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| 1 | Recent | US Senate ratifies Kigali Amendment | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2022 | The US lawmakers recently voted to ratify the Kigali Amendment, making this the first time in 30 years for the US to adopt an international climate treaty. Key facts The US Senate voted to ratify the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol climate treaty and phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
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| 2 | Recent | Global Financial Centres Index | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2022 | New York topped the 32nd edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 32) as the most favoured financial center in the world. Key findings The top three most favored financial centers in the world are New York, London and Singapore. New York has retained the top position for the past four years.
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| 3 | Recent | FSSAI releases draft notification on Indian Nutrition Rating | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | The FSSAI has recently issued a draft notification on Indian Nutrition Rating (INR) modelled on the health star-rating system. Key facts The draft notification issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) makes changes to the Safety and Standards (Labelling & Display) Regulations, 2020.
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| 4 | Recent | Gujarat Government withdraws Cattle Control Bill | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | The Gujarat Legislative Assembly had unanimously withdrawn the Cattle Control Bill after protests from cattle-rearing communities across the state. Key facts The proposed legislation sought to ban the movement of stray cattle on roads and public places in the urban regions of Gujarat. It covered 8 major cities – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Gandhinagar and Jamnagar.
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| 5 | Recent | Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Medical Devices | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | The Indian Government has decided to set up a separate Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Medical Devices. Key facts The new EPC would have headquarters in Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh and regional offices in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. An initial funding of Rs.3 crore will be provided by the government.
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| 6 | Recent | 300 in Wipro fired for moonlighting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | Wipro has sacked employees who were involved in moonlighting. What is Moonlighting? Moonlighting is the term used to describe an individual taking up a second job or multiple other work assignments besides his full-time job. The practice of working for multiple organizations.
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| 7 | Recent | SCALE app | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | The SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app was launched by the Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan during his visit to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) on September 20, 2022.
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| 8 | Recent | Nanoplastics in human food chain | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2022 | A new study published in the journal Nano Today revealed that nanoplastics travel up the human food web via plants, insects and fish. Key facts Nonplastics are plastic debris particles that are smaller than 1,000 nanometre, which is equal to one billionth of a metre. Because of their miniscule size, nanoplastics are capable of passing.
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| 9 | Recent | Horrific scenes of people dying prematurely now history: Oxford scientist on Omicron | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. Omicron variant is not the same disease we were seeing a year ago, said John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University. He added, "The horrific scenes that we saw a year ago, ICUs being full, lots of people dying prematurely is now history in my view, and I think we should be reassured that that's likely to continue."
John Stewart Bell FRS was a physicist from Northern Ireland and the originator of Bell's theorem, an important theorem in quantum physics regarding hidden variable theories.
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| 10 | Recent | COVID-19 vaccines still proving protective against Omicron: WHO Chief Scientist | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has said that it appears that COVID-19 "vaccines are proving to be still protective" against Omicron variant. She added that even though the number of cases are going up exponentially in many countries, hospitalisations and even within hospitalised people the need for ventilation and critical care has not gone up proportionately.
Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist known for her work in Tuberculosis. She is currently positioned as Secretary, Department of Health Research - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research.
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| 11 | Recent | UK epidemiologist lists Omicron symptoms, says even people with boosters have some | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London, Tim Spector, has listed two symptoms of Omicron which are usually not associated with coronavirus, nausea and loss of appetite. "Quite a few of them had nausea, slight temperature, sore throats and headaches," he said. He added that some symptoms were present in those who had received vaccines and the booster shot.
Genetic epidemiology is the study of the role of genetic factors in determining health and disease in families and in populations, and the interplay of such genetic factors with environmental factors. Genetic epidemiology seeks to derive a statistical and quantitative analysis of how genetics work in large groups.
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| 12 | Recent | Tesla recalls over 4,75,000 cars in US over risk of accidents | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. Elon Musk-led Tesla has recalled over 4,75,000 cars in the US to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing. Tesla is recalling 3,56,309 Model 3 cars made between 2017-2020 and 1,19,009 Model S cars assembled from 2014. Tesla is not aware of any crashes, injuries or deaths related to the issues with the cars.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. With an estimated net worth of around US$280 billion as of December 2021, Musk is the wealthiest person in the world.
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| 13 | Recent | BMW plans to create up to 6,000 new jobs in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. German automaker BMW plans to create up to 6,000 new jobs next year to prepare for growing demand for electric vehicles, CEO Oliver Zipse said. BMW is on a "very good path through the transformation" and has its plants prepared for e-mobility, he added. BMW is aiming for at least 50% of global sales to be fully electric by 2030.
Zipse has spent his entire professional life at BMW AG. He joined the company in 1991 as a trainee in development, technical planning and production. From 1992 to 1994, he worked as a project engineer in technology development. From 1994 to 2006, he held various leadership positions in development, production and production planning in Munich and South Africa. From 2007 to 2008 he was the plant manager at the Mini-plant Oxford. From 2009 to 2012, he was head of technical planning before becoming head of group planning and production strategy from 2012 to May 2015.
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| 14 | Recent | Actress Shilpa Shirodkar, 1st Indian celeb to get coronavirus vaccine, tests COVID +ve | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. Actress Shilpa Shirodkar, known for films such as 'Hum', 'Khuda Gawah' and 'Aankhen', on Thursday said she has tested positive for coronavirus. "COVID POSITIVE!!! #day4," the actress, who was the first Indian celebrity to receive COVID-19 vaccine, wrote. Shirodkar, who stays in Dubai with her family, had received a jab of Sinopharm vaccine in the beginning of January this year.
Shilpa Shirodkar is an Indian actress and former photo model who worked primarily in Hindi-language films from 1989 to 2000. After a 13-year hiatus from acting, she made her comeback to acting, this time on television in the Zee TV series Ek Mutthi Aasmaan in 2013.
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| 15 | Recent | Singer Camila Cabello sells her US mansion, bought from Uday Chopra, for ₹32 cr: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2021 | Dec 30, 2021. Singer Camila Cabello recently sold her Los Angeles mansion which she had reportedly purchased from Uday Chopra in 2019. The house, situated just above the Sunset Strip area, was sold at $4.3 million (approximately ₹32 crores), according to a report by E! News. The Mediterranean-style mansion features a private courtyard entrance, a saltwater pool and a barbecue area.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor USA in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
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| 16 | Recent | Chinese people call model's 'slanted eye' makeup in Mercedes ad 'offensive' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. Mercedes-Benz took down an advertisement from its Weibo account after several Chinese users referred to it as "offensive", state-run Global Times newspaper reported. Users claimed that the makeup of a model featured in the ad looked like "slanted eyes" and said it reflected Western stereotypes about Asian people. Snacks retailer Three Squirrels' ad was also criticised for similar reasons.
Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as just Mercedes, is a German luxury automotive marque. Mercedes-Benz and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz AG – of Daimler AG – are headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz produces consumer luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles.
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| 17 | Recent | Ford's market value closes above GM's for the 1st time in 5 yrs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. Ford's market value closed above General Motors' at $83 billion for the first time in over five years. The last time Ford was valued at more than GM was September 14, 2016, when Ford closed the day with a market cap of $48.2 billion. This year, Ford's shares have more than doubled and have reportedly been trading around a 20-year-high.
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln luxury brand.
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| 18 | Recent | China's Zeekr to develop driverless taxis for Alphabet's Waymo | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. China-based Geely's electric mobility brand, Zeekr, will make electric vehicles for Alphabet's self-driving technology unit Waymo, to be deployed as fully autonomous ride-hailing vehicles across the US. The vehicles will be designed and developed at Zeekr's facility in Sweden, and later integrated with Waymo's technology. Waymo said it would introduce the vehicles in the US "in the years to come".
The Waymo Driver is the embodiment of fully autonomous technology that is always in control from pickup to destination. Passengers don't even need to know how to drive. They can sit in the back seat, relax, and enjoy the ride with the Waymo Driver getting them to their destination safely.
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| 19 | Recent | Tequila fish returned to the wild in Mexico after being declared extinct 18 years ago | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. Tequila fish, which disappeared from the wild in 2003, has been successfully reintroduced in a Mexico river following a decades-long partnership between Michoacana University of Mexico and Chester Zoo. In 1998, the zoo sent five pairs of fish to the Mexican university. The fish established a new colony within the university's laboratory, which scientists maintained and expanded over the years.
Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (Los Altos de Jalisco) of the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco. The red volcanic soils in the region of Tequila are well suited for growing the blue agave, and more than 300 million of the plants are harvested there each year.
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| 20 | Recent | Musk exercises all of his Tesla stock options expiring next year | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. World's richest person Elon Musk has exercised all of the options on 22.8 million shares in Tesla, which are due to expire in August, filings revealed. He has offloaded 15.7 million shares in Tesla, coming close to the 10% stake he has pledged to sell. Out of the 15.7 million shares, 10.3 million were related to the exercise of the options.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
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| 21 | Recent | Older than the independence of India: Rishad Premji on Wipro's 76th birthday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. Wipro's Chairman Rishad Premji tweeted on Wednesday, "It's Wipro's birthday today. We turn 76. Older than the independence of India." He also shared the company's Certificate of Incorporation. Wipro was founded on December 29, 1945, by Rishad Premji's grandfather as 'Western India Vegetable Products Limited' that made cooking oil.
Rishad Premji is the son of the Wipro head Azim Premji and was named as the successor of his father. He was until recently the Chief Strategy Officer at Wipro and has taken over as Chairman of Wipro in July 2019. He was the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2018–19.
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| 22 | Recent | Which non-founders of Indian startups own stock options worth over ₹100 crore? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. As per research by Longhouse Consulting, around 35 non-founder executives of Indian startups have stock options worth over ₹100 crores. OYO's Global COO Abhinav Sinha has shareholdings worth ₹1,100-crore, Paytm Labs' CEO Harinder Takhar has ₹413-crore worth of shareholdings. Zomato's Chief Technology Officer Gunjan Patidar, Nykaa's Chief Product Officer Sanjay Suri are also on the list.
Harinder is responsible for two key objectives: building Paytm’s machine learning and big data technologies, and growing Paytm’s presence in North America. In his previous role, as the first CEO of Paytm India, Harinder led the launch of the product and growth of the organization to 20 million businesses and 350 million active users.
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| 23 | Recent | Salman Khan drives an auto-rickshaw on streets of Panvel, video goes viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2021 | Dec 29, 2021. Bollywood actor Salman Khan was spotted driving an auto-rickshaw through the streets of Panvel recently. In a video that has gone viral, Salman can be seen casually dressed in shorts, T-shirt and a cap while driving the auto-rickshaw. The actor had reached his Panvel farmhouse last week to celebrate his birthday.
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards for acting.
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| 24 | Recent | Kerala to see 10pm-5am night curfew from Dec 30 to Jan 2 amid Omicron | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. The Kerala government on Monday announced a night curfew between 10 pm and 5 am across the state from Thursday (December 30, 2021) to Sunday (January 2, 2022), amid a rise in Omicron cases. Shops and establishments have been ordered to close at 10 pm and citizens have been asked to avoid unnecessary travel and gatherings at public places.
The principal concerns about omicron include whether it is more infectious or severe than other VoCs and whether it can circumvent vaccine protection.
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| 25 | Recent | Uttarakhand govt announces night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am from today amid Omicron | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. A night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am has been imposed in Uttarakhand from Monday owing to the Omicron COVID-19 variant. All essential services like healthcare, movement of vehicles carrying health personnel, postal services have been exempted from the curfew. At 142, while Delhi has the highest number of Omicron cases, Uttarakhand reported its first case on December 22.
The order further states that during night curfew, the movement of individuals shall remain strictly prohibited, except for essential activities, patients and their attendants, industries and companies requiring night operations, vehicles carrying goods, bus, trains, metro, air travel, home delivery and e-commerce.
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| 26 | Recent | Which states mandated COVID tests, RT-PCR reports for travellers amid Omicron? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. Many states and UTs issued rules for travellers amid Omicron spread. Delhi government has mandated random sample collection for passengers from states with high COVID-19 cases, while Maharashtra has mandated double vaccination or COVID-19 negative report for domestic travellers. In Bengal, RT-PCR test reports are mandatory. On-arrival tests are mandatory for foreigners in Karnataka and J&K.
Delay travel until you are fully vaccinated. Check your destination’s COVID-19 situation before traveling. State, local, and territorial governments may have travel restrictions in place. Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is required in indoor areas of public transportation (including airplanes) and indoors in U.S. transportation hubs (including airports). Do not travel if you have been exposed to COVID-19, you are sick, or if you test positive for COVID-19. If you are not fully vaccinated and must travel, get tested both before and after your trip.
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| 27 | Recent | Centre issues guidelines for precaution dose, vaccination of children aged 15-18 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. The Union Health Ministry on Monday issued guidelines for the COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 15-18 years and precaution dose for frontline workers, health care workers and those aged above 60 years with comorbidities. It mentions that appointments can be booked through the CoWIN platform or on-site. For children aged 15-17 years, only the Covaxin vaccine will be available.
The medical definition of Comorbidities is when a person has more than one underlying health-related conditions present in them at once. Each condition is considered as comorbidity, and sometimes comorbidities could be present in the form of physical or mental conditions. The best examples of comorbidities are when a person is suffering from Asthma and diabetes, or when the person is suffering from clinical depression and Hypertension.
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| 28 | Monthly Capsule | Pankhuri and Grabhouse founder Pankhuri Shrivastava passes away aged 32 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. Pankhuri Shrivastava, founder of a women-focussed social community platform called Pankhuri, passed away at the age of 32. She had also founded rental startup Grabhouse, which was sold to online classifieds company Quikr in a cash and equity deal in 2016. "Her demise is a loss for our startup ecosystem," Vani Kola, founder of Kalaari Capital, tweeted.
Pankhuri Shrivastava was a famous Indian businesswoman. Pankhuri Shrivastava was one of the founders of Sequoia Capital’s women-centered social community platform “Pankhuri” and also the founder of Grabhouse. Pankhuri Shrivastava was of Indian nationality; her zodiac sign is not available and her ethnicity was brown and Pankhuri Shrivastava’s religion was Hinduism.
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| 29 | Recent | Rahane seen repeatedly saying 'Watch the ball' to himself while batting, video viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. Team India batter Ajinkya Rahane was seen repeatedly saying 'Watch the ball' to himself before facing deliveries on the first day of the first Test against South Africa. "It makes me realise how cruel cricket can be for such an experienced guy," a fan commented. "Good way to be correctly focussed and enter the zone," another fan wrote.
Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian international cricketer. He plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game.
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| 30 | Recent | Liam Guthrie gives away most runs in a match in Big Bash League history | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2021 | Dec 27, 2021. Brisbane Heat pacer Liam Guthrie conceded most runs by a bowler in a match in Big Bash League (BBL) history after giving away 70 runs against Melbourne Stars in their BBL 2021-22 match on Monday. The 24-year-old, who registered figures of 4-0-70-2, was hit for seven sixes. Ben Dwarshuis had registered the previous most expensive figures (4-0-61-0) in BBL.
Liam Guthrie (born 9 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer. He plays first-class cricket and List A cricket for Western Australia and for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League.
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| 31 | Recent | Scientists discover a new muscle layer on the jaw | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Scientists at the University of Basel, Switzerland have discovered a previously overlooked section of human jaw muscles. They described the structure of masseter muscle as consisting of an additional third layer and proposed to name it 'Musculus masseter pars coronidea'. One can feel the masseter muscle tighten after placing fingers on the back of the cheeks and pressing teeth together.
The masseter is one of the muscles of mastication. It is a powerful superficial quadrangular muscle originating from the zygomatic arch and inserts along the angle and lateral surface of the mandibular ramus. The masseter is primarily responsible for the elevation of the mandible and some protraction of the mandible.
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| 32 | Recent | Name, lyrics of song 'Madhuban...' will be changed: Saregama after minister's warning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Amid criticism over the song 'Madhuban mein Radhika, jaise jungle me nache mor', music label Saregama said the name and lyrics of the song will be changed and a new song will replace the old one in three days. Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra had threatened Sunny Leone and singers with legal action for hurting Hindu sentiments with the song.
Dr. Narottam Mishra (born 15 April 1960) is the incumbent Minister for Home Affairs, Law and Legislative Affairs, Prisons, and Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents Datia constituency in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from where he has been elected thrice consecutively, having also previously represented Dabra thrice.
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| 33 | Recent | I will always see Ranveer as my elder brother: Harrdy Sandhu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Singer-actor Harrdy Sandhu took to Instagram and wrote a note to his '83' co-star Ranveer Singh and said that he helped him become a "better actor". "I have learnt a lot from [Ranveer] I [am] blown away by your hard work, dedication and discipline," he wrote. "I will always see you as my elder brother," he added.
Hardavinder Singh "Harrdy" Sandhu, is an Indian singer, actor and former cricketer. His first song was Tequilla Shot, and he gained popularity with Soch and Joker, which were written by Jaani and music composed by B Praak. Sandhu made his acting debut in Yaaran Da Katchup.
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| 34 | Recent | It's been difficult, I'm grateful for support: Alec on shooting incident | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Actor Alec Baldwin took to Instagram to share a video to thank his fans for the support he has received since he accidentally shot and killed a crew member on the sets of 'Rust' in October. He said, "I want to say thank you to all the people who sent me support. I'm really grateful for that it's been very difficult."
Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activist. He is the eldest of the four actor brothers in the Baldwin family. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on the sixth and seventh seasons of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing.
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| 35 | Recent | Former SpaceX engineers to launch robot restaurant that makes pizza in 45 secs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Three former SpaceX engineers have developed a robot that makes a pizza every 45 seconds. "It's an automated restaurant on wheels we'll be able to prepare food on the way to your house," Stellar Pizza's founder Brandon Tsai said. The company, which employs 23 former SpaceX employees, will launch its first food truck early next year in Los Angeles.
Stellar Pizza, a robotic pizza restaurant that can produce a pizza every 45 seconds, is set to open in 2022. It is the brainchild of three former SpaceX engineers. Stellar Pizza, a robotic pizza restaurant that can churn out one pizza every 45 seconds, is set to open in spring next year in Los Angeles.
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| 36 | Recent | I would've been a singer if I wasn't a teacher: BYJU'S Co-founder Divya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Edtech startup BYJU'S Co-founder Divya Gokulnath, the wife of Co-founder Byju Raveendran, in a LinkedIn post said that she would have been a singer if she was not a teacher. "I've been singing since the age of 5 and I’ve trained in Carnatic music for many years," she wrote. "Music helps me focus better," she added.
Carnatic music, known as Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka.
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| 37 | Recent | Which major Indian startups plan to go for an IPO in 2022? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. Unicorns like Delhivery , Droom , MobiKwik , CarDekho , OYO , Pharmeasy and BYJU'S have already filed their DRHP with SEBI and plan to go for an IPO in 2022. Among e-commerce majors, Snapdeal and Flipkart plan to go public. Other major Indian startups like Ola, Swiggy, Pine Labs and Ecom Express also plan to go public in 2022.
An initial public offering or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also retail investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.
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| 38 | Recent | KL Rahul becomes second Indian opener to slam a hundred in South Africa in Test history | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/12/2021 | Dec 26, 2021. KL Rahul has become the second Indian opener to smash a hundred on South African soil in Test cricket history. The 29-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 218 deliveries in the Cape Town Test. Rahul has now slammed seven Test hundreds. Wasim Jaffer had become the first Indian opener to smash a Test ton in South Africa in January 2007.
Kannur Lokesh Rahul is an Indian international cricketer who is the vice-captain of the India national cricket team in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and captains Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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| 39 | Recent | Indian men's hockey team needs to be psychologically strong: Tirkey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. Ex-India men's hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey said the Indian team needs to become "psychologically" strong to win important matches. "In Asian Champions Trophy 2021 league match, we defeated Japan, and then to lose to the same squad in the semi-finals shows the casual behaviour of the side," he added. India beat Pakistan 4-3 to win the bronze medal in the tournament.
Dilip Tirkey, is a former Indian field hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world. He was an ex-captain of the Indian hockey team.
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| 40 | Recent | COVID-19 vaccine for kids above 15, booster dose for 60+ to be given from Jan: PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. PM Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that COVID-19 vaccination for children between 15 to 18 years will begin from January 3, 2022. He also announced that 'precaution dose' to boost the immunity of those aged above 60 years who have co-morbidities as well as frontline and health workers, will be given starting from January 10, 2022.
The medical definition of Comorbidities is when a person has more than one underlying health-related conditions present in them at once. Each condition is considered as comorbidity, and sometimes comorbidities could be present in the form of physical or mental conditions. The best examples of comorbidities are when a person is suffering from Asthma and diabetes, or when the person is suffering from clinical depression and Hypertension.
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| 41 | Recent | Russian startup may bring mobile EV superchargers to London in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. Russian start-up L-charge plans to bring its mobile superchargers for electric vehicles to London in 2022, the startup's Founder Dmitry Lashin said. Its truck-mounted chargers run on liquefied natural gas, hydrogen or a mixture of the two and do not need to be connected to a power grid. They take 5-7 minutes to charge 80% of an EV's battery.
Dmitry Lashin is engaged in the construction of greenhouses, small power systems, automation systems and electric transport. According to Lashin, the MISSION of his new project L-Charge - Make all cars electric, by building a scalable network of ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles in various regions of the world.
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| 42 | Recent | World's biggest, most powerful telescope launched into space by NASA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. NASA has launched James Webb Space Telescope, the world's largest and most powerful space telescope, atop a European Ariane 5 rocket from South America's French Guiana. The $10-billion telescope, which is 100 times more powerful than its predecessor Hubble, will orbit 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. It's designed to observe the very first galaxies formed 13.5 billion years ago.
The James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope developed by NASA with contributions from the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 and played an integral role in the Apollo program.
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| 43 | Recent | 2 species of seahorses highly vulnerable to bycatch in India: Study | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. A study conducted by a Kerala-based scholar Shalu Kannan has shown that two species of seahorses Hippocampus kuda and H trimaculatus are highly vulnerable to overfishing in the Palk Bay area. A paper published last year by an international team showed that between 4.98 and 13.64 million seahorses land as bycatch from India's southeast coast every year.
Hippocampus Kuda, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for this species under its synonym Hippocampus fuscus.
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| 44 | Recent | Paytm Lending CEO Bhavesh Gupta to lead offline payments vertical | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. Paytm on Friday announced that it has elevated Bhavesh Gupta, CEO of Paytm Lending, to take on the leadership for the offline payments vertical in addition to his existing responsibilities. Before joining Paytm, Bhavesh had over 22 years of experience in the financial sector. The firm also plans to hire 30 senior leaders for the product, technology and business roles.
Bhavesh Gupta is the head of lending business, a very important vertical for Paytm ahead of its IPO as it has expanded its focus on financial services segments. A banking veteran, Gupta comes with over 24 years of industry experience where he led businesses in ICICI Bank, IDFC Bank and Clix Capital.
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| 45 | Recent | Astronauts on ISS get Tide detergent to test it on clothes in space | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft, that launched earlier this week to the ISS, carried 'Tide Infinity', a fully degradable detergent specifically designed for use in space, along with other things. The astronauts aboard the ISS will be experimenting on the detergent to see how well it launders clothes. The spacecraft carried more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments and other cargo.
"Infinity" is a 2013 comic book crossover storyline that was published by Marvel Comics. Written by Jonathan Hickman with artwork by a rotating team of artists including Jim Cheung, Jerome Opeña, and Dustin Weaver, the series debuted in August 2013 and ran through November 2013.
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| 46 | Recent | Microsoft cancels in-person CES participation after Google, Meta | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/12/2021 | Dec 25, 2021. Microsoft has announced that it will not be attending CES 2022 in person in January amid rising Omicron fears. "After reviewing the latest data on the rapidly evolving COVID-19 environment, Microsoft has decided not to participate in-person at CES 2022," the firm said. Besides Microsoft, major tech firms like Google, Meta, Amazon and Twitter have decided against in-person CES participation.
CES 2022 is almost here! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the world’s most influential tech event. In-person & online. Define the future of tech. CES is Back! Models: 5G & Internet of Things, Vehicle Tech, Cryptocurrency, Health & Wellness, Robotics & AI, Sports Tech.
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| 47 | Recent | Shoes to have uniform sole thickness from November 2024: World Athletics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. The sole thicknesses for all athletic shoes in track and field events will be simplified to a stack height of 20mm from November 1, 2024, World Athletics said. Track spikes can currently measure from 20-25mm in stack height, while the mark is 40mm for road shoes. The sport's governing body said manufacturers have "sufficient time" to make adjustments to products.
World Athletics is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, racewalking, mountain running, and ultra running.
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| 48 | Recent | Harbhajan faced many challenges but he always came out fighting: Dravid | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid congratulated Harbhajan Singh after the off-spinner's retirement from all formats of cricket on Friday. "Remember seeing Harbhajan as a young 18-year-old in the nets in Mohali his career had its share of ups and downs he faced many challenges but he always came out fighting and smiling," he added. Harbhajan made his international debut in 1998.
Rahul Sharad Dravid is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy, and the head coach of the India Under-19 and India A teams.
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| 49 | Recent | Tea company creates NFT for Parag Agrawal, says an Indian leading Twitter is 'surreal' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. An Indian tea company has said it gifted a personalised NFT to newly-appointed Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to capture his "landmark moment". Vahdam India's CEO Bala Sarda said, "This is a proud moment for all of us here in India. The realisation of Twitter being led by an Indian is simply surreal." The NFT shows Agrawal sipping tea in his office.
Bala Sarda is the Founder and CEO at Vahdam Teas. Bala started a startup when he was a student, He is the Founder and Managing Director at Youth 360 and b10Media. Bala graduated from Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies from New Delhi.
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| 50 | Recent | Microchip that stores COVID-19 vaccine pass under users' skin made by Swedish firm | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. A Swedish startup has created a microchip that can be implanted into the skin and can display one's COVID-19 vaccine certificate when scanned using a smartphone. "This means it's always accessible for me or for anyone else, really, who wants to read me," DSruptive Subdermals' MD Hannes Sjoblad said. An advanced version of a chip implant costs $112, he added.
Hannes Sjöblad is a member of the Digital Biology Singularity Expert, at Singularity University Nordics. He works as Chief Disruption Officer at Epicenter Stockholm where he advises companies and organizations on how to navigate accelerating technological transformation. He is also a bio-hacker and a co-founder of BioNyfiken, the Swedish Association of biohackers where he works to democratize access to powerful biotechnologies.
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| 51 | Recent | Zomato, Ola get writ petition from IFAT over workers' recognition | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, and Uber India have received a writ petition from the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, a filing showed. IFAT seeks the Supreme Court's intervention to direct the Government to "notify or recognize app-based workers as 'workers' or alternatively be recognized as 'unorganized workers'". It also seeks directions for COVID-19 related relief for app-based workers.
IFAT India - India's leading environmental technology trade fair provides a unique platform to key industry players, scientists, and innovators from all over the world to come together to provide solutions to resolve the environmental concerns of the hour. From addressing sewage systems, adequate waste-water treatment, sustainable ways for water supply, holistic solid waste management, and recycling solutions.
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| 52 | Recent | Govt issues advisory on edtech firms, says 'don't trust their ads blindly' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. The Ministry of Education has issued a list of 'Dos and Don'ts' for citizens cautioning them against the practices of edtech companies. "Do not blindly trust advertisements of edtech companies or sign up for loans you aren't aware of," it said. The advisory warns against 'freemium' business model and asks parents to avoid credit/debit card registration on apps for subscriptions.
EdTech (a combination of "education" and "technology") refers to hardware and software designed to enhance teacher-led learning in classrooms and improve students' education outcomes.
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| 53 | Recent | School in MP asks full name of Saif-Kareena's son in exam, notice issued | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. A private school in Madhya Pradesh asked Class 6 students the full name of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's son under the current affairs section in an examination. District Education Officer Sanjeev Bhalerao said that on a complaint, a show cause notice was issued. "Based on the school's response, appropriate action will be initiated," he stated.
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have been married since October 16, 2012. Their first son, Taimur Ali Khan, was born in 2016. Kareena gave birth to her second son, Jeh Ali Khan, on February 21, 2021.
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| 54 | Recent | World's 1st DMV that can run on roads & rail tracks to make debut in Japan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. World's first dual-mode vehicle (DMV) that can run on both roads and railway tracks is set to make debut in Japan's Kaiyo on Saturday. The vehicle runs on rubber tyres on road and steel wheels descend from its underbelly when it arrives at an interchange. It runs at a speed of 60km/h on rail tracks and around 100km/h on roads.
A dual-mode vehicle is a vehicle that can run on conventional road surfaces, a railway track or a dedicated track known as a "guideway". Dual-mode vehicles are commonly electrically powered and run in dual-mode for power too, using batteries for short distance and low speeds, and track-fed power for longer distances and higher speeds. Dual-mode vehicles were originally studied as a way to make electric cars suitable for inter-city travel without the need for a separate engine.
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| 55 | Recent | UK woman fined for scratching Tesla after being caught by car cameras | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. A woman in the UK has been fined for keying a parked Tesla after she was caught using the car's onboard cameras. The woman could reportedly be seen pretending to get something out of her car, while using a set of keys to scratch the Tesla. The Tesla-owner checked the car's Sentry Mode footage after discovering the damage.
Sentry Mode is Tesla's integrated surveillance system that uses a 360 dash cam to record damage and any attempted break-in. It has resulted to arrests of people who attempted to steal Teslas in the past, but owners haven't been able to use it to view their car's current surroundings until now.
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| 56 | Recent | Atul Dinkar Rane appointed as BrahMos Aerospace CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2021 | Dec 24, 2021. The joint management of India and Russia has approved the appointment of Atul Dinkar Rane as the CEO and CMD of BrahMos Aerospace Limited, officials from BrahMos Aerospace Limited said. Rane was instrumental in the induction of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile in armed forces. BrahMos also appointed Senior DRDO scientist Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Joshi as the Deputy CEO.
The BrahMos Aerospace Limited is an Indo-Russian multinational aerospace and defense corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in Cruise missiles. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, it was founded as a joint venture between the India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and NPO Mashinostroyenia of Russia. The Company's name is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
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| 57 | Recent | Germany's Wellbrock sets 1,500m freestyle short course world record | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. German swimmer Florian Wellbrock on Tuesday set a short course world record in the men's 1,500m freestyle during the World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi. Wellbrock, who won the gold medal in the 10km open water event at the Tokyo Olympics, clocked 14:06:88 seconds to beat the previous world record of 14:08:065 by Gregorio Paltrinieri.
Florian Wellbrock is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10-kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
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| 58 | Recent | Zverev predicts Djokovic, Medvedev and himself to form big three in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. Olympic gold medallist Alexander Zverev believes the big silverware in 2022 will be shared between himself, world number 2 Daniil Medvedev and world number one Novak Djokovic. Zverev, 24, beat Djokovic in semi-finals before winning the gold medal in Tokyo Olympics and he picked up his second ATP Finals title in November. Djokovic won three Grand Slam titles this year.
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals as high as world No.3, and has been a permanent fixture in the top 10 since July 2017. Zverev's career highlights include titles at the 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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| 59 | Recent | MP imposes night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am amid Omicron threat | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. The Madhya Pradesh government imposed a night curfew from 11 pm-5 am from Thursday until further orders amid Omicron threat. In an address to the state, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said COVID-19 cases have spiked drastically in neighbouring Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat. He urged people to follow coronavirus-related guidelines, get vaccinated and added more steps will be taken as needed.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, often referred to as Mamu is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, having been elected to the same position 3 times in the past, and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni.
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| 60 | Recent | IPO-bound Snapdeal appoints Himanshu Chakrawarti as President | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. IPO-bound e-commerce platform Snapdeal has appointed Himanshu Chakrawarti as its President. Prior to joining Snapdeal, he was the CEO of Unlimited Fashion, Arvind Lifestyle Brands' value fashion retail chain. He has also been the CEO of HiCare Services, which was backed by the leading PE fund, True North. Snapdeal filed its draft papers for an IPO on Tuesday.
Himanshu Chakrawarti was the CEO of Unlimited Fashion. Snapdeal Limited has appointed Himanshu Chakrawarti as president of the company. As the CEO of Essar-owned The MobileStore from 2011-2015, he had a ringside view of India's fast-growing retail market for smartphones.
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| 61 | Recent | Which are the world's top 10 most valuable startups as per Hurun? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. TikTok-owner ByteDance is the world's most valuable billion-dollar startup at $350 billion valuation, according to Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2021. It is followed by Alibaba Group affiliate Ant Group at $150 billion valuation and Elon Musk-led SpaceX at $100 billion valuation. US-based Stripe and Sweden-based Klarna rank 4th and 5th. Canva, Instacart and Databricks are also among the top 10.
India becomes 3rd largest Unicorn ecosystem in the world. Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021, as per which India is the third-largest Unicorn/startup ecosystem in the world. The USA is on top followed by China on second. India has 51 unicorns according to the list.
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| 62 | Recent | Indians founded 65 unicorns outside of India, Instacart most valued at $39 bn: Hurun | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. Sixty-five unicorns have been founded or co-founded by Indians outside of India, as per the Hurun Global Index 2021. US-based grocery delivery firm Instacart, founded by Apoorva Mehta, is the most valued among them with a $39 billion valuation. It's followed by cloud security platform Lacework, co-founded by Vikram Kapoor, with a $8.3 billion valuation.
The Hurun Research Institute's Global Unicorn Index 2021 is a ranking of the world's start-ups founded in the 2000s, are worth at least a billion dollars, and are not listed on a public exchange. Forty-two economies can boast at least one unicorn, up from 25 countries two years ago.
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| 63 | Recent | India home to 54 unicorns, BYJU'S most valued at $21 billion: Hurun | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. India added 33 unicorns or billion-dollar startups this year, taking its total to 54 unicorns, according to the Hurun Global Unicorn List 2021. It has the third-highest number of unicorns after the USA and China. BYJU'S is India's most valued unicorn with a $21 billion valuation, followed by InMobi with a $12 billion valuations and OYO with $9.5 billion, Hurun said.
Byju's is an Indian multinational educational technology company, headquartered in Bangalore. It was founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath. As of November 2021, Byju's is valued at US$21 billion, making it the world's most valuable educational technology company.
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| 64 | Recent | Paytm Mall, valued at $3 billion in 2020, no longer a unicorn | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2021 | Dec 23, 2021. Paytm Mall, the e-commerce unit of billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led Paytm, lost its unicorn status this year as its valuation fell below $1 billion, as per the Hurun Global Unicorn List 2021. The company was valued at $3 billion in 2020, Hurun said. Paytm Mall, launched as a hyperlocal offline-to-online (O2O) business in 2016, became a unicorn in 2018.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chief executive officer of financial technology company Paytm. He was ranked as India's youngest billionaire in 2017 by Forbes with a net worth of $1.3 billion.
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| 65 | Recent | We can see another storm coming: WHO on rising Omicron cases in Europe | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. WHO's European chief Hans Kluge has warned countries to brace for a "significant surge" in COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads. "We can see another storm coming. Within weeks, Omicron will dominate in more countries pushing already stretched health systems further to the brink," he said. Omicron has been detected in at least 38 of the 53 countries in WHO's European region.
Hans Henri Marcel Paul Kluge is a Belgian medical doctor and public health expert with more than 25 years of experience spanning three continents. As of 1 February 2020, he serves as the WHO Regional Director for Europe.
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| 66 | Recent | India sees rise in daily COVID cases with 6,317 new infections; 213 Omicron cases so far | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. India has reported 6,317 COVID-19 cases and 318 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The active caseload stood at 78,190, the lowest in 575 days. The country has reported 213 cases of Omicron variant so far, with Delhi reporting the most cases at 57, followed by Maharashtra at 54 and Telangana at 24.
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been called a variant of concern by WHO based on the evidence that it has several mutations that may have an impact on how it behaves. There is still substantial uncertainty regarding Omicron and a lot of research underway to evaluate its transmissibility, severity and reinfection risk.
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| 67 | Recent | Boost, boost, boost: WHO's European chief on Omicron threat | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Speaking on Omicron, WHO's European chief Hans Kluge said the sheer volume of new COVID-19 infections could lead to more hospitalisations and widespread disruption of health systems. WHO's Geneva headquarters has advised vaccine boosters be saved for the most vulnerable, but Kluge urged people to "boost, boost, boost". "The booster is the single most important defense against Omicron," he said.
Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge began his term as WHO Regional Director for Europe on 1 February 2020, following his nomination by the WHO Regional Committee for Europe and appointment by the WHO Executive Board. He has 25 years of experience in medical practice and public health in numerous settings around the world.
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| 68 | Recent | Baby dinosaur found inside fossilised egg from 66 million years ago, pic surfaces | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Scientists have announced the discovery of a preserved dinosaur embryo that was preparing to hatch from its egg. The embryo was discovered in Ganzhou in southern China and researchers estimate that it is at least 66 million years old. It is believed to be a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, and has been named 'Baby Yingliang'.
Oviraptorosaurs are a group of feathered maniraptoran dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia and North America. They are distinct for their characteristically short, beaked, parrot-like skulls, with or without bony crests atop the head.
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| 69 | Recent | SRK spotted shooting for first time after Aryan Khan case, pic goes viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Shah Rukh Khan was spotted shooting for the first time since his son Aryan returned home in October after the drugs case. He sported long hair tied in a messy bun and reached the sets at around 4:30 pm, while heavy security was deployed at the location ahead of his arrival. The film 'Pathan' will reportedly be his upcoming release.
Shah Rukh Khan (also credited as Shahrukh Khan; born 2 November 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. Khan began his acting career on television by playing a soldier in the Raj Kumar Kapoor directed Doordarshan series Fauji (1988), a role that garnered him recognition and led to starring roles in more television shows.He soon started receiving film offers and had his first release with the romantic drama Deewana (1992), in which he played a supporting part.
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| 70 | Recent | Kate held her breath for 7.5 minutes during Avatar 2 shoot: Cameron | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Hollywood director James Cameron revealed actresses Kate Winslet and Sigourney Weaver held their breath underwater for over five minutes while filming 'Avatar 2'. Cameron said Weaver "easily" held her breath for six-and-a-half minutes, whereas, Kate "blew everybody away" by holding her breath for seven-and-a-half minutes. He added all actors in the film were trained by professional divers.
Cameron said the title of the film was a subconscious reference to India. Avatar in Sanskrit means reincarnation. Avatar couldn't turn its box-office gold into a best picture Oscar win but scored three wins in the technical categories - visual effects, cinematography and art direction.
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| 71 | Recent | India defeat Pakistan 4-3 to win bronze at men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. India defeated Pakistan 4-3 in the third place playoff in the 2021 men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey in Bangladesh to bag a bronze medal. It was India's second victory against Pakistan in as many matches in the tournament. Notably, India and Pakistan were joint-winners of the previous edition of the men's Asian Champions Trophy which took place in 2018.
The Men's Asian Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation. It features Asia's top six field hockey teams competing in a round-robin format. Pakistan and India were the most successful teams in Men's Asian Hockey Champions Trophy thrice.
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| 72 | Recent | Labuschagne shares childhood pics after becoming world number one Test batter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne took to Instagram to share his childhood pictures after becoming world number one Test batter. "Since as young as I can remember, all I ever wanted to do was play cricket," he wrote. "I'm so grateful for everyone that has helped and supported me on my journey so far," he added.
Marnus Labuschagne is a South African-born Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for the Queensland cricket team. He also currently plays county cricket for Glamorgan and in the Big Bash League for the Brisbane Heat.
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| 73 | Recent | Which F1 drivers caused the highest car crash damage in terms of cost in 2021? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Haas driver Mick Schumacher cost his team more money in crashes than any other driver during the F1 2021 season, as per Sky Germany. Schumacher's accidents resulted in damage of €4,212,500 (around ₹36 crores). He's followed by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc who cost his team €4,046,000 (around ₹34.5 crores). Champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull comes third at €3,889,000 (₹33.18 crores).
Mick Schumacher is a Swiss-born German racing driver. He races for Haas in Formula One under the German flag. He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and a reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari. He began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015.
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| 74 | Recent | We need to take it seriously: Bill Gates as he cancels holiday plans over Omicron fears | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2021 | Dec 22, 2021. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote on Twitter that he has canceled most of his holiday plans amid surging Omicron variant cases, stating that it could usher in "the worst part of the pandemic". "The big unknown is how sick Omicron makes you. We need to take it seriously until we know more about it," the world's fourth richest person added.
William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.
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| 75 | Recent | Tesla rival Nikola to pay $125 mn over Founder's misleading statements | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Tesla rival Nikola has agreed to pay $125 million to US SEC over allegedly misleading statements made by its Founder and former CEO Trevor Milton to investors about the electric-vehicle startup. "Nikola is responsible both for Milton's allegedly misleading statements and for other alleged deceptions, all of which falsely portrayed the true state of the company," SEC's enforcement director said.
Trevor Milton (born April 6, 1982) is an American former businessman who was the founder and former CEO and executive chairman of Nikola Corporation. In September 2020, Milton resigned from his position as chairman after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice began investigating claims that Milton and Nikola committed securities fraud.
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| 76 | Recent | India's auto component manufacturing marks 65% YoY increase: ACMA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) announced on Tuesday that India's automotive component manufacturing industry witnessed a turnover of ₹1.96 lakh crore between April and September 2021. This marks a 65% year-on-year (YoY) increase. The industry's exports also saw a growth of 76% between the same period in comparison to last year, rising to ₹68,746 crores.
The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association is an organization representing manufacturers in the Indian auto component industry. It is associated with trade promotion, technology enhancement, quality improvement and gathering of information to help in the development of the industry.
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| 77 | Recent | Engineers make 3D printed plastic repair itself in 1 hour using just light in Aus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Engineers at UNSW Sydney demonstrated a way to help 3D printed plastic heal itself at room temperature using only lights. It can be done by "shining standard LED lights on the printed plastic for around one hour which causes a chemical reaction and fusion of the two broken pieces", the engineers said. The process makes the repaired plastic even stronger.
The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive universities.
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| 78 | Recent | Astrophysicist captures ISS passing over Colosseum, calls it 'once in a lifetime' pic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, who runs the Virtual Telescope Project, collaborated with the Parco archeologico del Colosseo to snap the ISS crossing over the Colosseum on December 6. The image is an upward view with the walls of the historic amphitheater appearing in a circle and the ISS seen as a streak of light. "[It was] a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Masi stated.
Gianluca Masi (born 22 January 1972) is an Italian astrophysicist and astronomer, as well as a discoverer of minor planets and variable stars. Gianluca Masi is an esteemed member of our ADLIVE host community. He is an astrophysicist with a Ph.D. in Astronomy and a dedicated science communicator. In 2006, he started the Virtual Telescope Project which is still running to this day.
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| 79 | Recent | Bipin and I will not sell any shares in the IPO: MobiKwik Co-founder | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. MobiKwik Co-founder Upasana Taku told Business Insider that one of the fintech startup's Co-founders Bipin Preet Singh and she have decided not to sell any shares in the initial public offering (IPO). "I am told that it's a positive signal that promoters are so gung-ho about their business that they don't want to sell at the current issue," Taku said.
Upasana Taku is a Co-Founder at MobiKwik. Her mission is to simplify payment acceptance for retailers in India. Her current focus is to bring a million retailers into the MobiKwik payments network. She is also in charge of bank partnerships, business operations, and talent acquisition at MobiKwik.
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| 80 | Recent | McDonald's to sell AI startup Dynamic Yield to Mastercard | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. McDonald's on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement to sell Dynamic Yield, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, to Mastercard for an undisclosed amount. McDonald's had acquired the startup in 2019 for more than $300 million in its biggest deal in two decades. Dynamic Yield's technology is used to personalise menus and browsing options online and at physical stores.
McDonald's is an American fast-food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers.
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| 81 | Recent | 19-yr-old Stanford dropouts' grocery delivery app Zepto doubles valuation to $570 mn | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app founded by 19-year-old Stanford dropouts Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, has raised $100 million in a new funding round, taking its valuation to $570 million. The round was led by growth-stage investor YC Continuity. Less than two months ago, the startup raised $60 million in its first institutional round at a $225 million valuation.
Zepto is a Mumbai-based quick commerce startup. Mumbai-based quick commerce startup Zepto, which was founded by two Stanford University dropouts, has raised $100 million in Series C funding led by Y Combinator's Continuity fund, valuing the 10-minute grocery delivery firm at $570 million.
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| 82 | Recent | Husband-wife duo who founded MapmyIndia worth $586 mn after IPO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Husband-wife duo Rakesh Verma and Rashmi Verma, who founded MapmyIndia more than two decades ago, are jointly worth about $586 million after their startup's IPO, according to Bloomberg. The digital mapping services startup's stock rose around 35% to ₹1,393.65 on its market debut on Tuesday. The husband-and-wife team owns nearly 54% of the company post IPO.
MapmyIndia is a leading provider of advanced digital maps, geospatial software, and location-based IoT technologies in India. The company is a data and technology products and platforms company, offering proprietary digital maps as a service (MaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS). The company provides products, platforms, application programming interfaces (APIs), and solutions across a range of digital map data, software, and IoT for the Indian market under the (MapmyIndia) brand, and for the international market under the (Mappls) brand.
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| 83 | Recent | 'Pushpa 2' script is locked, want to release it in Dec 2022: Director | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/12/2021 | Dec 21, 2021. Director Sukumar has confirmed that he has locked the script of 'Pushpa: The Rule', the sequel to Allu Arjun's recently released film 'Pushpa: The Rise'. He added that he's planning to release the film on December 17 next year. Speaking about the upcoming instalment, Sukumar said, "I promise, I won't disappoint and I hope the audience enjoys the sequel too."
Allu Arjun is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. Known for his dancing abilities, he is a recipient of five Filmfare Awards South and three Nandi Awards. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2014.
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| 84 | Recent | NASA releases audio to show what Jupiter's moon 'sounds like' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. NASA has released an audio track showcasing sounds captured by its Juno spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede. The 50-second audio track was generated from data collected by Juno's Waves instrument in June 2021. Ganymede is the largest moon in our Solar System and the only moon with its own magnetic field.
Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter, is the largest and most massive of the Solar System's moons. The ninth-largest object of the Solar System, it is the largest without a substantial atmosphere. It has a diameter of 5,268 km, making it 26% larger than the planet Mercury by volume, although it is only 45% as massive.
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| 85 | Recent | BMW sued for $5 million over design flaw in BMW X7 cupholders in US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. A lawsuit for $5 million has been filed against BMW in California that stated that the BMW X7 and possibly other models have a design flaw in the cupholders. It said the holders don't hold the cups properly and if liquid spills into it, it can damage the wires of airbag control beneath it, leading to inadvertent deployment of airbags.
The BMW X7 is a full-sized luxury crossover sport utility vehicle manufactured by BMW. It is BMW's largest and most expensive SUV in its line-up.
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| 86 | Recent | Vaccines can be tweaked to offer protection against new COVID-19 variants: AIIMS chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Sunday said that the next two or three weeks will tell how the Omicron variant will play out on factors such as transmissibility, escaping immunity and severity. He, however, added that vaccines could be tweaked to offer protection against new emerging variants of SARS-CoV2 virus.
Dr. Randeep Guleriais an Indian pulmonologist and the Director of the All India Institute of Medical. Sciences. He is regarded as one of India's leading.
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| 87 | Recent | Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after spending 12 days on ISS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station (ISS). Maezawa landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan, along with his producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. The 46-year-old fashion tycoon and Hirano are the first self-paying tourists to travel to the ISS in more than a decade.
Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO and at-home measurement system, the ZOZOSUIT, in 2018.
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| 88 | Recent | What is the Panama Papers case in which Aishwarya was questioned by ED? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appeared before the ED for questioning in a case linked to the 2016 'Panama Papers' global tax leaks. Leaked papers showed Aishwarya and her family members were in 2005 appointed as directors of Amic Partners under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The process to wind up the company was initiated in 2008 after Aishwarya-Abhishek's marriage.
The Panama Papers are 11.5 million leaked documents that were published beginning on April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 offshore entities.
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| 89 | Recent | 35-year-old Japanese actress Sayaka Kanda dies after falling six floors from hotel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Japanese actress and singer Sayaka Kanda passed away at the age of 35 after falling six floors from a hotel in Sapporo. Police are investigating the case as probable suicide but have not ruled out foul play. She was best known for voicing Anna in the Japanese edition of the Disney animation movie, Frozen.
Sayaka Kanda was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi (1924–2001) was a former actress.
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| 90 | Recent | Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini diagnosed with Grade 3 breast cancer, shares note | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini took to social media to reveal that she was diagnosed with Grade 3 breast cancer around four months ago. She revealed that she has already undergone nine cycles of Chemotherapy with seven more to go. "I will not let this disease define my life...I will fight it with a smile and win," she wrote.
Hamsa Nandini is an Indian model, dancer, and actress known for her works in Telugu cinema. She has modeled for MaaStars magazine, Celebrity Cricket League, and Hyderabad International Fashion week 2011 and 2013.
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| 91 | Recent | Razorpay raises $375 million in funding at $7.5 billion valuation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Bengaluru-based fintech startup Razorpay has more than doubled its valuation from $3 billion in April this year to $7.5 billion after it raised $375 million in its Series F round of funding. This marks the largest fundraise to date for the seven-year-old startup, CEO Harshil Mathur said. The new round was co-led by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital and TCV.
Harshil Mathur is a businessman author and entrepreneur from India who serves as the CEO of Razorpay. He has led his business to the pinnacle of success in the fintech industry. Mathur provides wisdom for others seeking success in business and hoping to learn his secrets of success. He doesn’t keep them a secret, but rather shares his formula for achieving business goals freely.
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| 92 | Recent | Sachin meets Mumbai policeman who helped his friend after accident | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar personally met and thanked a Mumbai Traffic police constable who recently rushed his close friend to a hospital in an auto after a road accident. Tendulkar revealed that the constable showed "presence of mind ensuring her severely damaged spine had minimal movement". "There are several people like him who go beyond call of duty," said Sachin.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former international cricketer of India who served as captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.
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| 93 | Recent | Bhuvneshwar Kumar shares first glimpse of his newborn daughter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/12/2021 | Dec 20, 2021. Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar took to Instagram to share the first glimpse of his newborn daughter. In the picture, Bhuvneshwar can be seen carrying his newborn daughter, while his wife Nupur can be seen standing alongside him. "Congratulations brother," Cricketer Ishwar Pandey commented on the post. Bhuvneshwar and Nupur were blessed with the baby girl in November.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic first-class cricket and for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
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| 94 | Recent | Srikanth becomes first Indian man in history to win silver at badminton World C'ships | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth has become the first Indian man to win a silver medal at the badminton World Championships. The 28-year-old lost to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 15-21, 20-22 in the men's singles final at Huelva, Spain. Overall, it is India's fourth silver medal in the history of badminton World Championships.
Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player who trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He ranked as world number 1 at the BWF ranking in April 2018. Kidambi was awarded with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2018. and Arjuna award in 2015.
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| 95 | Recent | Man unhappy with Tesla's service blows up car with 30 kg dynamite in Finland | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. A Finnish man who was unhappy with Tesla's service blew up his 2013 Tesla Model S with 30kg of dynamite. Tuomas Katainen said the car was facing some issues and Tesla told him it would cost at least €20,000 to replace the entire battery pack. Since there was no warranty available, Katainen said he decided to blow the car up.
The 2013 Tesla Model S comes with a backup camera, dual-zone automatic climate control and a seven-speaker stereo with Bluetooth phone and audio streaming and two USB ports. Optional features include a panoramic moonroof, an upgraded stereo and a tech package that includes a power liftgate, automatic keyless entry, navigation and a high-definition backup camera.
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| 96 | Recent | Scientists find enzyme that explains how exercise fights ageing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. Researchers from Monash University in Australia have discovered an enzyme that is key to explaining how exercise protects people from the consequences of ageing. The researchers showed that NOX-4 is essential for exercise-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) and responses that drive metabolic health. The skeletal muscles produce ROS which increases during exercise, the lead researcher said.
NOX4 was originally identified as an NADPH oxidase homolog highly expressed in the kidney. Although NOX1-NOX3 represents an evolutionarily closely related subgroup of NOX enzymes, NOX4 is more distant, sharing only about a 40% identity with NOX2. The existence of four human NOX4 splice variants has been suggested (Goyal et al., 2005), but only one NOX4 is found in amphioxus.
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| 97 | Recent | SpaceX launches 52 Starlink internet satellites from California | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 52 Starlink internet satellites in low Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US on Saturday. The deployment was confirmed by Launch Commentator Youmei Zhou at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Starlink is a satellite-based global internet system aimed to bring internet access to underserved areas of the world.
Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base located 14.8 km northwest of Lompoc, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing.
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| 98 | Recent | Scientists find Krypton from outer solar system in Earth's mantle | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. University of California scientists found Krypton isotopes with planetesimals (tiny parts of a planet) from the outer solar system in geologic hotspots of Iceland and the Galapagos Islands. The scientists said that the isotopes suggested that these outer planets bombarded Earth during its early days. This contradicts the theory that Earth's elements were delivered towards the end of its formation.
Krypton isotopes are used in various medical and scientific applications. Kr-82 is used for the production of Rb-81/Kr-81m generators. Many of the stable isotopes of Krypton are used in the study of the pulmonary system.
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| 99 | Recent | It feels different to leave the addiction of monthly salary: Ex-Twitter India head | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. Twitter India's former head Manish Maheshwari, who quit Twitter this month to launch his edtech startup Invact Metaversity, tweeted, "It feels different to leave the addiction of monthly salary." His tweet received various reactions, with MBA dropout Prafull Billore, who founded MBA Chai Wala, tweeting, "Welcome to the club." A Twitter user also wrote, "You're going to miss that SMS."
Manish Maheshwari is a businessman from India. He celebrates his birthday every year on 16 July. Twitter India chief Manish has been transferred to the US. Manish Maheshwari’s name was in the headlines in the ongoing tussle between Twitter and the government. The UP Police had also summoned him in a case. now he is Senior Director of Revenue Strategy and Operations in the US.
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| 100 | Recent | Zoho CEO gives suggestions for country amid Omicron cases, says 'no lockdowns' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/12/2021 | Dec 19, 2021. Zoho's billionaire CEO Sridhar Vembu recently took to Twitter to give two suggestions for the country as Omicron COVID-19 cases rise in the country. He suggested, "No more lockdowns. They destroy the livelihood of too many people, particularly our poorer citizens." He added, "Stockpile drugs that worked based on our past experience and make them widely available."
Sridhar Vembu is an Indian billionaire business magnate and the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. According to Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of US$2.5 billion, as of 2020. He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021.
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| 101 | Recent | Lewandowski scores his 69th goal of 2021, equals Ronaldo's 2013 tally | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski became the joint-second active player to score 69 goals in a calendar year across all competitions when he equaled Cristiano Ronaldo's 2013 tally. Lionel Messi leads the list with 91 goals. Lewandowski achieved this feat in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win against Wolfsburg in Bundesliga on Friday. It was Bayern Munich's last match of 2021.
Robert Lewandowski is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and is the captain of the Poland national team.
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| 102 | Recent | Srikanth creates history, becomes 1st Indian man to reach badminton World C'ships final | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. World number three Kidambi Srikanth defeated world number six Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the first-ever all-Indian men's semi-final at BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain. With the win, 28-year-old Srikanth became the first-ever Indian male shuttler to reach the final of the BWF World Championships. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Lakshya will win a bronze medal for reaching the semi-finals.
Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player who trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He ranked as world number 1 at the BWF ranking in April 2018. Kidambi was awarded with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2018. and Arjuna award in 2015.
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| 103 | Recent | As Omicron spreads, Dutch health experts advise 'strict' lockdown | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. Dutch health experts on Friday reportedly advised the government to go into a “strict” lockdown, days after a partial lockdown was extended until January in the Netherlands amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge on Friday told journalists outside a Cabinet meeting he had “big worries” about the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Hugo Mattheüs de Jonge is a Dutch politician serving as first Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport since 2017 in the Third Rutte cabinet. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, he was elected to its leadership in 2020 for the upcoming general election.
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| 104 | Recent | Water-rich area 'as big as the Netherlands' found in Mars' canyon | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. A joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Russian Roscosmos agency has discovered a region inside Mars' canyon system that's packed with water. The Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter had an instrument capable of detecting water that remained hidden before, researchers said. The water-rich area, said to be as big as the Netherlands, is inside the Valles Marineris.
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos, is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
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| 105 | Recent | New Miss America Emma creates history as 1st Korean American to hold the title | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. The newly crowned Miss America, Emma Broyles, has made history, becoming both the first Korean American and the first Alaskan to hold the title in the competition's 100-year history. "I never could have imagined in a million years that I would be Miss America, let alone that I would be Miss Alaska," Emma Broyles told The Associated Press on Friday.
Emma Broyles, representing Alaska, won the 100 Miss America crown and a $100,000 college scholarship. Broyles is an Anchorage, Alaska native. She was Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen in 2017 when she was 15. Miss America 2022 took a four-year break from beauty pageants until 2021.
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| 106 | Recent | 'Anti-5G' necklaces found to be radioactive in Netherlands; warning issued | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection has warned people that necklaces and accessories claiming to "protect" them from 5G mobile networks have been found to be radioactive. It urged people not to use the products, which could cause harm with long-term wear. WHO says 5G networks are safe, and not fundamentally different from existing 3G and 4G signals.
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| 107 | Recent | Shanaya's debut film shoot postponed after she tests COVID +ve: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. The shooting for Shanaya Kapoor's debut film has reportedly been postponed after she tested positive for coronavirus. The upcoming film, produced and directed by Karan Johar and Shashank Khaitan respectively, was slated to go on floors in Bangkok this month, as per the report. Shanaya will now start shooting for the rom-com film in January, the report stated.
Shanaya Kapoor is yet to make her big Bollywood debut but she has already managed to gain a massive following on social media. Her panache and stunning photographs have grabbed all the eyeballs. The star daughter not only keeps herself abreast of the latest trends but also sets new ones with her quirky fashion style.
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| 108 | Recent | China's Alibaba pledges carbon neutrality by 2030 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. China's Alibaba has announced that it will aim to achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations by 2030. The company also pledged to cut overall CO2 across all its businesses by 1.5 gigatonnes by 2035. It plans to deploy new energy-saving, high-efficiency technologies, make further use of renewables and also explore "carbon removal initiatives".
Alibaba is the most popular destination for online shopping, in the world's fastest growing e-commerce market. Transactions on its online sites totaled $248 billion last year, more than those of eBay and Amazon.com combined.
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| 109 | Recent | NFT of world's first ever text message to be auctioned by Vodafone | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/12/2021 | Dec 18, 2021. Vodafone has announced that it will auction an NFT (non-fungible token) of the world's first ever SMS text message. The SMS, which read 'Merry Christmas', was sent on the Vodafone network and received by the company's employee Richard Jarvis on December 3, 1992. Vodafone said that proceeds from the auction will go to the UNHCR to support forcibly displaced people.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
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| 110 | Recent | World's 1st 'true' millipede with 1,306 legs discovered in Australia, pics surface | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's first 'true' millipede with more legs than any other known animal. The pale-coloured millipede has 1,306 legs in an elongated body, which is about 95mm long. The creature, found almost 60 metres (200ft) underground in a mining region, has been named Eumillipes Persephone. The previous record-holder was a California millipede species with 750 legs.
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Millipedes are generally harmless to humans, although some can become household or garden pests.
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| 111 | Recent | Japanese billionaire on 12-day visit to ISS speaks to SoftBank CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. SoftBank Group Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son after talking to Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who is currently at the International Space Station, said, "It's great he's doing well. It's wonderful when dreams come true!!" SoftBank's internet business had bought Maezawa's online fashion retailer ZOZO in 2019. Maezawa is on a 12-day visit to the ISS.
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. A 3rd generation "Zainichi Korean", he was naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 1990.
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| 112 | Recent | Actress, who was kidnapped in 2010, shot dead while waiting for son in Mexico | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. A Mexican actress and singer was shot dead while she waited to pick up her 11-year-old son from a football academy in Morelos. Two armed men arrived on a motorbike, and one of them shot Tania Mendoza multiple times before escaping. In 2010, the 42-year-old actress was kidnapped with her husband and son.
Tania Lizardo was born in León, Guanajuato, Tania Lizardo began acting at age 18. She dropped out of Universidad La Salle where she had been studying architecture and moved to Mexico City where she graduated from the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA)She made her television debut in the "María, pescadera" chapter of the TV series Mujeres asesinas in 2009.
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| 113 | Recent | Akshay's fan club shares his look from 'OMG 2', actor reacts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. A fan club of Akshay Kumar shared a video showing the actor's look from his upcoming film 'OMG 2'. In the video, he can be seen in a beige kurta and blue pyjama. Reacting to the video, Akshay wrote, "Loved this edit by @AKFansGroup. They've chosen the most powerful rendition of Shiv Tandav Stotram by @Shankar_Live in background. Amazing energy Har Har Mahadev."
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian-born naturalised Canadian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Bollywood, the commercial Hindi language film industry based mainly in Mumbai.
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| 114 | Recent | Want to play female version of Deadpool in B'wood: Samantha Lockwood | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. Actress Samantha Lockwood, who appeared in the shows 'CSI: NY' and 'Hawaii Five-0', is exploring acting opportunities in Bollywood. Speaking about the roles she's aiming for in the Hindi film industry, Samantha said, "I've come here with an open mind but I would love to do some comedy, romance and action. I want to play a female version of Deadpool."
Samantha Lockwood is a renaissance woman. She comes from a family of entrepreneurs, filmmakers, actors and producers. She attended film school at New York Film Academy and studied production at UCLA. She assisted in producing infomercials and films with her mother Denise DuBarry who founded Thane International.
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| 115 | Recent | I can never do life without you: Genelia to Riteish on b'day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. Actress Genelia Deshmukh on Friday penned a note for her actor-husband, Riteish Deshmukh, on the occasion of his 43rd birthday. "Your birthday is that time to tell you that I can never and will never do LIFE without you," she wrote, adding, "Happy Birthday to the most amazing, selfless, incredible man ever. May all your dreams come true."
Genelia Deshmukh is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, Genelia began her acting career with the box-office hit Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.
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| 116 | Recent | Amazon stands exposed: CAIT as CCI revokes Amazon-Future Coupons deal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has welcomed the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) order suspending Amazon's 2019 deal with Future Group's Future Coupons and penalising the e-commerce giant for ₹200 crore. "Amazon stands fully exposed for its malpractices and the trading community of India under the flag of CAIT stands vindicated," its Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said.
Praveen Khandelwal, the National Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) , is often, described by the media as “a man of masses who is always alert in fighting the cause of a common man particularly of the business community of India.
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| 117 | Recent | US firm exec says Musk owns US Senator Elizabeth Warren; he responds | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. US-based media firm Washington Free Beacon's executive Jordan Chamberlain in a tweet said, "It's amazing that Elon Musk owns Tesla, SpaceX and Elizabeth Warren." Responding to the tweet, Elon Musk tweeted a 'rolling on the floor laughing' emoji. This follows Musk's spat with US Senator Elizabeth Warren over taxes in which he compared her to his friend's "angry mom".
Elizabeth Ann Warren (born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party and regarded as a progressive, Warren has focused on consumer protection, economic opportunity, and the social safety net while in the Senate. Warren was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, ultimately finishing third.
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| 118 | Recent | Zomato-backer Tiger Global makes 1st investment in Pakistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. Zomato-backer Tiger Global has made its first investment in Pakistan in bookkeeping startup CreditBook in an $11 million pre-Series A funding round. Other investors who also participated in the round are Firstminute Capital, Banana Capital, VentureSouq, Ratio Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures and i2i Ventures. Startups in Pakistan have reportedly raised over $300 million this year.
Tiger Global is an investment firm focused on public and private companies in the global Internet, software, consumer, and financial technology industries.
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| 119 | Recent | India's Hansini beats Tokyo Olympics' youngest athlete to win ITTF title | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2021 | Dec 17, 2021. India's Hansini Mathan Rajan defeated Syria's Hend Zaza, youngest athlete of this year's Tokyo Olympics, to win U-12 girls' singles event at ITTF World Hopes Challenge 2021 table tennis tournament in Amman, Jordan. The reigning cadet national champion beat Zaza 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 in final on December 14. In September, 12-year-old Hansini won her maiden World Youth Series title.
Hend Zaza (born 1 January 2009) is a Syrian table tennis player. She qualified to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, through the West Asia Olympic qualifying tournament held in Jordan in 2020. At the age of 12, she was the youngest person to compete in Olympic table tennis, and the fifth-youngest person to compete in the modern Olympics
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| 120 | Recent | Wuhan lab leak 'more likely' origin of COVID-19, Researcher tells UK Parliament | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Dr. Alina Chan, a Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard researcher, told UK Parliament panel that the Wuhan laboratory leak is the "more likely" origin of COVID-19. She said coronavirus has a feature called the 'furin cleavage site' and a proposal was leaked showing that Wuhan Institute of Virology was developing a pipeline for inserting furin cleavage sites into SARS-like viruses.
Alina Chan is a Canadian molecular biologist specializing in gene therapy and cell engineering at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she is a postdoctoral fellow.
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| 121 | Recent | Asteroid as big as world's tallest building Burj Khalifa to pass by Earth tomorrow | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. An asteroid named 2003 SD220 is expected to pass by Earth on December 17 at a distance of 5.4 million kilometres, its closest approach to the planet. The asteroid is around 791 metres in diameter, as big as the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa. It has been termed by NASA as a potentially hazardous object.
The Burj Khalifa was built to house a variety of commercial, residential, and hospitality ventures. These include a hotel and luxury residences designed by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, in addition to office space, observation decks, restaurants, and health facilities.
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| 122 | Recent | Chile zoo tests experimental COVID-19 vaccine on lions and tigers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Chile's Buin Zoo is administering an experimental COVID-19 vaccine donated by global animal health company Zoetis to its 10 most susceptible animals. The zoo director said the vaccine will yield "short-term results" that will allow them to develop a vaccine that is not on the market. The zoo is vaccinating three tigers, three lions, three pumas and one orangutan.
Buin is a city and commune of Chile, in the Maipo Province, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, which forms part of Greater Santiago. It is a city composed of the towns of Maipo, Viluco, Linderos, Valdivia de Paine, Alto Jahuel, Los Guindos and El Recurso.
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| 123 | Recent | Not just mine, the heart of the whole country is broken: Sonu Sood on Konica's suicide | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Mourning shooter Konica Layak's alleged suicide, actor Sonu Sood tweeted, "Not just mine...the heart of the whole country is broken today." The 26-year-old was gifted a rifle by Sood earlier this year as she didn't have a rifle and was unable to practise. "I remember Konica had promised she'd bring an Olympic medal. Today it's all over," the actor wrote in another tweet.
Kankaria Lake is the second largest lake in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is located in the south-eastern part of the city, in the Maninagar area. It was completed in 1451 during the reign of Sultan Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II though its origin is placed in the Chaulukya period sometimes.
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| 124 | Recent | Miss World 2021 postponed as many contestants including India's Manasa get COVID | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. The Miss World 2021 beauty pageant has been postponed hours ahead of the finale after several contestants, including India's Manasa Varanasi, tested positive for COVID-19. The contestants are currently in isolation in Puerto Rico, where the finale was scheduled to take place. The finale will be rescheduled at Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot within the next 90 days.
Manasa Varanasi is an Indian model, engineer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 2020. She was chosen to represent India at the Miss World 2021 pageant, to be held on 16 December 2021 at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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| 125 | Recent | India's most valuable startup BYJU'S to go public through SPAC deal: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. India's most valuable startup BYJU'S is in advanced talks to go public through a merger with one of Churchill Capital's special-purpose acquisition companies (SPAC), Bloomberg reported on Thursday. BYJU'S would raise a total of $4 billion at a valuation of about $48 billion. BYJU'S is the world's 13th most valuable startup with a $21 billion valuation, according to CB Insights.
A special purpose acquisition company, also known as a "blank check company", is a shell corporation listed on a stock exchange with the purpose of acquiring a private company, thus making it public without going through the traditional initial public offering process.
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| 126 | Recent | Stay safe from air-pollution with Fresh Air Mask: Philips | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Philips Fresh Air Mask offers an innovative fan module that aims to decrease humidity, temperature, and CO2 level behind the mask to provide superior breathing comfort. Equipped with 4-layer non-valve filter design, Fresh air Mask is specifically designed to minimize the inconvenience caused by prolonged use of conventional masks, seeking to make you feel comfortable while keeping you safe.
Philips Fresh Air Mask was developed to incorporate extreme comfort, innovative functionality and contemporary design.It follows a two-way filtration process which means the face mask filters the air on its way in and out. As for the filtration efficiency, it is advertised that the face mask uses four-layered filtration to clean the air.
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| 127 | Recent | OnePlus marks 8th anniversary in India by hosting OnePlus Community Sale | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Celebrating its eighth anniversary in India, OnePlus hosts its Community Sale from 17th-20th December, offering deals across categories. Users can avail discounts to obtain the OnePlus 9 Pro 5G and OnePlus 9 5G starting from ₹54,999 and ₹36,999 respectively, OnePlus Nord 2 5G from ₹26,999 and OnePlus TV U1S from ₹38,999. Similar discounts are available on watches, Buds, and more.
OnePlus is about to turn 8 years old. To celebrate the occasion, the brand has up to ₹7,000 discounts on its range of smartphones, smart TVs, and other accessories; so this might be your best chance to get a good discount on a OnePlus product. Additionally, to make the deal even more tempting, OnePlus has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer additional discounts of up to ₹8,000. These offers are live on the OnePlus Official Online Store as well as Amazon.in, and are applicable till 31st December.
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| 128 | Recent | India will launch SSLV in 2022's first quarter: Dr Jitendra Singh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. Union MoS (I/C) for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question that India is developing a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). The SSLV is being developed by ISRO with participation of private sector and will be launched in 2022's first quarter, aiming to help India enter the global launch services market.
Jitendra Singh is an Indian physician and politician. He is the Minister of State for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of state ministry of earth science and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.
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| 129 | Recent | Video of Buttler's flying catch at full stretch goes viral, fans call him 'Superman' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/12/2021 | Dec 16, 2021. A video of England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's catch to dismiss Australia's Marcus Harris off Stuart Broad went viral. Broad bowled the short delivery down the leg side after which Harris tried to pull it. However, the ball touched back of the bat and Buttler dived at full stretch and took the one-handed catch. Commentator and several fans called Buttler 'superman'.
Joseph Charles Buttler MBE is an English cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the England One Day International and [[Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International ] teams and plays for the England Test team. He is considered as one of the best white-ball batsmen in the world.
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| 130 | Recent | Give priority to citizens' ease of living: Modi to BJP CMs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states to carve a niche for their governments in some or other sectors of governance and called for giving topmost priority to 'ease of living of people. In his remarks at a meeting of BJP chief ministers and deputy chief ministers here, Modi asked them to work on 'one district, one product' as a means to boost economic opportunities and strengthen the quest for India to become aatmanirbhar (self-reliance), Once this initiative gains currency in states, they must also look at exporting their products overseas and creating a global market for the products, he said, stressing the need for states besides the Centre to work for quality and brand creation for promoting exports of locally-produced goods, it added. Highlighting the importance of technology in governance, the prime minister called for governance to be data-driven to ensure last-mile delivery, speed, and transparency.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of the Republic of India since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 131 | Recent | BJP member calls protesting Oppn 'Omicron', refers to 'Modi vaccine' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. A Bharatiya Janata Party MP on Wednesday dubbed the opposition members protesting in Rajya Sabha as 'Omicrons,' alleging they were a threat to democracy and asked them to get the 'Modi vaccine' for protection against the new coronavirus variant. Participating in a short-duration discussion on the situation arising out of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the Upper House of Parliament, BJP MP Shiv Pratap Shukla alleged that the Opposition members were running away from the debate as they did not want to recognize the efforts of the government in controlling the virus and only wanted to disturb the House. He also urged them to follow social distancing norms and wear masks while protesting in the Well of the House. "We all are discussing Omicron and Omicron is standing right before us," Shukla said, pointing towards the Opposition members.
The Rajya Sabha or the Council of States (also known as the House of Elders (informally)) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
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| 132 | Recent | Cabinet okays poll reforms, Aadhar may be linked to electoral rolls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday is learned to have cleared a bill on electoral reforms, including the one to link electoral roll with Aadhaar on a voluntary basis to root out multiple enrolments. According to the bill, the electoral law will also be made ”gender-neutral” for service voters. The poll panel had asked the law ministry to replace the term ’wife' with ’spouse' in the provision in the Representation of the People Act related to service voters. Another provision of the proposed bill will allow the youth to enroll as voters on four different dates every year. As of now, those turning 18 on or before January 1 of every year are only allowed to register as voters. The Election Commission of India had been pushing for multiple cut-off dates to allow more eligible people to register as voters. Currently, for an election to be held in a particular year, only an individual who has attained the age of 18 years as of January 1 of that year or before is eligible to be enrolled in the voters' list.
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries.
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| 133 | Recent | Kolkata's Durga Puja gets Unesco's heritage tag, Bengal ecstatic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. Unesco on Wednesday accorded heritage status to Kolkata's Durga puja festival, bringing glory to the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lauding the move. "Durga Puja in Kolkata has just been inscribed on the intangible heritage list. Congratulations India," the organization said in a tweet attaching a photo of the goddess with the hashtag ’living heritage'. Modi has hailed Unesco's decision as a "matter of great pride and joy for every Indian". The chief minister underlined that Durga puja was not just a festival, but an emotion. "Proud moment for Bengal! To every #Bengali across the world, Durga Puja is much more than a festival, it is an emotion that unites everyone. And now, #DurgaPuja has been added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. We are all beaming with joy!" she tweeted. The ministry of culture, too, took to the microblogging platform to extend its wishes to the residents of the city on this achievement.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the arts, the sciences, and culture.
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| 134 | Recent | Allies NCP, Cong want Maha govt to salvage OBC quota at all costs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Wednesday said the Supreme Court order on the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) quota was a setback to the state government and it should do everything it can to save the community's reservation. State Congress president Nana Patole also said that the state government should take up the collection of data related to the OBCs immediately and ensure their political reservation stays. The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a direction to the Centre and other authorities to disclose to the state the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 raw caste data of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The apex court, while rejecting the petition, said the state is at liberty to pursue other remedies available under the law. The Centre had told the court that the SECC 2011 data is "absolutely unreliable" as several infirmities were found in it. It had also told the SC that the SECC 2011 is "not" an OBC data and it was not made public as it was found to be "flawed", and "bound to mislead".
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the eight national parties in India.
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| 135 | Recent | Porn case: Relief to Raj Kundra as SC grants protection from arrest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted protection from arrest to businessman Raj Kundra in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly distributing pornographic videos. In July this year, Kundra, who is married to actor Shilpa Shetty, was arrested by Mumbai police in another case where he was accused of distributing porn films through an app. He was granted bail in September. A bench of justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on an appeal filed by Kundra against a Bombay high court order rejecting his anticipatory bail. The apex court sought the state government's reply within four weeks in connection with the FIR filed by the cyber cell of the Mumbai police. “Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. In the meanwhile, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner,” the bench said.
Raj Kundra is a British–Indian businessman, he was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success. His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
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| 136 | Recent | Afghanistan's Winter of Discontent | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. It's been four months since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, and the situation in that country continues to worsen by the day. The ongoing humanitarian crisis has been exacerbated by the standoff between the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan or IS-K, the lack of access to food, medicines, and cash reserves. The Taliban, now in a position of ultimate power, have shown the world that they can defeat the military might of the United States by simply outlasting them. However, they are struggling on the governance front -- in their ability to demonstrate to the Afghan people, the international community, and to their fighters across the country that they have the capability to lead a nation, maintain law and order and provide a functioning economic system.
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, and Tajikistan and China to the northeast.
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| 137 | Recent | Gaganyaan crewed space mission before I-Day 2022: Govt in LS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. The launch of the crewed space mission, Gaganyaan, is being planned before the next Independence Day and this will be proceeded by two uncrewed missions, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, the minister of state in the department of space Jitendra Singh said the launch of the first uncrewed mission was delayed due to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. "The targeted launch for the crewed space mission (Gaganyaan) was before the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence in the year 2022. This is to be preceded by two uncrewed missions," he said in the reply. Singh said the test vehicle flight for the validation of the crew escape system's performance and the first uncrewed mission -- Gaganyaan (G1) -- are scheduled during the beginning of the second half of next year.
Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability.
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| 138 | Recent | Most wanted Hizbul terrorist killed in encounter in JK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. Security forces shot dead a most wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Wednesday. "Police and security forces neutralized an 'A+' categorized terrorist of proscribed terror outfit HM," a spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir police said, adding that the slain terrorist was involved in several terror crimes, including an attack in Shopian's Zainapora in 2018, in which four police personnel were killed. He said acting on a specific input regarding the presence of a terrorist in Pulwama's Uzrampathri village, the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area in the intervening night of December 14 and December 15. "During the search operation, as the presence of the terrorist got ascertained, he was given repeated opportunities to surrender. However, he fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, which was retaliated, leading to an encounter."
Pulwama is a city and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately 25 kilometers south of the summer capital of Srinagar.
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| 139 | Recent | Will raise human rights: US envoy-designate to India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2021 | Dec 15, 2021. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday was questioned by lawmakers weighing his nomination to become the ambassador to India. Garcetti during his testimony gave a statement followed by questions from lawmakers of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Few nations are more vital to the future of American security and prosperity than India," Garcetti told the committee. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat lawmaker from New Jersey, along with only a handful of Democrats and two Republicans, stressed how Washington sees India as a key partner in its effort to push back against China's expanding power and influence. "If confirmed, I will endeavor to advance our ambitious bilateral partnership united by a free and open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region," Garcetti said in his remarks.
Eric Michael Garcetti is an American politician and diplomat serving as the 42nd and current mayor of Los Angeles since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in the 2013 election and reelected in 2017.
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| 140 | Recent | E-scooters banned from London's public transport amid fire concerns | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. Transport for London (TfL), the local body responsible for all public transport facilities in London, has banned entry of electric scooters on any of its premises or services amid rising fire concerns. This comes after an e-scooter burst into flames on the Tube at Parsons Green station last month. TfL cited the possibility of "significant harm" to travellers while issuing a ban.
Transport for London (TfL) is a not-for-profit organisation. Our purpose is to keep London working, growing and to make life in London better. We manage the Capital's transport network on behalf of the Mayor of London. We receive a very large number of requests to support charities.
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| 141 | Recent | IIT Kanpur team develops device that detects soil health in 90 seconds | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. An IIT Kanpur team has developed a portable soil testing device that can detect soil health in just 90 seconds. The device is linked to a mobile app named 'Bhu Parikshak' that suggests recommended fertiliser for crops after inspecting soil health. The device is based on near Infrared spectroscopy technology and it can test up to one lakh soil samples.
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation.
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| 142 | Recent | Rarely-seen fish with transparent head & green eyes spotted in US, video released | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. Scientists recently captured footage of a rarely-seen deep-sea fish with a bulbous, transparent head and green orb-like eyes. The footage, captured near California coast, showed the barreleye fish and was released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in the US. The fish, which lives at depths of 2,000-2,600 feet, has only been spotted by MBARI researchers nine times.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is a private, non-profit oceanographic research center in Moss Landing, California. MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard, and is primarily funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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| 143 | Recent | Anti-microbial nanomaterials to be produced by Indian scientists | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal developed a new process to produce silver nanomaterials to fight microbes. The scientists said that the nanoparticles killed the microbes by generating singlet oxygen species. "The nanoparticles were found to kill microbes in about four hours," said Saptarshi Mukherjee, Professor at IISER Bhopal.
Saptarshi graduated from the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi). He works on mechanism design, social choice, game theory, bounded rationality and teaches microeconomics, game theory and mathematical economics.
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| 144 | Recent | Lecturers claim to discover 7 fossil sites in J&K; video surfaces | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. A video has surfaced after two lecturers claimed to have discovered seven fossil sites in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam and Anantnag. This comes after the lecturers discovered a fossil site in Aharbal three months ago, which experts believe has fossil samples dating back to 488 to 354 million years. However, the exact date can only be ascertained by radiocarbon dating.
Fossils are mostly found where sedimentary rocks of the right age are exposed, such as river valleys, cliffs and hillsides, and human-made exposures such as quarries and road cuttings.
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| 145 | Recent | Actress Ankita Lokhande gets married to Vicky Jain, pic surfaces | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. Actress Ankita Lokhande got married to Vicky Jain on Tuesday. The couple had their wedding ceremony at Mumbai's Grand Hyatt which was attended by their friends and family members. Several celebrities attended the wedding ceremony and pre-wedding ceremonies of the couple. On Monday, actress Kangana Ranaut had attended Ankita and Vicky's sangeet ceremony.
Ankita Lokhande is an Indian actress who debuted in an award-winning role in Balaji Telefilms's daily show Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV. She was one of the highest paid television actors until she retired in 2018 to foray into films.
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| 146 | Recent | Miss Universe host criticised for making Harnaaz 'meow', she says 'I enjoyed it' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. Miss Universe host Steve Harvey was criticised by some online for asking India's Harnaaz Sandhu to give her best animal impressions. "Pretty sure the Miss Universe organisation could've asked a better question," said one Twitter user, reacting to Sandhu's 'meowing' response. The Miss Universe winner, however, said she "loved the question", adding, "I was just having fun and enjoying myself."
Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2021. Sandhu had been previously crowned Miss Diva Universe 2021, and is the third entrant from India to win Miss Universe.
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| 147 | Recent | Kareena, Amrita & Karan's apartment buildings sealed as actresses test COVID +ve | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2021 | Dec 14, 2021. BMC has sealed four apartment buildings, including those of actresses Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Arora, who tested COVID-19 positive recently. Filmmaker Karan Johar's apartment building, where Kareena and Amrita had attended a dinner party, was also sealed as a precautionary measure, officials said. As per reports, Karan Johar has tested negative for the virus.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. It is India's richest municipal corporation. The BMC's annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller states. It was established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act 1888.
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| 148 | Recent | Two cops killed, 12 hurt in terrorist attack on bus in JK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. Two policemen were killed and 12 others suffered injuries as terrorists carried out a deadly attack on a bus carrying Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police personnel on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday - the 20th anniversary of the Parliament attack. The bus came under fire from terrorists in Zewan in the Pantha Chowk area on Monday evening. The area has been cordoned off and a search operation launched to track down the assailants, the officials said, adding that further details are awaited. No terrorist outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the firing on the police bus which came on the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Parliament building in the national capital by the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist outfit. On December 13 in 2001, terrorists attacked the Parliament complex and opened fire, killing nine people. All five terrorists were shot dead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the families of the security personnel killed on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.
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| 149 | Recent | OBC quota: SC pulls up Maharashtra for 'overreaching' its verdict | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. The Supreme Court Monday took serious note of the election process reserving the post of president of a panchayat Samiti in Maharashtra for the Other Backward Class category, saying it is 'clearly in the teeth' of the judgment delivered by the apex court earlier this year. “We will have to intervene now. This is trying to overreach the Supreme Court decision,” a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar said. The bench issued notice to the collector concerned asking why appropriate action should not be taken against him for initiating the election process reserving it for the OBC category to fill the vacancy in the panchayat Samiti despite an 'unambiguous decision' of a three-judge bench of the top court. The apex court was hearing a petition against the Bombay high court order which was passed on a plea assailing the decision of the concerned authority reserving the post of president of the Panchayat Samiti for the OBC category.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 150 | Recent | Modi winds up Varanasi visit with watching Ganga aarti from cruise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the spectacular Ganga 'aarti' in Varanasi on Monday evening while onboard a river cruise with chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and other Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. This was the prime minister's third engagement in the holy city after visiting the Kal Bhairav temple and inaugurating the Kashi Vishwanath Dham earlier in the day. Modi boarded the Swami Vivekananda cruise at Sant Ravidas Ghat to witness the evening 'aarti' on the banks of river Ganga that was illuminated by thousands of diyas. BJP president J P Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were among those who accompanied Modi on the cruise.
Varanasi is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dating to the 11th century B.C. Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, the city draws Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River’s sacred waters and perform funeral rites. Along the city's winding streets are some 2,000 temples, including Kashi Vishwanath, the “Golden Temple,” dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
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| 151 | Recent | Britain reports world's first known Omicron death | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed the UK's first death from the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the first known fatality from the highly transmissible variant of Covid-19 in the world. Johnson used the case to highlight the importance of not being complacent that the new variant is milder compared to the currently dominant Delta variant and urged people to get their top-up booster vaccine doses, now being offered to all adults aged 18 and over. During a visit to a vaccine clinic in west London as part of the Omicron Emergency Boost campaign, Johnson also refused to rule out bringing in further restrictions in the coming days and weeks to control the rapid spread of the variant -- which has now crossed over 3,000 cases in the country. "Sadly yes, Omicron is producing hospitalizations, and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with Omicron,” Johnson told reporters.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
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| 152 | Recent | Are you ashamed of our PM, court asks petitioner in vax certificate case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. Examining the maintainability of a plea seeking removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph from the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, the Kerala high court on Monday asked the petitioner whether he was ashamed of the PM. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said the prime minister was elected to power by the people of the country and therefore, what was wrong with having his photograph on the vaccination certificate. When the petitioner's counsel told the court that in other countries there was no such practice, the judge orally remarked, "They may not be proud of their PMs, we are proud of our PM." The counsel for the petitioner - Peter Myaliparampil - said that the certificate was a 'private space' with personal details on record and therefore, it was inappropriate to intrude into the privacy of an individual.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is a Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance.
