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The Madras High Court on Thursday rejected a plea from an animal activist to bring 'Rivaldo', the elephant with serious injuries in its trunk, which was left in the wild two months ago, back to captivity.The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu expressed its...
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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has witnessed a multi-nation counter-terror exercise in Russia's Orenburg region that has been organised under the aegis of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).India has sent a team of 200 personnel for the nearly-two-week-long Exercise Peaceful...
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The National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), an NGO, on Thursday appealed actor Amitabh Bachchan not to be part of advertisements which promote Paan Masala brands.NOTE president Dr Shekhar Salkar said in an open letter that the actor should withdraw from surrogate Paan Masala...
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BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday requested a court to grant him a high-level security, fearing that he may be poisoned in the jail as the government is unhappy with him.The BSP MLA is currently lodged in a Banda jail.Ansari, according to his lawyer Randhir Singh Suman, made the request during a...
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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that caste Census of Backward Classes is administratively difficult and cumbersome and excluding such information from the purview of Census is a conscious policy decision.The Centre's stand assumes significance as recently, a 10-party delegation from Bihar,...
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The Congress on Thursday set up various committees ahead of Goa assembly polls with former chief minister Luizinho Falerio made the chairman of the election coordination committee.Other members of this all-important panel are P Chidambaram, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Pratap Singh Rane and Eduardo Falerio,...
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Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, was on Thursday re-elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the country's premier news agency.Sarkar's re-election for a two-year-term was ratified by PTI's Board of Directors at their meeting.K...
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The Uttar Pradesh ATS on Thursday got a 10-day remand of Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, who was arrested for running a conversion syndicate.The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had arrested Siddiqui on Tuesday for illegal conversion of people to Islam.Siddiqui was produced in a court on...
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Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) on Thursday said the African nation has reopened its borders for Indian travellers, which were closed for a brief period due to the second wave of Covid-19.The temporary ban of passenger flights from India was revoked after a brief period of suspension since May this...
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A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times over a period of eight months in Maharashtra's Thane district and the police have arrested 24 persons and detained two minors in the case, an official said on Thursday.Based on the girl's complaint, the Manpada police in Dombivli...
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This is how India fared on the Covid front.
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Burdened by debt, a farmer and 17-year-old daughter allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district on Thursday, police said.Ishwar Singh Rajput (40) consumed sulphas and died at his home in Sapkheda village, about 50 km from the...
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India believes the UK's decision of 10-day quarantine for those vaccinated with Covishield here is discriminatory and New Delhi do reserve the right to reciprocate in a similar manner, the government said Thursday, but hoped a quick resolution would be found.Amid a growing outcry in the country...
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A 19-year-old college student was stabbed to death near the Tambaram railway station in Chennai on Thursday by a youth who later attempted to commit suicide, the police said. Seeing the grisly incident at about 1.30 pm today, passers-by informed the police who rushed to the spot to find the...
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On a day when the government has submitted before the Supreme Court that PM-CARES fund is not a government fund, it is instructive what Delhi-based lawyer Divyam Nandrajog wrote on the fund in article14.com last year. 'To be eligible for foreign money, an entity must be active for three...
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There is no evidence of a new variant of SARS-CoV2 and presently there is no additional or public health concern regarding the Delta sub-lineages, the INSACOG, a genome sequencing consortium, has said. In its latest bulletin dated September 20, the INSACOG said Delta continues to be...
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The Indian Army eliminated 3 terrorists in Rampur sector near Uri on LoC. They had recently crossed over from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir into Indian side. 5 AK-47s, 8 pistols and 70 hand grenades recovered from the terrorists killed in the operation. A movement was observed in Hathlanga...
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Amid a series of defections from the BJP to the TMC in West Bengal, the national general secretary of the state's ruling party, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday said if his organisation keeps its door ajar, the saffron camp will collapse in no time. Addressing a rally at Murshidabad...
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Bajaj Finserv gained by 5.15 per cent.
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Women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, according to a study. The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines lies in their ability to trigger the production of the right antibodies, blood proteins capable of protecting individuals...
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L&T was among the top gainers today
Equity benchmark Sensex zoomed 958 points to end at a fresh lifetime high on Thursday, tracking gains in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank amid a positive trend in global markets. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty soared 276.30 points or 1.57 per cent to its...
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The Congress said that the amount of Rs 50,000 announced by the Centre as ex gratia to families of those who died of COVID-19 is a joke and Rs 5 lakh should be given to the kin, said party national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Thursday.Congress party demands Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those...
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External Affair Minister Dr S Jaishankar is in Washington DC to join PM Modi's delegation. During the last two days, EAM held series of bilateral and multilateral meetings in New York.
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Intelligence agencies have issued a terror alert regarding the cross-border movement of Afghan origin terrorists along with Pakistan-based terrorists in the Jammu and Kashmir region to execute terror activities in the country during the upcoming festive season.According to Intelligence...
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A total of 21 accused have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Dombivli. A case was registered against 29 persons on the basis of minior's complaint: Thane Police. According to the police, the accused were minior's friend.
