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New Delhi: The Delhi forest department granted permission to cut or transplant at least 77,000 trees, or three trees every hour, for developmental works in the city in the last three years, according to government data submitted to the high court recently. It also said only one-third of the trees transplanted during the period have […]
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Bengaluru: The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed an alternative mechanism to render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactive, the official statement by IISc stated on Monday. In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, the researchers report the design of a new class of artificial peptides or mini proteins that can not […]
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New Delhi: In a significant move, the defence ministry on Monday approved the procurement of military equipment and platforms worth Rs 76,390 crore from domestic industries. The procurement proposals were approved by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the ministry said. For the Indian Navy, the DAC accorded approval for […]
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Colombo: A 45-year-old Indian businessman has been arrested from a Sri Lankan international airport for attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs 40 million out of the country. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested on Sunday by the security officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Daily Mirror Lanka reported on […]
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New Delhi: The government is planning to establish old-age homes in every district of the country and has identified 250 districts where it will be tying up with local NGOs of the area, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar […]
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Kolkata: In a shocking case of jealousy or sheer inferiority complex, a man in West Bengal on Monday chopped off his wife’s hand from the wrist to prevent her from joining a state government nursing job. The husband in question is Sher Mohammod, a resident of Ketugram in East Burdwan district and the victim is […]
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Hyderabad: Asserting that economic development should take precedence over political gains, Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao urged the union Government to support progressive States like Telangana. He accused the Centre of not extending any support to the States that were politically not aligned to it. Releasing the performance report of the Industries department […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday issued guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes in India. This is the first time that the research body has released guidelines for type 1 diabetes. Earlier, guidelines were released for type 2 diabetes. Balram Bhargava, Department of Health Research Secretary and ICMR […]
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Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday admitted a PIL, demanding a CBI probe into the death of playback singer KK. Advocate Rabishankar Chattopadhyay had appealed to the Calcutta High Court, demanding CBI probe in KK’s death. On Monday afternoon, the division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava […]
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New Delhi: Indian Railways on Monday said it has decided to double the number of online tickets that can be booked per user ID through the IRCTC website and app. To facilitate passengers, Indian Railways has decided to increase the limit of booking a maximum of six tickets in a month to 12 tickets by […]
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Mumbai: Share price of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) slumped to a record low of Rs 782.45 on Monday, which is 17.55 per cent down from its IPO issue price of Rs 949. At 1.27 pm on the BSE, Life Insurance Corporation of India’s share was trading 2.01 per cent down at Rs 784.15. […]
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Garhwa: A former CPI (Maoist) Sub-Zonal Commander was arrested from a jungle in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district, a senior police officer said. Superintendent of Police Anjani Kumar Jha said a special police team was formed following a tip-off about the movement of the former sub zonal commander Bhanu Singh Kharwar. Kharwar and his lover made an […]
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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday was conducting raids at multiple locations belonging to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain days after his arrest in a money laundering case. Jain is currently in the custody of ED. He was arrested on May 30. In April, the ED attached property worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging […]
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New Delhi: India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for making comments on the internal affairs of the country, terming them ‘unwarranted and narrow-minded’. Our response to media queries regarding recent statement by General Secretariat of the OIC:https://t.co/961dqr76qf pic.twitter.com/qrbKgtoWnC — Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2022 The Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson […]
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Chennai: As many as 12 people tested positive for the new sub variants of COVID BA.4 and BA.5 in Tamil Nadu, as per state Health Minister M Subramanian. The Minister informed that 300 samples were sent to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad of which 12 tested positive for the sub variants. “Today […]
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New Delhi: Founder of Isha Foundation Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Sunday said that the gun violence in the US was related to the mental health of the youths. In an exclusive interview with ANI, he said that the violent culture in the US is rising because of the content of television shows, movies and video […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 4 paise to 77.62 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, supported by a weak American currency in the overseas markets. However, muted domestic equities, elevated crude oil prices and persistent foreign fund outflows restricted the rupee’s rise, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened […]
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New Delhi: India logged 4,518 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,81,335, while the active cases increased to 25,782, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.06 […]
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Bengaluru: Intelligence agencies have alerted the Karnataka government after they tracked satellite phone calls made to foreign locations from state’s coastal and Malnad regions, sources said on Monday. Three calls were detected from the thick forests in these regions between May 23-29, according to the sources. Two calls were tracked in places near Mangaluru in Dakshina […]
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Uttarkashi: At least 24 people were killed after a bus carrying pilgrims fell into a gorge near Damta on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Sunday, police said. The bus had around 30 pilgrims from Panna district of Madhya Pradesh and a driver. The accident took place between Damta and Barnigad, which […]
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New Delhi: Hours after it denounced insult of any religious personalities, the BJP on Sunday suspended party spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal for their comments on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma is party national spokesperson and Jindal is spokesperson and head of media department of BJP Delhi unit. In a letter to Sharma, member secretary, BJP […]
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Chandigarh: In a bid to reduce carbon emissions, the Punjab government on Sunday announced to impose ban on single-used plastic from the next month. During a virtual state-level function to mark World Environment Day 2022, Science, Technology and Environment Secretary Rahul Tewari announced the decision for protecting the environment. He said the ban on the […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticised the ruling BJP at the Centre, claiming the party was busy promoting some movies amid the “targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Muslim security personnel” in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimed the BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley’s security. “Did the atrocities […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the national portal for credit-linked government schemes – Jan Samarth Portal on Monday. The portal will be launched during the ‘Iconic Week Celebrations’ of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. This week is being celebrated as […]
