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There are 15-20 Indians in war-hit Ukraine who want to leave and are being provided all help, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday, asserting that 'Operation Ganga' is still on. At a media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said it is a war situation but we...
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A youth has been arrested for allegedly abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in a video in Kaushambi, the police said on Thursday. A video of Israr Khan, a resident of Alipur Jeeta village, abusing Prime...
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A student from Telangana died in a road accident in Germany, family sources said on Thursday. Amar Singh (28) was pursuing MBA in the European nation. The family had received information about his death on Wednesday evening. Amar Singh last spoke to his father on March 11 and the...
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The UK government said internet users are closer to a safer online environment across websites and social media platforms as its world-first' online safety law was tabled in Parliament on Thursday. The Online Safety Bill has been dubbed a milestone in the fight for a new digital age, which...
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Delhi Metro commuters braved long queues on Thursday morning as services were delayed for three hours on Pink, Violet and Green lines due to a technical glitch in the signalling system. The snag hit the three lines early morning, affecting services from 8.05 am to 11.05 am, Delhi Metro Rail...
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Six Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their boat seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Coast Guard. This is second such incident this month. According to an official release, the fisherfolks from the island nation were illegally fishing in the Indian...
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G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress on Thursday held a flurry of meetings where they insisted they will fight for revamping the party while staying within its fold. Sources in the...
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The central security cover given to 27 out of 41 VIPs during the recently-concluded assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has been withdrawn, a senior Central Reserve Police Force officer said on Thursday. The security cover was provided and subsequently withdrawn by the CRPF on the...
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Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday offered to resign from his post, owing moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the Punjab assembly elections. His offer of resignation was, however, rejected by all district presidents, according to a party...
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Fresh cases of COVID-19 are again spiking globally, especially in parts of Asia, after several weeks of decline and this rise is just the tip of the iceberg, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. With each country facing a different situation with...
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Inspector General of BSF, Jammu Frontier, D K Boora visited forward areas along the Line of Control during a four-day tour of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir and took stock of the situation, an official said on Thursday. Boora arrived in the forward areas of under command units on...
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The government on Thursday ordered an immediate halt of fishing, tourism and shipping activities in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and kept the Army, the Navy and the Air Force on standby in view of the impending cyclone which is likely to hit the archipelago early next...
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The Gujarat government on Thursday announced in the assembly that the Bhagavad Gita will be a part of the school syllabus for Classes 6 to 12 across the state from the academic year 2022-23. Education minister Jitu Vaghani made the announcement in the legislative assembly during a discussion...
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Aromica Tea, an Assam-based startup, has launched a CTC tea named after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to honour his valour and courage in the face of Russian invasion. Ranjit Barua, the director of Aromica Tea, said that the brand 'Zelenskyy', a strong Assam CTC tea, was launched...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison will hold a virtual summit on March 21 to explore ways to further expand bilateral ties. The announcement was made by external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi at a media briefing on Thursday. Prime...
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The ministry of external affairs on Thursday strongly disapproved of reports that the Organisation of Islamic Countries has invited the Hurriyat Conference to attend its meeting in Islamabad. India takes very serious view of such actions, the MEA said when asked about the reports. We...
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A firefighter works at the site of a fire in Kharkiv. Oleksandr Lapshyn/Reuters
Updates from Ukraine: At least 130 survivors have been saved so far from the ruins of the Mariupol Drama Theater. The theater was bombed by Russians on March 16. The theater was known to house hundreds of women and children. Its bomb shelter reportedly survived the attack. The rescue efforts...
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Aromatic Tea, an Assam-based startup, has launched a CTC tea named after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to honour his valour and courage in the face of Russian invasion. Ranjit Barua, the director of Aromatic Tea, told PTI that the brand Zelenskyy', a strong Assam CTC tea, was...
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit India from March 19 to 20 to attend the14th India-Japan summit, the MEA says.At the invitation of PM Modi, the PM of Japan, Fumio Kishida will be undertaking an official visit to New Delhi. This will be the first meeting of these 2 leaders, the MEA...