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| 153 | Recent | BJP member demands law to revoke quota benefits to tribal converts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. Strong demand for revocation of reservation and other benefits to tribals who convert to other religions was made in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Singh Patel (Khargone) said the tribal community had made great contributions to the development of the nation, but a person who converts to another religion after being offered allurements also harms the tribal culture. "I appeal to the prime minister to bring a Bill in this House to end reservation benefits to those people who convert to other religions." BJP member Arun Sao (Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh) demanded the enactment of a law to implement population control measures. He said given the limited natural resources in the country, it will be difficult to meet the needs of every citizen in case of a population explosion.
Gajendra Singh Patel is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Khargone, Madhya Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 154 | Recent | Ahead of Winter Olympics, China sees spurt in Delta cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. China has reported a spike in COVID-19 infections in Zhejiang Province which registered 138 locally-transmitted confirmed cases stated to be that of new Delta strain "sub-lineage AY.4", prompting authorities to bar millions of people in the eastern province from traveling. This is the first time China has reported the new strain of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Zhejiang Province has registered 138 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic carrier between December 5-12, amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The report from Hangzhou, the provincial headquarters on Sunday said of the 138 in Zhejiang 44 cases were reported in Ningbo, 77 cases in Shaoxing, and 17 cases were in the provincial capital of Hangzhou. The whole-genome sequencing and analysis found that the cases in the three cities were caused by the Delta strain sub-lineage AY.4, which is stated to be more transmissible and carries a higher viral load than the original novel coronavirus, the report quoted an official with the Zhejiang provincial center for disease control and prevention as saying.
Zhejiang, a province in eastern China, encompasses a rural interior and urban centers along the East China Sea. The capital, Hangzhou, is the site of picturesque West Lake, with islands, gardens, and landmarks such as the 5-story Leifeng Pagoda. Wuzhen is notable among the province’s ancient water towns, with stone bridges, restored historic districts, and waterways fed by the Grand Canal.
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| 155 | Recent | CBSE drops controversial question after outrage, expresses regret | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday expressed regret and announced a committee to thoroughly review and strengthen the question paper setting process after outrage over a passage in class 10 English exam that allegedly promoted 'gender stereotyping' and 'regressive notions', even as the board dropped the part from the questionnaire and said that full marks will be awarded to students for it. The issue was also raised in Lok Sabha, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi condemning the 'blatantly misogynist' and 'nonsensical' questions and saying it reflected 'extremely poorly' on the standards of education and testing. 'The CBSE is committed to equity and excellence in education and promotes inclusiveness and gender sensitivity. CBSE has dropped a passage and accompanying questions that were asked in the English term 1 paper for class 10 as it was not in adherence with guidelines issued by the board for external paper setters.
All India Secondary School Examination, commonly known as board exams, is a centralized public examination that students in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education in India take after class 10.
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| 156 | Recent | Pak woman intruder shot dead along Jammu border | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. A Pakistani woman intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force along the international border in Jammu. Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF) S P S Sandhu said alert troops neutralized the intruder in the R S Pura sector on Sunday night. "The BSF troops noticed suspicious movement and warned the intruder many times not to cross the IB but the intruder kept running towards border fencing aggressively," Sandhu, who is the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BSF, Jammu, said alert BSF troops fired and neutralized the intruder near BSF fencing inside the IB and thwarted the infiltration attempt.
Public relations officers plan, develop, put into place, and evaluate information and communication strategies that present a client's (an individual or company) image and reputation.
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| 157 | Recent | South African Prez contracts Covid amid Omicron spread | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the viral infection. President Ramaphosa contracted COVID-19 infection on a day when the country recorded a new high of 37,875 new infections overnight, dramatically up from the previous day's 17,154 new cases. 'The President started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honour of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier today. 'The President is in good spirits but is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service of the South African National Defence Force,' Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said in a statement. President Ramaphosa and the South African delegation were tested for COVID-19 in all of the four West African countries that he visited over the past week. They also tested negative upon their return to South Africa on Wednesday.
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who, since 2018, serves as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa and president of the African National Congress since 2017.
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| 158 | Recent | Biden's Democracy Summit Fails To Impress | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2021 | Dec 13, 2021. Democracy is an ideal, which humankind strives for, not an ideology to be prescribed or promoted. There have been many definitions of democracy from statesmen, thinkers and philosophers which are aspirational, not to be measured in terms of accomplishments and then propagated. No country in the world can claim to have a perfect democracy based on representative institutions. On December 9, President Biden opened the first-ever Summit for Democracy, 'a forum for leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing democracies in the 21st century.' The objective is to bolster democracy and defend human rights globally by undertaking programs and initiatives such as supporting free and independent media, fighting corruption, bolstering democratic reformers, advancing technology for democracy, and rapid response programs to support partners who are at the forefront of democratic movements.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 159 | Recent | Naga protesters seek apology from Shah for 'misleading' statement | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Konyak Union, a tribal body in Nagaland, on Saturday demanded an apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and retraction of his 'misleading' statement in Parliament, while rejecting the term 'mistaken identity' and that the forces had opened fire on civilians in 'self-defense'. Shah had earlier said in Parliament that six civilians mistaken as insurgents were killed by security forces on December 4 after the pick-up truck they were traveling in did not stop when signaled to, and later seven more people were killed after forces opened fire in self-defense when they were attacked by a mob near Oting village in Mon district. 'AFSPA is a law of torture, rape, and killing. Stop treating Nagas and the Northeast as the fourth gender. The entire episode can't be forgiven on the pretext of mistaken identity. 'How can Union Home Minister Amit Shah give such a statement without checking the facts? How can he be so wrong?' she said, adding that he owes an apology to Konyaks and the people of Nagaland.
Nagas are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of the population in the Indian state of Nagaland and Naga Self-Administered Zone of Myanmar; with significant populations in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam in India; Sagaing Division and Kachin State in Myanmar.
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| 160 | Recent | 70 feared dead as tornadoes hit Kentucky, Biden declares emergency | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. At least 70 people are likely dead after multiple tornadoes barreled through southwestern Kentucky on Friday. "Now we are certain that that number is more than 70, it may, in fact, end up exceeding a hundred before the day is done," CNN reported citing Governor Andy Beshear. At least five states were hit by unseasonably powerful storms and tornadoes on Friday night, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, said Bill Bunting, the operations chief at the Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, New York Times reported. United States President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) declared that an emergency exists in Kentucky.
Kentucky is a southeastern state bounded by the Ohio River in the north and the Appalachian Mountains in the east, with Frankfort the state capital. The state's largest city, Louisville, is home to the Kentucky Derby, the renowned horse race held at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. The race is preceded by a 2-week festival and celebrated in the Kentucky Derby Museum year-round.
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| 161 | Recent | Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka to attend mega Cong rally in Jaipur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Congress president Sonia Gandhi along with leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will attend a national-level party rally in Jaipur against rising inflation on Sunday afternoon. Congress leaders from various parts of Rajasthan have already arrived in Jaipur to take part in the rally, which will be held at Vidhyadhar Nagar stadium. 'Today is a historic day for Rajasthan when a national rally is being organized in Jaipur to protest against the rising inflation due to wrong policies of the central government, in which all the senior leaders of the party including the top Congress leadership are participating,' Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said in a series of tweets in Hindi. I welcome Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi to the land of Rajasthan,' he said. He said a message will be sent across the country from the rally that the time has come to oppose the wrong policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre.
The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
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| 162 | Recent | PM Modi's Twitter account briefly hacked, restored | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was briefly hacked on Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender" was put out from it. The Prime Minister's Office later said the account was immediately secured after the matter was escalated to Twitter. "The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored." The tweet, after Modi's personal handle, was hacked in the small hours, also claimed that India has officially bought 500 BTC and is distributing them among its residents and shared a link, asking people to hurry up.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read those that are publicly available.
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| 163 | Recent | Varun Gandhi submits private members' bill for MSP guarantee | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Continuing to back the demands of farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member's bill seeking a legal guarantee of minimum support price with a financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore. The bill titled - The Farmers Right To Guaranteed Minimum Support Price Realization Of Agri-Produce Bill, 2021 - aims to provide a legally guaranteed minimum support price for 22 crops that should be set at a profit margin of 50 percent over the comprehensive cost of production. Gandhi has submitted the bill in Parliament but it is yet to be introduced. MPs can pilot private members' bills in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members' bills have been passed.
Feroze Varun Gandhi is an Indian politician and a third-term member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from the Pilibhit constituency. He is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was inducted into Rajnath Singh's team in March 2012 as General Secretary.
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| 164 | Recent | Army has taken undue advantage of AFSPA: Nagaland min | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Nagaland minister V Kashiho Sangtam on Sunday alleged that the Army has taken "undue advantage" of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act to "kill and terrorise" people since 1958. Speaking on behalf of the Eastern Nagaland Legislators' Union, which represents 20 of the 60 MLAs in the state, during a candlelight vigil organised by Konyak Union in Kohima, he said that repeal of the Act has been a long-standing demand of the people of the Northeast. "Due to the imposition of AFSPA, our people have for so long suffered untold miseries and discrimination at the hands of security forces," Sangtam, the geology and mining, and soil and water conservation minister said. "Thousands of lives have been lost and homes left shattered and broken due to AFSPA, but the protests against this Act seems to have fallen on deaf ears."
Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 is an act of the Parliament of India that grants special powers to the Indian Armed Forces to maintain public order in "disturbed areas". According to the Disturbed Areas Act, 1976 once declared 'disturbed', the area has to maintain status quo for a minimum of 3 months.
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| 165 | Recent | Modi to inaugurate multi-crore Kashi Vishwanath corridor on Monday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/12/2021 | Dec 12, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the people on Monday the ambitious Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in the heart of Varanasi, a megaproject that is expected to boost tourism in the ancient city in a big way. There is palpable excitement among a majority of the residents of the temple town and domestic tourists flocking the holy shrine of the Hindus in the run-up to the high-profile event, in view of which the police security in Varanasi has been stepped up. In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office said Modi will visit the temple at around 1 pm and inaugurate phase one of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham, constructed at a cost of around Rs 339 crore, after offering prayers. It was Modi's vision for a long time to facilitate pilgrims and devotees of Lord Shiva as they had to encounter congested streets and surroundings with poor upkeep while they went about the age-old custom of taking a dip in the holy river, collecting its water, and offering it at the temple.
The Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is located in Vishwanath Gali of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in India. The Temple stands on the western bank of the holy river Ganga and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, or Jyotirlingams, the holiest of Shiva Temples.
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| 166 | Recent | Who's Indian professor Neena Gupta, the 3rd woman mathematician to win Ramanujan Prize? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. Indian Statistical Institute professor Neena Gupta has been awarded the 2021 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries "for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra". The government said Gupta is the third woman to receive the prize. Her solution for solving the Zariski cancellation problem earned her INSA's 2014 Young Scientists Award.
Neena Gupta (born in 1984) is an associate professor at the Statistics and Mathematics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.
Neena Gupta was previously a visiting scientist at the ISI and a visiting fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). She has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in the category of mathematical sciences, the highest honour in India in the field of science and technology.
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| 167 | Recent | Indian women's football team don't feel pressure vs big teams now: Manisha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. Indian women's football team's 20-year-old forward Manisha Kalyan, who scored India's first-ever goal against Brazil at the senior level, said the team doesn't feel the pressure of facing big teams anymore. "We don't fear any team and just want to play good football against them...give them tough competition," she added. India lost 1-6 against Brazil in Manaus in November 2021.
Manisha Kalyan is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the India women's national football team and also for Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala. She won the 2020–21 AIFF Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year award.
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| 168 | Recent | Bounce announces Bounce Infinity E1 scooter with removable battery | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. Bounce has announced Bounce Infinity E1 scooter which comes with a removable battery and portable charger. The battery can be removed and charged at any plug point. The scooter & battery combo is available from ₹59,999 onwards and scooter & rent battery from ₹36,099 onwards. Bounce offers Swap Stations for renting batteries, locations of which are visible on its app.
Bounce Infinity E1 electric scooter uses a swappable 2 kWh 48V battery pack with an IP67 rating. This battery pack is paired with a rear-wheel based BLDC hub motor. This scooter gets three different riding modes - Drag, Eco, and Power. In Power mode, the scooter can run at a top speed of 65 kmph. Bounce Infinity E1 is capable of running an 85 km range on a single charge.
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| 169 | Recent | ICMR develops test kit to detect Omicron COVID-19 variant in 2 hours | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. The ICMR researchers in Assam have developed a COVID-19 testing kit that can detect the Omicron variant in two hours. "As of now a minimum of 36 hours is required for targeted sequencing and 4-5 days for whole-genome sequencing to detect the variant," said Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty leading the ICMR team. India currently has 33 cases of the Omicron variant.
Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty is affiliated to Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, All India Institute of Medical Science. Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty is currently providing services as Professor. Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and International conferences. Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty contributions have acclaimed recognition from honourable subject experts around the world.
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| 170 | Recent | ISRO signs agreement with Oppo to bring NavIC messaging service | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. The Indian Space Research Organisation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with OPPO India to exchange technical information of NavIC messaging services. "This will enable integrating NavIC messaging service with the mobile handset platform keeping in mind the need of Indian users," ISRO said. NavIC is an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System being developed by the country.
A memorandum is a written message that is typically used in a professional setting. Commonly abbreviated "memo," these messages are usually brief and are designed to be easily and quickly understood. Memos can thus communicate important information efficiently in order to make dynamic and effective changes.
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| 171 | Recent | Daughter of 1st American in space to fly to edge of space today | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. The eldest daughter of the first American in space Alan Shepard, Laura Shepard Churchley, will fly to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin commercial rocketship today. She will be accompanied by five other individuals, including 'Good Morning America' co-host Michael Strahan. Their flight is expected to reach a maximum height of about 65 miles above Earth.
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon.
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| 172 | Recent | 'Atrangi Re' will work only because of Sara and Dhanush: Akshay Kumar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar said that his upcoming film 'Atrangi Re' will work because of co-stars Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush. "Sara is very professional and she is a director's actor believe this is one of the best roles that she has ever done. Dhanush is a polished actor and a phenomenal artiste," he said.
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian-born naturalised Canadian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Bollywood, the commercial Hindi language film industry based mainly in Mumbai.
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| 173 | Recent | Sold 2 houses to pay ₹16 lakh after being cheated by producer: Rubina | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/12/2021 | Dec 11, 2021. Actress Rubina Dilaik revealed she had to sell two of her houses and a car after being falsely penalised by a producer in 2011. She said, "I was devastated...Had to sell off my house. I was way behind my EMIs...From then I decided, no Mercedes and BMWs, it’s okay. I don’t want to live in uncertainty, insecurity, and constant anxiety.”
Rubina Dilaik is an Indian television actress. She is known for portraying Radhika in Zee TV's Choti Bahu and Soumya Singh in Colors TV's Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki. In 2020, Dilaik participated in Bigg Boss 14 and emerged as the winner.
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| 174 | Recent | Three-and-a-half year-old among 7 new Omicron cases in Maharashtra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. Maharashtra reported seven new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Friday including a three-and-half-year-old girl which took the tally of such infections to 17, the state health department said. Overall, Maharashtra recorded 695 new coronavirus cases during the day. Three new Omicron cases were found in the state capital Mumbai. “As per the recent report from the National Institute of Virology, seven new Omicron cases have been reported in the state, three from Mumbai and four from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation,” the official release said. The three patients from Mumbai were all male, aged 48, 25, and 37 with recent travel history of Tanzania, the UK, and South Africa-Nairobi, respectively, the health department said.
Maharashtra, abbr. MH or Maha, is a state in the western and central peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India as well as the second-most populous country subdivision in the world.
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| 175 | Recent | NIA special court convicts 8 terrorists for planting explosives at Bodh Gaya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. A special National Investigation Agency court in Patna on Friday convicted eight operatives of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror group for planting IEDs at the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya in 2018. Paigambar Sheikh, Ahmad Ali, Nur Alam Momin, Adil Sheikh, Dilwar Hossain, Abdul Karim, Mustafizur Rahman, and Arif Hussain have been convicted under sections of the IPC, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Explosive Substance Act, the premier investigation agency said.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 176 | Recent | Democracy about being with people, within people: Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for united efforts to shape global norms for emerging technologies like social media and cryptocurrencies so that they are used to 'empower' democracy and not to 'undermine' it. In a virtual address at the Summit for Democracy hosted by US President Joe Biden, Modi said India would be happy to share its expertise in holding free and fair elections and in enhancing transparency in all areas of governance. Referring to Abraham Lincoln's famous quote on democracy, the prime minister added that democracy is also about being 'with the people, within the people.' "The structural features like multi-party elections, an independent judiciary, and free media are important instruments of democracy. However, the basic strength of democracy is the spirit and ethos that lie within our citizens and our societies." "Democracy is not only of the people, by the people, for the people but also with the people, within the people," Modi said.
Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so.
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| 177 | Recent | State force should never be used to browbeat political opinion, scribes: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. State force should never be used to either browbeat a political opinion or journalists, the Supreme Court has said, calling for 'introspection from the political class across the country' over debasement in dialogue which is taking place even as it asked scribes to be more responsible in the 'Twitter age.' A bench comprising Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh made these observations while quashing the FIRs against editors of a news web portal and others, in connection with articles published in West Bengal. “State force should never be used to either browbeat a political opinion or the journalists suffer the consequences of what is already in the public domain. “We hasten to add that this does not take away the responsibility of the journalists in how they report the matters, more so in a 'Twitter age,' the bench said.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 178 | Recent | UP cop suspended for beating up man holding kid in his arms | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. A station house officer of the Uttar Pradesh police was suspended on Friday after a purported video surfaced on social media showing him cane-charging a youth while he was holding a child in his arms. The incident took place outside the district hospital in Akbarpur where the hospital's fourth class employees staged a dharna by putting locks on the out-patient department on Thursday, Kanpur Dehat superintendent of police Keshav Kumar Choudhary said. However, the police said the protesters led by Rajnish Shukla, who is seen being beaten up in the video, forcibly took the doctors and patients out of the OPD. After getting information about the chaos, the Akbarpur police led by sub-divisional officer Vagish Kumar, circle officer Arun Kumar, and SHO Vinod Kumar Mishra reached the spot and tried to persuade the demonstrators to end their dharna and prevent them from hindering in government work.
Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world.
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| 179 | Recent | Active Covid cases see a rise with 8,503 new infections | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. India's coronavirus tally climbed to 3,46,74,744 with the addition of 8,503 infections in a day, while the number of active cases rose to 94,943, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll mounted to 4,74,735 with the addition of 624 new fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 43 days now. The number of active cases has increased to 94,943, comprising 0.27 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.36 percent, the highest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
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| 180 | Recent | What the top Twittter trends and RTs say about India 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. A year of hashtags. That’s one of the many ways to look at 2021. Several hashtags captured the big moments of the year that are now coming to a close. According to Twitter, between January 1 and November 15, #COVID19, #FarmersProtest, #TeamIndia, #Tokyo2020, #IPL2021, #IndVEng, #Diwali, #Master, #Bitcoin and #PermissionToDance were the most tweeted hashtags of 2021 in India. The microblogging site, which was at the center of many things -- some good, some bad, and a lot of it sad -- became the default COVID-19 helpline for people, especially during the second wave of the pandemic in India. It was also the go-to platform for the latest on cricket and entertainment.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read those that are publicly available.
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| 181 | Recent | Priyanka's Goa visit sees spate of Congress leaders resignations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. The Goa unit of Congress party faced a spate of resignations and confusion prevailed over its alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming polls in the coastal state as the opposition party was getting ready for a series of meetings by the general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday. A group of Congress leaders from the Porvorim assembly constituency tendered their resignations on Friday morning. The group, supported by Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte, claimed that Congress was not serious about contesting the assembly polls likely to be held in early 2022. ”The Congress party does not seem to be interested in contesting the upcoming Goa elections seriously. It is a non-starter due to the attitude of some of its leaders,” Gupesh Naik, a former Zilla panchayat member, who led the group from Porvorim, told reporters.
Goa is a state in western India with coastlines stretching along the Arabian Sea. Its long history as a Portuguese colony prior to 1961 is evident in its preserved 17th-century churches and the area’s tropical spice plantations. Goa is also known for its beaches, ranging from popular stretches at Baga and Palolem to those in laid-back fishing villages such as Agonda.
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| 182 | Recent | HC raps Ahmedabad civic body for curbs on non-veg food stalls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. The Gujarat high court has questioned how people could be stopped from 'eating what they want outside their house as it slammed the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for its drive against handcarts selling non-vegetarian food items on streets. The HC made the remarks on Thursday while disposing of a petition filed by nearly 20 street vendors claiming the AMC's recent anti-encroachment drive was targeted at handcarts selling non-vegetarian food items, an allegation denied by the civic body. At one point, Justice Biren Vaishnav, who was hearing the petition, got agitated and asked the AMC 'What is your problem? How can you decide what I should eat outside my house? How can you stop people from eating what they want? Suddenly because someone in power thinks that this is what they want to do?' Rights activists welcomed the order, saying no one has the right to infringe upon the personal liberty of others.
Ahmedabad, in western India, is the largest city in the state of Gujarat. The Sabarmati River runs through its center. On the western bank is the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, which displays the spiritual leader’s living quarters and artifacts. Across the river, the Calico Museum of Textiles, once a cloth merchant's mansion, has a significant collection of antique and modern fabrics.
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| 183 | Recent | Delhi riots: Man who harboured gun-toting riot accused convicted | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/12/2021 | Dec 10, 2021. A Delhi court has convicted a man after he pleaded guilty for harboring Shahrukh Pathan, who had absconded after allegedly pointing a gun at a policeman during the northeast Delhi riots last year. After the photographs of this incident went viral on social media, Pathan absconded and was nabbed from the bus stand of Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh on March 3, 2020. He is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Police claimed that Pathan after absconding took shelter at convict Kaleem Ahmed's house at Shamli which, they said, is corroborated by their mobile phone locations. On December 7, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Amitabh Rawat framed a charge under Section 216 IPC (harboring an offender who has escaped from custody) against him. "The charge was explained to him in the Hindi language in the presence of his counsel and the accused voluntarily pleaded guilty to the charge framed against him," the judge noted.
The Indian Penal Code is the official criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.
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| 184 | Recent | US govt plans to end gas-powered vehicle purchases by 2035 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. The US government plans to end purchases of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden. The government reportedly owns more than 6.5 lakh vehicles and purchases about 50,000 annually. In January, Biden vowed to replace the US government's fleet with electric models. The new policy allows some exceptions for military and space vehicles.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 185 | Recent | Fish thought to be extinct found after nearly 50 years in Turkey; pic surfaces | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. A freshwater fish that scientists thought was extinct has been found in Turkey. The Batman River loach (Paraschistura chrysicristinae), which grows to a maximum length of 3.6cm, was previously found in streams and tributaries of Batman and Ambar rivers, where it was last seen in 1974. "It's taken a long time," an associate professor at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University said.
A batman is an ancient unit of measure, in fact, the word is still defined in plenty of English dictionaries not as “a caped crusader with a cool utility belt” but “a Turkish unit equal to 16.96 pounds.”
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| 186 | Recent | Nick Cannon's 5-month-old son dies due to brain tumour, actor breaks down on TV | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. Television host and actor Nick Cannon shared with his talk show audience on Tuesday that his youngest child, Zen, has died. "Over the weekend I lost my youngest son to a condition called hydrocephalus that was pretty much a malignant, invasive midline brain tumor, brain cancer," an emotional Cannon said. The five-month-old infant was Cannon's child with model Alyssa Scott.
Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American comedian, actor, rapper, and television presenter. In television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'n Out, America's Got Talent, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and The Masked Singer.
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| 187 | Recent | Really sad and shocked: Sidharth Malhotra on Gen Bipin Rawat's death | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. Actor Sidharth Malhotra on Wednesday condoled the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat. Taking to Instagram, he shared a group picture from his movie Shershaah's trailer launch held at Kargil on the eve of Kargil Vijay Diwas, this year. The picture featured the cast of 'Shershaah' posing with CDS General Bipin Rawat. Alongside it, he wrote, "Really sad and shocked."
General Bipin Laxman Singh Rawat PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC was an Indian military officer who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021.
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| 188 | Recent | I understand the responsibility: Kriti on playing Sita in Adipurush | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. Actress Kriti Sanon, who'll play 'Sita' in 'Adipurush', said she understands the responsibility that comes with the role. She said, "I understand the Maryada within which the character is to be played. The character is written within the boundaries that it needs to be." Kriti added she can't portray a character with the fear of displeasing a section of people.
Kriti Sanon is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. She made her debut with the Telugu psychological thriller 1: Nenokkadine in 2014. Sanon won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in Sabbir Khan's action-comedy Heropanti, which marked her first project in Hindi cinema.
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| 189 | Recent | Is it fair to give 2nd chance: Mahindra after CEO who laid off 900 staff apologises | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | Dec 09, 2021. After Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologized for the way he laid off 900 employees on a Zoom call, businessman Anand Mahindra questioned his Twitter followers whether he deserved a second chance. "I'm curious whether you think a CEO can survive after a blunder like this? Is it fair, or not, to allow a second chance?" the Mahindra Group Chairman wrote.
Vishal Garg, the Indian-origin CEO of Better.com, has been grabbing headlines ever since he abruptly fired more than 900 employees, about 9 percent of the workforce, over a Zoom call.
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| 190 | Recent | Paytm Payments Bank receives Scheduled Bank status from RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2021 | De 09, 2021. Paytm on Thursday said that Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) has received Scheduled Bank status from the RBI. PPBL has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and can now explore new business opportunities, it added. The bank would now also be eligible to partner in government-run financial inclusion schemes, Paytm said.
Paytm Payments Bank is an Indian payments bank, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Noida. In 2015, it received the license to run a payments bank from the Reserve Bank of India. It was launched in November 2017.
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| 191 | Recent | SKM to take final call on ending farmers stir at Thursday meeting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Wednesday said that a consensus has been reached over a revised draft proposal of the Centre on their pending demands and it will now meet on Thursday to decide the future course of the movement, even as its leaders demanded a formal communication on government letterhead. Sources in the farmers' umbrella body indicated that once unions receive formal communication from the government on the agreed fresh draft proposal, the farmers' agitation, which had started at the three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri -- on November 26 last year, will be ended soon. Farmer leader and SKM core committee member Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that the earlier draft from the central government on pending demands was not acceptable to them following which a fresh proposal was received from the Centre on Wednesday.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, formed in November 2020, is a coalition of over forty Indian farmers' unions to coordinate satyagraha against the three farm acts initiated in September of the same year.
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| 192 | Recent | Sri Lankan national lynched over blasphemy in Pak buried near Colombo | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan's Punjab province over allegations of blasphemy last week, was buried according to Buddhist and Catholic rites at Ganemulla, a suburb north of Colombo, on Wednesday. In a shocking incident on December 3, supporters of the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan attacked a garment factory in Sialkot in Pakistan and lynched its general manager Diyawadana, 49, before setting his body on fire over allegations of blasphemy. He was buried at Ganemulla, a suburb north of Colombo. The majority of Buddhist priests and the Catholic minority priests were in attendance and conducted their respective religious proceedings.
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
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| 193 | Recent | TMC attacks Congress, calls it a failure as main Opposition to BJP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. In an escalation of the war of words between Trinamool Congress and Congress, Mamata Banerjee's party on Wednesday claimed that it is now the 'real Congress' given the fact that the 'war-weary' grand old party has failed to perform its role as the main Opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress quickly hit back accusing the TMC of being a 'stooge of BJP' and challenging it to prove its credentials on a 'pan-India' platform. The TMC, which is engaged in a war of words with the Congress over the issue of opposition front leadership, iterated in its mouthpiece Jago Bangla that it is committed to fighting the BJP. "Congress is incapable of carrying on the baton of the principal Opposition," the article in Jago Bangla said and shared details of the TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's meeting with the party MPs in New Delhi on Tuesday, where he spoke about the camp's intention to expand in other states.
The All India Trinamool Congress, colloquially the Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the current Chief Minister of West Bengal, who has led the state since 2011.
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| 194 | Recent | Ex-Saudi royal guard arrested in Jamal Khashoggi killing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. A 33-year-old former Saudi royal guard has been arrested in France for his alleged involvement in the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist, and a Washington Post columnist, French police said on Tuesday. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government in Riyadh, was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2018. Khaled Aedh Alotaibi, a former Saudi royal guard, was arrested at Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris while boarding a flight to Riyadh, a police source told the BBC. He is one of 26 Saudis wanted by Turkey over the Khashoggi's killing. He was traveling under his own name and was placed in judicial detention.
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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| 195 | Recent | Sonia targets Centre over LAC row, Nagaland firing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. The Congress will seek a full-fledged discussion in Parliament on the border situation and on the issue of ties with neighbors, party president Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday. Addressing a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, she also said that the government's regret over the Nagaland incident was not enough and demanded that justice should be ensured for the families of the 14 victims killed in the firing. She said credible steps be taken to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies. Raising the issue of suspension of 12 Opposition RS MPs, she termed the move as outrageous and unprecedented and said it violates both the Constitution and rules. Gandhi also highlighted the issues facing farmers and said Congress stands with farmers' demand for legally guaranteed minimum support price and compensation to families of farmers who died during the stir against farm laws. The meeting in the Central Hall of Parliament was attended by all party MPs from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 196 | Recent | Coming soon! India's Biggest Defence Export | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. Illustrating the benefits of developing indigenous weapons platforms, Hindustan Aeronautics is poised to sell to the Philippines at least seven Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters and eight Dornier 228 aircraft, possibly through a Government of India line of credit. Manila is evaluating a maritime variant of the Dhruv ALH, which HAL has developed in Bengaluru on request from the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. It involved integrating the Dhruv Mark (Mk) III with maritime policing capabilities, converting the plain vanilla ALH into a variant called the Dhruv Maritime Role (MR). As the original equipment manufacturer of Dhruv, HAL developed the Dhruv MR without being blocked by end-user restrictions. The Philippines contracts will be worth a record Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) -- India's largest-ever export of defense equipment. If both aircraft perform well and deliver high serviceability rates, further export orders could follow.
The HAL Dhruv is a utility helicopter designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The development of HAL Dhruv was announced in November 1984.
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| 197 | Recent | India successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic missile from Sukhoi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2021 | Dec 08, 2021. India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the integrated test range of Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. Describing the mission as a "major milestone" in the development of BrahMos, the sources said that the air version of the missile was test-fired from supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 10.30 am. The "copybook flight" followed the pre-planned trajectory and met all objectives, the sources in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. The launch has cleared the way for serial production of air-version BrahMos missiles, they said. Congratulating the teams involved in the flight test, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the secretary in the Department of Defence Research and Development and chairman of DRDO, said various laboratories at the premier agency, academic institutions, public sector undertakings and Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in the testing, production and induction of this complex missile system.
The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is notably one of the fastest supersonic cruise missiles in the world.
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| 198 | Recent | Reinfection with Omicron seems to be 3 times more common than with Delta: WHO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 7, 2021. WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has said that data from South Africa revealed that reinfection after 90 days with Omicron seems to be about three times more common than it was with Delta. Further, she said that there are reports that more children are getting infected and getting hospitalized due to Omicron in South Africa.
Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian pediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. Since March 2019, Swaminathan has served as the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization.
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| 199 | Recent | Elon Musk says Tesla's car is currently orbiting Mars, astrophysicist refutes claim | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Elon Musk said on Twitter that Tesla's Roadster car, launched into space aboard SpaceX's rocket in 2018, is "currently orbiting Mars". Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell responded saying, "No. It's orbiting the Sun...and occasionally passes the orbit of Mars. Not the same thing." He also shared the car's orbital map. In October 2020, the car came within 5 million miles of Mars.
Jonathan Christopher McDowell is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is a staff member at the Chandra X-ray Center. McDowell is the author and editor of Jonathan's Space Report, an e-mail-distributed newsletter documenting satellite launches.
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| 200 | Recent | Excited, feel like school student: Japanese billionaire day before space trip | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Japan's billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who will travel to ISS on December 8, at a news conference held a day before his space trip, said, "I'm excited. I feel like an elementary school student about to go on an outing." "I didn't think I would be able to go to space. I feel fortunate to have this opportunity," he added.
Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO and an at-home measurement system, the ZOZOSUIT, in 2018.
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| 201 | Recent | NASA picks 10 astronaut recruits to train for missions to Moon, Mars | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. NASA has announced the selection of its 10 new astronaut candidates, six men and four women chosen from over 12,000 people who applied to the agency in March of 2020. The astronauts are part of NASA's 'Artemis Generation', a reference to its Artemis program for Moon. They will train for missions to the ISS, the Moon, and "eventually onto Mars".
Artemis is the mythological Greek goddess of the Moon and the twin sister of Apollo. The link with the mission which first launched humans to the Moon 50 years ago, therefore, is clear. The name 'Artemis' is doubly significant, however, as one of NASA's mission objectives is to land the first woman on the Moon.
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| 202 | Recent | Rani's 'Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway' to release on May 20, 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Rani Mukerji-starrer 'Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway' will release in theatres on May 20, 2022. The Ashima Chibber directorial is inspired by a true story, Emmay Entertainment, the production house behind the film, wrote on Twitter while announcing the release date. "With odds against her, this mother must fight it all and more to be strong for her children," the tweet read.
Ashima Chibber is an Indian film Director/Screenplay Writer, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. Ashima has worked in popular movies like Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway, K Tina. Ashima's previous film to hit the theatres was Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway in the year 2022. Mere Dad Ki Maruti. 15 Mar 2013.
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| 203 | Recent | Complaint filed against Vicky, Katrina as temple path shut over rumoured wedding | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. A police complaint has been filed against Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif as the path to the famous Chauth Mata temple has been blocked for their rumored wedding in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur. The complaint, reportedly filed by an advocate, also named the hotel manager and the District Collector and demanded the path be opened. It's reportedly been blocked from December 6-12.
Sawai Madhopur is a city and Municipal Council in the Sawai Madhopur District in Rajasthan state, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. Sawai Madhopur District comes under Bharatpur Divisional Commissionerate.
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| 204 | Recent | Indian SaaS startups saw 170% rise in investments in 2021: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Indian software-as-a-service startups have raised a record $4.5 billion from investors in 2021, an increase of 170% from 2020, according to a new report by Bain & Company. The startups are poised to reach $30 billion in revenue, capturing an 8% to 9% share of the global SaaS market by 2025. India has the third-largest SaaS ecosystem globally.
SaaS is short for software as a service where you pay a subscription fee, sometimes that's monthly or yearly to get access to something. The reason why SaaS is becoming more popular is many reasons, it's easier for the IT department, reduces costs, updates are built-in, and makes telecommuting easier.
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| 205 | Recent | Samsung merges mobile & consumer electronics businesses in biggest rejig since 2017 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Samsung Electronics is merging two of its three divisions, mobile, and consumer electronics businesses, into a newly-formed SET Division. The company will now have two new CEOs for its two divisions - the semiconductors business named Device Solutions and the newly-formed SET Division. It's the biggest management shakeup by Samsung since appointing three co-CEOs for its three divisions in 2017.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in the Yeongtong District of Suwon. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.
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| 206 | Recent | ICC Player of the Month nominees for November announced | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. Pakistan's Abid Ali, New Zealand's Tim Southee, and Australia's David Warner have been nominated for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for November. Bangladesh's Nahida Akter, Pakistan's Anam Amin, and West Indies' Hayley Matthews have been nominated for the women's award. Winners of the award will be announced on December 13.
Pakistan's Asif Ali and Ireland's Laura Delany have been voted the ICC Players of the Month for October. Ali beat Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan and Namibia's David Wiese to the men's award, and Delany beat teammate Gaby Lewis and Zimbabwe's Mary-Anne Musonda to the women's prize.
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| 207 | Recent | 2019 US Open champion Andreescu to skip Australian Open 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/12/2021 | Dec 07, 2021. 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu has announced she'll not compete in the Australian Open 2022 on Monday. Andreescu took to Twitter to explain her decision and said she wants to "reset, recover, and grow" after a "challenging" two years that included testing positive for COVID-19 in April 2021. The former world number four finished her 2021 season ranked number 46.
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association.
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| 208 | Recent | Opportunities missed, outgoing envoy Vikram Misri tells Chinese FM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. Outgoing Indian envoy to China Vikram Misri on Monday had a virtual farewell call on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during which he said that "certain challenges" had overpowered the vast opportunities in the bilateral ties last year and hoped that with continued communication the two sides would be able to resolve the current difficulties. "Our relations comprised both opportunities and challenges, and even though certain challenges since last year had overpowered the vast opportunities in the relationship,” Misri told Wang, in an apparent reference to the protracted standoff in eastern Ladakh. Misri, who has been transferred to the headquarters, is due to travel to New Delhi later this month. His successor is yet to be named. The Ambassador was “hopeful that with continued communication at all levels - political, diplomatic and military, the two sides would be able to resolve the current difficulties and take the relationship forward in a positive direction,” a press release from the Indian Embassy.
Vikram Misri is an Indian diplomat who currently serves as the ambassador of India to China. Previously, he served as the private secretary to Prime Ministers Inder Kumar Gujral, Manmohan Singh, and Narendra Modi, and also as the Indian ambassador to Spain and Myanmar.
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| 209 | Recent | 2+2 dialogue: India, Russia talk Chinese aggression, sign pacts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. India is faced with challenges arising out of "extraordinary militarisation" in its neighborhood and "completely unprovoked aggression" on the northern border, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the inaugural Indo-Russia '2+2' dialogue even as the two nations inked a pact for joint production of over six lakh AK-203 rifles and extended military cooperation till 2031. Besides Singh, the '2+2' foreign and defence talks were attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Gen Sergey Shoigu. The ministers held a comprehensive discussion on strategically important bilateral and regional issues. Ahead of the '2+2' talks, Rajnath and Shoigu co-chaired a meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) during which the two sides inked the agreement for joint production of over six lakh AK-203 assault rifles at a manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi and extended the pact on military cooperation for 10 years (2021-31).
The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation is a Russian government service regulating Military-Technical Cooperation issues. The service reports to the President and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense.
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| 210 | Recent | Putin describes India as a great power, time-tested friend | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. Russia President Vladimir Putin on Monday described India as a great power, a friendly nation, and a time-tested friend and echoed common concerns over terrorism, drug trafficking, and organized crime as he held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin also expressed concern over the developments in Afghanistan and said India and Russia will continue to coordinate on major challenges facing the region. "We perceive India as a great power, a friendly nation, and a time-tested friend. The relations between our countries are growing and I am looking into the future," Putin said in his initial comments. Modi said Putin's second visit abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic reflected his personal commitment to the India-Russia ties and that the special and privileged strategic partnership between the two sides was getting stronger. Putin said both sides continue to cooperate on global issues and the positions of the two sides on many issues have similarities.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current president of Russia. He has been serving in this position since 2012, and he previously held this office from 1999 until 2008.
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| 211 | Recent | Delhi airport installs more kiosks as crowd pictures go viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. A day after the picture of passengers at Delhi Airport queuing up for the COVID-19 test upon arrival went viral on social media platforms, the airport authorities have decided to take additional measures to decongest the premises by adding 20 more kiosks. A senior official said that they have added 20 more kiosks for the COVID-19 sample collection of passengers upon arriving at the airport. "The additional 20 sample-collection desks will help to decongest the airport premises. The facility will be available for only passengers who have opted for online booking of COVID-19 test."
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, India as well as the rest of northern India. The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres, is situated in Palam, 15 km southwest of the New Delhi Railway Station and 16 km from the New Delhi city center.
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| 212 | Recent | With Omicron, 3rd wave projected to hit India by Feb | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. With Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV2, the third wave of coronavirus could hit the peak by February with cases likely to be reaching up to 1-1.5 lakh a day in the country, but it will be milder than the second wave, Manindra Agarwal, IIT scientist involved in the mathematical projection of trajectory of COVID-19. "With the new variant, our current forecast is that the country could see the third wave by February but it will be milder than the second wave. So far we have seen that the severity of Omicron is not like the one seen in the Delta variant," Agarwal told PTI. India has so far reported 21 cases of the Omicron variant, including 17 on Sunday- nine persons from Rajasthan capital Jaipur, seven in Maharashtra's Pune district, and a fully vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania.
Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.
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| 213 | Recent | Nagaland killings renew demand to repeal AFSPA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. The gunning down of 13 civilians by security forces in Nagaland led to the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 from the Northeast with a renewed vigor on Sunday. Civil society groups and rights activists and political leaders of the region have been demanding the withdrawal of the "draconian" law for years, alleging excesses by security forces with impunity under the cover of the Act. The AFSPA is in force in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (excluding Imphal Municipal Council Area), Changlang, Longding, and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh, and areas falling within the jurisdiction of eight police stations of districts in Arunachal Pradesh bordering Assam.
Nagaland is a mountainous state in northeast India, bordering Myanmar. It's home to diverse indigenous tribes, with festivals and markets celebrating the different tribes' cultures. Its capital city of Kohima suffered heavy fighting in World War II, commemorated by memorials at the Kohima War Cemetery. The Nagaland State Museum exhibits ancient weaponry, a ceremonial drum, and other traditional Naga cultural artifacts.
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| 214 | Recent | Shashi Tharoor quits Sansad TV show over MPs' suspension | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he is withdrawing himself from hosting of a talk show on Sansad TV in solidarity with the 12 Rajya Sabha members suspended from the House and would not resume his anchoring until their suspension is revoked and a 'semblance of bipartisanship restored to the conduct of Parliament'. Tharoor's decision to stop hosting the talk show, To The Point, on Sansad TV comes a day after Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, who is among the 12 suspended Rajya Sabha members, said she has stepped down as the anchor of the Sansad TV show, Meri Kahaani. While Tharoor's show was about candid conversations with eminent personalities and saw him interviewing the likes of sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and cineaste Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Chaturvedi's program had women MPs share their journeys.
Shashi Tharoor is an Indian former international diplomat, politician, writer, and public intellectual who has been serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009.
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| 215 | Recent | Goa party with 1 MLA seals pre-poll deal with Trinamool | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2021 | Dec 06, 2021. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday announced it would contest the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections in an alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress as the combined pitched for good governance as its main poll plank to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The alliance between Goa's oldest regional party and the new entrant in state politics comes ahead of TMC chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to the coastal state on December 13. MGP president Deepak Dhavalikar told reporters the details of the alliance would be announced at a later stage and added the two parties will be sharing seats for polls to the 40-member Assembly. He claimed there was a 'wave' against the BJP in Goa and the two parties would seek to capitalize on it in the polls likely in early 2022. TMC member of Parliament and Goa desk in-charge Mahua Moitra said the details of the alliance would be made public before Banerjee's scheduled visit. Earlier in the day, Dhavalikar said the MGP's central committee, a key decision-making body of the party, resolved to have an alliance with the TMC, a new player in Goa politics.
The All India Trinamool Congress, colloquially the Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the current Chief Minister of West Bengal, who has led the state since 2011.
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| 216 | Recent | Hero Electric plans to raise $200 million to $300 million: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 5, 2021. India's largest electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric is planning to raise fresh funds to the tune of $200-$300 million, reported Moneycontrol. It will reportedly look to tap private equity funds and pension funds for the new round. Hero Electric's MD Naveen Munjal told Moneycontrol that seeking investments is a continuous process for any company to scale and meet market demand.
The managing director of Hero Electric Vehicles, riding high on last year’s sales, acknowledges worries about charging infrastructure and servicing but remains bullish about the future of EVs.Naveen Munjal points to the guitar in the background as a short-lived lockdown pursuit. He had decided, like many others, to add a new skill during last year’s forced isolation by learning an instrument.
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| 217 | Recent | Let's not repeat past mistakes in electric mobility: NITI Aayog CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. NITI Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant said India must learn from the mistakes made in electronics and solar manufacturing and not repeat them with electric mobility. Kant said, "In the last 70 years, India has always been getting into the sunset areas of industry." "We must make India the center of manufacturing both for the Indian market and...the world," he added.
Mr. Amitabh Kant serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, Kerala Cadre, 1980 batch.
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| 218 | Recent | Long waiting periods amid chip shortage can impact demand: Maruti official | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Longer waiting periods with semiconductor shortages affecting production can have a negative impact on car demand, Maruti Suzuki India's Senior Executive Director (Marketing and Sales) Shashank Srivastava said. Maruti has a pending order of around 2.5 lakh units, while production was over 80% of normal in November, he added. Supply constraints have improved in the last few months, he said.
India's largest automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has updated its executive board with the appointment of Shashank Srivastava as the company's new head of marketing and sales. It is being said that this rejig in the top position is in line with the company's new plans of working with Toyota as well as the new emission norms that come into effect from next year onward.
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| 219 | Recent | TV actress Sayantani Ghosh marries longtime boyfriend Anugraari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Television actress Sayantani Ghosh has married her longtime boyfriend Anugrah Tiwari, who's in the fitness industry. The actress, who appeared in 'Naaginn', 'Santoshi Maa' and other television series, shared her wedding pictures on Instagram and captioned them, "And just like that I went from being a Miss to a Mrs." Earlier, they exchanged rings in a private ceremony.
Anugrah Tiwari has not uncovered his age to people in general. He has not shared the subtleties of his birthday. His life partner, Sayantani, is 37 years of age. She was born on September 6, 1984.
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| 220 | Recent | Lightning strike kills 2 women, injures another in Tamil Nadu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Two women were killed and one woman was seriously injured after being struck by a lightning in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district on Sunday. Police said that the two women died on the spot after being hit by lightning. The third woman was taken to a state-run hospital for treatment after suffering grievous injuries.
Tirunelveli district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is the largest district in terms of area with Tirunelveli as its headquarters.
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| 221 | Recent | It's not easy to take 10 wickets even against local colony team: Harbhajan on Ajaz Patel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Reacting to New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel taking all 10 wickets in an innings against India, veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh said, "It is not easy to take 10 wickets even against the local team in your colony. You can't think and do it." He added, "It's a very big moment in cricket. It is a very rare thing in cricket."
Ajaz Yunus Patel is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in October 2018. The following month, he made his Test debut for New Zealand, taking five wickets in the second innings.
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| 222 | Recent | 9 Omicron patients in Rajasthan had attended wedding with 100 guests in Jaipur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. The nine people who tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Sunday were part of a wedding attended by at least 100 people on November 28. As per the authorities, four of them arrived from South Africa on November 25 and following the wedding, their five other relatives tested positive on December 1 and 2.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Omicron to be a COVID-19 variant of concern based on preliminary evidence that it spreads quickly. A variant of concern is one that may change how the pandemic behaves, so the WHO pays close attention to it.
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| 223 | Recent | 7 new Omicron cases confirmed in Maharashtra, total cases reach 12 in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. The total cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 reached 12 in India after seven more cases were confirmed in Maharashtra on Sunday. Four persons who returned from foreign tours and three of their close contacts tested positive for the Omicron variant in Maharashtra. Including the seven new cases, a total of eight cases of Omicron variant have been reported in Maharashtra.
Omicron is a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared it a 'variant of concern' on 26 November 2021.
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| 224 | Recent | 6 family members in Pimpri-Chinchwad, 1 other in Pune among Omicron cases in Maharashtra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Seven more people tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Maharashtra on Sunday. A 44-year old woman, who had come from Nigeria to Pimpri-Chinchwad, her two daughters, her brother, and his two daughters are among those who tested positive for Omicron. In Pune, a 47-year old man, who had returned from Finland also tested positive for the new variant.
Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Protected areas such as Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna, and rare primate habitats. One of the most recognizable sites is Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith outside the capital of Abuja that’s pictured on the national currency.
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| 225 | Recent | Remembering the iron lady: Kangana on Jayalalithaa's 5th death anniversary | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2021 | Dec 05, 2021. Actress Kangana Ranaut, on Sunday, paid homage to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to mark her fifth death anniversary. Taking to Instagram Stories, Kangana posted a picture of Jayalalithaa, and wrote, "Remembering the iron lady Purchai Thalaivi Dr. J Jayalalithaa." Jayalalithaa, who served as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister six times, breathed her last on December 5, 2016.
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as the Six-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989, she was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), a Dravidian party whose cadre revered her as their "Amma" (Mother) and "Puratchi Thalaivi" (Revolutionary Leader). Jayalalithaa was highly popular among the Tamil populace until her death in 2016.
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| 226 | Recent | Cybertruck to have 4-motor variant, will drive diagonally like crab: Musk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Cybertruck would come with a four-motor variant. "Initial production will be four motor variants, with independent, ultra-fast response torque control of each wheel," Musk said. He added the Cybertruck would have front and rear-wheel steer, so it would "not just [turn] like a tank", but "drive diagonally like a crab" too.
The Tesla Cybertruck is an all-electric, battery-powered, light-duty truck announced by Tesla, Inc. Production of the dual-motor AWD and tri-motor AWD Cybertruck production was slated to begin in late 2021, with the RWD model release date in late 2022, but the production was pushed back to 2022.
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| 227 | Recent | Never watched dad's films as a kid, found it awkward: Suniel's son Ahan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Ahan Shetty has said as a kid, he never watched his actor father Suniel Shetty's films. He added that he didn't feel comfortable watching him perform on screen. "I just found it very awkward to watch my dad on screen because if I watch him on screen and then at home and I see two very different people," Ahan said.
Ahan Shetty's debut Tadap, in which he stars with Tara Sutaria, is releasing in theatres on Friday. The young actor talks about his love for acting, father Suniel Shetty, and sister Athiya. Ahan Shetty was in Class 6 when he decided that acting was what he wanted to do.
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| 228 | Recent | Oliver Stone offered me 'Alexander', it wasn't in my comfort zone: Raveena | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Raveena Tandon revealed that American director Oliver Stone offered her a role in the film 'Alexander'. She added it didn't materialize as there were "scenes and stuff in it". "I was like, 'If there's something if I've not done it here then why would I go there and do it.' It's just something that wasn't in my comfort zone," said Raveena.
Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress, model, and producer who works in Hindi films. She is the daughter of director Ravi Tandon and was born and raised in Mumbai.
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| 229 | Recent | Elon Musk loses $15 billion in a day as tech stocks slump | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. World's richest person Elon Musk's wealth dropped by $15 billion on Friday, the most among tech billionaires, as Tesla shares extended losses amid fears of inflation. His net worth fell to $268.9 billion, Bloomberg reported. Jeff Bezos' net worth dropped by $2.7 billion as Amazon shares declined. Top 10 US tech billionaires' combined wealth fell by $27.4 billion on Friday.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.
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| 230 | Recent | Heartening to see Indian startups prove themselves globally: Pichai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Google and Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai told Hindustan Times, "It's heartening to see the number of (Indian) startups proving themselves on a global stage." He said, "For years, whenever I would meet entrepreneurs, I could see the potential of the startup ecosystem and what's possible in India." Pichai further said his company is keen to help the Indian startup ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship is an act of being an entrepreneur, or "the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits".
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| 231 | Recent | Veteran Kannada actor S Shivaram dies at 83 due to brain haemorrhage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Veteran Kannada actor S Shivaram passed away on Saturday aged 83 due to a brain haemorrhage. Shivaram, who was also a director and producer, starred in over 200 Kannada films. He made his acting debut in 1965 with a film called 'Beratha Jeeva', where Shivaram was seen in a supporting role. Shivaram opened a production house called Rashi Brothers.
When a hemorrhage interrupts blood flow around or inside the brain, depriving it of oxygen for more than three or four minutes, the brain cells die. The affected nerve cells and the related functions they control are damaged as well.
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| 232 | Recent | Welcome to the club: Anil Kumble as Ajaz Patel takes all 10 wickets in a Test innings | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Former India captain Anil Kumble took to Twitter to congratulate New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on taking 10 wickets in an innings against India in Mumbai. Kumble, who had achieved the feat in 1999, wrote, "Welcome to the club, Ajaz Patel #Perfect10. Well bowled! A special effort to achieve it on Day 1 and 2 of a Test match."
Ajaz Yunus Patel is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in October 2018. The following month, he made his Test debut for New Zealand, taking five wickets in the second innings.
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| 233 | Recent | Italy’s Olympic bronze medalist boxer Irma Testa comes out as gay | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Italy's 23-year-old boxer Irma Testa came out as gay, saying her bronze medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics this year gave her the strength to announce her sexual orientation publicly. "Speaking of sexual orientation in the world of sport has a special value because champions are expected to be perfect, and for many homosexuality is still an imperfection," she said.
Irma “butterfly” Testa is an Italian boxer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| 234 | Recent | Google employees want to be back in office voluntarily: Executive | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2021 | Dec 04, 2021. Google's VP for real estate and workplace services David Radcliffe has said around 5% more employees are returning to offices week after week, globally, and that people are actually "showing voluntarily that they want to be back in the office". Younger employees and those who joined Google more recently have been coming in at higher rates, he added.
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name and has received numerous awards and nominations.
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| 235 | Recent | Kerala HC sets aside its previous order on early second vax jab | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. The Kerala high court on Friday set aside its earlier order that directed the Union government to allow eligible people to take the second Covishield dose after a four-week gap, instead of the present mandatory 84 days. A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly set aside the order after considering the appeal filed by the Union government. The court said it cannot interfere with the policy decision of the Union government. The Centre had challenged the September 3 decision by Justice PB Suresh Kumar, which had come on a plea by Kitex Garments Ltd, seeking permission to administer the second dose of the vaccine to its workers without having to wait for 84 days. The single bench of the high court had reduced the gap between the doses to 30 days.
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee, and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys, and tigers.
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| 236 | Recent | New Navy chief backs Maritime Theatre Command | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. In the backdrop of the Chinese navy's rapid expansion and its frequent forays into the Indian Ocean, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar said on Friday that his force is fully capable of confronting any security threat and fully backed the ambitious tri-services reforms that included setting up of a maritime theatre command. Addressing a press conference on the eve of Navy Day, the admiral said the situation along India's northern border has added to the security complexities at a time the country was reeling under COVID-19 and that the 'dual' scenario continues. "In these testing times, the Indian Navy aims to stand steadfast in furthering our national and maritime interests. Our focus on maintaining combat and mission readiness resulted in deterring any misadventure in the maritime domain," he said without elaborating.
The People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the Chinese Navy or PLA Navy, is the naval warfare branch of the People's Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, and, by default, the national armed forces of China.
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| 237 | Recent | Sri Lankan national lynched in Pak's Punjab province over 'blasphemy' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. A mob in Pakistan on Friday lynched a Sri Lankan national before burning his body over alleged blasphemy in the country's Punjab province. Priyantha Kumara, who was in his 40s, was working as the general manager of a factory in the Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore. "Mr. Kumara allegedly tore a poster of the hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in which Quranic verses were inscribed and threw it in the dustbin. The poster of the Islamist party was pasted on the wall adjoining the office of Kumara. A couple of factory workers saw him removing the poster and spreading the word in the factory," Hundreds of men, enraged over the 'blasphemy' incident, started gathering outside the factory from adjoining areas. Most of them were activists and supporters of the TLP.
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
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| 238 | Recent | Harvard University adds caste as protected category for student workers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Harvard University has added caste as a protected category for all graduate and undergraduate student workers. The historic addition marks Harvard as the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionized student workers. This decision will impact more than 4,900 student workers at Harvard and the surrounding Harvard community, Equity Labs said in a statement. With this addition, Harvard joins UC Davis, Colby College, Brandeis University, and several other universities where students, faculty, and staff face caste-based discrimination, Equity Labs said. "Driven in partnership with caste-oppressed community members, this win is part of a larger national movement for caste equity that aims to protect caste-oppressed students, workers, and communities across the country."
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
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| 239 | Recent | We're portrayed as a 'villain': SC during pollution hearing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and the states in the National Capital Region (NCR) to implement the orders of the panel on air quality management to curb air pollution while ruing that some sections of the media have 'portrayed' it as a 'villain' which wants to close down schools in New Delhi. A special bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also took note of measures taken by the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas on Thursday and asked the Centre, Delhi, and states in the National Capital Region (NCR) to follow the directions. The apex court, on Thursday, said nothing was happening on the ground to control the deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR and directed the Centre and Delhi government to come out with suggestions to control the pollution within 24 hours.
The National Capital Region is a planning region centred upon the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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| 240 | Recent | Sorry Mamata, but Congress-mukt Opposition isn't possible | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going the whole hog, to put together a new national coalition of regional parties minus anti-Bharatiya Janata Party national outfits, and projecting herself as a prime ministerial aspirant. While her coalition calculations may be the best for a divided Opposition against a monolith BJP ruling the Centre under a strong and charismatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it may have come too early in the day, way ahead of the seven-state assembly polls due next year, causing consternation even across equally assertive regional party leaderships, leave aside the left out lots like the Congress and the two Communist parties. Mamata's logic to stay away from the Congress for putting together a new national coalition is not wide of the mark. The Sonia-Rahul-Priyanka family leadership has not only not done anything to erase the negative image that befell the party ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a big tent political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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| 241 | Recent | Naidu rejects demand to discuss MSP law in Rajya Sabha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday rejected notices under Rule 267 by some Opposition leaders seeking a discussion on municipal polls and legislation on the minimum support price (MSP). Some members including Jairam Ramesh (Congress) and Manoj Kumar Jha (Rashtriya Janata Dal) had given a suspension of business notice under Rule 267 on the demand to discuss municipal elections, he said. Deepender Singh Hooda (Congress) and V Sivadasan (Communist Party of India-Marxist) had also given notices under Rule 267 to discuss legislation on MSP. Rejecting these notices, the Chairman said, "I have not admitted (the notices) as there are other avenues to raise this matter in the House and some matters are local." He said it was not possible to discuss municipal polls of one or the other state in the Upper House. "Should we go on discussing local bodies here," he asked.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician serving as the 13th and current vice president of India since 2017. Previously, he served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
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| 242 | Recent | 37 years later, children of Bhopal still bear scars of gas tragedy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. They were not born at the time but hundreds of children live the horrors of that intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, every minute of every day - their bodies trapped forever in congenital disabilities such as blindness and cerebral palsy. Thirty-seven years and some three generations later, the darkness of that night when 40 tonnes of lethal methyl isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide plant hangs like an impenetrable cloud over the lives of untold thousands, including children as young as three whose parents were exposed to the toxin when they themselves were children. That has been impacted by the Covid pandemic and the months of lockdown that followed. As the world marks another anniversary, those that survived - and their offspring - count their losses. The official number of deaths from what has come to be known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, among the world's worst industrial disasters ever, was 2,259 but activists estimate the number could be well over 20,000, maybe double that.
The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is considered among the world's worst industrial disasters.
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| 243 | Recent | Cyclone 'Jawad' to make landfall around Puri on Dec 5 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Jawad', the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. The cyclonic storm is likely to reach the west-central Bay of Bengal off the coast of north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha by Saturday morning, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. Thereafter, it is likely to recurve north-northeastwards, move along the coast of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh and touch the coast around Puri by December 5 noon, according to the weather department. The name of the cyclone -- 'Jawad' -- has been proposed by Saudi Arabia. A low-pressure area had developed over the Andaman Sea on November 30. It intensified into a depression on December 2 and further into a deep depression on Friday morning. It turned into a cyclone on Friday at noon.
The Bay of Bengal in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka, and the northwesternmost point of Sumatra.
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| 244 | Recent | China suspends Lanka energy project after India protest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. China has suspended a project to install hybrid energy plants in three islands of Sri Lanka, citing "security concern" from a "third party", amid reports of India raising concern over its location. In January, the Chinese firm, Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, was awarded the contract to install a hybrid renewable energy system in Delft, Nagadeepa, and Analthivu islands, off the coast of Jaffna. Without naming India, the Chinese embassy in Colombo in a tweet on Wednesday confirmed that "Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, being suspended to build Hybrid Energy system in 3 northern islands Flag of Sri Lanka due to 'security concern' from a third party". Instead, it added, Beijing has inked a contract with Male on November 29 to establish solar power plants at 12 islands in the Maldives.
China, officially the People's Republic of China is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion. China spans five geographical time zones and borders 14 different countries, the second-most of any country in the world after Russia.
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| 245 | Recent | Tesla launches $1,900 e-quad bike for children aged 8 & above in US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Tesla has launched a $1,900 all-electric quad bike for children aged eight and above in the US. The four-wheel 'Cyberquad for Kids' features a full steel frame, cushioned seat, and adjustable suspension with rear disk braking and LED light bars. The electric bike cannot be shipped to Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico, Tesla said.
Quad bikes are often marketed as stable vehicles that are safe to use on all terrains. However, research shows that the danger in quad bikes is their tendency to tip or roll over when moving at speed, traveling up hills, or on uneven ground.
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| 246 | Recent | 'Godfather of Black Music' Avant's wife shot dead during home invasion at around 2 am | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. 'Godfather of Black Music' Clarence Avant's wife Jacqueline Avant was shot dead by robbers during a home invasion in the couple's mansion in Los Angeles. Local police said they were called to a shooting at 2.23 am on Wednesday morning. Photos surfaced online showing a smashed sliding door in the rear of the house that was apparently used to gain entry.
Clarence Alexander Avant is an American music executive, entrepreneur, and film producer, who also goes by the name of "The Black Godfather". Avant's 75th birthday was celebrated by Billboard in its February 2006 issue.
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| 247 | Recent | 'Mirzapur' actor Bramha Mishra found dead at his flat in Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Actor Bramha Mishra, best known for portraying Lalit in the series 'Mirzapur', has passed away in Mumbai. On Thursday, the police found his semi-decomposed body from his flat in Versova. The body has been sent for an autopsy. Actor Divyenndu took to Instagram to mourn his demise and wrote, "Our Lalit is no more. Let's pray for him, everyone."
Actor Brahma Mishra died due to a cardiac arrest, the police suspect. New Delhi: Actor Brahma Mishra, best known for essaying the role of Lalit in the acclaimed web series Mirzapur, was today found dead at his residence in Mumbai's suburban Versova, the police said.
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| 248 | Recent | Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao reunite to celebrate son Azad's birthday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Ex-couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao recently came together to celebrate their son Azad's birthday. Author Shobhaa De took to Instagram to share a glimpse of the family celebration. "A warm and wonderful evening with scrumptious Ghar ka khana," De wrote. Azad, who celebrated his birthday on November 25, turned ten this year.
Shobha De is an eminent Indian novelist, who is often known as India's Jackie Collins. She was born as Shobha Rajadhyaksha to the Saraswat Brahmin family of Maharashtra on January 7, 1947. She completed her graduation from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and obtained a degree in Psychology. In this article, we will present you with the biography of Shobha De, a well-known Indian writer.
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| 249 | Recent | LinkedIn adds Hindi in its first Indian regional language rollout | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has added support for Hindi starting from today, marking its first Indian regional language rollout on the platform. Members will be able to access their feed, profile, jobs, messaging, and create content in Hindi on desktop and on their phones, LinkedIn said. The company added that it's aiming to support 60 crore Hindi-speaking people globally.
LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Launched on May 5, 2003, the platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs.
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| 250 | Recent | Apple tells suppliers iPhone 13 lineup demand has weakened: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Apple has told its component suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has weakened, Bloomberg reported citing sources. Earlier, Apple reportedly cut its iPhone 13 production goal for 2021 by 10 million units because of a lack of parts. However, Apple will reportedly see a sales increase of 6% to $117.9 billion in the final three months.
The iPhone 13 is available in six colors—starlight, midnight, blue, pink, and (PRODUCT)RED. You can configure it with 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB of internal storage for $799, $899, and $1,099 respectively. The iPhone 13 mini is available in the same five colors as the standard model and starts at $699 for 129GB storage.
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| 251 | Recent | Dorsey's Square changes company name to 'Block' after he resigns as Twitter CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Payments company Square has announced that it's changing its corporate name to 'Block', effective December 10, amid its plan to expand into new technologies like blockchain. This comes days after its Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down as Twitter CEO. The name change is intended to house the company's products, including Cash App, TBD, and Square, under one brand.
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, as well as the founder and CEO of Square, a financial payments company.
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| 252 | Recent | Google removed 48,594 posts based on complaints in Oct in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Google has revealed it received 24,569 complaints from users and removed 48,594 pieces of content based on those complaints in October in India. It also removed 3.84 lakh pieces of content in October as a result of automated detection. The content removal was done under several categories, including copyright (48,078), trademark (313), circumvention (94), and graphic sexual content (7).
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
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| 253 | Recent | Which players have taken a pay cut after IPL retention? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. CSK captain MS Dhoni will be paid ₹12 crores as compared to ₹15 crores last season. RCB's Virat Kohli will be paid ₹15 crores as compared to ₹17 crores last season. RCB's Glenn Maxwell, who was paid ₹14.25 crore last season, will now get ₹11 crores, while KKR's Sunil Narine will get ₹6 crores from ₹12.5 crores last season.
Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian professional international cricketer, who currently plays ODI and Twenty20 cricket for Australia. He has also played Test cricket for Australia. He represents Victoria and Melbourne Stars in Australian domestic cricket.
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| 254 | Recent | Mayank Agarwal gave an underwhelming performance: Laxman on 1st NZ Test | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2021 | Dec 02, 2021. Ex-India batter VVS Laxman has said that opener Mayank Agarwal gave an "underwhelming performance" in both innings of the first Test against New Zealand and looked "uncomfortable" at the crease. "Shreyas Iyer gave a fantastic performance. I hope they don't ignore it," he stated, adding that it would be a "tough call" to decide the playing XI for the second Test.
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman is a former Indian international cricketer and a current cricket commentator and pundit. A right-hand batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman in Test cricket.
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| 255 | Recent | Mamata meets Pawar, flays Cong; urges regional parties to unite against BJP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai and called for fighting the Bharatiya Janata Party unitedly while taking barely veiled swipes at the Congress leadership. While Banerjee made remarks like 'there is no United Progressive Alliance now' and one can not achieve anything by staying abroad 'most of the time,' Pawar said leadership was not an issue at present and all like-minded parties were welcome to join the fight against the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and academic who is serving as the ninth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office.
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| 256 | Recent | No material to show larger conspiracy in 2002 Guj riots, SIT tells SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. There was no material to substantiate claims of any larger conspiracy in the 2002 Gujarat riots and the idea behind alleging that the violence was State-sponsored is to keep the 'pot boiling' which showed 'sinister signs,' the special investigation team told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The SIT told a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar that complaint filed by Zakia Jafri alleging larger conspiracy in the riots was not converted into an FIR and the apex court had asked the SIT to look into it and act in accordance with the law. Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed at Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, during the violence, has challenged the SIT's clean chit to 64 people including Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister during the riots.
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of 1,600 km – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population.
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| 257 | Recent | NIA Court rejects Elgar accused Teltumbde's bail plea | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. A special NIA court here on Wednesday denied interim bail to activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to visit his nonagenarian mother in wake of the death of his brother Milind Teltumbde, a top Naxal leader, in an encounter with security forces last month. Anand Teltumbde is currently lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai following his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case in April 2020. Special court judge D E Kothalikar rejected his temporary bail application. In the plea filed on November 23, Anand Teltumbde had said that he came to know that his brother Milind Teltumbde, one of the wanted accused in the case, was killed on November 13 in Gadchiroli.
Anand Teltumbde is an Indian scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who is a management professor at the Goa Institute of Management. He has written extensively about the caste system in India and has advocated for the rights of Dalits.
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| 258 | Recent | Align Omicron travel rules with ours: Govt tells Maharashtra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. After the Maharashtra government revised the guidelines on quarantine for international passengers in view of concerns over the Omicron variant, the Centre on Wednesday asked the state to align its order with the SOPs issued by the Union Health Ministry. Maharashtra has mandated seven-day institutional quarantine for travelers arriving in the state from 'at-risk countries under the guidelines issued by the State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday night. Such passengers will also undergo RT-PCR tests on the second, fourth, and seventh day of arrival. If found to be COVID-19 positive, the passenger will be shifted to a hospital. In case the test is negative, the passenger will still have to undergo seven-day home quarantine.
Maharashtra, abbr. MH or Maha is a state in the western and central peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India as well as the second-most populous country subdivision in the world.
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| 259 | Recent | Empty liquor bottles inside Bihar House causes uproar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. Empty bottles of liquor were discovered inside the premises of the legislature in dry Bihar, in a fresh embarrassment to the Nitish Kumar government in the state, which has been drawing flak over recent hooch tragedies that have claimed more than 40 lives. The bottles were found under a tree in the area earmarked as a parking lot for two-wheelers. The news spread like wildfire during lunch hour. Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav rushed to survey the spot and launched a blistering attack on the government when the assembly resumed business. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar grimly told the House, “This is such an unacceptable thing. I am ordering the chief secretary and the DGP to thoroughly investigate the matter. The guilty must not be spared.”
Bihar is a state in East India, bordering Nepal. It is divided by the River Ganges, which floods its fertile plains. Important Buddhist pilgrimage sites include the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya's Mahabodhi Temple, under which the Buddha allegedly meditated. In the state capital Patna, the Mahavir Mandir temple is revered by Hindus, while Sikhs worship at the domed, riverside Gurdwara of Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji.
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| 260 | Recent | 'Modi is no god, but a human being who can be defeated' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. Since its spectacular win in the West Bengal assembly elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has been planning to go national. In this attempt, the TMC has wooed many leaders from different parties, but mainly from Congress. "It is not that the BJP is invincible. They can be defeated and they will be defeated in future across different states," Ashok Tanwar, a former Congress leader who joined the TMC last week.
The All India Trinamool Congress, colloquially the Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the current Chief Minister of West Bengal, who has led the state since 2011.
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| 261 | Recent | Comedian Kunal Kamra's Bengaluru shows cancelled following threats | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2021 | Dec 01, 2021. Comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said his upcoming stand-up shows, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru, have been canceled after the organizers received threats. The cancellation of Kamra's shows comes just days after another stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was denied permission to perform in the city with the police calling him a "controversial figure". Kamra, who has criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government over a number of issues in the past, posted a sarcastic statement on Twitter to inform his followers and detractors about the cancellations of his shows that were to be held in the city in the coming days. "Hello, Bangalore people. I'm happy to inform you that my shows in Bangalore which were scheduled over the next 20 days have been canceled. They've been canceled for two reasons.
Kunal Kamra is an Indian standup comedian known for his observational comedy about the absurdities of life. His performances include jokes about politics, cabbies, bachelor life, and TV advertisements.
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| 262 | Recent | Amazon Prime offers membership at ₹129/month, offer valid till 13 Dec | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Amazon Prime has announced that users can become an Amazon Prime member at just ₹129/month instead of ₹179/month. Prime members enjoy benefits like unlimited free & fast delivery on eligible items, video streaming with Prime Video, ad-free music with Prime Music, free in-game content, exclusive access to deals, and more. The offer is valid till 13th December 2021.
Amazon Prime is a paid subscription program from Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers.
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| 263 | Recent | World’s newest republic Barbados declares Rihanna as its National Hero | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Barbados declared singer Rihanna as its National Hero during its republican celebrations. "May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring honour to your nation," said PM Mia Mottley at the occasion. Nearly 400 years after the country became a British colony, Barbados officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state to become the world's newest republic.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna was discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes.
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| 264 | Recent | Cyclonic storm likely to hit Odisha, Andhra coasts on Dec 4 morning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. A cyclonic storm is likely to hit the coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The IMD added that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Andaman Sea in the next few hours, which will later intensify into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the Bay of Bengal.
Cyclonic winds are the most dangerous and destructive. Areas of low pressure surrounded by high pressure are called cyclones. It is anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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| 265 | Recent | NASA delays spacewalk citing space debris risk to ISS astronauts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. NASA has delayed its spacewalk planned for its astronauts aboard ISS on November 30 citing space debris risk. "NASA received a debris notification for the space station. Due to the lack of opportunity to properly assess the risk teams have decided to delay the spacewalk," the agency said. The spacewalk was supposed to be done to replace a communications antenna outside ISS.
The International Space Station is a modular space station in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA. The ownership and use of the space station are established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.
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| 266 | Recent | Story of my team: Former India Captain Kapil Dev on '83' trailer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Former India Captain Kapil Dev took to Instagram to share the trailer of '83', starring actor Ranveer Singh. Alongside the post, Kapil wrote, "The story of my team." Helmed by Kabir Khan, '83' revolves around India's historical 1983 Cricket World cup win. The film features Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, captain of the World Cup-winning team.
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj is a former Indian cricketer. He was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman. He is an honorary Lieutenant Colonel with the Indian Territorial Army. He led India to win its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983.
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| 267 | Recent | It was my dream to turn slice into unicorn before I turned 30: 28-yr-old Founder | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. After the fintech startup slice was valued at over $1 billion as it raised $220 million in funding, its 28-year-old Founder and CEO Rajan Bajaj told ET NOW, "This was my dream when I was at Flipkart to become a unicorn before I turned 30." Bajaj, who founded slice in 2016, said the startup has pivoted at least six to seven times.
Bajaj is a 24-year-old graduate of IIT Kharagpur and the Founder of SlicePay, a fintech company that offers student credit to college pupils in India.
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| 268 | Recent | How much salary will Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal receive? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal will receive an annual salary of $1 million, plus bonuses, the company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He'll receive restricted stock units valued at $12.5 million that'll vest in 16 equal quarterly increments, starting February 1, 2022. In April, the IIT-Bombay graduate will get performance-based restricted stock units valued at $12.5 million.
Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American technology executive and the chief executive officer of Twitter since November 2021. Agrawal joined Twitter as a distinguished software engineer in 2011 and became the chief technology officer in 2017.
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| 269 | Recent | 37-yr-old Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal becomes youngest CEO in top 500 US firms | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal is now the youngest CEO in the S&P 500. Agrawal is 37 years old, the same age as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who held this youngest CEO tag earlier. Twitter didn't disclose Agrawal's birthday due to security reasons, but confirmed that he was born later in 1984 than Zuckerberg's May birthday, Bloomberg reported.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Meta Platforms, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
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| 270 | Recent | Google CEO congratulates Parag Agrawal on becoming Twitter CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has congratulated Indian-American Parag Agrawal on becoming the CEO of Twitter. He also wished outgoing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey "the very best" for his future, adding he was "excited for Twitter's future". Parag Agrawal is now the youngest CEO in the S&P 500, a title earlier held by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. Born in Madras, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering.
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| 271 | Recent | Twitter missed US tech rally: Zerodha Co-founder after Dorsey steps down | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Zerodha Co-founder Nikhil Kamath commenting on Twitter's stock after Jack Dorsey stepped down said, "What's happening at Twitter, Twitter. I personally see a lot of traction, but the stock has totally missed the US tech rally." Shares of Twitter jumped up to 11% on Monday after Dorsey's news broke, adding $4.2 billion in market capitalization, but ended nearly 3% lower.
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, as well as the founder and CEO of Square, a financial payments company.
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| 272 | Recent | 'Spy rock' with mini camera to track enemies developed by Russia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Russia has developed 'spy rocks' that are fitted with a mini camera and caterpillar wheels to track enemies. Pictures and a video demonstration of a spy rock navigating grassy terrain have also been released. "Due to its disguise and ability to change positions, it can come in handy in trench warfare," Russian Defence Ministry's TV channel Zvezda said.
The Ministry of Defence is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian armed forces. The President of India is the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the country.
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| 273 | Recent | Pakistan overtake India on World Test Championship points table | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/11/2021 | Nov 30, 2021. Following their eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chattogram, Pakistan has jumped to the second position on World Test Championship (WTC) points table. Pakistan is second with 66.66% of points won. Pakistan overtook India, who is now third on the table with 50% of the points won. Sri Lanka lead the table so far with 100% of the points won.
Chittagong is a large port city on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh. The Ethnological Museum has exhibits about the many different ethnic tribes across the country. Zia Memorial Museum, inside the former Old Circuit House, displays items belonging to former president Ziaur Rahman, who was assassinated on the site in 1981. The landmark Chandanpura Mosque has many onion-shaped domes and brightly painted minarets.
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| 274 | Recent | Advocacy against CAA not crime, Umar Khalid tells court | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. Advocacy against the law like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not a crime, former JNU student leader Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Monday, asserting that the police pressured the witnesses to give statements in the riots conspiracy case. Senior advocate Trideep Pais, appearing for Khalid, also told the court that one of the protected witnesses had informed a police officer about the purported plans of the riots beforehand and asked why they took place if the police knew about it. The lawyer made the remarks during the hearing in a case related to the communal violence that had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24, 2020, after clashes between the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) supporters and its protesters spiraled out of control.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians, and arrived in India before the end of December 2014. The law does not grant such eligibility to Muslims from these Muslim-majority countries.
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| 275 | Recent | Why Hasina government drove out Hindu chief justice | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. After the recent attack on Hindus and Hindu places of worship, the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh is upset by the court verdict sentencing the country's former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to 11 years imprisonment in a money laundering case involving Taka 4 crores (about Rs 3.20 crore/Rs 32 million). Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of a special judge's court in Dhaka passed the verdict sentencing Justice Sinha to seven years in jail for laundering money and four years for breach of trust. The court said the punishments will run concurrently. The court also fined Justice Sinha Taka 45 lakh (about Rs 36 lakh/Rs 3.6 million) and asked the government to confiscate Tk 78 lakh (Rs 48 lakh/Rs 4.8 million) from him in favor of the State.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2009. She previously served as prime minister from June 1996 to July 2001. She is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh, having served for a combined total of over 17 years.
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| 276 | Recent | Xi asks military to recruit new talent to gain edge in future wars | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need for the recruitment of new talent to support the rapid modernization of the armed forces and win future wars amid reports that the military has committed more resources to enroll 3 lakh personnel for frontline positions. Talent holds the key to advancing the high-quality development of the Chinese armed forces, achieving victory in the military competition, and gaining the upper hand in future wars, Xi who heads the military besides the ruling Communist Party of China and the presidency told a conference on military talent-related work held from Friday to Sunday. With a whopping $209 billion annual military budget, the Chinese military is modernizing rapidly, carrying out organizational reforms and adding new weapon systems including hypersonic weapons. According to the US military, China recently launched a long-range missile that went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that had glided all the way back to China, and came close to hitting the target.
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2012 and President of the People's Republic of China since 2013.
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| 277 | Recent | Govt terrified: Rahul on farm laws repeal without debate | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the repealing of the three farm laws without debate shows that the government is "terrified" of having a discussion and knows that it has done something wrong. After Parliament passed 'The Farm Laws Repeal Bill' to rescind the three contentious agri laws against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, Gandhi told reporters his party had predicted that the government will have to take back the farm laws as it knew that the "power of three-four crony capitalists cannot withstand the strength of farmers and laborers".
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 278 | Recent | 12 oppn MPs suspended from RS for their conduct during last session | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. Twelve opposition members in Rajya Sabha, including Congress MP Chhaya Verma, Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi, and Trinamool Congress's Dola Sen were on Monday suspended for the remaining part of the winter session for their misconduct and unruly behavior during the last session. Among the suspended members, six are from the Congress, two each from the TMC and the Shiv Sena, and one each from the Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Paty of India. The Upper House had witnessed ugly scenes when the opposition members were protesting against the three farm bills during the Monsoon session. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh announced the suspension of the members and adjourned the House till Tuesday.
The Rajya Sabha or the Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
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| 279 | Recent | Winter session begins today, farm law repeal among 26 bills on agenda | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/11/2021 | Nov 29, 2021. The winter session of the Parliament is set to begin on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has a heavy agenda for the winter session with its legislative business including 26 new bills. The government has indicated that the bill to repeal three farm laws will also be taken up on priority. The bill was cleared by the Union cabinet last week. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur had told reporters after the meeting that it will be the government's priority to get the three farm laws repealed in the winter session of Parliament. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 seeks to repeal the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmer's (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance, Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. Farmers have been protesting against the three central farm laws on various borders of Delhi since November 2020.
The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 is an act of the Indian Government that creates a national framework for contract farming through an agreement between a farmer and a buyer before the production or rearing of any farm produces.
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| 280 | Recent | More testing, check hotspots: Centre to states on 'Omicron' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. ln view of the possible threat that the new COVID-19 variant can pose to the nation, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to focus on intensive containment, active surveillance, enhanced testing, monitoring of hotspots, increased coverage of vaccination, and augmentation of health infrastructure. Listing a series of measures that states and UTs should undertake, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also stressed rigorous surveillance of international passengers, ensuring prompt dispatch of samples for genome sequencing and strict enforcement of Covid-appropriate behaviour to effectively manage this Variant of Concern. As a proactive step, the government has already placed nations, where this VoC has been found, in the category of 'at risk' countries for additional follow-up measures of international travellers coming into India from these destinations, he said in a letter dated November 27.
Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 70. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin. In classical Greek, omicron represented the sound in contrast to omega and ου.
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| 281 | Recent | NDA ally demands repeal of CAA at all-party meeting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. The Bharatiya Janata Party's ally National People's Party leader Agatha Sangma on Sunday demanded the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at a meeting of constituents of the ruling National Democratic Alliance as well as at the all-party meeting convened ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. Sangma, the MP from Tura in Meghalaya, urged the government that as it has repealed farm laws keeping in mind the sentiments of the people, the CAA should also be repealed. Sangma made the demand at the all-party meeting called by the government as well as at a meeting of the BJP-led NDA in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal.
Profession. Lawyer, politician. Agatha Kongkal Sangma (born 24 July 1980) is a Member of Parliament of India (MP), and a part of the 17th Lok Sabha. She represented the Tura constituency of Meghalaya following the 2009 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party.
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| 282 | Recent | Oppn demands law on MSP, debate on Pegasus row in Parliament | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. Various opposition parties on Sunday pushed for a law on minimum support price on agriculture produce and also demanded a discussion on the Pegasus snooping row, fuel prices, and unemployment in the winter session of Parliament beginning Monday. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not present at the all-party meeting convened by the government, Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh sought cooperation from all parties for productive and smooth functioning of the House. The government is ready for discussions on all the issues permitted by the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman under rules.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician serving as the 13th and current vice president of India since 2017. Previously, he served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
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| 283 | Recent | Ruling BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls, wins 329 of 334 seats | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. Tripura's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party pulverized Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the Left on Sunday, capturing with surprising ease the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 other civic bodies where it now has 329 of the 334 seats. Contesting its first civic polls after it stormed to power in the northeastern state in 2018, the saffron party steamrollered a feeble challenge from the opposition after a vitriol-filled campaign marked by communal tension, clashes, and court battles that forced the Supreme Court to intervene and order peaceful polls. Not a single opposition candidate could win from any ward of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation all of which went to the BJP.
Biplab Kumar Deb is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Tripura. He has been the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura from 7 January 2016 till 2018.
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| 284 | Recent | Munawar Faruqui's B'luru show cancelled; hate won, says comedian | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. The Bengaluru police have denied permission to Munawar Faruqui's stand-up comedy show in the city on Sunday amid protest by the Hindu right-wing outfits who alleged that the artist had hurt the Hindu sentiments in one of his shows. "Yes, we have denied him permission. He will not perform any public show today," a senior police officer told PTI on condition of anonymity. Faruqui also shared a statement on social media confirming that his Bengaluru show that had sold "600 plus" tickets was cancelled Sunday in the wake of the "threats to venue vandalism" and said he was "done". "My name is Munawar Faruqui. And that's been my time, you guys were a wonderful audience. Goodbye, I'm done."
Munawar Iqbal Faruqui is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and rapper who is known for his satirical comedy.
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| 285 | Recent | Kisan mahapanchayat calls for BJP's defeat in polls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. The Kisan mahapanchayat organized in Mumbai on Sunday called for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party in all the upcoming assembly elections and vowed to continue the fight for a law guaranteeing the Minimum Support Price for crops and other demands including the withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment bill and the arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Addressing the mahapanchayat or mega conclave of farmers held under the banner of Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on the eve of the beginning of the Parliament session, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a supporter of the MSP when he was the chief minister of Gujarat and wanted a nationwide law to ensure that farmers' interests were guaranteed.
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel is an Indian politician and the incumbent Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 286 | Recent | Hindustan is a Hindu Rashtra: RSS chief in Gwalior | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/11/2021 | Nov 28, 2021. Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said 'Hindustan' (India) is a Hindu nation whose origin was Hindutva and that Hindus and Bharat are inseparable. He also said if Hindus want to remain Hindus then Bharat has to be made 'akhand' (undivided). "Hindustan is a Hindu Rashtra and its origin was Hindutava. Hindus are inseparable from Bharat and Bharat is inseparable from Hindus," the RSS chief said while addressing a function in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh."History is a witness that whenever Hindus forgot this 'bhav' (identity) the country faced a crisis and it broke but now (Hindu) revival is happening and Bharat's prestige is growing globally.
Mohan Bhagwat is the 6th Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist and cultural organization based in India. He was chosen as the successor to K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009.
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| 287 | Recent | Scientists discover 'ultrahot' Jupiter-like planet where a year is only 16 hours | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Scientists at NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, an MIT-led mission, discovered an "ultrahot Jupiter" that's about five times Jupiter's mass and revolves around its star in 16 hours. The planet, TOI-2109b, has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant to date. Its day side is estimated to be around 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the second hottest detected so far.
