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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and former MLA Ram Iqbal Singh said the death of over 700 farmers could have been prevented had the Union government withdrawn the three contentious agriculture laws within 30 days of the farmers’ agitation.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.
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Speaking at the launch of "Going Viral, Making of Covaxin: The Inside Story" book, Dr Ella highlighted the importance of public-private partnerships in making Covaxin a reality.
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New Delhi: Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, alleging that he and his family have received death threats from ISIS-Kashmir. “We have received an Email from ISIS-Kashmir on the official ID of MP Gautam Gambhir on November 23 at 9.32 p.m.,” read the complaint […]
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Prayagraj: Observing that ‘oral sex’ with a minor does not come under the ‘aggravated sexual assault’ category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy from 10 years to seven years. In 2016, an […]
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Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a foreign national who is a victim of domestic violence can file a complaint against her abusive husband if the violence is perpetrated during her stay in India. Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur dismissed the plea of Robarto Nieddu, the husband of Catherine Nieddu, seeking rejection of her […]
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The study published in Tuesday night is indicating reduced effectiveness of two doses of Covaxin against SARS-CoV-2 infections that are attributed to the delta variant
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Sitapur: The principal of a private school was arrested on charges of sexual harassment of a minor girl student in Sitapur. The student’s family along with local residents reached the private school on Tuesday and thrashed the principal for alleged sexual exploitation of the girl. Later, they handed over the accused to the police. Station […]
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Uttar Pradesh: Local people went on a rampage in the Khanpur village of Sarai Lakhansi area in Mau district when they noticed a statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar had been desecrated. Mau Superintendent of Police (SP) Sushil Ghule said that the officials of district administration and police reached the spot and ensured replacement of the […]
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New Delhi: The government is likely to bring a bill in the ensuing winter session of Parliament to bar all but a few private cryptocurrencies and create a framework to regulate digital currency issued by the RBI. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, is listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha […]
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New Delhi: India will release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile in tandem with the US, China, Japan, and other major economies to cool international oil prices, the government announced on Tuesday. This is the first time ever that India, which stores 5.33 million tonne or about 38 million barrels of […]
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New Delhi: Efforts to unravel the mystery around the highly debilitating disease of Alzheimer’s have got a shot in the arm with a recent study getting newer insight into the biomolecular mechanism for the formation of protein clusters/aggregates that are often seen in the disease. Proteins are essential for virtually every process within the cell. […]
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New Delhi: India recorded an exceptional performance at the 14th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (IOAA) 2021, organised by Colombia, and held in online mode from 14 to 21 November 2021. India was placed in the top position, jointly with Thailand andRussia in the country-wise medals tally, after it bagged the second prize in […]
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Hyderabad: While many have heard the story of the Taj Mahal being a symbol of love, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz, a man from Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur has given life to that love story once again by gifting an exact replica of the Taj Mahal to his wife. Anand […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Police has reshuffled 21 Inspectors and given them new responsibilities with immediate effect while it cancelled its earlier transfer order for ten policemen. According to an official order accessed by IANS on Tuesday, 13 areas — CR Park, Pandav Nagar, Ranjit Nagar, Rithala Metro Station, Khyala, Raja Garden Metro Station, Nangloi Metro […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the change in land use of a plot where the new official residence of the vice president will come up as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens’ Delhi. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said that sufficient explanation has […]
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New York: Actor-comedian Vir Das expressed his honour to represent India at the International Emmy Awards 2021 held at the Casa Cipriani in New York City on Monday night. Vir’s standup ‘Vir Das: For India’ got nominated in the Best Comedy category alongside the likes of ‘Call My Agent Season 4’, ‘Motherland Christmas Special’ and […]
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Also in the same period, 236 people succumbed to the virus, which increased the overall nationwide death toll to 4,66,147.