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Eight lawmakers, including A K Antony and Asaduddin Owaisi, have been awarded by the Lokmat Group for their contributions in Parliament. AIMIM president Owaisi and Trinamool's Derek O'Brien were selected as best parliamentarian for the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards for 2022 by a jury of...
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched in the state on Shaheed Diwas on March 23.The newly elected chief minister said that people will be able to lodge complaints against corruption via WhatsApp. 99 per cent of people are...
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Ukraine president addresses the US Congress
US President Joe Biden has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a war criminal, prompting an angry response from the Kremlin which denounced it as unforgivable rhetoric from a head of state. Biden's off-the-cuff remarks on Wednesday was the harshest condemnation of Putin's...
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Ukrainian officials say the status of people sheltering in a theatre in Mariupol is still uncertain because the entrance was under the rubble caused by a Russian airstrike. Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional administration, said on Telegram on Wednesday evening that several...
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HDFC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, spurting 5.50 per cent, followed by Titan, Reliance, Kotak Bank, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel.
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HDFC was the top gainer
Equity benchmark Sensex surged past the 57,000-mark by rallying over 1,000 points on Thursday, tracking an overall bullish trend in global equities despite the US Federal Reserve hiking rates. The 30-share BSE index closed 1,047.28 points or 1.84 per cent higher at...
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The Samajwadi Party has decided to field Gorakhpur-based paediatrician Kafeel Khan for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls.Khan will be contesting for the Deoria-Kushinagar seat, the party's National Secretary Rajendra Chaudhary told the newspaper. The elections to 36...
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MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt today visited the Army Base Hospital and met Harjot Singh, who was injured in Ukraine with a gunshot wound in the left knee. Bhatt inquired about his health and treatment at the Army hospital. Read Harjot's story here.
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The Kyiv Independent: Around 80-90% of Mariupol destroyed or damaged by Russian shelling and airstrikes, says Deputy mayor of Mariupol, in an interview to Forbes Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities struggled to determine the fate of hundreds of civilians who had been sheltering in a theater smashed...
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The proactive measures in India's COVID-19 vaccination drive helped the country control the spread of Omicron, which was globally six times higher than the previous wave, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.During a webinar, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of...
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Brass water guns or pichkaris are in great demand in Moradabad on the occasion of Holi. We have been selling water guns and other items made of brass from decades. Despite brass being expensive, customers are still buying it. We send these water guns across India, says Rahul Agarwal, shopkeeper.
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Amul's topical ad on Punjab.
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The Meghalaya High Court has ruled that rubbing of male organ on a woman's genitalia, even when she had her underpants on, would amount to penetrative sex and could be charged for rape, officials said on Thursday.Section 375(b) of the Penal Code recognises that insertion, to any extent, of any...
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A day after the crucial meeting of G-23 leaders, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met Bhupinder Singh Hooda and is learnt to have discussed revamping the party and the way forward following its loss in five Assembly elections. G-23 is a group of dissenting Congress...
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The Maharashtra government on Thursday issued guidelines for Holi, saying people should celebrate the festival of colours without congregating on a large scale, and observe Covid-appropriate behaviour as the disease is still prevalent. This year, 'Holika Dahan' is being observed on Thursday,...
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The poster of the Shyam Benegal film, Mujib - The Making of a Nation. The film is co-produced by India and Bangladesh and is the story Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the founding father of Bangladesh.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Germany of putting its economy before his country's security in the run-up to the Russian invasion. In an address to Germany's parliament Thursday, Zelenskyy criticized the German government's support for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project...
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gives a letter of appointment of a government job in the Education Department to the brother of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma who lost his life during North-East Delhi riots of 2020. Sharma was found dead in a drain near his home in northeast Delhi's...
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Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweets this image, saying, You may not understand the language, but the grief on the faces of these people is clear to everyone. Donetsk.
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Scores of beneficiaries of various schemes started by the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government, sources said.Beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana, PM Kisan Yojana, free ration scheme, those getting financial...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Valedictory Function of the 96th Common Foundation Course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy Of Administration, Mussorie via video conferencing.Take decisions keeping in mind the last man standing in row. You've to work by understanding...