Ultra-hot Jupiters are hot Jupiters with a dayside temperature greater than 2,200 K. In such dayside atmospheres, most molecules dissociate into their constituent atoms and circulate to the nightside where they recombine into molecules again.
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| 288 | Recent | Former SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar joins Hero MotoCorp board | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp has appointed SBI's former Chairman Rajnish Kumar as an Independent non-executive Director on the firm's board. It has also onboarded Choko la Founder Vasudha Dinodia Munjal as a non-executive Director. Kumar completed his term as Chairman of the SBI in October 2020. Earlier, BharatPe had announced Kumar's appointment as the Chairman of its board.
Rajnish Kumar is an Indian banker. He held the position of Chairman of the State Bank of India. He became chairman of the State Bank of India on 7 October 2017 and his three year term ended on 6 October 2020. He joined SBI as a Probationary officer in 1980.
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| 289 | Recent | Manika reaches mixed and women's doubles quarters at WTT C'ships Finals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Indian paddler Manika Batra has reached mixed and women's doubles quarter-finals at World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Houston on Friday. Manika and Archana Kamath beat Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 in women's doubles. In mixed doubles, Manika and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran defeated USA-China pair of Kanak Jha and Wang Manyu 15-17, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7.
Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. As of November 2020, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 62nd in the world as of July 2021. She was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2020.
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| 290 | Recent | Cheating is cheating, Smith's crime was greater: Ian Chappell on ball-tampering scandal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Ex-Australia captain Ian Chappell reacted to Steve Smith being appointed vice-captain of the Australian Test team. "Why is Smith looked upon as a different punishment to David Warner?" he said referring to the ball-tampering scandal. "In fact, if anything, I think Steve Smith's crime was greater," he added. He further said, "Cheating is cheating, whether it's big cheating or little cheating."
Steven Peter Devereux Smith is an Australian international cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Australia national cricket team in Tests. He was the former captain of the Australian national team.
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| 291 | Recent | Indian spinners take 9 wickets on Day 3 as India lead New Zealand by 63 runs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Team India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel took nine wickets as New Zealand were dismissed for 296 in their first innings in the Kanpur Test. Axar picked up his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket, while Ashwin took three wickets. India ended the day at 14/1, leading New Zealand by 63 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian international cricketer. An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
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| 292 | Recent | Ronaldo's Portugal or Euro 2020 champions Italy to miss FIFA World Cup 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Either Euro 2020 champions Italy or Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal will miss out on FIFA World Cup 2022 after being drawn in the same playoff path. Portugal will face Turkey in the semi-finals, while Italy will host North Macedonia. The winners of the semi-finals will meet for one place at World Cup. Both Portugal and Italy will fail to qualify if they lose the semi-finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and captains the Portugal national team.
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| 293 | Recent | Pic shows Jeff Bezos' effigy sitting on rocket during protest against Amazon in UK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Extinction Rebellion protesters demonstrating against climate change blocked 13 Amazon distribution centres in the UK and carried an effigy of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos sitting on top of a rocket. The fake rocket had "to extinction and beyond" and "amazon crime" written on it. The group said they're raising awareness against the "exploitative and environmentally destructive business practices".
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.
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| 294 | Recent | John Abraham reveals his chest ripped apart once during kickboxing, shows scars | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Actor John Abraham, during a recent episode of KBC, revealed he once went to Thailand to earn money by taking part in invitation rounds of Muay Thai, a free form of martial arts. John revealed that during a round, a boxer kicked him on the chest and his chest ripped apart. He also showed his scars on the show.
Muay Thai sometimes referred to as "Thai boxing", is a martial art and combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs" as it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.
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| 295 | Monthly Capsule | 2 cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant that has high number of mutations found in UK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Two people in the UK have been found to be infected with the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Saturday. The UK Health Security Agency detected cases in Chelmsford and in Nottingham, Javid added. The variant, first detected in South Africa, is found to have high number of mutations.
Sajid Javid is a British politician who has been Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since June 2021. He was Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been a Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove since 2010.
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| 296 | Recent | Video of rare two-headed, blue-tongued lizard goes viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/11/2021 | Nov 27, 2021. Jay Brewer, the founder of the Reptile Zoo in California, has shared a video of a rare two-headed lizard. "Unbelievable. This is one incredible little blue tongue skink can you believe your eyes," Brewer wrote with the video that has gone viral online. "I think this skink is going to do perfectly fine and live," he said in the video.
Jay Brewer, owner of Prehistoric Pets in Fountain Valley holds Twinkie, a 22 foot-long Albino Reticulated Python in his store. Brewer has turned his store into more of an interactive, educational party location for children, not just a pet store that carries lizards and snakes.
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| 297 | Recent | Forces with colonial mindset, with FoE, hampering India's growth: Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India's growth story is being disrupted by forces with a colonial mindset, including in the name of freedom of expression. Addressing a Constitution Day event organized by the Supreme Court, he said a colonial mindset still exists, years after the end of colonialism, and these forces are putting obstacles in the path of growth of the developing nations. Modi said today, there is no country in the world that exists as a colony of another, but that does not mean that the colonial mindset is a thing of the past too. "We are seeing that this mindset is giving rise to many distortions. The most obvious example of this is seen in the obstacles faced by us in the development journey of developing countries."
Constitution Day, also known as "National Law Day", is celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.
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| 298 | Recent | HC to hear on Dec 10 pleas seeking transparency in PM CARES Fund functioning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. The Delhi high court on Friday advanced to December 10 the hearing on pleas to declare the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund a 'State' under the Constitution and a 'public authority' under the Right to Information Act to ensure transparency in its functioning. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the applications for early hearing by the petitioner Samyak Gangwal and said, “Looking into the facts of the case, we allow the applications and prepone the date of hearing to December 10." The matter was last listed on November 18 when it was adjourned till December 20 after the bench did not assemble. The petitioner has filed two petitioners seeking a direction to declare the PM CARES Fund a 'State' under the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning and also to declare it a 'public authority' under the RTI Act. The pleas are being heard together.
The Right to Information is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002.
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| 299 | Recent | CBI gets nod to prosecute retd Allahabad HC judge for corruption | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. The Central Bureau of Investigation has got the sanction to prosecute retired Allahabad high court judge Justice S N Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favoring a private medical college in his orders. The CBI had applied for a go-ahead from the central government to prosecute the retired judge on April 16 this year, in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act. With the government giving its nod, the CBI can proceed with a charge sheet against the retired judge. Besides Justice Shukla of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, the agency had also named retired Chhattisgarh high court judge I M Quddusi, Bhagwan Prasad Yadav and Palash Yadav of the Prasad Education Trust, the trust itself, and private persons Bhavna Pandey and Sudhir Giri in the first information report (FIR).
A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organizations in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offense, or in Singapore when the police receive information about any criminal offense.
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| 300 | Recent | Delhi govt calls meet to discuss new Covid variant | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. The Delhi government has called a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday to discuss steps that need to be taken in view of the threat of a new COVID-19 variant from African countries, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. The Centre on Thursday had asked all states and union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travelers 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. The new variant of COVID-19 feared to have a high amount of spike mutations unseen before, has been detected in South Africa, with authorities there confirming 22 positive cases associated with it on Thursday.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power.
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| 301 | Recent | India summons Pak diplomat, seeks quick trial in 26/11 case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. India cannot forget the wounds of the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday on the 13th anniversary of the dastardly strike even as a senior diplomat of the Pakistani High Commission was summoned to convey that Islamabad must ensure expeditious trial in the case. In a note verbale handed over to the diplomat, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also asked Pakistan to abide by its commitment to not allow territories under its control for terrorism against India. In a video message released by the MEA on the 26/11 attacks anniversary, Modi, paying homage to the victims, said today's India is combating terrorism with a 'new policy and new ways.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organization from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
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| 302 | Recent | Family-run parties biggest threat to democracy: PM on Constitution Day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. In a scathing attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the 'biggest threat' to the functioning of a healthy democracy is when a party is run by the same family generation after generation and the entire system of the party is controlled by it. Without naming anyone, Modi at a Constitution Day event in the Central Hall of Parliament hit out at family-based parties, describing them as 'party for the family, party by the family' and added, 'I don't think I need to say anything more. The event was skipped by 15 opposition parties that have been alleging that the government is 'undermining parliamentary democracy.
Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so.
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| 303 | Recent | Modi-Putin summit meet to be held in New Delhi on Dec 6 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India for summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 6, the ministry of external affairs announced on Friday. Both the countries have a mechanism under which India's prime minister and the Russian president hold a summit meeting annually to review the entire gamut of ties. At a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that Putin will pay an official visit to India on December 6 for the 21st India-Russia annual summit. The summit was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far 20 annual summit meetings have taken place alternatively in India and Russia.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current president of Russia since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.
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| 304 | Recent | Pollution levels in Delhi up again, air quality 'severe' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2021 | Nov 26, 2021. Air pollution levels in Delhi worsened on Friday morning due to unfavorable meteorological conditions - low temperature and slow wind speed -- and the air quality index read 403 at 9 am, which falls in the severe category. Low temperatures and slow surface winds allow the accumulation of pollutants. The city's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) read 400 on Thursday evening. The air quality in the capital has remained very poor or severe on most of the days in November so far. Delhi recorded the lowest air pollution levels -- in terms of 24-hour average quality index -- on November 1 (AQI 281) followed by November 23 (AQI 290). Neighboring Faridabad (417), Ghaziabad (373), Greater Noida (378), Gurgaon (361), and Noida (383) also saw a dip in air quality on Friday morning.
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance or energy. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.
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| 305 | Recent | For 1st time, India has more women than men | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Indicating a demographic shift, the number of women surpassed men for the first time in India with the sex ratio being 1,020: 1,000, according to findings of the National Family and Health Survey-5. "With this, we can say India moves in the league of the developed countries - as the sex ratio crosses 1000," a health ministry official said, attributing it to measures taken for women empowerment such as financial inclusion and for combating gender bias and disparities. The sex ratio at birth also improved from 919 in 2015-16 to 929 in 2019-20, indicating the positive impact of measures like implementation of the PC and PNDT Act and various other interventions. According to NFHS-3, conducted in 2005-06, the sex ratio was 1000: 1000, and in 2015-16 (NHFS-4), it declined to 991:1000.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. Three rounds of the survey have been conducted since the first survey in 1992-93.
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| 306 | Recent | SC to hear PIL against ordinance to extend CBI, ED chiefs' tenure | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will list for hearing public interest litigation challenging the validity of two ordinances under which the tenure of the directors of Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate can now be extended by up to three years after the mandated term of two years. A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions that the PIL on the issue is yet to be listed for hearing. The PIL alleged that the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance are "unconstitutional, arbitrary and ultra vires" to the Constitution and urged their quashing.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India. Previously, he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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| 307 | Recent | After 12 years, Kashmir's Pushkar celebrations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Minimum temperatures have plummeted below the freezing point across the Kashmir Valley, but pilgrims from all over India can be seen taking a dip at Shadipora located at the confluence of the Jhelum river and Sindh stream in the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir these days. Shadipora is located around 18 kilometers from Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Pilgrims are allowed to take a dip in the river till 3 pm. Besides praying for the dead, devotees believe that taking a dip at the confluence of the Jhelum and Sindh has several health benefits. The pilgrims, who are mostly from South India, have converged at Shadipora to celebrate the Pushkar festival that is being held after a gap of 12 years in the Kashmir Valley.
The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in Kashmir. It is in a region administered by India as the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan.
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| 308 | Recent | Documents mention Wankhede's mother as Muslim, Hindu after her death: Malik | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Thursday accused NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede and his family of obtaining two separate certificates of his mother following her death in 2015, each mentioning her as Muslim and Hindu. Addressing a press conference here in the morning, Malik said Wankhede's mother Zaheda died on April 16, 2015, and a certificate describing her as a Muslim woman was taken to the cemetery in Oshiwara for her burial. "But the next day, her family procured another death report, which mentioned her as belonging to Hindu religion," The minister also posted these certificates in support of his claim on his Twitter handle before talking to media. ''How can a family have a dual identity? I am speaking in public about this after taking the verified documents from the Mumbai civic body,'' the NCP leader alleged.
Nawab Malik is an Indian politician, who is the current Minority Development, Aukaf, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister of Maharashtra, and also the guardian minister of Gondia & Parbhani.
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| 309 | Recent | Delhi assembly panel summons Kangana for remarks on Sikhs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Delhi Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee has summoned Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on December 6 over her alleged hateful posts on social media. The committee issued the notice summoning Ranaut after complaints cited an alleged offensive and derogatory Instagram story posted by her, said a statement from the panel. 'As per the complaints, the content of such stories has gravely hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community and has caused apprehensions in their mind regarding their safety as well as life and liberty,' the statement said. Further, according to the complainants, the stories were published by Ranaut on her Instagram account, @kanganaranaut, which has a massive reach and is being followed by around 80 lakh people worldwide.
Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. Known for her versatility and portrayal of strong women in female-centric films, she has been described in the media as one of India's highest-paid actresses.
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| 310 | Recent | Navy commissions submarine INS Vela | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Adding teeth to India's naval prowess, the Navy on Thursday commissioned submarine INS Vela here, with the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh calling it a 'potent platform' with an ability to undertake the entire spectrum of submarine operations. This is the fourth of the six submarines the Indian Navy is inducting under the Kalvari class submarine Project 75. This is also the second major induction in the Indian Navy in less than a week. On November 21, the navy commissioned the warship INS Visakhapatnam. Speaking at the event of commissioning the submarine, the Navy chief said Project 75 will transform the Indian Navy's war-fighting in the underwater domain in the years to come.
INS Vela is the fourth submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy.
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| 311 | Recent | Centre to review Rs 8 lakh criteria for EWS category in NEET-PG | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has taken a considered decision to revisit the limit of Rs 8 lakh annual income fixed for determining the Economically Weaker Sections category for reservation in NEET admissions for post-graduate medical courses. Mehta said that NEET-PG counselling would stand postponed for a further four weeks as per assurance earlier given to the court. The top court was hearing a batch of pleas filed by students challenging the Centre and Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) July 29 notice providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Class and 10 per cent for EWS category in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test admissions for medical courses for the current academic year.
Economically Weaker Section in India is a subcategory of people belonging to the Economy Based Un-Reserved Category having an annual family income less than ₹8 lakh and who do not belong to any category such as SC/ST/OBC across India, nor to MBC in Tamil Nadu.
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| 312 | Recent | ISI yet again comes to rescue of 26/11 masterminds after arrest of 7 LeT men | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Key plotters of the 26/11 terror attacks have once again escaped arrest upon the advice of Pakistan's intelligence agency, Inter-Service Intelligence. According to International Forum for Rights and Security, the raids pinned seven Lashkar-e-Tayiba operatives, among them, Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, whose links to the 26/11 attacks are proved. It was also revealed that the terrorists received training in Pakistan's Sindh province, that their control room in Karachi had been located, and that the ship which had transported them to Indian waters had been seized by the Federal Investigation Agency. On the other hand, evidence suggests that Pakistan's State-sponsored terrorism in the 26/11 attacks has been proved from the interrogation accounts of three terrorists Ajmal Kasab, David Headley, and Zabiuddin Ansari. The three played different roles in the attack and were interrogated under different conditions all leading up to an ISI-LeT orchestrated terror attack in Mumbai.
The Inter-Services Intelligence is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, operationally responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing information relevant for national security from around the world.
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| 313 | Recent | Driverless train operations flagged off on Delhi Metro's Pink Line | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. Driverless train operations started on Thursday on the 59-km Pink Line of the Delhi Metro, putting the mass rapid transit system in the fourth position globally among the networks which operate this cutting-edge technology. The top three cities in the world in terms of driverless train networks are -- Singapore (first), Shanghai (second) and Kuala Lumpur (third), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday jointly flagged off the driverless train operations via video conference. With DTO commencing on the Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor (spanning 38 stations), albeit after a few months delay, the total stretch of the DMRC's network, which is under driverless operations, now stands at close to 97 km.
The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. It is by far the largest and busiest metro rail system in India and the second oldest after the Kolkata Metro.
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| 314 | Recent | India to get $ 1.5 bn loan from ADB to buy Covid vax | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$ 1.5 billion (around Rs 11,185 crore) loan to India for COVID-19 vaccine procurement. "ADB today approved a US$ 1.5 billion loan to help the Government of India purchase safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)," Beijing-based AIIB is a multilateral development bank focused on developing Asia. It has members from all over the world. The loan from ADB will fund at least 66.7 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses for an estimated 31.7 crore people, it added. It will support India's National Deployment and Vaccination Plan which aims to fully vaccinate 94.47 crore people aged 18 years and above, accounting for 68.9 percent of the population, said the Manila-headquartered agency. Priority groups include healthcare and frontline workers, senior citizens, and those aged 45-59 years with comorbidities.
The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The company also maintains 31 field offices around the world to promote social and economic development in Asia.
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| 315 | Recent | China quietly developing military bases in Pacific islands | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2021 | Nov 25, 2021. China, which wishes to expand its maritime and economic profile has started to court the Pacific island nations. According to the Singapore Post, Kiribati a Micronesian country is discussing opening up its largest marine reserves to commercial fishing which may serve a dual purpose like a naval base for the Chinese as well. Pacific country's President Taneti Maamau, decided to open up the marine reserves to commercial fishing to China which could be exploited for dual purposes. However, the Kiribati government said the move will fetch over $200 million in cash for Kiribati. As per the Singapore Post, China is emerging as a major diplomatic and economic partner of Pacific island countries especially during the COVID-19 pandemic as the small countries are struggling with their economies. Vanuatu which lies 2000 km away from Australia though denied that it was allowing China to develop a military base on its soil.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
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| 316 | Recent | Ex-CM Mukul Sangma among 12 of 17 Cong MLAs joining TMC in Meghalaya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. In a massive jolt to the opposition Congress in Meghalaya, 12 of its 17 MLAs led by former chief minister Mukul Sangma will join Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Thursday, said one of the defecting lawmakers H M Shangpliang. "Twelve MLAs of the Congress out of 17 in Meghalaya have decided to join the TMC. We will formally join the TMC under the leadership of former CM Mukul Sangma," Shangpliang, the MLA from Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district told PTI late Wednesday night. The Congress MLAs will join the TMC at an event at 1 pm. The breakaway group has submitted a list of MLAs crossing over to the TMC to state Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh and informed him about their decision.
The All India Trinamool Congress, colloquially the Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, who has led the state since 2011. It is currently the fifth-largest party in the Lok Sabha with 21 seats.
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| 317 | Recent | Security tightened at Gambhir's house after threat from 'ISIS Kashmir' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir received two alleged death threats within a span of fewer than 24 hours from "ISIS Kashmir" prompting the Delhi Police to beef up security at his residence here. After receiving the first threat, a complaint addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) stated that a death threat from "ISIS Kashmir" was received on the official email ID of Gambhir at 9.32 pm on Tuesday, The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit of Special Cell has written to Google seeking information about the account handlers and registered ID through which the alleged emails were sent. This would help in tracing the IP location of the device from where these alleged threats have been sent, a senior police officer of the Special Cell said.
Gautam Gambhir is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019.
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| 318 | Recent | Delhi court orders FIR against Sambit Patra over doctored video of Kejriwal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. A Delhi court has directed the police to register an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sambit Patra for allegedly posting a doctored video of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal supporting the farm laws, saying it may have resulted in rioting like situation across the nation. Metropolitan Magistrate Rishabh Kapoor directed the Delhi Police to register the FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and conduct a thorough investigation against the BJP spokesperson while allowing the application of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi. Atishi had moved the court seeking registration of FIR against Patra claiming that the video contained statements that were diametrically opposite to the stand taken by the Delhi CM and the Aam Aadmi Party concerning the farm laws and caused discontent and dissatisfaction in the minds of farmers.
Sambit Patra is the National spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Patra did his First job at Hindu Rao Hospital. He was appointed as an independent director of the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited in 2017.
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| 319 | Recent | Former Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh says he is in Chandigarh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, who has been declared a 'proclaimed offender' by a court in Mumbai, on Wednesday said he was in Chandigarh and would visit Mumbai soon. The IPS officer who is facing several extortion cases in Maharashtra told news channels that he was in Chandigarh. Singh has not reported to work since May this year, after his transfer from the post of Mumbai police commissioner and his subsequent allegations of corruption against then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. He was transferred after Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze was arrested in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house, 'Antilia', and the subsequent suspicious death of businessman Mansukh Hiran.
Param Bir Singh is an Indian police officer in the 1988 batch Indian Police Service. He is the Director-General of Maharashtra Home Guard and a former Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Following the filing of extortion cases against him, he was untraceable and was declared as absconding by a Mumbai magistrate Court.
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| 320 | Recent | Rajasthan minister says roads should be like 'Katrina Kaif's cheeks' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. Days after being inducted as a minister in Rajasthan, Rajendra Singh Gudha has shot his mouth off comparing roads to the cheeks of actors Hema Malini and Katrina Kaif. The remark was allegedly made by the minister of state for Panchayati raj and rural development on Tuesday at a government camp held in a village in Jhunjhunu district. In the purported video of the event, Gudha is heard saying in the local dialect that roads should be like the cheeks of Hema Malini, adding she had become 'too old.' The minister made the comparison after he was told about the bad condition of roads in the district by people gathered to listen to him there. He then went on to say roads should be like 'Katrina Kaif's cheeks.' “Katrina Kaif ka gaalan jaayan ki sadak banni chayej,” he said on mic sitting in the camp.
Katrina Kaif is a British actress who primarily works in Hindi-language films. She was among the highest advance tax-paying actresses. Her accolades include four Filmfare Award nominations. Born in Hong Kong, Kaif lived in several countries before she moved to London.
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| 321 | Recent | 'Why should we meet Sonia every time': Mamata after meeting Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, indicated that expansion plans for her party, Trinamool Congress, were well underway, with trips to PM's constituency Varanasi and Mumbai already in the pipeline. Speaking to reporters after her meeting with Modi, Banerjee said that she raised the issue of the BSF's territorial jurisdiction in West Bengal, demanding that it be withdrawn. "Giving more powers to the BSF leads to a confrontation in law and order with the state police. We are not against the BSF. It is not right to disturb the federal structure without any reason," The chief minister also said that she has invited the prime minister to inaugurate the Global Business Summit which will be held in the state next year.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and academic who is serving as the ninth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office.
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| 322 | Recent | Oral sex with minor not 'aggravated sexual assault': Allahabad HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. 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, a first information report (FIR) had been filed in the Jhansi district against a man accusing him of having 'oral sex' with the 10-year-old son of the complainant in exchange for Rs 20. The special sessions court in Jhansi convicted Kushwaha under Indian Penal Code Sections 377 (unnatural offenses) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), along with section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. However, the High Court held that the convict could not be charged under section 6 of the POCSO Act as the oral sex does not fall in the category of aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault.
The POCSO Act was enacted to protect children from sexual offenses. It rated India's legal framework for protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation the highest among all the surveyed countries.
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| 323 | Recent | 500 farmers to reach Delhi on 30 tractors on Nov 29: Tikait | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2021 | Nov 24, 2021. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that as many as 500 farmers will reach Delhi on 30 tractors on November 29. He further stated that other details regarding the same will be disclosed after a meeting scheduled to take place on November 26, which marks the first anniversary of the farmers' protest against the three farm laws, the repeal of which was recently announced by the Centre earlier this month. Regarding election campaigning against the Bharatiya Janata Party, the farmer leader said, "Campaigning in the election against BJP will be decided only after the Model Code of Conduct is in place. Now, the government is working, let them do it."
Rakesh Singh Tikait is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union from Uttar Pradesh, India.
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| 324 | Recent | Deposit 10% of ₹200 crore penalty in 3 weeks: NCLAT to Maruti Suzuki | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) stayed the ₹200 crore penalty imposed on India's largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, by the Competition Commission (CCI). It, however, asked the carmaker to deposit 10% of the total amount within three weeks. The CCI in August this year imposed a ₹200-crore fine on Maruti Suzuki for allegedly restricting discounts offered by dealers.
NCLAT is also the Appellate Tribunal to hear and dispose of appeals against any direction issued or decision made or order passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) – as per the amendment brought to Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 by Section 172 of the Finance Act, 2017, with effect from 26th May 2017.
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| 325 | Recent | Govt is encouraging EVs but it will not stop ICE vehicles: Gadkari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government is encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles and the use of alternative fuels, but it will not stop registration of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. "I feel we don't need to make anything (ICE vehicles) mandatory," he added. He noted that 250 startups are working on electric vehicles and this will reduce their cost.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over 7 years.
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| 326 | Recent | TVS Motor to invest ₹1,200 crore in EVs, future tech in Tamil Nadu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. TVS Motor has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government for an investment of ₹1,200 crores in future technologies and electric vehicles (EVs) in the next four years. The investment will be used for the design, development, and manufacturing of new products and capacity expansion in the electric vehicle space, the company said in a statement.
A memorandum is a written message that is typically used in a professional setting. Commonly abbreviated "memo," these messages are usually brief and are designed to be easily and quickly understood. Memos can thus communicate important information efficiently in order to make dynamic and effective changes.
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| 327 | Recent | 'Blue sunset on the Red planet,' writes NASA while sharing pic of sunset on Mars | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. NASA has shared a sunset picture taken by Perseverance Mars rover and captioned it, "A blue sunset on Red Planet." "Martian sunsets typically stand out for their distinctive blue colour. Fine dust...permits blue light to penetrate the atmosphere more efficiently than colours with longer wavelengths. But this sunset looks different: less dust in atmosphere resulted in a muted colour," wrote NASA.
Perseverance has landed in the 45km-wide Jezero Crater. Just like Gale crater, the location for NASA's other current rover Curiosity, Jezero is the site of a suspected ancient lake and river delta.
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| 328 | Recent | OnePlus, Vikramaditya Motwane collab to release 2024 on Disney+ Hotstar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. OnePlus announced a collaboration with Vikramaditya Motwane's Andolan Films, Big Bad Wolf Studios, and Odd & Even Productions to produce a new feature film, '2024'. Entirely shot on OnePlus 9 Pro, the 60-minute action thriller releases exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar today. The smartphone features hyper-realistic 8K 30 fps, HDR video recording, in-built image stabilization and captures 4K at 120 fps.
Vikramaditya Motwane is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter for films like Dev.D, Udaan, Lootera, and AK vs AK. His directorial debut Udaan was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards.
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| 329 | Recent | Coffin used for elimination in Bigg Boss 15, people say 'Death isn't a joke' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. In a new promo of Bigg Boss 15, it was announced that contestants who'll be eliminated next will be taken out in a coffin. After the promo was released, several people started criticizing it. "Having a theme like this is triggering and pathetic. Is all creativity dead [?]" a Twitter user commented, while another comment read, "Death isn't a joke."
Bigg Boss 15, also known as Bigg Boss: "Sankat in Jungle" or Bigg Boss: Pan Pana Pan Pandrah, is the fifteenth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 2 October 2021 on Colors TV. Salman Khan is hosting Bigg Boss for the twelfth time.
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| 330 | Recent | Didn't think we would represent India at Emmys: 'Aarya' director | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. Director Ram Madhvani said that his OTT series 'Aarya' receiving a nomination at the International Emmy Awards 2021 was a "big thing". "Representing India on such a platform with our show or the kind of talent that we have, honestly speaking, I did not think it would ever happen," he said. 'Aarya' did not win the International Emmy Award.
The International Emmy Award is an award bestowed by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition to the best television programs initially produced and aired outside the United States.
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| 331 | Recent | 'Gave as small a portion of my kidney as I could', jokes LatentView Founder on IPO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. Talking about LatentView Analytics' ₹600-crore IPO, Founder Venkat Viswanathan joked that an IPO felt "like I'm giving away a kidney". I wanted to give "as small a portion of the kidney as I can, live comfortably and see it grow", Viswanathan explained. Post-IPO, promoters' shareholding fell from 80% to 68%. On Tuesday, LatentView shares were listed at 169% premium over IPO price.
Venkat Viswanathan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. His research group has broad expertise in energy storage and Li-ion batteries, specifically as they pertain to electric vehicles and planes.
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| 332 | Recent | MobiKwik delays planned IPO days after Paytm shares plunge on market debut | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. MobiKwik Founder and CEO Bipin Preet Singh has told Reuters that the digital payments startup has delayed its planned ₹1,900-crore IPO. Earlier, reports said MobiKwik's IPO valuation declined after its rival Paytm's shares closed 27% below its IPO price on their first trading day. MobiKwik will go public "when we feel we're going to have a successful IPO", Singh said.
Bipin Preet Singh is the Managing Director, Co-Founder, and CEO of our Group. He founded MobiKwik with a vision to transform the digital payments landscape in India, which was close to nil when we started in 2009.
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| 333 | Recent | Paytm shares gain 7% after losing over ₹50,000 crore in market cap in 2 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. Paytm's parent company One97 Communications' shares surged around 7% to ₹1,453 apiece on Tuesday, its third day of trading. During the first two days, the company's stock fell over 35% below its IPO price of ₹2,150, losing more than ₹50,000 crores in market value. Earlier, Paytm said it recorded a 418% year-on-year growth in the value of loans disbursed in October.
One97 delivers mobile content and commerce services to millions of mobile consumers through India's most widely deployed telecom applications cloud platform.
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| 334 | Recent | Karan Johar, Yuvraj Singh, Sabyasachi & others invest in tech startup 'Nothing' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. Filmmaker Karan Johar, ex-cricketer Yuvraj Singh, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and others invested in technology startup Nothing's $50 million Series A extension round. The round was announced last month but Nothing hadn't revealed the full list of investors. 'Nothing' is a London-based maker of consumer electronics started by Carl Pei, who previously co-founded OnePlus.
Carl Pei, or Pei Yu, is a Chinese-born Swedish Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded OnePlus along with Pete Lau, in 2013 and was the director of OnePlus Global. He left the firm in September 2020 to start a new hardware venture, called "Nothing".
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| 335 | Recent | Nominees for The Best FIFA Men's Player 2021 award announced | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. FIFA has revealed the candidates shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men's Player 2021 award, the winners of which will be revealed at an online ceremony on January 17, 2022. The nominees include Karim Benzema, Kevin De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Jorginho, N'Golo Kante, Robert Lewandowski, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mohamed Salah.
FIFA is a non-profit organization that describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. It is the highest governing body of association football.
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| 336 | Recent | Sindhu to contest BWF Athletes' Commission election in December | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2021 | Nov 23, 2021. India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will be contesting the BWF Athletes' Commission election to be held during the World Championships in Spain on December 17. Reigning world champion Sindhu is one of the nine candidates nominated for the available six positions. Sindhu is the only current Athletes' Commission member standing for re-election. She was first elected in 2017.
Commissions are a form of variable-pay remuneration for services rendered or products sold. Commissions are a common way to motivate and reward salespeople. Commissions can also be designed to encourage specific sales behaviors. For example, commissions may be reduced when granting large discounts.
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| 337 | Recent | Pakistan to allow India to send wheat to Afghanistan: Imran | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his government will allow India to send a humanitarian shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to neighboring Afghanistan through its territory after the finalization of the transit modalities. Khan, who chaired the first apex committee meeting of the newly established Afghanistan inter-ministerial coordination cell in Islamabad, also took the opportunity to remind the international community of the collective responsibility to support Afghanistan to avoid a humanitarian crisis. During the meeting, Khan announced Pakistan's decision to allow the 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat India has offered to provide Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance to go through Pakistan as soon as modalities are finalized with the Indian side.
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi HI PP is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current prime minister of Pakistan. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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| 338 | Recent | SC asks IIT Bombay to allocate seat to Dalit student within 48 hrs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Asking the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to adopt a humanitarian approach, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the premier engineering institute to allocate within 48 hours a seat to a young Dalit boy, who missed out as he could not deposit his fees due to the non-functioning of his credit card. The apex court exercised its plenary powers to direct the IIT Bombay for allocating a supernumerary seat to the young boy from Allahabad, saying it would be a travesty of justice if he is turned away from the portals of the Supreme Court. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna said, “This court has before it a young Dalit student, who is on the verge of losing a valued seat which has been allocated to him at IIT Bombay, the travails of the appellant has taken him from Allahabad, where he is currently studying to Kharagpur and Bombay and eventually to the national capital. Having regard to the facts of the case, it would be a grave travesty of justice to the young Dalit student who has to finally move this court, is turned away from its portals.”
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is a public technical and research university located in Powai in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. IIT Bombay was founded in 1958. In 1961, the Parliament decreed IITs as Institutes of National Importance.
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| 339 | Recent | SC protects Param Bir from arrest in criminal cases lodged in Maha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. In a major relief to former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, the Supreme Court on Monday protected him from arrest in criminal cases lodged against him in Maharashtra, wondering that if he is being hounded for filing cases against police officers and extortionists, "what could happen to a common man". The matter involving Singh and former state home minister Anil Deshmukh, facing a probe into the corruption allegations leveled by Singh, has become "curiouser and curiouser", the top court said, issuing notices to the Maharashtra government, its DGP Sanjay Pande, and the CBI on the plea of the former top cop of Mumbai. "The former Commissioner of police of Mumbai says that I have a threat to life from Mumbai police then what faith the other people will have," said the bench which also comprised Justices M Sundresh.
The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valor during wartime. Param Vir Chakra translates as the "Wheel of the Ultimate Brave", and the award is granted for "most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy."
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| 340 | Recent | After seers' protest, IRCTC to change waiters' saffron dress on Ramayan Exp | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Bowing to protest by seers in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation on Monday evening said it will change the saffron attire of waiters on board the Ramayan Express, which had invited the ire of a section of sadhus. The seers, earlier in the day, had taken strong objection to the saffron attire of waiters on board the IRCTC-operated Ramayan Express and dubbed it as an 'insult' to Hindu religion. They had threatened to stop the train in Delhi on December 12 if the dress code was not withdrawn. "We have written a letter two days back to the Union Railway Minister lodging our protest against waiters serving refreshments and food in the Ramayan Express in saffron. Donning saffron attire with a sadhu-like headgear and wearing malas (necklaces) of rudraksha is an insult to the Hindu religion and its seers," Ujjain Akhada Parishad's former general secretary Avdeshpuri told PTI.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways.
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| 341 | Recent | Gehlot allocates portfolios, retains home, finance | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday allocated portfolios to ministers of his expanded cabinet, retaining home and finance with him. The 15 ministers were sworn in on Sunday for the expanded Gehlot cabinet, fulfilling a key demand of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot whose rebellion last year shook the state's Congress government. Along with the finance and the home portfolios, the chief minister has kept taxation, personnel, general administration, cabinet secretariat, information, and public relation, and information technology and communication. The department for NRI and the Rajasthan State Investigation Bureau is under Gehlot. Following the expansion, the council of ministers in the state has 19 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state. The Rajasthan cabinet can have a maximum of 30 ministers, including the chief minister.
Ashok Gehlot is an Indian politician serving as the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He held this position from December 1998 to 2003, and from 2008 to 2013, and again from 17 December 2018.
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| 342 | Recent | On 82nd birthday Mulayam urges youth to make politics of change a success | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said that the country is witnessing 'politics of change' and called on the youth to make it successful. He was addressing the SP workers at the party headquarters in Lucknow during a function to celebrate his 82nd birthday. Mulayam reached the SP headquarters with his son and party president Akhilesh Yadav. The two were welcomed by party leaders including Ram Gopal Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav. Hoardings were put up at Vikramaditya Marg, where the party headquarters are located, greeting Mulayam Singh on his birthday. Party workers from across Uttar Pradesh gathered at the headquarters. The highlight of the celebration was a cake and a laddu weighing 83 kg each, marking Mulayam Singh's entry into his 83rd year.
Mulayam Singh Yadav is an Indian politician and the founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party. He served for three non-consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also served as the Minister of Defence, Government of India.
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| 343 | Recent | Rulers need to introspect everyday, says CJI Ramana | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Rulers should introspect every day whether the decisions taken by them are good and also check if they have any bad characteristics, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Monday. Addressing the 40th convocation of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Puttaparthi town in Anantapuramu district, Justice Ramana, quoting Mahabharata and Ramayana, said there are 14 bad qualities of rulers which they should avoid. “All the rulers in the democratic set-up, before beginning their routine work, should introspect whether they have any bad characteristics. There is a need to offer just administration and it should be according to people's needs. There are several wise men here and you are watching the developments that are taking place worldwide and countrywide,” He said people are the ultimate lords in democracy and whatever decision has been taken by the dispensation should benefit them.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India. Previously, he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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| 344 | Recent | Australia to ease travel restrictions from December 1 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2021 | Nov 22, 2021. Australia on Monday announced an easing of its stringent pandemic-related travel restrictions from next month, a decision that is expected to help thousands of Indian students return to that country. From December 1, fully vaccinated eligible visa holders including students and skilled workers, can come to Australia without needing to apply for a travel exemption, a statement by the Australian government said. It said the visitor will have to be fully vaccinated with a 'completed dosage' of a vaccine approved or recognized by Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and hold a valid visa for one of the eligible visa subclasses. The travelers will also have to provide proof of their vaccination status and present a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test taken within three days of departure for Australia. The statement said travelers to Australia must comply with the quarantine requirements in the territory of their arrival.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is the medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency of the Australian Government. As part of the Department of Health, the TGA regulates the quality, supply, and advertising of medicines, pathology devices, medical devices, blood products, and most other therapeutics.
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| 345 | Recent | Musk responds to Tesla customer's complaint in 3 minutes, apologises | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. World's richest person and Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to a Tesla customer's issue within three minutes on Twitter. "Experiencing 500 server error to connect my Tesla Model 3 on my iOS app in Seoul. Seems like it's a worldwide issue," the customer tweeted. Three minutes later, Musk responded "Checking", and also apologized to the customer after the issue was fixed.
Seoul is truly a massive city, and it has things in nearly every price range available. It's definitely cheaper than Tokyo, but more expensive than most of the larger cities in China. Bargains can be found in Seoul hotels and hostels, and extreme luxury is also available.
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| 346 | Recent | Musk reportedly offers Tesla managers 3 options or to resign according to leaked email | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. According to a report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to employees in October, saying that there are only three options available to managers when he sends directions: explain why he's wrong, request further clarification, or execute orders. "If none of the above are done, that manager will be asked to resign immediately," the leaked email by Musk said.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
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| 347 | Recent | Ola again delays delivery of e-scooters, cites global shortage of chipsets | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Ola Electric has again delayed the delivery of its electric scooters. "Due to the ongoing global shortage of chipsets and electronic parts, there are some unavoidable delays to your Ola S1 delivery," the company e-mailed buyers. The delays range from two weeks to a month with the first batch of deliveries now expected to start between December 15 and 30.
Tech2 can now confirm customers have been informed they will only start receiving their Ola S1/S1 Pro from the middle of December 2021; a delay of around three weeks from the most recent update of deliveries commencing in November.
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| 348 | Recent | Rajnath's veiled attack on China at Visakhapatnam's commissioning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Taking a veiled dig at China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said 'some irresponsible nations' for the sake of their narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies are coming up with inappropriate interpretations of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is a matter of concern that UNCLOS is being repeatedly weakened by arbitrary interpretation of its definition by some nations, Singh said, after the commissioning of the Indian Navy's destroyer Visakhapatnam in Mumbai. Singh underscored the importance of rule-based freedom of navigation and security of sea lanes in the present era of globalization to ensure stability, economic progress, and development of the world. The UNCLOS 1982 specifies any country's territorial waters, exclusive economic zone, and good order at sea, he said.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. As of June 2016, 167 countries and the European Union are parties.
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| 349 | Recent | TMC leader charged with murder bid for disrupting Biplab's meeting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Tripura police on Sunday arrested actor-turned Trinamool Congress leader Sayani Ghosh on charges of attempt to murder after she allegedly disrupted a meeting of state Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb by shouting 'Khela hobe (We will play)' on Saturday night. The arrest and an alleged attack on TMC workers by unknown persons whom the Trinamool Congress believes to be Bharatiya Janata Party supporters happened barely 24 hours before the Mamata Banerjee-led party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is slated to reach Agartala to 'stand beside attacked party workers'.
Saayoni Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She is also a singer and a politician. Her acting debut was with a telefilm Ichhe Dana, and her first appearance on the big screen was with a short role in the film Notobor Not out.
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| 350 | Recent | Indian Navy to enhance surveillance capability, acquire new-age tech | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. The Indian Navy plans to acquire a sizeable number of unmanned aerial and underwater platforms in the next few years to significantly ramp up its surveillance capability against the backdrop of China's increasing forays into the Indian Ocean region. The acquisition will be made as part of a roadmap on unmanned platforms, which was finalized at a conference of the top naval commanders last month that had extensively deliberated on the need to procure new-age platforms. "The roadmap delves into the requirement of unmanned platforms and provides a direction to meet the demand while ensuring the optimum utilization of the resources," said one of the people cited above. Though the navy will primarily focus on acquiring the unmanned platforms from within the country, it will also look at the best available drones and other related systems in the global market.
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. It is one of the largest and most powerful navies in the world.
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| 351 | Recent | After Goa, Kejriwal offers free pilgrimage if AAP voted to power in U'khand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised to introduce a free pilgrimage scheme for the people of different communities in Uttarakhand if the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in the state. Under the scheme, Hindus will be taken to Ayodhya, Muslims to Ajmer Sharif, and Sikhs to Kartarpur Sahib, Kejriwal announced at a press conference in Haridwar. "We introduced a free pilgrimage scheme for the elderly in Delhi under which they are taken in the comfort of AC trains for free to 12 pilgrimage destinations all over the country, including Haridwar, Rishikesh, Vaishno Devi, and Puri," the AAP national convener said.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power.
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| 352 | Recent | PM calls for constitution of high-power police tech mission under MHA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for the setting up of a high-power police technology mission under the leadership of the Union home minister to adopt future technologies for Grassroot policing requirements. Addressing the valedictory session of the 56th conference of director generals of police and inspector generals of police in Lucknow, the prime minister also sought an analysis of all police-related incidents and developed case studies to make it an institutionalized learning mechanism.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, or simply the Home Ministry, is a ministry of the Government of India. As an interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
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| 353 | Recent | IAF to commence upgrading of Rafale fighter fleet from Jan 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. Having already received around 30 Rafale combat aircraft from France, the Indian Air Force would start upgrading its fleet of French-origin fighters from January 2022, with India-specific enhancements. "A high-level team of Indian Air Force officers is in France to evaluate the performance of the testbed aircraft with tail number RB-008 at the Istres air base there. The aircraft has been equipped with all the India-specific enhancements agreed upon between the two sides in the 2016 contract." The India-specific enhancements would include the integration of highly capable missiles, low-band jammers, and satellite communication systems as per Indian requirements. India has already received around 30 of these planes and three more of them would be arriving in the country on December 7-8.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 354 | Recent | Gujarat farmers to get Rs 1,500 govt aid to purchase smartphones | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2021 | Nov 21, 2021. The Gujarat government has decided to provide financial assistance of up to Rs 1,500 to farmers in the state for purchasing a smartphone, as per a notification issued by the state agriculture department. The scheme is meant to encourage the farmers to buy smartphones which could be used for various purposes towards increasing their farm income, at a time when the prevalence of digital services in the field of agriculture is growing every day, Any landholding farmer in Gujarat can apply for the assistance of 10 percent of the total cost of a smartphone not exceeding Rs 1,500 on i-khedut portal to avail of the benefit of this scheme, said the government resolution issued by the state's Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation department on Saturday.
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of 1,600 km – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population.
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| 355 | Recent | World's 1st fully electric, autonomous container ship makes debut in Norway | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. World's first fully electric and self-steering container ship, owned by fertilizer maker Yara, has completed its first visit to Oslo, where Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre was given a tour. The 80-meter-long Yara Birkeland, that'll be fully autonomous in the next two years, will begin operations in 2022, Yara said. The ship will cut 1,000 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
The MV Yara Birkeland is an autonomous 120 TEU container ship that is under construction and is due to be launched in 2021. At the time of project initiation, the Yara Birkeland project was designed to create the first fully autonomous logistics concept in the world.
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| 356 | Recent | Global IPOs raise over $600 billion in best year on record, Rivian tops list | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. About 2,850 businesses and special purpose acquisition companies have raised over $600 billion through initial public offerings (IPOs) so far this year, surpassing the previous record hit in 2007, Bloomberg reported. Tesla's rival Rivian Automotive's IPO, which raised $11.9 billion, became the world's largest public issue of 2021, while China Telecom's $8.4 billion IPO topped in Asia.
Rivian, also backed by Ford, priced an upsized IPO of 153 million shares at $78 per share, raising nearly $12 billion, making it one of the biggest U.S. IPOs of all time.
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| 357 | Recent | Amazon-backed Rivian, Ford cancel plans to jointly develop EV | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Ford and Amazon-backed Rivian no longer plan to co-develop an electric vehicle. The two companies initially announced the development of a joint vehicle when Ford invested $500 million in Rivian in 2019. Ford CEO Jim Farley referenced the automaker's "growing confidence" to "win in the electric space" as reasoning to end its collaboration with Rivian.
James D. Farley Jr. is an American businessman who is the CEO of Ford and a board member of Harley-Davidson. His career in automobiles was inspired by his grandfather, who began work at Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant in 1914.
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| 358 | Recent | GM to retrofit heated seat feature on newly sold vehicles in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. General Motors has announced that vehicles sold without heated and ventilated seats will be eligible for a retrofit that activates those features starting 2022. Last week, the company confirmed that some of its vehicles would be sold without heated and ventilated seats or heated steering wheels due to a semiconductor chip shortage. GM will cover the cost to retrofit new vehicles.
General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was founded by William C. Durant on September 16, 1908, as a holding company, and the present entity was established in 2009 after its restructuring.
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| 359 | Recent | China Evergrande's EV unit to raise $347 million from share sale | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. China Evergrande's electric vehicle division said it is planning to raise about HK$2.7 billion ($347 million) from a share sale to fund the production of new-energy cars. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group will sell about 900 million shares at HK$3 apiece. The new shares are priced at a 15% discount to the stock's last traded price, the company said.
China Evergrande Group is an investment holding company, which engages in the development, investment, and management of real estate properties. The firm is also involved in property construction, hotel operations, finance business, internet business, and health industry business.
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| 360 | Recent | Japanese billionaire arrives at launch site ahead of ISS trip | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Japan's billionaire entrepreneur and Founder of custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO Yusaku Maezawa arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday for training ahead for his flight to the ISS. He will continue to train there until the launch day. Maezawa will travel to the ISS for a 12-day mission with his assistant Yozo Hirano on December 8.
Yozo Hirano born in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. is a Japanese spaceflight participant. He is scheduled to fly on Soyuz MS-20. He is foreseen to fly with Yusaku Maezawa, who will pay for both seats; his function will be as a production assistant of Maezawa and to document the flight.
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| 361 | Recent | Hema Malini receives 'Indian Film Personality of the Year' award at IFFI 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini received the 'Indian Film Personality of the Year 2021' award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI). On Thursday, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur named Hema and lyricist Prasoon Joshi as the recipients of the award. The festival will be held from November 20 to November 28.
Prasoon Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, and communication specialist, and marketer. He is the CEO of McCann World group India and Chairman APAC, a subsidiary of the global marketing firm McCann Erickson.
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| 362 | Recent | It was a conspiracy to frame me in Gulshan Kumar murder case: Nadeem Saifi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Composer Nadeem Saifi of the musical duo Nadeem-Shravan, who was accused in Gulshan Kumar murder case, said it was a conspiracy to frame him. "UK Supreme Court and Sessions Court judge, Honorable Justice ML Tahilyani, confirmed there wasn't an iota of evidence against me," said Nadeem, who's been living in London since 1997. "I've suffered this exile for nothing," he added.
Gulshan Kumar started his own audio cassette operation known as "Super Cassettes Industries," which turned into a profitable business. He began a music production company in Noida. As his business started growing, he moved to Mumbai.
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| 363 | Recent | Shot for 'Dhik Chik' with insurmountable pain because of knee injury: Rani | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Actress Rani Mukerji has revealed that she shot for the song 'Dhik Chik' from 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' with "insurmountable pain" because of a knee injury. "I had an excruciating pain in one of my knees because of the tear in the cartilage," she said. However, Rani added that she has never let such situations derail her.
Rani Mukerji is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. A recipient of multiple accolades, including seven Filmfare Awards, her roles has been cited in the media as a significant departure from previous screen portrayals of Indian women.
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| 364 | Recent | Love you eternally: Aishwarya remembers dad on birth anniversary | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Saturday remembered her father, Krishnaraj Rai, on the occasion of his birth anniversary. She took to her Instagram handle to share a picture of her father with a caption that read, "Happy Birthday My Dearest Darling Daddyyy- Ajjaaa. LOVE YOUUU ETERNALLY." Aishwarya's father passed away in 2017.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and the winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant. Primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films, she has established herself as one of the most popular and influential celebrities in India through her successful acting career.
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| 365 | Recent | Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok after four months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Pakistan has lifted a ban on TikTok after four months, following assurances from the platform that it would control the spread of indecent content. It's reportedly the fourth time in the past 15 months that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority imposed and has lifted such a ban. TikTok has assured Pakistan it would also block users who upload "unlawful content".
TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-focused social networking service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts a variety of short-form user videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, with durations from 15 seconds to three minutes.
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| 366 | Recent | Beauty e-commerce startup Purplle raises $50 mn from Premji Invest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Purplle, a beauty e-commerce startup, has raised over $50 million from Premji Invest, the family office of Wipro's Azim Premji, reportedly valuing it at $630 million. In October, Purplle had raised $75 million led by Kedaara Capital. Earlier this month, Purplle Co-founder Manish Taneja had said the startup is planning to go for an IPO in three to four years.
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry.
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| 367 | Recent | Prototype robots deployed at Google's campuses learn to wipe tables, open doors | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Alphabet's X has deployed over 100 prototype robots in Google's Bay Area campuses to carry out tasks like wiping tables, straightening chairs, and opening doors. "For several years [we've] been working to see if it's possible to build learning robots that can perform useful tasks in unstructured spaces," project's head Hans Peter Brøndmo said. Alphabet had revealed the project's details in 2019.
Hans Peter Brøndmo is an American-Norwegian computer scientist and technology entrepreneur. In 2016 he became a vice president at X and general manager of the Everyday Robots project.
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| 368 | Recent | Rolls-Royce says its electric aircraft is world's fastest as it tops 623km/h | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/11/2021 | Nov 20, 2021. Rolls-Royce has claimed that its all-electric aircraft has set a record for the "world's fastest all-electric vehicle" after it reached a maximum speed of 623km/h. It has submitted three claims for world records to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. These include the aircraft hitting a top speed of 555.9km/h over 3km, reaching 532.1km/h over 15km, and climbing to 3,000m in 202 seconds.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a British luxury automobile maker. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited operates from purpose-built administrative and production facilities opened in 2003 across from the historic Goodwood Circuit in Goodwood, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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| 369 | Recent | 1st-known COVID-19 case was a vendor at Wuhan animal market: New study | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. The first known COVID-19 case was a female vendor at an animal market in China's Wuhan and not an accountant (as was earlier believed), a new US study said. The accountant's case had contributed to speculation the virus could've leaked from a lab. The study, published in 'Science', said the accountant actually developed symptoms eight days later than initially reported.
Wuhan, the sprawling capital of Central China’s Hubei province, is a commercial center divided by the Yangtze and Han rivers. The city contains many lakes and parks, including expansive, picturesque East Lake. Nearby, the Hubei Provincial Museum displays relics from the Warring States period, including the Marquis Yi of Zeng’s coffin and bronze musical bells from his 5th-century B.C. tomb.
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| 370 | Recent | HIV positive Argentine woman's immunity cured her naturally: Study | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. A 30-year-old woman from Argentina is believed to have naturally fought off the HIV virus through her immune system, a study said. The woman, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2013 and never showed any signs of the illness, is said to be the world's second such case. A 66-year-old US woman had eliminated the virus last year.
Argentina is known for a vibrant culture that gave us tango, literary geniuses, and cinematic masterpieces. It's also home to breathtaking landscapes such as the Iguazu Falls and the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia. And of course the capital Buenos Aires is a world of its own.
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| 371 | Monthly Capsule | Why does the Moon turn red during lunar eclipse? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth lies directly between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earth to cast its shadow on the Moon. The Moon turns red because the only sunlight reaching it passes through Earth's atmosphere. Due to Rayleigh scattering, the red light from the Sun, which has the longest wavelength, passes through the Earth's atmosphere.
Rayleigh scattering, dispersion of electromagnetic radiation by particles that have a radius less than approximately 1/10 the wavelength of the radiation. The process has been named in honor of Lord Rayleigh, who in 1871 published a paper describing this phenomenon.
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| 372 | Recent | In pics: Longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. A partial lunar eclipse, the longest in over 500 years, took place on Friday clocking it at 3 hours, 28 minutes, and 24 seconds, according to NASA. The timings of the eclipse were from 12:48 pm to 4:17 pm as per Indian Standard Time (IST). Several pictures of the eclipse from around the world have surfaced online.
Indian Standard time (IST) is the time zone observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star"). It is indicated as Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
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| 373 | Recent | Tesla subjects women to 'rampant' sexual harassment: Employee | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. Tesla subjects female workers to "nightmarish" conditions of "rampant" sexual harassment, according to a lawsuit. Jessica Barraza has claimed that she endured "near-daily" catcalls and inappropriate touching in her three years at the Fremont factory. She said the "final straw" came when a male co-worker stuck his leg between her thighs as she was clocking back in from lunch.
Rampant is a 2018 South Korean period action zombie film directed by Kim Sung-hoon. It was released on October 25, 2018. The film features a clash between exiled prince Lee Chung and the Joseon minister of War Kim Ja-Joon with the backdrop of a spreading zombie plague.
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| 374 | Recent | My heart goes out to Paytm IPO investors who must be rattled: Anand Mahindra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. Commenting on Paytm's "sobering" market debut, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said, "My heart goes out to individual IPO investors who must be rattled but I'm sure Paytm will find its right level." However, he said there's a silver lining. "It could moderate the casino-like feeding frenzy for IPO listings and help restore the hunt for true value," Mahindra added.
Anand Gopal Mahindra is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate.
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| 375 | Recent | Flipkart enters healthcare, will buy majority stake in online pharmacy SastaSundar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2021 | Nov 19, 2021. Walmart-owned Flipkart has announced its entry into the healthcare sector with the launch of its health vertical called Flipkart Health+. As a part of this, Flipkart said it has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Kolkata-based SastaSundar Marketplace, which owns and operates the online pharmacy platform SastaSundar.com. It was founded in 2013 by BL Mittal and Ravi Kant Sharma.
Mr. BL Mittal, Founder & Executive Chairman of SastaSundar.com, is solving one of the biggest problems of India i.e., providing consistent access to affordable healthcare in a convenient manner. SastaSundar.com is an online pharmacy and digital platform of healthcare supported by a network of physical counseling and service centers called ‘Healthbuddies’. The service verticals of SastaSundar are Pharmacy, Diagnostics, and Wellness.
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| 376 | Recent | Biden drives GM's Hummer to promote EVs, says 'these suckers are something else' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday drove an electric Hummer at General Motors' assembly plant in Detroit. After taking a few laps, he asked, "Anyone want to jump in the back? On the roof? These suckers are something else!" The test drive was part of a tour to promote the US' $1 trillion infrastructure law, which includes provisions for EVs.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 377 | Recent | Tapeworms found living in US man's brain for years; doctors say 'he had no symptoms' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. Doctors who treated a US man with seizures, disorientation, and strange behavior said tapeworms had been living in his brain for years undetected. Doctors said he had carried the parasites for years without symptoms. The 38-year-old man appeared to be in perfect health until one night when his wife found him on the floor, shaking and "speaking gibberish".
Gibberish, when used as part of a language game, refers to the sound of the words that are spoken according to the rules of the game. Although they have meaning to those who know the rules of the game, they just sound like nonsense to others.
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| 378 | Recent | Hema Malini, Prasoon Joshi to be awarded Indian Film Personality of the Year at IFFI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. Actress-politician Hema Malini and lyricist and CBFC Chairperson Prasoon Joshi will be awarded the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2021 award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The film festival will be held in Goa later this month. "They are Indian cinematic icons who are admired & respected the world over," said I&B Minister Anurag Thakur.
Anurag Singh Thakur is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He is the current Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Second Modi ministry.
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| 379 | Recent | I pushed limits too far: US singer Urista as she apologises for urinating on fan's face | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. Brass Against's singer Sophia Urista has apologized for urinating on a fan's face after inviting him to lie down on stage during a concert in US' Florida recently. "I have always pushed the limits in music and on stage. That night, I pushed the limits too far I know that some were hurt or offended by what I did," she tweeted.
Sophia Urista is an American songwriter and singer. Formerly, she was a contestant at the famous TV show “The Voice” US in season 11 in 2016.
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| 380 | Recent | Music reality show propelled Shreya Ghoshal to success: Sonu Nigam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. Speaking about music reality shows, singer Sonu Nigam said they give exposure to singers. He added that it played a significant role in singer Shreya Ghoshal's music career too. "Shreya came from Sa Re Ga Ma. But, you can't say she wouldn't have succeeded if there was no Sa Re Ga Ma," he added. "The show propelled her to success," Sonu said.
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director, and actor. He is one of the most popular Bollywood singers of recent times and is recognized as one of the most versatile singers of all time. He sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films but has also sung in Odia, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, and other Indian languages. Nigam has also released a number of nonfilm albums and acted in some Hindi films.
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| 381 | Recent | Not disappointed, we aren't driven by markets: Paytm CEO as shares list at 9% discount | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. After Paytm shares were listed at a 9% discount over its IPO price, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said that he isn't disappointed with the listing. "New-age business models take time to be understood by the common market. So, I'm totally, perfectly happy," Sharma told BloombergQuint. "We aren't driven by stock markets because share prices are run by opinions of buyers and sellers," he added.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the financial technology company Paytm. He was ranked as India's youngest billionaire in 2017 by Forbes with a net worth of $1.3 billion.
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| 382 | Recent | Paytm CEO tears up after national anthem, says 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' overwhelms me | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. During Paytm's listing ceremony at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company's Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma teared up as he heard India's national anthem. "The line 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' just overwhelms me it means 'the one who will define the fortune of this country," Sharma explained. "I can't say it with enough words that everyone at Paytm has actually done that," he added.
BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, is an Indian stock exchange located on Dalal Street in Mumbai. Established in 1875 by Cotton Merchant Premchand Roychand, A Rajasthani Jain Businessman, it is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and also the tenth oldest in the world.
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| 383 | Recent | US startup claims Meta's VR gloves are 'substantively identical' to its tech | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. US-based startup HaptX has claimed that Meta's VR glove is "substantively identical" to its own patented technology, which it said it had previously shown to Meta executives. The startup's claim came less than 24 hours after Meta unveiled its 'haptic gloves' prototype. "We welcome interest and competition in the field however, the competition must be fair," HaptX CEO Jake Rubin said.
Jakob Rubin Hansen (born 30 December 1986) is a Danish cricketer. He made his debut for the Danish national side in 2011 and played Twenty20 games for the team at the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier. Much of his cricket has been played alongside his twin brother, Kasper Rubin. Both brothers use the name Rubin as their second name, in preference to their surname, Hansen.
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| 384 | Recent | Which are the 10 most common passwords used in India in 2021? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. The word "password" has emerged as the most common password used in India, with hackers taking less than one second to crack it, according to the 2021 research by password manager NordPass. It is followed by "12345", "123456", "123456789", "12345678", "india123", "1234567890", "1234567", "qwerty" and "abc123". Other common passwords are "xxx", "iloveyou", "krishna", "omsairam" and "jaimatadi".
NordPass is a proprietary password manager launched in 2019. It is meant to help its users to organize their passwords and secure notes, keeping them in a single place — an encrypted password vault.
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| 385 | Recent | Google announces voice-enabled COVID-19 vaccine booking pilot for India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2021 | Nov 18, 2021. Google on Thursday announced the pilot run of Google Assistant-enabled, end-to-end vaccine booking flow in India. Users will receive voice guidance at each step while booking a vaccination appointment on the CoWIN website. Set to roll out in early 2022, Google said the feature will help millions who are unfamiliar with using a smartphone or who are unable to read.
CoWIN is an Indian government web portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration, owned and operated by India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It displays booking slots of COVID-19 vaccine available in the nearby areas and can be booked on the website.
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| 386 | Recent | NASA shares 'sound' of Butterfly Nebula created by translating data into sound | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. NASA has shared the 'sound' of Butterfly Nebula as it soars across space at more than 9,66,000 kilometers per hour. The sound was generated through 'data sonification', the translation of data into sound. "While panning left to right, each wavelength of light has been paired with a different family of instruments to create a symphony of soothing sounds," NASA said.
The Butterfly Nebula is one of the brightest and more extreme examples of a pinched-waist, bipolar planetary nebula. Also known as NGC 6302, it is located 2,417 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius.
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| 387 | Recent | Musk in talks with Brazil government to monitor Amazon rainforest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk met with Brazilian minister Fabio Faria to discuss a potential partnership to provide internet to rural schools and help monitor the Amazon rainforest for illegal deforestation. "With better connectivity, we can help ensure the preservation of the Amazon," Musk said. "We're working to seal this important partnership between the Brazilian government and SpaceX," Faria said.
Fábio Salustino Mesquita de Faria is a Brazilian politician, current Minister of Communications of Jair Bolsonaro government. Member of the Social Democratic Party, Faria is Federal Deputy representing the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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| 388 | Recent | Mike Tyson recreates 'ear bite' moment with Ananya Panday on sets of 'Liger', pic viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. Actress Ananya Panday on Wednesday shared a picture with American boxing legend Mike Tyson on the sets of 'Liger' in Las Vegas. In the picture, Tyson can be seen recreating the 'ear bite' that he's known for. In 1997, while fighting Evander Holyfield in the ring, Tyson bit his ear after getting annoyed by the way his opponent was sparring.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.
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| 389 | Recent | Abusing your nation on foreign land is terrorism: Ashoke Pandit on Vir Das' video | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, criticizing comedian Vir Das over his 'I Come From Two Indias' video, told ETimes, "Abusing your own country on foreign land is nothing but an act of terrorism, he should be tried under terror laws and...should be put behind bars." At least two police complaints have been filed against Vir for allegedly using "derogatory language" against India.
Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor, and comedy musician. After beginning a career in standup comedy, Das moved to Hindi cinema starring in films like Delhi Belly, Badmaash Company, and Go Goa Gone. In 2017, he acted in the Netflix special Abroad Understanding.
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| 390 | Recent | Hotmail Co-founder launches new app, says 'idea came from my 8-yr-old making videos' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. Hotmail's Co-founder Sabeer Bhatia has launched a new venture called 'ShowReel' that will help job seekers connect with companies. The app, which is in Beta mode, will allow users to make short video profiles in response to questions posed by hiring companies. "The idea came to me when I watched my eight-year-old daughter effortlessly make TikTok videos," Bhatia said.
Sabeer Bhatia (born 30 December 1968) is an Indian-American businessman who co-founded the webmail company Hotmail.com. Sabeer Bhatia, the co-founder of Hotmail, is back with a new social video messaging app. Called ShowReel, the app is aimed at enabling employment and upskilling opportunities for job seekers around the world.
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| 391 | Recent | Embarrassed I didn't know about it: Mahindra on startup that turns plastic into shoes | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. Sharing a video of an Indian startup that makes sneakers using plastic bags and bottles, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said, "Embarrassed I didn't know about this inspiring startup." "These are the kinds of startups we need to cheer on—not just...obvious unicorns when he raises funds-count me in!" Mahindra tweeted. 'Thaely' was founded by 23-year-old Ashay Bhave in July.
Ashay Bhave is the man behind the start-up that has successfully recycled tonnes of plastic trash into thousands of pairs of shoes in less than six months of operations.
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| 392 | Recent | Google CEO Sundar Pichai reveals he doesn't own any crypto, says 'I wish I did' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. Google and Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai told Bloomberg that he doesn't own any cryptocurrency. "I wish I did I've dabbled in it, you know, in and out," Pichai said. The Google CEO further predicted that the company's next $1 trillion in market value will come from the company's core service of internet search, where consumers will use AI and "multimodal experiences".
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. Born in Madras, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering.
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| 393 | Recent | German farm to cull 4,000 pigs after African Swine Fever detected | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. A pig farm in northern Germany on Wednesday began culling all of its 4,000 animals after a case of African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed there. The outbreak is the first at a large pig farm in Germany. ASF is a severe viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs and does not get transmitted from animals to human body.
African swine fever is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease affecting both domestic and feral swine of all ages. ASF is not a threat to human health and cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans. It is not a food safety issue. ASF is found in countries around the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| 394 | Recent | Germany must reduce its dependence on China: Health Minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2021 | Nov 17, 2021. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the country needs to reduce its over-reliance on China as the COVID-19 pandemic has increased its economic dependency on Beijing. Germany is dependent on imports from China in areas such as face masks and medical precursors, he added. Germany and the European Union should make more trade deals with other countries, he further said.
Jens Georg Spahn is a German politician who has served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2018.
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| 395 | Recent | Indian archers assure 3 medals at Asian C'ships, to face Korea in all finals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. India entered the finals of the men, women, and mixed team events at Asian Archery Championships 2021 in Bangladesh on Tuesday, assuring the nation of at least three medals in the event. India will face the top seed Korea in the gold medal match of each of the three events. India will also be competing in three other bronze medal matches.
Asian Archery Championships is the archery championship organized by the World Archery Asia. It has been held biannually, and since 2001 has included both the recurve and compound disciplines. The tournament began in 1980 and it was first hosted in India.
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| 396 | Recent | Indian Olympic fencer Bhavani Devi receives Arjuna Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. CA Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to participate in the Olympics, received her Arjuna Award from Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on her return to India on Monday. Devi could not attend the ceremony on Saturday as she was participating in a competition in France. "Holding the Arjuna Award was my childhood dream, and today, it happened," the 28-year-old tweeted.
Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi, simply known as Bhavani Devi, is an Indian saber fencer. She is the first Indian fencer to ever qualify for the Olympics after qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme. C.A.
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| 397 | Recent | What is Rohit's captaincy record ahead of his 1st series as full-time T20I captain? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. The T20I series against New Zealand will be Rohit Sharma's first as India's full-time T20I captain. Rohit has led India in 19 T20Is so far, out of which India has won 15 and lost four. India has won Nidahas Trophy (2018) and bilateral series against Sri Lanka (2017), West Indies (2018), and Bangladesh (2019) under Rohit's captaincy.
Nidahas Trophy is an international cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka. The tournament is held to celebrate the independence of the Asian island country, Sri Lanka. Nidahas trophy 2018 was won by India is Led by Rohit Sharma.
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| 398 | Recent | Which teams have qualified for 2022 FIFA World Cup so far? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. A total of 11 teams have qualified for 32-team 2022 FIFA World Cup so far. As many as 734 matches have been played in the qualifiers for the tournament between 210 teams so far. Apart from hosts Qatar, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Serbia, Spain, and Switzerland have qualified from Europe, while Brazil has qualified from South America.
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport's global governing body.
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| 399 | Recent | India para-badminton players safe after bomb blasts 100m away from team hotel in Uganda | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. The Indian para-badminton team is safe after bombs went off 100 meters away from their hotel in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. There've been casualties following the blasts, which are believed to be coordinated attacks. "It won't have any effect on our schedule. We have a big contingent, including 54 players who are competing in the tournament," chief coach Gaurav Khanna said.
Gaurav Khanna is an Indian para-badminton head coach from Lucknow. A former national badminton player and the current coach of the Indian Para-badminton team who brings the para-sport scene, passion, and dedication to India, and is behind the rise of champion para-athletes. He has dedicated his life to training physically and intellectually challenged athletes to achieve their dreams on the badminton court.
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| 400 | Recent | Highly pathogenic bird flu subtype H5N8 detected at poultry farm: Japan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. The highly pathogenic bird flu subtype H5N8 has been detected at a poultry farm in Japan in the third outbreak of avian influenza in the country this winter. The outbreak was discovered in Izumi City in Kagoshima prefecture in southwestern Japan. This comes amid several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia.
The designation of low or highly pathogenic avian influenza refers to the potential for these viruses to kill chickens. The designation of “low pathogenic” or “highly pathogenic” does not refer to how infectious the viruses may be to humans, other mammals, or other species of birds.
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| 401 | Recent | Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill, to benefit 95 nations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. US' Pfizer has signed a deal with UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool to permit other manufacturers to make and supply its experimental COVID-19 pill for use in 95 countries. This could help in making the treatment available to 53% of the world's population. Medicines Patent Pool's spokesperson estimated that other drugmakers would be able to start producing the pill within months.
Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German immigrants, Charles Pfizer and his cousin Charles F. Erhart.
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| 402 | Recent | Device to let people with disabilities control iPad with eyes unveiled | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2021 | Nov 16, 2021. US-based Tobii Dynavox has unveiled TD Pilot, a communication device for people with disabilities, that allows users to control iPads with their eyes. Users will be able to use apps, type quickly and speak with a synthetic voice. TD Pilot has eye-tracking gear, a set of stereo speakers, and a small screen for displaying text.
DynaVox is a U.S.-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of speech generating devices headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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| 403 | Recent | Raj CM asks Centre to further cut excise duty on petrol, diesel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/11/2021 | Nov 15, 2021. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to the media and said, "We demand the Central government to further cut petrol and diesel prices." Gehlot added that if the Centre reduces fuel prices, then the prices will be reduced in the states as well. The Finance Ministry slashed excise duty by ₹5 on petrol and ₹10 on diesel on Nov 3.
Ashok Gehlot is an Indian politician serving as the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He held this position from December 1998 to 2003, and from 2008 to 2013, and again from 17 December 2018.
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| 404 | Recent | Salman Khurshid's home set on fire in U'khand amid controversy over new book | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/11/2021 | Nov 15, 2021. Twenty-one people were booked after a house belonging to ex-Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid was vandalized and set on fire in Uttarakhand's Nainital. This came amid a controversy over his book in which he compared Hindutva to radical Islamist groups. Khurshid shared pictures of his home, saying, "Am I still wrong to say this cannot be Hinduism?"
Salman Khurshid Alam Khan is an Indian politician, designated senior advocate, eminent author, and a law teacher. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of External Affairs. He belongs to the Indian National Congress.
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| 405 | Recent | Delhi schools shut for a week, govt offices to allow work from home amid pollution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that schools in the national capital will be shut for a week from Monday amid a rise in pollution. Classes can continue virtually, he said, adding that all employees of government offices can work from home for a week. Private offices will be advised to allow work from home, he added.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power.
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| 406 | Recent | Neeraj Chopra, Mithali Raj among 12 sportspersons awarded Khel Ratna 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, wrestler Ravi Kumar, woman cricketer Mithali Raj, and footballer Sunil Chhetri were among 12 sportspersons who were awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 today. First Indian female Paralympics gold winner Avani Lekhara and Olympic bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain were also among those awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current president of India since his inauguration in 2017. He is also the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India.
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| 407 | Recent | Bengaluru reports 154 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. Bengaluru Urban on Saturday reported 154 coronavirus cases and three COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Karnataka Health Department. After discharging 160 patients, the city has 6,637 active cases, the data showed. The state in total reported 245 new coronavirus cases during the same period, taking the total number of cases to 29,91,614.
The State Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the governor as the constitutional head. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and on the advice of the chief minister appoints his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great number of legislative powers are vested.
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| 408 | Recent | Aus one opposition NZ doesn't want to play in final but want to beat: Ian | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. Ex-New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Ian Smith has said Australia is one opposition Kane Williamson-led side wouldn't have wanted to face in the finals of the T20 World Cup, but they would want to beat them. "It would be huge. When it comes to the one-on-one matches we [New Zealand] generally come off second best more often than not," he added.
Ian David Stockley Smith MBE is a New Zealand cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper for New Zealand throughout the 1980s and part of the 1990s.
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| 409 | Recent | Hero MotoCorp to launch its electric vehicle by March 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp has said that its electric vehicle project is in the advanced stages and will launch by March 2022. The vehicle will be manufactured at its Chittoor plant in Andhra Pradesh. The plant will provide an "integrated ecosystem for Battery Pack Manufacturing and Testing, Vehicle Assembly and Vehicle End of Line Testing (EOL)".
Hero MotoCorp Limited, formerly Hero Honda, is an Indian multinational motorcycle and scooter manufacturer headquartered in New Delhi, India. The company is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world, and also in India, where it has a market share of about 37.1% in the two-wheeler industry.
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| 410 | Recent | Big Short investor responds to Musk's 'true test for Rivian' tweet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. Michael Burry, the investor who got portrayed in 'The Big Short', has responded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's tweet that said achieving high production and breakeven cash flow will be Rivian's "true test". "No, Elon Musk, the true test is achieving that without massive government and electricity subsidies on the backs of taxpayers who don't own your cars," Burry said.
Michael James Burry is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and physician. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which he ran from 2000 until 2008, before closing it to focus on his personal investments.
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| 411 | Recent | People will eventually be born in space, it'll be their first home: Jeff Bezos | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2021 | Nov 13, 2021. World's second-richest person Jeff Bezos has said, "Over centuries...people will be born in space, it'll be their first home." They'll live in colonies and "visit Earth the way you'd visit" Yellowstone National Park, he added. Bezos claimed his company's name 'Blue Origin' was a nod to the idea of Earth as humanity's origin point, "not its final destiny".
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, business magnate, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder, executive chairman, former president, and former CEO of Amazon.
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| 412 | Recent | BJP using FB, WhatsApp to spread hate in India, alleges Congress | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. The Congress on Friday alleged that Facebook was being used as a weapon by the Bharatiya Janata Party to spread hate and fake news in the country and demanded that a joint parliamentary committee probe be conducted on the issue and laws be enacted to restrict Facebook and WhatsApp. The party also alleged that India's democracy is being manipulated by an American technology company and demanded that it hold an independent inquiry into the issue. Congress leaders Rohan Gupta and Praveen Chakravarty said at a joint press conference that it is time Facebook stops being used as a weapon by the BJP to spread hate that threatens the country's unity. The Congress also wrote to Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to conduct an independent inquiry to probe charges of hate speech and fake news being spread through Facebook and WhatsApp in India.
WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an American freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, makes voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
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| 413 | Recent | Madras HC lawyers write to Ramana to reconsider CJ Banerjee's transfer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Opposing the transfer of Madras high court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya, over 200 advocates of the Madras high court have signed a representation to the Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana, and the Supreme Court collegium, seeking to reconsider the decision to shift CJ Banerjee. The representation, dated November 11, addressed to the chief justice with copies to other collegium members, described the transfer proposal as a 'punitive measure' against 'an honest and fearless judge.' The representation, running to 12 pages, was signed by 237 advocates, including senior advocates R Vaigai and V Prakash.
Sanjib Banerjee is an Indian judge, presently he is serving as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Previously he served as a Judge in Calcutta High Court.
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| 414 | Recent | Maoist leader Prashant Bose, with bounty of Rs 1 cr, arrested | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Top Maoist leader Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head, has been arrested in Jharkhand along with his wife Sheela Marandi, a senior police officer said on Friday. Bose, wanted in several criminal cases, is a senior leader of the outfit's central committee. He is also the secretary of the CPI-Maoist eastern regional bureau. According to the officer, the police, acting on intelligence inputs, arrested the duo. Bose, who hails from West Bengal, was in charge of Maoist activities in several states including Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, and was believed to have been operating from Saranda forests.
Prashant Bose, commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishan or Kishan da is a senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). He has previously used Nirbhay Mukherjee, Kajal, Kishan-da, and Mahesh as aliases. Kishan, the former MCCI chief is now No. 2 in the CPI (Maoist).
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| 415 | Recent | Rahul to Cong workers: Our ideology alive, vibrant | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party's ideology is like a "beautiful jewel" with an unending power inside it, but it has been overshadowed by the BJP and maintained Hindu and Hindutva are different concepts. If crystalized, the Congress ideology which is alive and vibrant will envelop that of the BJP-RSS, he said and emphasized strengthening his party's ideas within the organization and spreading them across the country. Gandhi was addressing online a four-day 'AICC orientation program' organized at Sevagram Ashram in Wardha. Congress representatives from across the states are participating in the program.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 416 | Recent | After Kanpur, Kannauj, Lucknow reports Zika virus cases, UP tally at 111 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Two cases of Zika virus have been reported in the state capital, a senior government official said here on Friday. Lucknow is the third district in the state to report the virus after Kanpur and Kannauj. With this, the total number of Zika virus cases in the state has gone up to 111 of which 108 have been reported from Kanpur and one from Kannauj, As many as 17 patients in Kanpur have recovered. The patients in Lucknow -- a 30-year-old man residing in the Hussainganj area and a 24-year-old woman from the Krishnanagar area on Kanpur Road -- have been isolated and are stable. Their samples were taken for tests under random sampling. The samples of their close contacts have been taken and fogging and anti-larva spray are being done in the vicinity of their homes.
A disease caused by the Zika virus that is spread through mosquito bites. In most cases, there are no symptoms. In a few cases, Zika can trigger paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome). In pregnant women, it may cause subsequent birth defects. When present, symptoms are mild and last less than a week. They include fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.
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| 417 | Recent | After the Ayodhya verdict: What Salman Khurshid wrote in his book | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. There are generally always winners and losers in a judgment, depending on how the two parties perceive their claims and the result of the case. But for the lawyer, all that matters is the legal reasoning and the impact the judgment makes as a precedent for future cases. To begin with, the first thing one looks at in such cases are the documents of title, which in this case were neither available with the mosque party nor with the temple party. In the absence of documents or any revenue record -- except that the land was recorded as Nazul or escheat, but the State laid no claim or in effect gave up its claim -- what remained was to take stock of user (that, in the case of a waqf, was enough proof of title) and in conjunction with that the doctrine of lost grant in favor of the Muslims.
Ram Mandir is a Hindu temple that is being built in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the hypothesized birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism. The temple construction is being supervised by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.
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| 418 | Recent | 2 Bangladeshi cattle smugglers killed in Cooochbehar BSF firing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Two Bangladeshis were shot dead at the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal's Coochbehar district in the early hours of Friday after they attacked a BSF patrol party that stopped them from smuggling cattle. The incident has triggered a political slugfest in the border district with the ruling TMC blaming the enhancement of BSF's jurisdiction from 15 to 50 km as a reason behind the incident. "The incident happened early this morning at around 2 am when a group of 60 miscreants assembled on both sides of the border to smuggle cattle. The miscreants tried to smuggle cattle by throwing improvised bamboo cantilevers on the barbed wires. When a BSF patrol party tried to stop them, they started pelting stones at the party and attacked them with iron rods and sticks."
The Border Security Force is India's border guarding organization on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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| 419 | Recent | Police have greater role in border management: Ajit Doval | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. Besides maintaining law and order, police forces have a greater role in border management spanning over 15,000 km covering Pakistan, China, and Myanmar, and Bangladesh with which India has security-related issues, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday. Speaking at the passing out parade of the 73rd batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad, Doval said India's sovereignty goes as far as the last police station's jurisdiction from the coastal areas to the border areas. He further said maintaining law and order in every part of the 32 lakh sq km of India is the responsibility of the police forces.
Ajit Kumar Doval KC is the fifth and current National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, with the precedence of a Cabinet Minister. He previously served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau in 2004–05, after spending a decade as the head of its operation wing.
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| 420 | Recent | Terrorist planning suicide attack gunned down in Srinagar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2021 | Nov 12, 2021. A member of proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind, who was assigned to carry out a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack in Srinagar, was killed in Srinagar, while a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) district commander was among the two ultras killed in an encounter in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. The terrorist killed in Srinagar was a relative of one of the accused in the February 2019 suicide attack in Pulwama's Lethpora, in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost their lives.
Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts, and houseboats.
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| 421 | Recent | Why was former Pakistan Army officer Lt Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir given Padma Shri? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) Qazi Sajjad Ali Zahir, one of the recipients of Padma Shri, was in the Pakistan Army when he was 20. He crossed over to India at the height of the Pakistani Army's atrocities and human rights violations in Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan). He trained the Mukti Bahini in guerilla warfare to take on the Pakistani Army.
The Mukti Bahini, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary, and civilians during the War of Liberation that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. An earlier name Mukti Fauj was also used.
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| 422 | Recent | Former Punjab MLA arrested by ED in money laundering case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Former Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was on Thursday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to a money laundering case being probed against him and others. ED alleged Khaira is an associate of drug case convicts and fake passport racketeers. He denied any wrongdoings and claimed ED targeted him as he spoke against three farm laws of the Centre.
Sukhpal Singh Khaira is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He was the founder of the Punjab Ekta Party. He is a former leader of the Aam Aadmi Party and was the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly.
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| 423 | Recent | Delta variant main variant of concern in India, others negligible: INSACOG | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to be the main variant of concern in India, while other variants of interest or concern are now negligible in sequencing data, said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium. "As per latest WHO update, Delta has outcompeted other variants in most countries and there is now declining prevalence of other variants among SARS-CoV-2 sequences," it added.
The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium is a group of public health agencies and academic institutions in the United Kingdom created in April 2020 to collect, sequence, and analyze genomes of SARS-CoV-2 as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
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| 424 | Recent | Indian-origin scientist listed as 'first-named inventor' of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. A filing by US-based Moderna for a patent application has listed Indian-origin scientist Mihir Metkar as the 'first-named inventor' of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. This is generally a term given to the primary contributor of the invention. Former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar appreciated the Pune-educated scientist, to which he responded, "I'm glad I was able to...help limit COVID-19 spread."
Prakash Keshav Javadekar is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who previously served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises between 2014 to 2021.
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| 425 | Recent | SpaceX launches Indian-American Raja Chari-led 'Crew 3' for 6-month mission aboard ISS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. SpaceX and NASA launched four astronauts into orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:03 pm EST on Wednesday. Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari will serve as the Crew-3 mission's commander which will dock with the International Space Station about 22 hours later. The crew will spend six months conducting experiments and performing maintenance upgrades aboard the orbiting laboratory.
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport.
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| 426 | Recent | German astronaut becomes 600th human to go to space in 60 years | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. SpaceX's Crew-3 launch on Wednesday saw the 600th human to travel to space in 60 years. Germany's Matthias Maurer claimed the 600th position, according to NASA, based on his mission assignment. SpaceX and NASA launched Maurer and Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari along with two others to the ISS. As of Wednesday, SpaceX has launched 18 people in 18 months.
Matthias Josef Maurer is a German European Space Agency astronaut and materials scientist, who was selected in 2015 to take part in space training.
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| 427 | Recent | I hope more women like me dare to dream for themselves: Nykaa Founder | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Nykaa Founder Falguni Nayar said, "I hope more women like me dare to dream for themselves," after her company debuted at the stock exchanges on Wednesday. "Women need to allow the spotlight of their lives to be on themselves," she added. Nayar has become India's richest self-made woman billionaire with a net worth of almost $7 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Falguni Nayar is an Indian businesswoman and billionaire who is the founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa. Nayar is one of two self-made female, Indian billionaires.
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| 428 | Recent | Tomorrow's Google, Facebook will begin on blockchain: CoinSwitch CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. CoinSwitch Kuber CEO Ashish Singhal in an interview said the platform believes "tomorrow's Google, Facebook, Microsoft would originate on blockchain and hopefully, would come from India". Singhal said that cryptocurrency is a "volatile market". "If you look at our own journey, we were under the hood for about three years, then blew up in just one year," he added.
Ashish Singhal is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of CoinSwitch. & before joining this company he has worked with companies like CRUXPay, Reap Benefit, Urban Tailor, Amazon, Microsoft & others. He holds a degree from the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology.
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| 429 | Recent | World past tipping point of renewable energy transformation: Tesla chair | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has said the world is "already past the tipping point of renewable energy transformation and we already have the technology needed to succeed". "We must now accelerate the deployment of them at an incredible pace," Denholm said at the APEC CEO summit. Denholm revealed Tesla is aiming to produce 20 million electric vehicles each year by 2030.
Denholm was born on 27 May 1963 in Milperra, New South Wales. She was raised there, where her parents owned a service station. Working at her parents' service station, Denholm handled the financial accounts, repaired cars, pumped petrol, and became interested in cars.
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| 430 | Recent | Wade slams 3 consecutive sixes in 19th over as Aus beat Pak to reach T20 WC 2021 final | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2021 | Nov 11, 2021. Matthew Wade slammed three consecutive sixes off Shaheen Afridi in the 19th over as Australia defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2021. With the win, Australia reached the T20 World Cup final for the second time. Australia reached their first T20 World Cup final in 2010. Australia will face New Zealand in the final on Sunday.
Matthew Scott Wade is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper in all three forms of international cricket and plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team, also acting as the team's captain. He plays domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Hobart Hurricanes.