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Action will be taken against road contractors for the death of people due to potholes in Thane in Maharashtra, a senior police official has said. Roads in Kasheli, Anjurphata, Bhiwandi, Mankoli and other areas in Thane district were riddled with potholes, causing accidents and also leading...
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A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan rejected the opposition suggestion for calling an all-party meeting to discuss the controversial 'narcotic jihad' remark by a Catholic bishop, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi on Thursday said the Centre would soon convene a meeting of church...
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Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole and CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat met Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence in Mumbai, over the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypolls
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The Congress party makes a dig at PM Narendra Modi's refusal to hold press conferences -- not a single one since 2014 -- with a picture of Dr Manmohan Singh holding a presser aboard Air India One. @INC tweeted the pictures alongside, writing, Some photographs are harder to copy. Former PM,...
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The PM CARES Fund is not a Government of India fund and the amount collected by it does not go to the Consolidated Fund of India, the Delhi High Court has been informed. An affidavit filed by an Under Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) who is discharging his functions in...
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Boats and fishing nets of Indian fishermen from here were damaged in alleged attack by the Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Fisheries officials said on Thursday. The incident happened late on Wednesday near Katchatheevu when Lankan Naval personnel, who came in about 10 patrol boats, hurled...
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Paralympics bronze medallist Sharad Kumar
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics bronze medallist Sharad Kumar has been diagnosed with swelling in the heart. He was recently admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. The high jumper was initially kept under observation after complaining of chest pain and underwent...
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Infection with the virus that causes Covid-19 may be associated with risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder in which a person's immune system attacks the nerves, causing muscle weakness and occasionally paralysis, according to a study published on Thursday. Besides the...
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IT major Infosys on Thursday acknowledged that some users continue to experience difficulties in accessing the income tax portal and assured that it is working expeditiously, in collaboration with the Income Tax Department, to further streamline end-user experience. The...
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Schoolgirl Toma Das, 15, cycles 12km every day to bring drinking water home in her North 24-Parganas village from a roadside PHE reservoir.In the last week of July, Toma, who studies in Class X Hulorchar village of Hansnabad block, submitted an appeal through the Prime Minister's public grievance...
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US Vice President Kamala Harris meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the White House on Thursday afternoon is a coming of age moment for the Indian diaspora, a prominent US newspaper in her home state has said on the eve of the historic meeting between the two leaders. Harris, 56,...
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The much-awaited JLF London at the British Library opens virtually tomorrow with a stellar list of leading speakers from across the globe engaging in intellectual and literary discourse. Scheduled from 24th-26th September, 2021, the eighth edition of the annual Festival will explore an array...
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CJI NV Ramana says the Supreme Court is setting up a Technical Expert Committee to inquire into the alleged Pegasus snooping row. There will be an inquiry by a committee to be appointed by the Supreme Court on the Pegasus snooping. CJI tells Senior Advocate C U Singh that the order to...
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CJI NV Ramana says the Supreme Court is setting up a Technical Expert Committee to inquire into the alleged Pegasus snooping row. There will be an inquiry by a committee to be appointed by the Supreme Court on the Pegasus snooping. CJI tells Senior Advocate C U Singh that the order to...
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More than 4.29 crore unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories to be administered, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.More than 80.67crore (80,67,26,335) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through the...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announces that 40 per cent or 27 km of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project has reached completion. This includes the completion of the 1 km long, 40 feet diameter tunnel under Malabar Hill. Only a 900-metre length of the tunnel is to be completed. It is the...
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A Delhi court on Thursday adjourned to October 9 hearing on the bail plea of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. The hearing was adjourned to next month as Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat is on leave. This was informed to Khalid's...
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One of Afghanistan's first woman mayors, Zarifa Ghafari could settle in Switzerland, according to local media.Efforts are underway to obtain a special permit for the political activist who fled Kabul last month after Taliban took control.Ghafari is set to travel to Bern with her Swiss entourage...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared a photo from his flight to the United States where he has a packed schedule, including a Quad meeting and an address to the UN General Assembly. A long flight also means opportunities to go through papers and some file work, the Prime Minister...
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Equity indices traded gap up during early hours on Thursday with realty stocks witnessing handsome gains.At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 603 points or 1.02 per cent at 59,530 while the Nifty 50 gained by 175 points or 1 per cent to 17,721. All sectoral indices were in the...
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India reports 31,923 new COVID-19 cases, 31,990 recoveries, and 282 deaths in the last 24 hours.Of these, Kerala reported 19,675 new infections and 142 deaths yesterday.Active cases: 3,01,604 (lowest in 187 days)Total recoveries: 3,28,15,731Death toll: 4,46,050Total vaccination: 83,39,90,049 (...
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The United States has ruled out adding India or Japan to the recently created security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom in the Indo-Pacific popular as AUKUS.On September 15, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commended Indian Diaspora for distinguishing itself across the world as he received a warm welcome from the community on his arrival in Washington, DC.He was greeted by groups of Indian Americans at the airport soon after his plane landed in Washington, DC, on...
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The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a CBI probe in connection with the death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri, the state's home department said on Wednesday.The seer, who was the president of the largest organisation of sadhus in India, was found hanging...
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