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The stock of coronavirus vaccine in the national capital will last for another eight days, according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Friday.As on Friday morning, 1,87,440 doses of Covaxin and 12,02,280 jabs of Covishield were left in stock, it said.In all, the Delhi government has...
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A third-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi died by suicide at his home in Nagpur, police said on Friday.The deceased was identified as Pushpak Sambhe (21), a resident of Wanadongri area of Nagpur city.He and his parents had visited their village on Wednesday and...
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The Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand will begin on Saturday after its prolonged suspension due to COVID-19.A day after the Uttarakhand High Court vacated its stay on Chardham Yatra, the state government on Friday issued a detailed SOP to start the yatra from Saturday with strict adherence to...
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The Navaratri Brahmotsavam of Lord Venkateswara hill temple, scheduled to begin on October 7 at Tirumala, will be conducted without the participation of devotees, due to the anticipated third wave of COVID-19, said a top functionary of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that governs the...
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Punjab Police on Friday recovered 8.5 kg of heroin from near the Indo-Pak Border in Fazilka district, officials said.The operation was supported by the Border Security Force as it was carried out in the area under the control of the BSF, police said in a statement here.The recovery of the...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday called upon workers for the expansion of the organisation before the centenary year of the Sangh.The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed in 1925.Addressing RSS workers of Chittorgarh region in Udaipur, he also enquired about the coronavirus situation in...
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday claimed that the unemployment rate in the state was more than 17 per cent in the year 2016 which has now come down to four to five per cent.He was addressing a function after distributing toolkits to trained beneficiaries under the...
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Indian news portal The Wire has received the 2021 Free Media Pioneer Award instituted by the Vienna-based International Press Institute.The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and national affairs editor Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty received the award at a ceremony held in the...
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The Supreme Court Friday on granted bail to artist Chintan Upadhyay, arrested in connection with the murder of his artist wife and her lawyer in 2015, noting that the petitioner has been in custody for nearly six years. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai noted that the...
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The 15th edition of Surya Kiran, a joint training exercise between the armies of India and Nepal, will start at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand on Monday with a focus on counterinsurgency operations, the defence ministry said Friday.The last edition was conducted in Salijhandi in Rupendehi district of...
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In what appears to be a reciprocal treatment for citizens of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Indian government has withdrawn the e-visa facility for them, according to sources.A senior ministry of home affairs (MHA) official confirmed that post-Covid, UK and Canada have posed a lot of...
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The Orissa High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by a puja committee and others against the government's decision to restrict the maximum height of Durga idols to four feet in the state, observing that the matter cannot be singled out as an essential aspect of a tradition or practice...
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The 30-stock bellwether Sensex lost one-fifth per cent to close at 59,015.89.The NSE Nifty, a broader index comprising 50 companies, too lost one-fourth of a per cent as traders took some profits off the table as the markets closed trading for the week.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Friday that it has so far arrested 168 people in 37 cases of terror attacks, conspiracy and funding which have been inspired by the Islamic State (IS) ideology in the country.It said charge sheets have been filed in 31 of the cases, the most recent...
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In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Maharashtra government has decided to keep all the shops closed in Pune on September 19 on the occasion of Ganesh idols immersion, announced Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday.Pawar also stated that restaurants and hotels will remain open and...
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Indigo holds a 57% market share in India.
16:52
Equity benchmark Sensex ended 125 points lower on Friday after scaling a fresh record peak of 59,737 in early trade, as investors booked profits at higher levels. After gyrating 866 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index settled 125.27 points or 0.21 per cent lower at...
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Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras called Prime Minister Narendra Modi another form of God on the latter's birthday, and said he was the most successful head of government in India since independence. He is another form of God. Nobody has seen God but Prime...
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Tamil Nadu is now in the unenviable position of 3rd place.
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A 19-year-old girl appearing for an examination in Assam was made to wrap a curtain around her legs by an invigilator who chafed at her wearing shorts, provoking outrage and allegations of gender bias, and prompting university authorities to order an inquiry. The girl's family has, however,...
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The Supreme Court Friday allowed the Kerala government to hold physical exams for Class 11 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and expressed satisfaction over the steps being taken by it to ensure that no untoward situation is faced by students.The top court said holistic approach has to be taken in the...
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The Congress on Friday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 71st birthday but said the country is paying the price for his failures on several fronts and so the day is being observed as unemployment day, anti-farmer day and high prices day. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended his...
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A fire broke out in the basement of the CBI building at the CGO complex in the Lodhi Road area on Friday.While speaking to ANI, SK Dua, an officer of the fire service department, told ANI, Due to a good ventilation system in the office, the fire is under control. There was a fire in the control...
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The limited-overs series between Pakistan and New Zealand, which was to begin today in Rawalpindi, has been cancelled due to a security alertThe New Zealand cricket board has informed the Pakistan Cricket Board that they have been given a security alert and have unilaterally decided to postpone...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to increase and enhance the role of Panna Pramukhs in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to make the party more electorally effective, sources informed on Friday. To achieve this goal, the BJP is aiming to strengthen Panna Pramukhs in its...