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| 431 | Recent | PM Modi suggests 4 focus areas for Afghanistan in meeting with NSAs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. The need for an inclusive government in Kabul and a zero-tolerance stance on the use of Afghan territory by terrorist groups are among four aspects that Prime Minister Narendra Modi listed on Wednesday for countries in the region to focus on against the backdrop of the developments in the war-torn nation. He suggested these four aspects when top security officials of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan made a joint call on him after attending an India-hosted regional security dialogue on Afghanistan. "He emphasized four aspects that countries in the region would need to focus on, in the context of Afghanistan: the need for an inclusive government, a zero-tolerance stance about Afghan territory being used by terrorist groups, a strategy to counter trafficking of drugs and arms from Afghanistan and addressing the increasingly critical humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan."
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, and Tajikistan and China to the northeast.
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| 432 | Recent | Afghan foreign minister Muttaqi arrives in Pakistan to reset ties | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. The acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad, his first visit to the country, as part of efforts by the two sides to reset their ties in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul. The Taliban's representative at the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, Shakib Ahmad, was also present. Muttaqi came with a 20-member high-level delegation comprising Minister for Finance Hidayatullah Badri, Minister for Industries and Trade Nooruddin Aziz, and senior officials from the aviation ministry.
Amir Khan Muttaqi is an Afghan Taliban politician serving as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021. He was also a member of the negotiation team in the Qatar office.
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| 433 | Recent | SC allows sand mining in Bihar, says ban causes huge loss | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar State Mining Corporation. The top court said a balanced approach of sustainable development ensuring environmental safeguards needs to be resorted to while dealing with the issue of sand mining. A three-judge bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao also directed that exercise of preparation of district survey report for the purpose of mining in Bihar in all the districts shall be undertaken afresh.
Bihar is a state in East India, bordering Nepal. It is divided by the River Ganges, which floods its fertile plains. Important Buddhist pilgrimage sites include the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya's Mahabodhi Temple, under which the Buddha allegedly meditated. In the state capital Patna, the Mahavir Mandir temple is revered by Hindus, while Sikhs worship at the domed, riverside Gurdwara of Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji.
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| 434 | Recent | Congress claims 14 kids died in Bhopal hospital blaze, demands probe | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. Opposition Congress on Wednesday claimed a total of 14 children died at the Madhya Pradesh government-run Kamla Nehru children's hospital in Bhopal in the last 48 hours, contrary to the state government's claim that only four infants lost their lives in the November 8 blaze, and demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the high court. However, the state government maintained that only four infants died in the blaze that occurred in the special newborn care unit on Monday night and said all the deaths cannot be linked with that incident. "Though the government is admitting the death of only four infants, the fact is that a total of 14 children died in the (Kamla Nehru) hospital in the last 48 hours. These figures are provided by the hospital administration only," Congress leader and former minister Jitu Patwari claimed in a press conference after a delegation of the party leaders visited the hospital. He said the state government should order a probe (November 8 fire and alleged deaths of 14 children) by a sitting high court judge. Congress also demanded the resignation of state medical education minister Vishvas Sarang on 'moral grounds.'
The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885 by AO Hume and others, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
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| 435 | Recent | Nepal Army chief conferred honorary rank of 'General of Indian Army' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. In continuation of a tradition that started in 1950, Nepal Army chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma was conferred with the honorary rank of 'General of the Indian Army' by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday. "President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the honorary rank of general of the Indian Army on General Prabhu Ram Sharma, chief of the army staff, Nepali Army at a special investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday," the Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted. Nepal conferred the honorary rank of 'General of Nepal Army' to Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane during his visit to Kathmandu in November last year. Gen Sharma also called on the chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday and discussed ways to strengthen the bilateral defence cooperation.
Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current president of India since his inauguration in 2017. He is also the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India.
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| 436 | Recent | Devasahayam Pillai is first Indian layman to be canonised by Pope | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. Devasahayam Pillai, a Hindu converted to Christianity in the 18th century, will become the first Indian layman to be conferred sainthood. Pope Francis will canonize Devasahayam Pillai, together with six other blessed, during a canonization mass in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 15, 2022. "While preaching, he particularly insisted on the equality of all people, despite caste differences. This aroused the hatred of the higher classes, and he was arrested in 1749. After enduring increasing hardships, he received the crown of martyrdom when he was shot on 14 January 1752", a note prepared by the Vatican said. Sites linked with his life and martyrdom are in the Kottar diocese, in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.
Devasahayam Pillai, known as Lazarus his baptismal name, is a beatified Indian layman of the Catholic Church Latin Rite. Born into a Hindu family in the 18th century, he converted to Catholicism and is considered a martyr of the Christian faith.
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| 437 | Recent | 4 lions at Singapore zoo test positive for COVID-19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. Four Asiatic lions at a Singapore zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with infected staff. "All the lions remain bright, alert, and are eating well," the Channel News Asia report quoted Dr. Sonja Luz, vice president of conservation, research and veterinary at Mandai Wildlife Group, the zoo operator, as saying. Meanwhile, the country also reported 3,397 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 169 from dormitories for migrant workers. With this, the total number of cases in the country has increased to 2,24,200. The Ministry of Health reported 12 deaths due to coronavirus-related complications that pushed the death toll to 523.
Mandai Wildlife Group, formerly known as Wildlife Reserves Singapore, is a self-funded organization based in Singapore which manages the majority of zoos in the country. The organization currently manages the Singapore Zoo, the Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park, and the River Wonders in Singapore.
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| 438 | Recent | Protesting Punjab farmer dies by suicide near Singhu border | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. A 45-year-old farmer from Punjab, who was a part of the protest against the Centre's farm laws, allegedly hanged himself from a tree near the Singhu border. The body has been sent to a local hospital in Sonipat for a post-mortem examination, an official of the Kundli police station said. Hundreds of farmers have been camping at Delhi borders since November 2020 with the demand that the government repeals the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. They are also demanding a new law to guarantee the minimum support price for crops.
Punjab, a state bordering Pakistan, is the heart of India’s Sikh community. The city of Amritsar, founded in the 1570s by Sikh Guru Ram Das, is the site of Harmandir Sahib, the holiest gurdwara (Sikh place of worship). Known in English as the Golden Temple, and surrounded by the Pool of Nectar, it's a major pilgrimage site. Also in Amritsar is Durgiana Temple, a Hindu shrine famed for its engraved silver doors.
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| 439 | Recent | 8 nations call for joint efforts to tackle terrorism from Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. Top security czars of India, Russia, Iran, and five central Asian countries on Wednesday flagged concerns over the possible spread of terrorist activities from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and called for a collective approach to deal with the challenge. In his opening remarks at the India-hosted Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said the recent developments in that country have important implications not only for Afghan people but also for the region. Chairing the meet, Doval said it is time for closer consultations, greater cooperation, and coordination among the regional countries to deal with the challenges emanating from Afghanistan. The dialogue is aimed at firming up a common approach for practical cooperation in confronting increasing threats of terrorism, radicalization, and drug trafficking following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul. Both Pakistan and China were also invited by India, but they decided not to attend the meet. The central Asian countries attending the dialogue are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. "I am confident that our deliberations will be productive, useful, and will contribute to help the people of Afghanistan and enhance our collective security," Doval said.
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| 440 | Recent | Union Cabinet restores MPLADS suspended during pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2021 | Nov 10, 2021. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which was suspended in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the scheme has been restored for the remaining part of financial year 2021-22. The scheme will continue till 2025-26. From 2022-23 to 2025-26, funds will be released under the scheme at the rate of Rs 5 crore per annum to each of the MPs in two instalments of Rs 2.5 crore each. In April last year, the government had suspended MPLADS during 2020-21 and 2021-22 and said that the funds would be used for managing health services and the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Under the scheme, MPs can recommend development programs involving the expenditure of Rs 5 crore every year in their constituencies.
A member of parliament is the representative of the people who live in their constituency. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term implies members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress or Deputy is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.
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| 441 | Recent | Akhilesh Yadav launches Samajwadi Party perfume ahead of UP polls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched a perfume ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. Called 'Samajwadi Attar', the box of the perfume comes with a picture of Akhilesh Yadav along with the party's symbol and has been launched in 22 fragrances. The scent will have its magic in 2022 polls, said Yadav.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office.
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| 442 | Recent | 'Concepts of Physics' author HC Verma awarded Padma Shri for Science and Engineering | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. Physicist Harish Chandra Verma, famous for his two-volume book 'Concepts of Physics', was bestowed with the Padma Shri award by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. The emeritus professor of IIT Kanpur was awarded for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering. The President's official Twitter account tweeted that Verma's books have "revolutionized Physics education at school level".
Harish Chandra Verma is an Indian experimental physicist and emeritus professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His field of research in nuclear physics. He has authored several schools, undergraduate, and graduate textbooks, the most popular being the two-volume Concepts of Physics.
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| 443 | Recent | Over 2.38 crore income tax returns filed for 2021-22: I-T Dept | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. The Income Tax Department has said that more than 2.38 crore taxpayers have filed their income tax returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2020-21. Out of the total, over 1.68 crore ITRs have been processed, while refunds have been issued in more than 64 lakh cases, it added. The last date for filing ITR for individual taxpayers is December 31.
The Income Tax Department is a government agency undertaking direct tax collection of the Government of India. It functions under the Department of Revenue of the Ministry of Finance. Income Tax Department is headed by the apex body Central Board of Direct Taxes.
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| 444 | Recent | Hundreds of seals found dead in South Africa, probe launched | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. South African officials have launched a probe into the deaths of hundreds of seals along South Africa's coast, with malnutrition being suspected as a potential cause. The government of Western Cape province said last week that it had buried almost 200 seals. An official said that the deaths at this time of year were normal, but not to this extent.
The Western Cape is a South African province with coasts bordering the Indian and Atlantic oceans. It's known for the port city of Cape Town, set beneath Table Mountain, part of a national park of the same name. In Table Bay, Robben Island is the notorious prison that once held Nelson Mandela, and is now a living museum. Farther afield, winelands surround historical towns like Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl.
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| 445 | Recent | UP CM to visit Kanpur tomorrow as Zika virus cases near 100 in district | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. UP CM Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit Kanpur on Wednesday amid Zika virus' rising cases in the district. Notably, the total number of Zika virus cases in Kanpur rose to 98 after nine new cases were reported in the district on Tuesday. Kanpur City's Chief Medical Officer Naipal Singh said steps are being taken to check the virus' spread.
Dr. Naipal Singh was a member of Lok Sabha from Rampur seat of Uttar Pradesh as a Bhartiya Janata Party Candidate. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elected from the Bareilly-Moradabad Division Graduates constituency.
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| 446 | Recent | Tamil Nadu declares 2-day holiday in 9 districts due to heavy rain | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. The Tamil Nadu government has declared local holidays on Wednesday and Thursday in nine districts after the India Meteorological Department predicted heavy rainfall in various regions of the state. These districts are Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, and Mayiladuthurai. The fishermen have also been advised not to venture into the sea.
Tamil Nadu, a South Indian state, is famed for its Dravidian-style Hindu temples. In Madurai, Meenakshi Amman Temple has high ‘gopuram’ towers ornamented with colorful figures. On Pamban Island, Ramanathaswamy Temple is a pilgrimage site. The town of Kanyakumari, at India’s southernmost tip, is the site of ritual sunrises. Capital Chennai is known for beaches and landmarks including 1644 colonial Fort St. George.
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| 447 | Recent | Who is Padma Shri awardee Manjamma, whose 'good luck' gesture for Prez went viral? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. Transgender folk dancer Manjamma Jogati's 'good luck' gesture for President Ram Nath Kovind while receiving her Padma Shri award went viral online. Jogi, born Manjunatha Shetty in Karnataka, began identifying as a woman at 15. She initially begged on the streets but later learned the 'Jogathi Nrithya' and went on to become the first transgender president of Karnataka Janapada Academy.
Manjamma Jogati, the renowned practitioner of Jogati Nritya, was appointed as the chairperson of Karnataka Janapada Academy in 2019. She is the first transwoman to head a cultural academy in Karnataka. Jogi Nritya is a ritual folk dance performed by a group of women, generally tradeswomen called jogappas.
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| 448 | Recent | Maharashtra has administered 10 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses: Tope | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said the state has administered 10 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines. "It was possible with the active involvement of all district officers," he said. On Tuesday, Maharashtra reported 982 fresh COVID-19 cases while 1,293 patients were discharged. Twenty-seven people died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the state bulletin revealed.
Rajeshbhaiyya Tope is an Indian politician and member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Rajeshbhaiyya Tope won the Ghansawangi in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.
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| 449 | Recent | Woman hit by side of bus as bike loses control due to pothole in Chennai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. A woman had a narrow escape from being run over by a bus after the bike she was riding pillion, stepped into a pothole in Chennai. A video of the incident showed the bike slowing on the road when it loses balance, causing the duo to fall and the woman getting hit by the side of an approaching bus.
A pothole is a depression in a road surface, usually asphalt pavement, where traffic has removed broken pieces of the pavement. It is usually the result of water in the underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the affected area.
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| 450 | Recent | Carpenter from Patiala wins ₹2 cr Punjab govt lottery prize | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2021 | Nov 9, 2021. A carpenter from Tripuri in the Patiala district won the first prize of ₹2 crores in the Punjab government's State Dear Diwali Bumper 2021 lottery. The 34-year-old winner, Naresh Kumar, reportedly said, "Firstly, I will construct a new house with the prize money, which has been my dream for a long time." He has reportedly submitted relevant documents.
Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials. Carpenters work indoors and outdoors on many types of construction projects, from installing kitchen cabinets to building highways and bridges.
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| 451 | Recent | Chhattisgarh: CRPF jawan guns down 4 colleagues with AK-47 rifle | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday. The incident took place at around 3.15 am in the camp of the Central Reserve Police Force's 50th battalion in Linganpalli village under Maraiguda police station of the area of the district, located nearly 400 km from the state capital Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said. As per preliminary information, constable Reetesh Ranjan fired at his colleagues with his service weapon, an AK-47 rifle.
The Central Reserve Police Force is India's largest Central Armed Police Force. It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency.
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| 452 | Recent | Told Modi not to antagonise Sikhs and Jats: Meghalaya Guv on farm laws | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Declaring that he is willing to step down from his post for backing the farmers' agitation, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said leaders in Delhi offer condolences "even when a dog dies" but haven't cared about the deaths' of farmers. Malik also criticized the Central Vista redevelopment plan, a project in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a personal interest, saying it would be better to build a world-class college, instead of a new Parliament building. These were the latest in a series of provocative remarks by the Governor, who has been directly or indirectly targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and the states over the farmers' issue and alleged corruption. Malik became governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, and Meghalaya during the Modi term.
Satya Pal Malik is an Indian politician serving as the 21st and current Governor of Meghalaya. He was the 18th Governor of Goa. Malik was also the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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| 453 | Recent | Delhi's air quality improves slightly, but still 'very poor' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Delhi's air quality index was recorded in the very poor category on Monday morning, a marginal improvement from the last three days when it was recorded in the 'severe' category. The city's air quality index stood at 385 at 9.05 am, while that of Noida, Gurgaon, and Greater Noida was recorded at 406, 363, 296, respectively. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor, and 401 and 500 'severe'. Delhi's air quality remained in the 'severe' category on Sunday because of the large influx of stubble-related pollutants, apparently from a much higher effective fire count, authorities said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board data, the city's air quality index stood at 416 (severe) at 8 pm that day. The weatherman has forecast a partly cloudy sky for the day with the maximum temperature likely to settle at around 29 degrees Celsius.
Air pollution is the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different types of air pollutants, such as gases, particulates, and biological molecules.
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| 454 | Recent | China's CPC conclave kicks off to authorise unprecedented 3rd term for Prez Xi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Hundreds of senior officials of the Communist Party of China began a key four-day conclave in Beijing on Monday to deliberate and pass a rare “historical resolution” of the 100-year-old ruling party and pave the way for an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. About 400 full and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee are taking part in the plenum, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Xi, the General-Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau and made explanations on a draft resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC's 100 years of endeavours. Xi, 68, holds China's all three power centers - General-Secretary of the CPC, Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission which is the overall high command of the military, and the Presidency - is set to complete his second five-year tenure next year.
The Chinese Communist Party, officially the Communist Party of China, is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China. The CCP leads eight other legally permitted subordinate minor parties together as the United Front.
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| 455 | Recent | World Raises Its Voice. Will Leaders Listen? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. The battle to protect the earth's deteriorating climate continues in Glasgow, Scotland. At the 2021 global climate summit, the world's leaders are discussing the best possible way to reach the goal of this year's conference -- net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 26th 'Conference of the Parties represents a gathering of the countries that have signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement. Day Seven of the 2021 climate summit focuses on Nature. Even as the countries continue their discussions within the summit, tens of thousands of climate change activists attempt to hold the governments to account by marching through the streets of Glasgow.
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization aiming to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization.
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| 456 | Recent | 4 of 5 Delh-NCR families ailing due to air pollution: Survey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Amid rising pollution levels in the national capital and adjoining areas, a survey conducted by a community social media platform has found that four in five families in the region have someone facing one or more ailments due to contaminated air. The survey conducted by LocalCircles also said that 91 percent of Delhi residents believe authorities were completely or partially ineffective in enforcing the ban on transportation, distribution, and sale of crackers this Diwali. More than 34,000 responses were received from residents of Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad for the survey, n the survey, the respondents were asked the kind of ailments faced by them since the last week as the Delhi-NCR's air quality turned severe. "In response, 16 percent respondents said they were experiencing sore throat or cough or both, another 16 percent said runny nose, congestion or burning eyes, while 16 percent said they were facing breathing difficulty.
Delhi, India’s capital territory, is a massive metropolitan area in the country’s north. In Old Delhi, a neighborhood dating to the 1600s, stands the imposing Mughal-era Red Fort, a symbol of India, and the sprawling Jama Masjid mosque, whose courtyard accommodates 25,000 people. Nearby is Chandni Chowk, a vibrant bazaar filled with food carts, sweets shops, and spice stalls.
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| 457 | Recent | After US ban Israel distances itself from Pegasus-maker NSO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Israel has distanced itself from the controversy triggered by the NSO Group after the US blacklisted the technology firm, which had developed the Pegasus spyware that was allegedly used to target government officials, activists, and journalists globally, saying that it is a private company and it has nothing to do with the policies of the Israeli government. "NSO is a private company, it is not a governmental project and therefore even if it is designated, it has nothing to do with the policies of the Israeli government," Israel's Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday evening.
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber arms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running most versions of iOS and Android. The 2021 Project Pegasus revelations suggest that the current Pegasus software can exploit all recent iOS versions up to iOS 14.6.
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| 458 | Recent | Concerned by CBI's requests pending with states: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. The Supreme Court Monday said it is "not a desirable position" that requests sent by the CBI to eight states, including West Bengal and Maharashtra, during the period from 2018 to June this year for grant of specific consent for investigation of matters there is pending in 78 percent cases. The apex court said it is "concerned" with two aspects which emerged from the affidavit filed by the CBI Director - the first one about the pendency of requests made by the CBI to the eight states and the other is about stay orders granted by the appellate courts in cases probed by the agency. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh referred to the affidavit filed by the CBI Director in pursuance to the top court's earlier direction asking to apprise it about the steps to be taken to strengthen their prosecution unit, the bottlenecks, and also about conviction rate in matters probed by the agency.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is the premier investigating agency of India. Operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.
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| 459 | Recent | Parliament panel recommends holding winter session from Nov 29 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. The cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs has recommended that the winter session of the Parliament be held from November 29 to December 23. Like previous sessions of Parliament in the last one-and-half years, the winter session will be held adhering to the COVID-19 protocols, people familiar with the developments told PTI. The winter session of Parliament was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also led to curtailing of the budget and monsoon sessions. "The CCPA, which is chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has recommended the dates for the winter session of Parliament from November 29 to December 23," a source told PTI. Both the Houses of Parliament -- Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha -- will hold proceedings simultaneously and members will have to follow social distancing norms.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet decides appointments to several top posts under the Government of India. The committee is composed of the Prime Minister of India and the Minister of Home Affairs.
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| 460 | Recent | Security beefed up outside Ambani home after alert by cabbie | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/11/2021 | Nov 08, 2021. Security was beefed up on Monday outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's south Mumbai residence after a taxi driver informed the police that two suspected passengers carrying bags with them had asked him about the location of 'Antilia'. He said more barricades are being put by the police outside 'Antilia', a 27-story building located on Altamont Road, the taxi driver was standing near Killa court in south Mumbai when a car pulled over and its occupants asked him about the location of Ambani's residence. The two passengers in the car were speaking in Urdu and carrying two bags with them, the official said quoting the cabbie who called up the police control room. Azad Maidan police are recording the statement of the taxi driver, the official said, adding that police are verifying the claim and a senior officer is monitoring the situation. The National Investigative Agency is probing the alleged role of the then assistant police inspector of the Mumbai police, Sachin Waze, in the SUV incident, and he was arrested.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.
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| 461 | Recent | Maharashtra fisherman killed in Pak firing off Gujarat coast | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. A fisherman from Maharashtra was killed and a crew member of his boat was injured allegedly in firing by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) personnel near the international maritime boundary line in the Arabian sea off the Gujarat coast. "A fisherman from Thane in Maharashtra, who was on a fishing boat 'Jalpari,' was killed after the PMSA personnel opened fire on him and other crew members on Saturday evening," Devbhumi Dwarka Superintendent of Police Sunil Joshi said. The body of fisherman Sridhar Ramesh Chambre, 32, was brought to Okha port on Sunday and a first information report (FIR) was being registered by the Porbandar Navi Bandar police, which has jurisdiction across Gujarat over any incident that occurs beyond 12 nautical miles in the Arabian sea.
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA)is a coast guard branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakistan's maritime interests and enforcement of maritime law with jurisdiction over the domestic and international waters of Pakistan including the exclusive economic zone.
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| 462 | Recent | ITBP engineering wing to construct India-China border roads, foot tracks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has taken a first-time decision to deploy its specialized engineering wing for constructing certain roads and foot tracks along the Line of Actual Control to speed up connectivity projects with its posts in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. The move, which was approved by the Union home ministry, comes amid a military standoff with China in the eastern Ladakh area. Official sources told PTI that the border force, ITBP, has taken up the 'challenge' to construct four out of the 32 roads under phase-II of the India-China Border Roads project and two out of the total 18-foot tracks sanctioned to it by the government.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police are India's primary border patrol organization for its border with Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
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| 463 | Recent | BJP leader 'mastermind' of Aryan's 'kidnapping', aided by Wankhede: Malik | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Sunday alleged that Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede was part of a plot to 'kidnap' actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan for ransom. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Malik claimed that Mohit Bharatiya, former president of Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing, was the 'mastermind' of the plot. Aryan Khan was last month arrested following a raid led by Wankhede on a cruise ship from which drugs were allegedly seized. Malik has repeatedly termed the cruise drugs raid as 'fake' and leveled a series of allegations against Wankhede. The minister on Sunday claimed Wankhede had met Bharatiya at a 'kabarastan' (graveyard) in suburban Oshiwara. "But, because of his (Wankhede's) good luck, we couldn't get the footage since police's CCTV was not functioning.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of the Republic of India since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 464 | Recent | Heavy rains in Chennai: Rail, road transport affected | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. In view of heavy rains that led to inundation in Chennai, vehicular traffic, bus, and train services were hit on Sunday. Though there was some delay in respect of a couple of flights, there was no major disruption in services, airport sources in Chennai said, adding even passengers who arrived late due to showers were allowed to board. Rainwater -on runways -was pumped out by workers using heavy equipment and authorities are overseeing work aimed at ensuring normal services, sources added. Metrorail services were also not affected.
Chennai, on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu. The city is home to Fort St. George, built-in 1644 and now a museum showcasing the city’s roots as a British military garrison and East India Company trading outpost, when it was called Madras. Religious sites include Kapaleeshwarar Temple, adorned with carved and painted gods, and St. Mary’s, a 17th-century Anglican church.
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| 465 | Recent | Maha hospital fire: Victims' kin in a state of shock | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. Family members of the 11 COVID-19 patients, who died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Ahmednagar, are in a state of shock and yet to come to terms with the reality that their loved ones, whom they had admitted to the medical facility with the hope of recovery, will now never come back home. Some of them have been inconsolable as they could not even have a last glimpse of their dead relatives in the wake of the COVID-19 protocols. The family members bid farewell to their dead relatives with a heavy heart after the bodies were handed over to them by the hospital administration late Saturday evening. Eleven coronavirus patients were killed on Saturday after a major fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the district civil hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar city, located 120 km from Pune and 253 km from Mumbai.
Ahmednagar is a city in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 114 km from Aurangabad. Ahmednagar takes its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah I, who founded the town in 1494 on the site of a battlefield where he won a battle against superior Bahamani forces.
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| 466 | Recent | BJP national executive meet: Nadda seeks to strike a chord with Sikhs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. Setting the tone for upcoming assembly elections in five states, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda on Sunday set targets to further strengthen the party's organization and asserted that its best is yet to come. Addressing the party's national executive, Nadda also reached out to Sikhs, who are in majority in poll-bound Punjab, by listing a number of measures the Modi government has taken for the community, including expediting action against 1984 riots accused, facilitating foreign grants to gurudwaras and keeping langars outside the review of the Goods and Services Tax.
Jagat Prakash Nadda is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 20 January 2020. He was the BJP's working president from June 2019 to January 2020.
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| 467 | Recent | 51 km: India's longest drone flight conducted in Har | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2021 | Nov 07, 2021. A robotics and drone company has claimed that it has conducted the longest drone flight of 51 km in India to survey the pipeline of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Haryana. Omnipresent Robot Technologies Founder and CEO Aakash Sinha told PTI that the 51 km-long flight of Omni-Hansa V5 took place on November 3. "I believe the previous longest drone flight in India was 42 km," The entire flight - from take off to landing -- was fully autonomous, which means it was on auto-pilot. "We had a tracker mechanism on the drone. We could track it over our 4G network with our tracker," HPCL wants Omnipresent to extend the range of Omni Hansa V5 to 100-200 km, Omni Hansa V5 can take off and land like a helicopter so it does not need a runway. However, once it is in the air, it flies like a plane. This drone is called a hybrid fixed-wing VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drone, "We successfully completed India's longest drone flight. We flew the drone for 51 km for one of our pipeline clients HPCL. It was a BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) flight. This is a record in India,"
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which is under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the Government of India with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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| 468 | Recent | Moderna shares drop 17% after rival Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts death risk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. Shares of Moderna sank 17% on Friday to the lowest since July after rival vaccine maker Pfizer said its COVID-19 pill reduced the risk of hospitalizations and deaths by 89%. Meanwhile, Pfizer's shares surged 11%. Moderna's shares have lost around $43 billion in market value this week following its weak revenue forecast and advancements in two potential COVID-19 pills, Bloomberg reported.
Moderna, Inc., is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. These vaccines use a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA to produce an immune response. The company's only commercial product is the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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| 469 | Recent | Steven Spielberg sells 282-ft yacht to steel billionaire after $158 mn listing: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. Billionaire filmmaker Steven Spielberg has sold his 282-foot superyacht, Seven Seas, after listing it earlier this year for $158 million. The yacht was bought by Zekelman Investments, an entity linked to Canadian steel billionaire Barry Zekelman, Bloomberg reported. Built in 2010, the yacht has a helipad, jacuzzi, pool, and other amenities and can accommodate 20 guests plus 28 crew members.
Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in the New Hollywood era and is currently the most commercially successful director.
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| 470 | Recent | We'll pack bags & go home: Jadeja as journalist asks 'What if Afg fail to beat NZ?' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. During a press conference following India's win against Scotland in T20 World Cup 2021, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was asked by a journalist, "India can qualify for semi-finals only if Afghanistan beat New Zealand. What if Afghanistan fails to beat them?" Jadeja replied, "Toh Phir bag pack kar ke Ghar jaayenge aur kya (Then, we'll pack our bags and go home. What else?)"
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja, commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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| 471 | Recent | Andre Russell smashes biggest six of T20 World Cup 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell smashed a 111-meter maximum on the bowling of Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc during their last T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 Group 1 match. It is the biggest six of T20 World Cup 2021. Starc had bowled the delivery at a speed of 137 kmph. Russell scored 18*(7) in the innings.
Mitchell Aaron Starc is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. He is a left-arm fast bowler and a capable lower-order left-handed batsman.
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| 472 | Recent | Australia hits 80% vaccination, PM Morrison calls it 'magnificent milestone' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. Australian PM Scott Morrison said the country has hit its target of vaccinating 80% of people aged over 16 against COVID-19, calling it a "magnificent milestone". Morrison added, "99% of Australians aged over 70 have received...first dose and over 90% have had a second." "Australia is on track to become one of the world's most vaccinated countries," he further said.
Scott John Morrison is an Australian politician serving as the 30th and current prime minister of Australia. He assumed office in August 2018 upon his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Morrison was born in Sydney and studied economic geography at the University of New South Wales.
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| 473 | Recent | Daily COVID-19 cases cross 200 for 1st time during pandemic in New Zealand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. New Zealand's daily COVID-19 cases crossed 200 for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic. Auckland, which has lived under COVID-19 curbs for nearly three months as it fights an outbreak of the Delta variant, reported 200 of the new cases. New Zealand has reported under 7,000 cases and 31 deaths so far.
Auckland, based around 2 large harbors, is a major city in the north of New Zealand’s North Island. In the center, the iconic Sky Tower has views of Viaduct Harbour, which is full of superyachts and lined with bars and cafes. Auckland Domain, the city’s oldest park, is based around an extinct volcano and home to the formal Wintergardens. Near Downtown, Mission Bay Beach has a seaside promenade.
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| 474 | Recent | NCP leader masterminded conspiracy to entrap NCB officers in drugs case: BJP leader | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. BJP leader Mohit Kamboj has alleged that a "fake narrative" was being created around the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan. He claimed that NCP leader Sunil Patil, close to ex-state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, was the 'mastermind' behind a "conspiracy" to entrap NCB officers in the case. Nawab Malik has called Kamboj's allegations an attempt to "divert attention from the truth".
Mohit Bharatiya alias Mohit Kamboj is an Indian politician. He is ex-General Secretary of BJP Mumbai. He was also the National President of IBJA from 2012 to 2019 and the Vice President of BJP Mumbai from 2013 to 2014.
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| 475 | Recent | Kroger says press release about accepting Bitcoin Cash 'fraudulent' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. US retail firm Kroger has called a press release that claimed it will accept Bitcoin at its stores "fraudulent". The release appeared on Kroger's investor relations page and was later deleted. The company said the page, which gets automatically updated, receives a direct feed from PR Newswire. Kroger has launched a probe into the release.
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the United States' largest supermarket by revenue, and the second-largest general retailer. Kroger is the seventh-largest American-owned private employer in the United States.
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| 476 | Recent | Black Panther sequel shoot on halt after Letitia Wright's injury | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. The makers of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' have decided to temporarily shut down production to allow actress Letitia Wright to recover from an injury that she suffered in August, according to Hollywood Reporter. The shutdown will commence from the week of Thanksgiving and the production will resume in early 2022. The halt in production isn't expected to affect its release.
Letitia Michelle Wright is a Guyanese-born British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror; for the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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| 477 | Recent | BMW pulls touchscreen features from some cars amid chip shortage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. BMW is temporarily removing touchscreen functions from several models due to global chip shortage, the company told Autoblog. Customers who receive delivery of BMW cars without touchscreen will be given a $500 credit. Further, some cars will reportedly lose access to BMW's Backup Assistant feature, which automatically reverses the car along the path along which it drove into a spot.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly referred to as BMW, is a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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| 478 | Recent | Apple hires former Tesla engineer for its self-driving car: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/11/2021 | Nov 6, 2021. Apple has hired former Tesla engineer CJ Moore for its team working on a self-driving car, Bloomberg reported. Moore is working on the car's software and reporting to Stuart Bowers, a former Tesla executive who joined Apple in 2020. Earlier this year, Moore implied that CEO Elon Musk had overstated the capabilities of the Autopilot software.
Autopilots can automate tasks, such as maintaining an altitude, climbing or descending to an assigned altitude, turning to and maintaining an assigned heading, intercepting a course, guiding the aircraft between waypoints that make up a route programmed into an FMS, and flying precision or non-precision approach.
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| 479 | Recent | Tesla-rival Nikola may pay $125 mn to settle fraud charges in US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. Electric truck maker Nikola is in talks with the US SEC to pay a $125 million civil penalty under a proposed deal to settle civil fraud charges for allegedly misleading investors. The Tesla-rival said if the resolution is approved, the $125-million penalty will be paid in installments over two years. The penalty amount is Nikola's "best estimate" of the penalty.
Nikola expects to deliver up to 25 Tre BEV (battery electric vehicle) trucks by the end of 2021. It's begun testing the Tre FCEV, running on hydrogen fuel cell technology. Its Ulm, Germany-based joint venture factory opened in September.
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| 480 | Recent | Israeli startup making balloons to trap 1-tonne carbon a day at a cost below $100 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. An Israeli startup has developed balloons to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, where it has almost solidified, for recycling. Carbon is found close to its freezing point "15 kilometers above our heads", High Hopes Labs CEO Nadav Mansdorf said. The company will build larger balloons to remove one tonne of carbon per day at a cost below $100, Mansdorf said.
Nadav is best described as a ‘start-up farmer’. His keen eye for high-potential entrepreneurs and businesses has led to a string of successful business-building cycles across multiple industries and countries, allowing him to fulfil his personal mission of improving the world by using technology. He is a partner and board member of various leading tech ventures and NGOs and specializes in strategy and semiotics.
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| 481 | Recent | Element found in teeth detected for 1st time in galaxy 12bn light-years away | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have said that they have detected fluorine, an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride, for the first time in a galaxy that's over 12 billion light-years away. The scientists spotted fluorine in the form of hydrogen fluoride in the large clouds of gas of the distant galaxy NGP-190387.
Hertfordshire is one of the home counties in southern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region. It covers 634 square miles.
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| 482 | Recent | Astronaut shares pic of France's west coast from space, calls yellow colour surprising | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has tweeted a picture of the west coast of France from the International Space Station. "The western facade of France, from Bordeaux to Vannes. The very yellow color is surprising, and above all, it looks like the coasts are melting in the Atlantic Ocean," Pesquet wrote with a picture.
Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency, astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010.
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| 483 | Recent | Music has been turned into a condom, you use & throw it: Singer Palash Sen | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. Speaking about commercializing songs, Euphoria singer Palash Sen said, "You go buy it, use it and throw it. I think the whole system has made music like a condom." "If you can buy a radio spot, Facebook ads...media space, you can be way ahead of somebody who actually had a better song. That's something of great worry," he added.
Palash Sen is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor best known as the founder and frontman of India's Rock/Pop band Euphoria. He is married to Shalini Sen, a lecturer at Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi, and the couple have two children, Kinshuk Sen and Kyna Sen.
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| 484 | Recent | Peloton CEO loses billionaire status as startup's shares fall 34% | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. At-home fitness startup Peloton's Co-founder and CEO John Foley lost his billionaire status as the company's shares fell 34% on Friday after it cut its annual revenue forecast by as much as $1 billion. Foley's net worth fell to about $850 million on Friday, Bloomberg said. He had become a billionaire last year when Peloton's stock rallied 350% amid COVID-19.
John Foley is an American billionaire and business executive who co-founded Peloton. He has also served as the president of Barnes & Noble. Born in 1971, Foley received the Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Georgia Tech and the Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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| 485 | Recent | Amazon seeks US FCC nod to launch 4,538 broadband satellites | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. Amazon's Project Kuiper has asked the US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) permission to launch another 4,538 broadband satellites. This would take the total number of satellites in Kuiper's constellation to 7,774. Kuiper is aiming to launch its first two prototype satellites by the end of next year. Meanwhile, its rival company SpaceX has launched more than 1,700 satellites to date.
Project Kuiper is Amazon's plan to build a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world. The FCC last year authorized Amazon's system, which the company says it plans to “invest more than $10 billion” in Kuiper.
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| 486 | Recent | Mukesh Ambani, family to move to 49-bedroom UK property bought for ₹592 cr: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2021 | Nov 5, 2021. India's richest person and Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family will move to a 300-acre property purchased by them for ₹592 crores in London's Buckinghamshire, Mid-Day has reported. The Ambanis will reportedly shift to the Stoke Park country club with 49 bedrooms in the mansion and a state-of-the-art medical facility. They reportedly spent this year's Diwali there.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.
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| 487 | Recent | Govt's excise duty cut on petrol, diesel to cost ₹45,000 crore to exchequer: Nomura | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Excise duty cuts on diesel and petrol will cost ₹45,000 crores and lead to a 0.3% point widening on the fiscal deficit, Japanese brokerage Nomura said. The move for the entire fiscal will come at ₹1 lakh crore, it added. Centre on Wednesday announced a cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹5 and ₹10 per litre respectively.
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Investment Management.
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| 488 | Recent | Govt's decision to reduce fuel prices taken out of fear: Priyanka Gandhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. After the Centre announced a reduction in petrol and diesel's excise duty, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the decision was "made out of fear". "This is not from the heart. Give answer to this 'Vasooli' government in the coming elections," she tweeted. Centre on Wednesday announced a reduction in excise duty on petrol by ₹5 and diesel by ₹10.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (was born on 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, and granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, making her a member of the politically prominent Nehru-Gandhi family. She is also a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
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| 489 | Recent | Sonia Gandhi accepts Amarinder Singh's resignation from Congress | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accepted former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's resignation from the primary membership of the party, General Secretary (organization) KC Venugopal said. He had sent his resignation to Sonia Gandhi on November 2 listing his reasons for the resignation. Singh is forming his new party called 'Punjab Lok Congress' and the party symbol will be approved later.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a big tent political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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| 490 | Recent | Cannot move to metaverse without solving internet's issues: Microsoft Prez | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Microsoft President Brad Smith in an interview said the tech industry cannot move forward to metaverse without "cleaning up" the problems that exist on the internet today. "We're all talking about the metaverse as if we're entering some new dimension," he said. "We have to ensure that it (metaverse) protects privacy, digital safety, and protects against disinformation, manipulation," Smith added.
Brad Smith is Microsoft's President. He leads the company's Department of Corporate, External, and Legal and Affairs, which is responsible for all legal work and for government, industry, and community affairs activities. Smith has played a leading role at Microsoft on intellectual property, competition law, and other Internet legal and public policy issues. He is also the company's chief compliance officer.
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| 491 | Recent | I have zero exposure to crypto: Zerodha's billionaire CEO Nithin Kamath | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Zerodha's billionaire CEO Nithin Kamath told Moneycontrol, "Personally, I've zero exposure to crypto...I don't understand crypto as an asset class." He added, "I didn't understand it when it was $500 for Bitcoin...and I didn't understand it when it went beyond $60,000." For the money, he said, "If something seems too good to be true, usually it's too good to be true."
Zerodha Broking Limited is an Indian financial services company offering retail brokerage, currencies and commodities trading, mutual funds, and bonds. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Bangalore. Valued over $1 billion, it is the largest brokerage firm in India by active client base.
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| 492 | Recent | 100-seater electric plane for one-hour flights to be ready by 2027: US startup | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. US-based startup Wright Electric has said that its 100-seater all-electric plane for one-hour flights will be available by 2027. It plans to retrofit electric motors into a BAe 146 regional aircraft originally manufactured by BAE Systems, replacing its four jet engines. The aircraft would be suited to link close city pairs such as Frankfurt-Paris, New York-Boston, Paris-London among others.
Wright Electric is an American startup company developing an electric airliner. The aircraft is to run on batteries and handle flights of under 300 miles. It will feature high aspect-ratio wings for energy-efficient flight, distributed electric propulsion, and swappable battery packs with advanced cell chemistry.
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| 493 | Recent | Man orders passport pouch from Amazon, gets another man's passport inside it | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. A Kerala man named Mithun Babu, who ordered a passport pouch from Amazon, received the pouch with another man's passport. Mithun said Amazon's customer care said they'll be careful in the future, following which he decided to trace the passport's owner. The owner had ordered the same pouch earlier and returned it, but he forgot to take out his passport.
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.
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| 494 | Recent | If Bitcoin was ever to become fully legal in India, we could offer it: Paytm's CFO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Paytm's CFO Madhur Deora told Bloomberg TV, "At the moment Paytm does not do Bitcoin. If it was ever to become fully legal in the country then clearly there could be offerings we could launch." He added, "Bitcoin is still in a regulatory grey area if not a regulatory ban in India." Deora's remarks come as Paytm prepares for IPO.
Former MD of Citigroup Investment Banking and graduate of Wharton School, Deora has over 20 years of investment banking experience. Garg has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and is with Paytm for 12 years.
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| 495 | Recent | Turned down Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space, I ain't paying $28 mn: Tom Hanks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. Actor Tom Hanks on the chat show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' confirmed that Jeff Bezos had offered him to fly to space with Blue Origin before actor William Shatner, provided he pays for the space trip. Hanks said that he turned down the offer. He added, "It costs like $28 million or something like that I ain't paying $28 million."
James Christian Kimmel is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC in January.
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| 496 | Recent | Cruise launches driverless robotaxi service in US, Prez takes 1st ride | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2021 | Nov 4, 2021. General Motors' self-driving unit Cruise has launched a driverless robot-taxi service in San Francisco. Cruise President Kyle Vogt was the first to take a ride, without a human driver, and shared his experience. As per the firm's permit from Californian officials, the company can only operate driverless between 10 pm-6 am, at a max speed of around 48 kilometers/hour.
Kyle Vogt is an American engineer, entrepreneur, technology executive, and robotics pioneer. In 2013, Vogt founded Cruise Automation, where he currently serves as the company's President and Chief Technology Officer.
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| 497 | Recent | Bill in US Cong to declare Diwali a national holiday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Led by Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney from New York, lawmakers on Wednesday announced that a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to declare Diwali, the festival of lights, a federal holiday. "I'm very, very happy and excited to be introducing the Deepavali Day Act this week alongside members of the Congressional Indian Caucus, which will enshrine Diwali into law as a federal holiday," Maloney said at an event at the US Capitol. The historic legislation is co-sponsored by a number of lawmakers including Indian-American Congresswoman Raja Krishnamoorthi. Krishnamoorthi has also introduced a resolution in the US Congress recognizing the religious and historical significance of Diwali. Maloney said that Diwali this year symbolizes the nation's continuing journey out of the darkness of COVID-19.
Carolyn Bosher Maloney is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 12th congressional district since 2013, and for New York's 14th congressional district from 1993 to 2013.
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| 498 | Recent | 6 IAF men, among 25, test positive for Zika virus in Kanpur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Oct 03, 2021. Twenty-five people, including six Indian Air Force personnel, on Wednesday, tested positive for the Zika virus here, pushing the number of infected persons to 36 in the district. District Magistrate Vishak G said among the fresh cases, 14 are women. Six IAF personnel have also contracted the infection. The DM said the health department had collected blood samples of 586 people on Sunday and these were sent to Lucknow's KGMU for testing. Twenty-five samples tested positive for the Zika virus, To check the spread of the disease and track its source, health teams have been pressed to undertake sanitization programs, including anti-larvae spraying, identification of fever patients, screening of seriously ill people and pregnant women.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 499 | Recent | Made-in-India Covaxin gets WHO's emergency use licence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. In a major development, the WHO on Wednesday said it has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. This comes after the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), an independent advisory committee of WHO-recommended EUL status for Covaxin. "WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to #COVAXIN (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19," the global health body said in a tweet. Thanking WHO for granting the license to Covaxin, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the achievement is a "sign of capable leadership and Modi Ji's resolve, a tale of people's trust and this is Diwali of self-reliant India".
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health."
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| 500 | Recent | Army pays tribute to first PVC awardee, Maj Somnath Sharma | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Army on Wednesday paid tributes to legendary war hero and its first Param Vir Chakra awardee Major Somnath Sharma who laid down his life while fighting tribal invaders from Pakistan in 1947. "A wreath-laying ceremony was held by the Army in the honour of Maj Somnath Sharma, PVC (Posthumous), the first Param Vir Chakra of the Indian Army at the 'Saviours of Kashmir' War Memorial, located at Srinagar International Airport," said Maj Somnath Sharma, born on January 31, 1922, at Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, was commissioned in the 4th battalion of the Kumaon Regiment on 22 October 1942.
Major Somnath Sharma, PVC, of the Indian Army, was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, which he was awarded posthumously. Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942.
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| 501 | Recent | Cleaning Ganga public's job too: Jal Shakti minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Society needs to consider cleaning the Ganga river as its responsibility and not see it as just the government's job, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Wednesday. Addressing the valedictory function of the Ganga Utsav, he said everyone should think of themselves as the custodian of the environment. "We have the role of custodian of this environment. We need to make it better and pass on to the next generation and not deteriorate it further. Society needs to think that cleaning the Ganga river is its responsibility and not just the government's job.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is an Indian politician from Rajasthan who is currently serving as Union Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. He is a member of parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Jodhpur in the Lok Sabha.
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| 502 | Recent | Bihar man who gifted property to elephants killed | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Akhtar Imam, who had gifted nearly 10 bighas of land worth crores of rupees to his two elephants, was shot dead in Patna on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Some members of Imam's family were unhappy with his decision to give away expensive real estate to the elephants. They had reportedly opposed him and threatened him repeatedly to change his will. Imam, who was in his early 50s, was shot dead early on Wednesday morning, about 200 meters from his residence at Murgiyachak village under the Janipur police station, situated on the outskirts of Patna.
Akhtar Iman is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is an elected legislator in the 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly, representing the Amour constituency. He is also the Bihar State president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party.
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| 503 | Recent | SC quashes HC order discharging man in alleged sedition, UAPA offences | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala high court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offenses including sedition, and under the provisions of the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in three cases. Dealing with the appeals filed by Kerala and others, the apex court said the high court's September 2019 order was passed by a single judge which can be said to be 'absolutely contrary to the statutory provision under the National Investigation Agency Act and the law laid down earlier by the top court. A bench of Justices M R Shah and A S Bopanna was told by senior advocate Maninder Singh, who was appearing for the state, that revision petitions filed by accused Roopesh in the high court against the order of a special court refusing to discharge him for these offenses ought to have been heard by a division bench as mandated under sub-Section (2) of Section 21 of the NIA Act.
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at the prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India.
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| 504 | Recent | Scientists identify new antibody that limits severity of coronavirus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. Scientists have identified and tested an antibody that limits the severity of infections from a variety of coronaviruses, including those that cause COVID-19 as well as the SARS illness. The study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on Tuesday, isolated the antibody by analyzing blood from a patient who had been infected with the SARS-CoV-1 virus, which caused the SARS outbreak, and from a current COVID-19 patient. "This antibody has the potential to be therapeutic for the current epidemic," said study co-senior author Barton Haynes, director of Duke University Human Vaccine Institute, US. The researchers identified over 1,700 antibodies, which the immune system produces to bind at specific sites on specific viruses to block the pathogen from infecting cells.
SARS appeared in 2002 in China. It spread worldwide within a few months, although it was quickly contained. SARS is a virus transmitted through droplets that enter the air when someone with the disease coughs, sneezes or talks. No known transmission has occurred since 2004. Fever, dry cough, headache, muscle aches, and difficulty breathing are symptoms. No treatment exists except supportive care.
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| 505 | Recent | Climate Crisis Presents Opportunity For India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/11/2021 | Nov 03, 2021. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change only confirmed the dire consequences that await humanity if urgent action is not taken to mitigate the key drivers of global warming. The following observations from the AR6 introduction are particularly telling: 'It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.' It may be noted that the IPCC is not talking about changes that may take place in the future. It is stating unambiguously that various significant impacts of climate change have already taken place.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.
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| 506 | Recent | No contract signed with Hertz yet for 1,00,000 cars: Musk as Tesla shares surge | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Billionaire Elon Musk has said Tesla hasn't yet signed a contract with Hertz, despite an announcement by the American car rental company on October 25 that it ordered 1,00,000 Teslas. He was responding to a tweet showing a chart of Tesla's rising stock price. Tesla's market value had surpassed $1 trillion for the first time after news of Hertz's order.
Musk is the world's richest man and recently became the first person in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ever to have an estimated net worth north of $300 billion. The index currently lists the Tesla CEO's net worth at $311 billion, meaning $6 billion would be 2% of his wealth.
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| 507 | Recent | Hubble space telescope remains in safe mode, probe going on: NASA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. NASA is continuing to investigate why the instruments in the Hubble Space Telescope recently went into safe mode configuration, suspending operations. "The instruments are healthy and will remain in safe mode while the mission team continues its investigation," the agency said. Hubble's science instruments issued error codes on October 23, indicating the loss of a specific synchronization message.
The telescope was named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Born in 1889, Hubble discovered that many objects previously thought to be clouds of dust and gas and classified as nebulae were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
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| 508 | Recent | 2021's festive season worst in a decade for automobile sales, says FADA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Chip shortage and subdued demand due to the pandemic have hit automobile sales, making 2021's festive season the worst in a decade for automobile sales, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Tuesday. FADA President Vinkesh Gulati tweeted sales figures for October 2021 and October 2020. The figures showed a double-digit contraction in October 2021 in two-wheeler sales.
The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations is an apex national body representing automobile dealers of India. It was founded in 1964 by four regional Auto Trade associations to protect and promote the Indian retail automobile market. It is now a registered body under the Companies Act 1956.
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| 509 | Recent | Tesla opens charging network to other electric cars for first time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Tesla is launching a pilot program in the Netherlands that will open its charging network to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs). Initially, 10 locations will be opened to non-Tesla EV drivers, who will be able to access Superchargers through the Tesla app. This will mark the first time that Tesla is opening up its proprietary charging stations to EVs from other companies.
"Supercharger" is the generic term for an air compressor used to increase the pressure or density of air entering an engine, providing more oxygen with which to burn fuel. The earliest superchargers were all driven by power taken from the crankshaft, typically by gear, belt, or chain.
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| 510 | Recent | Your 'never give up' spirit makes you so unique: Akshay to Grylls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. British adventurer Bear Grylls took to Instagram and shared a reel with stills of his 'Into the Wild' guests, including PM Narendra Modi and Akshay Kumar. In the video, Grylls said, "Himmat mat haar (Don't give up)." Akshay reshared the reel on his Instagram story and wrote, "Your this 'never give up spirit is what makes you so unique mate."
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls OBE is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and businessman. Grylls first drew attention after embarking on a number of adventures, and then became widely known for his television series Man vs.
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| 511 | Recent | Miss you dad: Sajid's wife after 1st wife Divya Bharti's father dies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Warda Khan, who is producer Sajid Nadiadwala's second wife, condoled the death of late actress Divya Bharti's father, Om Prakash Bharti. She took to Instagram to mourn his death and wrote, "We will miss you, dad." Divya was Sajid's first wife, who died in 1993 after falling off her home's balcony.
Late Hindi film actress Divya Bharti's father Om Prakash Bharti passed away on October 30. The news was confirmed by director-producer Sajid Nadiadwala's second wife Warda Khan on social media. Sajid was earlier married to Divya Bharti but after her unfortunate death, he took care of her parents as his own.
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| 512 | Recent | Kartik Aaryan charges ₹21 crore for 'Shehzada': Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Actor Kartik Aaryan is charging ₹21 crores for Rohit Dhawan's film 'Shehzada', reported Bollywood Hungama. 'Shehzada' will be a remake of the 2020 Telugu film 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo' which starred Allu Arjun. As per the report, Kartik has charged producer Sajid Nadiadwala ₹15 crores for a romantic comedy film featuring Kiara Advani which will be directed by Sameer Vidwans.
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. While pursuing an engineering degree in biotechnology, he dabbled in modeling and made attempts to start a career in film.
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| 513 | Recent | Aditya given honorary doctorate for Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Playback singer and host Aditya Narayan has been awarded an honorary doctorate in playback singing and acting for the Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award. The singer took to Instagram to share a picture of the ceremony and showcased his certificate. He wrote in the caption, "Dr. Aditya Narayan Jha h.c. Thank you for the honor of St. Mother Teresa University."
Aditya Narayan (born 6 August 1987)[1] is an Indian singer, host, and actor. He is the son of singer Udit Narayan. He is known for hosting Indian Idol and participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9.
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| 514 | Recent | Coinbase to buy AI-driven platform Agara in its 1st startup acquisition in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it's buying Agara, an AI-driven autonomous voice agent startup, in its first startup acquisition in India. The size of the deal for the four-year-old startup, which operates in India and the US, is reportedly $40-50 million. Coinbase India Site Lead Pankaj Gupta said he co-founded Agara in 2017 and left it to join Google.
A cryptocurrency exchange, or a digital currency exchange (DCE), is a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money or other digital currencies.
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| 515 | Recent | Amazon to launch its 1st internet satellites in late 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Amazon has said it's planning to launch its first satellites for internet services in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to launch and operate the first two prototype satellites for Project Kuiper, called KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2. Amazon first announced plans to deploy 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit in 2019.
Kuiper Systems LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon that was set up in 2019 to deploy a large broadband satellite internet constellation to provide broadband internet connectivity. The deployment is also referred to by its project name "Project Kuiper".
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| 516 | Recent | Delhivery's IPO filing reveals salaries of CEO, top executives | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. Delhivery's DRHP for ₹7,460 crores initial public offering revealed that Co-founder and CEO Sahil Barua received ₹4.3 crores as remuneration for the financial year ended March 2021. The ten-year-old logistics startup's Co-founder and CTO Kapil Bharati earned ₹3.9 crores, whereas CBO Sandeep Kumar Barasia earned ₹12.9 crores during the same period. Further, Delhivery COO Ajith Pai earned ₹11.8 crores.
Sahil Barua is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Delhivery. Additionally, Sahil Barua has had 1 past job as the Research Intern at the University of Maryland.
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| 517 | Recent | Winning is always fun, but my losses teach me more: Gnanasekaran | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2021 | Nov 2, 2021. World number 37 table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran said he felt bad about his second round loss at Tokyo Olympics. "Winning is always fun, but I believe my losses teach me more. It makes me curious about how I can get better," he added. Gnanasekaran has won three international titles on pro tours across three categories since his Olympics loss.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is an Indian table tennis player, currently ranked at 38 in the world as of August 2021. He was a member of the Indian team that took the bronze in the 2011 Junior World Championships.
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| 518 | Recent | T'gana, Maha, Delhi NEET-UG students share top rank | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Three candidates have shared the top rank in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, results of which were announced on Monday, according to the National Testing Agency. Telangana's Mrinal Kutteri, Delhi's Tanmay Gupta, and Maharashtra's Karthika G Nair shared the top rank, scoring 720 out of 720. Eight transgender candidates have also cleared the examination. A tie-breaking formula will be used at the counselling stage for joint rank holders, an NTA, The fifth rank has also been shared by 12 candidates while 21 candidates have shared the 19th rank. The Ministry of Education's testing agency has not used the tie-breaking formula this year for the announcement of ranks.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG), formerly the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), is an all India pre-medical entrance test for students who wish to pursue undergraduate medical (MBBS), dental (BDS) and AYUSH (BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, etc.) courses in government and private institutions in India and also, for those intending to pursue primary medical qualification abroad.
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| 519 | Recent | Over 22 lakh Indian WhatsApp accounts banned in Sep | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. More than 2.2 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp while 560 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in September, according to its compliance report. In its latest report released on Monday, WhatsApp said 2,209,000 Indian accounts on the platform were banned in September. An Indian account is identified via a '+91' phone number, it added. "WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other states of the art technology, data scientists and experts, and in processes, in order to keep our users safe on our platform."
After the most-used smartphone messaging application, WhatsApp, suffered an outage of hours, its CEO, Will Cathcart, announced the restoration of the messaging app, saying WhatsApp is "back up and running."
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| 520 | Recent | Modi-Johnson bilateral focuses on renewables, clean tech | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit here and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in areas like green hydrogen, renewables and clean technology, economy, and defense. This was the first in-person meeting between Modi and Johnson following the British Prime Minister's twice-canceled visit to India earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The interaction, soon after the opening ceremony of the World Leaders' Summit at COP26, was scheduled to focus on the UK-India climate partnership as well as a review of the 2030 Roadmap for stronger UK-India strategic ties – signed by the two leaders during a virtual summit in May this year.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
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| 521 | Recent | 2.7 cr Facebook content pieces actioned in India in Sep: Meta | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Social media giant Meta on Monday said over 26.9 million content pieces were "actioned" on Facebook across 10 violation categories proactively in India during the month of September. Its photo-sharing platform Instagram took action against over 3.2 million pieces across nine categories during the same period proactively, as per data shared in a compliance report. Under the IT rules that came into effect earlier this year, large digital platforms (with over 5 million users) have to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon. It also includes details of content removed or disabled via proactive monitoring using automated tools.
Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students.
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| 522 | Recent | Angry priests force Rawat to return from Kedarnath without darshan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to face the ire of teeth purohits in Kedarnath as he arrived at the Himalayan temple on Monday to offer prayers. Angry with Rawat as the Chardham Devasthanam Board was created through legislation during his chief ministership, the teerth purohits showed him black flags and shouted slogans against him, forcing him to return without having 'darshan' at the temple. "Go back, go back," shouted the crowd of priests as the former chief minister walked towards the temple after getting down at the helipad at Kedarnath. Realizing that they were in no mood to relent, Rawat folded his hands and left as the angry priests continued hooting at him. As Rawat turned to retrace his steps to the helipad with his head bent down, slogans like 'Trivendra Rawat murdabad and teerth-purohit Ekta zindabad' rent the air.
Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu pilgrimage sites. Rishikesh, a major center for yoga study, was made famous by the Beatles’ 1968 visit. The city hosts the evening Ganga Aarti, a spiritual gathering on the sacred Ganges River. The state's forested Jim Corbett National Park shelters Bengal tigers and other native wildlife.
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| 523 | Recent | Modi's day out with Indian diaspora in Glasgow | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with a cross-section of members of the Indian diaspora in Scotland who gathered here to felicitate him and also unveil his bust. Modi, who arrived in Glasgow on Sunday night to cheer from a group of diaspora delegates, had a special interaction with members of the Indian community-based in Scotland before he left for the opening ceremony of the COP26 climate summit. A Scotland-based medic Dr. Nadey Hakim presented the Prime Minister with a bust, which was formally unveiled during the interaction. Modi also gave him his specs to be put on the bust.
Scotland (Scots: Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Alba (About this sound listen)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast, and the Irish Sea to the south.
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| 524 | Recent | Biometric attendance for all govt employees from Nov 8 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. The Union government has decided to resume biometric attendance for employees of all levels from November 8, the Personnel Ministry said on Monday. It shall be the responsibility of heads of department to ensure that sanitizers are mandatorily placed beside biometric machines and all employees sanitize their hands before and after marking the attendance, The employees were previously exempted from biometric attendance due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. "Physical distancing of six feet must be maintained by all employees while marking their attendance. If required, additional biometric attendance machines may be installed to avoid overcrowding," the Personnel Ministry said in an order to all central government ministries and departments.
Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.
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| 525 | Recent | Cong targets UP women with special manifesto, promises free LPG, bus ride | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/11/2021 | Nov 01, 2021. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said her party has prepared a separate manifesto for women for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and promised them free LPG cylinders and travel in government buses if voted to power. Priyanka Gandhi, who is also the Congress's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, had last month announced that her party will give 40 percent tickets to women in the polls slated for early next year, saying the decision is aimed at making women, who constitute roughly half the vote bank, a 'full-fledged partner in power.'
The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
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| 526 | Recent | India ready to produce over 5bn Covid vaccines next year: Modi at G20 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses next year to help the world in the fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a G-20 Summit session in Rome on Saturday and asserted that it was necessary that the WHO approves Indian vaccines at the earliest. The prime minister in his intervention at the session on "global economy and global health" also flagged the issue of facilitating international travel and talked about the mechanism of mutual recognition of vaccine certification as a means of achieving this, according to the text of his intervention shared by his office. Prime Minister Modi expressed satisfaction over the G20's decision to come up with a 15 per minimum corporate tax to make the global financial architecture more "just and fair", Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, briefing reporters on Modi's engagements here.
Harsh Vardhan is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology, and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021.
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| 527 | Recent | India logs 12,830 new Covid cases, Kerala remains worst-hit state | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. With 12,830 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,73,300, while the active cases declined to 1,59,272, the lowest in 247 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,58,186 with 446 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 23 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 126 consecutive days now. The active cases comprise 0.46 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.20 percent.
Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemical and Fertilizers of India. He is also a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
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| 528 | Recent | Modi to present India's climate action plan at COP26 summit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Glasgow on Sunday for the COP26 climate summit and bilateral talks with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the United Nations meet. Modi, who has had a series of engagements at the G20 Summit in Rome, will fly to Scotland from Italy for the second leg of his European tour, which began on Friday. In Glasgow, he will join more than 120 Heads of Government and Heads of State at the World Leaders' Summit (WLS) of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) - a designated UN zone for the global summit.
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is being held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, between 31 October and 12 November 2021, under the presidency of Alok Sharma.
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| 529 | Recent | Poonch anti-terror op enters 21st day, highway reopens after 2 weeks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. The authorities reopened a stretch of the Jammu-Rajouri national highway for traffic on Sunday morning, more than two weeks after it was shut in view of an ongoing counter-insurgency operation in an adjoining dense forest belt. The operation to track down a group of hiding terrorists, who are responsible for the killing of nine soldiers, in Bhatti Durian forest in Mendhar along with Surankote forest in Poonch and nearby Thanamandi in Rajouri district, entered the 21st day on Sunday. While the operation is underway, the authorities allowed traffic on the main highway between Bhimber Gali in Mendhar and Jera Wali Gali in Surankote in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, much to the relief of residents, especially taxi operators who have been demanding its reopening.
Rajouri or Rajauri is a town in Rajouri district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located about 155 kilometers from Srinagar and 150 km from Jammu city on the Poonch Highway. The town is the location of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University and the birthplace of Sikh General Banda Singh Bahadur.
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| 530 | Recent | BJP's Rajib Banerjee returns to TMC at Tripura rally | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Bharatiya Janata Party leader from West Bengal Rajib Banerjee returned to the Trinamool Congress on Sunday at a rally of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Agartala in Tripura. Banerjee, a former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government, said he 'repents' for joining the BJP ahead of the assembly elections despite being asked by the West Bengal chief minister not to leave TMC. He was named BJP's national executive committee member weeks ago and unsuccessfully fought the assembly polls from Domjur in Howrah district. "I realized that I cannot accept the politics of hatred and divisive ideology propagated by BJP. I cannot accept the anti-people policies of the BJP."
Rajib Banerjee is an Indian politician who served as the Minister for Forest Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was a former Minister in charge of Irrigation & Waterways, and Tribal affairs & backward classes.
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| 531 | Recent | Criminal law should not be set in motion without proper probe: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Criminal law should not be set into motion without adequate investigation of facts on mere suspicion, the Supreme Court has said while quashing a criminal case against the director of a company. committed with the consent, connivance, or is attributable to the neglect on the part of a director, manager, secretary, or other officers of the company. In law, vicarious liability is the responsibility assigned to an employer, resulting from the actions of an employee. 'Criminal law should not be set into motion as a matter of course or without adequate and necessary investigation of facts on mere suspicion, or when the violation of law is doubtful. 'It is the duty and responsibility of the public officer to proceed responsibly and ascertain the true and correct facts. Execution of law without appropriate acquaintance with legal provisions and comprehensive sense of their application may result in an innocent being prosecuted,' the apex court said.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 532 | Recent | Modi, G20 leaders visit iconic Trevi Fountain in Rome | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the famous Trevi Fountain here along with other world leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The fountain is one of the most visited monuments of Italy and is loved by tourists. The historical fountain has drawn many filmmakers to it who have popularised the Baroque art-styled monument as the epitome of a place of romance. '#G20 Heads of Delegation start the 2nd day of the #G20RomeSummit with a walk to a symbolic place of the city: Trevi Fountain, one of the world's most beautiful fountains and famous for the traditional coin toss. #G20Italy,' G20 Italy tweeted on Sunday. Standing 26.3 meters high and 49.15 meters wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union. It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
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| 533 | Recent | Huge Diwali rush at Delhi markets raises Covid fears | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Markets across Delhi witnessed a huge rush over the last weekend before Diwali, with the market associations struggling to manage the crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The markets that saw huge crowds include Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Lajpat Nagar, Lal Quarter Krishna Nagar, Karol Bagh, Kamla Nagar, Rajouri Garden, and Tilak Nagar. Sadar Bazar Market Association president Devraj Baweja said it was complete 'chaos' as those who thronged the market to do last-minute shopping ahead of the festival hardly followed any COVID-19 protocol. "Festivals generally attract a big crowd but the authorities should have made elaborate arrangements to ensure that people follow Covid-appropriate behavior. No one was seen wearing a mask or observing social distancing," he told PTI. Health experts have already warned about a possible third wave of the pandemic after the festive season and advised strict adherence to Covid protocols. Last year, after Diwali, Sadar Bazar had emerged as a Covid hotspot and the market was shut subsequently.
Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists, notably Newar Buddhists. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika.
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| 534 | Recent | PIL in SC seeks CBI probe in Aryan Khan case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2021 | Oct 31, 2021. Public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case alleging that there has been interference in the ongoing probe of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the matter. The case involves Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and others as accused and has triggered a series of controversies and put the bureau and its officials under the spotlight. The PIL has also sought direction from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to frame the national witness protection scheme as recommended in various reports of the Law Commission.
Public interest litigation is the use of the law to advance human rights and equality or raise issues of broad public concern. It helps advance the cause of minority or disadvantaged groups or individuals. Public law concerns the various rules and regulations that govern the exercise of power by public bodies.
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| 535 | Recent | Who is Indian-American Raja Chari who'll command NASA's SpaceX mission next week? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari will take his first spaceflight next week as a commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS. The 44-year-old previously served as a Colonel select in US Air Force and accumulated over 2,000 hours of flight time in the F-35, F-15, and others. He was selected to train as a NASA astronaut in 2017.
Raja Jon Vurputoor "Grinder" Chari is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, and has over 2,000 flying hours.
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| 536 | Recent | 1st cases of asexual reproduction in California condors reported | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Researchers have reported the first cases of asexual reproduction found in endangered California condors. Genetic testing showed two male chicks hatched in 2001 and 2009 from unfertilized eggs were related to their mothers and no male parent. This is also reportedly the first time that any bird species has had a "virgin birth" even when males were present for breeding.
Virgin Birth, the doctrine of traditional Christianity that Jesus Christ had no natural father but was conceived by Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine that Mary was the sole natural parent of Jesus is based on the infancy narratives contained in the Gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke.
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| 537 | Recent | Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain passes away | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain, who worked in the Hindi television and film industry, has passed away. "Not my father-in-law but a father. He was life - if life itself had to have a physical form," filmmaker Hansal Mehta wrote on Twitter. "RIP Yusuf Ji. He was gentle, kind, and full of warmth. Condolences to his family," actor Abhishek Bachchan tweeted.
Mumbai, October 30. Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain, known for featuring in films like 'Dhoom 2', 'Rae-es' and 'Road to Sangam', passed away on Saturday due to Covid. He was 73. The actor passed away at Lilavati Hospital here, Husain's son-in-law filmmaker Hansal Mehta told PTI.
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| 538 | Recent | Expected: Rajamouli on RRR's clash with Gangubai Kathiawadi, Radhe Shyam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Filmmaker SS Rajamouli has opened up about the box office clash between his upcoming film 'RRR', Alia Bhatt-starter 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', and Prabhas' 'Radhe Shyam'. He said that a "bottleneck was expected" as everything was shut for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rajamouli further said the clash won't "hamper the business".
Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli, professionally known as S. S. Rajamouli, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema.
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| 539 | Recent | A star in his own right: Amitabh mourns Puneeth's demise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Amitabh Bachchan in his latest blog post expressed grief over the demise of actor Puneeth Rajkumar, who passed away on Friday. "Puneeth, the younger son of legendary icon of Kannada cinema Rajkumar, and a star in his own right, passed away is has put all of us in great shock," he wrote, adding, "Family of late Rajkumar have ever been extremely close. My condolences."
Puneeth Rajkumar, colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. He was a lead actor in 29 films; as a child, he appeared in many films.
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| 540 | Recent | Elon Musk becomes world's 1st person to cross $300 billion net worth | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the world's first person to cross a net worth of $300 billion as Tesla's shares surged this week. His fortune hit the mark as of Thursday and is currently at $311 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. World's second-richest person Jeff Bezos' net worth is over $100 billion less than that of Musk's.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.
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| 541 | Recent | Paytm to rank among India's 50 most-valued listed firms with its ₹18,300-crore IPO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. Paytm will rank among India's 50 most-valued listed companies following its ₹18,300-crore IPO next month. At the upper end of the ₹2,080-₹2,150 apiece price range, Paytm will have a post-money valuation of ₹1,39,378.84 crore, giving it the 36th position among listed firms by market value, reports said. Its valuation will outrank companies like Hindustan Zinc and Mahindra & Mahindra.
An IPO is an initial public offering. In an IPO, a privately owned company lists its shares on a stock exchange, making them available for purchase by the general public. Many people think of IPOs as big money-making opportunities—high-profile companies grab headlines with huge share price gains when they go public.
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| 542 | Recent | PharmEasy to file DRHP for ₹6,000-6,500 cr IPO next week: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. API Holdings, which owns and operates online pharmacy PharmEasy, is set to file a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for its IPO next week, Moneycontrol reported. The issue size is likely to be between ₹6,000 crores and ₹6,500 crores and will not comprise any offer-for-sale, the report said. The IPO is expected to value the company at over $7 billion.
PharmEasy is a company developing a healthcare delivery platform. It helps patients to connect with local pharmacy stores and diagnostic centers enabling them to order medicines, healthcare products, and diagnostic tests.
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| 543 | Recent | OYO promotes Ankit Gupta as CEO of Franchise and Frontier in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/10/2021 | Oct 30, 2021. OYO has elevated Ankit Gupta as CEO of the Franchise and Frontier business in India. He will report to Rohit Kapoor, CEO, OYO India, and South-East Asia. Gupta will be leading OYO's flagship Hotels and Homes business as well as other verticals. Before joining OYO, Gupta served as a Partner at McKinsey & Co, where he started as a Business Analyst.
Ankit Gupta is an Indian television actor who is best known as Parth Kashyap in Sadda Haq, Jatin Roy in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, Garv Thakur in Begusarai, Pawan Malhotra in Kundali Bhagya, and now notably as Fateh Singh Virk in Udaariyaan.
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| 544 | Recent | SC warns officials against laxity in implementing cracker ban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. A celebration cannot be at the cost of others' health, the Supreme Court said on Friday and clarified that while there is no total ban on the use of firecrackers, those fireworks which contain Barium salts are prohibited. Warning that top officials at various levels 'shall be held personally liable for any lapses, the apex court said it is unfortunate that despite various directions issued by it there is a blatant violation going on. Despite the ban on the use of Barium Salts in the firecrackers, prohibited crackers are being manufactured, transported, sold, and used, it said. A bench of Justices M R Shah and A S Bopanna said that no authority can be permitted to violate the directions issued by it and allow banned firecrackers in the guise of celebration.
Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former Chief Justice of Patna High Court. He is also a former Judge of Gujarat High Court. He is going to retire on 15 May 2023.
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| 545 | Recent | Chhath Puja allowed at designated sites in Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday allowed Chhath Puja celebrations at designated sites in the city except for the banks of the Yamuna river. The celebration of Chhath Puja during the month of November shall be allowed only at designated sites outside containment zones with requisite permission from the district magistrate. No site shall be designated on the bank of river Yamuna, the DDMA order said. The DDMA had on Wednesday gave its nod to Chhath Puja in Delhi. The authority further said designated sites shall be identified and managed by the respective district magistrate in coordination with the departments and agencies concerned.
On 23rd December 2005, the Government of India took a defining step by enacting the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which envisaged the creation of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) headed by the Prime Minister, State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA) headed by the Chief Ministers.
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| 546 | Recent | Bypolls to 3 Lok Sabha, 29 assembly seats tomorrow | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. Bypolls to three Lok Sabha seats and 29 assembly constituencies spread across 13 states and Dadra and Nagar Haveli will be held on Saturday with many contests seen as prestige issues for parties hit by defections. In the majority of the seats, the main fight will be between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress candidates. The seats where Lok Sabha bye-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. Of the 29 assembly constituencies going to the polls, five are in Assam, four in West Bengal, three each in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, two each in Bihar, Karnataka, and Rajasthan, and one seat each is in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram, and Telangana.
The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
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| 547 | Recent | Cops remove barricades, farmers' tents to stay at protest site | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. The Delhi Police removed a large portion of the barricades and concertina wires it had put in place at the anti-farm laws protest site at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, where scores of protestors continued to stay put on Friday. Multiple layers of iron and cement barricades and at least five layers of concertina wires were put up last year. The arrangements were further beefed up after the January 26 violence in Delhi during the farmers' protest against three new agriculture laws of the Centre. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Priyanka Kashyap said, "The process of removing the barricades from National Highway 9 has started."The temporary barricading is being removed to ease out vehicular movement. However, National Highway 24 was already open for traffic."
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| 548 | Recent | North, South blocks to be converted into national museums, Centre tells SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the North and South blocks, which cover nearly 27 acres housing government offices in the national capital, are proposed to be converted into national museums. The submission was made in response to a petition challenging the change in land use of a plot where the new official residences of the vice-president and the prime minister are stipulated as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens' Delhi. The Centre also told the top court that all the ministries will be relocated in the Common Central Secretariat buildings which are being developed on the Rajpath.
The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from the pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
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| 549 | Recent | Modi, like Mahatma Gandhi, deeply understands Indian society: Rajnath | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "24-carat gold", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he is perhaps the only leader after Mahatma Gandhi with a deep understanding of Indian society and its psychology. Singh, a former BJP president, said Modi's political journey of the last two decades as head of government should be taught in management schools as a case study on "effective leadership and efficient governance". Speaking at length about the last two decades of Modi's political journey, Singh said, "A true leader is identified by its intent and integrity and in both cases, Modiji is 24-carat gold. There is not a single stain of corruption on him even after being the head of a government for 20 years."
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule and in turn to inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
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| 550 | Recent | Aryan to spend one more night behind bars as papers 'delayed' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. Aryan Khan, son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, will spend one more night in Mumbai's Arthur Road prison as a senior jail official said his release papers did not reach them within the stipulated time. "We won't give special treatment for anyone. The law is the same for all. The deadline for receiving the bail papers was 5.30 pm. That has passed. He won't be released today," the official told PTI. The assertion by the prison official came even as there were indications from Aryan's legal team that a 'slight postponement till 7 pm' was possible. While granting Aryan bail on Thursday in the drugs-on-cruise case, the Bombay high court imposed 14 bail conditions on him, paving the way for his release from jail.
Shah Rukh Khan, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films.
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| 551 | Recent | We stand vindicated, say farmers as cops remove barricades from protest sites | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. With the Delhi Police beginning to remove barricades at two farmer protest sites -- Tikri and Ghazipur -- farm union leaders on Friday said the move vindicates their stand that they never blocked roads at the Delhi border points. Farmer leaders said any decision to entirely clear both the carriageways at the protest sites will be taken by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions protesting against the Centre's farm laws. They, however, said way will be made for traffic to move in the coming days. The Delhi Police's decision comes days after a Supreme Court hearing that saw farmer unions arguing that the police were responsible for the blockade at the city's borders.
The Delhi Police is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. In 2015, sanctioned strength of Delhi Police was 84,536 making it one of the largest metropolitan police forces in the world.
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| 552 | Recent | Dalit family attacked for visiting temple in Gujarat; 20 booked | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. Six members of a Dalit family were allegedly attacked by around 20 men for visiting a temple in their village near Gandhidham town of Gujarat's Kutch district, police said on Friday. While the alleged incident took place on Tuesday (October 26) at Ner village under Bhachau police station, no arrests have been made so far, deputy superintendent of police Kishorsinh Zala said. "Two FIRs were registered in this regard, one by Govind Vaghela and another by his father Jagabhai. The duo claimed that around 20 persons attacked them. We have formed eight teams to nab the culprits."
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of 1,600 km – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population.
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| 553 | Recent | 40 years on women can stand where I am now: Army Chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane on Friday said as the National Defence Academy opens its doors for women cadets, it is expected that they are welcomed with the same sense of fair play and professionalism and added that their induction will be the "first step towards gender equality" in the armed forces. He also said induction of women will empower them and at least 40 years later, they will be in the same position where he currently stands. The army chief made the remarks after reviewing the passing-out parade of the 141st course of the National Defence Academy in Pune.
The National Defence Academy is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on to their respective service academies for further pre-commission training.
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| 554 | Recent | If I tell you everything....: Mamata on race for PM's post in 2024 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday deflected questions about whether she will be in the race for the prime minister's post in the next general elections. "If I tell you everything right now what I will tell later?" she told reporters while responding to a question if she is running for the country's top post in 2024. Speculation is rife that after her party Trinamool Congress's resounding victory in the West Bengal assembly polls earlier this year, Banerjee's eyes to take up a larger role in national politics prior to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The TMC supremo is on a three-day visit to Goa from Thursday evening as her party has announced its decision to contest the Goa Assembly elections slated early next year.
The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, who has led the state since 2011. Following the 2019 general election, it is currently the fourth-largest party in the Lok Sabha with 22 seats.
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| 555 | Recent | SC to hear plea on Central Vista project's land use change on Nov 16 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/10/2021 | Oct 29, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to November 16 the hearing on a petition challenging the change in land use of a plot where the new official residences of the vice-president and the prime minister are stipulated as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens' Delhi. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar deferred the matter after it was informed that a reply affidavit has been filed by the Centre. "We are informed that a reply affidavit has been filed online. Copy of the reply to be kept in the paper book. Petitioner granted time to file rejoinder as prayed. List on November 16," the bench said. The Central Vista revamp, announced in September 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with a seating capacity for 900 to 1,200 MPs, that is to be constructed by August 2022 when the country will celebrate its 75th Independence Day.
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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| 556 | Recent | Legacy companies eat Ola, Ather, Tork & SmartE (OATS) for breakfast: Rajiv Bajaj | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Bajaj Auto's MD Rajiv Bajaj on Thursday took a jibe at startups that have entered the electric scooter segment and said that legacy companies like theirs eat OATS (Ola, Ather, Tork Motors, and SmartE) for breakfast. "I'm going to bet on BET — Bajaj, (Royal) Enfield, and TVs," he said. "They have a proven track record," he added.
Rajiv Bajaj is an Indian businessman and the managing director of Bajaj Auto since 2005. He introduced the Pulsar range of motorcycles credited with reviving the fortunes of the ailing company. India Today magazine ranked him #42nd in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.
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| 557 | Recent | Japanese startup demonstrates its AI-equipped robotic arm in space | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Tokyo space startup Gitai Japan successfully conducted a technology demonstration of its AI-equipped autonomous robotic arm inside the space station last week. The robot carried out two common crew tasks, operating cables and switches, and assembling structures and panels. It was sent to orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule earlier in August.
The SpaceX Dragon, also known as Dragon 1 or Cargo Dragon, was a class of partially reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company. The dragon was launched into orbit by the company's Falcon 9 launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station.
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| 558 | Recent | Navi Mutual Fund offers SIPs starting at ₹500 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Navi Mutual Fund is offering investors the option to start Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) with ₹500 on its app. “With the recent spike in demand for mutual funds, Navi promises to offer a hassle-free digital experience to users and it is emerging as a preferred platform for direct investments”, the company said. Users can start investing via the Navi app.
Navi Large and Mid Cap Fund is an equity fund that invests in India's top 200 companies. This fund is a mix of India's biggest companies, and mid-sized companies. This fund helps investors get higher returns than large-cap funds with not as much risk as mid-cap funds.
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| 559 | Recent | Ostriches seen running alongside vehicles on busy Pakistan road; video viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. A video showing two ostriches running alongside vehicles on Canal Road in Pakistan's Lahore has gone viral on social media. Pakistani news channel ARY News reported that one of the flightless birds died after a man attempted to catch it from its neck. The ostriches had reportedly escaped from somewhere in the outskirts of Lahore.
Struthio is a genus of birds in the order Struthioniformes, whose members are the ostriches. It is part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that include the emus, rheas, and kiwis.
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| 560 | Recent | Sanjay Kapoor's daughter Shanaya shares childhood pic with Aryan after he gets bail | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Actor Sanjay Kapoor's daughter Shanaya Kapoor took to Instagram Stories to share a childhood picture with Aryan Khan after he was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. Shanaya is a close friend of Aryan and his sister, Suhana Khan. Her mother Maheep Kapoor had visited Shah Rukh Khan's residence soon after Aryan was arrested.
Shanaya was born on 3 November 1999 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to the famous Kapoor family of B-Town. Presently Shanaya is pursuing her studies from Mumbai. Kapoor is a student at Ecole Mondiale School, Mumbai. Stylish but doesn’t make as much appearance as her celebrity parents. She is a very beautiful and highly talented girl.
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| 561 | Recent | What arguments did Aryan's lawyer give in Bombay HC which led to his bail? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Aryan Khan, who was granted bail by Bombay HC, was represented by Mukul Rohatgi. Rohatgi submitted that the arrest memo didn't give true and correct grounds for arrest. He reiterated it was a clear case of no possession, no consumption, and no recovery. He said WhatsApp chats didn't relate to the cruise parties and argued there was no "conscious possession" of contraband.
Mukul Rohatgi is an Indian lawyer and designated senior counsel and was the 14th Attorney General for India. He was succeeded by K. K. Venugopal. He had a tenure of three years as Attorney General, from 19 June 2014 to 18 June 2017. He is a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
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| 562 | Recent | Jaideep Ahlawat, Pankaj Tripathi are as big as anyone: Paresh Rawal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Speaking about the rise of OTT platforms, actor Paresh Rawal said that actors Jaideep Ahlawat and Pankaj Tripathi are as big a star as anyone else. He added that the so-called star system has been impacted due to the OTT boom. "I just completed a film called 'Dear Father' and it was exciting to work in our mother tongue," Paresh said.
Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer, and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films. He was a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Ahmedabad East constituency from 2014 to 2019. He is politically affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 563 | Recent | '83' is Kabir Khan's labour of love for Indian team: Tahir | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Actor Tahir Raj Bhasin has said his upcoming film, '83', is director Kabir Khan's labor of love and passion for the Indian cricket team. "It's a film about how underdog India went on to become world champions," he added. The film, based on India's win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, will arrive in theatres on Christmas this year.
Tahir Raj Bhasin (born 21 April 1987) is an Indian film actor. Born in Delhi, he holds a master's degree in media from the University of Melbourne. Bhasin made his screen debut with Kismat Love Paisa Dilli (2012) and made brief appearances in Kai Po Che! (2013) and One by Two (2014), before making his official film debut with Mardaani (2014), which fetched him a Filmfare Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor, and the Screen Award for the Best Antagonist. His Latest film Chhichhore (2019) became a blockbuster hit.
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| 564 | Recent | Dinesh Karthik, Dipika Pallikal blessed with twin boys, share pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Cricketer Dinesh Karthik and his wife, squash player Dipika Pallikal, have been blessed with twin boys. Sharing pictures on Instagram, Karthik wrote, "Dipika and I have been blessed with two beautiful baby boys Kabir Pallikal Karthik and Zian Pallikal Karthik, and we could not be happier." Karthik and Dipika got married in 2015.
Dinesh Karthik is an Indian professional cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders. He also captains the Tamil Nadu Cricket Team. He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. Dinesh Karthik has become the 4th Indian batsman to play 300 T20 matches.
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| 565 | Recent | Noida DM Suhas LY recommended for Arjuna Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj has been recommended for the Arjuna Award by the selection committee of the National Sports Awards. He won a silver medal in the final of the men's singles SL4 category at the Tokyo Paralympics held in September. "I thank all the citizens for giving me so much love and affection," he said.
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj is an Indian professional Para-Badminton player currently ranked world No.2 in Men’s Singles and Silver Medalist in SL-4 category in Tokyo Paralympics 2021.
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| 566 | Recent | Unusually high: Singapore as it sees its highest COVID-19 cases since pandemic began | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Singapore has recorded 5,324 new infections of COVID-19, its highest such figure since the beginning of the pandemic. "The infection numbers are unusually high," the health ministry said in a statement. "We are looking into this unusual surge in cases within a relatively short window, and closely monitoring the trends for the next few days," it added.
Singapore's Convenient Location and Warm Climate. One of the reasons many ex-pats cite for loving Singapore is its location within Asia. It's at a central point in Southeast Asia, making it easy to travel to nearby countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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| 567 | Recent | 19-yr-old UK teen jailed for 35 yrs for killing two sisters as 'sacrifice to demon' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Danyal Hussein, a 19-year-old British teenager who murdered two sisters in a London park in June 2020, has been jailed for a minimum of 35 years. Hussein murdered the two sisters, 46-year-old Bibaa Henry and 27-year-old Nicole Smallman, as "sacrifice to a demon" to win a lottery. He believed killing women every six months could win him a lottery.
A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.
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| 568 | Recent | Gujarat govt eases COVID night curfew by 2 hrs in 8 cities from Oct 30 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2021 | Oct 28, 2021. Gujarat government on Thursday eased the COVID-19 night curfew in eight cities by two hours for one month starting October 30. As opposed to 12 midnight-6 am, the curbs will remain imposed from 1-5 am. The cities are Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, and Junagadh. Moreover, cinemas can operate with 100% capacity and restaurants with 75% capacity.
