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette and His Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS) Kraburi, a Chao Phraya Class Frigate along with Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from both the … Read more

Hyderabad – Nashik SpiceJet Flight Flagged off under UDAN

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Taking the next stride in boosting regional aerial connectivity in India under RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of the Government of India, the second direct flight commenced operations today from Hyderabad, Telangana to Nashik, Maharashtra. Chhagan Bhujbal, Guardian Minister, Nashik, Hemant Godse, Member of Parliament, Nashik, Surah Mandhare, District Collector, … Read more

Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches the National Newborn Week 2020

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired an event to mark the National Newborn Week 2020, being observed from 15th through 21st November to reinforce the importance of newborn health as a key priority area of the health sector and to reiterate the commitment at the highest level. The theme of National … Read more

Payroll Data: EPFO adds 14.90 lakh net subscribers in September 2020

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The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been released on 20th November, 2020. It reveals that EPFO has added 14.90 lakh net subscribers in the month of September, 2020 thereby increasing the subscribers’ base of EPFO by around 30.92 lakh during the first two quarters of current financial year. The data published comprises of members who have joined … Read more

AYUSH – DBT Collaboration takes Scientific Research into Covid 19 to advanced levels of sophistication

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The first animal study in India on SARS-CoV-2 virus (the cause of Covid-19)which arose out of a collaboration between Ministry of AYUSH and Department of Bio-Technology (DBT), has moved into its final stages.  One among the most sophisticated research projects in the Covid-19 context in the country, this concerns pre-clinical studies on four oral interventions … Read more

Naturopathy as a future-oriented health-care system

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The growing perception of Naturopathy as a future-oriented system of healthcare and the evergreen relevance of Gandhian thoughts on health were the two themes that dominated the activities of observation of Naturopathy Day, 2020. The virtual programme was graced by Shripad Yesso Naik, Union AYUSH Minister, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary (AYUSH), Dr. BhushanPatwardhan, Vice Chairman … Read more

Union Education Minister holds a review meeting on the progress of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme (UBA) through video conferencing

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held a review meeting regarding the progress of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme (UBA) through video conferencing here today. Secretary, Higher Education, Amit Khare; Chairman, National Steering Committee, UBA Dr. Vijay Bhatkar; Chairman, National Subject Expert Group Advisory Committee, UBA Dr. R Chidambaram; Director, IIT Delhi, Prof Ram Gopal Rao, … Read more

Envoys of Four Nations present credentials to President of India through video conference

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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, accepted credentials from Ambassador and High Commissioner from Hungary, Maldives, Chad and Tajikistan today (November 20, 2020) in a virtual ceremony.  Those who presented their credentials were:   1.   H.E. Mr. Andras Laszlo Kiraly, Ambassador of Hungary 2.   H.E. Dr. Hussain Niyaaz, High Commissioner of Maldives 3.   H.E. Mr. Soungui Ahmed, Ambassador … Read more

Release of Interest Sub-vented Loan from Micro-Irrigation Fund (MIF)

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Micro Irrigation Fund with a corpus of Rs. 5000 crore created with NABARD was operationalised in 2019-20. The objective of the Fund is to facilitate the States in availing an interest subvented loan for expanding coverage of Micro Irrigation by taking up special and innovative projects and also for incentivising micro irrigation beyond the provisions … Read more

Ambassador of France to India, Emmanuel Lenain calls on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to discuss potential projects in North Eastern States

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Ambassador of France to India, Emmanuel Lenain called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed potential projects in North Eastern States.The Ambassador also recalled the fond memories of his visit to Kashmir valley early … Read more

Samsung Partners IIT-Jodhpur to Set Up Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab Under its Digital Academy Initiative

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Samsung India today inaugurated the Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur, taking the total count of such labs under the Samsung Digital Academy initiative to seven, strengthening its commitment towards the government’s Skill India mission and also bolstering the Digital India initiative.   The Samsung AR-VR Innovation Lab at IIT-Jodhpur will train students on new … Read more

Upset Hindus urge Brazil’s fashion brand to withdraw Lord Ganesh shorts & apologize

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Upset Hindus are urging Franca (São Paulo, Brazil) headquartered clothing company Jon Cotre for immediate withdrawal of shorts carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Ganesh was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be … Read more

Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar unveils e-books ‘The Republican Ethic Volume III’ and ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’

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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar today unveiled e-book versions of two books ‘The Republican Ethic Volume III’ and ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’. Speaking to the audience on the occasion the Minister said “President of India has given many an inspiring speech on various topics. All the speeches in this book reflect on the … Read more

Union IT and Communications Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad releases “My Stamp on Chhath Puja”

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Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law and Justice released a “My Stamp on Chhath Puja” today. My Stamp is an innovative concept initiated by Department of Posts. Any common person or corporate organisation can now book order and get a personalised photograph or an image of a Postage … Read more

Smart injectable hydrogel from spirulina can help rapid recovery in internal injuries and in diabetic patients: INST Scientists

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An injectable hydrogel derived from spirulina can help accelerated wound repair in internal injuries and rapid healing in diabetic patients. Repeated dressing of diabetic wound badly affects its healing process while it is difficult to assess the wound repair in internal injuries due to treatment complications. To address this need, Scientists at the Institute of … Read more

Army Chief Compliments Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) on Completion of 15 Years of Excellence

