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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, which empowers police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes. The Act, which replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, was passed by Lok Sabha on April 4 and Rajya Sabha on April […]
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Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has restored the pre-pandemic trading timings in RBI-regulated markets, which includes the money market. With this, banks will now open at 9:00 am. Even financial markets regulated by RBI such as the forex market have a new set of timings to abide by. The RBI notification said, “With […]
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Banaskantha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Gandhinagar can bring substantive changes in the field of education across the country while calling upon other states to study the initiative. After laying the foundation stone for multiple projects at Banas Dairy Sankul in Diyodar in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, the Prime Minister […]
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Bengaluru: With economic activity showing impressive recovery from Covid’s grip, hiring demand witnessed a 6 per cent year-on-year growth in the month of March 2022, according to a report. The Monster Employment Index (MEI) showed online recruitment activity exceeded the year-ago level in 11 out of the 13 cities monitored by the index. All metros […]
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Hyderabad: Noted film producer and chairman of Asian Group, Narayan Das Narang, passed away on Tuesday. He was undergoing treatment at Star Hospitals in the city. He was said to be suffering with age-related health issues for the last few months. He worked predominantly in the Tamil movie industry. He produced movies like D 46, […]
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Hubballi: The Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for a Maulvi for delivering hate speech and instigating a mob to indulge in large-scale violence after an objectionable post appeared on social media, police said on Tuesday. Maulvi Waseem went missing after finding out that the police are after him. According to police, Waseem addressed an […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, will inaugurate the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar on Tuesday. The Ministry of Ayush and the Government of Gujarat on Monday organized a curtain-raiser press conference to discuss two pertinent developments in the field of traditional medicine in […]
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Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost a closely-fought match against Rajasthan Royals but they have undoubtedly won many hearts of the entire cricket world on Monday night. The team’s co-owner and actor Shah Rukh Khan was also bowled over by the players’ stellar performance. Taking to Twitter, SRK lauded the team members — especially captain […]
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New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has said that by cancelling the bail of the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri murder case, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, the Supreme Court has restored hope in the justice system. Earlier in the day, the apex court had cancelled the bail of Mishra in connection with the […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Semicon India 2022 Conference in Bengaluru on April 29, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced on Monday. As per a press release from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Semicon India 2022, a 3-day conference, is being organised to […]
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New Delhi: Investors’ wealth tumbled over Rs 2.58 lakh crore on Monday as equity markets suffered a heavy sell-off, with the Sensex plunging 2 per cent. The BSE benchmark tanked 1,172.19 points or 2.01 per cent to settle at 57,166.74 after a weak opening. During the day, it plummeted 1,496.54 points or 2.56 per cent […]
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Hyderabad: Biotechnology company Ocugen will commercialise Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in Mexico. The two companies amended their present co-development, supply and commercialisation agreement on Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to include Mexico. With this amendment, Ocugen now has commercialisation rights of Covaxin for all of North America. “We’re excited to commercialise Covaxin in Mexico, as authorities […]
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New Delhi: Indian Army’s Vice Chief Lt Gen Manoj C Pande was on Monday appointed as the next Chief of the Army Staff – the first engineer to hold the top post. He succeed Gen MM Naravane on April 30, 2022. Born on May 6, 1962, Lt General Pande was commissioned on December 24, 1982 […]
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Hyderabad: A revolutionary movement that changed the course of art in 20th century Europe, Cubism rejected the Renaissance view that art should be executed and seen through a fixed angle of vision. Ushered in by famous artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the term Cubism was coined by French art critic Louis Vauxcelles when an […]
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Kothagudem: The militants of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) carried out a series of attacks in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh State. Maoists set fire to seven tractors engaged in construction of a PMGSY road in Manganar village near Barsur police station in the district on Sunday night. The Maoist East Bastar Division Committee was said to […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad headquartered datacenter company CtrlS has laid the foundation stone of its Rated-4 Datacentre in Assam, a first major IT investment in that region. The IT Minister of Assam, Keshab Mahanta was part of the event held at Tech City Park, Guwahati in the presence of Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam, Ramendra […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed his condolences on the death of six people in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi last night. “The road accident in Gauriganj, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh is very sad. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this. Along with […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Monday assured that the communal violence that took place in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area will be thoroughly investigated from all possible angles. “The case will be probed from all angles and we will ensure that anyone who participated in the violence, whether directly or indirectly, is brought […]
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Mumbai : An elderly man was injured in a mobile phone snatching incident at Mumbai’s Malad-Marve Road, succumbed to his injuries. The incident took place on Friday after which the 61-year-old was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. A case has been registered under sections 304,394 and 34 IPC. According to […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have arrested a banana plantation farm owner in a case related to the electrocution of a wild elephant two months ago at his farm. A male elephant aged between 12 and 15 was found dead on the farm on the morning of February 12 and its trunk was […]
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Hubballi: More than 100 persons have been detained in connection with the large-scale violence following a controversial social media post in the city. The accused would be produced before the court on Monday. Meanwhile, the situation continues to be tense and tight security arrangements have been made throughout the city. Prohibitory orders are clamped in […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that public participation has provided a new energy in the development of the country and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is an example of this. Prime Minister Modi said that be it construction of toilets or disposal of waste, preservation of heritage or competition for cleanliness, the country is […]
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Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia musician and Padma Shri awardee Prafulla Kar passed away here on Sunday night. He was 83. According to family sources, Kar breathed his last at his residence at Satya Nagar in Bhubaneswar city. He was suffering from old-age related health issues. His last rites will be performed on Monday at Puri Swargadwar […]
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Bengaluru: Restaurant management platform UrbanPiper on Monday announced it has raised $24 million led by existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global, and new investors Swiggy and Zomato. The platform aims to use the funds to scale its product and engineering teams and looks to expand to more than 200,000 restaurant locations globally in […]
