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According to the president of the Fruit Vegetable and Flower Producers Association, Harish Chauhan, Lahaul’s peas are quite in demand in cities like Chandigarh and New Delhi. “They are of notable importance as they enter the market precisely when the supply from the other regions dwindles… they are known for their sweet flavour and extended shelf life comparatively…”But the relentless downpour in the state in July washed away their plans, quite literally. The rains damaged key roads, making it difficult to transport the harvested crops, compelling farmers to discard the ripened produce. According to India Meteorological Department, Lahaul Spiti received…

The malicious campaign, orchestrated by hacktivist groups from various countries, utilised tactics such as DDoS attacks, defacement attacks, and user account takeovers, according to the CloudSEK team.The hacktivist campaign on Independence Day, driven by political and religious motives, focused on vulnerable websites with lower security measures and digital infrastructure across sectors including government, education, BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), and small businesses.Government and BFSI sectors bore the brunt of DDoS attacks, whereas education and small businesses suffered bulk defacement attacks and access panel takeovers, the report noted.”Despite their current limitations, these groups could become a significant threat to countries…

India have been drawn in Group A, alongside Nepal and Bangladesh. Arguably the top three teams in the tournament will face each other in Group A, with only two of them progressing to the semifinals.India will begin their campaign against Bangladesh on September 1, followed by their match against Nepal on September 5. The semifinals and final are set to take place on September 7 and 10, respectively.”We are in a tough group, but that’s fine. In SAFF, you are expected to beat all the other teams in your group. You just need to go there, put your best foot…

The index dropped to the lowest closing level since June 30, said Devarsh Vakil, Deputy Head of Retail Research at HDFC Securities.”The China Evergrande Group filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York late on Thursday and that marred sentiments for equities around the globe. Our markets attempted a smart recovery mid-session, where Nifty surged 120 points intra-day from the lows, but that flourish did not sustain and eventually Nifty closed lower for the day. Trading was volatile as index gyrated wildly throughout the session,” Vakil said.Infosys contributed the most to the index decline, while Hero MotoCorp had the…

Singh, son-in-law of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, in a video message, also demanded to take strict action against the Kuki militants for violations of the ground rules and their involvement in the over three-month long ethnic violence.The BJP MLAs accusation and demand comes a day after the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an apex body of the Meitei community, strongly objected the Central government’s plans to talk with the Kuki militant outfits and urged the Centrenot to hold any talk with them.The COCOMI said that the Central government planned to hold talks with the umbrella “organisations of immigrant…

The L-G in his letter said that based on analysis done by experts and officers of the concerned agencies, the lapses on part of the government were highlighted.The L-G pointed out the “outdated and inaccurate level-based discharge computing table held by DJB to compute the discharge at Wazirabad Barrage”.In his letter addressed to Kejriwal, the L-G wrote: “The highest recorded discharge of 8.28 lakh cusec from Hathni Kund was in 2019, which resulted in the water level in Yamuna at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB) touching the 206.6-meter mark, whereas, the discharge this year was only 3.59 lakh cusec, yet…

London, Aug 18 (IANS) England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler said all-rounder Ben Stokes made the decision to reverse his ODI retirement and make himself available for the World Cup in India later in the year a week or ten days after the Ashes series ended.Nottingham Forest entertain Sheffield United in the game that opens the weekend on Friday, with Steve Cooper’s men hoping to repeat some of their good moments from last weekend’s defeat to Arsenal.Sheffield were comprehensively outplayed at home by Crystal Palace on their return to the top flight, but the midweek signing of Tom Davis and Gus…

A photograph was shared by the CM shared on X, formerly called Twitter. He congratulated Elvish on his big win. In the image, Khattar is seen greeting Elvish with a bouquet of flowers. Elvish is seen dressed in an all-blue coloured sweat suit.The CM captioned in Hindi: “The power of Haryanvis continue in every field. Met the winner @ElvishYadav of Bigg Boss OTT-2 today at Sant Kabir Kutir (Chief Minister’s residence).”Big congratulations to him for winning the show and best wishes for her bright future,” he added.Elvish became the first wildcard contestant in the history of ‘Bigg Boss’ to win…

The Moon lander or the lander is part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.The spacecraft comprises a propulsion module (weighing 2,148 kg), a lander (1,723.89 kg) and a rover (26 kg) .“The Lander Module (LM) health is normal. LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. The second deboosting operation is scheduled for August 20, 2023, around 0200 Hrs. IST,” ISRO tweeted.On Thursday, the lander was detached from the propulsion module at an orbit of 153 km x 163 km around the Moon.The main purpose of India’s third Moon…

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy announced that the applications will be received from Friday (August 18) to August 25.Every day the applications will be received from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. He released the application form.After receiving the applications and their scrutiny, the party will conduct a survey about the winning chances of the eligible aspirants.The names of the applicants shortlisted by the state election committee will be sent to the screening committee. The screening committee will analyse the list and after filtering send the selected names to the party’s central election committee.If the central election…