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New Delhi: Indias leading industrialist and philanthropist, Anil Agarwal, Chairman of the Vedanta Group, one of the worlds biggest Oil & Gas and Metals companies, has been bestowed with the Philanthropy Award at the Asian Business Awards 2021 for his outstanding contribution towards humanitarianism initiatives centering on healthcare, education, sanitation, skill development and sustainable livelihood. His […]
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The 30-share index was trading 810.29 points or 1.38 per cent lower at 57,984.80. Similarly, the Nifty plunged 245.15 points or 1.40 per cent to 17,291.10.
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New Delhi: Leaders from across the country on Friday paid homage to the victims and security personnel who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks a “cowardly” act while paying tribute to those who had lost their lives. “Heartfelt tributes to those […]
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The death toll climbed to 4,67,468 with 488 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
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60 students of SDM College of Medical Sciences in Dharwad have tested positive for COVID-19. Test reports of another 100 students are awaited.
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Hamirpur: The Hamirpur crime branch has arrested eight accused all minors and high school students in connection with the murder of their fellow teenager friend over a month ago. The arrested persons include the main accused. Sanjay Tripathi, a local BJP leader and the father of the deceased, Aman Tripathi, and his wife Madhu, who […]
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Kanpur: A probe has been ordered into the leakage of a document containing details of security arrangements for President Ram Nath Kovind’s two-day visit to Kanpur. The details had surfaced on some WhatsApp groups. The document with details regarding the security, fleet, deployment of forces at the venues attended by President Kovind and other protocols […]
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New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday asked all States and Union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers coming from or transiting through South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where a new COVID-19 variant of serious public health implications has been reported. In a letter to additional chief secretaries or principal […]
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Mumbai: Telangana and Kerala lead the capital expenditure chart of states in the first half of 2021-22 while the biggest two spenders, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, are the laggards with not even spending a fifth of the budgeted amount, thereby pulling down the overall capex by states to a low 28.4 per cent in the […]
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New Delhi: The National Family Health Survey’s (NHFS-5) finding that total fertility rate (TFR) has fallen from 2.2 to 2.0 busts the population explosion myth and shows that India must steer away from coercive measures of population control, the Population Foundation of India said on Thursday. The fall in TFR — the average number of […]
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Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The PM was accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia at the project site. “Noida International Airport will be a multi-modal connectivity hub. It will […]
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Patna: BJP MLA from Begusarai Kundan Singh on Thursday said that crime cases in the state are increasing due to liquor ban in the state. Singh’s statement comes a day after another party MLA Hari Bhushan Singh Bachaul demanded rollback of liquor prohibition law in the state. Bhushan said that the state exchequer is registering […]
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Hyderabad: Black Friday is a huge event in the United States. The day following Thanksgiving is a shopping holiday and many stores and websites offer highly prompted sales at discounted prices. The sale is on until Monday, also known as Cyber Monday. Black Friday has been regarded as the beginning of the United States Christmas […]
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Kalaburagi: Karnataka Anti-Corruption Bureau officials recovered cash worth Rs 54 lakhs during a raid at the residence of a junior engineer of the Public Welfare Department (PWD) in Kalaburagi district on Wednesday. Of this, approximately Rs 13 lakhs was recovered from a drainage pipe of the PWD’s junior engineer. “Total Rs 54 lakhs in cash […]
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New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to a layer of smog shrouding the national capital as the air quality plunged to the “very poor” category on Thursday morning. The overall air quality index (AQI) dipped to 330, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). As per the SAFAR, the PM […]
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San Francisco/New Delhi: The banking regulators in the US have announced a plan to clarify the rules and regulations around how banks can use cryptocurrencies over the next year, at a time when governments the world over, including India, are weighing the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and safeguard investors. The Board of Governors of the […]
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Panaji: In an “embarrassment” for Goa’s ruling BJP, private dentists in the state staged a protest wearing black arm-bands, late on Wednesday, at a function chaired by party President J.P. Nadda, over a recent hike in bio-medical waste handling fees. Talking to reporters after staging the protest during the event at a city hotel, Dr. […]
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Bulandshahr: A man has been arrested from a village in Agauta town for shooting a barber dead when the latter refused to give him a haircut, asking him to clear his previous dues first. The incident took place on Wednesday in Sharifpur Bhainsroli village of the town, when Sameer shot Irfan with his licensed pistol […]
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New Delhi: The Centre has invited food ministers from across the country on Thursday to discuss the issue of community kitchen and other issues that will lead to the creation of a national food grid for those persons who are beyond the scope of the Public Distribution System to fight with hunger and malnutrition. Union […]
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Jaipur: Remember? Years ago, former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad’s jibe about making the roads of Bihar as smooth as the cheeks of Hema Malini. Now, the newly made state minister of Rajasthan Rajendra Gudha has made a similar jibe of which a video is going viral where he is seen telling an officer that […]
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Ballia: Launching a tirade against his own party’s central leadership, BJP leader and former MLA Ram Iqbal Singh said the death of over 700 farmers could have been prevented had the Union government withdrawn the three contentious agriculture laws within 30 days of the farmers’ agitation. Singh, an executive committee member of the BJP in […]
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The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to repeal the three central farm laws.
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New Delhi: In a significant step towards the restoration of passenger services, the Indian Railways now decided to serve freshly cooked food in Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas, and Gatiman Express trains. In this regard, an order already has been issued to all concerned departments and stakeholders.The order said that the matter has been […]
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As many as 437 people have succumbed to the COVID-19 infection in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,66,584.