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The Spectator Index: UK Defence Ministry intelligence says Russian invasion of Ukraine has 'largely stalled on all fronts'. Russian forces have made 'minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days' and continue to 'suffer heavy losses'. Despite this, Ukraine has suffered massive losses...
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Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan purchases cow-dung logs for Holika Dahan instead of wood logs to promote the message of environment conservation among the public.
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Russia shells public pool in Mariupol, children and pregnant women trapped under rubble. The attack hit the Neptune' swimming pool, where civilians were sheltering, according to Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. The number of victims is unknown. Image: Surrogate-born babies inside...
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Russian forces in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast are evicting the civilians from their homes and are also stealing food, Sumy's Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said.Zhyvytsky gave in-detailed information about the looting through the Telegram on March 16, reported The Kyiv Independent. The city sustained...
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Moody's on Thursday slashed India's growth estimate for the current year to 9.1 per cent, from 9.5 per cent earlier, saying high fuel and fertilizer import bill could limit the government's capital expenditure.In its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23 (March 2022 Update) titled: Economic Growth will...
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US welcomes the International Court of Justice's order to the Russian Federation to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine. We urge the Russian government to respect the Court's order and comply with the provisional measures. We stand with Ukraine, Ned Price, Spox, US Dept of State,...
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While there can be little doubt that the Congress is unravelling under the (non) leadership of the Gandhi family, reflected in the party's atrocious electoral graph (and a never-ending exodus of leaders), voters don't appear to have a problem with dynastic politics per se. If anything, with the...
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Omicron swab samples
It's a dual infection when someone has Covid and influenza at the same time. While this has occurred, the rates of dual infections globally have been low. Generally, under 1% of people with Covid also have influenza at the same time. Even with dual infections, people do not seem to be sicker...
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A statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's 1st and arguably greatest nation-builder, at Parliament House, stands juxtaposed with his great-grandson Rahul Gandhi. The picture was tweeted by @SoniaGandhi0, a 'fans account (Parody)' of the Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi.
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With the addition of 2,539 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the total active cases in India further declined to 30,799 constituting 0.07 per cent of the country's total positive cases, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.In January 2022, at the peak of the...
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Sensex jumps over 1000 points currently trading at 57,825 points, whereas Nifty is up by 287 points, currently at 17,263 points, following a strong rally in global equities after the US Fed raised interest rates. All the constituents of the Sensex were in the green. HDFC was the top...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's series 'Servant of the People', which inspired him to enter into politics, is back for streaming on Netflix in the US.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the satirical series originally streamed on Netflix from 2017 to 2021. 'Servant of the People'...
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Anupam Kher, part of the cast of The Kashmir Files, with Amit Shah
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that the film 'The Kashmir Files' shows half-truths and added that not only Hindus, but Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs were also murdered in Kashmir.I watched 'The Kashmir Files', the film is made on the terrorist incidents that happened in...
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Photograph: Daniel Leal/Pool via Reuters
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit India later this month amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.The visit comes at a time when the world is witnessing a crisis in Ukraine. Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24, three days after Moscow recognized...
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On the first day of vaccination for children, more than two lakh vaccine doses were administered with the first dose, said the Ministry of Health and family welfare in an official statement on Thursday.On the first day, 2,60,136 children between the age group of 12-14 with the first dose of COVID...
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The number of people, who were injured by a powerful earthquake in Japan, has increased to 126 while the death toll stands at two people, the NHK broadcaster reported on Thursday.The 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan on Wednesday, causing a one-meter tsunami in the Miyagi...
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The United States remains in touch with Indian leaders and continues to encourage them to work closely with it to stand up against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Wednesday.As you know, we remain in touch through a range of channels from our national security team with...
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The United Kingdom wants every country to move away from using Russian oil and gas because it directly funds President Vladimir Putin's war machine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesperson said on Wednesday.Asked about India's proposed move to purchase crude oil from Russia, the...
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