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On 18 November 2020, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), an independent think tank affiliated to the Indian Army achieved a milestone of completing “15 Years of Excellence” since its inception in 2005. To commemorate the spirit, CLAWS organised a Seminar cum Webinar on “Shifting Domains of Warfare with Special Focus on China’s Increasing Adventurism”. Chief … Read more

Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to be conferred with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on 21st November, 2020. This award will be another in the list of many other national and international awards and honours conferred to the Minister for writing, poetry and other literary works. Pokhriyal has earlier received several awards … Read more

Prime Minister to inaugurate REINVEST- 2020 on 26 November 2020

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-INVEST 2020), on 26 November 2020.  The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK & President COP-26; and the Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate, Denmark will attend and speak in the inaugural session. R.K. Singh, Minister for … Read more

EPFO’s clarification on misleading article published in newspaper

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Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), an statutory organisation under Labour and Employment Ministry, has stated that an article was published in a section of  media on 18.11.2020 under the caption “EPFO subscribers, firms down in Oct”. In this regard, EPFO has categorically clarified that the information contained in the article is incorrect and unsubstantiated. The … Read more

Land Management System (Lms)

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As part of efforts to improve overall management of defence land, for the first time a Land Management System (LMS) has been developed by Department of Defence in conjunction with DGDE and Armed forces. The portal was formally launched by  Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri today in presence of officials from Indian Army, DGDE and Department of … Read more

Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mr Conrad Sangma calls on Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh at New Delhi.

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Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Mr Conrad Sangma met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh here and discussed issues related to the State as well as Centrally funded development projects. Dr Jitendra Singh noted with appreciation the … Read more

Petroleum Minister lays foundation stone for the first 50 LNG fueling stations, says 1000 LNG stations will be set up in next three years

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Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel today laid the foundation stone for the first 50 LNG fueling stations, across the golden quadrilateral and major National Highways.This is part of a slew of initiatives of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in realizing Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of transforming … Read more

Mission Purvodaya will drive eastern India towards self-reliance and contribute to making of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, says Shri Dharmendra Pradhan at AGM of Merchants Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today said that ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ is about transforming India from being just a passive market to an active manufacturing hub at the heart of global value chains. Addressing the 119th annual general meeting of Merchant’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry today, he said that … Read more

Dr. Harsh Vardhan digitally inaugurates OT and ICU Complex at Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare todaydigitally dedicated the newly built OT and ICU Complexin Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Rohtak to the nation in the presence of Sh. Ashwini Kr. Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Sh. Anil Vij,Minister of … Read more

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi leads India’s participation at the 12th BRICS Summit today

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi led India’s participation at the 12th BRICS Summit, convened under the Chairship of President Vladimir Putin of Russia on 17 November 2020, in a virtual format.  The theme of the Summit was “Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth”.  President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, President Xi Jinping of China and President … Read more

Narendra Singh inaugurates capacity building component of the PM-FME Scheme

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Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar in the presence of Rameswar Teli, MoS, FPI virtually inaugurated the capacity building component of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises scheme (PM-FME Scheme) and launched the GIS One District One Product (ODOP) digital map of India. Speaking on the occasion, Tomar said, … Read more

Operationalisation of Revamped Website of MoSPI

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The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has upgraded its website with improved functionality and content accessibility from 18th November 2020. It can be accessed using the URL: mospi.gov.in. The new website has been designed using latest portal development technology with a purpose of providing an integrated digital experience to … Read more

Indian Army Celebrates 240th Corps of Engineers Day

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Indian Army celebrated the 240th Corps of Engineers Day on 18 Nov 2020.  In a solemn ceremony organized at ‘National War Memorial’, Lt Gen SK Shrivastava, Engineer-in-Chief along with other serving officers, JCOs and other ranks laid wreaths and paid homage to the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. The Corps of … Read more

VISIT OF AIR MSHL VR CHAUDHARI AVSM VM

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Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command visited the frontline air base in Jammu on 18 Nov 20. On arrival at the base in Jammu, the AOC-in-C was received by Air Commodore Ajay Singh Pathania VSM, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station Jammu, who apprised him of the operational readiness … Read more

27,33,497 applications received under PM-SVANidhi Scheme

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Under the PM SVANidhi-Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atma-Nirbhar Nidhi- A Special Micro-Credit Facility Scheme, 27,33, 497 applications have been received out of which 14,34,436 have been sanctioned and about 7,88,438 loans disbursed. Vendors who had left for their native places due to Covid-19 lock down are eligible for the loan on their return. The provision … Read more

First Direct Flight Operations Flagged Off From Kalaburagi to Hindon

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The first direct flight operations from Kalaburagi, Karnataka to Hindon Airport, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh were flagged off today under the RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). The officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) were present at the launch. Commencement of the flight operations on … Read more

Swarnajayanti Fellow may provide new genetic treatment for thalassemia, duchenne muscular dystrophy, haemophilia

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a severe type of muscle weakness that usually begins at an early age and worsens quickly, may soon have a new strategy of treatment through genetic regulation. There is no known cure for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Treatments usually aim to control symptoms to improve quality of life. Sandeep Eswarappa, Assistant Professor Indian Institute … Read more

Udaipur court grants transit remand for Maharashtra woman allegedly involved in smuggling contraband goods

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Udaipur : Hearing on an application by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai Zonal Unit, the special court of NDPS Act cases in Udaipur granted transit remand for a female tourist staying in a hotel here, on Wednesday. The DRI team left with the accused Hazel Donald Corriea, a resident of Vasai, Maharashtra later evening. … Read more