Aditya Ahuja, Author at DD India

January 9, 2025 3:15 PM

Assam: Rescue efforts intensify as Indian Navy divers enter flooded coal mine

Divers from the Indian Navy again entered a flooded coal mine in a remote district of Assam on Thursday, as rescue efforts intensified for the third day to save the trapped miners. Assam Mines and Minerals Minister Kaushik Rai on Wednesday said that...

January 9, 2025 2:35 PM

Bangladesh: Second rice shipment from India to arrive tomorrow

In Bangladesh, under the government's open tender agreement, the second shipment of 27,000 tons of rice is scheduled to arrive tomorrow at Chattogram port from Kakinada port of Andhra Pradesh, India. Amid harvest season, the rice prices have con...

January 9, 2025 1:45 PM

Bangladesh: Four dead, 15 injured in fire involving ambulance and two buses

In Bangladesh, four people were killed and 15 others injured as a gas cylinder in an ambulance exploded following a collision with a bus in Savar on Dhaka-Aricha highway early Thursday. According to officials, the ambulance caught fire around 2 am a...

January 9, 2025 1:19 PM

Elaborate arrangements made for Vaikunth Ekadasi: Tirupati Collector assures after six people die in stampede

Tirupati Collector S. Venkateswar on Thursday assured that arrangements are in place for Vaikunth Ekadasi, which begins Friday. The Hindu festival celebrates the opening of the gates to Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord Vishnu, and is a day of fasting, wo...

January 9, 2025 12:46 PM

Centre writes to States, UTs to organise 100-day campaign on TB elimination in prisons

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to all states and Union Territories (UTs) to organize a 100-day intensified campaign on tuberculosis (TB) elimination in prisons and correctional institutions. This initiative is part of the centra...

January 9, 2025 11:56 AM

India’s global trust is the result of hard work of Indians worldwide: Om Birla lauds Indian diaspora in UK

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Wednesday lauded the Indian diaspora in the UK for their contributions, saying that the growing global trust in India is the result of the hard work and efficiency of Indians living across the world. He emphasised how In...

January 9, 2025 10:49 AM

Barcelona into Super Cup final with 2-0 win over Bilbao

Goals from Gavi and Lamine Yamal earned Barcelona a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Jeddah on Wednesday to reach their third successive final. Gavi opened the scoring in the 17th minute and Yamal doubled Barca's l...

January 9, 2025 10:19 AM

Foreign Secretary Misri meets Acting Afghan FM; affirms India’s support for assistance, discusses Chabahar

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met the Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Dubai on Wednesday to discuss various aspects of bilateral relations and regional developments. In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs...

January 7, 2025 4:26 PM

Delhi elections: JP Nadda urges people to choose govt that improves standard of living

Union health minister and Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda on Tuesday welcomed the Election Commission of India's announcement of the Delhi Assembly Elections and urged the people of Delhi to choose a government that focuses on providing quality...

January 7, 2025 4:08 PM

India to field largest-ever contingent at 2025 India Open BWF World Tour Super 750

India will field its largest-ever contingent in the 3rd edition of the India Open BWF World Tour Super 750, scheduled to take place from January 14-19, 2025. With top stars such as Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young, along with world nu...