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Road projects along China border to get fast-track approval from Environment Ministry

New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that a policy framework is being prepared by his Ministry through which norms would be eased for border roads along China and defence projects. Earlier, the Minister had a meeting with the Defence Secretary and other senior officials from the Environment Ministry. Jun 12, 2014
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Environment Ministry to ease norms for projects within 100 km from LAC

New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the Environment Ministry is planning to ease norms for strategic defence projects within 100 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which is India's border with China, to enable faster permissions and simplification. He also said that delays in projects of defence will be fast tracked. Jun 12, 2014
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Rescue officials intensify search in river for missing students in Mandi

Mandi, June 11 (ANI): Rescuers intensified search operations on Wednesday for the missing students of an engineering college who were swept away by the gushing waters of river Beas following the unannounced release of water from a dam in Himachal Pradesh. Rescuers, included teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army and Armed Border Force, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and divers. Jun 11, 2014
An employee counts rupee notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Kolkata.

Rupee Falls Flat due to Forthcoming CPI and IIP Release

Rupee declined at early trade on Wednesday at 59.32 per dollar against previous day's closing value of 59.29 a dollar. The fall can be attributed to increased demand for American currency at Interbank Foreign Exchange market and absence of major inflows. Jun 11, 2014
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Rescuers continue search operation for missing students in Mandi

Mandi, June 10 (ANI): Teams of National Disaster Response Force, Indian Army and armed border force continued their search operations on Tuesday (June 10) for missing students who were swept away by gushing waters of Beas river following the discharge of water from a dam in Himachal Pradesh. Sub-Divisional Officer of Mandi and rescue team coordinator, D.R. Dhiman, said the rescue and relief operations are underway and to speedup the process the dam water level has also been reduced. The sudden increase in water level was caused by water being released from a reservoir attached to an upstream hydropower project. Jun 10, 2014
Narendra Modi met with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Monday

Positive Takeaways from Modi-Wang Meet

Reciprocating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gesture of inviting Chinese premier Li Keqiang to India, China's foreign minister Wang Yi extended the Chinese government's invitation to Modi to visit the country, which the latter graciously accepted. Jun 10, 2014