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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the opposition Congress on the issue of startups and its “propaganda” about unemployment in post-Covid times, saying it was “making fun” of these youth entrepreneurs and “creating an environment of false fear to demoralise them”. “Oppose us, but don’t oppose the nation, our youths, their innovation. […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on a plea against the latter’s decision allocating 50 per cent of seats in super-specialty courses in government medical colleges for the in-service doctors of the state. A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai sought response […]
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Chirang: An FIR has been registered against two police constables for allegedly assaulting a journalist after the latter questioned them for not wearing helmets while they were riding bikes in Basugaon in Assam on Monday. Speaking to ANI, the journalist namely Jayant Debnath said, “Two policemen on a bike were not wearing helmets, my only […]
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Lucknow: The Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind (MuH), a national body of clerics, has condemned the Karnataka government’s decision to ban hijabs in educational institutions. In a statement, MuH general secretary Maulana Kalbe Jawad and other clerics have sought revocation of the order, terming it as anti-constitutional and against minority rights. The group collectively said that the hijab was […]
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New Delhi: The Centre has allotted Rs 38.70 crore for cheetah introduction project up to 2025-26, the Union government told the Lok Sabha. As much as Rs 38.70 crore under the ongoing centrally sponsored scheme of ‘Project Tiger’ has been allocated to the cheetah introduction project for the years 2021-22 till 2025-26,” Ashwini Kumar Choubey, […]
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Amaravati: Twitter informed the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday that it has completely removed abusive and defamatory comments against the judiciary from the platform. This was conveyed to the court during the hearing of a suo moto case in connection with abusive and defamatory social media posts against the judiciary and judges. In an […]
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New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday requested AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi to accept Z category protection, offered by the government after a recent attack on his car, saying he still faces security threat. Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Shah said the Hyderabad MP has refused to take the CRPF protection. The minister […]
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New Delhi: India’s vaccination drive against Covid-19 achieved another milestone as it crossed 170 crore mark on Monday. As per the government CoWIN portal, India has administered over 170 crore of vaccine doses so far that includes over 95 crore of first doses, over 73 crore as second shots and over 1.45 crore precaution doses. […]
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Mumbai: TV ratings body BARC on Monday said it will be restarting issuing data on news channels from mid-March, over 17 months after suspending it. In a statement, BARC said the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given a directive to resume the release of data for individual news channels. “BARC India is currently […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Assetmonk, a technology-enabled real estate investment platform, with investments in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai, has crossed Rs 120 crores worth of investment volume through its platform and aims to achieve Rs 500 crores by the end of 2022 as assets under its management. The Hyderabad startup aims to transform how real estate investments […]
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Search and rescue operations are currently underway. Specialised teams have been airlifted to assist in rescue operations, the force said.
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Prison Superintendent and Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake told PTI on Sunday that the Indian fishermen have spent the isolation period in the prison-run COVID-19 quarantine centre in Iyakkachchi in the Northern province since their release on January 25.
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"The government order to treat everyone equally is a welcome move, and that's why we came here in saffron stoles in support of our brother and sisters," said one of the students who came to the college wearing saffron stoles.
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New Delhi: Technology company Honeywell on Monday announced the appointment of Rajesh Rege as country president for India. As the country leader, Rege will head Honeywell’s India strategy that focuses on the company’s growth pillars of shaping a diversified portfolio of products and solutions tailored to the India market. “Rajesh Rege joins a highly capable leadership […]
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Hyderabad: Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. The appointment is for a period of five years. “In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Statutes of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, the President of India […]
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Rajya Sabha members also observed a minute's silence as they paid tribute to the legendary singer. The house will reconvene at 11:05 am.
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The BSE gauge was trading 225.04 points or 0.38 per cent lower at 58,419.78 in early trade. Likewise, the Nifty dropped 69.55 points or 0.40 per cent to 17,446.75.
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Sputnik Light is a one-dose vaccine and the same as the first component— recombinant human adenovirus serotype number 26 (rAd26) — of the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine, Dr Reddy's said in a statement.
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The autopsy conducted by a panel of three doctors revealed that the girl, daughter of a local businessman, died due to asphyxiation.
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The number of active cases in the country declined further to 11,08,938, comprising 2.62 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 96.19 per cent, the ministry said.
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Betul: A 21-year-old man and a teen boy died after being hit by a train while clicking selfies on a railway bridge in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on the railway bridge on Machana River on Saturday, Shahpur police station in charge Shivnarayan Mukati said. “Mukesh Uike and […]
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Bengaluru: The conviction of a police officer for the rape of a mentally challenged woman in a moving car in Tumakuru district of Karnataka made national headlines. However, the challenges overcome by the prosecution in getting the conviction of the police officer is not less than a thrilling story. The victim, though 34 years old, […]
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Ranchi: Jharkhand, which was carved out of Bihar in 2000, records three incidents of witch hunt violence per day and at least 1,000 people have been murdered due to the superstition in the past 22 years and 90 per cent victims are women. Chutni Devi from Jharkhand’s Beerbans village in Saraikela-Kharsawan district, who faced extreme […]
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New Delhi: The Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertaking has asked the government to change the code ‘GAY’ for the ‘Gaya International Airport. In its action taken report tabled in Parliament on Friday, the panel mentioned the issue and asked the government to make all efforts to take up the matter with the International Air Transport […]