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of 1,600 km – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population.
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| 569 | Recent | 'Jihadis have to be eliminated to bring about peace in J&K' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. A jihadi is a jihadi, whom I believe, are thoroughly brainwashed people with little concern for other humans," Lieutenant General K Himalay Singh (retd), who served as a corps commander in Jammu and Kashmir. Militant groups are like chameleons. They can be called by any name, but they are all jihadis. The Resistance Front is some sort of a front for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Pakistan is under international pressure to act against terror groups. Hence, the ISI gives new names to existing terror groups in order to ensure the survival of militant groups. Militants are jihadis. They have to be eliminated to bring about peace in the region.
Jihadism is a neologism referring to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam". Appearing earlier in Pakistani and Indian media, Western journalists adopted the term in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks of 2001.
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| 570 | Recent | Gentlemen, The Moustache and Beard Championship! | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. Around 100 competitors were in Germany on Saturday, October 23, for the sporting beards and mustaches contest to find out who had the best whiskers. The competition saw people travel from The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Israel to the Pullman City Western Theme Park in Eging am See, Germany, to compete. Entrants were judged mainly on the density and length of their hair.
Germany is a Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges, and the North Sea beaches. It has over 2 millennia of history. Berlin, its capital, is home to art and nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate, and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, including the 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.
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| 571 | Recent | Smaller parties maybe a force to reckon with in UP polls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. The rules for the WWE Royal Rumble are simple, and the stakes are high: The match starts with two wrestlers in the ring, with another of (usually) 30 competitors entering every 90 seconds. Everyone tries to toss each other over the top rope and out of the ring. Tossing someone out of the ring over the top rope can be trickier than it sounds, especially when dealing with supersized superstars. But a radically diverse political landscape notwithstanding, the Royal Rumble template is all set to play out in Uttar Pradesh in the 2022 assembly polls. A number of smaller parties are warming up for the UP elections, consequently joining the league of main contenders, namely the Samajwadi Party, the Congress, and the Bahujan Samaj Party, in quest of victory.
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced in 1988 by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals. The event is held in late January, the week before the Super Bowl.
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| 572 | Recent | Indian army can't operate effectively sans Russian arms, says US report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. There has been a considerable drop in India's dependence on arms and equipment from Russia but the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on its weapons systems in the near and middle terms, a US Congressional Research Service report has said. The report comes ahead of a crucial decision that the Biden administration has to take on India buying military arms from Russia, whether it plans to impose sanctions against the country under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. "Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms."
The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Government of India. With a strength of over 1.4 million active personnel, it is the world's second-largest military force and has the world's largest volunteer army.
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| 573 | Recent | India Caucus chiefs ask Biden to not penalise India for buying S-400 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. Two powerful US Senators have urged President Joe Biden not to impose provisions of the punitive Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act against India for buying the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia. In a letter to Biden, Senators Mark Warner of the Democratic Party and John Cornyn of the Republican Party on Tuesday urged the president to grant a national interest waiver to India as provided under CAATSA as this is in America's national security interest. “We strongly encourage you to grant a CAATSA waiver to India for its planned purchase of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system. In cases where granting a waiver would advance the national security interests of the US, this waiver authority, as written into the law by Congress, allows the President additional discretion in applying sanctions,” the two Senators wrote.
The S-400 Triumf, previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile, surface-to-air missile system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering as an upgrade to the S-300 family.
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| 574 | Recent | Wankhede was Muslim at the time of his 1st marriage, claims Qazi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. The Qazi who had performed the first marriage of Sameer Wankhede, the Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau in 2006, on Wednesday claimed the officer belonged to a Muslim family otherwise the 'nikah' would not have been solemnized as per Islam. The Qaazi's claim came against the backdrop of Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik's allegations that Wankhede was born as a Muslim, but forged documents, including a caste certificate, to show that he belonged to the Hindu SC category to get a job under quota after clearing the UPSC examination. When asked about Wankhede's claim that he is Hindu the Qazi said had Sameer Wankhede been a Hindu the 'nikah' would not have been performed.
The Union Public Service Commission, commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruiting agency for central government public servants. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for Group A and Group B posts under civil services cadre and defense services cadre of the union government
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| 575 | Recent | NCB vigilance team records Wankhede's statement | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. The Narcotics Control Bureau's Deputy Director General-northern region, Gyaneshwar Singh, on Wednesday, said they have started recording the statement of the agency's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with the departmental vigilance probe into allegations of extortion in the drugs-on-cruise case. A five-member vigilance probe team, which landed in Mumbai on Wednesday, has started its probe and collected some documents and recordings from the Narcotic Control Bureau's office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai, DDG Singh, who is heading the departmental vigilance probe into allegations of extortion, told media persons.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is the Indian central law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 576 | Recent | Ramdev summoned in suit by doctors on misinformation against allopathy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued summons to Ramdev on a lawsuit by several doctors' associations for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that the plea was not frivolous and a case for its institution was 'definitely' made out. Justice C Hari Shankar granted four weeks to Ramdev to file his response to the suit. The judge clarified that he was 'not expressing any opinion' on the merits of the allegations in the plaint against the yoga guru and the issue of grant of any relief, interim or otherwise, shall be looked into subsequently.
Swami Ramdev, also known among followers as Baba Ramdev, is an Indian yoga guru and businessman, primarily known for his popularising Yoga and Ayurveda in India. Ramdev has been organizing and conducting large yoga camps since 2002, broadcasting his yoga classes on various TV channels.
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| 577 | Recent | Lalu Yadav speaks to Sonia, hints at thaw with Congress | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday hinted at a thaw between his party and the Congress, saying he had a telephonic talk with Sonia Gandhi whom he asked to hold a meeting of 'like-minded' parties which could join hands to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasad was talking to journalists before departing for election rallies in Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats, where by-polls are scheduled for October 30. “Sonia Gandhi enquired about my well-being. I told her I am fine," said the septuagenarian leader, underscoring his personal equation with the Congress president which has kept the RJD-Congress alliance afloat in the choppy waters of politics. “I also said that she is the leader of a party with an all-India presence and she should convene a meeting of all like-minded parties which are opposed to the BJP,” said Prasad, whose party recently snubbed the Congress with its unilateral decision to contest by-polls to both the seats.
Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician. He is the president of the political party Rashtriya Janata Dal, a former Chief Minister of Bihar, a former Union Minister of Railways, and a former Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha.
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| 578 | Recent | India hits out at China over new land border law | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. India on Wednesday hit out at China for its "unilateral" decision to bring about a new land border law and said it is a matter of concern as the legislation can have implications on the existing bilateral pacts on border management and on the overall boundary question. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India expects that China will avoid undertaking action under the pretext of the law that could unilaterally alter the situation in the India-China border areas. He said such a "unilateral move" will have no bearing on the arrangements that both sides have already reached earlier -- be it on the boundary question or for maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control Last week, China's national legislature adopted the new law on the protection and exploitation of the land border areas, which could have bearing on Beijing's border dispute with India.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 579 | Recent | PoK will be with India some day: Western Air Command Chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2021 | Oct 27, 2021. A top Air Force officer on Wednesday said there was no plan "at the moment" to capture Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), but expressed the hope that someday India will have the "whole of Kashmir". Speaking to reporters at an event here to mark the 75th anniversary of the Indian troops' Budgam landing, Air Officer Commanding in Chief (AOC-in-C) of Western Air Command, Air Marshal Amit Dev, also said the people in PoK are not being treated very fairly by the Pakistanis. All the activities which were carried out by the Indian Air Force and the Army (on October 27, 1947) resulted in ensuring the freedom of this part of Kashmir. I am sure that someday, the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir will also join this part of Kashmir and we will have the whole of Kashmir in years to come.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
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| 580 | Recent | Punjab govt allows only green firecrackers on Diwali, Gurupurab for 2 hours | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. The Punjab government on Tuesday allowed only green firecrackers on Diwali and Gurupurab for two hours. Bursting green crackers are allowed on Diwali from 8-10 pm and on Gurupurab from 9-10 pm and from 4-5 am. On Christmas Eve (December 25-26) and New Year's Eve (December 31-January 1), green firecrackers are allowed from 11:55 pm-12:30 am.
Green crackers are made using less polluting raw materials. Their chemical formulation ensures reduced particle emission into the atmosphere by suppressing the dust produced.“Green crackers can be identified through the distinct green logo of CSIR-NEERI and PESO as well as a QR coding system. The consumers can identify the green crackers by scanning the QR code on NEERI mobile application.
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| 581 | Recent | $4.2 billion cars deal generates $119 billion in market value for Tesla, Hertz | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. The news of American car rental company Hertz placing an order for 1,00,000 Tesla cars generated a $119 billion jump in market value for the buyer and seller combined. Tesla added $118 billion, taking its total market value to over $1 trillion, while Hertz gained $1.17 billion in market value. Hertz will spend $4.2 billion on the cars, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch.
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| 582 | Recent | Japan startup's ₹5 cr hoverbike that can fly for 40 mins at 100 kmph goes on sale | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Japanese startup A.L.I. Technologies on Tuesday began selling its 'XTurismo Limited Edition' hoverbike for 77.7 million yen (₹5.09 crore). The hoverbike is equipped with a conventional engine and four battery-powered motors and promises to fly for 40 minutes at up to 100 Kmph. The startup is backed by Mitsubishi Electric, soccer player Keisuke Honda and others.
Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football player who plays for FK Sūduva in the A Lyga, and he is also the general manager and coach of the Cambodian national team.
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| 583 | Recent | Tesla rolls out new Full Self-Driving beta version after brief roll back | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Tesla has rolled out Full Self-Driving Beta version 10.3.1 following a brief rollback after bugs were found in the initial rollout of Software Version 10.3. Users' posts claimed Teslas with the latest 10.3 software repeatedly provided Forward Collision Warnings when there was no immediate danger. "Issue turned out to be power-saving mode interacting with FSD," Elon Musk said.
FSD is a software company whose core activity is the development and implementation of web ERP systems and complex web applications. Full Self-Driving is a premium driver assistance feature Tesla offers to its customers apart from the standard Autopilot function.
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| 584 | Recent | Tesla Model 3 becomes first EV to top European monthly sales | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Tesla's Model 3 has become the first electric car to top monthly sales of new cars in Europe, outselling rival models with gasoline engines. World's richest person Elon Musk-led electric carmaker sold 24,600 Tesla Model 3 cars in September, recording year-on-year growth of 58%, research group JATO Dynamics said. Renault's Clio ranked second with 18,264 units, followed by Dacia's Sandero.
The Dacia Sandero is a subcompact car/supermini (B-segment) car produced and marketed jointly by the French manufacturer Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia since 2007, currently at its third generation. It has been also marketed as the Renault Sandero in certain markets, such as Russia, Latin America, Iran, Egypt, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| 585 | Recent | Google's new US offices to have 'dragonscale' design made of 90,000 solar panels | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Google has said that its newest buildings at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California will have a 'dragon scale solar skin'. Google said that it's a "first-of-its-kind" design made up of 90,000 silver solar panels. "These panels, coupled with the pavilion-like rooflines, let us capture the power of the sun from multiple angles," Google explained.
In architecture, a pavilion has several meanings: It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to the main building. Often it is associated with pleasure.
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| 586 | Recent | Facebook CEO, senior leaders still in their first jobs: Whistleblower | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has "unilateral control over 3 billion people", former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen told UK lawmakers. She said, "There's no will at the top to make sure [the social media platform's] systems are run in an adequately safe way." She added that most senior leaders at Facebook, including Zuckerberg, are still in their first jobs.
Frances Haugen is an American data engineer and scientist, product manager, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.
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| 587 | Recent | Nitish Kumar is the most arrogant person in the country: Lalu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has said that Bihar CM "Nitish Kumar is the most arrogant person in the country". Lalu said, "[Once Nitish's] dream of becoming [PM] broke down, he sat in the lap of BJP and formed the government in Bihar." It comes after Nitish said he doesn't pay any attention to Lalu, who "only talks but doesn't deliver".
Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician. He is the president of the political party Rashtriya Janata Dal, a former Chief Minister of Bihar, a former Union Minister of Railways, and a former Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha.
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| 588 | Recent | Hong Kong convicts second person under national security law | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, holding up placards, and giving media interviews during demonstrations in 2020. Ma Chun-man has been dubbed "Captain America 2.0" for holding the superhero's shield during protests. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and refused to testify in court.
The Hong Kong National Security Law, officially the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a piece of national security legislation concerning Hong Kong.
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| 589 | Recent | China locks down city with 40 lakh population over COVID-19 outbreak | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. China has imposed a lockdown in Lanzhou, the city with a 40 lakh population, over the COVID-19 outbreak. China is facing a new wave of infections involving nearly 200 locally transmitted symptomatic cases in 12 provincial areas. China's National Health Commission (NHC) has said that testing agencies should provide 24-hour services to the public.
The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China is a cabinet-level executive department of the State Council that is responsible for formulating national health policies. It was formed on 19 March 2018. The ministry is headquartered in Beijing.
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| 590 | Recent | South Africa hand defending champs West Indies their 2nd straight loss in T20 WC 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2021 | Oct 26, 2021. South Africa defeated West Indies by eight wickets to register their first win in T20 World Cup 2021. West Indies are now placed last on the Super 12 Group 1 points table with two defeats from their first two matches. Aiden Markram slammed an unbeaten 51* off 26 deliveries to help South Africa chase down a 144-run target in 18.2 overs.
Aiden Kyle Markram is a South African cricketer who captained the South African under-19 cricket team to win the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.
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| 591 | Recent | Made In India Vikrant Sets Out For 2nd Sea Trial | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, the largest and most complex warship to be built in the country, began its second set of trials on Sunday, October 24, ahead of its induction into the Indian Navy by August next year. Following the first sea trials in August 2021, the navy had said the warship's performance was found satisfactory. INS Vikrant will operate MiG-29K fighter jets, Kamov-31 helicopters, MH-60R multi-role helicopters. It has over 2,300 compartments, designed for a crew of around 1,700 people, including specialised cabins to accommodate women officers. INS Vikrant has a top speed of around 28 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots with an endurance of about 7,500 nautical miles. The indigenous aircraft carrier is 262 metres long, 62 metres wide and has a height of 59 metres. Its construction began in 2009.
INS Vikrant, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1, is an aircraft carrier constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy. It is the first aircraft carrier to be built in India. The name Vikrant means "courageous".
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| 592 | Recent | NCB's Wankhede writes to Mumbai top cop seeking protection from legal action | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Sunday approached the Mumbai police commissioner seeking protection from likely legal action "being planned" against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issue. In his single-page letter addressed to Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, Wankhede, who is at the center of controversy surrounding the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in a drugs case, stated he came to know that some "precipitate" legal action for falsely implicating him is being planned by unknown persons in relation to the alleged vigilance related issue in NCB Cr. N. 94/2021.
Sameer Wankhede is an officer of IRS from 2008 batch. He is married to Marathi actress Kranti Dinanath Redkar. He is a parent to two daughters of his first wife Dr. Shabana Qureshi who hails from a Muslim family.
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| 593 | Recent | UP polls: Priyanka promises free medical treatment up to Rs 10 lakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. Making another poll promise ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said the free medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh will be provided to people of the state if her party is voted to power. The Congress leader had flagged off her party's "Pratigya Yatras" from Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district on Saturday with seven promises, including loan waiver for farmers and jobs to 20 lakh people if voted to power. "Everyone saw the dilapidated condition of the health system of UP due to government neglect during the Corona period and now during the spread of the fever. For ensuring good and cheap treatment, with the consent of the manifesto committee, the UP Congress has decided that if voted to power, our government will provide up to Rs 10 lakh for treatment of any disease," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh.
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| 594 | Recent | US negotiated with Taliban as it was losing war: Khalilzad | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. The United States was losing the war to the Taliban so it chose negotiations as an alternative, said the former US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. Talking to CBS News, Khalilzad said the US military tried many times to strengthen its position on the battleground, but it failed. "The negotiation was a result of - based on the judgment that we weren't winning the war and therefore time was not on our side and better to make a deal sooner than later," Tolo News quoted Khalilzad as saying. Khalilzad blamed the then-president Ashraf Ghani for the disintegration of Afghanistan's security sector, saying his escape triggered the chaos in the Afghan capital.
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the CBS Evening News, CBS Mornings, news magazine programs CBS News Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, and 48 Hours, and Sunday morning political affairs program Face the Nation.
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| 595 | Recent | Scuffle between Kashmiri, UP students after India-Pak match | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. A scuffle broke out between some Kashmiri students and those from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at an engineering institute in Punjab's Sangrur district following a T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, police said on Monday. The incident took place after some slogans were raised after the match on Sunday night, said police. Some students hailing from Kashmir and others belonging to UP and Bihar were watching the match in their respective rooms at Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur. Heated exchanges also took place between the students after the match in which India lost to Pakistan. Meanwhile, a video has surfaced on social media purportedly showing a Kashmiri student alleging that some students from Uttar Pradesh barged into their room.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20 International cricket. Organized by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament currently consists of 16 teams, comprising the top ten teams from the rankings at the given deadline and six other teams chosen through the T20 World Cup Qualifier.
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| 596 | Recent | Bangladesh riots: Key suspect admits to communal stir up | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. A key suspect and his accomplice accused of fanning communal hatred on social media and instigating the recent violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh have confessed to their crime in a pre-trial hearing. Shaikat Mandal confessed before a magistrate on Sunday that it was his Facebook post that led to the violence in Rangpur, Pirganj sub-district on October 17 during Durga Puja festivities in the country. Mandal's accomplice Rabiul Islam is a 36-year-old cleric, who has been accused of arson and looting. "Shaikat Mandal and his accomplice Rabiul Isam have admitted their role before a senior judicial magistrate Delwar Hossain in (north-western) Rangpur."
Bangladesh, to the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many waterways. Its Padma (Ganges), Meghna, and Jamuna rivers create fertile plains, and travel by boat is common. On the southern coast, the Sundarbans, an enormous mangrove forest shared with Eastern India, is home to the royal Bengal tiger.
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| 597 | Recent | Will speak with Kashmiri youth, not Pak: Shah | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah for seeking talks with Pakistan, saying the government would rather talk to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir for making it the most developed in the country. The home minister, who is on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir - his first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 - remotely inaugurated several development projects and laid the foundation stone of some. "I read in newspapers that Farooq Abdullah has suggested that the government should talk to Pakistan. He has a right to his opinion but we would rather talk to the Kashmiri youth," Shah said while addressing a function at the SKICC in Srinagar. "The repealing of Article 370 had only one intention - to put Kashmir, Jammu, and newly created Ladakh (Union Territory) on the path of development. You will see the fruits of our efforts by 2024.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the First Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance since 2014.
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| 598 | Recent | NCB orders probe into extortion charges against Wankhede | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. The Narcotics Control Bureau has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by a witness in the cruise drugs case of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials, including its Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, and others for letting off accused Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan. The inquiry will be conducted by Gyaneshwar Singh, the NCB deputy director-general of the northern region based at its headquarters here. Singh is also the chief vigilance officer (CVO) of the federal anti-narcotics agency. Prabhakar Sail, an independent witness in the cruise drugs case, had on Sunday claimed in an affidavit and in subsequent interactions with reporters in Mumbai that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and some other people linked to the case to let off Aryan Khan from this investigation.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is the Indian central law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 599 | Recent | Inform about objectionable content before shooting: MP home minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. A day after the set of filmmaker Prakash Jha's web series Ashram was ransacked in Bhopal over the alleged wrong portrayal of Hinduism, a Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said producers and directors will have to inform the authorities about objectionable content or scenes in their stories before seeking permission for shooting in the state. Bajrang Dal members had, on Sunday evening, vandalized the set of the third season of web series Ashram and also threw ink on Jha, accusing him of portraying Hindus in a bad light, following which four people were arrested for the ruckus. "We are going to issue a permanent guideline following the dispute over the shooting of Ashram-3. Now, (the producer-director) will need to show the script of the story to the administration before seeking permission, if they are going to shoot objectionable scenes which hurt the sentiments of any religion."
Jha is an Indian film producer, actor, director, and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul, Mrityudand, Gangaajal, Apaharan, including multi-starred movies like Raajneeti, Aarakshan Chakravyuh, and Satyagraha.
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| 600 | Recent | Can't throw out plea of doctors' associations against Ramdev: HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/10/2021 | Oct 25, 2021. The Delhi high court on Monday said that prima facie, a suit filed by several doctors' associations against Yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy amid the COVID-19 pandemic deserves consideration and cannot be 'thrown out' at the first stage. Justice C Hari Shankar said at the present stage, it only needs 'to see if allegations in the plaint make out a case to be entertained'. "The allegations may be right or may be wrong. He may say he did not say any such thing... It needs to be looked into," said the judge. "Prime facie, it appears that the present suit can't be thrown out at the threshold without granting leave to institute the suit," said the court which had earlier sought Ramdev's stand on the institution of the proceeding. The court listed the matter on October 27 to enable the counsel for Ramdev to make his submissions.
Swami Ramdev, also known among followers as Baba Ramdev, is an Indian yoga guru and businessman, primarily known for his popularising Yoga and Ayurveda in India. Ramdev has been organizing and conducting large yoga camps since 2002, broadcasting his yoga classes on various TV channels.
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| 601 | Recent | Gautam Navlakha, accused in Elgar case, moved to high-security Anda cell | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. Activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has been shifted to the 'Anda Circle' (high-security barracks) in the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, his partner Sahba Husain said on Sunday and claimed the 70-year-old's already fragile health has deteriorated further due to shifting. In a statement, Husain claimed the activist was shifted to the Anda circle from the regular barracks on October 12 and questioned as to how long will Navlakha be "persecuted for his views and to what extent will the authorities go to break his spirit". The statement further said the accused in the Elgar Parishad case have had to face indignities and humiliation for the smallest and basic needs in prison. "In the Anda circle, he is deprived of daily walks in the jail's non-concreted greener areas and fresh air and his health has deteriorated further, making specialized medical care an absolute necessity, if he is to live to fight this unjust and false case hoisted on him," Husain said.
Gautam Navlakha is an Indian human rights activist and journalist. He is engaged in left-wing activism and is a critic of army and state atrocities in Kashmir. He is a member of the People's Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi. He is also an editorial consultant of the Economic and Political Weekly.
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| 602 | Recent | Top Army officers to review JK killings, Ladakh row | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. Top commanders of the Indian Army will carry out an extensive review of the country's security challenges, including in eastern Ladakh as well as other sensitive areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, at a four-day conference beginning Monday, people familiar with the development said. The commanders will also deliberate on the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir in the backdrop of a spate of civilian killings in the Union Territory in the last few weeks, they added. The people cited above said Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and the top commanders will review the country's combat readiness in eastern Ladakh where Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a bitter standoff for 17 months, though the two sides have completed disengagement at a number of friction points.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 603 | Recent | Modi to focus on Afghanistan, climate change at G20 in Italy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to pitch for a united global approach in dealing with the situation in Afghanistan and combating challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic at the two-day G-20 Summit in Italy beginning October 30, people familiar with the development said on Sunday. The prime minister will be traveling to Rome and Glasgow from October 29 to November 2 to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders' Summit of COP-26 respectively, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. It said Modi will be participating in the 16th G-20 Summit in Rome from October 30-31 at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Italy has been holding the presidency of the G-20 since December last year. The G-20 is a leading global forum that brings together the world's major economies. Its members account for more than 80 percent of the global GDP, 75 percent of global trade, and 60 percent of the population of the planet.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India is the government agency responsible for maintaining the foreign relations of India. The Ministry of External Affairs is headed by the Minister of External Affairs, a Cabinet Minister.
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| 604 | Recent | India's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant begins second phase of sea trials | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant set sail on Sunday for the second sea trials, ahead of its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August next year. The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier, the largest and most complex warship to be built in India, successfully completed a five-day maiden sea voyage in August. Following the first sea trials, the Navy had said that the performance of key systems of the warship was found to be satisfactory. "Indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant sailed out on Sunday from Kochi for the second sea trials, The warship has been built at a cost of around Rs 23,000 crore and its construction propelled India into a select group of countries having capabilities to build state-of-the-art aircraft carriers. The warship will operate MiG-29K fighter jets, Kamov-31 helicopters, MH-60R multi-role helicopters.
The Mikoyan MiG-29K is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. The MiG-29K was developed in the late 1980s from the MiG-29M. Mikoyan describes it as a 4+ generation aircraft.
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| 605 | Recent | AAP, TMC 'marginal players' in Goa: P Chidambaram | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. The Aam Aadmi Party and the TMC will be "marginal players" in the Goa assembly polls and the Congress is best positioned to defeat the BJP and form the next government, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Sunday. Chidambaram, who is the Congress' senior election observer for the assembly polls next year, asserted that the Trinamool Congress' entry into Goa "appears to be an imposition from the top that is based in West Bengal" and said he does not know the Mamata Banerjee-led party's motive in trying to start a unit in Goa by "encouraging defections" from other parties. In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram said any alliance with smaller parties for the Goa assembly polls is only possible if a party accepts that the Congress will be the pivot of the non-BJP formation.
Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician and former attorney who currently serves as a Member of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He recently served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. Chidambaram has served as the Union Minister of Finance four times.
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| 606 | Recent | Polls after delimitation, statehood to follow: Amit Shah in Kashmir | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. In his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the repeal of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday met the kin of victims of terror killings and promised stern action against those who disrupt peace, while reiterating that elections would be held after the delimitation exercise which will be followed by restoration of statehood. Terrorism decreased, corruption and dynastic politics ended, and an era of peace, development, prosperity started on August 5, 2019, said Shah as he reached out to the youths in the Valley urging them to stand up to disruptive elements and become ambassadors of peace. Shah started his busy day with a visit to the residence of slain police officer Inspector Parvaiz Ahmad Dar and gave orders for a government job to his wife Fatima Akhtar. He also met the families of nine victims of recent terror attacks including Makhan Lal Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit and the owner of a popular medical store in Srinagar, and school principal Supinder Kour.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, or simply the Home Ministry, is a ministry of the Government of India. As an interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
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| 607 | Recent | Eyeing China, India-UK begin tri-services exercise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. India's military will, for the first time, be operating with a fifth-generation fighter -- the British royal navy's F-35B Lightning II -- as the army, the navy, and the air force participate in the India-United Kingdom joint Exercise Konkan Shakti in the Arabian Sea that began on October 21. The Chinese navy's growing aggression in the Western Pacific is bringing together a range of allies. from Sunday, October 24, till Wednesday, October 27, a British carrier strike group centered on the aircraft carrier Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth is participating in the tri-service Exercise Konkan Shakti on its way home after a long deployment in the South China Sea.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed-wing, rotary-wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I. The carrier Queen Elizabeth will carry her namesake ship's honors, as well as her Tudor rose-adorned crest and motto.
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| 608 | Recent | India-China Ladakh standoff: 20 ITBP troops given gallantry medals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/10/2021 | Oct 24, 2021. Twenty personnel of the India-China LAC guarding Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, who displayed bravery during the violent clashes and ongoing military standoff between the two countries in the eastern Ladakh region in May-June 2020, were on Sunday decorated with police gallantry medals. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai pinned the medals on the chests of the personnel and handed them certificates during the 60th Raising Day celebrations of the force here. These medals were announced on the eve of Independence Day on August 14 this year. The central paramilitary is deployed shoulder-to-shoulder with the Army as part of its primary mandate to guard the 3,488 km-long icy Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Nityanand Rai is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 609 | Recent | PhonePe files, then withdraws suit against BharatPe for using 'Pe' suffix in 'postpe' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. Amid ongoing dispute between payments companies PhonePe and BharatPe over the usage of the 'Pe' suffix, PhonePe recently moved Bombay High Court against BharatPe for using the suffix in 'PostPe. Bharat Pelaunched 'post pe' on October 6. However, PhonePe said it has withdrawn the suit to address certain observations made by the court, adding, "We will, accordingly, file a fresh suit."
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. PhonePe was founded in December 2015, by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari, and Burzin Engineer. The PhonePe app is available in over 11 Indian languages.
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| 610 | Recent | World's richest person Elon Musk says he'll become first Dogecoin trillionaire | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. World's richest person Elon Musk on Twitter said that he'll become the first Dogecoin trillionaire. Responding to a tweet which said, "Musk is predicted to become the world's first trillionaire, thanks to SpaceX", the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX wrote, "In Dogecoin". Earlier, Musk had revealed that he personally owned Bitcoin, Ether, and the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a "joke", making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time. Despite its satirical nature, some consider it a legitimate investment prospect.
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| 611 | Recent | 20-yr-old US student chokes to death during hot dog eating contest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. A 20-year-old student from Massachusetts' Tufts University choked to death during a charity hot dog eating competition. An athlete, Madie Nicpon, began choking during the competition held for a breast cancer fundraiser and soon after, fell unconscious. Approximately 3,000 people attended a candlelight vigil for Nicpon at the university's Bello Field, where her team played its home games.
Madie Nicpon is an athlete who played on the field of hockey and indoor tracks teams at Suffern High School. She was a sophomore at Tufts University, a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. Not only a good athlete, but Madie was also a brilliant student and a happy soul who always had a nostalgic smile on her face. Madie graduated her high school being listed in the Top 10% of her class. She was also a member of the National Honor Society.
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| 612 | Recent | Robinhood's crypto wallet waitlist has well over 1 mn people: CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. Online brokerage Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has revealed that the firm's recently announced crypto wallet now has more than one million customers on the waitlist. Last month, Robinhood had announced it was testing a crypto wallet feature. The wallet will allow investors to trade, send and receive digital currencies, as well as move them in and out of Robinhood's app.
Vladimir Tenev is a Bulgarian-American billionaire entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.
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| 613 | Recent | Alia and Masaba unfold a new experience with Galaxy Foldables: Samsung | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. Samsung released a new brand film featuring Alia Bhatt and Masaba Gupta. Inspired by the Samsung Global Goals app, Alia and Masaba unfolded a new experience to raise awareness about the importance of sustainability, says Samsung. You can stand a chance to win the sustainable dress designed by Alia by visiting the Samsung Global Goals app and sharing this video.
The Samsung Global Goals app offers a range of ways for users to support and give back to the Global Goals. Users can currently opt in to the 'Charge Screen ads' feature in the Donate tab of the app, which will show ads on the device's lock screen when it is plugged in to charge.
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| 614 | Recent | US envoy for N Korea visits S Korea amid tensions over missile tests | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. The US Special Representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, on Saturday arrived in South Korea amid tension over North Korea's recent missile tests and stalled denuclearisation talks. Kim's visit comes after talks with Japanese and South Korean counterparts in the US on Tuesday. Arriving in the country, Kim said he looks forward to having productive follow-up discussions with his counterpart.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent serving as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021, and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
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| 615 | Recent | Elon Musk's net worth crosses $250 billion as CVM,.3 Tesla shares hit record highs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. The World's richest person Elon Musk's net worth crossed $250 billion as shares of Tesla hit fresh all-time highs on Friday. The electric-car maker's stock closed at around $910 per share, taking its market value to more than $900 billion for the first time ever. Musk reportedly has a stake of more than 20% in Tesla.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
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| 616 | Recent | Reliance Retail net profit rises 74% to ₹1,695 crore in Q2 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, on Friday posted 74% growth in net profit in the July-September quarter to ₹1,695 crores as against the previous year's ₹973 crores. The company's revenue jumped 18% to ₹45,426 crores in the quarter as compared to ₹41,100 crores in the year-ago period. Both profit and revenue stood above pre-COVID-19 levels.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.
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| 617 | Recent | 3rd juror dismissed in fraud-accused Theranos Founder's trial in weeks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2021 | Oct 23, 2021. A third juror has been dismissed from fraud-accused Theranos' Founder Elizabeth Holmes' criminal trial, which started weeks ago in the US, and has been replaced with a female alternate. The trial is now reportedly going ahead with 12 jurors and two alternates, down from a total of 17 originally. The dismissed juror reportedly admitted to playing Sudoku during testimony.
Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American former businesswoman who was the founder and chief executive of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company.
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| 618 | Recent | Will probe 'ISI links' of Amarinder's friend: Punjab deputy CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has said a probe would be carried out to ascertain whether Aroosa Alam, a Pakistani journalist who has been visiting former chief minister Amarinder Singh for several years, has links with the Inter-Services Intelligence. Singh hit back at the Congress leader, saying Randhawa is now resorting to personal attacks. The deputy chief minister said it 'would be probed' whether Alam has any links with Pakistan's spy agency ISI, adding that he has asked the director-general of police (DGP) to look into it. Singh said Alam had been coming to India for 16 years with due clearances from the Centre. 'As far as who sponsored Aroosa's visa, of course, I did, for 16 years,' 'You were a minister in my cabinet @Sukhjinder_INC. Never heard you complain about Aroosa Alam.
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa is an Indian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. He is also a member of the Indian National Congress and Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly and represents Dera Baba Nanak.
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| 619 | Recent | In multiple raids across J-K, NIA arrests 8 from banned terror groups | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. Eight operatives of various proscribed terror organizations were arrested Friday during multiple searches spread across six districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terrorism conspiracy case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said. The searches were carried out at 10 locations in Srinagar, Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag, and Baramulla districts, which also led to the seizure of electronic devices and incriminating 'Jihadi' (holy war) documents and posters, The eight accused persons arrested are terror operatives of various proscribed terrorist organizations and have been instrumental in providing logistical and material support to terrorists.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 620 | Recent | Successful UPSC aspirants have no right over choosing cadre, home state: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday said that successful civil services aspirants have no right to be allocated a cadre of their choice or their home state, and also noted that before selection they opt to serve anywhere in the country "with eyes open" but later "scramble" for the home care. The historic judgement in the Mandal case was also cited by the apex court to observe that the candidate belonging to the SC/ST or OBC category if found suitable by the Union Public Services Commission(UPSC) for selection on merits under general category, "shall be appointed against unreserved vacancies". The observation of the top court came on an appeal of the Central government against a verdict of the Kerala High Court which had asked it to grant home cadre Kerala to A Shainamol, a Muslim woman IAS officer who was posted in Himachal Pradesh.
The Union Public Service Commission, commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruiting agency for central government public servants. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for Group A and Group B posts under the civil services cadre and defence services cadre of the union government.
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| 621 | Recent | Ananya Panday grilled by NCB for 4 hours; called back again on Monday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. Bollywood actor Ananya Panday appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau here for the second straight day on Friday and was questioned for nearly four hours in connection with her alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan, son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, arrested in a drugs case, NCB sources said. Ananya Panday has been again called by the NCB on Monday. Her actor-father Chunky Panday accompanied her to the NCB office as he had done on Thursday when she was questioned for the first time over chats linked to the case which relates to the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast early this month. The 22-year-old actor, a new entrant in Bollywood who made her debut in 2019, left the NCB office around 6.20 pm after questioning by the NCB, they said, without providing further details. NCB Deputy Director General Ashok Mutha Jain told media persons that Ananya Panday has been called again on Monday to take the ongoing process further.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is the Indian central law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 622 | Recent | SC tells Centre to grant permanent commission to 39 women officers in Army | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. In a relief to some Women Short Service Commission Officers (WSSCO) in the Army, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to issue orders granting Permanent Commission (PC) to 39 such officers in seven working days and furnish the details of 25 officers with reasons, who were not considered. The Centre informed the top court that after re-examining the case of each 72 women SSC officers, one officer has decided to quit, 39 officers can be considered for PC, seven have been found medically unfit and 25 officers cannot be granted PC as they have adverse ACR report of indiscipline and disobedience and poor operational report.
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff, who is a four-star general.
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| 623 | Recent | CISF says sorry to Sudhaa Chandran over removal of Jaipur foot at airport | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. The Central Industrial Security Force Friday apologized to noted dancer and actor Sudha Chandran after she said she felt disheartened and humiliated when she was recently asked to remove her artificial limb during the security check at an airport. "We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms. Sudhaa Chandran. As per protocol, prosthetics are to be removed for security checks only under exceptional circumstances. We will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms. Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics. "We assure Ms. Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitized again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to traveling passengers," tweeted the CISF, which is tasked to provide a counter-terrorist cover and frisk passengers and their luggage at 64 civil airports of the country.
The Central Industrial Security Force is a Central Armed Police Forces in India. It was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on 10 March 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of India by another Act of Parliament passed on 15 June 1983.
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| 624 | Recent | Key suspect behind attack on Hindus in Bangladesh arrested | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man, the key suspect who was arrested overnight in connection with a slew of violence against Hindus and mob attacks on temples in the country during Durga Puja festivities, would be interrogated by security agencies, police said on Friday. Iqbal Hossain was arrested from Cox's Bazar sea beach area on Thursday night after a massive hunt and is suspected to be the one who placed a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja venue in Cumilla, some 100 km southeast of Dhaka. Attacks on Hindu temples have been reported in Bangladesh since last Wednesday after an alleged blasphemous post surfaced on social media during the Durga Puja celebrations. On late Sunday night, a mob damaged 66 houses and set on fire at least 20 homes of Hindus in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, to the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many waterways. Its Padma (Ganges), Meghna, and Jamuna rivers create fertile plains, and travel by boat is common. On the southern coast, the Sundarbans, an enormous mangrove forest shared with Eastern India, is home to the royal Bengal tiger.
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| 625 | Recent | Mehbooba sues former J-K Guv for defamation over Roshni claim | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Friday sent a legal notice to former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik seeking Rs 10 crore compensation for his alleged "defamatory" remarks against her. The notice comes days after Malik, who is now the governor of Meghalaya, allegedly said Mehbooba Mufti was a beneficiary of the now-abandoned Roshni scheme which aimed to grant proprietary rights to occupants of state land for charges. "Although no amount of money can compensate my client for the loss of reputation and good name which has been caused by your aforesaid conduct, yet my client has decided to sue you for compensation," Mehbooba's counsel Anil Sethi wrote in the legal notice. The notice asked Malik to pay Rs 10 crore within 30 days as compensation or face legal proceedings. It said the compensation money will not be used by Mehbooba for any personal gains but for the public good.
Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, who served as the last Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir as a State, from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018.
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| 626 | Recent | JNU student Sharjeel Imam's bail plea rejected in 2019 Jamia rioting case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/10/2021 | Oct 22, 2021. A Delhi court on Friday denied bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case lodged against him for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech and inciting violence during the CAA-NRC protests in 2019, saying free speech cannot be exercised at the cost of communal peace and harmony. Imam on December 13, 2019, had allegedly delivered a provocative speech, which, according to the police, resulted in riots two days later when a mob consisting of over 3,000 people attacked police personnel and torched several vehicles in the Jamia Nagar area in south Delhi. Rejecting his bail plea, additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal, however, noted that the evidence in support of the allegations that the rioters got instigated by Imam's speech and thereafter indulged in the acts of rioting, mischief, attacking the police party, was scanty and sketchy.
The Citizenship Amendment Act protests, also known as CAA Protest or CAB Protest, occurred after the Citizenship Amendment Act was enacted by the Government of India on 12 December 2019.
The National Register of Citizens is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Its purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that the illegal immigrants can be identified and deported.
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| 627 | Recent | India very close to turning the COVID-19 pandemic tide: SII's Adar Poonawalla | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Covishield maker Serum Institute of India's (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said that India is now very close to turning the tide on the pandemic. At a global level, he said it'd take a year to reach a stage of normality. "My heartiest congratulations to PM Modi," he tweeted as India hit the milestone of administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses.
Adar Poonawalla (born 14 January 1981) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India. Founded in 1966 by his father, Cyrus Poonawalla, it is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by the number of doses produced.
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| 628 | Recent | Ola announces plans to hire 10,000 new people, looks to ramp up Ola Cars | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Ola on Thursday announced its plans to hire 10,000 new people across its sales and service centers. Ola is eyeing a $2 billion Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) for its vehicle commerce platform Ola Cars over the next 12 months. Ola's newly-formed Ola Cars vertical allows consumers to purchase new as well as pre-owned vehicles through the Ola app.
Gross Merchandise Volume is a term used in online retailing to indicate a total sales monetary value for merchandise sold through a particular marketplace over a certain time frame. GMV includes any fees or other deductions which a seller might calculate separately.
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| 629 | Recent | Cabinet approves ₹100 lakh crore PM GatiShakti National Master Plan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the implementation of the ₹100 lakh crore PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) for multi-modal connectivity to economic zones. PM Narendra Modi had launched the plan on October 13. PM GatiShakti NMP, which will be monitored in a three-tier system, will bring in more holistic and integrated planning and execution of projects, the government said.
GatiShakti will bring synergy to create a world-class, seamless multi-modal transport network in India. The National Master Plan will employ modern technology and the latest IT tools for coordinated planning of infrastructure.
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| 630 | Recent | Havells India shares fall 9% after September quarter results | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Shares of Havells India fell by 9% to ₹1,276.75 during intraday trade on the NSE after the company announced its July-September quarter results. The firm reported a 7.34% decline in its consolidated net profit at ₹302.39 crores for the September quarter, as compared to ₹326.36 crores in the year-ago period. Its total expenses rose 35.6% to ₹2,866.54 crores in Q2.
Havells India Limited is an Indian electrical equipment company based in Noida. In business since 1958, the company has products ranging from home and kitchen appliances, lighting for domestic, commercial.
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| 631 | Recent | B'desh beat PNG to record their biggest T20I win, qualify for T20 WC Super 12 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Bangladesh defeated PNG by 84 runs in their final T20 World Cup 2021 Round 1 Group B match to qualify for the Super 12 stage. It is Bangladesh's biggest-ever victory in T20I cricket. Bangladesh had registered their previous biggest victory on July 18, 2012, when they defeated Ireland by 71 runs. PNG has been knocked out of the tournament.
Portable Network Graphics is a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was developed as an improved, non-patented replacement for Graphics Interchange Format. PNG supports palette-based images, grayscale images, and full-color non-palette-based RGB or RGBA images.
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| 632 | Recent | Team India's top-three for T20 WC best in the world: Aakash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Team India's top-three batters for the T20 World Cup are the best in the world. "Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli - all three have made over 1500 runs [since 2016 T20 World Cup] this means that our team is absolutely robust. They are the best in the world," he stated.
Aakash Chopra is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team from late 2003 to late 2004.
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| 633 | Recent | Shapewear firm Spanx, founded with $5,000, now valued at $1.2 bn in Blackstone deal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Blackstone has agreed to buy a majority stake in Spanx, valuing the shapewear maker at $1.2 billion. Sara Blakely had founded the US-based company with $5,000 of her personal savings in 2000 and has bootstrapped it for 21 years. "This is a really important moment in time for female entrepreneurs," 50-year-old Blakely, who became a billionaire once again, said.
Sara Treleaven Blakely is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the founder of Spanx, an American intimate apparel company with pants and leggings, founded in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2012, Blakely was named in Time magazine's "Time 100" annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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| 634 | Recent | Tesla to use iron-based batteries in its standard-range vehicles | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Tesla has said it will use cheaper lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in its standard-range vehicles across global markets. The firm has been using LFP batteries in China supplied by Contemporary Amperex Technology. Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn confirmed during an investor call on Wednesday that the company has seen pricing impacts to nickel and aluminum.
Zach Kirkhorn is a financial executive working in the automotive manufacturing industry. Since 2019, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tesla, Inc. In March 2021 he was given the title 'Master of Coin' within Tesla, a reference to the Game of Thrones title for a chief financial officer.
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| 635 | Recent | What was KBC 13's ₹7-cr question that wasn't answered by Sahil Ahirwar? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Madhya Pradesh's 19-year-old Sahil Ahirwar, the second contestant to win ₹1 crore on KBC 13, was asked, "Which is the only bird with a digestive system that ferments vegetation as a bovine does, which enables it to eat leaves and buds exclusively?" to win ₹7 crores. He decided to quit as he didn't know the answer. The correct answer is Hoatzin.
Sahil Aditya Ahirwar from Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh is passionate about fulfilling his dreams with his hard work and dedication. 19-year-old Sahil Aditya Ahirwar, who aspired to become an IAS officer someday, became the second crorepati of Sony Entertainment’s game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 13’ (KBC 13), breaking the record.
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| 636 | Recent | Singer Parmish Verma gets married to Canadian politician Geet Grewal, shares pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/10/2021 | Oct 21, 2021. Punjabi singer Parmish Verma got married to Geet Grewal, who is a Canadian politician. Sharing pictures from their wedding ceremony, the singer wrote, "From this Moment on- P&G." Parmish had gifted Geet a Bentley on the occasion of their engagement. He is known for singing songs including 'Gaal Ni Kadni' and 'Chal Oye'.
Parmish Verma, is an Indian singer, director, and actor associated with the Punjabi Music and Punjabi Film Industry. He started his career as a video director then singer, and later debuted as an actor with the film Rocky Mental.
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| 637 | Recent | Aryan Khan's bail plea to be heard today | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. The special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court will hear the bail plea of Aryan Khan, who is currently lodged in Arthur Road jail following his alleged involvement in illegal drugs, on Wednesday. The matter will be presented before Additional Session Judge V V Patil of special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court in Mumbai. The case will be heard in courtroom number 44, Mumbai city civil and sessions court. An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2. A total of 20 people, including two Nigerian nationals, have been arrested so far in the case related to the seizure of drugs following a raid at a party on the Cordelia cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, commonly referred to as the NDPS Act, is an Act of the Parliament of India that prohibits a person the production/manufacturing/cultivation, possession, sale, purchasing, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
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| 638 | Recent | Defeat Pakistan's Strategy To Destabilise J&K | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. Terrorism undermines the State and its democratic institutions. The killing of 11 civilians mostly non-Kashmiris and non-Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir has discredited the state administration for failure to protect unarmed civilians, empowered political extremes, distorted public debate, and will ultimately polarise society. Violence especially against non-Kashmiris by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists has not been condemned by Valley-based political parties. Whereas, political leaders should emphasize societal resilience in order to decrease the psychological impact of terrorism. Strengthening the intelligence grid and deploying plainclothes security forces in labor camps could be an answer to thwart targeting killings. A diplomatic blitzkrieg to highlight the killing of innocent non-Kashmiris by Pakistan-based terror organizations must be spread across the globe.
Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1954 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since the mid-20th century.
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| 639 | Recent | Uttarakhand rain fury leaves 52 people dead, 5 missing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. Landslides blocked roads, many villages went without electricity and the death toll climbed to 52 as authorities on Wednesday faced the aftermath of the rains that had battered Uttarakhand for over two days. Six more bodies were pulled out from the rubble of collapsed houses. Five people are still missing and 17 injured, according to official data. The weather cleared on Wednesday morning after the incessant rains since Sunday night that had triggered floods that washed away bridges and landslides which blocked access to towns like Nainital for hours. Most of the deaths were due to house collapses an official statement said 46 of them suffered damage. Twenty-eight of the deaths were in the Nainital district alone. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said it has rescued hundreds from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand. The federal force has deployed 17 rescue teams in the state.
Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu pilgrimage sites. Rishikesh, a major centre for yoga study, was made famous by the Beatles’ 1968 visit. The city hosts the evening Ganga Aarti, a spiritual gathering on the sacred Ganges River. The state's forested Jim Corbett National Park shelters Bengal tigers and other native wildlife.
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| 640 | Recent | Former Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh not traceable, Maha govt tells HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. The whereabouts of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh were not known, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay high court. As the IPS officer was not traceable, it did not wish to continue its assurance that no coercive action (such as arrest) would be taken against him in an Atrocities Act case, the government said. "In this case, he was summoned twice, and both the times he responded," Jethmalani said. The high court was hearing a petition filed by the senior IPS officer seeking to quash the FIR lodged against him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and relevant IPC sections on a complaint filed by police inspector Bhimrao Ghadge.
Wing Commander Paramvir Singh (born 28 July 1975) is an Indian Air Force officer and Adventure Sports, athlete. He is an open-water endurance swimmer with multiple records to his credit, having led expeditions to the English Channel, unexplored channels in the Arabian Sea, one of which broke a world record, and the historic first-ever swim down the entire stretch of the River Ganga, as well as an Ultra Triathlon and Duathlon athlete.
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| 641 | Recent | Army inducts upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns along China border | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. In a major boost to its firepower, the Indian Army has deployed a sizeable number of upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns in the high mountains along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to its existing M-777 howitzers and Swedish Bofors guns. The deployment of the anti-aircraft guns having a range of 3.5 km in the treacherous region is part of a series of measures that the Army has taken to bolster its operational preparedness along the over 1,300-km LAC in the eastern sector in the face of the 17-month standoff in eastern Ladakh. The Army has already positioned a significant number of M-777 howitzer guns that were first received three years ago. Military officials said the upgraded L70 guns were deployed around two to three months ago in several key locations in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to other sensitive positions along the entire LAC and that their inductions have significantly enhanced the Army's overall firepower.
The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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| 642 | Recent | Punjab cops, BSF recover huge arms cache, 1 kg heroin from Indo-Pak border | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/10/2021 | Oct 20, 2021. The Punjab Police and the BSF have recovered a huge cache of weapons near the India-Pakistan border in the Khemkaran area of Tarn Taran district. In a joint operation, the Counter Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered 22 pistols, 44 magazines, and 100 rounds of ammunition. Officiating Director General of Police (DGP) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota said police received secret information that a huge consignment of arms and heroin had been concealed, following which the Counter Intelligence wing in Amritsar was sent to the spot, and a search operation was planned with the BSF authorities.
The Border Security Force is India's border guarding organization on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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| 643 | Recent | Disney delays sequels of Doctor Strange, Black Panther & Thor: Ragnarok | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Disney has pushed the release of sequels to 'Black Panther', 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'Doctor Strange' by several months. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which was scheduled to release on July 8, 2022, will now hit the screens on November 11. 'Thor: Love and Thunder' and 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' will release on July 8 and May 6, respectively.
The Walt Disney Company, commonly just Disney, is an American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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| 644 | Recent | These days, everyone is a star on OTT: Rasika Dugal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Actress Rasika Dugal in an interview has said that these days, everyone is a star on OTT, adding that the idea that only a few people are getting work has been destroyed. The actress further said that she doesn't know who her competitors are since she has done different sorts of roles and also portrayed different ages.
Rasika Dugal, is an Indian actress. She is best known for her roles in several Indian movies, television shows, and web series. She made her screen debut with a small role, in the film Anwar.
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| 645 | Recent | If you're a nobody, who has time to throw stones at you: Akhtar on targeting of B'wood | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has said the Hindi film industry is under the scanner because of its "high profile" nature and it is the "price" it has to pay. His remark comes amid Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan's arrest in a drugs case. "If you're a nobody, then who has the time to throw stones at you?" added Akhtar.
Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter, and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honors.
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| 646 | Recent | Global chip shortage will run well into 2022: Volkswagen Executive | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Volkswagen Group of America CEO Scott Keogh has said the global semiconductor chip shortage will run well into next year. One likely shift in the near future is that automakers will try to reduce the number of chips needed in each part of cars and trucks, he added. The issue may ease in the fourth quarter of this year, Keogh said.
Scott Keogh is a chief executive officer and president of Volkswagen Group of America and head of the Volkswagen brand in North America. He assumed the position in November 2018 and oversees all Volkswagen brand activities in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, including factories in Tennessee and Mexico.
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| 647 | Recent | Flying car startup HT Aero raises $500 mn; to roll out model in 2024 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. HT Aero, a flying car startup backed by Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng, said on Tuesday that it has raised $500 million in its latest funding round. The startup's next flying car model will be designed for both low-altitude air travel and road driving, its Founder Deli Zhao said. HT Aero is planning to officially roll out the model in 2024.
HT AeroTech is an aviation engineering servicing company that provides aircraft engineering solutions and fleet management services.
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| 648 | Recent | Samsung SDI, Stellantis to produce EV batteries for N America: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Samsung SDI and global automaker Stellantis have agreed to jointly produce electric vehicle batteries for the North American market, media reports said. The location of the battery joint venture is under review and will be announced later. Earlier this month, Stellantis struck a preliminary deal with LG Energy Solution to produce battery cells and modules for North America.
Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50-50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the French PSA Group. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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| 649 | Recent | Xiaomi to mass produce its own cars by 2024 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced at an investor event that the Chinese smartphone maker will mass-produce its own cars in the first half of 2024, according to a spokesperson. The company's shares jumped over 5% after the news. Earlier, Xiaomi registered its electric vehicle business and said that it will invest $10 billion over the next 10 years.
Lei Jun is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur who founded Xiaomi, one of the largest smartphone and consumer electronics companies in the world that in June 2018 raised US$4.72 billion after its listing at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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| 650 | Recent | We will make life very difficult for you: Malaysia to those not getting vaccinated | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Malaysia's Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has said, "Sorry to say, we will make life very difficult for you if you're not vaccinated (against COVID-19) by choice." Stating that the government has explained and will continue to stress the effectiveness of vaccines, Jamaluddin further said, "I am sorry that I have to be firm on this issue."
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, commonly known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Health in the Barisan Nasional administration under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob since August 2021 and Member of Parliament for Rembau since March 2008.
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| 651 | Recent | 84-yr-old former female pilot with Parkinson's flies plane in US; video goes viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. A video showing an 84-year-old former female pilot with Parkinson's disease flying a plane in the US has gone viral. Her son said that she had been struggling with daily tasks and hence the family decided to help her curate a bucket list and accomplish it. Reacting to the video, a social media user wrote, "She looked so confident."
A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often including tremors. Nerve cell damage in the brain causes dopamine levels to drop, leading to the symptoms of Parkinson's. Parkinson's often starts with a tremor in one hand. Other symptoms are slow movement, stiffness, and loss of balance. Medication can help control the symptoms of Parkinson's.
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| 652 | Recent | 7ft-tall statue of Harambe installed in front of Wall Street's bull covered with bananas | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. A statue of Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla whose death led to a worldwide outcry, has been installed in front of the charging bull statue of Wall Street in New York. Pictures show the charging bull statue covered in 10,000 bananas. The statue was installed to highlight the wealth gap, according to reports.
Harambe was a humble, caring, and beautiful gorilla who worked in the Gorilla World attraction at Cincinnati Zoo. This fantastically funny, erotic, and touching narrative aims to immortalize the King of the Gorillas Harambe.
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| 653 | Recent | Don't mix sports with politics, India-Pak T20 WC match should go on: Prakash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2021 | Oct 19, 2021. Former badminton player Prakash Padukone said that sports and politics should not be mixed together and added the upcoming India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match should proceed as planned. Earlier, several politicians urged BCCI and the government to reconsider India's match against Pakistan over targeted killings of civilians by militants in Jammu and Kashmir. The match will be played on Sunday.
Prakash Padukone is a former Indian badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India.
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| 654 | Recent | For first time in 30 years, women frisked at Srinagar's Lal Chowk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. Women were frisked by female Central Reserve Police Force constables in Srinagar's Lal Chowk area, a first-of-its-kind exercise in the last 30 years, in the wake of civilian killings in Kashmir. The CRPF women checked the bags of female folk passing through the city center Lal Chowk. While there was no resistance, some women expressed resentment, saying the exercise could have been done away from the public glare. "Women carry many things which they keep private. The CRPF women should have erected a makeshift cubicle so that privacy was maintained," Fareeda, a woman from Soura, said. She said she had no issues with the frisking but the manner in which it was done. The frisking of women folk has not been done before in Kashmir and is being undertaken following a spate of civilian killings in which non-local laborers have been targeted over the last few days.
Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts, and houseboats.
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| 655 | Recent | 'Can't cut corners' in approving Covaxin: WHO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. The World Health Organisation on Monday said it was expecting additional information from India's Bharat Biotech regarding its COVID-19 jab Covaxin, asserting that it "cannot cut corners" before recommending a vaccine for emergency use. The global health agency also emphasized that it must evaluate a vaccine thoroughly to make sure it is "safe and effective". In a series of tweets, the WHO said, "we are aware that many people are waiting for WHO's a recommendation for Covaxin to be included in the #COVID-19 Emergency Use Listing, but we cannot cut corners - before recommending a product for emergency use, we must evaluate it thoroughly to make sure it is safe and effective."
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health."
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| 656 | Recent | Amid LAC row, India's mega infra push in Arunachal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. India is giving a major push to boosting connectivity and use of high-tech surveillance along the nearly 1,350-km Line of Actual Control in the Arunachal Pradesh sector to ensure quick mobilization of troops and heavy weaponry to deal with any eventuality in the face of the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh. As part of the mega plan, around 20 bridges, a number of tunnels, airbases, and several key roads are being developed in strategically key areas in Arunachal Pradesh to bolster the overall military preparedness. Major General Zubin A Minwalla, General-Officer-Commanding of the 5 Mountain Division, said the focus has been to further strengthen road infrastructure as well as the use of high-tech surveillance equipment to create more battlefield transparency.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 657 | Recent | Nitin Agarwal, SP rebel backed by Yogi, elected dy speaker of UP assembly | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. Bharatiya Janata Party-backed Samajwadi Party rebel Nitin Agarwal was on Monday elected deputy speaker in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, defeating his party's official candidate Narendra Verma by 244 votes. Agarwal got 304 votes compared to Verma's 60 in the polling held through ballot papers at a special one-day assembly session in Lucknow. Four ballot papers were declared invalid. The Bahujan Samaj Party, which has 16 MLAs, and the Congress with its seven boycotted the election. Carrying placards, Congress workers protested in front of the assembly building and accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to divert attention from the problems faced by the state.
Nitin Agrawal is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly in India. He represents the Hardoi constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is an elected member of the Samajwadi Party.
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| 658 | Recent | Mob torches 20 homes of Hindus, damages 66 in Bangladesh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. A mob has damaged 66 houses and set on fire at least 20 homes of Hindus in Bangladesh over an alleged blasphemous social media post amidst protests by the minority community against temple vandalism incidents during the Durga Puja celebrations last week, authorities said on Monday. The arson attack happened late on Sunday on a village in Rangpur district's Pirgonj Upazila, about 255 km from Dhaka, the bdnews24.com reported. The police rushed to a fishermen's neighborhood as tension mounted over a rumor that a young Hindu man of the village had ‘dishonored religion' in a Facebook post, assistant police superintendent Mohammad Kamruzzaman told reporters. "The incident took place after 10 pm yesterday (Sunday) but fire fighters doused the blaze within a short period (and) the situation is now under full control."
Bangladesh, to the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many waterways. Its Padma (Ganges), Meghna, and Jamuna rivers create fertile plains, and travel by boat is common. On the southern coast, the Sundarbans, an enormous mangrove forest shared with Eastern India, is home to the royal Bengal tiger.
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| 659 | Recent | Grief, fear grip Bihar village after street vendor's killing in J-K | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. A mix of grief and terror has engulfed the nondescript village of Lakhpura Parghari in central Bihar which has lost one of its residents, a 30-year-old street vendor, to militants' bullets in Jammu and Kashmir. The wails of Sunaina Devi pierced the shocked silence that suffused the Monday morning air at the village in Banka district, nearly 300 km from state capital Patna, as the bullet-riddled body of her son Arvind Kumar Sah arrived, two days after he was gunned down near Srinagar. Sunaina Devi had been making plans for getting Arvind, the youngest of her five sons, married. She had called him up on a fateful day a few hours before he was killed.
Bihar is a state in East India, bordering Nepal. It is divided by the River Ganges, which floods its fertile plains. Important Buddhist pilgrimage sites include the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya's Mahabodhi Temple, under which the Buddha allegedly meditated. In the state capital Patna, the Mahavir Mandir temple is revered by Hindus, while Sikhs worship at the domed, riverside Gurdwara of Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji.
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| 660 | Recent | Farmers' 'rail roko' today to seek MoS Mishra's resignation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/10/2021 | Oct 18, 2021. The Saiyuki Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday said 'Rail Roko' protests will be held across the country on October 18 to demand the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. In a statement, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the farmers' agitation against the Centre's three agri laws, said 'protests will only be intensified until justice is secured' in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. The SKM said during the 'rail roko' protest, all train traffic will be stopped for six hours from 10 am till 4 pm on Monday. 'To press for its demand for MoS Home Ajay Mishra's dismissal and arrest, so that justice can be secured in the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre, Samyukt Kisan Morcha has announced a nation-wide Rail Roko program tomorrow (Monday).
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, formed in November 2020, is a coalition of over forty Indian farmers' unions to coordinate satyagraha against the three farm acts initiated in September of the same year.
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| 661 | Recent | 21 dead after Kerala rain triggers floods, landslides | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. The toll from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of two central Kerala districts rose to 21 as rescue workers recovered more bodies from the rubbles on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and discussed the situation. "Spoke to Kerala CM Shri @vijayanpinarayi and discussed the situation in the wake of heavy rains and landslides in Kerala. Authorities are working on the ground to assist the injured and affected," Modi tweeted. "I pray for everyone's safety and well-being," he said. "It is saddening that some people have lost their lives due to heavy rains and landslides in Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families," Modi said in another tweet.
Pinarayi Vijayan, IPA, is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India, he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI.
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| 662 | Recent | JK police to shift non-local labourers to security camps | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. Faced with the killings of two more non-locals, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have asked all its district chiefs in the valley to gather non-resident laborers and bring them to the nearest security camps "immediately. The move comes after terrorists gunned down two laborers and critically wounded another one in Kulgam in South Kashmir on Sunday evening. In a message flashed to all district police, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said, "All non-local laborers in your respective jurisdiction should be brought to the nearest police or central paramilitary force or army establishment just now."
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.
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| 663 | Recent | 'Punjab's last resurrection chance': Sidhu writes to Sonia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has sought a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi, flagging in his letter issues which the government "must deliver upon" and saying it is the poll-bound state's "last chance for resurrection and redemption". In the letter to the Congress president on October 15, a day after he had meetings with senior party leaders in Delhi, Sidhu pitched for a "Punjab Model with a 13-Point Agenda to be part of the Congress manifesto for the 2022 Assembly Elections". Days after resigning as Punjab Congress chief, Sidhu had on October 15 said his concerns have been resolved and the party asserted that he will continue as the head of the state unit. The resolution came after the cricketer-turned-politician met Rahul Gandhi and raised his concerns.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality, and retired international cricketer. He is President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the local state government of the State of Punjab.
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| 664 | Recent | Sasikala eyes comeback as AIADMK's jubilee fete begins | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. The year-long (2021-22) golden jubilee celebrations of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's founding began on Sunday, and it was marked by a renewed and an open attempt by V K Sasikala, a confidante of late party supremo J Jayalalithaa, to get back control of the party by harping on 'unity' mantra. Sasikala's strong pitch for joining forces for the sake of the 'party and people' was, however, rejected by the AIADMK, which reiterated that there is no place for her in the party. She unfurled the AIADMK flag at the T Nagar memorial of party founder and late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran in Chennai and a plaque unveiled on the occasion addressed her as party 'general secretary,' which was strongly opposed by the main opposition party.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party that has a major influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is currently the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and part of the National Democratic Alliance.
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| 665 | Recent | Kashmiri youth 'rescued' from IS dragnet ends in jail | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. After being rescued from the clutches of banned Islamic State terror groups from Turkey in 2017, Afshan Parvez has been found to be a sleeper cell of a terror module in Jammu and Kashmir that is promoting the armed crusade against the sovereignty of the country. Parvez, a resident of the downtown area in Khanyar, was 21 when he was rescued from Ankara after his parents claimed he had been misguided by some people to join the terror ranks. And, showing a humane face, a young officer from the J&K police tied all the loose ends and brought him back to India. But after remaining dormant for some time after his return from Ankara, Parvez, now 25, was again seen active but in a different way as he was using the mobile phones of unsuspecting people to carry forward his agenda at the behest of the banned terror group.
Jammu and Kashmir was a state of India from 1954 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since the mid-20th century.
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| 666 | Recent | Geelani's grandson sacked from govt service for 'aiding terror activities' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. The grandson of pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani and a teacher from Doda were two fresh Jammu and Kashmir government employees who were dismissed from service for allegedly aiding terrorist activities in the Union territory. With the sacking of the grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, and the teacher, Farooq Ahmed Butt, the total number of employees dismissed in the last six months has gone up to 27. Prominent among those dismissed earlier from service were two sons of Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and tainted Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Singh who was caught with a most-wanted terrorist and two others. They were sacked when the Lieutenant Governor was satisfied after considering the facts and circumstances of the cases and on basis of the information available that the activities of these employees were such as to warrant their dismissal from service under the provision of Article 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population exceeding 225.2 million, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometers.
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| 667 | Recent | MP: Speeding car rams into Durga procession, 4 injured | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2021 | Oct 17, 2021. A speeding car rammed into a Durga idol immersion procession in the Madhya Pradesh capital, leaving four persons, including a head constable, injured. The incident occurred on the road outside the Bhopal railway station on late Saturday night when the procession was moving forward, Bajaria police station in-charge Umesh Yadav told PTI. Three persons were injured and one of them sustained serious injuries and undergoing treatment at a hospital. Meanwhile, a video of the incident shows a car is being reversed speedily while the people are seen trying to save themselves by moving away from the path of the vehicle. One of the injured persons, Chaturanan Sahu (26), said a grey car crashed into the procession of the Chandigarh Durga Utsav when it reached near Gupta tea stall outside the Bhopal railway station.
Madhya Pradesh, a large state in central India, retains landmarks from eras throughout Indian history. Begun in the 10th century, it's Hindu and Jain temples at Khajuraho are renowned for their carvings of erotic scenes, most prominently Kandariya Mahadeva, a temple with more than 800 sculptures. The eastern Bandhavgarh and Kanha national parks, noted Bengal tiger sanctuaries, offer guided safaris.
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| 668 | Recent | 6 dead, over a dozen missing as rains lash Kerala | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. At least six people died and over a dozen were missing on Saturday as heavy rains pounded south and central Kerala causing flash floods and landslides in many parts, prompting the state government to seek the assistance of the defense forces for rescue operations. Government authorities have advised people against visiting tourist places and going near rivers and other water bodies in view of heavy rains in Thiruvananthapuram. Destruction of roads was reported in many places including in Kollam and Kottayam districts while severe waterlogging made life miserable in the Kuttanad region, popularly known as the 'rice bowl' of the state spread in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts. A red alert has also been issued for the Chulliyar dam in Palakkad and Peechi dam in Thrissur, which are under the irrigation department. Revenue Minister K Rajan said necessary precautions have been taken.
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee, and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys, and tigers.
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| 669 | Recent | LeT commander among two terrorists killed in encounter in J-K's Pulwama | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. Two terrorists, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday. Khandey was allegedly involved in the killing of two policemen here earlier this year. "LeT #terrorist Umar Mushtaq Khandey who martyred our 2 colleagues SgCT Mohammad Yousuf and Ct Suhail Ah-in Baghat Srinagar while they were having tea, # neutralized in Drangbal, #Pampore. Amongst various other crimes of the terrorists, this stands out as most unforgivable," Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said in a tweet. We are committed to #hunt down these #terrorists who try to create fear among the masses and spread mischief & tumult in the valley. Such elements and their name should be excised from society.
Commander is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries, this naval rank is termed, frigate captain.
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| 670 | Recent | J-K ultras kill vendor from Bihar, carpenter from UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. Two non-locals were shot dead by militants in the Srinagar and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Arvind Kumar Sah (30), a resident of the Banka area in Bihar, was shot at by the ultras outside a park at Eidgah in Srinagar in the evening, In another incident, militants fired at and critically injured Saghir Ahmad, a carpenter hailing from Uttar Pradesh, in Pulwama district. The killings come on a day when police claimed to have gunned down three militants in a span of 24 hours who were involved in last week's killings of members of minority communities.
Pulwama is a city and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately 25 kilometers south of the summer capital of Srinagar.
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| 671 | Recent | 'BJP is Beatable in Gujarat' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. Rajasthan's Health minister Raghu Sharma was a surprising choice by the All India Congress Committee to supervise Congress matters in Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu. His appointment came just before the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha by-election on October 30. Dadra and Nagar Haveli has a very large Marathi-speaking population and the seat fell vacant because of the death through the suicide of Independent MP Mohan Delkar. "After reaching Ahmedabad and talking to the senior party leaders," says Sharma, "I feel the people of Gujarat are fed up with the BJP that has been ruling the state for 26 years." "The people want a change and this change would be for better in a state which is one of the strongest states economically. I have come to Gujarat with the sole aim of dethroning the BJP and install a Congress government in the state." "I feel all the party cadre should work hard to oust the BJP and all I can say now is the BJP is beatable."
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with a coastline of 1,600 km – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population of 60.4 million. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population.
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| 672 | Recent | Sonia to G23 at CWC meet: I am full-time, hand-on Congress president | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. Days after some sections within the Congress questioned the absence of an elected party chief, Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asserted that she is a full-time, hands-on party president and leaders need not speak to her through the media. Her remarks came days after Kapil Sibal, one of the leaders of the group of 23 who had written to Sonia Gandhi for organizational overhaul last year, demanded that an immediate meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) be convened and wondered who in the party was taking decisions in the absence of a full-time president. Without naming anyone, Gandhi, in a message to the G23, said at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting that while every member wants the party's revival, it can happen only with unity, self-control, discipline, and by keeping the party's interests paramount.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a big tent political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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| 673 | Recent | Amid China tension, IAF chief visits forward areas in Eastern Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. Amid tensions over build-up by the Chinese across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and reluctance to resolve remaining issues between the two countries, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari is visiting forward areas in Ladakh to review the operational preparedness of troops deployed there. The IAF chief had himself flown sorties in the MiG-29 fighter jets over the Eastern Ladakh sector when he was the Western Air Command chief. He was the Western Air Command (WAC) chief for a major part of the ongoing standoff with the People's Liberation Army going on since the April-May timeframe last year.
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
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| 674 | Recent | Rahul says would consider leaders' request to become party chief in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/10/2021 | Oct 16, 2021. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Saturday decided that elections for the new Congress president would be held between August 21 and September 20 next year with a majority of party leaders urging Rahul Gandhi to assume the top post, a request he said he would consider. Addressing the all-important meeting, Sonia Gandhi asserted that she is a "full-time, hands-on Congress president" and asked party leaders to speak directly to her instead of speaking through the media, in a clear message to those criticizing the leadership publicly. This comes days after some sections within the Congress, especially the G23 leaders, questioned the absence of the elected party chief and also the decision-making process in the party.
The Congress Working Committee is the executive committee of the Indian National Congress. It was formed in December 1920 at the Nagpur session of INC which was headed by C. Vijayaraghavachariar. It typically consists of fifteen members elected from the All India Congress Committee. It is headed by the Working President.
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| 675 | Recent | SKM smells conspiracy behind lynching at Singhu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Friday condemned the lynching of a man at a farmers' protest venue at Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border and claimed that there could be a conspiracy behind the incident. The umbrella body of 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers' agitation against the Centre's three agri laws also demanded a thorough probe into the matter and said those responsible should be brought to book. The body alleged that a religious color is being given to their movement. A man was lynched, his hand chopped off and the body tied to a metal barricade at a farmers' protest venue at Kundli, a gruesome incident being blamed on a group of Nihangs.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, formed in November 2020, is a coalition of over forty Indian farmers' unions to coordinate satyagraha against the three farm acts initiated in September of the same year.
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| 676 | Recent | Govt rejects global hunger ranking after India fares poorly | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. The Centre on Friday said it was shocking that India's rank was lowered on the Global Hunger Index and is termed the methodology used for rankings 'unscientific'. India slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th. It is now behind its neighbors Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The GHI report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organization Welt Hungerhilfe, termed the level of hunger in the country 'alarming'. Reacting sharply to the Global Hunger Report 2021, the Women and Child Development Ministry said it is 'shocking' to find that it has lowered the rank of India on the basis of FAO estimate on a proportion of the undernourished population which is found to be 'devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread". It was founded in October 1945.
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| 677 | Recent | Terrorist involved in civilian killings gunned down in Pulwama | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. A terrorist involved in the recent civilian killings in Srinagar was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, Security forces received information about the presence of terrorists in the Wahibug area of Pulwama, following which a cordon and search operation there, Police said the search operation turned into an encounter in which one militant was killed. 'One #terrorist of #Srinagar City involved in the recent civilian killing, neutralized in #Pulwama #encounter,' Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar tweeted. The gunned-down ultra was identified as Shahid Bashir Sheikh, a resident of Srinagar.
Pulwama is a city and notified area council, District Headquater of the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately 25 kilometres south of the summer capital of Srinagar.
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| 678 | Recent | Cong slams Mandaviya for visiting Manmohan Singh with photographer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. The Congress on Friday slammed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for allegedly getting a photographer while visiting former prime minister Manmohan Singh at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, saying that for the Bharatiya Janata Party people everything is about a 'photo op'. The party also demanded that the health minister apologize. The Congress' attack came after former prime minister Manmohan Singh's daughter, Daman Singh, accused the minister of getting a photographer against the wishes of the family. Daman Singh told The Print that her mother was very upset because a photographer had entered the room along with the minister.
Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemical and Fertilizers of India. He is also a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
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| 679 | Recent | 2 army personnel killed in encounter in Poonch | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. Two army personnel were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, The operation is still going on in a forested area in the district's Mendhar sub-division. 'In an ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the general area of Nar Kha's forest in Mendhar sub-division there was an exchange of fire between army troops and terrorists during the evening hours of Thursday,' a defense public relation officer (PRO) said. During the exchange of fire, two army personnel were critically injured and they later succumbed to their injuries, he said, adding that the operation is still going on.
The public relations officer or chief communications officer or corporate communications officer is the head of communications, public relations, and/or public affairs in an organization. Typically, the CCO of a corporation reports to the chief executive officer. The CCO may hold an academic degree in communications.
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| 680 | Recent | China releases 'Galwan video', Cong questions PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. The Congress on Friday questioned the silence of the government on the veracity of a video which purportedly shows injured Indian soldiers in captivity of the Chinese and said if it is genuine, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi must ensure that China is held globally accountable for indulging in war crimes. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said what is very disturbing to every single Indian is the video of Galwan that was released by the Chinese which shows 'our braveheart soldiers injured and in captivity of the Chinese'. "The silence by our government on the veracity of this video is mind-boggling. If this video is genuine, then by all standards, this would fall within the category of war crimes for which China is definitely liable for prosecution under the International Criminal Court," he asserted.
The Galwan River flows from the disputed Aksai Chin region administered by China to the Ladakh region of India. It originates near the caravan campsite Samzungling on the eastern side of the Karakoram range and flows west to join the Shyok River. The point of confluence is 102 km south of Daulat Beg Oldi.
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| 681 | Recent | 32 killed in blast at Shiite mosque in Kandahar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. A powerful explosion rattled a Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, killing 32 people. Over 53 people have suffered injuries in the blast, Sputnik reported citing a source. The explosion hit the Imam Barga mosque during the Friday prayers. No terror group has so far taken the responsibility for the explosion. In recent weeks, the Islamic State (IS) has carried out a number of attacks targeting religious places. This is the second bomb attack against a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan over the past week. In the first attack, which happened in northern Kunduz city last Friday and was claimed by the IS terror group, more than 50 lives of worshippers were lost and scores of others were injured.
Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of 1,010 m. It is Afghanistan's second-largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118.
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| 682 | Recent | IT dept detects Rs 184-cr black money after raids on Pawar kin, others | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. The Income Tax Department detected unaccounted income of about Rs 184 crore after it recently raided two real estate business groups of Mumbai and some family members of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. The searches were launched on October 7 at 70 premises in Mumbai, Pune, Baramati, Goa, and Jaipur, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body for the tax department, said in a statement. 'The evidence gathered during the search has revealed several prima facie unaccounted and Benami transactions,' it said. 'Incriminating documents, evidencing unaccounted income of about Rs 184 crore of the two groups have been found,' the statement said without naming the entities involved.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician who is the current and 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister for the District of Pune, India. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Baramati constituency.
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| 683 | Recent | RSS chief calls for review of population policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. Expressing concern over the 'rapid growth in the country's population, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday called for a review and reformulation of the National Population Policy by keeping the next 50 years in mind along with the availability of resources. He called for curbing the illegal infiltration from across the borders and preparing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to prevent the infiltrators from acquiring citizenship rights and purchasing lands in the country. Speaking during his annual Vijayadashmi address to RSS workers at Reshimbagh in Nagpur, Bhagwat also said the share of the population of people belonging to religions of 'Bharatiya origin' which was earlier 88 percent, has come down to 83.8 percent, while that of the Muslim population which was 9.8 percent in the past has increased to 14.23 percent between 1951 to 2011.
Mohan Bhagwat is the 6th Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist and cultural organization based in India. He was chosen as the successor to K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009.
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| 684 | Recent | BJP leader says MoS Ajay Mishra behind Lakhimpur violence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2021 | Oct 15, 2021. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday accused Union minister Ajay Mishra of being behind the Lakhimpur violence and sought his sacking from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that questions are also being raised about the prime minister for not sacking the minister. Singh alleged that Mishra was behind the Lakhimpur violence. His "threatening statement" added fuel to the fire. "He should have apologized to farmers but he only tried to defend his son. He has not regretted the incident yet. This incident is a blot on humanity," Singh, BJP state executive member. Farmers claimed that Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra was in one of the vehicles, an allegation denied by him and his father who say they can produce evidence to prove he was at an event at that time. Ashish Mishra 'Monu' was arrested in the case on October 9 after 12 hours of questioning, and a court has accepted his police custody from October 12 to 15.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of the Republic of India since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 685 | Recent | SC sets aside order asking car dealer to pay ₹7.43 lakh to man over 'misleading ad' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. The Supreme Court set aside a consumer court's order directing a car dealer to pay ₹7.43 lakh to a man. He accused Ford of publishing a "misleading advertisement" claiming average mileage of 31.4 km/liter whereas the actual mileage was 15-16 km/liter. The SC noted the ad appeared on June 20, 2007, whereas the car was purchased on March 9, 2007.
Advertisements are also considered misleading if they create a false impression, even if everything stated in the advertisement may be literally true. Misleading advertising occurs when a claim about a product or service is materially false or misleading, in an attempt to persuade the consumer to buy it.
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| 686 | Recent | 90-yr-old 'Star Trek' actor tears up after space trip, says 'most profound experience' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner, who became the oldest person to fly to space at 90 on Wednesday, teared up while describing his experience to Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos. "What you've given me is the most profound experience I can imagine. I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. It's extraordinary," he said. "Everybody needs to see this," Shatner added.
William Shatner OC is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and musician. In his seven decades of acting, he is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
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| 687 | Recent | Sputnik Light 70% effective against Delta variant of COVID-19: RDIF | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine shows 70% effectiveness against Delta variant of COVID-19 during the first three months after vaccination, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said citing data from the vaccine's developer. It is 75% effective among subjects under the age of 60, RDIF added. The data was based on 28,000 participants and an unvaccinated control group of 5.6 million.
Delta variant is a variant of concern that WHO is tracking and monitoring around the world. It's a variant of concern because we know it has increased transmissibility. This has been demonstrated by several countries. And we know that where the Delta variant is identified, it really rapidly takes off and spreads between people more efficiently than even the Alpha variant that was first detected around December, January 2021.
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| 688 | Recent | Study of ancient poop suggests humans had blue cheese, beer 2,700 yrs ago in Austria | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. A study of ancient feces from the salt mines of Austria's Hallstatt-Dachstein UNESCO World Heritage area suggests that workers consumed blue cheese and beer 2,700 years ago. Researchers found that the feces had the presence of two fungal species used in the production of blue cheese and beer. Researchers said it's the first evidence of cheese ripening in Iron Age Europe.
Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, the archaeological culture linked to Proto-Celtic and early Celtic people of the Early Iron Age in Europe, c. 800–450 BC.
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| 689 | Recent | Who is Leena Maria Paul, actress allegedly involved in ₹200 crore money laundering case? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. Leena Maria Paul is an actress who appeared in Shoojit Sircar's 'Madras Cafe'. She debuted with Mohanlal-starer 'Red Chillies' (2009) and was arrested in 2013 for allegedly cheating a Chennai bank of ₹19 crores. In 2015, she was arrested for alleged involvement in a scam. Leena and her partner, conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, have been arrested in a ₹200-crore cheating case.
Shoojit Sircar is an Indian film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He directed Yahaan, Vicky Donor, Madras Cafe, Piku, and October. He also produced the 2012 film Aparajita Tumi.
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| 690 | Recent | Armaan Kohli's bail plea rejected by special NDPS court in drugs case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. A special NDPS court on Thursday rejected the bail application of actor Armaan Kohli and two others arrested in a drugs case. The former 'Bigg Boss' contestant was arrested by NCB after a small quantity of cocaine was recovered from his residence in Mumbai during a raid. Armaan is currently lodged at the Arthur Road jail.
Armaan Kohli is an Indian actor. He is the son of film director Rajkumar Kohli and actress Nishi. He was arrested by NCB in a drugs case on 29 August 2021. He was charged with multiple sections of the NDPS Act.
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| 691 | Recent | Rahul Vaidya gets death threats for mentioning deity's name in song 'Garbe Ki Raat' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. Singer Rahul Vaidya, who recently released his song 'Garbe Ki Raat', is receiving death threats for mentioning Shri Mogal Maa, a deity worshipped in Gujarat, in the song. "We're working to get it rectified," his spokesperson said. The statement added that the platform they have released the song on will take at least a few days to adjust the rectification.
Rahul Krushna Vaidya is an Indian singer. He sung many songs in films like Shaadi No. 1, Jaan-E-Mann and Krazy 4. He is known for participating in Singing reality shows Indian Idol 1. In 2020, He Participated in Bigg Boss 14 and become 1st Runner Up.
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| 692 | Recent | 25-yr-old Olympian and world record holder Agnes found dead at her home in Kenya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. Kenyan distance runner and Olympian Agnes Tirop were found stabbed to death at her home, Athletics Kenya said on Wednesday. Tirop, a two-time World Championship bronze medallist, smashed the women-only 10km world record in Germany last month. "The 25-year-old was allegedly stabbed by her husband. We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise," Athletics Kenya added.
Athletics Kenya is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Kenya. It is a member of the IAAF and Confederation of African Athletics. AK organizes athletics competitions held in Kenya. It also sends Kenyan teams to international championships. Jackson Tuwei is the current chairman of Athletics Kenya.
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| 693 | Recent | When the 2nd leg started, no one felt KKR could reach IPL 2021 final: Aakash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/10/2021 | Oct 14, 2021. After KKR defeated DC to reach the IPL 2021 final, commentator Aakash Chopra said the Eoin Morgan-led side has done magic in the second leg of the tournament. "When the IPL had restarted, no one, including myself, felt that Kolkata could reach [the final]," he added. KKR had lost five of their seven games in the first half.
Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan CBE is an Irish-born English cricketer who captains the England cricket team in limited-overs cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, Middlesex in the T20 Blast, and London Spirit in The Hundred.
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| 694 | Recent | 'Criminals happiest under BJP: Akhilesh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the BJP would never act against the Union minister whose son has been arrested in connection with the October 3, 2021 deaths in Lakhimpur Kheri as it "stands with criminals", who are the happiest under the current regime. In an indirect reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he used the term "chillumjeevi". 'Chillum' is a smoking pipe often used by sadhus. On his Vijay Rath Yatra in Hamirpur, Akhilesh said Adityanath has a liking for two things -- the bull and the bulldozer -- but the people of Bundelkhand have decided that the steering of the bulldozer, which is in their hands, will be snatched from him in next year's assembly election.
Akhilesh Yadav (born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office. Yadav is the Member of Parliament for Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha, being elected in 2019.
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| 695 | Recent | Govt notifies abortion rules till 24 weeks of pregnancy in some cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. The government has notified new rules under which the upper limit for termination of a pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women. According to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2021, these categories include survivors of sexual assault or rape or incest, minors and women whose marital status changes during an ongoing pregnancy (widowhood and divorce), and women with physical disabilities. The new rules also cover mentally ill women, cases of fetal malformation that has a substantial risk of being incompatible with life or if the child is born it may suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped and women with pregnancy in humanitarian settings or disaster or emergency situations as may be declared by the government. The new rules are under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed by Parliament in March.
A medical abortion, also known as medication abortion, occurs when medically prescribed drugs are used to bring about an abortion. A typical regimen consists of a combination of medications, with mifepristone followed by misoprostol being the most common abortifacient regimen.
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| 696 | Recent | NIA arrests 9 terror associates, carries out 18 raids in J-K | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. The NIA has arrested nine terror associates during searches at 18 locations in Jammu and Kashmir after registration of a case over a conspiracy launch attack in the union territory and other major cities including New Delhi. The National Investigation Agency had registered the case on October 10 and initiated an investigation. An NIA spokesperson said a total of nine people were arrested -- five on Wednesday and four a day earlier -- after multiple searches in different districts of the valley over the past two days. The NIA identified the five accused arrested on Wednesday as Mohammad Hameed Chiralu and Arif Farooq Bhat of Srinagar, Hafeez of Budgam, Owais Dar of Pulwama, and Mateen Bhat of Shopian. "The NIA conducted searches at two locations in Srinagar and seized electronic devices and incriminating Jihadi documents.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 697 | Recent | Dr Manmohan Singh in AIIMS with weakness after fever | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Wednesday evening after he complained of weakness following a fever. They said the 89-year-old Congress leader had a fever on Monday and had recovered, but he turned weak and was on fluids. The former prime minister was admitted to the cardioneuro unit of the AIIMS and is under the care of a team of cardiologists led by Dr. Nitish Naik, Singh's personal physician for years. The Congress said the former prime minister is stable and is undergoing routine treatment. "There are some unsubstantiated rumors with regards to former PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji's health. His condition is stable. He is undergoing routine treatment. We will share any updates as needed. We thank our friends in media for their concern," AICC secretary Pranav Jha tweeted after he was flooded with queries about Singh's health.
Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist, academic, and politician who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh Prime minister of India.
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| 698 | Recent | Does chakka jaam attract UAPA, asks Umar Khalid | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid, accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case, on Tuesday told a court in New Delhi that investigating officer wrote fanciful stories in the charge sheet and contended whether organizing chakka jaam (road blockade) constitute an offense to invite invocation of anti-terror law the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Khalid, along with several others, has been booked under the stringent UAPA and is accused of being the 'masterminds' of the February 2020 northeast Delhi riots, which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
Umar Khalid is an activist, former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, former leader of the Democratic Students' Union in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition row and is accused under the UAPA Act.
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| 699 | Recent | US Is Back In Business In Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. The US state department admitted belatedly that the first face-to-face meeting between American officials and the Taliban since the regime change in Kabul would take place in Doha last weekend. Much planning has gone into this development. The poignancy is at once obvious. US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken had threatened that Washington would make the Taliban a 'pariah' and exactly the opposite is happening. The US capacity to make U-turns in policies is legion, but the alacrity with which this is unfolding is simply breathtaking. Former US special representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad stood excluded from the US delegation for the talks. Instead, his deputy, Tom West, lead the team.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and the capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
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| 700 | Recent | Change in authority in Kabul was neither through negotiations, nor inclusive: India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. The change in authority in Kabul was neither through negotiations nor inclusive, India said at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, underlining that it has consistently called for a broad-based, inclusive process that involves representation of all sections of Afghans. The Taliban, ousted from power by the United States shortly after the 9/11 attacks, seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, ousting the previous elected government which was backed by the West. The Taliban had promised an inclusive government that represents Afghanistan's complex ethnic makeup. However, the interim Cabinet announced by the insurgent group last month was dominated by established Taliban leaders who fought against the US-led coalition forces since 2001.
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts.
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| 701 | Recent | India strongly rejects China's objection to Naidu's Arunachal Pradesh visit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/10/2021 | Oct 13, 2021. India on Wednesday strongly rejected China's objection to a recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, asserting that the state is an "integral and inalienable" part of India. External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said objecting to the visit of Indian leaders to a state of India "does not stand to reason and understanding" of Indian people. "We have noted the comments made today by the Chinese official spokesperson. We reject such comments. Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India. He was responding to a question on comments by a spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry objecting to Naidu's visit to Arunachal Pradesh over the weekend. Naidu visited Arunachal Pradesh on October 9 and addressed a special session of the state assembly during which he said the visible transformation of the northeast is clear evidence of a resurgence in the region's pace of development which remained neglected for decades.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician serving as the 13th and current vice president of India since 2017. Previously, he served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
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| 702 | Recent | Big B, SRK, Salman and Akshay are my idols since childhood: Ranveer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Actor Ranveer Singh, who will host the upcoming television show 'The Big Picture, said that he has always idolized actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Akshay Kumar's journey since his childhood. "I always recognized the fact that they garnered an immense amount of love from people for their charismatic turns on the television screen," he added.
Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi films. The recipient of several awards, including four Filmfare Awards, he is among the highest-paid Indian actors and has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2012.
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| 703 | Recent | Rajasthan recalls marriage registration bill after controversy over child marriage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Rajasthan government has decided to recall the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which critics said legitimized child marriage. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tweeted the bill was brought in the spirit of an order of the Supreme Court but since a "misconception" has been created regarding child marriage, the government will request the Governor to return the bill.
Ashok Gehlot is an Indian politician serving as the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He held this position from December 1998 to 2003, and from 2008 to 2013, and again from 17 December 2018.
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| 704 | Recent | Neobank startup Open raises $100 mn from Google, Temasek, others | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Bengaluru-based neo banking platform Open has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek. The startup said that Google, Japan's SBI Investment, Tiger Global, and 3one4 Capital also participated in the round. The four-year-old startup, which has raised $137 million to date, is valued at $500 million after the latest round, TechCrunch reported.
A Neobank is a type of direct bank that operates exclusively online without traditional physical branch networks. NEO is all digital. No more waiting in line at your local branch. Do anything you need on the NEO app.
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| 705 | Recent | US startup to send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX rocket | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Varda Space Industries, a US-based startup that wants to build in-space manufacturing facilities, will be sending its first spacecraft to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023. The spacecraft will spend nearly three months in orbit and return to Earth with around 40-60 kg of manufactured materials. The spacecraft will be made by SpaceX's rival company Rocket Lab.
Varda Space Industries is a privately held American space research company headquartered in Torrance, California. Founded in 2020, the company aims to be the first to build a space station with industrial use, where it will take advantage of low gravity to manufacture things better than on Earth.
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| 706 | Recent | Apple to hold its next launch event on October 18 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Apple on Tuesday said that its next hardware launch event will take place on October 18. Apple is expected to unveil the first redesign to its MacBook Pro laptop in five years, according to Bloomberg. A pair of lower-end AirPods, similar to the AirPods Pro, with a redesigned charging case, may also be announced at the event.
Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch.
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| 707 | Recent | Google removes 'stalkerware' ads promoting spying on spouses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. Google has removed several "stalker-ware" ads that promoted apps that encouraged prospective users to spy on their spouse's phone. "We will continue to track emerging behaviours to prevent bad actors from trying to evade our detection systems," Google said. TechCrunch reported several stalker-ware apps used techniques to successfully evade Google's ban on advertising apps for partner surveillance.
TechCrunch is an American online newspaper focusing on high tech and startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by partners of Archimedes Ventures, Michael Arrington and Keith Teare, and was acquired in 2010 by AOL for $25 million.
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| 708 | Recent | Motorola phone stops bullet, saves man's life during armed robbery in Brazil | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. A five-year-old Motorola phone saved a man's life by stopping a bullet from penetrating his skin during an armed robbery in Brazil. The doctor, who treated the phone's owner, said the man only had a small bruise near his hip and was quickly discharged. He also shared pictures of the damaged Moto G5, which had a Hulk-themed phone cover.
The Hulk character and the concepts behind it have been raised to the level of iconic status by many within and outside the comic book industry. In 2003, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine claimed the character had "stood the test of time as a genuine icon of American pop culture."
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| 709 | Recent | 9 dead, 11 missing due to cyclone Kompasu in Philippines | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. At least nine people were killed and 11 others were missing in the Philippines due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain from tropical cyclone Kompasu, Philippine authorities said. Authorities are working to restore power and water supply in affected areas, an official said. The Philippines is hit by about 20 storms or typhoons annually.
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and/or squalls.
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| 710 | Recent | Covaxin recommended for emergency use in children aged 2-18 years by govt panel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/10/2021 | Oct 12, 2021. The government's Subject Expert Committee has recommended granting approval to Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for emergency use among children aged between two and 18 years. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) will take the final call. The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker submitted data from Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials on children to DCGI last week.
Drugs Controller General of India is the head of the department of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization of the Government of India responsible for approval of licenses of specified categories of drugs such as blood and blood products, IV fluids, vaccines, and sera in India.
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| 711 | Recent | BJP top brass discusses UP situation with eye on polls | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. The top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party including its president J P Nadda Monday held deliberations to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Besides Nadda, BJP general secretary (organization) B L Santhosh, Union Minister, election in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Dharmendra Pradhan, state unit president Swatantar Dev Singh and general secretary (organization) Sunil Bansal were among those who attended the meeting that lasted for nearly five hours. The meeting was held at the party's previous headquarters at 11 Ashok Road, which is now being used as a war room for election management.
Jagat Prakash Nadda is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 20 January 2020. He was the BJP's working president from June 2019 to January 2020.
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| 712 | Recent | RTI Act: Info commissioners didn't fine govt officials in 95% cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Information Commissions have not imposed penalties in 95 percent of cases where they could have on erring government officials under the Right to Information Act during last year, an analysis by an advocacy group on the working of transparency panels claimed on Monday. The report was made public on the eve of the 16th anniversary of the RTI Act after a study of 20 Information Commissions including the Central Information Commission which has put out data on the cases disposed of and penalties levied by them, a statement from the Satark Nagrik Sangathan said. The group used a previous statistical analysis, where it had claimed that 59 percent of orders recorded one or more violations listed in Section 20 of the RTI Act, to come to the conclusion that Commissions did not impose penalty in 95 percent of cases disposed of by them during the period.
The Right to Information is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002.
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| 713 | Recent | Lakhimpur: Farmers say won't allow politicians during final prayers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. People from other states have started arriving at Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri for the 'antim ardas (the last prayers)' of the farmers killed in violence there on October 3. While the Congress said its leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also attend the event, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) member asserted no politician will be allowed to share the dais with farmer leaders during the last prayers for the four farmers killed in the incident. The violence during a protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit had left eight people dead, including the four farmers. The collective 'antim ardas' is expected to be attended by farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, and farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, are expected.
Keshav Prasad Maurya is the deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the 2014 Indian general elections from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Prayagraj district and won it.
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| 714 | Recent | SKM threatens nationwide stir if Mishra not sacked | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. Demanding the dismissal of Ajay Mishra from the post of Union minister of state for home affairs over Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday said they will scale up their agitation if the minister is not dismissed immediately. A statement issued on Monday by the umbrella body of farmers' unions protesting against the central farm laws, reiterated earlier 'ultimatum about October 11 being the deadline for the sacking and arrest of Ajay Mishra Teni'. 'Tomorrow, in the prayer meetings organized in Lakhimpur Kheri for the martyrs of the massacre, SKM will go ahead with its announced plan of action,' said the statement. The SKM also called the farmer's organizations and other 'progressive groups' across the country to observe October 12 as Shaheed Kisan Diwas, to remember the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Ajay Kumar Mishra is a politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the current Minister of State in the Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India. He represents the Kheri constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.
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| 715 | Recent | Aryan Khan's bail plea to be heard on Oct 13 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. A special court here on Monday said it would hear the bail application of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, arrested in connection with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship, on October 13 and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to file its reply on that date. Special Judge V V Patil, hearing matters related to the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, said the court would hear the bail plea on Wednesday after the NCB said there was "no extreme urgency" to hear the application and sought a week to file an affidavit. The defense said Aryan Khan was "falsely implicated" and releasing him on bail would not stop the probe.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is Indian federal law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 716 | Recent | SC to examine ED's power to attach ancestral assets in PMLA cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the legal issue of whether the Enforcement Directorate can attach ancestral properties of the accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as 'proceeds of crime.' The question came up for consideration before the top court on an appeal filed by the ED challenging an order of the Karnataka high court which observed that action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 cannot proceed in respect of the ancestral property. The high court had also quashed the proceedings against two accused in the case. An apex court bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar in its October 8 order issued notice to the accused on the appeal of the ED and sought their response within four weeks.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 717 | Recent | Modi to virtually participate in G20 summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually participate in a G-20 leaders' summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday that is expected to deliberate extensively on the overall situation in the war-torn country after its takeover by the Taliban. Announcing Prime Minister Modi's participation, the ministry of external affairs said the agenda of the summit will include a discussion on response to humanitarian needs, security, and the fight against terrorism and human rights in Afghanistan. "At the invitation of the Italian Presidency of the G-20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the upcoming G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit on Afghanistan on October 12 in virtual format. The summit is being convened by Italy, the current chair of the G20 that comprises 20 of the world's major economies.
The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union. It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
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| 718 | Recent | CBI raids premises of ex-Maha HM Deshmukh in Nagpur, Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/10/2021 | Oct 11, 2021. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday conducted searches at the premises of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh at multiple locations in connection with the leak of confidential documents related to the preliminary inquiry against him on allegations of corruption. A team of CBI officials reached the residence of Deshmukh in Nagpur and Mumbai this morning with necessary warrants, The CBI on September 2 had arrested Deshmukh's lawyer Anand Daga and its own sub-inspector Abhishek Tiwari for allegedly leaking confidential documents related to the preliminary inquiry against Deshmukh.
Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021.
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| 719 | Recent | Dhoni hits 12 runs in last over as CSK defeat DC to reach IPL final for 9th time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. MS Dhoni scored 12 runs in the last over as CSK chased down a 173-run target to defeat DC in Qualifier 1 to reach IPL final for the ninth time. With the win, CSK also ended their four-match losing streak against DC. The Delhi-based franchise will now play Qualifier 2 on Wednesday against the winner of Monday's Eliminator between KKR and RCB.
The Kolkata Knight Riders are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders play at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.
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| 720 | Recent | Our meeting lasted for 2 minutes: Jadeja on plans for Qualifier 1 against DC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. CSK all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has revealed their team meeting for the Qualifier 1 clash against DC lasted all of two minutes. "We were told that the same team is playing. We don't panic and keep things simple," he added. "Everyone is experienced and so there is not a lot of need to discuss too many things," Jadeja said.
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja, commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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| 721 | Recent | Prize money for T20 World Cup 2021 winners announced | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. The winners of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 will be awarded prize money of $1.6 million, while the runners-up will take home $800,000. The two losing semi-finalists will be rewarded prize money of $400,000 each. Overall, a sum of $5.6 million will be allocated for the tournament which will be shared by all 16 participating teams.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 International cricket. Organized by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council, the tournament currently consists.
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| 722 | Recent | Father of Pakistan's nuclear programme AQ Khan passes away aged 85 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. AQ Khan, a scientist known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, passed away aged 85. The nuclear physicist was forced to accept responsibility for nuclear technology proliferation in 2004 and was forced to live a life of official house arrest. He held a doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI, HI, FPAS, known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".
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| 723 | Recent | Plane carrying 23 people, including parachute jumpers, crashes in Russia; 16 dead | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. An aircraft carrying 23 people, including parachute jumpers, crashed near a city in the Tatarstan region in central Russia, killing 16 people. Seven people were rescued from the wreckage and are reported to have suffered injuries, the Russian government said. The plane was an L-410 Turbolet, which is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft.
Parachute, device that slows the vertical descent of a body falling through the atmosphere or the velocity of a body moving horizontally. The parachute increases the body's surface area, and this increased air resistance slows the body in motion.
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| 724 | Recent | OnePlus signs Shahid & Mira Kapoor as brand ambassadors for its smart TV | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. OnePlus announced Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput Kapoor as brand ambassadors for its smart TVs category. Alongside, an ad film for OnePlus TV U1S has been released featuring the couple. The film showcases Shahid and Mira engaging in an interaction that seeks to highlight the OnePlus TV's hands-free voice control with Speak Now™️ feature and the product in a quirky take.
OnePlus Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in the Tairan Building at the Cheong Temple subdistrict of Futian District.
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| 725 | Recent | Apple's long-banned FaceTime calls resume service in UAE: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. Apple's FaceTime calls have started working in the United Arab Emirates after long-standing restrictions on the service, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. The publication said its journalists were able to make FaceTime voice and video calls with good sound quality to people inside and outside the country. However, the block appeared to remain on calls via Skype and WhatsApp.
The United Arab Emirates or the Emirates is a country in Western Asia located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia and has maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran.
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| 726 | Recent | Climate change effects will be very dramatic for India: Bill Gates | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at the India Today Conclave 2021 said the effects of climate change for countries near the equator, including India, will be "very dramatic". India needs more awareness as temperatures in parts of the country are going to be very high, he added. "If we don't do things right, the poorest will suffer the most," Gates said.
William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.
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| 727 | Recent | Byju's pauses all ads featuring SRK after son Aryan's arrest in drugs case: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. Edtech startup Byju has paused all advertisements featuring its brand ambassador, actor Shah Rukh Khan, amid the ongoing investigation against his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case, as per an Economic Times report. Shah Rukh's deal with Byju's is pegged at an annual fee of ₹3-4 crore, it added. He has been a brand ambassador for Byju's since 2017.
A brand ambassador (sometimes also called a corporate ambassador) is a person who is employed by an organization or company to represent a brand in a positive light, and by doing so, helps to increase brand awareness and sales.
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| 728 | Recent | Hyundai patents steering wheel with digital display in the centre | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/10/2021 | Oct 10, 2021. Hyundai has filed a patent for a new type of steering wheel that has a digital display in its center, Motorionline reported. The South Korean automaker has also mentioned in its application that the airbag will be positioned within the steering wheel. Hyundai had earlier explored the idea of employing two sizeable touchscreens at the corners of the steering wheel.
For touchscreens to be effective input devices, users must be able to accurately select targets and avoid accidental selection of adjacent targets. The design of touchscreen interfaces should reflect the technical capabilities of the system, ergonomics, cognitive psychology, and human physiology.
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| 729 | Recent | Who is Pooja Dadlani, the woman seen visiting Aryan Khan amid the drugs case? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. Pooja Dadlani, the woman seen visiting Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan amid the Mumbai cruise drugs case, is the actor's manager. Dadlani, who is related to Dia Mirza's husband Vaibhav Rekhi, has been working with SRK for over a decade. Dadlani also handles SRK's brand endorsements, his cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders, and other business-related engagements.
Pooja Dadlani is actually superstar Shah Rukh Khan's manager. She has been working with him since the year 2012 and is like a family member of King Khan. She also shares a close and friendly bond with Shah Rukh Khan's wife Gauri Khan and kids Suhana, Aryan, and Abram.
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| 730 | Recent | Fan asks Rohit Sharma for 2 tickets for India vs Pak T20 WC match; poster viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. A fan asked Rohit Sharma for two tickets for the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan on October 24. Pictures of the poster that read, "Rohit, Need 2 tickets for IND v/s PAK. Please," went viral on social media. The fan was seen holding the poster during the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday.
Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off-break bowler. He is the vice-captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats.
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| 731 | Recent | Heavy rainfall predicted in 6 states & 1 UT over next few days; list released | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. The India Meteorological Department predicted widespread rainfall in Maharashtra during the next three days. It also predicted heavy rainfall in isolated places of Tamil Nadu, South Interior Karnataka, and Kerala during the next five days. Andhra Pradesh and Goa could receive rainfall on October 9 and 11 respectively. Very heavy rainfall was predicted for Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the next five days.
The India Meteorological Department is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting, and seismology.
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| 732 | Recent | PM Modi is an inspiration for the world: Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen, who is on a three-day visit to India, on Saturday called PM Narendra Modi an inspiration for the world. "You've set some ambitious targets when it comes to clean water for over one million households and renewable energy," she said. Both leaders held bilateral talks that focused on strengthening the international system in an environment-friendly way.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019 and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history.
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| 733 | Recent | Would want team to take more responsibility: Harmanpreet on India's loss | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. India Women T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur said she would want the team to take more responsibility after their four-wicket loss against Australia Women in the second T20I on Saturday. "We fought till the end," she added. Australia chased the 119-run target in 19.1 overs. They lead three-match T20I series 1-0. The first T20I was abandoned due to rain on Thursday.
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who serves as the captain of the Indian team in T20Is. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team and was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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| 734 | Recent | Three days in space was not enough: SpaceX astronaut Sian Proctor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. SpaceX astronaut Sian Proctor who was part of the Inspiration4 mission told National Geographic that three days in space "was not enough". She revealed she wasn't "feeling very good" on her first day in space. "I woke up the third day...everything was perfect," Proctor said. "I had adapted and I was like, 'What? I have to come home? No'," she added.
Dr. Sian Hayley Proctor is an American geology professor, science communicator, and commercial astronaut. She was launched into Earth orbit, on September 15, 2021, as the pilot of the Crew Dragon space capsule. This mission was the Inspiration4 private orbital spaceflight.
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| 735 | Recent | WhatsApp tests setting to hide profile pic from select contacts: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. WhatsApp is testing a custom privacy setting that will allow users to hide their profile pictures from select contacts, WABetaInfo reported. The privacy settings for profile photos currently include "Everyone", "My Contacts", and "Nobody" options. According to reports, the new setting would include an option to show the profile picture to "My contacts except " contacts selected by the user.
WABetaInfo is the main independent portal where you can discover the news and real-time updates about @WhatsApp. wabetainfo.com/about. wabetainfo.com. Joined January 2016.
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| 736 | Recent | NASA shares pic of 'dancing galaxies' 100 million light-yrs away from Earth | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/10/2021 | Oct 9, 2021. American space agency NASA has shared a picture captured by the Hubble telescope which shows "the delicate dance between two interacting galaxies". NASA said the galaxies are located over 100 million light-years away from Earth, adding, "Astronomers think that collisions between spiral galaxies like this can lead to the formation of another type of galaxy, known as elliptical galaxies."
An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the four main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae, along with spiral and lenticular galaxies.
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| 737 | Recent | China demands details of where US N-sub struck in SCS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. Expressing grave concern over a US nuclear-powered submarine sustaining damage in the disputed South China Sea, China on Friday demanded Washington to reveal the details and the location of the accident and blamed America's frequent air and naval sorties in the Indo-Pacific to assert the "freedom of navigation" as the "root cause" of the incident. The USS Connecticut struck an object underwater in the South China Sea (SCS) on Saturday. Eleven sailors on board the submarine were injured in the accident. None of the injuries were life-threatening, a statement from the US Pacific Fleet said on Thursday.
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro, and Palawan), and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km2 (1,400,000 sq mi).
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| 738 | Recent | CBI's preliminary enquiry not accused's right: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. The Supreme Court held on Friday that Preliminary Enquiry (PE) is not mandatory before FIR registration by the CBI under the Code of Criminal Procedure or Prevention of Corruption Act or the investigative agency's manual and the accused cannot insist on it as a right. The apex court said that in case the information received by the CBI, through a complaint or a "source information" under the CBI manual, discloses the commission of a cognizable offense, it can directly register a Regular Case instead of conducting a PE. The top court also clarified in its 64-page verdict that if the CBI chooses not to hold a PE, the accused cannot demand it as a matter of right.
In a Preliminary Enquiry, the CBI is allowed access to documentary records and speak to persons just as they would in an investigation, which entails that information gathered can be used at the investigation stage as well."
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| 739 | Recent | Andaman-Nicobar Command ready for any threats: CDS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. The Andaman and Nicobar Command has lived up to its mandate and continues to remain poised and prepared to take on a varied spectrum of threats, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said on Friday on the occasion of the Command's 21st Raising Day. The Command has successfully evolved in the last 20 years into an operationally efficient template for theaterisation of the armed forces. Rawat has been working on the theorization model under which at least six new integrated commands are being envisaged. According to the plan, each of the theatre commands will have units of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and all of them will work as a single entity looking after security challenges in a specified geographical territory under an operational commander.
The Combined Defence Services Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment of Commissioned Officers in the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Indian Air Force Academy.
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| 740 | Recent | Qaeda-inspired terrorists convicted of Mysuru blast | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. An NIA court in Bengaluru on Friday convicted three people, who had pledged their allegiance to proscribed terrorist organization al-Qaeda, for their involvement in the bomb blast in a Mysuru court in 2016. Nainar Abbas Ali, M Samsun Karim Raja, and Dawood Sulaiman, all residents of Tamil Nadu, have been convicted for their involvement in the bomb blast on August 1, 2016, in a public toilet in the court premises at Chamarajapuram in Karnataka's Mysuru city. Quantum of punishment will be pronounced on October 11, The case was registered against an unknown accused. Based on the orders of the MHA, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) re-registered the case and took over the investigation. The bomb blast in the Mysuru court was one among a series of five explosions by the members of Base Movement, an organization owing allegiance to al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national terrorist organization. It was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet-Afghan War. Al-Qaeda operates as a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists.
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| 741 | Recent | Kashmiri Pandits fleeing Valley amid rise in attacks on minorities | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. As a spate of targeted killings of minorities rocks Kashmir, a Kashmiri Pandits' organization on Friday said some employees from the community, who were provided government jobs under a rehabilitation package in 2010-11, have started moving to Jammu quietly fearing for their life, alleging the administration was unable to provide then a secure environment. A woman principal and a teacher were shot dead at a point-blank range inside a government school in the heart of the city on Thursday, taking to seven the number of civilians killed by terrorists in Kashmir Valley in five days. Of the seven, four were from minority communities.
20% left the valley by 1950 fearing uncertainty after the Partition of India; anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 left in the 1990s. The organized opposition of some Muslim groups in the 1990s created fear and significantly motivated migration.
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| 742 | Recent | Indian soldiers push back 100 PLA troops in Tawang | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a brief faceoff near Yangtse in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh last week and it was resolved within a few hours following talks between commanders of the two sides according to established protocols, people familiar with the development said on Friday. It is learned that the faceoff took place around 10 days ago when nearly 100 Chinese army personnel tried to enter the Indian territory but were forced back. The people cited above indicated that there was some "physical engagement" between the two sides. When asked to comment on news reports about Indian troops detaining a few Chinese military personnel after crossing the border last week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhou Lijian said in Beijing that he was not aware of it.
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies, a troop is an equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon.
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| 743 | Recent | Aryan Khan, 2 others denied bail in drugs seizure case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. A metropolitan magistrate in Mumbai on Friday denied bail to Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, and two others in a case pertaining to the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate R M Nerlikar rejected the bail pleas of Aryan Khan (23) and the other two accused. The Narcotics Control Bureau had arrested the three along with some others over the last weekend after raiding the Goa-bound Cordelia cruise ship on Saturday evening. The central agency had claimed to have recovered drugs from the ship.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is Indian federal law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 744 | Recent | Our prompt action in Ladakh shows combat readiness: IAF chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. The Indian Air Force's prompt actions in response to developments in eastern Ladakh last year were a testament to its combat readiness and its ongoing capability enhancement program is aimed at achieving desired results 'swiftly and decisively' across domains, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhary said on Friday. In an address on the occasion of the 89th Air Force Day, he also strongly called for upgrading the training modules for air warriors and asked senior officials to invest time and efforts in 'nurturing and empowering' their subordinates and young officers and to consider it as their primary task.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 745 | Recent | SC to resume physical hearings twice a week from Oct 20 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2021 | Oct 08, 2021. In a step towards resumption of physical hearings, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that from October 20, all the matters listed on Wednesdays and Thursdays would be heard in the physical presence of lawyers and litigants in courtrooms only. The top court has been hearing cases through video conference since March last year due to the pandemic and several bar bodies and lawyers have been demanding that physical hearings should resume immediately. In a fresh standard operating procedure issued late Thursday evening, the apex court said the decision was taken in view of the encouraging response from the bar and with a view to further facilitate hearing through physical mode.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 746 | Recent | Government lists 5 states with highest active COVID-19 cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. The Centre on Thursday listed five states that currently have the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in India. While Kerala is the only state with over one lakh active cases (1,22,996), Maharashtra has the second-highest number of cases at 36,767. Tamil Nadu (16,637), Mizoram (16,075), and Karnataka (11,848) are the other three states on the list.
The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols. You can be infected by breathing in the virus if you are near someone who has COVID-19, or by touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes, nose, or mouth. The virus spreads more easily indoors and in crowded settings.
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| 747 | Recent | What is Mosquirix, the world's first malaria vaccine to get WHO's approval? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. Mosquirix (RTS, S), recommended by WHO for widespread use, is the first vaccine that is around 30% effective against severe cases of the mosquito-borne disease malaria and is given to children aged 6 weeks to 17 months. GlaxoSmithKline's four-dose vaccine, which was under development for 30 years, acts against Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite, which is most prevalent in Africa.
The Mosquirix vaccine was created by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a UK-based pharmaceutical company. GSK researchers have been working on the vaccine for 30 years, in collaboration with the global innovation team PATH and a network of African research centers.
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| 748 | Recent | Tennis player Andy Murray's shoes stolen with his wedding ring tied to them | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. In a video posted on Instagram, tennis player Andy Murray revealed that his shoes were stolen with his wedding ring tied to them. Murray explained he left his tennis shoes underneath his car to dry out overnight. Asking social media users for help, Murray wrote, "Yes, I know I'm an idiot."
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He had been ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals for 41 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016.
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| 749 | Recent | Nigerian man, one of the biggest drug suppliers, arrested in cruise raid case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian national from Mumbai's Bandra, marking the 18th arrest in the cruise raid case. Mephedrone drug in commercial quantity was seized from his possession, NCB said. The arrested man is one of the biggest suppliers and is the international link, in this case, the agency added.
Mephedrone, also known as 4-methyl methcathinone, 4-MMC, and 4-methyl ephedrine, is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone, M-CAT, White Magic, and meow meow. It is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds found in the khat plant of eastern Africa.
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| 750 | Recent | Entertainment world is based on arts: Rana on nepotism | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. Rana Daggubati, speaking about nepotism, said, "Nepotism, by definition, is applied to political hierarchy or public sector companies. The entertainment world is based on arts." "It requires hard work from everyone, irrespective of being from a prominent family or not," he added. Rana also spoke about his upcoming film with Pawan Kalyan and said, "The story plays on the male ego."
Ramanaidu "Rana" Daggubati is an Indian actor, producer, television personality, visual effects coordinator, and entrepreneur known primarily for his work in Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil languages.
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| 751 | Recent | Criminal to make them feel they did no wrong: Kangana on Aryan's case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. Actress Kangana Ranaut has reacted to Aryan Khan's arrest in the Mumbai cruise drugs case. Taking to Instagram Stories, she wrote, "Now all mafia Pappu coming to Aryan Khan's defense. We make mistakes but we mustn't glorify them. It's good not to gossip about someone when they [are] vulnerable but it's criminal to make them feel that they did no wrong."
Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. Known for her versatility and portrayal of strong women in female-centric films, She has been described in the media as one of India's highest-paid actresses.
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| 752 | Recent | Russia reports 27,550 new COVID-19 cases; highest 1-day rise this year | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. Russia on Thursday reported 27,550 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise in the country this year. The daily COVID-19 deaths in Russia surpassed 900 for a second straight day, with 924 fatalities. The country had reported a record 929 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday. Russia is the world's fifth-worst coronavirus-hit country, with nearly 77 lakh COVID-19 cases and 2,13,549 deaths.
Fully vaccinated people should be tested 3-5 days following known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days or until they receive a negative test result.
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| 753 | Recent | Robot that can ride skateboard, walk a slackline made: Researchers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2021 | Oct 7, 2021. Caltech researchers have built a bipedal robot, LEONARDO, that can walk a slackline, hop, and even ride a skateboard. Researchers claim it is the first robot that uses multi-joint legs and propeller-based thrusters to achieve a fine degree of control over its balance. 'LEO' can choose to either walk or fly or blend the two in order to overcome obstacles.
Cassie, the first bipedal robot to use machine learning to control a running gait on outdoor terrain, completed the 5K on Oregon State’s campus untethered and on a single battery charge.
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| 754 | Recent | Rahul to visit Lakhimpur today, Cong writes to Yogi seeking nod | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. The Congress on Tuesday said its former president Rahul Gandhi will lead a five-member party delegation to Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday, and asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow the visit. Party sources in Delhi said Rahul Gandhi is keen to visit there on Wednesday, days after his sister and All India Congress Committee general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained by the Uttar Pradesh Police while on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died and several injured Sunday in the bloodiest clash since the farmers' protest over the Centre's Agri laws began last year. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said in his letter to Adityanath that a five-member delegation led by Rahul Gandhi proposes to visit Lakhimpur Kheri on October 6 to express condolences to the bereaved families and to ascertain the facts firsthand.
The All India Congress Committee is the Presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members.
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| 755 | Recent | Drugs case has become like Sherlock Holmes novel: NCB to court | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), probing the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, on Tuesday told a court in Mumbai that the matter has become like the novels of Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes with 'new twists and turns every moment'. The NCB has so far arrested 16 people, including Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, 23, in the drug seizure case. Earlier on Tuesday, additional chief metropolitan magistrate R M Nerlikar remanded Abdul Qadir Sheikh, 30, Shreyas Nair, 23, Manish Rajgariya, 26, and Avin Sahu, 30, to the NCB custody till October 11. The court on Monday remanded Aryan Khan and seven others to the NCB custody till Thursday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is Indian federal law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 756 | Recent | 'We will sacrifice our lives for our mother Ganga' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. Matri Sadan, or the Home of the Mother, in Haridwar has emerged as the nerve center to clean the Ganga and ensure its viral or uninterrupted flow. For the last eleven years, the saints living in Matri Sadan have been fasting to achieve this objective. Three of these sites have laid down their lives to ensure the purity of India's most revered river. Matri Sadan lost young Swami Nigmanand Saraswati in 2011, Baba Nag Nath in 2013, and environmentalist Swami Sanand (Professor GD Agarwal) who died in October 2018. All three undertook fasts unto death in the hope that their sacrifice would be heeded by the government and steps would be taken to clean Ganga.
The Ganges or Ganga is a transboundary river of Asia that flows through India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.
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| 757 | Recent | Manufacturers using banned articles in green firecrackers, says SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that under the guise of green crackers, banned articles are being used by firecracker manufacturers and reiterated that its earlier order banning joint crackers must be complied with by every state. A bench of Justices M R Shah and A S Bopanna said the top court is not averse to the celebration but not at the cost of the life of other citizens. "Our earlier order must be complied with by every state. Despite the fact that there is a specific ban on joint crackers, if you go to any state or city or any celebration, joint crackers are openly available in the market. "Our order must be complied with. It is not the question of whether one content or the other. It is being sold openly in the market and used by people. We would like to know if a ban is there, how come they are available in markets," the bench said.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 758 | Recent | Lt Gen Anjum is new ISI chief, Lt Gen Hameed appointed as Peshawar Corps Commander | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. In a surprise military shake-up, the Pakistan Army on Wednesday announced that the powerful spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has been appointed as Peshawar Corps Commander -- a crucial position in view of the Taliban's takeover of neighboring Afghanistan. Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum was appointed as the new Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in place of Lt Gen Hameed, who was transferred as Peshawar Corps Commander, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) – the media wing of the Pakistan Army. The ISI chief is appointed by the prime minister but as part of a tradition, he executes this power in consultation with the Pakistan Army chief.
The Inter-Services Intelligence is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, operationally responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing information relevant for national security from around the world.
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| 759 | Recent | S-400 deal: Sherman hopes India-US will find solution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. Any country deciding to use the S-400 missiles is "dangerous" and not in anybody's security interest, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday referring to Washington's position on the matter even as she hoped that the US and India will be able to resolve differences over New Delhi's procurement of the Russian weapons system. Sherman told a small group of journalists that any decision on possible sanctions on the S-400 deal will be made by President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhary on Tuesday said that the first batch of S-400 missile defense systems will arrive in India from Russia by this year.
The S-400 Triumf, previously known as the S-300PMU-3, is an anti-aircraft weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. It has been in service with the Russian Armed Forces since 2007.
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| 760 | Recent | Rahul, Priyanka meet families of farmers killed in Lakhimpur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday met the family members of farmers killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri and promised them all assistance. They arrived in Lakhimpur after the Uttar Pradesh government allowed them to visit the violence-hit district. Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi left for Lakhimpur together in a car from a police guest house in Sitapur where she was kept in detention since Monday morning. Sitapur Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sadar) Pyarelal Maurya said Wednesday evening that Priyanka Gandhi has been released from detention. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel accompanied them in another car, while Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Deepender Singh Hooda traveled in a separate vehicle.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the President of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 761 | Recent | NIA to probe 2,988 kg heroin seizure at Mundra port | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2021 | Oct 06, 2021. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday took over the probe into the seizure of 2,988 kg narcotic at the Mundra port in Gujarat. In pursuant to a ministry of home affairs order issued on Wednesday, the NIA has taken up the investigation of the case under sections of the IPC, the NDPS Act, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Machavaram Sudhakaran, Durga PV Govindaraju, Rajkumar P and others, the agency official said. The case relates to the seizure of 2,988.21 kg of heroin, disguised as a consignment of semi-processed talc stones originating from Afghanistan, which had arrived at the Mundra port from Bandar Abbas Port in Iran, according to the NIA official.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 762 | Recent | People shouldn't target children: SRK's friend Viveck after Aryan's arrest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Shah Rukh Khan's friend Viveck Vaswani has reacted to his son Aryan Khan's arrest in the Mumbai cruise drugs case. The producer said Shah Rukh and his family will always be "targeted by those who are apathetic towards...stardom". "I don't think people should start targeting children, no matter whether children have gone wrong and made mistakes. We don't target children," Viveck said.
Aryan Khan was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 13 November 1997. Aryan Bollywood's debut movie is Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001, as a child actor). He played the childhood character of Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) in the film. He also had an appearance in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006). He won the award for the best “dubbing child voice artist male” for the animated movie The Incredibles or Hum Hain Lajawab. He gave his voice to the Hindi version of Lion King, Simba.
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| 763 | Recent | How much: Twitter CEO Dorsey jokes about buying Facebook's domain amid outage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, in response to a post that claimed that Facebook's domain was on sale amid the outage of Facebook, jokingly asked, "How much?" However, media reports later said the domain is secure and isn't up for sale. Amid the global outage, Twitter's official handle said "Hello literally everyone", prompting a reply from Instagram and WhatsApp.
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American billionaire technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and the founder and CEO of Square, a financial payments company.
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| 764 | Recent | Mark Zuckerberg's time of invading our privacy is over: US Senator | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. US Senator Ed Markey at Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony before Congress said, "[CEO Mark Zuckerberg's] time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, preying on children and teens is over. Congress will be taking action." Calling Facebook "morally bankrupt", Senator Richard Blumenthal said, "The damage to self-worth inflicted by Facebook today will haunt a generation."
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
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| 765 | Recent | Ola acquires Pune-based geospatial services startup GeoSpoc | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Bengaluru-based ride-hailing unicorn Ola has acquired Pune-based geospatial services startup GeoSpoc. As part of the acquisition deal, GeoSpoc CEO Dhruva Rajan and his team will join Ola. Last month, Ola's EV arm Ola Electric raised over $200 million in a funding round, led by SoftBank, Falcon Edge, and others, at a valuation of $3 billion.
Dhruva is a Geo-Evangelist and CEO at GeoSpoc. He has several years' experience in Geospatial Technologies and experience working in diverse markets. Dhruva is a visionary, innovative and transformational leader with a keen ability to help position companies for innovation and profitable growth.
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| 766 | Recent | Live bus tracking app Chalo raises $40 million in Series C funding | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Chalo, a bus transport technology startup that provides live bus tracking services, on Tuesday said that it has raised $40 million in its Series C funding round led by Light rock India and Filter Capital. It saw participation from WhatsApp's former Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora and Google's former SVP Amit Singhal. Both of them are existing investors in the company.
Neeraj Arora has announced the launch of his new venture called HalloApp that works as an ad-free, private social network. The latest offering is touted to come as a “real-relationship network” that allows users to have real-life conversations with their contacts.
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| 767 | Recent | Musk should repay $9.4 bn to Tesla for SolarCity deal: Investors | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Tesla investors said that a US judge should order CEO Elon Musk to repay $9.4 billion to Tesla for the benefits he received by pushing the company to buy SolarCity in 2016. A shareholder lawsuit alleges that Musk strong-armed Tesla directors into buying the cash-strapped SolarCity for $2.6 billion. "He did not and could not control...the board," Musk's lawyers said.
SolarCity Corporation was a publicly traded company headquartered in Fremont, California that sold and installed solar energy generation systems as well as other related products and services to residential, commercial and industrial customers.
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| 768 | Recent | Licious becomes India's 29th unicorn of 2021 after raising $52 million | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 2021. Bengaluru-based meat delivery startup Licious has raised $52 million at a post-money valuation of $1.05 billion, becoming India's 29th startup to turn unicorn this year. The funding round was led by IIFL's Late Stage Tech Fund and Avendus. Co-founded by Vivek Gupta and Abhay Hanjura in 2015, Licious raised $192 million in a Temasek-led funding round earlier this year.
Licious is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The company operates on a farm-to-fork model, owning the entire back-end supply chain and cold chain.
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| 769 | Recent | Tesla to pay $130 mn to Black ex-US worker over racism: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Tesla has been ordered to pay over $130 million in damages to a Black former US worker, Owen Diaz, for failing to prevent him from being racially harassed, the Wall Street Journal reported. Before the US court trial, Tesla had sought to exclude one juror from the jury, which the presiding judge believed was based on race and "purposefully discriminatory".
Owen Diaz was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 55 of the Michigan House of Representatives. Diaz was the mayor of Milan, Michigan from 2004 to 2008. He is an inventor who has worked as a securities broker, investment advisor, financial planner, and medical administrator. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, where he studied finance.
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| 770 | Recent | 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann & Giorgio Parisi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi. Manabe and Hasselmann won one-half of the prize for the physical modeling of Earth's climate and predicting global warming. Parisi won the other half "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales".
Syukuro "Suki" Manabe is a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations.
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| 771 | Recent | Ban is on Shein app; not on sale of its products: Govt to Delhi HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Chinese online retail brand Shein's app was banned last year in the interest of national security but the sale of its products on other websites has not been covered under the law, the government told Delhi High Court on Tuesday. The statement came in response to a plea seeking a ban on the sale of Shein's products by Amazon in India.
SHEIN is an online shopping app that caters to fashionistas who love purchasing the latest fashionable clothes. With this app, shoppers have access to the latest trends and have access to a massive amount of selection of styles available at their fingertips with the comfort of their Android devices.
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| 772 | Recent | Shocked by RBI's move to supersede board: SREI Group | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. SREI Group has said it was shocked by the RBI's move to supersede the board of directors of SREI Infra and SREI Equipment Finance and would take all necessary steps as advised by lawyers. Banks were regularly appropriating funds from the escrow account they controlled since November 2020, SREI said. RBI had superseded the boards due to governance concerns and defaults.
Srei is one of India's leading asset finance and leasing institutions, constantly and consistently delivering innovative solutions in the infrastructure sector.
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| 773 | Recent | Raina tweets pic of daughter with Ziva Dhoni to describe FB, WhatsApp outage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2021 | Oct 5, 2021. Cricketer Suresh Raina on Tuesday tweeted a picture of daughter Gracia standing with MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva during an IPL match, to describe the situation of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users during last night's global outage. The picture shows the two girls seemingly bored. Raina captioned the pic, "While waiting for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to be back up again."
Ziva Dhoni was born in Ranchi on the 6th of February in 2015, becoming an internet sensation at a young age. She was born when the Indian team, under MS Dhoni, was preparing to defend their World Cup title in Australia. Thus, the 39-year old could not be with her to spend time.
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| 774 | Recent | Multi-agency group to probe Indian names in 'Pandora Papers' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. The government will investigate every Indian name appearing in an unprecedented leak of financial records, known as the 'Pandora Papers', which alleged that many world leaders have secret offshore stores of wealth. A Multi-Agency Group made up of the tax department, Enforcement Directorate, RBI and FIU, will probe the names and the government will seek from foreign jurisdictions information about Indians in the list, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement. Anil Ambani, Vinod Adani, Jackie Shroff, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Niira Radia, Sachin Tendulkar, and Satish Sharma are among the Indians who figure in the 'Pandora Papers' that comprise 11.9 million confidential documents from 14 separate legal and financial services firms.
The Reserve Bank of India is India's central bank and regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for the issue and supply of the Indian rupee and the regulation of the Indian banking system.
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| 775 | Recent | Army's Sikh Light Infantry, IAF's Rafale squadron sign affiliation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. The affiliation of 17 Squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the Sikh Light Infantry regiment of the Indian Army was formally signed at a ceremony at the Ambala Air Force Station on Monday. Army Chief General M M Naravane was present on this occasion. The charter of affiliation was signed by General Naravane and Air Commodore Tarun Chaudhry of 17 Squadron. The affiliation of the regiment with the Rafale Squadron of the Western Air Command will assist them in the development of mutual understanding of joint ethos, capability, limitations, and core competencies of other services through a common understanding of military tactical doctrines and concepts in the contemporary conflict environment, according to an official statement. The 17 Squadron Air Force -- the Golden Arrows - was formed in Ambala on October 1, 1951.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 776 | Recent | Anil Ambani, Vinod Adani, Sachin Tendulkar, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named in Pandora Papers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. Hundreds of wealthy Indians, including business people, figure in the 'Pandora Papers' that has uncovered financial assets of rich individuals across the world, and many of the Indians have rejected allegations of misdoings. The 'Pandora Papers', leak of troves of financial records in offshore tax havens, has been obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). More than 300 Indian names are part of the list. Anil Ambani, Sachin, Vinod Adani among ‘Pandora Papers’ names Anil Ambani, Vinod Adani, Jackie Shroff, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Niira Radia, Sachin Tendulkar, and Satish Sharma, among others, figure in the list of Indians in the 'Pandora Papers' revealed so far. Rights group Oxfam India has called for immediate action by authorities and abolishing tax havens following the expose of the 'Pandora Papers'.
The Pandora Papers are 11.9 million leaked documents that were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists beginning on 3 October 2021.
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| 777 | Recent | Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram face global outage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram faced a major global outage on Monday evening with thousands of users, including those from India, not being able to use these digital platforms. Facebook owns photosharing platform Instagram and messaging platform WhatsApp. The outage is estimated to have started around 9 PM IST. Users complained of not being able to use any of the three services. 'We are aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.' The company did not specify the reason for the global outage. A tweet shared by Instagram said: 'Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we're on it! #instagramdown.'
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
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| 778 | Recent | Aryan Khan's chats hint at international drug nexus: NCB to court | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday claimed before Mumbai court that 'shocking and incriminating' material recovered in WhatsApp chats of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others who were among the nine people arrested in connection with the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the city coast showed international drug trafficking. The NCB, which got the remand of Aryan Khan and the other eight accused from the court till Thursday, also claimed that in the WhatsApp chats he is discussing modes of payment to be done for procurement (of drugs) and that several code names are being used. Aryan Khan's lawyer claimed no drugs were recovered from his client's possession.
The Narcotics Control Bureau is Indian federal law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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| 779 | Recent | Farmer deaths: Bahraich locals protest, CM's visit cancelled | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. With two of the four farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence turning out to be from Bahraich, local residents on Monday both mourned their deaths and agitated against their killings amid an eerie silence enveloping their villages. The two Bahraich residents who fell victim to Sunday's violence in Lakhimpur Kheri were identified as Daljit Singh, 42, a resident of Banjaran Tanda village of Nanpara Kotwali area and Gurvinder Singh, 22, of Moharnia village under Matera police station of Bahraich district. While Bahraich natives, led by various organizations, lodged their protest by submitting a memorandum, addressed to President Ram Nath Kovind, to the district administration, the Samajwadi Party workers burnt effigies of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and held 'satyagraha' at many places. In their memorandum addressed to President Kovind, locals expressed grief and demanded stern action against those responsible for the incident.
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock.
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| 780 | Recent | What does Modi gain by not REPEALING Farm Laws? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. Why is the protest, which began last year, still continuing? It is instructive to examine the details. The farmers' movement gave the Union government a set of eight demands. First, to repeal the law that allowed tax-free trade of agricultural produce outside of regulated mandis, stop corporates from entering the agriculture sector, and provide a guarantee for the Minimum Support Price. Second to repeal the law allowing contract farming. Third, to repeal the law amending the Essential Commodities Act, decriminalizing the hoarding of agricultural produce. Fourth to withdraw the amendments proposed in the Electricity Ordinance 2020, which would end power subsidies and replace them with a cash subsidy.
A protest is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so.
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| 781 | Recent | Spotting chink in BJP armour, SP, allies target Jat votes in UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. Jaise border pe dat diya vaise yaha bhi dat do (just as you defeated the BJP along Delhi borders, defeat it in Uttar Pradesh, too)," said Atul Pradhan, a two-time Samajwadi Party MLA candidate from Western Uttar Pradesh's Sardhana constituency, as he addresses farmers in Jat-dominated Atmadnagar Alipur village, about 103 km from Delhi. Pradhan's job is to mobilize farmer support for his party ahead of next year's UP assembly polls. For Pradhan, a day's work means at least 15 meetings with farmers. He is not alone in the party doing this. His party has fielded droves of local leaders in every assembly constituency to assure farmers that it will remain involved in their fight against the agriculture laws.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It is the current ruling political party of the Republic of India, since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 782 | Recent | India logs less than 30K fresh Covid cases for 10th straight day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. The daily cases of coronavirus in the country remained below 30,000 for the tenth straight day with 20,799 fresh infections recorded in a single day, while the active cases declined to 2,64,458, the lowest in 200 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. With the fresh cases, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 3,38,34,702, while the death toll climbed to 4,48,997 with 180 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 0.78 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.89 percent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
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| 783 | Recent | India's active Covid cases dip to lowest in 6 months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. With 30,256 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,34,78,419, while the active cases declined to 3,18,181, the lowest in 183 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,45,133 with 295 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases have declined to 3,18,181 comprising 0.95 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2021, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.72 percent, the health ministry said. A reduction of 13,977 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
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| 784 | Recent | Battleground Lakhimpur: Oppn slams Yogi govt as leaders stopped | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2021 | Oct 04, 2021. Opposition parties on Monday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh for not allowing their leaders to visit Lakhimpur Kheri after eight people died in violence there during an anti farm law protest, alleging it was an attempt to cover up and demanding the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra and the arrest of his son, who has been named in an FIR. Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that 'killing Raj is going on, instead of Ram Rajya' in Uttar Pradesh, while Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala compared the BJP government to 'General Dyer' who ordered firing upon peaceful protesters in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919.
Jallianwala Bagh is a historic garden and ‘memorial of national importance’ in Amritsar, India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that occurred on the site on the festival of Baisakhi, 13 April 1919. It houses a museum, gallery, and a number of memorial structures.
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| 785 | Recent | My son wasn't there: Union Minister as farmers say he ran car over protesters in UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. After Samyukt Kisan Morcha said that Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's son Ashish ran a car over protesters in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, Mishra said his son wasn't present at the spot. Mishra said his car was pelted with stones by "miscreants" among farmers. "Our car got imbalanced and two people died [after] coming under it," he added.
Ajay Kumar Mishra is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the current Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He represents the Kheri constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.
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| 786 | Recent | Small plane crashes into building in Italy's Milan, 8 killed | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. All eight people on board a small private plane were killed after it crashed into an empty building in the suburbs of Italy's Milan city on Sunday. The plane, which took off from Milan's Linate city airport, was headed for the island of Sardinia, officials said. The victims included six passengers and two crew members.
Milan, a metropolis in Italy's northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and design. Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathedral and the Santa Maria Delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper,” testify to centuries of art and culture.
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| 787 | Recent | New COVID-19 vaccines may be needed in 2022: BioNTech CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. German company BioNTech's CEO Uğur Şahin has said that a new vaccine formula will likely be needed by mid-2022 to protect against future virus mutations. He told the Financial Times that the current variants, such as the delta strain, weren't different enough to undermine current vaccinations. He predicted that new strains will emerge that can evade booster shots.
Uğur Şahin is an oncologist and immunologist based in Germany, and the CEO of BioNTech, which helped develop one of the major vaccines against COVID-19. His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology. Şahin's family, originally from Turkey, moved to Germany when he was four years old.
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| 788 | Recent | Lakhimpur incident unfortunate, will be investigated: UP CM as 8 die in clashes | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the violence which broke out in Lakhimpur was "unfortunate" and a probe will be conducted into it to take strict action against the perpetrators. As per Additional SP Arun Kumar Singh, eight people died during a farmers' protest against UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Union Minister Ajay Mishra's visit.
Keshav Prasad Maurya is the deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the 2014 Indian general elections from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Prayagraj district and won it.
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| 789 | Recent | RCB defeat PBKS by 6 runs, qualify for IPL 2021 playoffs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. RCB defeated PBKS by 6 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium to register their third straight victory in IPL 2021 and qualify for the IPL 2021 playoffs. Glenn Maxwell top-scored for RCB with 57(33) and Yuzvendra Chahal registered figures of 4-0-29-3. PBKS remain in the fifth position on the points table.
The Sharjah Cricket Stadium is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 236 ODIs up to 19 February 2018. It was originally constructed in the early 1980s and has been much improved over the years.
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| 790 | Recent | Maybe it's time to drop Morgan, name Shakib as KKR captain: Aakash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. Ahead of KKR's match against SRH, commentator Aakash Chopra has said maybe it's time for the franchise to sack Eoin Morgan as captain and name all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as his replacement. "Because it's been 11 innings and Morgan is averaging 10. We are not seeing any great decisions in captaincy...team selections and all of that either," Aakash explained.
Aakash Chopra (born 19 September 1977) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team from late 2003 to late 2004. Chopra was reintroduced as Sehwag's partner in the 2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy after Tendulkar was injured for the First Test in Bangalore.
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| 791 | Monthly Capsule | 112-yr-old from Spain becomes world's oldest living man, has 22 great-grandchildren | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2021 | Oct 3, 2021. The Guinness Book of World Records has certified 112-year-old Spanish man Saturnino de la Fuente García as the world's oldest living man. Born on 11 February 1909, García has worked as a shoemaker and has a family comprising 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. When asked about the secret to his longevity, García said it's all about living 'a quiet life'.
Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia was born in Leon, Spain on 11 February 1909 (claimed Feb 8), the youngest of six siblings of Salustiano and Josefa de la Fuente Garcia. He has lived in the same province of Spain for his entire life. In 1927, he became one of the founding members of the Puente Castro Football Club, in which he played as a center-forward.
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| 792 | Recent | Uni Cards announces instant digital Pay 1/3rd card for the sale season | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Uni Cards has launched an instant digital card that lets you split your payments into 3 parts over 3 months for 0 extra cost. Uni Cards' Founder & CEO, Nitin Gupta said, "The application takes just 3 minutes, and splitting bills into 3 parts is an excellent combination for festive shopping." A physical VISA-backed card also reaches customers within days.
Nitin is extraordinarily talented at multiple levels of business management, BD, and technology. Nitin is a driven, detail-oriented, extremely knowledgeable person and his persistent “can do” attitude is refreshing for a CEO entrepreneur.
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| 793 | Recent | CNG price in Delhi hiked by ₹2.28 to ₹47.48 per kg after natural gas price rise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. The retail price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in Delhi-NCR has been hiked from Saturday after the Centre increased natural gas prices by 62%. CNG will now cost ₹47.48 per kg in Delhi after a ₹2.28 hike. In Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad, CNG price has been hiked by ₹2.55 to ₹53.45 per kg, Indraprastha Gas, Delhi-NCR's sole CNG supplier, said.
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is a mixture of hydrocarbons consisting of approximately 80 to 90 percent methane in gaseous form. Because of its low energy density, it is compressed to a pressure of 200 to 250 Kg/cm2 (to enhance the vehicle on-board storage in a cylinder), hence the name Compressed Natural Gas.
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| 794 | Recent | Facebook Co-founder Dustin becomes 4th richest person under 40 globally | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has become the fourth richest person under 40 globally with a net worth of $26 billion, Bloomberg said. The development comes as the shares of his task-management company, Asana, have rallied over 250% since mid-May, valuing his stake at almost $8 billion. The 37-year-old left Facebook in 2008 to co-found Asana with his colleague Justin Rosenstein.
Dustin Aaron Moskovitz is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana with Justin Rosenstein.
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| 795 | Recent | OYO's ₹8,430-crore IPO papers reveal salaries of CEO, top executives | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. The draft papers of hospitality firm OYO's ₹8,430-crore IPO revealed that OYO's Founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal's salary rose to ₹1.6 crores in 2020-21 from over ₹21 lakh in the previous year. OYO CFO Abhishek Gupta earned ₹7.1 crores, while OYO CTO Ankit Mathuria earned ₹1.2 crores in 2020-21. OYO's Global Chief Operating Officer Abhinav Sinha earned ₹4.5 crores.
Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of OYO Rooms. He is known as the second youngest billionaire in 2021 in India, stepping down from the youngest earlier in 2020. However, Agarwal is not on either Forbes or Business Insider's billionaires list.
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| 796 | Recent | India's fuel prices hit record highs again, petrol crosses ₹108/L in Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Petrol and diesel prices hit fresh record highs in most parts of India on Saturday after fuel rates were hiked for the third consecutive day. In Delhi, a 25 paise hike took petrol price to ₹102.14/litre, while a 30 paise hike took diesel price to ₹90.47. In Mumbai, the petrol price rose to ₹108.19/litre, while diesel prices rose to ₹98.16.
Petrol engines work differently to diesel engines and one of the side effects is that they generally produce far lower particulate emissions.These are different to the CO2 emissions that are linked to climate change: Particulate emissions contribute to local air pollution that has been linked to respiratory and other health problems, especially in urban areas.
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| 797 | Recent | India men's hockey captain Manpreet, Malaysian wife Illi expecting 1st child, share pic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and his wife Illi Najwa Saddique, who is a Malaysian national of Pakistan descent, are expecting their first child. The couple took to social media to share pictures of Illi's baby bump. "If you don't know, now ya know! A grand adventure is about to begin in November," Manpreet wrote.
Manpreet Singh Sandhu is an Indian field hockey player and the captain of the Indian men's national field hockey team since May 2017. He led the Indian field hockey team to the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He plays as a halfback He first played for India in 2011 at the age of 19.
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| 798 | Recent | Venkatesh Iyer not a fluke show, may fetch ₹12-₹14 crore in IPL mega auction: Manjrekar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has said that KKR's 26-year-old all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer is not a fluke show. He added that the uncapped cricketer may fetch ₹12-₹14 crores in IPL's mega auction. "I was looking at his First-Class numbers and his List A record is outstanding," Manjrekar further said. Venkatesh Iyer has scored 193 runs in five IPL 2021 matches so far.
Venkatesh Rajasekaran Iyer (born 25 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh and Kolkata Knight Riders. On 20 September 2021, he made his IPL debut against Royal Challengers Bangalore. On September 23, 2021, he scored his maiden IPL fifty against Mumbai Indians.
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| 799 | Recent | Neeraj Chopra enacts throwing a javelin underwater in Maldives, shares video | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra took to Instagram to share a video of him enacting throwing a javelin underwater in the Maldives. "Aasman par, Zameen pe, ya underwater, I'm always thinking of...javelin! PS: Training has started," he captioned the post. "Javelin on vacation as well? Brother, give some rest to your mind and body," high jumper Tejaswin Shankar commented.
Tejaswin Shankar is an Indian athlete who competes in the high jump event. He holds the high jump national record of 2.29 meters set in April 2018.
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| 800 | Recent | Can't have such shockers in IPL: Gambhir on 3rd umpire disallowing KKR's Tripathi's catch | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. KKR's Rahul Tripathi took a diving catch and started celebrating thinking KL Rahul was out. However, the decision was referred to the third umpire and he disallowed the catch despite Tripathi's fingers being under the ball. Reacting to it, Gautam Gambhir said, "That was a shocker, this can end someone's campaign. We cannot have these kinds of shockers in the IPL."
Rahul Ajay Tripathi is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. In February 2017, he was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for ₹ 10 lakhs.
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| 801 | Recent | Actress Samantha & actor Naga Chaitanya confirm separation after 4 years of marriage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu and actor Naga Chaitanya took to social media to confirm that they have separated after nearly four years of marriage. "We're fortunate to have a friendship of over a decade that was the very core of our relationship," their statement read. Samantha and Naga Chaitanya got married in October 2017.
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. For his performances in various films, Chaitanya won several awards including Filmfare Award South for Best Debut, Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor, and SIIMA award for Best Actor Critics.
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| 802 | Recent | Manisha Yadav, who appeared in the show Jodha Akbar, dies of brain haemorrhage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Television actress Manisha Yadav, best known for playing the role of 'Salima Begum' in the show 'Jodha Akbar' passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Her co-star Paridhi Sharma confirmed the news on social media. "Hearing about her death is really saddening for me and what's even more bothering is that she has a one-year-old baby," Paridhi told Times of India.
Manisha Yadav is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She is best known for her lead role as "Aarthi", a 12th-grade student in the 2012 Tamil film Vazhakku Enn 18/9 which first introduced her to the Tamil and Telugu audience as an actress.
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| 803 | Recent | Samantha refuses to take ₹200 crore alimony from Naga Chaitanya: Reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who announced her separation from actor-husband Naga Chaitanya, refused to take ₹200 crore alimony, said reports. She was reportedly offered the alimony as part of the marriage settlement. "Samantha only needed love and companionship from this marriage now that it's over, she doesn't need anything else from it," wrote Hindustan Times while quoting a source.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She has appeared in over 45 films and is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, six South Indian International Movie Awards, and three CineMAA Awards.
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| 804 | Recent | I felt my talent was not explored properly as an actor: Ayesha Jhulka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2021 | Oct 2, 2021. Actress Ayesha Jhulka has said she consciously chose to cut down on work after her "biggest hit" 'Dalaal', which was released in 1993. "I wanted to do something performance-oriented. I felt my talent wasn't really explored the way I could've performed," she added. Ayesha further said she also rejected a lot of TV shows because she didn't want to do "anything and everything".
Ayesha Jhulka is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She has also worked in Odia, Kannada and Telugu languages films.
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| 805 | Recent | India imposes tit-for-tat Covid curbs on UK nationals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. British nationals arriving in India, irrespective of their vaccination status, will have to undergo 10 days of mandatory quarantine from October 4 as part of the reciprocal actions initiated by the government following the vaccine certification row between the two countries. India has decided to impose reciprocal curbs against all British nationals arriving in the country, official sources said on Friday as the contentious issue relating to the UK not recognizing Indian vaccine certificates could not be resolved despite holding a series of technical-level talks. In a strong reaction to the new British travel rules, India on September 19 had warned of "reciprocal measures" unless the UK addresses its concerns while describing these norms against Indians as "discriminatory". Under India's new norms, all British nationals arriving in India from the UK, irrespective of their vaccination status, will have to produce the result of the RT-PCR test done within 72 hours before travel.
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction is a laboratory technique combining reverse transcription of RNA into DNA and amplification of specific DNA targets using polymerase chain reaction. It is primarily used to measure the amount of a specific RNA.
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| 806 | Recent | Army chief reviews India's ops-preparedness in eastern Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Friday visited several forward areas in eastern Ladakh and carried out a comprehensive review of India's operational preparedness in the backdrop of its prolonged military standoff with China in the mountainous region. He was given a detailed briefing about the overall situation in the region at the headquarters of the 14 Corps, popularly known as the 'Fire and Fury Corps', that takes care of guarding the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in the Ladakh region, officials said. On the first day of his two-day tour of the region, Gen Naravane visited the strategically sensitive Rezang-La area and visited a war-memorial there to pay homage to the soldiers who laid down their lives in defending the country.
General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC is an Indian Army General who is currently serving as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff. He took over from General Bipin Rawat on 31 December 2019 after the latter completed his term as the COAS.
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| 807 | Recent | Facebook actions 31.7mn content pieces for violating rules | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. Facebook "actioned" about 31.7 million content pieces across 10 violation categories proactively during August in the country, the social media giant said in its compliance report on Friday. Facebook's photo-sharing platform, Instagram took action against about 2.2 million pieces across nine categories during the same period proactively. Facebook had "actioned" over 33.3 million content pieces across 10 violation categories proactively during June 16-July 31 in the country. Instagram took action against about 2.8 million pieces across nine categories during the same period proactively. On Friday, Facebook said it had received 904 user reports for Facebook through its Indian grievance mechanism between August 1-31.
Facebook, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded in 2004 as TheFacebook by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, roommates and students at Harvard College.
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| 808 | Recent | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to hold rally in Modi's constituency Varanasi on Oct 10 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address a public rally on October 10 in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Uttar Pradesh gears up for assembly elections early next year, a party spokesperson said on Friday. The Congress leader, who completed her five-day visit to the state capital on Friday, held meetings with party members in preparation for the electoral test early next year and will address a public rally on October 10 in Varanasi for which preparations are underway, during her visit to the state, the Congress in-charge of UP affairs held meetings with leaders, office bearers and workers of different units of the party including the Youth Congress and took feedback from them for formulating the party's strategy for the elections.
Priyanka Gandhi, also known by her married name Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh.
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| 809 | Recent | Security forces gun down LeT terrorist in J-K's Shopian | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday. A cordon-and-search operation was launched at Rakhama village in the district in the morning following information about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesperson said. "During the search operation, as the presence of the terrorist was ascertained, he was given an opportunity to surrender. He instead fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, which was retaliated, leading to an encounter." In the ensuing gunfight, the terrorist, identified as Mujeeb Lone of Redwani Bala Kulgam, was killed, and his body was retrieved from the site of the encounter.
Lashkar-e-Taiba is an Islamist terrorist organization operating against India in Pakistan. It was founded in 1987 by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam and Zafar Iqbal with funding from Osama bin Laden. The organization's stated objective is to merge the whole of Kashmir with Pakistan.
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| 810 | Recent | Mamata blames Jharkhand, DVC for Bengal flood, warns of massive protest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday held Jharkhand and Damodar Valley Corporation responsible for the current 'man-made' flood in the southern part of the state and contended that it was caused due to the unplanned and enhanced discharge of water from dams and barrages in the neighboring state without information. The lack of dredging in dams and barrages by Jharkhand has led to excessive discharge of water causing the flood situation in Bengal, she said and urged the government of that state to carry out dredging in its reservoirs. Banerjee warned of 'massive protest' if dredging of dams and barrages is not done to prevent the recurrence of floods. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress said that DVC always apprised the Bengal government before releasing excess water and this time was no exception.
Damodar Valley Corporation is an Indian governmental organization that operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India. The corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the Ministry of Power, Govt of India.
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| 811 | Recent | Modi launches Swachh Bharat 2 to make cities garbage-free | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, asserting that these missions were aimed at making cities garbage-free and water secure. Under the new phase, it will be ensured that no untreated drain waste is discharged into any river of the country, Modi said after launching SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 at the Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. He said that the new phases of these missions are also an important step in fulfilling the dreams of B R Ambedkar. "It's our privilege that today's program has been organized at the BR Ambedkar Centre. Babasaheb believed that urban development was pivotal to removing inequality.
Swachh Bharat Mission, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Mission is a country-wide campaign initiated by the Government of India in 2014 to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management.
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| 812 | Recent | India to adopt reciprocal visa policy for foreign tourists | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2021 | Oct 01, 2021. With India set to open up its border for international tourists, the government has decided on 'reciprocal treatment' to the applicants under new visa conditions. The visa facilitation will depend on the applicant's home country's policy for the Indian tourists. A senior official of the ministry of home affairs informed that to iron out all the issues emerging from such a situation, a meeting was held last week which was attended by representatives from all agencies concerned which was chaired by the Union home secretary, "In the meeting, it was decided to provide reciprocal treatment to tourists visiting India. Many countries have opened for tourists from foreign countries but have posed several restrictions for Indian travelers. The issues have been raised with the diplomats of countries concerned to get issues resolved," So, an incoming foreign tourist might have to show their vaccination certificate or undergo a quarantine period or face rejection, which will depend on how they treat Indian tourists visiting their country.
A visa is a conditional authorization granted by a territory to a foreigner, allowing them to enter, remain within, or leave that territory.
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| 813 | Recent | World's fastest e-car charger that fully charges car in 15 mins launched by ABB | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. ABB on Thursday launched the world's fastest electric car charger, which has a maximum output of 360 kW and is capable of fully charging an electric car in 15 minutes or less. It can also deliver 100 kilometers of range in less than three minutes. ABB's 'Terra 360' is a modular charger that can simultaneously charge up to four vehicles.
The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890–91 by William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa; the vehicle was a six-passenger wagon capable of reaching a speed of 23 kilometers per hour (14 mph).
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| 814 | Recent | France's highest mountain has shrunk a metre since 2017: Experts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. France's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has reportedly shrunk by nearly a metre since the last official measurement taken in 2017. Geographical experts measured the mountain at 4,807.81 metres during an expedition in mid-September, lower than their last published estimate of 4,808.72 metres in 2017. It has been losing an average of 13 centimetres in height annually since 2001, experts said.
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising 4,807.81 m (15,774 ft) above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and it is the eleventh most prominent mountain summit in the world. The mountain stands between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France.
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| 815 | Recent | TV actress Soujanya dies by suicide aged 25 in Bengaluru, suicide note recovered | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30,2021. Kannada television actress Soujanya has died by suicide aged 25 in Bengaluru. According to reports, she was found dead on Thursday morning and was identified from a tattoo on her leg. Police have recovered a suicide note, which states that her mental state was not good. She also sought forgiveness from her family for the step.
Soujanya is an Indian film Actress & a model from India. She worked in many Telugu, Malayalam movies. She made her first television debut with the Kannada film. Earlier Soujanya acted in many serials in the Kannada film industry.
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| 816 | Recent | Sushant's absconding friend, hotelier Kunal Jani, arrested in drugs case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested hotelier Kunal Jani from Mumbai in a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He was a close friend of Rajput and was absconding. "He is being investigated regarding his links with drug peddlers and the drug syndicate busted by NCB last year," said NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede.
Sameer Wankhede was born on between 1984-1988. He is an Indian government employee, IRS officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, and entrepreneur from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is also known as the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the country.
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| 817 | Recent | I struggled to sing for Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt: Shaan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Shaan has revealed he struggled to sing 'Chand Sifarish' for Aamir Khan and 'Bole Toh Bole' for Sanjay Dutt. "I don't know why I kept singing ['Chand Sifarish'] like Udit [Narayan]. I had to consciously make an attempt not to sing like him," Shaan said. "While recording 'Bole Toh Bole', I tried to keep my voice in Sanjay's style but finally gave up," he added.
Shantanu Mukherjee (born 30 September 1972), known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, actor, and television presenter active in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, and Urdu language films and a television host.
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| 818 | Recent | Suhasini Maniratnam to head the jury of Kerala State Film Awards | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Actress and filmmaker Suhasini Maniratnam have been roped in to head the jury of the Kerala State Film Awards 2020. The main jury panel includes cinematographer CK Muraleedharan, music director Mohan Sithara, sound designer Harikumar Madhavan Nair and critic and scriptwriter N Sasidharan. About 80 films, including four children's movies, have been submitted for the awards in various categories.
Suhasini Maniratnam is an Indian actress known for her works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe, for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.
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| 819 | Recent | IIT Bombay alumnus Sanjay Bhargava to lead SpaceX's Starlink in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30,2021. Sanjay Bhargava, an IIT Bombay, and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus will be leading SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink as Country Director for India from October 1. In a LinkedIn post, Bhargava said he had worked with Elon Musk on the PayPal founding team. He added, "Starlink and I share a common passion for supporting a transformed India starting with rural India."
Sanjay handled the Cash Management business in India, Thailand, and New York over the span of 17 years at the Citibank Group. He then joined the founding team at PayPal Inc and is credited by Elon Musk as having figured out the world’s first low-cost method of authenticating terrestrial bank accounts, which was critical to making the PayPal Business model work.
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| 820 | Recent | Amazon makes 13-page PDF to prove Musk is as litigious as Bezos, Musk laughs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Jeff Bezos' Amazon made a 13-page PDF compiling lawsuits, government petitions, and other legal actions that Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken over the years, and sent it to technology news website The Verge. The list was a response to Musk's complaints about Amazon's and Blue Origin's legal fights. Elon Musk tweeted laughing emojis in response to Amazon's move.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.
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| 821 | Recent | Meesho's valuation more than doubles to $4.9 bn in about 6 months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Social commerce platform Meesho's valuation has more than doubled to $4.9 billion in less than six months, after raising $570 million in a Series F round led by Fidelity Management and B Capital. Proses Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Facebook, and Good Capital also participated in the funding round. Meesho had turned unicorn in April at a valuation of $2.1 billion.
Meesho is an Indian social e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore. It was founded by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in December 2015. It enables small businesses and individuals to start their online stores via social channels such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram.
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| 822 | Recent | Olympic bronze medal-winning India hockey player Rupinder Pal Singh retires aged 30 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh on Thursday announced his retirement from international hockey. "I believe it's time for me to make way for young and talented players to experience every great joy I've felt in these last 13 years of representing India," the 30-year-old who was part of India's Tokyo Olympics bronze-winning team said. Rupinder played 223 matches for India.
Rupinder Pal Singh is a professional field hockey player, who currently represents India in the Indian Hockey Team. He plays as a fullback and is known for his abilities as one of the best drag flickers in the world.
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| 823 | Recent | Overseas spectators banned from attending Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Overseas fans have been banned from attending the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics while all unvaccinated athletes will be quarantined for 21 days ahead of the Games. All domestic and international Games participants and workforce will be tested daily for COVID-19, the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee said. The Games will take place from February 4 to 20.
The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
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| 824 | Recent | US is a whole lot better off because of crucial friendship with India: US politician | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Calling for strengthening economic ties between India and the US, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, "America is a whole lot better off because of the long strong and crucial friendship between India and the US." Schumer also said that he will use his "clout" to make sure that the US and India stay close together.
Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer is the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
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| 825 | Recent | LinkedIn blocks journalists' accounts in China over 'prohibited content' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has blocked profiles of journalists on its Chinese website over "prohibited content" that is considered offensive to the Chinese government. The company sent emails to users informing them that their profiles "won't be made viewable in China.'' Sharing a screenshot of the email, a journalist said, "Now a US company is paying its own employees to censor Americans."
LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Launched on May 5, 2003, the platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs.
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| 826 | Recent | Byju Raveendran & family richer than Jhunjhunwalas, Mahindras: Hurun India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2021 | Sep 30, 2021. BYJU'S Co-founder Byju Raveendran and his family are richer than the families of ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and businessman Anand Mahindra, according to Hurun India Rich List 2021. Byju Raveendran and his family's net worth stands at ₹24,300 crores, compared to ₹22,300 crore wealth of Jhunjhunwalas, and ₹22,000 crore wealth of Mahindras. Mukesh Ambani and his family are India's richest.
Hurun India Rich List is a ranking of individuals with a net worth of ₹1,000 Crore+ and has grown to become the most comprehensive rich list from India. Over the last decade, the list grew from 100 individuals from 10 cities to 1,007 richest Indians, from 76 cities.
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| 827 | Recent | Kangana ignores 'no mask, no entry' sign, Insta user says 'is it only for common people?' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. In a video that has surfaced online, Kangana Ranaut can be seen posing for photographers at Mumbai airport on Tuesday morning. She can be seen without a mask, with a 'no mask, no entry' board just a few feet away from her. "'No mask no entry', is it only for common people and not these celebrities?" an Instagram user commented.
Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. Known for her versatility and portrayal of strong women in female-centric films, She has been described in the media as one of India's highest-paid actresses.
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| 828 | Recent | Mid-Day Meal is now PM POSHAN, to cover pre-primary students | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. The national mid-day meal scheme in government and aided schools will now be known as PM POSHAN Scheme and will also cover students of balvatikas or pre-primary classes, the government announced Wednesday. Encouraging 'Tithi Bhojan' to allow people from the community to provide special food to children on occasions and festivals, using the harvest from 'school nutrition gardens' for cooking mid-day meals, cooking competitions to promote ethnic cuisine and innovative menus, and involvement of Farmers Producer Organisations (FPO) and Women Self Help Groups in implementation of the scheme, are among the features which have been added in the new scheme. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the roll-out of the 'PM POSHAN in Schools' scheme that will provide hot cooked meals to students of elementary classes in government and government-aided schools across the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal program in India designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide.
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| 829 | Recent | Placed under house arrest again, claims Mehbooba Mufti | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest as she had planned to visit Tral town in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. 'Locked up in my house today yet again for attempting to visit the village in Tral allegedly ransacked by the army. 'This is the real picture of Kashmir that visiting dignitaries must be shown instead of GOIs sanitized & guided picnic tours,' Mehbooba tweeted. She also posted a picture of a security forces' vehicle blocking the main gate to her residence at Gupkar Road in Srinagar. The PDP president had on Tuesday alleged that army personnel had thrashed a family in Seer village, causing injuries to a female member. 'Army from Yagwani camp in Tral ransacked homes & ruthlessly thrashed a family last night.
Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, who served as the last Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir as a State, from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018.
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| 830 | Recent | 'Sidhu's resignation was not a spur-of-the-moment decision' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. Navjot Singh Sidhu's surprise resignation as Punjab Congress Committee president has pushed the party back into crisis in the state only months ahead of the assembly polls. Sidhu's move is baffling as only 10 days ago, his mutiny against then chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh led to Singh stepping down. In Captain Singh's place was appointed Sidhu supporter Charanjit Singh Channi, making him Punjab's first Dalit chief minister. The recent events in Punjab were seen as a victory for Sidhu, which make his decision to step down as PCC chief on Tuesday, September 28, a mystery.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality, and former international cricketer. He is President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the local state government of the State of Punjab.
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| 831 | Recent | Biden advised to keep 2500 troops in Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. Top American generals on Tuesday told lawmakers that they had recommended having 2,500 troops in Afghanistan to which President Joe Biden disagreed. The White House, however, defended the presidential decision, acknowledging that it was a split recommendation from Biden's advisors and generals. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of US Joint Chief of Staff General Mark Milley, and Gen Frank McKenzie, Commander of US Central Command told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon had recommended Biden about the need to keep 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan post withdrawal.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 832 | Recent | Only Pak deep state benefits from Punjab crisis, says Manish Tewari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. Expressing concerns over another round of crisis in the Punjab unit of the Congress, Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari said that he is 'extremely distressed' after Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as party's state unit chief and claimed that the only people who are happy with what is going on in the border state is the 'deep state of Pakistan.' Tewari pointed out that a safe pair of hands is required to keep the ship on an even keel in the state when it is going through intense social upheaval because of angst in people against farm laws. "As a Punjab MP, I am extremely distressed about happenings in Punjab. Peace in Punjab was extremely hard-won. 25,000 people, bulk of them Congressmen, sacrificed themselves to bring peace back to Punjab after fighting extremism and terrorism between 1980 and 1995."
Manish Tewari is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2012 to 2014 and a Member of Parliament from Ludhiana from 2009 to 2014.
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| 833 | Recent | 'Deshbhakti dhyan', 'who is a Deshbhakt': Patriotism lessons at Delhi govt schools | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. Starting the class with five minutes of "deshbahkti Dhyan", maintaining "Deshbhakti diary", Flag Day activity, and exploring why "India is glorious but still not developed", are among the main features of the Delhi government's ambitious patriotism curriculum which will be rolled out in its schools. The curriculum for classes nursery to 12, which was launched at a mega event at Chattrasal stadium on Tuesday, will not have any textbooks. "Each class will begin with a five-minute activity called 'deshbhakti dhyan. During the mediation, students will chant the lines 'I bow before my country and I respect Bharat Mata' through their minds," explained an official of the Directorate of Education.
The Government of Delhi also called the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, governs the Union Territory of Delhi, whose urban area is the seat of the Government of India. It also governs the city or local governments in the area as per the 75th Constitutional Amendment Act.
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| 834 | Recent | Taliban request India to resume flights to Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2021 | Sep 29, 2021. The Taliban-controlled Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority has written to Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation to resume commercial flights between the countries. The DGCA is yet to take a decision in the matter. The last commercial flight between India and Afghanistan was operated by Air India on the Kabul-Delhi route on August 15, the day Kabul fell to the Taliban. Afghanistan airspace was declared 'uncontrolled' by the CAA on August 16. In a letter dated September 7, 2021, CAA's Acting Minister Alhaj Hameedullah Akhunzada requested the DGCA to permit commercial flights of Ariana Afghan airline and Kam Air between India and Afghanistan. Akhunzada stated in his letter: 'As you are well informed that recently the Kabul airport was damaged and (left) dysfunctional by American troops before their withdrawal.'
Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist terror outfit originating in Afghanistan, waging war in the country in the form of an insurgency. Taliban emerged in the aftermath of the Afghan Civil War in 1994 and had established dominance in Afghanistan until they were ousted in 2001 after the American invasion.
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| 835 | Recent | All-electric concept car with over 640 km range unveiled in UK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. An all-electric concept sports car, Aura, that can travel over 640 km on a single charge has been unveiled by a consortium of four companies in the UK. The open-top, two-seater car has a portrait-oriented touchscreen infotainment system and a driver display located in the center of the steering wheel. The car draws its power from dual 44 kWh batteries.
Electric cars have been around a lot longer than today’s Tesla Motors or even the General Motors EV1 of the late 1990s. In fact, electric cars appeared long before the internal combustion sort, and dreamers have never stopped trying to make them work both on the road and as a business proposition.
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| 836 | Recent | Toyota to hike vehicle prices by up to 2% from October 1 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Tuesday said it will increase prices of its entire model range by up to 2% with effect from October 1. "This hike is necessitated to partially offset the increase in input costs," the automaker added. "The overall price increase has been tapered down considering the impact on our valued customers," Toyota said.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited is an Indian joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and Kirloskar Group, for the manufacture and sales of Toyota cars in India. The headquarters are located in Bidadi, Karnataka, near Bangalore.
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| 837 | Monthly Capsule | 20 women to immerse in waterbeds for 5 days to understand effects of space on body | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. A team of 20 women is part of the European Space Agency's dry immersion study to understand the effects of space travel on the female body by spending five days in a waterbed. Volunteers lay down in containers similar to bathtubs covered with a waterproof fabric that keeps them evenly suspended. As a result, the body experiences what astronauts feel while floating on ISS.
ESA's purpose shall be to provide for, and to promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among the European States in space research and technology and their space applications, with a view to their being used for scientific purposes and for operational space applications systems.
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| 838 | Recent | Bezos' Blue Origin to send NASA ex-engineer, 3 others to space in Oct | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has said its New Shepard's 18th mission will carry four astronauts to space and back, including Dr. Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer, and Glen de Vries, Vice-Chair, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Dassault Systèmes, and Co-founder, Medidata. The mission will launch on October 12. The flight will follow Blue Origin's successful first human flight in July.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.
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| 839 | Recent | Angry elephant attacks bus & breaks its windshield in TN; IAS officer shares video | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. An IAS officer has shared a video of an angry elephant charging towards a government bus and breaking its windshield with its tusks. The video shows the passengers screaming before the bus driver moves them back inside the bus. Tamil Nadu Principal Secretary (Environment and Forests) Supriya Sahu praised the bus driver for keeping his cool during the incident.
Supriya Sahu is a senior Indian bureaucrat of Additional Secretary rank from the 1991 batch of Indian Administrative Service. Currently, she is posted as Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Environment, Climate Change, and Forests.
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| 840 | Recent | 3-yr-old Kerala boy dies after iron gate falls on his head while playing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. A three-year-old boy in Kerala died after a sliding iron gate fell on top of him and injured his head while he was playing. Though the child was immediately rushed to a private hospital nearby, he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday morning, police said. The toddler reportedly suffered serious brain damage and a hemorrhage.
In medicine, loss of blood from damaged blood vessels. A hemorrhage may be internal or external, and usually involves a lot of bleeding in a short time.
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| 841 | Recent | Didn't know who Navya was, just saw her as extraordinary businessperson: Nooyi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. Former Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi, during a panel discussion on Mojo Story, praised actor Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda. "I had no idea who Navya Nanda was when I was mentoring her. I just saw her as this extraordinary businessperson...And I'm thinking to myself, 'I wish I had her maturity when I was her age. I didn't," she stated.
Indra Nooyi is an American business executive and former chairperson and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. She has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women.
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| 842 | Recent | PM Narendra Modi wishes Lata Mangeshkar on her 92nd birthday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2021 | Sep 28, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar on her 92nd birthday on Tuesday. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Birthday greetings to respected Lata didi. Her melodious voice reverberates across the world. She's respected for her humility and passion for Indian culture. Personally, her blessings are...source of great strength. I pray for Lata didi's long and healthy life."
Lata Mangeshkar (28 September 1929) is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali.
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| 843 | Recent | A Challenging US Visit for Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. Given the state of the Indian media today, it is difficult to cut through the Indian-American rhetoric from a distance of 10,000 kilometers and get a rounded view of Prime Minister Modi's visit to the United States and his meeting with President Biden. So much has changed since Modi last visited America two years ago. India has changed, America has changed and the world has changed. Modi himself has had a makeover. This is not the boisterous politician we saw who electrified the Madison Square Garden or went on a victory lap with Trump at Houston. It has been a sobering two years. India's economy crashed and it cannot be the magnet anymore for investors in Silicon Valley. 'Make in India' withered away. The current pitch for a spot in the global supply chain is unconvincing.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and the capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
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| 844 | Recent | Xi's foreign policy bad for India-China relations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. The Deng Xiaoping era of reform and opening up in China is fading. Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made major departures from the key policies associated with Deng. While upholding the political leadership of the Communist Party, Deng had brought about a clear separation between the party and the State and the party and the People's Liberation Army with the party supervising but not intervening. This allowed the professionalization of the State bureaucracy and the military. A private sector-led economy was allowed to flourish. Deng's slogan, 'To get rich is glorious' legitimized entrepreneurial activity culminating in the important decision taken in 2001 to admit business owners as party members.
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2012 and President of the People's Republic of China since 2013.
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| 845 | Recent | Don't worry about contempt of court: Tripura CM to officials | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked government officers not to worry about contempt of court as it was not easy to send someone to jail because he controlled the police. Speaking at the biennial conference of Tripura Civil Service Officers' Association, Deb said the way a section of officers were citing contempt of court as if it was a tiger, but actually "I am the tiger". Deb's comment triggered a controversy with opposition parties saying that under his regime, democracy was at stake. "Nowadays, a section of officers are scared of contempt of court. They don't touch a file saying there will be trouble, citing contempt of court. I will be jailed for contempt of court if I do this," he said while speaking at the program in Rabindra Bhavan on Saturday. "Where is the problem? How many officers have been sent to jail on contempt of court charges so far? I am here, I will go to jail before any one of you is dragged to jail.