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Massive traffic jams hit parts of the national capital, including Lutyens' Delhi and ITO, on Friday amid a protest march organised by members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) against the Centre's farm laws. The Delhi Traffic Police alerted commuters about closure of specific roads and...
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India has administered over 1 crore Covid vaccinations till 1.30 pm today.Aiming at 2 crore vaccinations as PM Modi turns 71, the government added a ticker to track Covid shots being given across the country.Celebrating the relentless efforts of India's vaccinators against COVID-19, we have added...
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The Shiv Sena on Friday slammed the BJP over the Income Tax Department's action against actor Sonu Sood.The party said although the BJP earlier praised him for his work during the lockdown, it now considers him a tax evader after the Delhi and Punjab governments tried to join hands with him in...
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A government big on numbers...Union Home Minister Amit Shah planted the 10 millionth sapling during CAPF's All India Plantation Drive, at CRPF Training Centre in Nanded.The country's internal security can't be strengthened without CRPF. The country is proud of CRPF, he said during the event.
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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the news yesterday for his inspection tour of the upcoming Mumbai-Delhi Expressway gives away a peek at his earnings. In Covid time, I did two things -- I started cooking at home and giving lectures through video conference. I...
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Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab and his then cabinet colleague Anil Deshmukh allegedly received Rs 40 crore from 10 DCPs in Mumbai to reverse the order of their transfer issued by the then city police commissioner Param Bir Singh, dismissed police officer Sachin Waze has claimed in his...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a useful discussion with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on contemporary issues, including Afghanistan and shared perspectives on global affairs with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, as he held separate informal meetings with the two...
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India is committed to increasing its connectivity with Central Asia. We believe that landlocked Central Asian countries can benefit immensely by connecting with India's vast market, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his virtual addresses to the SCO summit on Friday. Any connectivity...
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Actor Jane Powell, best known for her musical movies, has passed away at the age of 92.According to Fox News, Powell died of natural causes on Thursday. Among her most well-known films in the 1940s and '50s were the MGM musicals Royal Wedding and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.In a career...
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With Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) threatening to hold a protest march in Delhi to observe 'black day' on completion of one year of three farm laws, the borders of the national capital have been sealed.Earlier in the day, Delhi traffic police, in a tweet, informed that the Jharoda Kalan...
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Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Thursday addressed the top brass of the Central Air Command and urged them to ensure robust physical and cyber security of airbases and assets. In his address to the commanders, the air chief emphasised the need for critical analysis to enhance operational...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 45th GST Council meeting at Lucknow on Friday.This is the first time in 20 months that the GST council will be doing any physical meeting. After December 18, 2019, all the GST Council meeting was done in virtual mode. The key agenda of...
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Col Rahman Rahmani, a former Afghan pilot, tweets, I can't look at my uniforms anymore. I just looked at them. It made me cry. The more time passes, the more it hurt! Perhaps I was busy these day. Now I can reflect and really think what happened!
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A month after the dramatic fall of the old order in Kabul, what is evident in Pakistan is a mix of sentiment ranging from quiet satisfaction to heady triumphalism. Three factors underwrite these views. Foremost is the sense of achievement that a long and risky strategy to instal a 'friendly'...
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Shefali Juneja has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organization Aviation Security Committee. India has assumed this responsibility after a gap of 12 years. Juneja is the first woman to lead this strategic committee.
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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 400 points to scale a fresh peak of 59,550.88 in early trade on Friday, tracking gains in index majors Bajaj Finance, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank amid sustained foreign fund inflows.The broader NSE Nifty too surged more than 100 points to reach its new peak of...
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The Congress Party on Thursday alleged that the Union government has underreported deaths due to COVID-19 infection during the second wave.On the basis of a report published in a periodical, Congress alleged that ICMR manipulated the data and underreported COVID-related deaths during the...
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A portion of an under-construction flyover connecting the Bandra Kurla Complex main road and Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road collapsed around 4:30 am. 13 people have sustained minor injuries and have been shifted to a hospital. There is no life loss and no person is missing. The condition of...
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Biocon Biologics Limited (BBL), a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd. and Serum Institute Life Sciences Private Limited (SILS) announced a strategic alliance on Thursday and BBL said it will offer around 15 per cent stake to SILS at a post-money valuation of about USD 4.9 billion.Serum Institute Life...
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The BJP is set to launch a mega 20-day public outreach from today as Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 71. The celebrations will continue till October 7 to also commemorate his 20 years in public life, including as Gujarat chief minister.The party has asked its workers across the country to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 71 on Friday as President Ram Nath Kovind and other dignitaries and politicians greeted him with BJP leaders hailing his leadership. Wishing him a long and healthy life, President Kovind said may he continue to serve the nation with his spirit of...
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Members of the Taliban in Kabul. Photograph: Reuters
The International Monetary Fund has said its engagement with Afghanistan will remain suspended until there is clarity within the international community on the recognition of the government led by the Taliban.The IMF said it was deeply concerned with economic conditions in Afghanistan, urging the...
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BJP workers sit beside a vaccine shaped cake on eve of PM's b'day
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to launch a mega 20-day public outreach from Friday on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 71st birthday and it will continue till October 7 to also commemorate his 20 years in public life, including as Gujarat chief minister. The...
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