Tripura is a hilly state in northeast India, bordered on 3 sides by Bangladesh, and home to a diverse mix of tribal cultures and religious groups. In the capital Agartala, the imposing Ujjayanta Palace is set among Mughal gardens, and Gedu Mia’s Mosque has white marble domes and towers. South of the city, Neermahal summer palace sits in the middle of Lake Rudrasagar and blends Hindu and Islamic architectural styles.
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| 846 | Recent | Ayushman Bharat goes digital, Modi calls it revolutionary | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. The key components of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission include a health ID for every citizen that will also work as their health account, to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application, a Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) that will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, under which a digital health ID will be provided to people that will contain their health records, and asserted that it has the potential to bring revolutionary changes in healthcare. In his address after the launch, Modi said the mission marks a new phase in efforts of the last seven years to strengthen health facilities.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is a national public health insurance fund of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low-income earners in the country. Roughly, the bottom 50% of the country qualifies for this scheme.
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| 847 | Recent | Sikh officer plans to sue US Marine Corps for full religious freedom | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. A 26-year-old Sikh-American officer in the US Marines who has been allowed to wear the turban - the first person in the 246-year history of the elite force allowed to do so, but with a few limitations, plans to sue the corps if he is not granted full religious accommodation, according to a media report. “Almost every morning for five years, First Lt Sukhbir Toor has pulled on the uniform of the United States Marine Corps. On Thursday, he also got to put on the turban of a faithful Sikh.” Toor's turban is a first in the 246-year history of the Marine Corps, which has almost never allowed deviations from its hallowed image, the NYT report said. “I finally don't have to pick which life I want to commit to, my faith or my country. I can be who I am and honor both sides,” Toor said in an interview.
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, armor, artillery, aerial and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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| 848 | Recent | Pakistan is getting isolated internationally | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. When different factions of the Taliban bickered over forming a government in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, director-general of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, flew to Kabul and ensured that an interim Taliban government was in place before he returned to the ISI headquarters in Rawalpindi. The ISI chief's mission possible confirmed yet again the hold his agency has over the Taliban which it spawned and has patronized for over 25 years. Mohsin Dawar, a member of Pakistan's parliament, the national assembly, and central chairman of the National Democratic Movement in that country, is wary about Islamabad's patronage of the Taliban and worries about its influence on Pakistan's own Taliban.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population exceeding 225.2 million, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometers.
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| 849 | Recent | Digital fraud in travel, leisure segment up by 269% | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. With the restart of economic activity, fraudsters have shifted their focus to target unsuspecting people from travel and leisure, communities (online forums), and logistics sectors, a report said on Monday. Digital fraud attempts from India grew 269 percent in the travel and leisure segment, 267 percent in communities which also includes online dating, and 94 percent in logistics over the same in the year-ago period, the report by credit information company Transunion said. Transunion monitors digital fraud attempts after analyzing data from over 40,000 websites and apps contained in its fraud analytics offering to come up with the trends.
TransUnion CIBIL Limited is a credit information company operating in India. It maintains credit files on 600 million individuals and 32 million businesses. TransUnion is one of four credit bureaus operating in India and is part of TransUnion, an American multinational group.
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| 850 | Recent | Visa curbs applicable to all, don't target Indians alone, claims China | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. China on Monday defended its visa curbs which have prevented thousands of stranded Indians from returning to Beijing, saying they are 'appropriate' to control the spread of Covid-19 and do not target India alone but are applied to even Chinese citizens coming back from overseas. Responding to questions on the Indian ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri's criticism of China's prolonged stringent travel restrictions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying also ruled out the easing of the curbs in the near future. Misri, in his address to the Track-II Dialogue on China-India Relations last week, expressed 'disappointment' over China's reluctance to permit the return of thousands of stranded Indian students, employees, and their families due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He described China's restrictions as an 'unscientific approach' to a purely humanitarian issue.
Beijing, China’s sprawling capital, has a history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics.
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| 851 | Recent | Bharat Bandh got unprecedented response, claims SKM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a united front of over 40 farmer unions protesting against three agriculture laws of the Centre, on Monday said its call for a 'Bharat Bandh' received an 'unprecedented and historic' response from more than 23 states and not a single untoward incident was reported from anywhere. The morcha claimed that the response to the bandh call was 'more widespread than before and nearly all opposition political parties extended unconditional support to it. 'Reports have been pouring in about the overwhelmingly positive and resounding response to the Bharat Bandh call to mark 10 months of peaceful protests with rightful demands from the 'annadaatas' of the country. Spontaneous participation from various sections of society was witnessed at most places.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, formed in November 2020, is a coalition of over forty Indian farmers' unions to coordinate satyagraha against the three farm acts initiated in September of the same year.
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| 852 | Recent | China installs new shelters for troops near LAC in Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/09/2021 | Sep 27, 2021. China has put in place new modular container-based accommodations for its troops in several high-altitude forward areas on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in response to Indian deployment in the region, people familiar with the developments said on Monday. The shelters were installed in locations near Tashigong, Manza, Hot Springs, and Churup among others, in reflection of simmering tensions between the two sides in the region, The people cited above said China's People Liberation Army has been feeling the heat of the Indian response to its 'misadventure' in the region last year and that the Chinese military has been forced to go for long deployments and boost infrastructure in the region.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 853 | Recent | NASA shares pic of 'hand-shaped' space cloud formed after a star exploded | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. NASA has shared a picture of a nebula (interstellar cloud) which is shaped like a hand and said that it was blown by a pulsar, which is a magnetized rotating compact star. The pulsar was left behind when a star exploded, NASA said, adding, "The pulsar is about 19 kilometers in diameter and it's spinning around almost 7 times per second!"
A nebula is a distinct body of interstellar clouds. Originally, the term was used to describe any diffused astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
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| 854 | Recent | I was asked to quit my BPO job as my songs had become too famous: Benny Dayal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Playback singer Benny Dayal, who once worked at a BPO, told Times Now Digital, "I've always wanted to be a musician, so yes, I did quit my job. I didn't quit actually, I was asked to quit because my songs had become too famous during that time." The 'Badtameez Dil' singer added, "It helped me move on with my life."
Benny Dayal is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, and Marathi languages films. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the SS Music TV channel. He made his acting debut in the Malayalam movie By The People.
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| 855 | Recent | Sai Dharam Tej still in a coma: Pawan at 'Republic' pre-release event | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan on Saturday attended the pre-release event of the upcoming film 'Republic', where he revealed that his nephew actor Sai Dharam Tej is still in a coma. Tej was hospitalized after getting injured in a road accident on September 10. Pawan gave a speech at the event condemning media houses that projected Tej's accident as his own fault.
Pawan Kalyan is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, philanthropist, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of the actor-politician Chiranjeevi and made his debut in the 1996 film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.
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| 856 | Recent | 30 companies may have their IPOs in Oct-Nov to raise ₹45,000 crore: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Thirty companies are looking to jointly raise over ₹45,000 crores through IPOs in October-November, PTI reported. A large chunk of fundraising would be garnered by technology-driven companies. The firms expected to raise funds through IPOs include Policybazaar (₹6,017 crores), Emcure Pharmaceuticals (₹4,500 crores), Nykaa (₹4,000 crores), CMS Info Systems (₹2,000 crores), and MobiKwik (₹1,900 crores).
An initial public offering or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also retail investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.
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| 857 | Recent | Star Trek actor to fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Actor William Shatner, who played the role of Captain James T Kirk on the television series 'Star Trek', is expected to fly to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket in October, TMZ reported. The 15-minute space flight will reportedly be filmed for a documentary. The 90-year-old actor will become the oldest person ever to go to space after his trip.
William Shatner OC is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
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| 858 | Recent | IIT Delhi sets up Centre of Excellence for quantum studies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. IIT Delhi has set up a 'Centre of Excellence on Quantum Technologies' to conduct research activities in the related field. It will focus on certain areas such as quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum sensing, and metrology, and quantum materials and devices. The center will help principal investigators pitch more projects from the Department of Science and Technology, the institute said.
Quantum technology is a class of technology that works by using the principles of quantum mechanics (the physics of sub-atomic particles), including quantum entanglement and quantum superposition - more accurate healthcare imaging through quantum sensing. more powerful computing.
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| 859 | Recent | Bird attacks drone delivering coffee in Australia; pics surface | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. A home delivery service in Australia's Canberra, that uses drones for deliveries, was forced to temporarily shut down after its devices kept getting attacked by ravens guarding their nests. In a recent incident, a bird attacked one of its drones carrying coffee. The drone dropped the parcel from a height that is higher than usual after the bird's attack.
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. Unusual among Australian cities, it is an entirely planned city.
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| 860 | Recent | India great example of a country that invested in vaccine capacity: Bill Gates | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates called India "a great example of a country that invested in its vaccine capacity". He said, "A few decades ago, India invested in its health capabilities by building research infrastructure in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, and Pune." He added, "Today 2/3rds of all the world's children receive a vaccine that was made in India."
William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.
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| 861 | Recent | Lord Ram is of entire world, not only of BJP, RSS: Farooq Abdullah | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah while addressing an event in Haryana's Jind accused BJP of trying to appropriate Lord Ram, saying, "[Lord Ram is] of entire world...Ram is everybody's Ram, not only of the BJP and the RSS." "[BJP] have made [Lord Ram] theirs, as if he is only for them and not for anybody else," he added.
Farooq Abdullah is an Indian politician and chairman of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014.
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| 862 | Recent | CSK defeat KKR on last ball, go top of IPL 2021 points table | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2021 | Sep 26, 2021. CSK defeated KKR by two wickets to win their third match in a row and go top of the IPL 2021 points table with a superior net run-rate (NRR). CSK won on the last ball of the match after Sunil Narine dismissed CSK's Sam Curran and Ravindra Jadeja in the final over while trying to defend four runs.
Sunil Philip Narine is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He made his One Day International debut in December 2011 and Test match debut in June 2012. Primarily an off-spin bowler, he is also a left-handed batsman.
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| 863 | Recent | Relatives said I'm good enough to be rickshaw puller: Freshworks CEO Girish | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshworks that listed on the American stock exchange Nasdaq after a billion-dollar IPO, said, "I have had relatives who have told me that I am only good enough to be a rickshaw puller." "The point is you don't have to fight at that point of time...but use it to fire to do something creative," he added.
Girish Mathrubootham is the star of the Indian startup scene, transforming the lives of hundreds of his Freshworks employees who are now crorepatis. Mathrubootham says he did not start Freshworks to buy a BMW, but so that his employees could.
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| 864 | Recent | We'll launch 75 satellites made by Indian students: PM at UNGA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said India will launch 75 satellites into space made by Indian students to mark 75 years of independence. "We have also started working on making India the world's largest green hydrogen hub. We are answerable to our future generations," he added.
The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.
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| 865 | Recent | When India grows, the world grows; when India reforms, the world transforms: PM at UNGA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. During his address at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, PM Narendra Modi said, "Today every 6th person in the world is an Indian. When Indians progress, the world's development also gets accelerated." "When India grows, the world grows. When India reforms, the world transforms," he added.
India is a land of ancient civilizations. India's social, economic, and cultural configurations are the products of a long process of regional expansion. Indian history begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization and the coming of the Aryans. These two phases are usually described as the pre-Vedic and Vedic ages. Hinduism arose in the Vedic period.
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| 866 | Recent | Gauri Lankesh murder accused to be shifted to B'luru jail for trial | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. A Bengaluru court has directed that all those accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh be relocated to Bengaluru's central prison from prisons around Karnataka in order to start the trial of the case. As many as 11 of the 17 accused are in prisons across Karnataka while six are lodged in a Mumbai jail.
Gauri Lankesh was an Indian journalist-turned-activist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike. She was assassinated outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on 5 September 2017.
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| 867 | Recent | Internet to be suspended in Ajmer, 4 other Rajasthan districts tomorrow over REET | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Mobile internet services, bulk SMS, and social media will be suspended in Ajmer, Alwar, Dausa, Jhunjhunu, and Jaipur rural districts on Sunday in wake of the Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Teachers (REET) 2021 exam, the government said on Saturday. The services will remain suspended from 6 am to 6 pm. The exam will be held in two sessions.
The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world. Through the Internet, people can share information and communicate from anywhere with an Internet connection.
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| 868 | Recent | Tata Group largest wealth creator for investors in 2021, RIL second: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Tata Group is the largest wealth creator for shareholders so far in 2021, TOI reported citing Sharekhan BNP Paribas' data. Tata's 28 listed entities added ₹6.6 lakh crore wealth for investors since January 2021, a return of 40%, the report said. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) nine listed firms added nearly ₹4 lakh crore, making it the second-largest wealth creator.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.
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| 869 | Recent | PBKS defend 125-run total, hand SRH their fifth defeat in a row in IPL 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by five runs to end their two-match losing streak in IPL 2021. PBKS defended a 125-run total, with leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi registering figures of 4-0-24-3 and Mohammed Shami registering bowling figures of 4-1-14-2. SRH has now lost five matches in a row in IPL 2021.
Ravi Bishnoi is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He played for India in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, finishing as the tournament's highest wicket-taker with 17 dismissals.
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| 870 | Recent | DC defeat RR to register their 4th win in a row in IPL 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25,2021. DC defeated RR by 33 runs in Abu Dhabi to register their fourth win a row in IPL 2021. With this, DC has now moved to the top of the points table with 16 points from 10 matches. Shreyas Iyer top-scored for DC with 43 runs off 32 deliveries, while fast bowler Anrich Nortje registered bowling figures of 4-0-18-2.
Anrich Arno Nortje is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in March 2019. In July 2020, Nortje was named the newcomer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.
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| 871 | Recent | UFC star Jon Jones arrested from a resort for domestic violence, vehicle damage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. UFC star Jonathan Dwight Jones, known as Jon Jones, has been arrested in Las Vegas after an incident at Caesars Palace and charged with domestic battery and damaging a vehicle. The 34-year-old is being held on an $8,000 total bond and is scheduled for a court appearance today. He was arrested on Friday at 5.45 am (local time).
Jonathan Dwight Jones is an American professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he competes in the light heavyweight division.
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| 872 | Recent | Amarinder sings at party he hosted for NDA batchmates, videos surface | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Former Punjab CM and Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday hosted a dinner for 47 of his NDA batchmates and their spouses at his Mohali farmhouse and also sang during the party, videos of which were shared by his media adviser. He gave them jackets with their names and course embossed. Singh had resigned as Punjab CM last week.
Amarinder Singh, known publicly as Captain Amarinder Singh, is an Indian politician, military historian, author, former royal and former veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab.
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| 873 | Recent | Google CEO sought to keep 'Incognito' mode issues out of spotlight, lawsuit alleges | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was warned in 2019 that describing 'Incognito' mode as "private" was problematic, yet the issue wasn't addressed because he didn't want the feature "under the spotlight", a new court filing alleged. Earlier, users alleged that Google tracked their internet use even in 'Incognito' mode. In the latest filing, users "anticipate seeking to depose" Pichai, attorneys said.
In Incognito, none of your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms are saved on your device. This means your activity doesn't show up in your Chrome browser history, so people who also use your device won't see your activity.
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| 874 | Recent | Interactive airspace map demarcating zones for drone operations in India released | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2021 | Sep 25, 2021. The Civil Aviation Ministry has released an interactive drone airspace map demarcating yellow and red zones across India. Drone operations in the yellow zone require permission from the concerned air traffic control authority. The red zone is the 'no-drone zone' within which the Centre's permission is needed for operating drones. There's no permission required for operating drones in the green zone up to 400 feet.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India is the nodal Ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of Civil Aviation and for devising and implementing schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport.
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| 875 | Recent | Modi takes along documents to show Biden's India kin | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told US President Joe Biden that he has brought documents to prove that the Bidens in India were related to him, as the two leaders jokingly discussed the matter during their first bilateral meeting at the White House. Prime Minister Modi replied in affirmative when Biden asked if he was related to the Bidens in India. ”Was I related?” the president asked when Modi informed him that he had brought along with him a set of documents from the investigations he did on the Bidens in India. Mr. President, you have talked today and spoken in detail about the Biden surname in India. In fact, you had mentioned that to me earlier too. Well, after you mentioned that to me, I looked for documents.” ”Today I have brought along a set of documents, maybe we'll be able to take this matter market forward, and maybe those documents could be of use to you,” Modi said. In his opening remarks, going off script, Biden referred to the Biden family in Mumbai.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 876 | Recent | After Punjab, Rajasthan in focus as Pilot meets Rahul, Priyanka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot met former party chief Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday amid speculation over Cabinet expansion and organizational rejig in Rajasthan. The discussion between the former deputy chief minister and the Gandhi siblings comes days after the dramatic developments in Punjab where the Congress replaced Amarinder Singh as chief minister and appointed Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit leader, to the top post of the state. Pilot, who had also met Gandhi last week, met him at his Tughlaq Lane residence and Priyanka Gandhi was also present during the meeting. Since the developments in Punjab, the power circles in the Congress are abuzz that Rajasthan, where Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have been locked in a leadership tussle, as well as Chhattisgarh, were next on the list of Rahul Gandhi to set the party's house in order.
Priyanka Gandhi, also known by her married name Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh.
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| 877 | Recent | Border peace not whole story of ties: Chinese envoy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong has said peace and tranquility in the border areas with India are important but it is not the "whole story" of the bilateral relations and that the current status of the ties is obviously not in the fundamental interest of either side, remarks that came amid the Ladakh military standoff. After the standoff erupted in eastern Ladakh in May last year, India has consistently maintained that peace and tranquility in the border areas are essential for the overall development of relations between the two countries. At present, China-India relations have come to a crossroad once again, and there is a need to make the right choice rather than undercutting each other, Sun said at the dialogue co-hosted by the School of International Studies of Sichuan University, China Center for South Asian Studies and Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
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| 878 | Recent | Remove PM's pic, slogan from our e-mails, SC tells NIC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. The Supreme Court has put to rest the alleged controversy over the ‘Sabka Sath, Saath, Sabka Vikas' slogan along with the prime minister's picture being carried as a footer on apex court's official e-mails by asking the NIC to remove and replace them with the image of the top court. "Late last evening it was brought to the notice of the Registry of the Supreme Court of India that the official e-mails of the Supreme Court of India were carrying an image as footer which has no connection whatsoever with the functioning of the Judiciary," said a clarificatory note issued by an official. The NIC, which was directed to drop that image from the footer of the e-mails originating from the Supreme Court, has replaced them with the picture of the top court.
The National Informatics Centre is an attached office under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in the Indian government. The NIC provides the infrastructure to help support the delivery of government IT services and the delivery of some of the initiatives of Digital India.
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| 879 | Recent | Has Pakistan Learnt Its Afghan Lessons? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. An Indian news Web site that is wired into the Panjshir Valley reported that Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghan vice president, and security tsar in the Ghani government, has relocated to Tajikistan and that that he was given safe passage by the Tajikistan government. This comes within days of the 'lengthy meeting' in Dushanbe on September 17 between Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan where they thrashed out the terms of a consensus approach towards the Taliban government in Kabul. Imran Khan later hinted that he would be working on Rahmon's preconditions for accepting Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi HI PP is the 22nd and current prime minister of Pakistan. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Before entering politics, Khan was an international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, which led to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
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| 880 | Recent | We are natural partners with similar values, Modi tells Harris | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India and America as "natural partners" as he held the first in-person meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House during which they decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy and the Indo-Pacific. "India and America are natural partners. We have similar values, similar geopolitical interests," Modi said in a joint media appearance with Harris, the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the vice-president of the United States. Noting that India and the US are the largest and oldest democracies, Modi said the two countries share values and their coordination and cooperation are also gradually increasing. This is the first meeting between the two leaders. Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone in June during the Covid-19 crisis in India.
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
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| 881 | Recent | 'Wise for US to have a good relationship with India' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2021 | Sep 24, 2021. Kavita Tankha is the mayor of Los Altos Hills, a suburb in the heart of Silicon Valley. It is located at a 10-minute distance from the headquarters of Google, Apple, Facebook, and the Stanford campus. Yet, the town has a rural charm with ample greenery, rolling hills, and a total population of just over 8,000. It is the playground of Silicon Valley's tech moguls and international billionaires like Sundar Pichai (CEO, Alphabet Inc, which owns Google), Sergey Brin (co-founder, Alphabet, and Google), and Yuri Milner (co-founder and former chairman Mail.Ru Group, he has also invested in many companies including Byju's, Facebook, Twitter, Flipkart, Practo, Spotify, Xiaomi, OlaCabs, Alibaba, Airbnb, and WhatsApp). It is one of the richest zip codes in America. And now, it has an Indian American as its mayor.
The CEO is the person who is ultimately accountable for a company's business decisions, including those in operations, marketing, business development, finance, human resources, etc. The CEO of a company is not necessarily the owner or the head of the company.
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| 882 | Recent | Samsung in talks with Tesla to make next-gen self-driving chips | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Samsung Electronics is in talks with Tesla to make Tesla's next-generation self-driving chips, The Korea Economic Daily reported. If Samsung wins the order, it is expected to make the chip on its 7-nanometre production process, it added. The two firms have discussed chip design multiple times and exchanged chip prototypes for Tesla's upcoming Hardware 4 self-driving computer, it said.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in the Yeongtong District of Suwon. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.
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| 883 | Recent | You are in safe hands: Rahul Dravid introduces Practo Care Surgeries | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Practo signs Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador as it forays into secondary care with Practo Care Surgeries. With this, patients are promised access to expert surgeons, world-class technology, and a dedicated personal assistant to guide them through their journey. Currently available for 50+ surgical procedures across six cities, it aims to provide high-quality secondary care services in India.
Practo has you covered with answers to all your primary questions. It shows a doctor's qualification, experience, clinic timings, consultation fees, and approx distance from your location. It is a good app for people who do not rely on a fixed family doctor.
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| 884 | Recent | Jr NTR spends ₹17 lakh for number plate for his Lamborghini worth over ₹3cr: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Actor Jr NTR, who recently purchased a Lamborghini Urus Graphite Capsule limited-edition SUV, has reportedly paid ₹17 lakh for a special number plate with the numbers '9999' on it. His car's number plate was recently registered at the Khairatabad RTO office in Hyderabad, said reports. The SUV reportedly costs more than ₹3 crores.
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born 20 May 1983), also known as Jr NTR or Tarak, is an Indian actor, singer, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema. In his film career spanning 20 years, he has worked in over 29 films. Popularly referred to as the Young Tiger of Tollywood, Rama Rao has received two state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and four Cinema Awards. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he was ranked 28th in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list with an annual income of ₹280 million in 2018.
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| 885 | Recent | Shah Rukh Khan's name included in Indian Sign Language dictionary | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Shah Rukh Khan's name is among the 10,000 words included in the Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary, launched by PM Narendra Modi. Some of the other words included are 'carpooling' and 'online banking'. In order to describe his name, one has to hold the fingers of his right hand like a gun and tap above the heart twice, as per reports.
Shah Rukh Khan born 2 November 1965, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. He is referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" (in reference to his 1999 film Baadshah), "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 80 films and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards.
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| 886 | Recent | Deepika shares video of badminton practice with Sindhu, Olympic medallist praises her | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23,2021. Actress Deepika Padukone on Thursday shared a video of her badminton practice session with Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. "If she would have played badminton, she would have become the top player," Sindhu said while praising Deepika in the video. Deepika, the daughter of former badminton player Prakash Padukone, was once a national-level badminton player herself.
Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and producer who works in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.
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| 887 | Recent | I'll quit writing if 'Teri Mitti' is proven to be copied: Manoj | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Lyricist Manoj Muntashir has said that if the song 'Teri Mitti' from 2019 film 'Kesari' is proven to be copied, he will quit writing forever. This comes after reports suggested that the song was plagiarised from a 2005 video by a Pakistani singer. The video was released months after the release of 'Kesari' and the singer is Indian, Manoj added.
Manoj Muntashir, is an Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter. Following script writing for Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of British Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, he wrote several successful Hindi songs for films.
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| 888 | Recent | I get paid more than male co-stars in projects that I lead: Kirti | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2021 | Sep 23, 2021. Kirti Kulhari, speaking at the HT NxT event, said that in the projects that she leads, she is either paid the most or more than her male counterparts. "I don't know numbers, but the general idea that I have," she added. Sayani Gupta, speaking at the same event, said, "I told by casting director it's a norm to pay men more."
Kirti Kulhari is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Hindi-language films. She made her acting debut in an Odia film Dharini in 2002. Her first Bollywood appearance was in Khichdi: The Movie in 2010, followed by a role in Shaitaan in 2011.
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| 889 | Recent | Army war-gamed every Ladakh crisis: Gen Naravane | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. The India Army troops rose to the occasion to the challenges along the northern border as likely contingencies and possible options were war-gamed beforehand, Army Chief Gen M M Naravane said on Wednesday, referring to the eastern Ladakh standoff with China. He also said that while focusing on the situation in eastern Ladakh, the Army did not ignore the rest of India's borders as sufficient forces were deployed in high readiness along the western and eastern sectors to respond to any "misadventure". He was speaking at an event organized by the All India Management Association. "As the situation warmed up along our Northern borders, our soldiers rose to the occasion. They had full faith in their leaders. They were willing to work through all the challenges and difficulties to achieve their objectives, all this within the available resources," Gen Naravane said.
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff, who is a four-star general.
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| 890 | Recent | Linking narcotics crimes to religion is wrong: Kerala CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. Attributing crimes related to narcotics to a particular religion is wrong, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday as he reiterated his opposition to the "narcotic and love jihad" remark by a Catholic Bishop in the state, terming it as "unfortunate". As the controversy over Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt's remarks refused to die down, the chief minister said the Kerala society as a whole has not agreed with the Bishop's statement and expressed hope that he would "respond", sensing the stand of the public on the issue. Vijayan, while addressing a press conference, also rejected the opposition parties' demand to convene an all-party meeting to resolve the issue, saying the remarks were not made by persons related to any political party. "The issue is a wrong remark (made by the Bishop). All parties have made their stand clear on the issue", Vijayan said, adding that on the basis of the stand taken by the parties, a response should come from those who made the remarks.
Pinarayi Vijayan, IPA, is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India, he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI.
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| 891 | Recent | Athawale refutes Geete, says Cong backstabbed Sharad Pawar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said the Congress had back-stabbed Sharad Pawar and not the other way round, two days after Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete accused the veteran politician of backstabbing the Congress and forming the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999. Geete, a former Union minister, had kicked up a row with his comments against Pawar, considered architect and anchor of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government while addressing a rally in Raigad. "It is not Sharad Pawar, who stabbed the Congress in the back. My information is...I was with Pawar in 1998 when Congress removed him from the party. It was the Congress, which stabbed him in his back with a dagger," Athawale, who heads Republican Party of India-Athawale faction, told reporters in Kalyan city in Thane district.
Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician with over sixty years of public service. He holds a position of prominence in Indian politics as well as in the regional politics of Maharashtra.
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| 892 | Recent | China, Russia and Pak envoys meet Taliban officials on govt formation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. Special envoys of China, Russia, and Pakistan have met the top officials of the Taliban's interim government as well as Afghan leaders Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul and discussed the formation of an inclusive government, combating terrorism and humanitarian situation, a top Chinese official said on Wednesday. The three special envoys visited Kabul from September 21 to 22 and held talks with acting Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi, finance minister, and other high-level officials of the interim government, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing in Beijing. Significantly, they also met with former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, president of the council for national reconciliation under the previous government.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17 million square kilometres, and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area.
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| 893 | Recent | Assam, Nagaland CM's, NSCN (IM) hold private meeting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio held closed-door interaction with NSCN (IM) chief negotiator Thuingaleng Muivah at Dimapur on Tuesday. The interaction, which was held a day after the resumption of talks between the Centre and NSCN (IM) to find a solution to the vexed Naga political issue, was also confirmed by Nagaland minister Neiba Kronu. NSCN (IM) is holding talks with political leaders for the first time since it started the negotiations with the Centre in 1997. "We have never had talks with political leaders ... But we have to if they are assigned by the central government', NSCN (IM) leader R Raising told reporters on Monday after Muivah's meeting with the Centre's interlocutor A K Mishra at Dimapur.
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland is a Naga nationalist separatist group operating mainly in Northeast India, with minor activities in northwest Myanmar until 2012.
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| 894 | Recent | SAARC meet cancelled as Pak wanted Taliban to represent Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) foreign ministers' meet, slated to be held on Saturday in New York, has been canceled. It is learned from reliable sources that Pakistan wanted the Taliban to represent Afghanistan at the meet. India, along with some other members, objected to the proposal and due to lack of consensus or concurrence, the meet has been canceled. Nepal was the host of the meet, which is annually held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The Taliban government is still not recognized by India and the world and their top cabinet ministers are blacklisted by the United Nations. Amir Khan Muttaqi is the acting foreign minister of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan and he is unlikely to attend any UN and affiliated meetings.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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| 895 | Recent | After I-T Raids, Sonu 'On Top Of The World' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2021 | Sep 22, 2021. When Subhash K Jha asked Sonu Sood how he was doing after the income-tax raids, he replied, "Zabardast, ekdum on top of the world." "The raids continued for four days. Now it's over. At least, for now. I have absolutely nothing to hide," the actor says. "Most important of all, my well-wishers and supporters are with me. After I resurfaced on the Internet and phone after four days there were 53,000 e-mails and 800,000 messages. Not one of them said, 'Serves you right. They were all hugely concerned for my well-being," he adds. "In fact, I've come out stronger than before and determined to continue doing all that I can for those who need my help."
Sonu Sood is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films.
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| 896 | Recent | NASA's ice-hunting rover to land near Moon's Nobile Crater in 2023 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. NASA's ice-hunting rover VIPER will land near the western edge of Nobile Crater at the Moon's the South Pole in 2023. The area was chosen for landing due to its rover-accessible terrain and array of nearby sites of scientific interest, including permanently shadowed areas. Nobile Crater is an impact crater that was formed through a collision with another smaller celestial body.
Nobile is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southern pole of the Moon. It lies to the south of the crater Scott, along the western rim of Amundsen. Between Nobile and the southern pole lie the smaller craters, Shoemaker and Faustini.
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| 897 | Recent | Bees kill 63 endangered penguins in South Africa | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds said. The protected birds were found dead in Simon's Town and taken for post-mortems. "After tests, we found bee stings around the penguins' eyes," clinical veterinarian David Roberts said.
The African penguin, also known as the Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
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| 898 | Recent | A very auspicious day: Zoho CEO after he encounters 12-feet-long King Cobra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. The CEO of Zoho Corporation Sridhar Vembu on Tuesday shared pictures of his encounter with a 12-feet-long King Cobra. "Our awesome local forest rangers arrived and caught it for release in the nearby hills," said Vembu, adding, "(It was) a very auspicious day!" One of the pictures shows forest rangers and Vembu holding the reptile.
Sridhar Vembu is an Indian billionaire business magnate and the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. According to Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of US$2.5 billion, as of 2020. He was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021.
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| 899 | Recent | Yuvraj re-enacts spat with Flintoff, 6 sixes on terrace balcony wearing motorcycle helmet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. Yuvraj Singh shared a video on YouTube wherein he can be seen re-enacting his spat with ex-all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and hit six sixes in Stuart Broads over in T20 World Cup 2007. In the video, Yuvraj can be seen wearing a motorcycle helmet. He then shows how Flintoff said something to him and umpires tried to intervene before Broad's over.
Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. One of the greatest limited-over players to have played the game, Yuvraj was particularly known for his aggressive and elegant stroke play and match-winning all-around performances for India.
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| 900 | Recent | 20-year-old Kartik Tyagi defends 4 runs off last over as RR defeat PBKS by 2 runs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. RR's 20-year-old pacer Kartik Tyagi took two wickets and defended four runs off the last over to help his team defeat PBKS by 2 runs in their IPL 2021 encounter. With the victory, RR moved to fifth position on the points table with eight points in eight matches. RR put up a total of 185/10 before restricting PBKS to 183/4.
Kartik Tyagi (born 8 November 2000) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017, a month before he turned 17.
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| 901 | Recent | Taliban ban broadcast of IPL 2021 in Afghanistan over presence of female audience | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. The Taliban have banned the broadcast of IPL 2021 in Afghanistan due to the presence of female audiences and spectators in stadiums. The second phase of IPL 2021 began on September 19. Notably, the Taliban have banned most forms of entertainment, including many sports, and women have been completely banned from playing sport in Afghanistan.
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum, in a one-to-many model.
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| 902 | Recent | Climber gets apology for inappropriate close-up shots during world championship | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. The International Federation of Sport Climbing has apologized to Austrian climber Johanna Farber after her inappropriate images were broadcast during the World Championships in Moscow. "The IFSC condemns the objectification of the human body and will take further action," IFSC said. The event's broadcaster had aired a close-up replay of Farber's bottom during the boulder semifinals last week.
Australian climber Johanna Farber’s age is 23 years. She has been apologized to by IFSC after improper photographs of her were communicated during the World Championships in Moscow.
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| 903 | Recent | Retail depositors earning negative returns on bank deposits: SBI economists | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2021 | Sep 21, 2021. Retail depositors are earning negative returns on their bank deposits, economists at the SBI have said. There is a need for reviewing taxes on the interest earned, they added. Taxation review should be carried out for at least the deposits made by senior citizens who depend on the interest for their daily needs, the economists further said.
State Bank of India is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2020, being the only Indian bank on the list.
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| 904 | Recent | 'Modi realises his position is shaky at the moment' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi has sacked three chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last three months, anticipating that they had become a liability to the party and, worse, denting his own popularity. The timing of their exit is very crucial as two of these states -- Uttarakhand and Gujarat -- will see assembly elections next year, or in 2023 as in the case of Karnataka. Crucially, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht aka Yogi Adityanath, whose state goes to polls in 2022, has been spared a similar fate. Bisht not only survived Modi's wrath but has been showing early signs of chafing at the bit against Modi's centralized leadership. Witness the exclusion of the PM's photograph in the advertisements taken out by the UP government lauding the chief minister for the state's development in his four-year rule. What is behind Modi's large-scale culling of CMs and Union ministers in the July reshuffle of the Union council of ministers?
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It is the current ruling political party of the Republic of India, since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 905 | Recent | Charanjit Channi: 'Sidhu camp' leader who revolted against Amarinder | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. From being elected president of a municipal council to being handpicked as the first Dalit chief minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi has seen a meteoric rise in the last two decades. The 58-year-old three-time legislator from Chamkaur Sahib assembly constituency in Rupnagar district had joined the Congress in 2012 and was holding the portfolios of Technical Education, Industrial Training, Employment Generation, and Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the outgoing Amarinder Singh-led cabinet. He had along with three other ministers rebelled against Amarinder Singh while choosing to side with the camp of state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. With barely five months left for the assembly polls, the announcement of a Dalit face as chief minister by the Congress assumes significance as Dalits constitute nearly 32 percent of the state's population.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian Congress politician, television personality, and former international cricketer. Currently, He is the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism & Cultural Affairs in the local state government of the State of Punjab.
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| 906 | Recent | 'Didn't spare Gandhi': Mahasabha leader held for threatening Bommai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. Hindu Mahasabha (HMS) state secretary Dharmendra has been arrested on charges of issuing a threat to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and the BJP government in Karnataka over the demolition of a temple in Mysuru. At a press conference in Mangaluru on Saturday, Dharmendra had said if the demolition of temples continued in the state, the Sabha will not spare the 'spineless' Bharatiya Janata Party government headed by Bommai. "We had not spared Gandhi. You are nothing to us at all. We will not spare you also," he had said, mentioning the names of Chief Minister Bommai, former CM BS Yediyurappa, and state Muzrai Minister Shashikala Jolle.
The Hindu Mahasabha is a political party in India. The organization was formed to protect the rights of the Hindu community, after the formation of the All India Muslim League in 1906 and the British India government's creation of a separate Muslim electorate under the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909.
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| 907 | Recent | Delhi riots: Man who pointed gun at cop seeks release | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. Shahrukh Pathan, who had allegedly pointed a gun at a Delhi Police Head Constable during the 2020 communal riots, on Monday moved a court here seeking discharge from all the offenses in the case. A photograph of Pathan pointing a gun at an unarmed cop Deepak Dahiya had gone viral on social media during the communal riots last year. He was arrested on March 3, 2020, and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. He is facing charges of offenses such as rioting with a deadly weapon, an attempt to murder, assault, and obstructing public servants in the discharge of duty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act.
The Delhi Police is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. In 2015, sanctioned strength of Delhi Police was 84,536 making it one of the largest metropolitan police forces in the world.
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| 908 | Recent | Tagore's Gitanjali translation home in London for sale | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. A family home in the leafy Hampstead neighborhood of north London where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore lived during a visit in 1912 is on the market, reviving some talk of its acquisition on behalf of the Indian government. Tagore had lived at Heath Villas in Hampstead Heath, north London, for a few months while he translated his famous collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. During her visit to the UK in 2015 and then again in 2017, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had asked the Indian High Commission in London to look into acquiring the property on behalf of the Bengal government to convert into a museum-cum-memorial to the world-famous poet and writer. "From our point of view, we are in the business of selling and as long as our client gets the value they seek and it meets all requirements under British law, all offers are welcome," said Philip Green, director of Goldschmidt & Howland, the estate agents handling the sale.
Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was a Bengali polymath – poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| 909 | Recent | Kundra, his aide get bail after 2 months in jail in porn films case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. A magistrate court here on Monday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra, an accused in the case of a pornographic film in which he was arrested two months ago. Kundra's associate Ryan Thorpe, who was arrested along with him in July, was also granted bail by the court. Kundra (46) had filed a bail plea before the court, claiming there was not a single piece of evidence against him in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Mumbai police crime branch in the case. The businessman, in the plea, had claimed there was no evidence of him being "actively" involved in the creation of alleged questionable porn content and that he was being made a "scapegoat" in the case. The crime branch, probing the case, had recently filed a supplementary charge sheet in the court against Kundra and three others in the case pertaining to the alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.
Raj Kundra is a British-Indian businessman. In 2004, he was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success. His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
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| 910 | Recent | Sonu Sood reacts to tax raids: 'Every rupee waiting to be used' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. Every rupee in his foundation is 'awaiting its turn to be used to reach the needy and save lives, actor Sonu Sood said in a statement on Monday in response to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) allegation that he and his associates evaded tax of Rs 20 crore. Speaking for the first time since multiples searches at his premises and those related to his associates last week, the 48-year-old actor stated that he had been busy 'attending to a few guests', the reason why he was unable to be at the service of the people for four days. 'Here I am back again in all humility. At your humble service, for life. My journey continues. Jai Hind,' he wrote in a statement posted on Instagram. Sood routed his 'unaccounted income in the form of bogus unsecured loans from many bogus entities', the CBDT claimed after the Income Tax Department raided the actor and a Lucknow-based infrastructure group.
CBDT. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance. The CBDT provides inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for the administration of direct tax laws through the IT Department.
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| 911 | Recent | NRC published in Aug 2019 is final: Assam Foreigners' Tribunal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on August 31, 2019, is the 'Final NRC', ruled a Foreigners' Tribunal (FT) in Assam, even as the Registrar General of India is yet to notify it. Declaring a man Indian citizen, the tribunal in Karimganj district held that though National Identity Cards are yet to be issued, 'but there is no doubt that this NRC Assam published in 2019 is nothing but Final NRC'. The ruling was given by Sishir Dey, member (attached), FT-II, Karimganj in a 'D voter' (doubtful voter) case against one Bikram Singha of Jamirala village in the Patherkandi police station area of the district. The case was registered first under the Illegal Migrant (Determination by the Tribunal) Act in 1999.
The National Register of Citizens is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Its purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that the illegal immigrants can be identified and deported.
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| 912 | Recent | 'Election stunt': Mayawati on Channi as Punjab's Dalit CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/09/2021 | Sep 20, 2021. Mayawati, whose party has tied up with Shiromani Akali Dal for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, also said whatever the "casteist parties" are giving to Dalits and OBCs, whether it is in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, or other states, it is for their votes and to serve selfish motives and not for ameliorating their lot. "Making a person belonging to Dalit caste as the chief minister of Punjab is nothing but an election stunt. I have come to know through the media today that assembly elections in Punjab will be fought under a non-Dalit leader and not under Channi," Mayawati told newspersons in Lucknow. Attacking the Congress, she said, "It still does not have faith in Dalits. Dalits need to be very alert to their double standards. I have full faith that Dalits of Punjab will not fall for this stunt."
Mayawati is an Indian politician and social reformer. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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| 913 | Recent | There's illogical prejudice against diesel vehicles: Force Motors | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. Force Motors has pointed out unscientific and "ill-founded prejudices" against diesel-powered commercial vehicles and has sought free movement of such vehicles inside cities. It noted that there was no point in restricting the movement of diesel vehicles when they met the country's mandated norms. The unscientific and ill-founded prejudices in this regard need to be addressed, it added.
Force Motors Ltd is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Pune. It is owned and managed by the Firodia Group. From 1958 to 2004, the company was known as Bajaj Tempo Motors due to its origin as a joint venture between Bachraj Trading Ltd. and Germany's Tempo.
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| 914 | Recent | Small cars should also have adequate number of airbags: Gadkari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said small cars, mostly purchased by lower-middle-class people, should also have an adequate number of airbags. He added that his appeal for more airbags was to ensure safety and prevent possible deaths in accidents. He said, "For rich people, you (automakers) offer eight airbags, and for economy model cars you'll offer two-three airbags. How come?"
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest-serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over 7 years.
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| 915 | Recent | Tesla's use of 'full self-driving' term is misleading: US agency | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19,2021. Tesla's use of the term 'full self-driving is "misleading and irresponsible", US' top crash investigator NTSB's head Jennifer Homendy said, urging it to address safety concerns regarding the technology. People pay more attention to marketing than to warnings in car manuals, she told WSJ. "[In Tesla's case] it has clearly misled numerous people to misuse and abuse technology," she added.
Jennifer L. Homendy is an American government official who is the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board in the Biden administration. He has been the 44th member of the NTSB since 2018. She has been chairwoman since August 13, 2021.
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| 916 | Recent | Hyd's famous 21-kg gold-coated Ganesh laddu fetches record ₹18.9 lakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. Hyderabad's famous 21-kg gold-coated sweet called Balapur Ganesh laddu was auctioned for an all-time record of ₹18.9 lakh on Sunday. The bid was won by Andhra Pradesh MLC Ramesh Yadav and Abacus Overseas Education Advisors COO Marri Shashank Reddy. Notably, the laddu auction began in 1994 and the amount received is utilized for the temple and other developmental works in Balapur.
Marri Shashidhar Reddy 24 August 1949 is an Indian Politician. He has been active both at the state level and national level in politics in India. He was elected as an MLA four times from Sanathnagar. The first time he contested in by-polls was in 1992. Marri Shashidhar Reddy is married to Indira Reddy and has three children. Adithya, Hem, and Pururava, and has a grandson named Aryan Reddy Khan.
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| 917 | Recent | Musk donates $50 million to SpaceX's 1st all-civilian spaceflight's fundraiser | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is donating $50 million to SpaceX's first all-civilian crewed spaceflight Inspiration4's fundraiser. The crew, which returned after a three-day space mission, was to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital towards finding cures for kids with cancer and other diseases. Inspiration4's billionaire crew member Jared Isaacman donated $100 million personally.
Jared Isaacman is an American billionaire businessman, pilot, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder of Draken International, a private air force provider, and Shift4 Payments, a payment processor.
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| 918 | Recent | Bitcoin generates 272 g of e-waste per transaction on an average: Study | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. A single Bitcoin transaction generates 272 grams of e-waste, a new study by economists from the Dutch central bank and MIT in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling said. "The lifespan of Bitcoin mining devices remains limited to just 1.29 years," the authors said. "The soaring demand for mining hardware may disrupt global semiconductor supply chains," the study's authors added.
De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB) is the central bank of the Netherlands. Founded by King William I in 1814, it is part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). De Nederlandsche Bank is a public limited company whose everyday policy is overseen by the Governing Board. Being a public limited company, DNB has a Supervisory Board.
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| 919 | Recent | Apple CEO holds company-wide meeting, answers only 2 of activists' questions | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. Apple CEO Tim Cook held an all-company meeting on Friday amid growing unrest from employees criticizing the company's work culture, The New York Times reported. Activist employees said they were "disappointed" because Cook answered only two questions. Cook answered questions related to pay equity and Apple's approach to Texas law banning abortions as early as six weeks.
Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. since 2011. Cook previously served as the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs.
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| 920 | Monthly Capsule | Device to generate electricity from raindrops made: IIT Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. IIT Delhi researchers have developed a device that can generate electricity from water drops, raindrops, water streams, and ocean waves. Called the 'Liquid-solid Interface Triboelectric Nanogenerator', it's made of specially designed nanocomposite polymers and contact electrodes. It can generate a few milliwatts of power, which can power small electronic devices like watches, healthcare sensors.
Solid-liquid interfaces are occurring in many fields of technology, including catalysis, electrochemistry, energy materials, corrosion, self-assembly-based biosensors, biological membranes, geochemistry, etc.
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| 921 | Recent | Starlink internet service will leave beta phase next month: Musk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2021 | Sep 19, 2021. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that the Starlink satellite internet network will come out of its beta testing phase next month. In June, he had said that SpaceX is aiming to beam broadband internet to the world, except for the north and south poles, starting in August. SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals to customers, Musk said last month.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. The constellation consists of over 1600 satellites in mid-2021, and will eventually consist of many thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), which communicate with designated ground transceivers.
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| 922 | Recent | SpaceX capsule moving faster than sound, circling Earth every 90 mins: Musk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the Dragon capsule that has the world's first all-civilian crew onboard is moving 23 times faster than the speed of sound and is circling Earth every 90 minutes. The SpaceX team also shared a view of an orbital sunset from Dragon's cupola. The 'Inspiration4' crew will be spending around three days in space.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. A centi-billionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
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| 923 | Monthly Capsule | World's whitest paint created by US researchers earns Guinness World Record title | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. A team of scientists at US Purdue University has created the world's whitest paint, which could help the fight against global warming. The paint has now entered the Guinness World Records book as the whitest ever made. The white acrylic paint reflects 98.1% of sunlight and deflects infrared heat, allowing buildings to cool below surrounding air temperature.
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.
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| 924 | Monthly Capsule | Ozone hole over the South Pole now bigger than Antarctica: Scientists | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. The ozone hole over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica, scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said. The hole forms over the Antarctic in the Southern Hemisphere's spring, which is from August to October. The hole in the ozone layer, which sits between 9 and 22 miles above the Earth, is typically caused by chemicals.
Ozone, or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula O₃. It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope O₂, breaking down in the lower atmosphere to O₂.
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| 925 | Recent | Chennai startup Agnikul Cosmos to test its systems at ISRO centres | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. Chennai-based startup Agnikul Cosmos has signed an MoU with the government to access ISRO's facilities and expertise, and undertake tests for its single-piece 3D-printed Semi Cryo engine and other systems. Agnikul will get to avail ISRO's technical expertise for testing and qualifying its space launch vehicle systems. The government inked a similar deal with Hyderabad's Skyroot Aerospace earlier.
AgniKul Cosmos Private Limited is an Indian aerospace manufacturer based in the National Center for Combustion R&D of IIT Madras, Chennai. The start-up aims to develop and launch its own small-lift launch vehicle such as the Agnibaan, capable of placing a 100 kg payload into a 700 km orbit.
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| 926 | Recent | US woman clinically dead for 45 minutes brought back to life before daughter gives birth | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. A woman who was clinically dead for 45 minutes was brought back to life just before her daughter gave birth. Kathy Patten from the US was rushed to the hospital after learning her daughter was in labor but went into cardiac arrest. She was taken to the emergency room where doctors attempted CPR. "She has experienced a full-functioning recovery," said Dr. Dov Frankel.
Kathy Patten had no heart rate, pulse, or oxygen for almost an hour after collapsing. As medics desperately tried to bring her back to life, her daughter was giving birth rooms away at Greater Baltimore Medical Centre.
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| 927 | Monthly Capsule | Austrian woman stays in L-sit position for over 5 minutes, creates Guinness record | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. Austrian woman Stefanie Millinger has created Guinness World Record for the Longest time in L-sit position. Guinness World Records shared a video of Millinger on Instagram and wrote, "Longest time in an L-sit 5 min 15 sec." Reacting to the video, an Instagram user wrote, "I thought I could beat this but I couldn't even lift up my body."
Stefanie Millinger was born on July 13, 1992 (age 29) in Austria. She is a celebrity gymnast. Extremely flexible contortionist who was a golden buzzer finalist on Das Supertalent.Her nickname is Milli. She is from Salzburg, Austria. She began performing as a contortionist when she was 20 years old and is self-taught.
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| 928 | Recent | Man books all business class seats to fly with pet on AI Mumbai-Chennai flight: Reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. A dog owner in India reportedly booked an entire business class cabin of an Air India flight to travel with his pet. All 12 seats (priced at around ₹20,000 each) of the J-class cabin of Air India flight AI-671 from Mumbai to Chennai on Wednesday were booked by the man for himself and his pet dog, reports have said.
A J-Class yacht is a single-masted racing yacht built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. The J-Class is considered the peak racers of the era when the Universal Rule determined eligibility in the America's Cup.
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| 929 | Recent | Divya Agarwal wins Bigg Boss OTT, gets ₹25 lakh cash prize | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. Television personality and model Divya Agarwal was named the winner of the reality show Bigg Boss OTT, hosted by director Karan Johar. Along with the trophy, she also got a ₹25 lakh cash prize. While Nishant Bhat was named the runner-up of the show, actress Shamita Shetty came third. Raqesh Bapat and Pratik Sehajpal were also among the top five contestants.
Divya Agarwal is an Indian television actress, model, and dancer. She is also known for her participation in several MTV India reality competition shows, she is the runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10 and winner of Ace of Space 1 as well as a winner of Bigg Boss OTT.
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| 930 | Recent | Astronaut shares pic of Earth at night from space, says 'who needs special effects' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2021 | Sep 18, 2021. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has shared a picture of the Earth at night from the International Space Station. "Who needs special effects or science fiction when you have, well, a [space station]," he wrote with the picture. "Magical clear summer nights make for a carpet of city lights, and storm clouds are a nice addition to the scene," Pesquet added.
Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency, astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010.
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| 931 | Recent | On Modi's birthday, India jabs record 2.5 cr Covid doses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. India on Friday administered a record number of over 2.50 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 71st birthday, which Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya described as a golden chapter in world history. The numbers went up steadily through the day with the cumulative number of doses administered in the country crossing 79.33 crores at midnight (12 am), according to data on the Co-WIN portal. Many including NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that India has created a world record in administering daily COVID-19 vaccine doses. According to various reports, the earlier world record for daily doses was created by China with 2.47 crore vaccines being administered in June. In a tweet in Hindi, Mandaviya said, "Congratulations India! India has created history today on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. By administering more than 2.50 crore vaccines, a golden chapter has been written in the history of the country and the world."
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. He was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance.
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| 932 | Recent | If no new variant, 3rd Covid wave will not be as devastating as 2nd, says Kang | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. There will not be a third wave of Covid of the size and consequence the country witnessed during the second wave unless there is a new variant of coronavirus, top vaccinologist Gagandeep Kang said Friday. She stressed the need to develop better vaccines that can deal with new variants, and strengthening the regulatory mechanisms. "Unless there is a new variant there will not be a third wave of the size and consequences that we saw in the second wave. What we will see is local flare-ups where there are unprotected populations and where the virus has not been before," Kang said. The second wave of coronavirus in the country between March and May killed thousands and infected lakhs, overwhelming the health infrastructure.
Gagandeep Kang FRS (born 3 November 1962) is an Indian Microbiologist and virologist who is the Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, and from August 2016 to July 2020 was executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
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| 933 | Recent | Uddhav calls BJP 'future colleagues', sets off speculation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday addressed leaders including Union minister Raosaheb Danve at a function here as former and possible "future colleagues", leading to speculation as to whether a political realignment was in the offing. Thackeray-led Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP after the 2019 Assembly polls and formed a government with the NCP and Congress. Addressing the dignitaries on the dais at a function here, Thackeray said, "My former, current, and if we come together, future colleagues." Danve, a BJP leader from Maharashtra, was present, so was senior state minister Balasaheb Thorat of Congress.
Uddhav Bal Thackeray is an Indian politician who is the 19th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is also the president of Shiv Sena.
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| 934 | Recent | Need to resolve LAC issues early: Jaishankar tells Chinese FM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the two sides should work for an early resolution of the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and that China avoids viewing its ties with India through the lens of a third country. In a meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Dushanbe on Thursday, the two foreign ministers exchanged views on the current situation in the region and agreed that military and diplomatic officials of both sides should meet again and discuss resolving the remaining issues at the earliest. Jaishankar also told Wang that India had never subscribed to any 'clash of civilizations theory' and that Asian solidarity would depend on the example set by India-China relations, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 935 | Recent | IT raids on Sonu Sood's premises continue for 3rd day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. The income tax department has widened its tax evasion probe against actor Sonu Sood as it raided multiple premises in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Jaipur on Friday. The department had launched the action against the 48-year-old actor and some people linked to him on Wednesday and the action continued. The searches have now been extended to more locations in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Jaipur. The actor grabbed the national spotlight for helping migrants reach their home states during the nationwide lockdown clamped last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, had recently declared that Sood will be the brand ambassador of the Aam Aadmi Party government's 'Desh ka mentors' program under which students will be guided in making their career choices. Kejriwal had said on Saturday that Sood had the prayers of lakhs of families of India who got his support in difficult times.
Sonu Sood is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films.
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| 936 | Recent | Slap CM remark: Rane asked to file separate pleas for 6 FIRs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. The Bombay high court on Friday directed Union minister Narayan Rane to file separate petitions instead of only one that seeks to quash the FIRs registered against him at six police stations across Maharashtra over his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Rane had filed a petition seeking to quash the cases lodged against him at Mahad, Nashik, Pune, Thane, Jalgaon, and Ahmednagar. On Friday when the plea came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar, the court said it would be better if separate petitions are filed for each of the FIR. "The FIRs are of different police stations. Let the challenge to each of the FIR be in separate petitions. Then it will become easier for the prosecution also to take instructions from each police station," the court said.
Narayan Tatu Rane is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is currently serving as the Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises of India. He was a Cabinet Minister for Industry, Port, Employment, and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra.
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| 937 | Recent | SC collegium names Justice Kureshi among 33 judges for transfer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. The Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI N V Ramana is learned to have recommended eight names of judges, including acting chief justice of Calcutta high court Justice Rajesh Bindal, for their elevation as chief justices of different high courts. Besides, the marathon collegium meetings on Thursday and Friday have led to recommendations of transfer of five chief justices, including that of Tripura high court Chief Justice Akil Kureshi, and 28 other high courts judges, reliable sources told PTI. Justice Bindal of Calcutta high court has been in news recently due to his administrative and judicial decisions in matters related to a political stand-off between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi is an Indian judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. As of 17 September 2021, his name has been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium to take over the post of the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.
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| 938 | Recent | Assam girl student in shorts made to wrap curtain around legs in exam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2021 | Sep 17, 2021. 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, decided against taking the matter further in the interest of her mental well-being and academic future. The incident occurred on Wednesday when the girl had gone from her hometown Biswanath Chariali to Tezpur to appear for the entrance examination of the Assam Agricultural University (AAU). She had unhindered access to the venue but an invigilator inside the examination hall objected to her wearing short pants.
Assam is a state in northeastern India known for its wildlife, archeological sites, and tea plantations. In the west, Guwahati, Assam’s largest city, features silk bazaars and the hilltop Kamakhya Temple. Umananda Temple sits on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra river. The state capital, Dispur, is a suburb of Guwahati. The ancient pilgrimage site of Hajo and Madan Kamdev, the ruins of a temple complex, lie nearby.
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| 939 | Recent | UP CM inaugurates PepsiCo's ₹814-crore largest greenfield foods plant in Mathura | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Soft drinks and packaged foods company PepsiCo on Wednesday commissioned its largest greenfield foods plant in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Situated in Kosi Kalan, the plant was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The foods plant marks PepsiCo India's largest investment of ₹814 crores in India, an official tweet read.
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. was the world's largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola beverages. PBG sales of Pepsi-Cola beverages accounted for more than one-half of the Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in the United States and Canada and about 40 percent worldwide.
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| 940 | Recent | Cancer survivor Hayley becomes youngest American in space with SpaceX's launch | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old childhood bone cancer survivor, has become the youngest American in space after SpaceX launched the world's first all-civilian human spaceflight into Earth's orbit. She is also the first person in space with a prosthesis, a titanium rod in her left leg. Arceneaux currently works as a physician assistant at Tennessee's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Hayley Arceneaux is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant, bone cancer survivor, and private astronaut. She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4 launched on September 15, 2021. At age 29, she became the youngest American in space.
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| 941 | Recent | SpaceX shares video of Earth as seen from spacecraft carrying 1st all-civilian crew | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. SpaceX shared a video showing the Earth's view from the dome of Dragon spacecraft, which took an all-civilian crew for a three-day space trip on Thursday. Within three hours, the capsule reached an orbital altitude of over 585 km. This is the farthest any human has flown from Earth since NASA's Apollo moon program ended in 1972, according to SpaceX.
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo.
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| 942 | Monthly Capsule | Grandmother wanted me to do PhD, I wasn't good enough to go for it: InMobi CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Unicorn startup InMobi's Founder and CEO Naveen Tewari told HT NxT that his grandmother, who passed away a few years ago, was always upset with him for not going for Ph.D. "Because that was the epitome of going deep into a topic and really understanding it," Tewari said. "Clearly, I wasn't good enough to get into deep education," he added.
Naveen Tewari is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of InMobi, a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers. He is a Board member of Paytm.
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| 943 | Recent | Anand Mahindra, Ola CEO hail govt's ₹25,938-crore PLI scheme for auto sector | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has appreciated the government's ₹25,938-crore PLI scheme for the auto sector, saying, "India will become a global EV hub thanks to this visionary step!" Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra called the move a "transformational policy change" and said it signals that "India intends to be a force in the future of automobiles".
Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Ola Cabs. Aggarwal was included in Time magazine's 1000 Most Influential People of 2018.
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| 944 | Recent | Microsoft users to no longer need password for their accounts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Microsoft has announced that anyone using a consumer Microsoft account can now go completely passwordless. "Users will be able to sign in using authentication methods such as the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, or physical security keys," Microsoft said. The settings can be changed by visiting 'Advanced Security Options' for Microsoft account and selecting 'Passwordless Account'.
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation that produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.
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| 945 | Recent | Facebook knows Instagram is 'toxic' for teenage girls: WSJ citing documents | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Facebook studied how Instagram affects the mental health of its users for three years and its researchers found Instagram "toxic" for teenage girls, The Wall Street Journal reported citing Facebook's internal documents. "We make body image issues worse for 1 in 3 teen girls," a Facebook presentation slide read. The report also highlighted Facebook discussing suicidal thoughts amongst teenagers.
A teenager, or teen, is someone who is between 13 and 19 years old. They are called teenagers because their age number ends with "teen". The word "teenager" is often associated with adolescence. Most neurologists consider the brain still developing into the person's early, or mid-20s. A person begins their teenage life when they become 13 years old, and ends when they become 20 years old. Teenagers who are 18 and 19 years old are, in most nations, both teenagers and adults.
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| 946 | Recent | We're not glorifying anybody: Dino Morea on The Empire controversy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. After the show 'The Empire' faced criticism over the glorification of Mughal history, actor Dino Morea shared his thoughts and said, "If you read the book, you'll understand that there's a lot of fiction mixed with history to dramatize the narrative and make it more fun to read." "Likewise, we've fictionalized our story as well...but we're not glorifying anybody," he said.
Dino Morea was born in Bangalore, India, to an Italian father and an Indian mother. His mother hails from Kalamassery in Kochi. He is the second of three brothers-Nicolo Morea is his older brother and Santino Morea is his younger brother. When he was 7, his family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka from Italy.
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| 947 | Recent | 9 cars, 5kg gold seized after DVAC raids former Tamil Nadu minister's premises | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2021 | Sep 16, 2021. Nine luxury cars, including a Rolls Royce, nearly 5 kg gold, 47 gram of diamonds, and 7.2 kg of silver were seized from the properties linked to former Tamil Nadu minister KC Veeramani, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has said. The agency also seized 34 lakh cash and dollars worth 1.08 lakh after raids at 35 premises linked to him.
K. C. Veeramani is the former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Jolarpet constituency in Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu. He was elected as a representative of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2011 and again in the elections of 2016.
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| 948 | Recent | HC stays second suspension order against Dr Kafeel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. The Allahabad High Court has stayed the second suspension order against Dr. Kafeel Ahmad Khan. On July 31, 2019, the doctor was suspended for the second time while he was already under suspension for allegedly forcibly treating patients at the Bahraich District Hospital and criticizing policies of the government. He was earlier suspended following a tragedy at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, where around 60 children had died in August 2017 due to an alleged shortage of oxygen. He submitted that there is no rule which permits the state government to issue a fresh suspension order when the employee is already under suspension. However, the state government's counsel submitted that the inquiry report against the petitioner has been submitted on August 27, 2021, a copy of which has been sent to the petitioner on August 28, asking him to submit objections.
Kafeel Khan is a lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics, Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD Medical College), Gorakhpur. Khan was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He did his MBBS and MD (Paediatrics) from KMC, Manipal, Karnataka. Khan has worked as an Assistant Professor in SMIMS, Gangtok (Sikkim). He got a permanent commission on 8 August 2016 as a lecturer in BRD medical college.
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| 949 | Recent | Pak-backed terror module busted; 2 terrorists among 6 held | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. In a massive operation, the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday busted a Pakistan-organised terror module with the arrest of six men, including two Pak-ISI trained terrorists. The terrorists were allegedly planning several blasts across the country, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra, during the upcoming festivals of Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, and Ramleela, Police said that Pakistan-based Anees Ibrahim, who is the brother of Dawood Ibrahim, was connected with the underworld operatives to execute the terror plan. Interrogation has revealed that the Pakistan terror module was being operated through two components - via underworld and the Pak-ISI trained terror module, they said. Among the arrested, Osama and Qamar are Pakistan-trained terror operatives working under the instructions of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They were tasked to conduct the reconnaissance of different suitable locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh for placing IEDs.
The Inter-Services Intelligence is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, operationally responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing information relevant for national security from around the world.
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| 950 | Recent | Pak was considering Taliban govt as a partner to counter India: US Senator | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. The role of Pakistan in enabling the Taliban is a victory for the hardliners in the country's government, a top American lawmaker has said, asserting that the unfolding developments in Afghanistan and the role being played by Islamabad in Kabul are not sending a good message to India. Republican Senator Marco Rubio, during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan on Thursday, said multiple US administrations were guilty of ignoring Pakistan's role in helping the Taliban to regroup, as other US senators expressed concern over the "double-dealing" of Islamabad. "India … I know that there was an announcement today there'll be a meeting of the Quad fairly soon, which is a good development, except that the Indo-Pacific region, if you are India, you're looking at this and saying, 'If the United States allowed Pakistan to unravel their standing."
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts.
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| 951 | Recent | JEE-Main: 44 score 100 percentile, with 18 sharing top rank | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. A total of 44 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main this year while 18 candidates have shared the top rank, ministry of education officials said on Tuesday at midnight. The first rank holders included Gaurab Das (Karnataka), Vaibhav Vishal (Bihar), Duggineni Venkata Paneesh (Andhra Pradesh), Siddhant Mukherjee, Anshul Verma and Mridul Agarwal (Rajasthan), Ruchir Bansal and Kavya Chopra (Delhi), Amaiya Singhal and Pal Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh). The ranks of the candidates have been released taking into consideration the best of the four NTA scores in accordance with the policy already made. The examination was conducted in 13 languages -- English, Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Over 9.34 lakh candidates appeared in four editions of JEE-Main.
Joint Entrance Examination – Main, formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination, is an all India standardized computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and planning across India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency.
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| 952 | Recent | India slams talk about Quad's 'limited agenda' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. Ahead of a maiden in-person meeting called by United States president Joe Biden in Washington later this month, India said Quad should not be perceived as a grouping with limited agenda as it has a broad and substantive agenda. Speaking to US-based academician Ashley Tellis on the Indian Ocean and its impact on regional security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, "Rebalancing, need to treat Indo-Pacific in a more integrated manner, the political reflection of all these changes are expressed in Quad. Again I want to highlight Quad has agenda that extends to multiple domains, much broader cooperation. And to make it in a sense to give it a sharp edge and a very limited agenda partly is gamesmanship of critics. But it partly also headlines kind of attitude and not a full understanding of really what is happening because as we see later on in the month. I think Quad has an increasing agenda and a substantive agenda in multiple spheres of activities ." Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be participating in the Leaders' Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework in Washington along with his US, Japanese and Australian counterparts on September 24.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 953 | Recent | Bengaluru scientists solve mystery behind Odisha's 'black tigers' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. The enduring mystery behind the ‘black tigers' of Similipal in Odisha may finally have been solved with researchers identifying a single mutation in a gene that causes their distinctive stripes to broaden and spread into their tawny pelt, occasionally appearing entirely dark. Considered mythical for centuries, the ‘black tigers' have long been a subject of fascination. Now, a team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat coloration and patterning which make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation in the Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) gene. “Ours is the first and only study to investigate the genetic basis for this phenotype (look). While the phenotype has been talked about and written about earlier, this is the first time its genetic underpinnings were scientifically investigated,” Ramakrishnan, professor at NCBS, told PTI.
National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, Karnataka, is a research centre specialising in biological research. It is a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India
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| 954 | Recent | Kundra main facilitator in porn films case, earned millions: Chargesheet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. Businessman Raj Kundra was the "main facilitator" in a pornographic content case and he along with other accused exploited young women struggling in the movie industry by filming them in obscene ways, the Mumbai Police claimed in a supplementary charge-sheet filed in a court on Wednesday. The nearly 1,500-page charge sheet against Kundra, 46, the husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, and his associate Ryan Thorpe was filed before a magistrate court here by the crime branch. Kundra and his aide Thorpe also destroyed WhatsApp chats and e-mails from their mobile phones and laptops containing important evidence in the case, the police alleged. They have been booked under sections of the IPC related to sexual harassment and cheating, among others, as well provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Raj Kundra is a British-Indian businessman. In 2004, he was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success. His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
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| 955 | Recent | Modi, Mamata, Adar among Time's 100 most influential people | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2021 | Sep 15, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world's 100 most influential people of 2021 by Time magazine. Time on Wednesday unveiled its annual list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People of 2021', a global list that includes US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan, former US President Donald Trump and co-founder of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Time's profile of Modi says that in its 74 years as an independent nation, India has had three pivotal leaders - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Modi. "Narendra Modi is the third, dominating the country's politics like no one since them."
Serum Institute of India is an Indian biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals company. It is the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines located in the city of Pune, India, and was founded by Cyrus Poonawalla in 1966. The company is a subsidiary of the holding company Poonawalla Investment and Industries.
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| 956 | Recent | Amazon India launches its largest fulfilment centre in Bengaluru | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Amazon India announced on Monday that it has launched its largest fulfillment center in India with a storage capacity of over 2.4 million cubic feet in Bengaluru. This will expand the storage capacity in Karnataka by 60% to support over 42,000 sellers, the e-commerce company said. The expansion will also "create diverse and meaningful work opportunities for individuals", it added.
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.
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| 957 | Recent | India's UPI & Singapore's PayNow to be linked for fast cross-border fund transfers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. India's RBI and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems. India's UPI will be linked to Singapore's PayNow and the interface will likely be operationalized by July 2022, RBI said. It will allow users of both systems to make instant, low-cost fund transfers without getting onboard the other payment system.
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an RBI regulated entity. UPI is built over the IMPS infrastructure and allows you to instantly transfer money between any two parties bank accounts.
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| 958 | Recent | Taking a new turn in my life: Zomato Co-founder to staff on leaving company | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Zomato Co-founder and Head of Supply Gaurav Gupta sent an e-mail to employees informing them that he's leaving Zomato. He wrote, "I'm taking a new turn in my life and will be starting a new chapter, taking a lot from this defining chapter of my life 6 years at Zomato." He added, "I'm in love with Zomato and will always be."
Gaurav Gupta was the Global Head of the Advertising sales of Zomato and was later promoted to the COO position of the company. After 4 years of exceptional contribution towards his work and leading the launch of a wide range of the services of the business, Gaurav Gupta was again elevated to the rank of the Co-founder of Zomato on March 2, 2019.
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| 959 | Monthly Capsule | Vinod Kannan to replace Leslie Thng as Vistara's CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Vistara on Tuesday said that the airline's Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan will replace Leslie Thng as the CEO from January 1, 2022. Leslie Thng will move on to take up a senior appointment with Singapore Airlines, it added. Currently, Kannan heads functions that include, network planning, revenue management, marketing, customer experience, cabin service functions, among others.
Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara, is an Indian full-service airline, based in Gurgaon, with its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The carrier, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, commenced operations on 9 January 2015 with its inaugural flight between Delhi and Mumbai.
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| 960 | Recent | ZEE's largest investors seek removal of MD Punit Goenka from board | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Zee Entertainment's (ZEE's) largest shareholders, Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund have called for an extraordinary general meeting seeking the removal of Punit Goenka as director. Goenka is the MD and CEO of the media company. The investors also sought the exit of two non-independent directors- Manish Chokhani and Ashok Kurien - both of whom resigned.
Punit Goenka is the managing director and chief executive officer of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Goenka is the elder son of Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra. He was elected as the President of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) in September 2016 for a period of one year. He holds a bachelor's degree, B.Com from the University of Mumbai in 1995.
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| 961 | Recent | Tata Sons looks to create a CEO post to guide 153-yr-old Tata empire | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Tata Sons are considering a leadership revamp by creating a CEO post to help improve corporate governance, Bloomberg reported. Under the proposed plan, the CEO will guide the various businesses of the 153-year-old Tata empire, while the Chairman will oversee the CEO. The approval of Ratan Tata, the Chairman of Tata Trusts, is seen as key to implementing the change.
Ratan Naval Tata GBE is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also chairman of Tata Group, from 1990 to 2012, and again, as interim chairman, from October 2016 through February 2017, and continues to head its charitable trusts.
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| 962 | Recent | We screwed up: Litecoin Founder after employee retweets fake Walmart news | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee said the Litecoin Foundation "really screwed up" after one of its employees retweeted a fake announcement about Litecoin's partnership with Walmart. Lee added that the foundation had nothing to do with the announcement and that it's trying to figure out who was behind it. Walmart is looking into how the fake press release was issued.
Charlie Lee was born in Ivory Coast, moved to the United States at the age of 13, and graduated from high school in 1995. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 2000.
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| 963 | Recent | Gymnast Nia performs flips and splits at Met Gala, brings her own marching band | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Gymnast Nia Dennis, who attended the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, was seen performing flips and splits at the venue. Dennis brought her own marching band to the museum. "This feels like I'm living in a dream I'm really excited to bring the sport to the Met Gala," she said.
Nia Camille Dennis is a retired American collegiate artistic gymnast. She was a member of the USA National Team from 2012–16. She is the 2014 Pacific Rim team champion and junior all-around and vaults silver medalist. She was a member of the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team.
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| 964 | Recent | Simone Biles wears dress weighing 40 kg at Met Gala; 100 people made it in 6,650 hours | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles wore a three-in-one, night sky-inspired dress weighing over 40 kg at the Met Gala 2021. The dress consisted of a hand-embellished skirt covered in Swarovski crystals. More than 100 people worked for 6,650 hours to make the dress. "I personally don't think anybody's dress is gonna be better than mine," the 24-year-old said.
Simone Arianne Biles is an American artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is tied as the most decorated gymnast of all time. Biles' seven Olympic medals also tie Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American female gymnast.
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| 965 | Recent | Parents played a huge part in my upbringing: US Open champ Raducanu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/09/2021 | Sep 14, 2021. The 18-year-old US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam, said her parents played a huge part in her upbringing. "They were pretty tough on me when I was young and it kind of shaped the way...they are my toughest critics very hard to please. But I got them with this one," she added.
Emma Raducanu is a British professional tennis player and the US Open Champion. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 on 13 September 2021 and is the British No. 1.
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| 966 | Recent | Naxal involved in killing of 76 CRPF jawans in Tadmetla held | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. A Naxal involved in the 2010 Tadmetla incident in which 76 security personnel were killed as well as several other deadly attacks were arrested from Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, a police official said on Monday. Moti Ram Awalam (30) was an active member of "PLGA Battalion No 1", considered the strongest military formation of the outlawed movement, headed by wanted Maoist "commander" Hidma, and was carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, "He was apprehended between Patelpara and Golgunda villages by a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Task Force (STF) and district police on Sunday. "Awalam, who hails from Named area of the district, was wanted in connection with several major Naxal attacks in south Bastar between 2010 and 2017. He was part of the Maoist squad that executed the 2010 attack near Tadmetla village (then in Dantewada, now in Sukma), in which 76 security personnel were killed. He was also involved in the 2017 Burkapal Naxal ambush in which 25 CRPF personnel were killed," the official informed.
The Special Task Force is an elite para-military forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police specializing in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force, but rather as a highly specialized police unit.
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| 967 | Recent | President Xi praises PLA's model border battalion in Tibet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised a border-guard battalion in Tibet, which shares boundaries with India’s Arunachal Pradesh, saying its troops have done a "great job" in the past five years, official media here reported. Xi visited Nyingchi, the Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh in July, becoming the first Chinese President to visit the remote border areas in Tibet. "President Xi writes back to a plateau-stationed border-guard model battalion, saying they have done a great job in the past five years and encouraging them to make new contributions to the Party and the people," the state-run Global Times reported on Monday. The model battalion is under the Xizang (the Chinese name for Tibet) Military Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The People's Liberation Army is the regular armed forces of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the PRC's founding and ruling political party, the Chinese Communist Party.
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| 968 | Recent | Teltumbde moves HC for quashing UAPA's 'frontal organisation' provision | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, has filed a writ petition in Bombay High Court seeking that a provision under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to brand certain groups as a front for banned or terrorist organizations be quashed as it was bad in law. The UAPA provides for the declaration of an association as unlawful and for the listing of organizations in the first schedule of the Act as terrorist organizations. In the Elgar Parishad case, Teltumbde and his co-accused have been charged by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) as being members of frontal organizations working on behalf of the banned CPI (Maoist). Incidentally, Stan Swamy, a late Jesuit priest and Teltumbde's co-accused in the case, Stan Swamy, had also filed a plea seeking several reliefs, including quashing of the frontal organizations' provision under the UAPA. Swamy's plea is currently pending a hearing in HC.
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at the prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India.
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| 969 | Recent | Drop all cases against anti-Sterlite protestors: HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. The Madras High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to drop all the cases registered against the protestors involved in the anti-Sterlite agitation in 2018, in which 13 persons were killed in alleged police firing, and ensure their future prospects. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice T S Sivagnanam also orally observed that firing upon the innocent public was a scar on Indian democracy and it should not be forgotten. The protest might not have been legal or legitimate, but citizens could not be fired on behalf of a corporate body. The state should ensure that this kind of an incident does not happen again, it added. The bench pointed out that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in its report, had made certain recommendations.
The National Human Rights Commission of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.
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| 970 | Recent | Army men arrested in Agra for links with Pak spies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. Thwarting a suspected attempt by Pakistani agencies to gain information from Indian defense forces' personnel, some military personnel have been caught for having links with adversaries' spies in Uttar Pradesh's Agra and have been taken into custody. In the last few years, there have been multiple attempts by Pakistani agencies to virtually trap Indian services personnel and gain sensitive military information from them. "Surveillance is constantly being maintained to monitor activities of such agents particularly so in the vicinity of military areas. A few personnel from an establishment at Agra involved in an unauthorized communication with undesirable elements were recently discovered, based on proactive actions by our intelligence agencies," government sources told ANI. In this regard, some persons have already been taken into custody and are being investigated to verify the details and other individuals, if involved.
Asian News International is an Indian news agency that offers syndicated multimedia news feed to news-bureaus in India and elsewhere. Established by Prem Prakash in 1971, it was the first agency in India to syndicate video news and as of 2019, is the biggest television news agency in India.
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| 971 | Recent | ICMR gets civil aviation ministry's conditional nod to use drones for vaccine delivery | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. The civil aviation ministry said on Monday it has granted conditional permission to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to use drones in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland to deliver vaccines beyond the visual line of sight. The ICMR has been permitted to use drones up to a height of 3,000 meters to deliver vaccines, the ministry's statement added. Two days back, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had launched the first its kind 'Medicines from the Sky' project at Vikarabad in Telangana under which drugs and vaccines will be delivered using drones. The ministry's statement mentioned that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai has also received conditional permission to use drones for research, development, and testing purposes in its own premises.
The Indian Council of Medical Research, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination, and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.
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| 972 | Recent | Narcotic jihad row: BJP leaders meet bishop; Cong blames LDF govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. With the controversy over 'love and narcotic jihad' remark by Pala bishop Joseph Kallarangatt refusing to die down, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday engaged in a fresh round of verbal sparring, trading charges against each other over the issue. Addressing devotees during a church celebration at Kuravilangad in Kottayam district last week, the bishop had said that as part of the 'love jihad', non-Muslim girls, especially those belonging to the Christian community, were largely being converted 'after trapping them in love, exploiting and misusing them for destructive activities like terrorism.' While the Congress on Monday charged the BJP with trying to derive political mileage by dividing society along religious lines, using the Bishop's statement, the BJP leaders met the senior priest at his diocese in Pala expressing solidarity with him and alleged that the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist were taking positions favoring extremist elements creating troubles, instead of addressing the concerns raised by him.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, commonly referred to as the NDPS Act, is an Act of the Parliament of India that prohibits a person the production/manufacturing/cultivation, possession, sale, purchasing, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
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| 973 | Recent | Bhupendra Patel takes over as 17th Gujarat CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/09/2021 | Sep 13, 2021. First-term MLA Bhupendra Patel was on Monday sworn in Gujarat chief minister, two days after Vijay Rupani's surprise exit from the post, a year ahead of the assembly polls. Patel, 59, unanimously elected Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party leader on Sunday, was sworn in as the state's 17th chief minister by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai were present. Devvrat and Shah congratulated Patel after the ceremony. Shah was the first to congratulate Patel after he took the oath.
Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Gujarat. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing the Ghatlodia constituency.
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| 974 | Recent | ₹20 lakh fine on Reliance Digital, Airtel for damaging roads in Gr Noida | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. A fine of ₹20 lakh each has been imposed on Reliance Digital Company and Airtel's local vendor Telesonic Network for allegedly damaging Greater Noida roads while laying optical fiber lines. As per the Greater Noida Authority, the companies weren't getting the roads repaired and residents were facing issues due to this. The penalty has to be paid within 15 days.
Reliance Digital is a consumer durables and information technology concept from Reliance Retail. It is a subsidiary of Reliance Retail, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries. Reliance Digital is a consumer electronics company in India.
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| 975 | Recent | Zomato to shut down online grocery delivery | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12,2021. Zomato is shutting down its online grocery delivery pilot effective September 17, Moneycontrol reported citing an e-mail Zomato sent to its grocery delivery partners. Zomato started its grocery service pilot across a few select markets in July and offered grocery delivery within 45 minutes. This is the second time Zomato has scrapped grocery delivery, after experimenting with it last year.
Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company founded by Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah, and Gunjan Patidar in 2008. Zomato provides information, menus, and user reviews of restaurants as well as food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities.
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| 976 | Recent | Vaccination is the only medicine to boost economy: FM Sitharaman | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that vaccination is the only medicine to boost the economy. "Today, through vaccination program, people were able to conduct business, traders were able to procure products to run businesses, (thereby) boosting economy, or farmers were able to do farming," she added. The vaccination program has been going on smoothly in the country, Sitharaman said.
Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as the Defence Minister of India, thereby becoming India's second female defense minister and also the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi and first full-time female Finance Minister.
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| 977 | Recent | CSK all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham, wife expecting their first child; share pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham and his wife Archana Sundar are expecting their first child. The couple took to their respective social media handles and shared pictures, writing, "We are brewing a little miracle! Our hearts are filled with gratitude and joy as we eagerly await the arrival of our little wonder in January 2022."
The Chennai Super Kings is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. They play in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd and India Cements is the major stakeholder.
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| 978 | Recent | 22-year-old Indian racing driver Jehan Daruvala wins 2nd Formula 2 race of his career | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. India's 22-year-old racing driver Jehan Daruvala won the second Sprint Race of the FIA Formula 2 championship in Monza on Saturday. It is Jehan's second Formula 2 race win of his career and first of this season. He had become the first Indian to win a Formula 2 race during the Sakhir Grand Prix in December last year.
Jehan Daruvala is an Indian racing driver competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin Motorsport. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billion hunt' organized by the team in 2011. He is currently a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
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| 979 | Recent | Thousands protest against COVID-19 curbs in Turkey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. A protest against Turkish coronavirus-related restrictions in Istanbul was attended by over 2,000 people on Saturday. The government had made proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result mandatory for intercity travel and to attend large events. "This pandemic is just going on with even more restrictions on our freedoms and there's no end to it," a protester said.
A protest is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations.
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| 980 | Recent | OYO creditor challenges NCLAT order dismissing insolvency case in SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. A Siliguri-based hotel owner has challenged the NCLAT order, which dismissed insolvency proceedings against OYO, in Supreme Court, Moneycontrol reported. In its order, the NCLAT had reserved creditors' right to approach OYO for a settlement. The hotel owner, who claims a settlement of ₹37 lakh, said she was in touch with no settlement had been made so far.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) is a tribunal that was formed by the Central Government of India under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013. The tribunal is responsible for hearing appeals from the orders of the National Company Law Tribunal(s) (NCLT), starting on 1 June 2016.
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| 981 | Recent | Uday Chopra and I dated for 5 years, regret keeping my relationship quiet: Nargis Fakhri | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/09/2021 | Sep 12, 2021. American actress Nargis Fakhri, who is of Pakistani-Czech descent, has said that she and Uday Chopra dated for five years. She added, "I never have said this to the press as people told me to keep my relationship quiet, but I regret that because I should have shouted from the mountain tops that I was with such a beautiful soul."
Nargis Fakhri is an American actress and model who primarily works in the Indian film industry. Her first role in a film came with the 2011 romantic drama Rockstar, for which she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
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| 982 | Recent | Olympic gold medallist Neeraj takes his parents on their first flight, shares pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won India's first-ever gold in athletics at Olympics, took to Instagram to reveal that he took his parents on their first flight. Calling it a "small dream come true", Neeraj shared pictures of his parents boarding a plane and sitting inside it. "You made them proud," a follower commented on his post.
The Javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
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| 983 | Recent | What is a Calendar Grand Slam in tennis and how many singles players have won it? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. The Calendar Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all the four major championships (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) in one discipline in the same calendar year. Five singles players have achieved the Calendar Grand Slam. They are Don Budge (1938), Maureen Connolly (1953), Rod Laver (1962, 1969), Margaret Court (1970), and Steffi Graf (1988).
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in the same calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Grand Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a non-calendar year Grand Slam while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a Career Grand Slam.
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| 984 | Recent | I take my hat off to India with the cricket they played in England: Warne | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. Ex-Australia spinner Shane Warne praised Virat Kohli-led Team India's performance in the Test series against England and said he takes his hat off to India with the cricket they played. India was leading five-match series 2-1 after four Tests. "India wanted to beat England in England in swinging seaming conditions with Duke's ball they ticked every box," he added. The fifth Test got canceled.
Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer who captained the Australian national team in One Day Internationals (ODI). Widely considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, Warne was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 (Notional Winner). He was banned from the sport in 2003 for testing positive for a prohibited substance.
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| 985 | Recent | Zuckerberg used to come to White House to kiss my a**: Ex-US Prez Donald Trump | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. Former US President Donald Trump, banned from Facebook till 2023, has hit out at the social media platform's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying, "He used to come to White House to kiss my a**." Trump said Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla used to have dinner with him at the White House, adding, "And then you see what they do about me it's just crazy."
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for cofounding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
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| 986 | Recent | Dog led blind owner down 78 stoduring reys 9/11 attacks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. A guide dog named Roselle led her blind owner Michael Hingson down 78 stories of the World Trade Centre's North Tower during the 9/11 attacks. The Labrador then guided Hingson to a friend's home. The attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, were carried out by 19 terrorists associated with al-Qaeda on this day 20 years ago.
Michael Hingson, national ambassador for the Braille Literacy Campaign, nbsp; is a miraculous survivor of 9/11. He lives with his wife, Karen, in the San Francisco Bay Area with two guide dogs, Africa and Fantasia, and one cat, Sherlock.
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| 987 | Recent | BJP leader rows raft on waterlogged street in Delhi, shares video | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted a video of him rowing a raft on a waterlogged road in the national capital, following heavy rain on Saturday. “I wanted to go rafting to Rishikesh this season but couldn’t due to COVID-19. But because of CM Arvind Kejriwal, I'm getting that experience Delhi itself,” said Bagga in the video.
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (Born September 24, 1985) is an Indian Politician who is the official spokesperson of Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party. Bagga is a founding member of the New Delhi-based nationalist right-wing organization Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena. He is also the owner of an online T-shirt clothing tshirtbhaiya.com, where T-shirts associated with "patriots" and "nationalists" are found. He used patriotism and nationalism very well for his business.
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| 988 | Recent | Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani resigns ahead of 2022 Assembly elections | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigned from the post on Saturday evening, ahead of the state Assembly elections next year. Rupani submitted his resignation to Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and also thanked the BJP leadership for the opportunity to serve as Chief Minister. The 65-year-old was serving as Chief Minister of the state since 7 August 2016.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Rajkot West. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 989 | Recent | Gas explosion in Russian apartment building kills 3, injures 6 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. A gas explosion on Saturday in a two-story apartment building in Russia's Solidarnost village killed three people, including an 11-year-old girl, the local authorities said. The blast caused the building to partially collapse. Six other people were injured, five of whom were hospitalized, the head of the local emergencies ministry said.
A gas explosion is a phenomenon that a combustible gas or vapor forms an explosive gas (vapor)/air mixture with a certain mixing ratio, and the mixture explodes in the presence of an ignition source.
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| 990 | Recent | Will prefer to have Paytm over Ola in my portfolio: NYU professor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2021 | Sep 11, 2021. New York University professor Aswath Damodaran told Business Today he would prefer to have Paytm over Ola in his portfolio. "The ride-sharing business is a disaster around the world. They have figured out how to grow but not how to make money," Damodaran said. "If I can get Paytm at the right price, I would prefer to have that," he added.
Aswath Damodaran (born 23 September 1957) is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University (Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education) where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation.
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| 991 | Recent | Mayawati won't field mafia candidates, no ticket to Mukhtar Ansari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. The Bahujan Samaj Party will make efforts to not field 'bahubali' (strongmen) or mafia candidates in next year's Uttar Pradesh polls, party supremo Mayawati said on Friday, announcing that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be re-nominated by the party from Mau. Soon after her statement, Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, which has announced to contest 100 seats, offered Ansari a ticket, with its spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar telling PTI that 'our doors are open for him. Mayawati said BSP state president Bhim Rajbhar will contest from Mau, currently represented by Mukhtar Ansari, the five-term MLA who was brought back from Punjab's Ropar jail in April and lodged in a Banda jail. Her announcement comes days after Mukhtar Ansari's brother Sigbatullah Ansari joined the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.
Mukhtar Ansari is a gangster turned Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Mau constituency five times with a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket. Now In jail transferred from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh.
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| 992 | Recent | Owaisi booked in UP for 'indecent' remarks against Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has been booked for allegedly vitiating communal harmony, making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and disrespecting the national flag. Two first information reports (FIRs) were registered against the AIMIM chief at Barabanki city police station on Thursday night after his party's public meeting in Katara Chandana Baradari. The first FIR against Owaisi and public meeting organizers was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 153A (promoting enmity on the ground of religion, race, etc.), 188 (disregarding the order of a public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease) and the Epidemic Act was slapped against them, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Yamuna Prasad said. Later in the night, another FIR was lodged against them for insulting the national flag during the public meeting, Kotwali in-charge Amar Singh said. They have been accused of wrapping the tricolour on a pole at the Dias during the meeting instead of unfurling it.
Asaduddin Owaisi is an Indian politician, who is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a four-time Member of Parliament, representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
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| 993 | Recent | 34-yr-old woman raped, brutally assaulted in Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. In an incident reminding of the 2012 'Nirbhaya' case, a 34-year-old woman was raped and brutally assaulted inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka and her condition was said to be serious, police said on Friday. Mohan Chouhan, 45, the accused, was arrested within a few hours of the incident, said an official. The police control room received a call in the early hours of Friday that a man was thrashing a woman on Khairani Road. A police team rushed to the spot to find a woman lying in a pool of blood. She was taken to the civic-run Rajawadi hospital, As per the preliminary probe, she had been raped and also assaulted with an iron rod in her private parts, he said, adding that the incident had taken place inside a tempo parked on the roadside. Bloodstains were found inside the vehicle. According to the doctors, the woman's condition was serious, the official said. Acting on some leads, accused Chauhan was arrested under Indian Penal Code Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 376 (rape) and further probe was on, he added.
Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it's India's largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city's also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.
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| 994 | Recent | Oz 'deeply disappointed' on Taliban's interim cabinet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. Australia on Thursday said it is deeply disappointed over the composition of the interim cabinet of the Taliban and that it is in touch with its closest partners and allies over the developments in Afghanistan. Australia's High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell said that the situation in Afghanistan is likely to be discussed at the inaugural two-plus-two ministerial dialogue between India and Australia on Saturday. Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and defence minister Peter Dutton will visit India from September 10 to 12 to take part in the dialogue with their Indian counterparts. "Australia wants to do much more with India. We have high expectations from the relationship and so does India," he told reporters. On the Taliban unveiling the interim cabinet, O'Farrell mentioned exclusion of women and not any representations from the Hazara community as well as other minorities besides members from the previous government.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country.
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| 995 | Recent | How Modi, Rahul used Twitter during 2019 poll campaign | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. In the run-up to the 2019 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Twitter to portray a culturally strong India buoyed by nationalism to attract the urban middle class and enthuse his party cadre, a study led by an NRI professor has concluded. The research, recently published by the International Communication Research Journal in the US, focused on the use of Twitter by politicians in India's 2019 election. "Our aim was to study how Twitter was used by Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi during the 74-day campaigning in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections," said Abhijit Mazumdar, an assistant professor at Park University in Missouri, the US, and the lead author of the research. The research, titled Tweeting to win: Analyzing social media use in India's 2019 national elections, has been co-authored by three researchers. The other two are Bhavna Wal and Umana Anjali. Wal is a doctoral student in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Uttar Pradesh and Umana Anjali is an alumnus of the School of Advertising & Public Relations, the University of Tennessee in the US.
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries.
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| 996 | Recent | Governor Ravi goes from Nagaland to TN, Lt Gen Singh to U'Khand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, was on Thursday appointed the governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation. According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state. A highly-decorated officer, Lt Gen Singh superannuated from the Army in February 2016 after nearly four decades of service, during which he held prestigious appointments of deputy chief of Army Staff, adjutant general, and corps commander of strategic XV Corps that overlooks the Line of Control in Kashmir. He was also handling China's operational and military-strategic issues as additional director general of Military Operations.
Lieutenant general or lieutenant-general is a three-star military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain-general.
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| 997 | Recent | With 34,973 new infections, India's active Covid cases decline | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. India logged 34,973 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,31,74,954, while the active cases declined to 3,90,646, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,42,009 with 260 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 1.18 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.49 percent, the ministry said. A reduction of 2,968 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 17,87,611 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 53,86,04,854.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention.
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| 998 | Recent | BJP pits Bengal violence case petitioner against Mamata | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal, whom the party has nominated to contest against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the September 30 by-poll to the Bhabanipur seat, said on Friday highlighting the torture and violence' unleashed by the Trinamool Congress after the assembly polls will be a key issue in the election. Tibrewal, a lawyer, is one of the petitioners in the post-poll violence cases against the TMC government in the Calcutta high court. The party also announced the names of Milan Ghosh and Sujit Das for Samserganj and Jangipur seats respectively. The votes will be counted on October 3 and results declared the same day. 'She (Mamata Banerjee) has already lost from Nandigram. Now she is fighting this election to save the chief minister's chair. My task will be to reach out to the people of the constituency and inform them about the atrocities, torture, and violence that her party unleashed on opposition workers after the assembly polls. I am confident that people of Bhabanipur will vote for me and defeat her,' she asserted.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian academic and politician who is serving as the ninth and current Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office.
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| 999 | Recent | I'm also Kashmiri Pandit, will help you: Rahul to KPs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2021 | Sep 10, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday reached out to displaced Kashmiri Pandits, saying he and his family belong to this community, and promised them all help. He also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of trying to break the composite culture of Jammu and Kashmir and said both the organizations are 'ruining' the love and brotherhood that exists among the people of the Union Territory. "I told my Kashmiri Pandit brothers that I will show by helping you. I do not tell lies," Gandhi said while addressing Congress office-bearers and workers at a party function in Jammu on the last day of his two-day visit to Jammu. He said that he himself belongs to the Kashmiri Pandit community and feels their pain.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the President of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 1000 | Monthly Capsule | Govt names top 5 medical colleges in 2021 in India; AIIMS Delhi ranks 1st | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. According to 2021 rankings released by the government, AIIMS Delhi is the best medical college, followed by PGIMER (Chandigarh), Christian Medical College (Vellore), NIMHANS (Bengaluru), and Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Lucknow). Meanwhile, top engineering colleges in the country include IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi is a public hospital and medical research university based in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956, and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This is the best institution in India in the field of medicine.
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| 1001 | Recent | Tata to be 1st private Indian firm to make military aircraft as Cabinet gives nod | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Tata Group will make military transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force in the first such deal for an Indian private sector company. This comes as the Cabinet approved the Tata-Airbus project to build 56 C-295MW transport aircraft on Wednesday. Tata will make 40 aircraft in India within 10 years, while the rest will be delivered by Airbus from Spain.
Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, airplanes, and other products, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Founded in 1868 by Jamshedji Tata, the company gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies.
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| 1002 | Recent | Ford to stop making cars in India, cites $2 billion operating loss in 10 years | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Ford Motor Company on Thursday announced that it will cease local manufacturing in India. It will stop manufacturing for exports at the Sanand plant by the fourth quarter of 2021 and Chennai engine and assembly plants by the second quarter of 2022. Ford has accumulated over $2 billion of operating losses in India over the past 10 years, Ford's CEO Jim Farley said.
James D. Farley Jr. is an American businessman who is the CEO of Ford and a board member of Harley-Davidson. His career in automobiles was inspired by his grandfather, who began work at Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant in 1914.
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| 1003 | Recent | Let's start with Indian tea: Russian space chief as Musk asks for his favourite tea | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked Russia's space chief what his "favorite tea" was after Dmitry Rogozin invited him to his house, to which Rogozin said, "Let's start with my grandmother's favorite Indian tea!" In an interview, Rogozin said he wanted to discuss "exploring the universe, extraterrestrial life, and how we can use space to preserve life on Earth" with Musk.
Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin is a Russian politician, currently serving as Director-General of Roscosmos since 2018. Previously he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he was Russia's ambassador to NATO from 2008 to 2011.
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| 1004 | Recent | Google to ask for proof of rival job offers before discussing salary rise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Google is asking job candidates to prove that they have a competing job offer before considering an increase in salary, The Information reported. Google representatives are either asking for the offer letters or their screenshots from the job candidates who claim that rival companies are offering them higher pay. In the past, such proof was only required for executive-level prospects.
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
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| 1005 | Recent | I worked hard to match Amitabh Bachchan's calibre: Emraan Hashmi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Speaking about working with actor Amitabh Bachchan in the film 'Chehre', actor Emraan Hashmi said that he was scared in the beginning. He added, "I had a fear that I would end up ruining the performance of the actor who's so senior." "But I believe in working hard, which I did to match Amit Ji's caliber," he said.
Syed Emraan Anwar Hashmi is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Hashmi has received three Filmfare Award nominations. He worked as an assistant director for the 2002 horror film Raaz before pursuing a career in acting.
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| 1006 | Recent | iD Fresh Food files police complaint over 'false' message claiming it uses cow bones | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. iD Fresh Food has filed a complaint with WhatsApp and Bengaluru's cybercrime police over "false and baseless" WhatsApp forwards about the company. The message doing the rounds claimed that iD Fresh Food "mixes cow bones and calf rennet" in its idli and dosa batter. "Harmful claims not backed by sound evidence need to be called out," iD CEO Musthafa PC said.
At one point in his life, this young Indian entrepreneur didn't have enough money to eat food. His company employs more than one thousand youngsters from rural India and they help millions of Indians eat healthy and preservative-free food - their Idli and Dosa batter.
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| 1007 | Recent | Delhi govt launches new COVID-19 helpline number on WhatsApp | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2021 | Sep 9, 2021. Delhi government has launched a new COVID-19 WhatsApp helpline number. "Just send 'Hi' to https://wa.me/911122307145 and get information about hospital beds, vaccination centres, teleconsultation with doctors oxygen cylinder refilling," Aam Aadmi Party tweeted. "We have added some new features to aid citizens conveniently access credible information," Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
Satyendar Kumar Jain is a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Delhi and a politician from the Aam Aadmi Party. He is one of the seven cabinet ministers in the Government of Delhi led by Arvind Kejriwal.
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| 1008 | Recent | India, Russia NSAs hold talks on Afghan crisis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday held talks with his Russian counterpart Gen Nikolay Patrushev in mitigating any possible security threat from the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, a day after holding similar deliberations with CIA chief William Burns. The Doval-Patrushev talks delved into security implications of the Taliban's capture of power for India, Russia, and the Central Asian region as a number of dreaded terror groups including Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba having a strong presence in the war-torn country, people familiar with the meeting said. It is learned that Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency Burns, accompanied by a few officials, paid a quiet visit to India primarily to discuss ways to mitigate security threats that may emanate from Afghanistan.
The Central Intelligence Agency known informally as the Agency and the Company is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT). As a principal member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States.
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| 1009 | Recent | Why Bajwa did not shift ISI chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. In a much-awaited mini-reshuffle of lieutenant generals in the Pakistan army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Pakistan army chief, has sent out Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Sind Regiment, currently Chief of General Staff, as Corps Commander, X Corps, Rawalpindi, bringing in Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas, Baloch Regiment, from there as Chief of General Staff. In another straight exchange, Lieutenant General Waseem Ashraf, Frontier Force Regiment, Corps Commander, II Corps, Multan, who had already done another Corps command (XII Corps) is shifted as Director-General, Joint Staff, Joint Staff Headquarters, bringing in Lieutenant General Chiragh Haider, Frontier Force Regiment, as the new II Corps Commander, Multan.
The Inter-Services Intelligence is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan, operationally responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing information relevant for national security from around the world.
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| 1010 | Recent | Bihar's political temperature rises as Chirag meets Tejashwi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. Bihar's political temperature rose by a few notches on Wednesday as Lok Janshakti Party MP Chirag Paswan met Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav in Patna to invite the latter to an event marking his father Ram Vilas Paswan's first death anniversary a few days later. While politicians and pundits speculate a strong possibility of their coming together, the two young leaders, however, told prying journalists their meeting was a result of "family relations" that went back to ties shared by their fathers.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician, serving as the leader of opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, notably the youngest leader of opposition in the country. He also leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the single largest political party in the state of Bihar, India.
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| 1011 | Recent | Should Children Get COVID-19 Vaccine? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. Should children above the age of twelve be vaccinated? The medical community remains divided on this crucial question even as India's central drugs regulatory authority approved the ZyCoV-D vaccine with its 66 percent efficacy rating developed and manufactured by Zydus Cadila. The Phase 3 trials of this vaccine were tested across 28,000 participants including 1000 adolescents between the ages of 12-18. But the results of this trial have not been made public. UK-based NGO Transparency International Global Health expressed concern that a vaccine developed for a new platform has not gone public on its findings pointing out that a similar lack of transparency occurred when Covaxin had been given emergency approval.
Cadila Healthcare Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India primarily engaged in the manufacture of generic drugs. It ranked 100th in the Fortune India 500 list in 2020.
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| 1012 | Recent | Xi Jinping to attend Modi-hosted BRICS summit on Thursday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 13th BRICS summit to be held on Thursday at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China's foreign ministry announced in Beijing on Wednesday. Modi will chair the virtual meeting of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), the ministry of external affairs said in New Delhi on Tuesday. India is this year's chair of the BRICS. The summit will also be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. President Xi will attend via video link the 13th BRICS Summit to be held on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced. The theme of the summit would be "Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation, and consensus."
BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs. Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states have met annually at formal summits.
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| 1013 | Recent | Indian youth murdered in Canada in suspected hate crime | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. A 23-year-old Indian was found murdered at an apartment in Truro town of Canada's Nova Scotia province, with community members suspecting it a racially motivated hate crime, according to media reports. David MacNeil of the Truro Police Service said a 911 call from 494 Robie St at 2 am on Sunday brought officers to the apartment building, where they found a man with life-threatening injuries, CBC Canada reported. MacNeil confirmed the victim was Prabhjot Singh Katri who later died of his injuries. Singh worked for Layton's taxi as well as one or two restaurants in Truro. Police are treating the death as a homicide, the report said. A man was arrested in connection with the murder but was later released.
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area.
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| 1014 | Recent | Waze planned Ambani bomb scare to regain 'super cop' reputation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. A scheduled visit by Nita Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani's wife, to Gujarat was canceled after the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV close to their house Antilia in south Mumbai in February, the security head of the residence stated in his statement to the National Investigation Agency. The statement is part of a charge sheet filed last week by the NIA before a special court in Mumbai against dismissed police officer Sachin Waze, above, and nine others in connection with the recovery of the vehicle with gelatin sticks near the Ambani residence on February 25 and businessman Mansukh Hiran's subsequent murder. After the vehicle with explosives and a threat letter were found, Antilia's security head immediately brought it to Mukesh Ambani's notice. He told the NIA that Nita Ambani's scheduled visit that day to Jamnagar in Gujarat was rescheduled and then cancelled on his and the zonal deputy commissioner of police's advice.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.
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| 1015 | Recent | Women will be inducted in NDA, Centre tells SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/09/2021 | Sep 08, 2021. The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the armed forces have decided to induct women into the National Defence Academy. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Justice S K Kaul that a decision has been taken at the highest level of the armed forces as also the government that females will be inducted for permanent commission through the NDA. The ASG sought the apex court's permission to place the details on record through affidavit and sought status quo in this year's exams as this needs procedure and infrastructural changes. The top court said it has been periodically nudging the authorities to do it themselves and it believes that they are best suited to evolve the whole.
The National Defence Academy is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academies for further pre-commission training.
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| 1016 | Recent | Balaji Telefilms shareholders reject Ekta, mother's ₹2.40 crore salary proposals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. Balaji Telefilms' shareholders have rejected proposals on salary to be paid to MD Shobha Kapoor and her daughter Ekta Kapoor, the company's Joint MD. The board had approved a basic salary of ₹2.40 crore along with perquisites for them for two years starting November 10, 2021. A very small percentage of shareholders participated in the voting and rejected the proposals.
Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a public company listed at Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India.
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| 1017 | Recent | Selling of national assets willfully destructive policy: LIC trade union on IPO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. All India LIC Employees' Federation General Secretary Rajesh Kumar in an interview with Bloomberg TV spoke about state-owned LIC's IPO and said, "Selling of national assets is a willfully destructive policy." He added, "We wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi against the listing of LIC." The government is looking to dilute as much as a 10% stake in LIC.
Life Insurance Corporation of India (abbreviated as LIC) is an Indian statutory insurance and investment corporation. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The Life insurance Corporation of India was established on 1 September 1956, when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalized the insurance industry in India.
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| 1018 | Recent | India continues to 'lag way behind' in COVID-19 vaccination: Fitch | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. India continues to "lag way behind" in COVID-19 vaccination and the negative outlook on sovereign rating signifies the rising debt-to-GDP ratio, Fitch Ratings said. Fitch had affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-' with a negative outlook in April. India's debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 72% in 2019 and Fitch expects it to rise above 90% of GDP over the next five years.
Fitch ratings is a credit rating agency that rates the viability of investments relative to the likelihood of default. Fitch is one of the top three credit rating agencies internationally, along with Moody's and Standard & Poors.
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| 1019 | Recent | Govt to take balanced approach on e-comm rules: Consumer Affairs Secy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. The government will take a "balanced" approach while finalizing the amendments proposed to the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020, Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said. The proposed changes include a ban on flash sales of goods and services and the promotion of misleading ads. Nandan said that the government has received a lot of suggestions on the draft e-commerce rules.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India under the Department of Consumer Affairs[2], Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.[3] It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 which came into effect on 12 October 2017.
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| 1020 | Recent | Traders feel cheated: CAIT on Gujarat govt signing MoU with Amazon | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. Indian traders' body CAIT has criticized the Gujarat government for signing a pact with Amazon, saying, "On one hand, Amazon is facing various charges and investigation for wrongdoings by CCI and ED, and on the other, a state government is making pacts." CAIT added, "Traders cheated at the hands of Gujarat government for shaking hands with a known law offender company."
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) is an apex body of the trading community of India comprising prominent Trade Bodies of different States and having an access to more than 20 thousand such Trade Federations/ Associations/Chambers across the Country.
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| 1021 | Recent | Shikhar Dhawan's wife Aesha Mukerji confirms their divorce | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan's wife Aesha Mukerji has confirmed that they are divorced. Shikhar and Aesha had tied the knot in 2012 and it was Aesha's second marriage. In an Instagram post, Aesha wrote, "When my second marriage broke down it was really scary. All the feelings I felt when I went through it the first time came flooding in."
Shikhar Dhawan is an Indian international cricketer and a former limited-overs captain. A left-handed opening batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler, he plays for Delhi in first-class cricket and Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
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| 1022 | Recent | Only 2 batsmen have retired out in 144 years of Test cricket | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. The first-ever retired-out dismissal was witnessed when Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu was called in by Sanath Jayasuriya after scoring a double ton in a Test against Bangladesh on September 7, 2001. In that innings, Mahela Jayawardene also retired out after scoring 150. A batsman gets retired out when he retires for reasons other than injury or illness and doesn't resume innings.
Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and a former cricketer. Mahela is the most successful captain for Sri Lanka along with Sanath Jayasuriya. He made his Test cricket debut in August 1997 and his One Day International debut the following season in January 1998.
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| 1023 | Recent | Rahane has got a very long rope; if he gets another match, he's very lucky: Manjrekar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2021 | Sep 7, 2021. Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has said Ajinkya Rahane has got a very long rope amid his poor form. "I wish a lot of the other batsmen in past were living in this era," Manjrekar added. He further said, "If Rahane gets another match...he's a very lucky batsman." Rahane has scored 109 runs in seven innings in the ongoing Test series against England.
Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian international cricketer. He is currently the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket. He plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game.
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| 1024 | Recent | What the World Expects From the Taliban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. At the daily foreign ministry briefing in Beijing on Friday, September 3, 2021, the Russian correspondent of Sputnik asked spokesperson Ambassador Wang Wenbin how China viewed the Taliban decision to attack Panjshir and how this will affect the Afghan situation. Ambassador Wang replied that 'It is China's sincere hope that all parties in Afghanistan will go with the Afghan people's eager aspiration and the international community's expectation to resolve differences through consultation and ensure a steady transition so that the people of this war-torn country can live free from war and conflict and build lasting peace at an early date.' The remark implies that Beijing is unhappy, but won't apportion blame. That is consistent with Chinese policy not to interfere.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India is the government agency responsible for maintaining the foreign relations of India. The Ministry of External Affairs is headed by the Minister of External Affairs, a Cabinet Minister.
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| 1025 | Recent | As Cases Rise, Questions About Kerala's Covid Strategy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. The Kerala model on Covid management has come under severe criticism with the state reporting over 70 percent of the fresh cases in the country. The only sign of relief for the state was that the death rate was 0.51 percent - the lowest among major states. On the other hand, Kerala's test positivity rate was 19.22 percent as against 17.13 percent in the seven days ending August 27. The daily positivity rate was 2.45 percent on August 27, it has been less than 3 percent for the last 32 days. When the second Pinarayi Vijayan government took charge, a notable change in the cabinet was the replacement of then health minister KK Shailaja with Veena George, a former journalist. Shailaja had received appreciation from across the globe for her handling of the pandemic in the state. Some experts are now indicating that all was not so well with the strategies employed in handling the pandemic during the previous government.
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee, and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys, and tigers.
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| 1026 | Recent | Chandrayaan-2 completes over 9,000 orbits around moon | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, and imaging and scientific instruments onboard have been providing excellent data, officials said on Monday. The Indian Space Research Organisation is holding a two-day Lunar Science workshop 2021, which began on Monday, to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft around the lunar orbit. In his inaugural address, ISRO Chairman, K Sivan said the eight payloads onboard the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft are conducting remote sensing and in-situ observations of the Moon at around 100 km altitude from the lunar surface. "Till date, the Chandrayaan-2 has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon," added Sivan, also Secretary in the Department of Space.
Chandrayaan-2 is the second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, after Chandrayaan-1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover, all of which were developed in India.
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| 1027 | Recent | Farmers' stir: Central forces deployed in Karnal; internet shut | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. Central forces were deployed, mobile Internet services suspended and prohibitory orders banning gathering of people were imposed in Karnal on Monday, a day ahead of the gherao planned by farmers at the mini-secretariat over the August 28 lathi charge. The Haryana government, which had earlier ordered the suspension of mobile Internet services in Karnal from Monday 12.30 pm to Tuesday midnight, decided to suspend these services in four adjoining districts as well. The mobile Internet service will remain suspended in Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind and Panipat districts with effect from 12 am to 11.59 pm on Tuesday. Forty companies of security personnel, including 10 companies of central paramilitary forces, have been deployed in the district where local authorities have also imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
The Code of Criminal Procedure commonly called the Criminal Procedure Code is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974.
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| 1028 | Recent | Every Indian citizen is Hindu: RSS chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said Hindus and Muslims share the same ancestry and every Indian citizen is a 'Hindu'. Speaking at an event in Mumbai organized by the Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation, he said 'sane' Muslim leaders should stand firmly against fundamentalists and added the minority community does not have to fear anything in India as Hindus don't hold enmity towards anyone. "The word Hindu was equivalent to the motherland, ancestors, and Indian culture. This is not disrespecting other views. We have to think in terms of gaining Indian dominance and not Muslim dominance." Bhagwat said for the all-round development of India, everyone should work together. "Islam came to India with invaders. This is history and should be told in that manner. Sane Muslim leaders should oppose unnecessary issues and stand firmly against fundamentalists and hardliners. "The more we do this at the earliest, the less damage it will cause to our society."
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbr.RSS, is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organization. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organizations called the Sangh Parivar, which have a presence in all facets of Indian society. RSS was founded on 27 September 1925.
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| 1029 | Recent | No Afghan will be asked to leave India without MHA's approval | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. As the situation in Afghanistan continues to be uncertain, the Union home ministry has said that no Afghan national living in India will be asked to leave the country without its approval. The MHA's decision came about a fortnight after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and many Afghans arriving in India fearing retribution from that country's new rulers. No Afghan national will be asked to leave India by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) without prior approval of the home ministry and such cases will be referred to the MHA by the FRRO, a home ministry official said. This came after a woman member of the Afghan parliament, Ranging Kargar, was deported from Delhi's IGI Airport to Istanbul despite valid papers. The government had later apologized to Kargar. The government has already extended visas of all categories granted to citizens of all countries, including Afghanistan, living in India on a 'gratis basis' till September 30.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, and Tajikistan and China to the northeast.
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| 1030 | Recent | Modi to chair virtual BRICS Summit on Sep 9 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the annual summit of the five-nation grouping BRICS on Thursday in the virtual format and it is expected to focus extensively on the situation in Afghanistan. The meeting will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, according to the ministry of external affairs (MEA). The BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) brings together five of the largest developing countries of the world, representing 41 percent of the global population, 24 percent of the global GDP, and 16 percent of the global trade. "As part of India's ongoing chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on September 9 in virtual format," the MEA said in a statement. This is the second time Prime Minister Modi will be chairing the BRICS summit. Earlier he had chaired the Goa summit in 2016. The Indian Chairship of BRICS this year coincides with the 15th anniversary of BRICS.
BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs. Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states have met annually at formal summits.
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| 1031 | Recent | Naval Aviation Receives President's Colour | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2021 | Sep 06, 2021. The Indian Navy was the first Indian armed force to receive the President's Colour from Dr Rajendra Prasad, then the President of India, on May 27, 1951. 70 years later after different wings of the Indian Navy - the Southern Naval Command, the Eastern Naval Command, the Western Naval Command, the Eastern Fleet, the Western Fleet, the Submarine Arm, INS Shivaji and the Indian Naval Academy - received the President's Colour, President Ram Nath Kovind presented the President's Colour to Indian Naval Aviation on Monday, September 6, 2021. The President's Colour is bestowed on a military unit in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the nation, both in peace and in war. It consists of a 36 inch by 48-inch white ensign with the National Flag in the canton and the state emblem embroidered in gold at the centre. The elephant, signifying strength, is placed diagonally opposite the national flag in the canton.
The President's Colour Award is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon any military unit of India. It is also known as ′Nishaan′ which is an emblem that will be worn by all unit officers on the left-hand sleeve of their uniform.
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| 1032 | Recent | J&K govt allows reopening of schools for classes 10 and 12 at 50% capacity | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday allowed the reopening of schools for students of classes 10 and 12 and higher educational institutions with certain restrictions. While parents are required to provide consent for children to attend school, classes can function at only 50% capacity. It permitted higher education institutions to start classes for fully vaccinated staff and students.
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.
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| 1033 | Recent | Govt's excise collection on petrol products rises 48% in April-July | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. The government's excise duty collections from petroleum products increased by 48% to reach over ₹1 lakh crore in the first four months of the financial year 2021-22, official data showed. The collections stood at ₹67,895 crores in the same period last year. The incremental mop-up is three times the ₹10,000 crore repayment liability of oil bonds in the full fiscal.
Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. The majority of petroleum is converted to petroleum products, which includes several classes of fuels.
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| 1034 | Recent | Tesla market share has gone up dramatically since 2017: Cathie Wood | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Cathie Wood, the CEO of ARK Invest, told Yahoo Finance in an interview that the global market share of billionaire Elon Musk-led Tesla "instead of going down from year-end 2017 to today...has actually gone up fairly dramatically". "Our estimate for Tesla's success has gone up," Wood said, adding that her base case on Tesla is $3,000 per share.
Catherine Duddy Wood (born November 26, 1955) is an American investor and the founder, CEO, and CIO of Ark Invest, an investment management firm. Wood was born in Los Angeles, the eldest child of immigrants from Ireland. Wood's father served in the Irish Army and the United States Air Force and became a successful radar system engineer who was very detail-oriented and pushed Catherine to discover connections between things.
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| 1035 | Recent | Enel interested in India's power distribution market: CEO Starace | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Italy-based Enel's CEO Francesco Starace has said that the firm is interested in entering the power distribution market in India. "We are interested because finally, this big country is making it possible for private ownership of power distribution assets," he said. Starace added that he expects energy consumption per capita to grow in many parts of the country.
Starace joined the Enel Group in 2000, holding several senior executive positions including Head of Business Power (from July 2002 to October 2005) and Managing Director of the Market Division (from November 2005 to September 2008).
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| 1036 | Recent | Dinesh Karthik shares Rohit Sharma's 5-year-old tweet, says 'Success isn't instant' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Dinesh Karthik shared a post on Rohit Sharma, who slammed his first-ever overseas Test hundred on Saturday. Karthik shared Rohit's five-year-old tweet, which read, "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." Karthik tweeted, "Success isn't instant, many years of smart & hard work will fruition at a point when you don't expect sometimes."
Dinesh Karthik is an Indian professional cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders. He also captains the Tamil Nadu Cricket Team. He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. Dinesh Karthik has become the 4th Indian batsman to play 300 T20 matches.
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| 1037 | Recent | Who led the medal count at Tokyo Paralympics which ended today? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. China topped the medal tally at the Tokyo Paralympics, which ended today, with a total of 96 gold medals. Overall, China won 207 medals at the event. Great Britain stood second with 41 gold medals, followed by the USA (37) and the Russian Paralympic Committee (36). India ended the Paralympics at the 24th position with five gold medals.
The word “Paralympic” derives from the Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side.
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| 1038 | Recent | Pilot sets world record by flying plane through two tunnels in 44 secs in Turkey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Italy's stunt pilot Dario Costa has become the first person to fly a plane through two tunnels in Turkey's Çatalca. The flight covered a distance of 2.26 km, and in less than 44 seconds, Costa set a certified Guinness World Record plus four more records. He broke the Guinness World Record for the longest tunnel flown through with an airplane.
Dario Costa is an Italian professional Red Bull Air Race competitor, stunt pilot, aerobatic performer, flight instructor, and Pilatus PC6 Porter para dropping pilot from Bologna, Italy, and is the first-ever Italian to qualify, to compete and to win in the Red Bull Air Race World Series.
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| 1039 | Recent | Just want to live in this moment: Krishna on winning Paralympic gold | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Indian shuttler Krishna Nagar, who won a gold medal in the men's singles SH6 event at Tokyo Paralympics, said he just wants to "live in this moment". "It's a rare moment to get a Paralympic medal. I truly believe if the universe has given me so much, rest will also be good," he added. India has won four medals in badminton.
Krishna Nagar is an Indian para-badminton player from Rajasthan. He had been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SH6. He has won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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| 1040 | Recent | I want to play 100 Test matches for India: Pacer Sakariya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. Pacer Chetan Sakariya, who made his India debut in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka in July, said he wants to play 100 Test matches for the country. "As a cricketer, the biggest feat is to be a Test cricketer," he added. The 23-year-old has played one ODI and two T20Is on tour. Sakariya is yet to play his first Test.
Chetan Sakariya is an Indian cricketer, a left-arm fast bowler who represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in July 2021.
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| 1041 | Recent | 4 Paralympic medals, no better gift on Teachers' Day: Badminton coach | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. With Indian shuttlers having won four medals at Tokyo Paralympics, including two golds, para-badminton coach Gaurav Khanna said he could not have received a better gift this Teachers' Day. "When I got Dronacharya award, I had a feeling which I couldn't express but this Paralympics with these medals, this feeling is no less than that feeling," he added.
Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1975) is Dronacharya Awarded Indian para-badminton Team Head National Coach from Lucknow. A former National badminton player and the current Head National coach of the Indian Para-badminton team who brings the para-badminton sport into the limelight with his passion and dedication to the sports and for the country. He has dedicated his life to train the physically and intellectually challenged & Hearing Impaired athletes to achieve their dreams on the badminton court.
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| 1042 | Recent | PM Modi will host Tokyo Paralympians: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2021 | Sep 5, 2021. After India finished the Tokyo Paralympics with 19 medals, their best-ever medal tally in the history of Paralympics, Anurag Thakur said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the Paralympians just like he hosted the Olympians. "We had a 19-member contingent in 2016 and in 2021 we have 19 medals. It clearly showcases India has done well," he added.
Anurag Singh Thakur is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He is the current Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Second Modi ministry.
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| 1043 | Recent | Gurugram Ambience Mall MD booked by CBI for defrauding bank of over ₹280 crore | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. The CBI has booked Raj Singh Gehlot, Chairman, and MD of Gurugram-based Ambience Mall, on charges of defrauding Jammu & Kashmir Bank of more than ₹280 crores. Two other directors of Gehlot's firm Aman Hospitality and unnamed bank officials have also been booked. In July, Gehlot was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on charges of money laundering.
Raj Singh Gahlot is a Chairman and Managing Director of Ambience Limited (Real Estate). He has done Bachelor Degree from Kurukshetra University. His date of birth and birthplace is not mentioned here. His age is approx 61 Years.
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| 1044 | Recent | Reliance Industries' arm buys majority stake in genomic testing firm for ₹393 cr | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Reliance Industries (RIL) on Friday said its subsidiary has acquired a majority stake in genomic testing firm Strand Life Sciences for ₹393 crores. Reliance Strategic Business Ventures purchased 2.28 crore equity shares of ₹10 each of Strand. A further investment of up to ₹160 crores by March 2023 will translate RIL's stake in Strand to over 80%, the company said.
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai, India. RIL's diverse businesses include energy, petrochemicals, natural gas, retail, telecommunications, mass media, and textiles.
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| 1045 | Recent | Sidharth's death registered as 'accidental', chemical analysis results awaited | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Mumbai Police have registered Sidharth Shukla's demise as accidental death. DCP Sangramsinh Nishandar confirmed the development. "After the CA or histopathology reports confirm he died under natural circumstances, the probe will be closed as natural death," said another officer. Doctors had said the cause of death is inconclusive and sent samples for chemical analysis and histopathology report.
Accidental death is an unnatural death that is caused by an accident such as a slip and fall, traffic collision, or accidental poisoning. Accidental deaths are distinguished from death by natural causes and from intentional homicides and suicide.
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| 1046 | Recent | One-in-two-million blue lobster caught by a fisherman in UK, pictures surface | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Ricky Greenhowe, a 47-year-old fisherman, caught a one-in-two-million blue lobster while he was fishing off a coast in Scotland's Aberdeen. "I have never seen one before, and I have been fishing since I was 14," he said. These crustaceans are colored blue because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.
Ricky Greenhowe, a 47-year-old fisherman from Scotland, was in for a surprise. It’s because, amid the fishes, he discovered a rare blue lobster. Ricky Greenhowe also took to Facebook to share pictures about this incredible find, and they have now mesmerized people.
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| 1047 | Recent | J'khand woman who went missing in UP found in Nepal after 12 yrs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. A woman from Jharkhand who went missing in Uttar Pradesh, where she had gone to work at a brick kiln, was rescued from Nepal after nearly 12 years. Reportedly, she was taken to Haryana from UP and then sent to Nepal. A tweet from a Nepal resident, confirming that she was staying at a Kathmandu ashram, helped in her rescue.
Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, is set in a valley surrounded by the Himalayan mountains. At the heart of the old city’s mazelike alleys is Durbar Square, which becomes frenetic during Indra Jatra, a religious festival featuring masked dances. Many of the city's historic sites were damaged or destroyed by a 2015 earthquake. Durbar Square's palace, Hanuman Dhoka, and Kasthamandap, a wooden Hindu temple, are being rebuilt.
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| 1048 | Monthly Capsule | NASA tests all-electric air taxi for the first time in US; shares pic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. NASA conducted a test of an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with Joby Aviation in the US this week. The aircraft could serve as an "air taxi" and become another mode of transportation for moving people and goods, NASA said. This is the first time that NASA tested an eVTOL aircraft under its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign.
An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft use electric power to hover, take off, and land vertically. This technology came about thanks to major advances in electric propulsion (motors, batteries, electronic controllers) and the growing need for new vehicles for urban air mobility (air taxis).
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| 1049 | Recent | Tesla may launch $25,000 EV without steering wheel in 2023: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told the firm's staff that Tesla is aiming to release its previously announced $25,000 electric car in 2023, Electrek reported. He even hinted that it might not even be equipped with a steering wheel. The car is expected to be a new electric hatchback that Tesla aims to produce in China and export globally.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. A centi-billionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
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| 1050 | Recent | Uber to pay legal fees of drivers sued under Texas' abortion law: CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said that the platform will cover the legal fees for drivers who will be sued under Texas' new abortion law for driving women to clinics. The law allows citizens to sue anyone who provides or "aids or abets" an abortion after six weeks. Besides Uber, Lyft will also cover its drivers' legal fees.
Dara Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber, where he manages the company’s fast-growing business in 63 countries around the world and leads a global team of more than 22,000 employees. Dara was previously CEO of Expedia, which grew into one of the world’s largest online travel companies.
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| 1051 | Recent | Bypoll for Bhabanipur seat that Mamata will contest to be held on Sept 30 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Bypoll for the Bhabanipur Assembly seat that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will contest will be held on September 30, the Election Commission said in a notification. Votes will be counted on October 3, the Election Commission added. Polls will also be held in West Bengal's Samserganj and Jangipur, and Pipli (Odisha) on the date, it further said.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the ninth and current Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress and became its first chairperson.
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| 1052 | Recent | Dhoni's decision to retire from Test cricket in 2014 didn't make sense: Shastri in book | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. India head coach Ravi Shastri, in his book, said MS Dhoni's decision to retire from Test cricket mid-series against Australia in 2014 didn't make sense. He added he wanted to change Dhoni's mind but firmness in his tone stopped him from pushing the matter any further. "Looking back, I think his decision was correct; also brave and selfless," Shastri wrote.
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is an Indian cricket coach, former commentator, cricketer, and current head coach of India’s national cricket team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 1981 and 1992 in both Tests and ODIs.
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| 1053 | Recent | 19-yr-old Narwal to be awarded ₹6 crore by Haryana govt for winning gold at Paralympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. The Haryana government has announced a reward of ₹6 crores for 19-year-old shooter Manish Narwal for winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Manish won India's third gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics today after winning the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 final. Shooter Singhraj, who won silver in the event, will be awarded ₹4 crores.
Manish Narwal is an Indian Para Pistol Shooter. He ranks fourth in the world in Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 according to the World Shooting Para Sport Rankings. Manish is also supported by GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.
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| 1054 | Recent | Badminton player Pramod wins India's 2nd gold medal of the day at Tokyo Paralympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. India's 33-year-old badminton player Pramod Bhagat defeated Great Britain's Daniel Bethell 21-14, 21-17 in the final of the men's singles SL3 event to win India's second gold medal of the day at Tokyo Paralympics. Earlier, shooter Manish Narwal had bagged gold in the men's P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. India has now won a total of four gold medals at Tokyo Paralympics.
Pramod hails from Hajipur in the Vaishali district in Bihar.[3][10][9][6] He is one of six brothers and sisters. When he was five years old, he developed a defect on his left leg. At the age of 13, he went to watch a badminton match and was fascinated with the game. Pramod played his first tournament against normal category players when he was 15 years old. He was encouraged by spectators, which motivated him to move ahead in his badminton career.
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| 1055 | Recent | KL Rahul shows dissent at third umpire's decision after getting out | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2021 | Sep 4, 2021. Team India opener KL Rahul showed dissent at the third umpire's decision after being declared caught behind out for 46(101). The on-field umpire had declared Rahul not out after which England took DRS and UltraEdge confirmed his bat touching the ball. Rahul hesitatingly walked back to the pavilion and was seen pointing towards the back pad and shaking his head.
Kannanur Lokesh Rahul is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and captains Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Rahul made his international debut in 2014 and scored his maiden Test century in his second Test match.
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| 1056 | Recent | CBI arrests 7 for alleged manipulation of JEE Mains exam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. The CBI has arrested seven persons including two directors of a Noida-based private institution in connection with alleged manipulation of JEE Mains examination 2021, officials said Friday. The arrests were made after the registration of a case against Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and three directors --Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi, and Govind Varshney - besides other touts and associates. The agency has arrested Krishna and Tripathi besides four employees Ritik Singh, Anjum Dawoodani, Animesh Kumar Singh, and Ajinkya Narhari Patil. Another person Ranjit Singh Thakur was arrested from Jamshedpur. Varshney, who had recently joined the company, is suspected to be on the run, they said, adding the agency is contemplating issuing a look-out notice against him. The CBI had conducted searches at 19 locations on Thursday during which around 20-30 post-dated cheques were received which were suspected to be the payments for ensuring help in clearing the examination.
Joint Entrance Examination – Main, formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination, is an all India standardized computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and planning across India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency.
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| 1057 | Recent | Tunnel reaching Red Fort found at Delhi Assembly | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. A tunnel-like structure was discovered at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the legislative assembly to Red Fort and was used by the Britons to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters. "When I became an MLA in 1993, there was hearsay about a tunnel present here that goes till Red Fort and I tried to search for its history. But there was no clarity over it." "Now we have got the mouth of the tunnel but we are not digging it further as all the paths of the tunnel have been destroyed due to metro projects and sewer installations," he added. Goel further informed that the Delhi Legislative Assembly, which was used as Central Legislative Assembly after shifting of capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912, was turned into a court in 1926 and the Britons used this tunnel to bring freedom fighters to the court.
The Red Fort or Lal Qila is a historic fort in the city of Delhi in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi.
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| 1058 | Recent | Owaisi to begin 3-day UP visit from Ayodhya on Sep 7 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections drawing close, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi will begin a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh from Ayodhya starting September 7, his party said on Friday. All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) state president Shaukat Ali told PTI that Owaisi will visit the mausoleum of 18th century Sufi Saint Sheikh Aalam Makhdoom Zada in Rudauli in Ayodhya district and hold a public meeting in the vicinity of the shrine on September 7. "On September 8 and 9, he will hold public meetings in Sultanpur and Barabanki, respectively." Secretary of Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Athar Husain said, "Rudauli is a constituency from where Muslim candidates can win easily, but in the last two elections there was a division of votes because BSP fielded Muslim candidates against sitting SP MLA Rushdi Miyan."
Asaduddin Owaisi is an Indian politician, who is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a four-time Member of Parliament, representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
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| 1059 | Recent | Army, Navy, IAF to induct DRDO-developed drone system | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. In order to have protection against drone attacks, all the three defense forces including the Army, Navy, and Air Force have signed contracts for acquiring DRDO-developed anti-drone systems. The deals for buying the anti-drone systems were signed on August 31, which was the last date for completing deals under the emergency contracts allowed by the defense ministry. "Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force, sign contract with BEL for the supply of DRDO technology-based anti-drone system. The Drone Detect, Deter and Destroy system (D4S), developed by DRDO and manufactured by BEL, is the first indigenously developed anti-drone system to be inducted into the Indian Armed Forces." The need for acquiring these systems under the emergency procedures was felt after the Jammu terror attack, in which two to three small drones were used to drop explosives at the Jammu airbase.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.
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| 1060 | Recent | After slowing down in early August, Covid spread rises sharply | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. The R-value, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has sharply risen close to 1.2 over the last fortnight, mainly driven by cases in states like Kerala and Maharashtra, say researchers. The rise in the R-value comes after a steady decline in cases in the first half of August in the country. ”Up to that date (August 30), the situation looked pretty bad. India's R-value had shot up close to 1.2. Not only is it greater than one, but it is also much higher than the last time there was a scare of a third wave (it was 1.03 at that time). ”This is driven by several states having their R-value go over 1 in the last few days of August - most notably Kerala and Maharashtra, but also Mizoram and Jammu and Kashmir,” Sitabhra Sinha, who is leading the team of researchers at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, told PTI. The Reproduction number or R refers to how many people an infected person infects, on average. In other words, it tells how 'efficiently' a virus is spreading.
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance, multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of infected people is not a pandemic.
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| 1061 | Recent | China is our most important partner, say Taliban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. Describing China as their 'most important partner', the Afghan Taliban have said they look to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the group supports China's One Belt, One Road initiative that seeks to link China with Africa, Asia, and Europe through an enormous network of ports, railways, roads, and industrial parks. 'China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country,' Geo News quoted Mujahid as saying in an interview to an Italian newspaper on Thursday. There are 'rich copper mines in the country, which, thanks to the Chinese, can be put back into operation and modernized. In addition, China is our pass to markets all over the world', said Mujahid.
Zabiullah Mujahid is an official spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He has long served as one of several spokesmen for the Taliban, the others being Suhail Shaheen and Yousef Ahmadi.
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| 1062 | Recent | India, US sign pact to develop air-launched drones | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. India and the United States have signed an agreement for cooperation in the development of Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV), in yet another step to further expand bilateral defense and military cooperation. The defence ministry said on Friday that the project agreement for ALUAV was signed on July 30 under the overall framework of the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative. The pact was signed between the ministry of defence and the US department of defence. The defence ministry described it as a significant step towards deepening defence technology cooperation between India and the US. "The ministry of defence and the US department of defence signed a project agreement (PA) for ALUAV under the joint working group air systems in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) on July 30," it said in a statement. The PA pact falls under the ambit of the Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation agreement between the two sides that was first signed in 2006 and renewed in January 2015.
The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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| 1063 | Recent | Twitter testing feature to auto block abusive accounts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2021 | Sep 03, 2021. Twitter is testing a new feature called Safety Mode that will allow users to temporarily block accounts for seven days, aimed at reducing disruptive interactions. Safety Mode is a feature that temporarily blocks accounts for seven days for using potentially foul language such as insults or hateful remarks, or sending repetitive and uninvited replies or mentions. "Starting today, we’re rolling out this safety feature to a small feedback group on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings enabled," said Jarrod Doherty, Senior Product Manager at Twitter in a post on Wednesday. "Safety Mode is a feature that temporarily blocks accounts for seven days for using potentially harmful language — such as insults or hateful remarks — or sending repetitive and uninvited replies or mentions. When the feature is turned on in your Settings, our systems will assess the likelihood of a negative engagement by considering both the Tweet’s content and the relationship between the Tweet author and replier.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read those that are publicly available.
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| 1064 | Monthly Capsule | ‘Innovation Mission Punjab’ (IMPunjab) Launched | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, launched ‘Innovation Mission Punjab’ (IM Punjab) on September 1, 2021. Highlights IMPunjab is a public-private partnership mission that will bring in global investors and experts to catalyze start-ups. This Mission will boost the growth potential of Punjab and create a thriving economy by means of generating jobs and inviting investment. The Department of Agriculture, Industries & Commerce, Mandi Board, and Startup Punjab are the partners in this mission. They are providing over Rs.30 crores in cash and kind. Mission stands on three pillars: Pollinator, Create a network of virtual incubators, and Organising events like boot camps, ideations, and pitch days in order to create a vibrant start-up ecosystem.
Mission Innovation is a global initiative to accelerate public and private clean energy innovation to address climate change, make clean energy affordable to consumers, and create green jobs and commercial opportunities.
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| 1065 | Monthly Capsule | Vaccine scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri wins Ramon Magsaysay Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. Bangladeshi scientist, Dr. Firdausi Qadri, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Who is Dr Firdausi Qadri? Dr Qadri is an emeritus scientist at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. She is also a laureate of the 2020 L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Award which was presented to her for her advocacy of early diagnoses and global vaccination & her work on understanding and preventing infectious diseases affecting children across developing countries.
Firdausi Qadri is a Bangladeshi scientist with a specialization in immunology and infectious disease research. She has worked over 25 years on the development of vaccines for cholera and has expertise in other infectious disease like ETEC, Typhoid, Helicobacter pylori, rotavirus, etc.
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| 1066 | Monthly Capsule | Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 2, 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani launches Poshan 2.0, urges districts to set up Poshan Vatikas (nutrition gardens)
– Parasaram Pattabhi Kesava Ramacharyulu takes charge as new Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha.
– Indian Naval Aviation to get President’s Colour on Sept. 6 at INS Hansa, Goa.
– Union Ministers launch Yoga Break (Y-Break) mobile application as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
– Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with FICCI organising BRICS Film Technologies Symposium on 1-2 September in Virtual Format.
– Centre has decided to concede the demand for statehood to Puducherry: Chief Minister N. Rangasamy.
– CM Amarinder Singh launches ‘Innovation Mission Punjab’ (IM Punjab) to boost the start-up sector.
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| 1067 | Recent | 13 wickets fall on Day 1 of fourth England-India Test, England on 53/3 at stumps | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. As many as 13 wickets fell on the Day 1 of the fourth Test between England and India at Kennington Oval in London as England ended the day at 53/3 in their first innings. Earlier in the day, pacer Chris Woakes took four wickets to help England dismiss India for 191. Shardul Thakur top-scored for India with 57(36).
Shardul Narendra Thakur is an Indian international cricketer. He is a bowling all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast. He plays first-class cricket for Mumbai and is a member of Chennai Super Kings since 2018.
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| 1068 | Recent | Can't fathom this, heartbreaking: Kartik mourns Sidharth's demise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. Taking to Twitter, Kartik Aaryan mourned the demise of Sidharth Shukla and wrote, "The way Sidharth made a huge place in our hearts with his smile, his graceful personality and just being himself is so inspiring." "Can't fathom this. Truly heartbreaking," he further wrote with a broken heart emoji. Sidharth passed away at the age of 40.
Sidharth Shukla was an Indian actor, host, and model who appeared in Hindi television and films. He was known for his roles in Broken But Beautiful 3, Balika Vadhu, and Dil Se Dil Tak. He emerged as the winner of reality shows Bigg Boss 13 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.
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| 1069 | Recent | Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick', 'Mission: Impossible 7' delayed due to COVID | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. The release of Tom Cruise's upcoming films, 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Mission: Impossible 7', has been postponed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases around the world. 'Top Gun: Maverick', which was scheduled to release on November 19, will now premiere on May 27, 2022. Meanwhile, 'Mission: Impossible 7' will release on September 30, 2022, instead of May 27, 2022.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is an American actor and producer. He has received various accolades for his work, including three Golden Globe Awards and three nominations for Academy Awards. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
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| 1070 | Recent | Bihar BJP chief diagnosed with rare disease, condition stable | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said that he has been diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), a rare condition that causes skin rashes, blisters, and peeling. He is undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Patna. "The disease is an outcome of a medicine reaction. Jaiswal...is stable and is recuperating fast in one of our private wards," said Dr. CM Singh, Medical Superintendent, AIIMS-Patna.
Sanjay Jaiswal (born 29 November 1965) is an Indian politician who has represented Paschim Champaran constituency of Bihar since 2009 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), winning the seat in 2009, 2014, and 2019. He is serving as the party president of the BJP Bihar unit since September 2019.
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| 1071 | Recent | Declare Taliban a terrorist group or don't call Muslims 'Talibani': Owaisi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2021 | Sep 2, 2021. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that BJP leaders should stop calling poor Muslims "Talibani" if they are unwilling to declare Taliban and Haqqani Network as terrorist organizations under the country's UAPA. Owaisi added, "Every day, this is happening...If anybody politically opposes the BJP, irrespective of religion, they give them the title of Talibani thinking."
Asaduddin Owaisi is an Indian politician, who is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a four-time Member of Parliament, representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
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| 1072 | Recent | Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani dies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. Syed Ali Shah Geelani, avowedly a pro-Pakistan supporter who spearheaded the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over three decades, died at his residence in Srinagar on Wednesday night. Geelani, 91, is survived by two sons and six daughters. He remarried after his first wife passed away in 1968. The separatist leader had been suffering from kidney disease for over two decades, besides having other age-related issues, including dementia. Mobile internet was being shut down in Kashmir valley as a precautionary measure to prevent confusion due to the spread of rumors.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani was a separatist leader in Jammu and Kashmir. He was previously a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir but later on founded Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. He served as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of pro-separatist parties in Jammu and Kashmir.
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| 1073 | Recent | Kerala needs strategic lockdown to curb Covid surge | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. The COVID-19 test positivity rate is high in Kerala, going over 20 percent in some districts which are evidence of intense virus circulation, government sources said on Wednesday underlining the need for strict containment measures and strategic lockdown to bring down the cases. There is hesitancy to impose lockdown and strategic containment measures for reducing transmission intensity even as the small coastal state is contributing to over three-fourth of the new daily COVID-19 cases in the country, a government source said. With over 85 percent of the coronavirus patients being in home isolation, there is a greater need for implementing stricter containment measures. In several areas, home isolation guidelines are not being followed properly which is leading to the spread of infection, the sources pointed out.
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee, and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys, and tigers.
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| 1074 | Recent | Bengal moves SC against CBI probe into post-poll violence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. The West Bengal government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta high court order directing the court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into all heinous cases like rape and murder during the post-poll violence in the state after accepting the recommendations of a National Human Rights Commission panel. The state government in its special leave petition alleged that it did not expect fair and just investigation by the central agency which is busy foisting cases against the functionaries of the ruling Trinamool Congress Party. Earlier, lawyer Anindya Sundar Das, one of the PIL petitioners on whose plea the high court August 19 verdict had come, had filed a caveat in the apex court urging that no order be passed without hearing him if the state or other litigant move appeals.
West Bengal is a state in eastern India, between the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal. Its capital, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), retains architectural and cultural remnants of its past as an East India Company trading post and capital of the British Raj. The city's colonial landmarks include the government buildings around B.B.D. Bagh Square, and the iconic Victoria Memorial, dedicated to Britain's queen.
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| 1075 | Recent | Taliban terrorists or not: Omar on India-Taliban talks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. A day after India officially talked to the Taliban, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the Union government to clarify whether or not it considered the outfit a terror organization. "Either Taliban is a terror organization or it is not. Please clarify to us how you (GoI) see the Taliban," the National Conference vice president told reporters after an Indian representative in Doha met a Taliban leader on Tuesday. This was the first officially acknowledged meeting when Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai and conveyed India's concerns that Afghanistan's soil should not be used for anti-Indian activities and terrorism.
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on 5 January 2009.
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| 1076 | Recent | NIA, Maha govt oppose bail pleas of Elgar Parishad accused | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. The Maharashtra government, as well as the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday, opposed applications for 'default' bail filed by some of the accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case before the Bombay high court. After both sides concluded arguments, the court reserved its order. Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves, and Arun Ferreira have challenged the power of the Pune sessions court which took cognizance of the charge sheet in 2019, and sought bail on this technical ground or 'by default'. On Wednesday, senior advocate Sudeep Pasbola, Dhawale's lawyer, told a bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that the accused were booked for 'scheduled offenses' under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and hence only a special court for UAPA cases could have handled the case and not an ordinary sessions court.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 1077 | Recent | China-Pak-Taliban axis cause for worry: Chidambaram | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said it is too premature to congratulate ourselves over the UN Security Council adopting a resolution on Afghanistan, and cautioned that the possible axis of China, Pakistan, and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is a cause for worry. His remarks came after the UN Security Council, under India's Presidency, adopted a strong resolution demanding that the territory of Afghanistan not be used to threaten any country or shelter terrorists and that it expects the Taliban will adhere to commitments made by it regarding the safe and orderly departure from the country of Afghans and all foreign nationals. Reacting to the development, Chidambaram said the government is congratulating itself for the UNSC resolution adopted on Afghanistan.
Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician and former attorney who currently serves as a Member of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He recently served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. Chidambaram has served as the Union Minister of Finance four times.
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| 1078 | Recent | WhatsApp banned 3m Indian accounts, says 2nd compliance report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. WhatsApp banned over 3 million Indian accounts on the messaging service in the 46-day period from June 16 to July 31, 2021, the firm said in its second compliance report under the new Information Technology Rules, 2021. It received 137 reports for account support, of which one was actioned, and 316 requests to ban accounts, of which 73 were actioned, the messaging giant said in the report. It banned a total of 3,027,000 accounts in the reported period. “WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other state-of-the-art technology, data scientists and experts, and in processes, in order to keep our users safe on our platform. In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our second monthly report for the 46 day period of--16 June to 31 July. This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action was taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” said a WhatsApp spokesperson.
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| 1079 | Recent | Pollution may cut short Indians' lives by 9 years, more in Maha, MP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. India's air pollution levels have expanded geographically over time and increased so much in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh that an average person is now losing an additional 2.5 to 2.9 years of life expectancy, according to a new report. India is the most polluted country in the world, with more than 480 million people or about 40 percent of its population living in the Indo-Gangetic plains in the north where pollution levels regularly exceed those found anywhere else in the world by an order of magnitude, stated the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report. The study by the varsity's Energy Policy Institute ascertains how much longer a person can live if they breathe clean air. Residents of northern India are on track to lose more than nine years of life expectancy if pollution levels of that of 2019 persist as the region experiences the most extreme levels of air pollution in the world.
Chicago, on Lake Michigan in Illinois, is among the largest cities in the U.S. Famed for its bold architecture, it has a skyline punctuated by skyscrapers such as the iconic John Hancock Center, 1,451-ft. Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower. The city is also renowned for its museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago with its noted Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
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| 1080 | Recent | 32 students back from Kerala test Covid positive in Karnataka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2021 | Sep 01, 2021. As many as 32 students have tested positive for COVID-19 in a college in Karnataka's Kolar KGF College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, said Karnataka health minister Dr. K Sudhakar on Wednesday. "32 students are infected with COVID in a college in KGF nursing college. All of them are Kerala returnees. I will visit the college and take action against the college management," said the minister. He further said that the COVID-19 has been brought under control to 700-800 cases per day from as high as 50,000 cases per day while adding that the government has worked hard to mitigate the pandemic. According to the state health department, Karnataka on Tuesday reported 1,217 new COVID19 cases, 1198 recoveries, and 25 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 18,386 active cases in the state as of now.
Karnataka is a state in southwest India with Arabian Sea coastlines. The capital, Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), is a high-tech hub known for its shopping and nightlife. To the southwest, Mysore is home to lavish temples including Mysore Palace, the former seat of the region’s maharajas. Hampi, once the medieval Vijayanagara empire’s capital, contains ruins of Hindu temples, elephant stables and a stone chariot.
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| 1081 | Recent | New Apple Watch production delayed due to complicated design | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. The production of the upcoming Apple Watch has been delayed in large part due to its complicated design, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday. Manufacturers reportedly began small-scale production last week, but they faced difficulties in reaching satisfactory production performance. The production has been temporarily suspended as Apple and its suppliers try to sort out the issues, the report said.
Apple Computers, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers. Jobs and Wozniak wanted to make computers small enough for people to have them in their homes or offices.
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| 1082 | Recent | Dislocated my meniscus last night, cried entire night: Paralympic medallist Sharad | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Indian high jumper Sharad Kumar, who won bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics today, revealed that he was battling through an injury on the eve of the final. He said, "It was very bad for me, I was crying the whole night. I landed on my meniscus and that was dislocated. I didn't even think that I'll be able to participate."
Sharad Kumar is an Indian para high jumper and a former world no. 1. Born in Muzaffarpur, he made his International debut at the 2010 Asian Para Games. At the 2014 Asian Para Games, he won the gold medal in the high jump, breaking a 12-year Asian Games record, and reclaimed the world no. 1 position.
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| 1083 | Monthly Capsule | What was KBC 13's ₹7-cr question that wasn't answered by Himani Bundela? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Agra's Himani Bundela, the first to win ₹1 crore on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' season 13, was asked, "What was the title of the thesis that Dr. BR Ambedkar submitted to London School of Economics for which he was awarded his doctorate in 1923?" to win ₹7 crores. She decided to quit as she didn't know the answer. The correct answer is option B.
The contestant on the hot-seat Himani Bundela, a visually impaired math teacher, correctly answered the question to win prize money of Rs 6,40,000. She later went on to win Rs 1 crore, becoming the first crorepati on the show's latest season.
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| 1084 | Monthly Capsule | What was KBC 13's ₹1-cr winning question answered by Himani Bundela? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Agra's Himani Bundela has become the first contestant to win ₹1 crore on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' season 13. Himani was asked, "Which of these was an alias used by Noor Inayat Khan to work as a spy for Britain in France during the Second World War?" She won ₹1 crore after giving the correct answer, which is Jeanne-Marie Renier.
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British spy in World War II who served as the Special Operations Executive (SOE). As an SOE agent under the codename Madeleine, she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during World War II.
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| 1085 | Recent | Pune becomes 1st district in state to vaccinate over 2 lakh people in a single day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Pune district on Tuesday became the first district in Maharashtra to administer over two lakh COVID-19 vaccines within 24 hours. The district vaccinated 2,54,920 beneficiaries. Pankaj Ballabh, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Bajaj Group, said it was a combined effort to reach out to the maximum number of beneficiaries in a day as part of a mega vaccination drive.
Pankaj Ballabh is the, VP - CSR at Bajaj Auto India. With over 25 years of experience working on issues of development, corporate responsibility, and sustainability, he has experience with both grassroots level establishments as well as large multinationals. He has core competence in the areas of environment, livelihoods, education, health, and skill development.
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| 1086 | Monthly Capsule | MP govt to appoint Olympic hockey team member Vivek Sagar as DSP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to appoint Olympic hockey team member, Vivek Sagar Prasad, as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the state police. The men’s Indian hockey team had won a bronze medal at the recent Tokyo Olympics. Earlier, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan honored Prasad with ₹1 crore and a house for his family.
Vivek Sagar Prasad is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. In January 2018, he became the second-youngest player ever to debut for India at 17 years, 10 months, and 22 days. At the 2019 Hockey Stars Awards, Vivek was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year.
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| 1087 | Recent | Haryana Chief Secretary seeks report on police lathi-charge on farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan on Tuesday sought a detailed report from Karnal Deputy Commissioner on police lathi-charge on protesting farmers in the district. This comes after a video surfaced in which Ayush Sinha, Karnal SDM, purportedly asked the police to beat up protesting farmers. Several farmers and police personnel were injured in the clash.
Vijay Vardhan, a 58-year-old man, first became an IPS then didn’t stop his journey and then climbed on further to become an IAS. Vijay Vardhan, an IAS, IPS, with his great strategy made him achieve the rank and became an inspiration for UPSC aspirants. The Haryana Government replaced Keshani Anand Arora, as the Chief Secretary of Haryana as the 34th Chief Secretary of Haryana.
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| 1088 | Recent | Amit Shah launches portal for industrial development in J&K | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a portal for the registration of units for Industrial development in J&K. Shah encouraged industry leaders to invest in J&K to help develop the Union Territory. "The launch of this new portal under 'New Central Sector Scheme 2021' will offer benefits of over ₹24,000 crores to the industrial sector. This is just an estimate," Shah added.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the First Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance since 2014.
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| 1089 | Recent | Global economy not out of the woods yet: RBI Governor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday said the global economy is showing some signs of recovery, but it's "not yet out of the woods". "Last year, I had noted that COVID-19 has crippled the global economy. It has been more than a year since," he added. He noted that sudden shock delivered by the pandemic called for swift and decisive policy responses.
Shaktikanta Das is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Currently serving as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India, he was earlier a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission and India's Sherpa to the G20.
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| 1090 | Monthly Capsule | I never asked for help from Aamir to build my career: Faissal Khan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. Actor Faissal Khan, brother of Aamir Khan, said despite his struggles he never asked for help from Aamir to build his career. "Isn't it funny that when someone struggles and doesn't get as much success as other siblings, they're asked why don't you ask for help? But if he takes support, it's called nepotism," he stated.
Faizal Khan (Khan) is a Bollywood actor and assistant director born on September 1, 1966, in Mumbai, Maharashtra (India). He made his debut with the movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Khan is known for his work in movies like Madhosh (1994), Dushmani (2002), and Pyar Ka Mausam (1969).
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| 1091 | Recent | No one wore seat belts, so airbags didn't open: Police as 7 die in B'luru Audi crash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/08/2021 | Aug 31, 2021. The airbags of the Audi Q3 that crashed in Bengaluru's Koramangala on Tuesday didn't open as none of its seven passengers were wearing seat belts, police said. The passengers of the speeding car died when it rammed into footpath bollards and crashed into a building's wall. The victims included Tamil Nadu DMK MLA Y Prakash's son Karunasagar and daughter-in-law Bindu.
Audi Q3 price starts at ₹ 34.97 Lakh and goes up to ₹ 43.61 Lakh. The price of the Petrol variant for Q3 is ₹ 34.97 Lakh and the price of the Diesel variant for Q3 ranges between ₹ 36.78 Lakh - ₹ 43.61 Lakh. The service maintenance cost of the Audi Q3 costs an approximate value of Rs 17,500 for 5 years. The first service after 10,000 km and the second service after 20,000 km is free of cost.
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| 1092 | Recent | 'Break farmers' heads': Haryana Dy CM vows action against officer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday disapproved of the remarks of an Indian Administrative Service officer caught on camera telling police to 'break farmers' heads' protesting in Karnal and promised action against him. Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha, a 2018-batch IAS officer, was caught on camera telling police to 'break farmers' heads' during the farmers' protest. Deputy CM and Jannayak Janata Party leader Chautala promised action against Sinha amid mounting Opposition's attack against the ML Khattar government over the Saturday lathi-charge on farmers and their demand of strict action against the magistrate. Meanwhile, Karnal Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav expressed regret over Sinha's remarks, saying though the intention of the officer was to stop the protesters from breaking barricades, some words used by him were not appropriate. "Being head of the Karnal district administration, I express regret for those words," he told reporters in Karnal.
Dushyant Singh Chautala is a Jannayak Janta Party politician and current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. He is the president and co-founder of the Jannayak Janata Party.
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| 1093 | Recent | Want to maintain trade, political ties with India: Taliban leader | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. The Taliban wants to maintain Afghanistan's trade, economic and political relations with India, a senior leader of the outfit Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai has said while describing it as an important country in the region. In a video address in Pashto, Stanekzai said consultations with various groups and political parties are going on to form a government in Kabul that will have representations from people from 'different walks of life. "We attach great importance to our trade, economic and political relations with India and want to maintain that relation," Stanekzai said on Saturday. "We also need to keep the air trade open," he was quoted as saying by Pakistani media outlet Independent Urdu. The Taliban leader was referring to the air corridor between India and Afghanistan that was established to boost trade between the two countries in view of Pakistan's denial to allow transit access.
Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai is a former chief of the National Directorate of Security. He became the chief of the National Directorate of Security in 2016. In 2019, he was forced to resign following an extrajudicial killing of Afghan civilians by an NDS unit during a night raid 2019.
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| 1094 | Recent | Taliban to allow foreigners, authorised Afghans to leave: US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. All foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorization from around 100 countries including the United States will be allowed to travel outside Afghanistan, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time). In a tweet, Blinken also assured that America will hold the Taliban to that commitment. 'Today, nearly 100 countries issued a joint statement on the assurances by the Taliban that all foreign nationals and any Afghan citizen with travel authorization from our countries will be allowed to safely travel outside Afghanistan. We will hold the Taliban to that commitment,' According to the US Department of State statement, the United States and nearly 100 other countries in a joint statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances by the Taliban stated that all foreign nationals, Afghans with travel authorization from the said countries will be allowed to safely travel outside the war-ravaged country.
The Taliban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist religious-political movement and military organization in Afghanistan.
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| 1095 | Recent | 42,909 new Covid cases, 380 deaths reported in 24 hrs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. India saw a single-day rise of 42,909 new COVID-19 infections, which took the total tally of cases to 3,27,37,939, while active cases registered an increase for the sixth consecutive day, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,38,210 with 380 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The number of active cases has increased to 3,76,324 and comprises 1.15 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.51 percent, the health ministry said. It said active cases in the country increased by 7,766 cases in a span of 24 hours. The ministry said that 14,19,990 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far in the country to 52,01,46,525. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.02 percent. It is above three percent after 35 days.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
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| 1096 | Recent | What is IAF spending $329 million on? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. The Indian Air Force has awarded US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin a $328.8 million, five-year contract to provide comprehensive maintenance support for India's fleet of 12 C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlift aircraft. Lockheed Martin manufactures the highly regarded Super Hercules transport aircraft, which is flown by 26 operators in 22 nations. The arrangement is called a 'Follow On Support-II' (FOS-II) contract. The IAF will pay the US aerospace and defense giant -- the world's biggest arms supplier -- just under $5.5 million per C-130J, per year, in order to obtain a specified level of operational readiness across the fleet. This is an extension of the initial FOS-I contract.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 1097 | Recent | BJP's pro-OBC agenda comes up against caste census demand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. On August 11, nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his ministerial council, the Bharatiya Janata Party's front organization representing the Other Backward Classes or OBCs felicitated the 27 OBC ministers at a special function hosted at Delhi's Ambedkar International Centre. The BJP considered their induction a "breakthrough" moment in its history because the OBCs constitute 35 percent of Modi's council of ministers, signifying the importance that the communities hold in its political scheme. "It was an emotional moment for us," said Dr. K Laxman, who heads the OBC Morcha. The perception of the BJP being an "urban, upper-caste" party was long since dispelled and the OBC scaffolding encasing its architecture is expected to be fortified in the coming years. However, the best-laid plans hit a wall, and for the BJP, the demand to hold a caste census might adversely impact the pro-OBC agenda. It entails visiting one of the most contested sites of memory and history which remained shrouded behind a veil of denial until 1989 before the Mandal Commission recommended a reservation quota for the OBCs in educational institutions and jobs.
Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes that are educationally or socially disadvantaged. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with General Class, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).
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| 1098 | Recent | Will India recognise a Taliban govt? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. Several lawyers and historians must be poring over legal tomes and official records to advise the government on what position we should take on the question of recognition of the new regime in Kabul. The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 with the recognition of just three States, but this time, it is believed that they are taking their time to form their government to make it respectable enough to secure recognition and, more importantly, development assistance. There are signals not only from Pakistan and China but also from Iran and Russia that they are ready to recognize the regime, whatever its composition. India has taken a flexible approach to the question of recognition and we have a range of models from Kampuchea to Burma to Fiji.
Kampuchea, officially from 5 January 1976 the Democratic Kampuchea, also described as the Genocidal Regime, was the Cambodian state under a one-party Marxist-Leninist totalitarian dictatorship that existed between 1975 and 1979.
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| 1099 | Recent | Yogi bans meat, liquor trade in UP's Mathura | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura. "The officers concerned are directed to make plans for the ban as well as for the engagement of people involved in such activities in some other trade," he said. The chief minister was speaking at the Krishnotsava 2021 program in Mathura. He suggested that those engaged in the liquor and meat trade may take up selling milk in order to revive the glory of Mathura, which was known for producing huge quantities of animal milk. Adityanath also prayed to Lord Krishna to eliminate the novel coronavirus infection. "Every effort will be made to develop Brij Bhumi and there will be no dearth of funds for this. We are looking at a blend of modern technology and the cultural and spiritual heritage for the development of the region."
Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician serving as the 22nd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, in office since 19 March 2017. He was appointed as the Chief Minister on 26 March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2017 State Assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner.
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| 1100 | Recent | Assam Congress decides to break ties with Ajmal's AIUDF | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. The opposition 'Grand Alliance' in Assam is set to collapse with the state Congress on Monday announcing that it has decided to break ties with Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front and the Bodoland Peoples Front. The AIUDF said the unilateral decision of Congress is unfortunate. A core committee meeting, chaired by state Congress president Bhupen Bora, observed that the AIUDF's "behaviour and attitude in relation with the Bharatiya Janata Party has baffled the members of the Congress", party spokesperson Bobbeeta Sharma told reporters. "The continuous and mysterious praise of the BJP and the chief minister by AIUDF leadership and senior members have affected the public perception of the Congress party."
The All India United Democratic Front is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. The party made a great impact in the political scenario of Assam. The party was founded by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on 3 October 2005 and at that time, its name was Assam United Democratic Front.
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| 1101 | Recent | Actor Jacqueline Fernandez examined as witness by ED | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/08/2021 | Aug 30, 2021. The Enforcement Directorate recorded the statement of actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday in connection with a money-laundering investigation linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, They said the 36-year-old actor was examined for four hours in Delhi as a witness in the case and her statement was recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The questioning of the actor was done in connection with the money laundering probe being conducted against Chandrasekhar who is an accused in an alleged multi-crore extortion racket. The ED last week had raided some of his premises and seized a sea-facing bungalow in Chennai, Rs 82.5 lakh cash, and over a dozen luxurious cars.
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant of 2006 who predominantly works in Hindi films. In 2009, she debuted with Aladin and since then has established a career in the Hindi film industry.
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| 1102 | Recent | England squad for fourth Test against India announced | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. England has named a 15-member squad for the fourth Test against India. All-rounder Chris Woakes has returned to the Test squad after recovering from a heel injury. Sam Billings is added to the squad replacing Jos Buttler, who will miss the Test with his wife expecting their second child. Jonny Bairstow will keep the wickets in the fourth Test.
Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.
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| 1103 | Recent | Hugged Shilpa after her return to Super Dancer, she may've gone through hell: Anurag | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. Bollywood Director and Super Dancer 4 judge Anurag Basu said after Shilpa Shetty's return to the sets, he gave her "a warm hug". "We all gave her a hug. Because she might've gone through hell, many things have happened. we didn't feel right to ask anything or talk about it," said Basu. Shilpa took a hiatus after her husband Raj Kundra's arrest.
Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller Baazigar (1993) which garnered her two Filmfare Awards nominations, including one for Best Supporting Actress. She followed it with a leading role in the highly successful action comedy Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), in which she played a dual role.
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| 1104 | Monthly Capsule | India's forex reserves drop by $2.47 billion to $616.89 billion | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.47 billion to reach $616.89 billion in the week ended August 20, according to data released by the RBI. Foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, fell by $3.36 billion to $573 billion. However, gold reserves increased by $913 million to $37.24 billion during the period.
Foreign exchange reserves can include banknotes, deposits, bonds, treasury bills and other government securities. These assets serve many purposes but are most significantly held to ensure that a central government agency has backup funds if their national currency rapidly devalues or becomes all together insolvent.
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| 1105 | Recent | Biden pays respects to US soldiers killed in Kabul terror attack | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. US President Joe Biden on Sunday attended a ceremony to receive the bodies of 13 American soldiers who were killed in the Kabul terror attack. The bodies arrived from Afghanistan at Dover Air Force Base where "dignified transfer" of remains unfolded, a military ritual for those killed in foreign combat. The suicide attack was claimed by ISIS-K.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 1106 | Monthly Capsule | ISRO tests Gaganyaan Orbital Module's System Demonstration Model | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. ISRO announced that it has successfully conducted the first hot test of the System Demonstration Model (SDM) of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System. The test was conducted for a duration of 450 seconds at the test facility of IPRC in Tamil Nadu. The service module is part of the Gaganyaan Orbital module and is located below the crew module.
Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability.
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| 1107 | Recent | Taking crypto regulation extremely seriously: Crypto billionaire | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. FTX CEO and crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried told Business Insider that he is taking regulation "extremely seriously" and that it's his biggest focus. He added that crypto industry players need to be "responsible and show that they don't need to have overly paternalistic regulations". He also said regulating crypto effectively will require both watchdogs and crypto companies to work together.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, and a practitioner of “effective altruism”: “The plan of 'be a bad actor and make a lot of money is not actually a good plan, even if you're then gonna use that money to try and do good for the world,” he tells Fortune.
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| 1108 | Monthly Capsule | Tata Steel to invest ₹8,000 cr in capex on India operations in FY22: CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. Tata Steel CEO and MD TV Narendran said the firm will invest ₹8,000 crores in capital expenditure on its India operations during 2021-22. The amount will be spent mainly towards completion of the expansion of the Kalinganagar plant, expansion of mining operations, and recycling business, he added. "We've to set up these facilities where more scrap is available," Narendran said.
T. V. Narendran is an Indian business executive. He is currently the global CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel, one of the largest steel producers in the world. He is the current President of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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| 1109 | Recent | Airtel's board gives nod to raise ₹21,000 crore via rights issue | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. Bharti Airtel has announced that its board approved raising up to ₹21,000 crores through rights issues. The rights issue is priced at ₹535 per equity share of the face value of ₹5 each. According to the terms of payment of the rights issue, subscribers need to pay 25% on the application and balance in two more additional calls within 36 months.
Bharti Airtel Limited, also known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi, India. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands.
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| 1110 | Monthly Capsule | Unitech's ex-promoters shifted from Tihar to Mumbai jails | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. Unitech's former promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra have been shifted from Delhi's Tihar Jail to Arthur Road Jail and Taloja Central Jail in Mumbai, following a Supreme Court order, officials said. This comes after ED said it unearthed a "secret underground office" in Delhi, operated by erstwhile Unitech Founder Ramesh Chandra. The former promoters were arrested in 2017.
Ramesh Chandra was born in 1941 to a banker and spent his formative years in Farrukhabad, a town in Uttar Pradesh. After finishing his schooling here, he joined IIT Kharagpur, where he studied structural engineering. He is married to Pushpa Chandra and has two children Ajay Chandra and Sanjay Chandra. Ramesh Chandra was jailed on 11 January 2016 on charges of cheating.
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| 1111 | Monthly Capsule | What are some key features of the 'Fit India' fitness app launched by govt? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. The government on Sunday launched the 'Fit India' fitness mobile application on the occasion of National Sports Day. The app, which is available to Android and iOS users, lets people track their daily exercise and number of steps, water intake, and sleep schedule, as well as calorie intake. It also gives users a customized diet plan and a 'fitness score'.
Fit India Movement is a nationwide movement in India to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including physical activities and sports in their daily lives. Fit India was first established in 1993 by Shri.Narendra Modi at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on 29 August 2019 (National Sports Day).
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| 1112 | Monthly Capsule | Paralympic silver medallist Bhavina to get ₹3 cr reward from Gujarat govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2021 | Aug 29, 2021. Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel, who won India's first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, will be rewarded with ₹3 crores by the Gujarat government and ₹31 lakh by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). The 34-year-old silver medallist hails from the Sundhiya village of Mehsana in Gujarat. Patel won India's first-ever Paralympic medal in para table tennis.
Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat. She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
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| 1113 | Recent | India-Germany conducts Joint Exercise in Gulf of Aden | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. Navies of India and Germany conducted a joint exercise in the Gulf of Aden on August 26, 2021. Key Facts The joint exercise included helicopter landings as well as search & seizure operations. Frigate ‘Trikand’ from Indian Navy exercised with German frigate called ‘Bayern’. INS Trikand is deployed for anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden region. The exercise between both the navies in the Indian Ocean leg of Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021 enhanced the interoperability and facilitated the exchange of best practices between them in the maritime domain.
The Gulf of Aden also known as the Gulf of Berbera is a deepwater gulf between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, Socotra, and Somaliland to the south.
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| 1114 | Recent | India-Maldives pact on Greater Male Connectivity Project | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. India and Maldives have signed a pact with the Maldives on one of the major connectivity initiatives called “Greater Male Connectivity Project”. Key Points Under the agreement, India will start the largest-ever infrastructure project called Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) in the Maldives. For the project, India will grant $100 million and a line of credit worth Rs 400 million. So far, the largest connectivity project in the Maldives is the Sinamale Bridge of 1.4 km, which was completed in 2018. It was built under Chinese assistance and connects Male with Hulhule and Hulhumale.
The GMCP consists of a number of bridges and causeways to connect Male to Villingili, Thilafushi, and Gulhifahu islands that span 6.7 km. It would ease much of the pressure on the main capital island of Male for commercial and residential purposes.
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| 1115 | Recent | Gunshots fired outside Kabul airport, coloured smoke deployed 2 days after attack | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. As the US evacuation operations continue in the Afghan capital and people throng the Kabul airport in hopes of getting a flight out of the country, gunshots were heard once again outside the airport on Saturday. Colored smoke was also witnessed at the airport amid chaos. This comes two days after an attack outside the airport killed over 100 people.
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts.
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| 1116 | Recent | Vicky, Sara's 'The Immortal Ashwatthama' put on hold: Reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan's 'The Immortal Ashwatthama' has reportedly been put on hold due to budget issues. "There are also murmurs that there's...issue with...script and...production house would like to fine-tune it before they revisit the film," The Indian Express said quoting a source. The film will be directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP Movies.
Vicky Kaushal is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of the National Film Award for best actor and a Filmfare Award and has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list of 2019.
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| 1117 | Recent | This isn't my entry into politics: Sood on joining Delhi govt's programme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. Sonu Sood, who has been appointed the brand ambassador of the Delhi government's 'Desh Ke Mentor' program, has said he doesn't have any plans to join any political party. "I know...media was agog on Friday. Is Sonu Sood finally taking the plunge...But no," he said. "I think I can do my work much better without being in politics," said Sonu.
Sonu Sood is one of the handfuls of actors in Bollywood who started their career from scratch. Sood was born in Moga Punjab on 30 July 1973. His mother was a teacher whereas his father had a textile business, according to Mumbai Mirror. He developed an interest in acting after he started participating in modelling events in his college Yeshwantrao Chavan in Nagpur. He came to Mumbai after finishing his graduation in the 1990s to become an actor. However, he wanted to take small steps and hence he started modelling in Mumbai.
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| 1118 | Recent | Russia reports highest number of COVID-19 deaths in July at 50,421 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. Russia recorded 50,421 COVID-19-related deaths in July, the highest monthly death toll since the pandemic began, state statistic service Rosstat said. Russian authorities blamed the spread of Delta variant and low vaccination rate for the COVID-19 surge in July. Russia recorded around 3,65,000 COVID-19-related deaths between April 2020-July, Rosstat data showed, over double the official government figure.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17 million square kilometers, and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area.
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| 1119 | Recent | It was nice to get Kohli out after he got me for 2 fours: Robinson | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. England's Ollie Robinson, who picked a five-wicket haul in the Headingley Test, has said it was nice to get Virat Kohli out during India's second innings after the India captain smashed him for two fours in the same over. "It's a simple plan [for] Virat, fourth and fifth stump, get it to angle away, and...he nicks it," Robinson added.
Oliver Edward Robinson is an English professional cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut in 2015 and is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in June 2021.
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| 1120 | Recent | Fantastic ruthless performance from England: Vaughan on 3rd Test | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan termed England's performance in the third Test against India at Headingley, which they won by an innings and 76 runs, as "ruthless". "To do that after Lord's shows great character which comes from the skipper [Joe Root]," he tweeted. England bundled out India for 278 in their second innings with Ollie Robinson picking five wickets.
Michael Paul Vaughan OBE is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the one-day international team from 2003–2007, and was the first Twenty20 England captain from 2005–2007.
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| 1121 | Recent | Taliban deploys extra forces around Kabul airport | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2021 | Aug 28, 2021. The Taliban on Saturday deployed extra forces around Kabul's airport to prevent large crowds from gathering after Thursday's terror attack outside the facility. The new layers of checkpoints on roads leading to the airport were set up ahead of the August 31 deadline to complete the evacuations at the airport. Many nations have completed their evacuations ahead of Tuesday's deadline.
The Taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students (Talib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who had been educated in traditional Islamic schools and fought during the Soviet-Afghan War.
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| 1122 | Recent | India strongly condemns bombings near Kabul airport | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. India on Thursday strongly condemned the deadly bomb explosions near the Kabul airport and said the attacks reinforced the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism. The Associated Press, quoting Russian officials, reported that at least 13 people were killed and 13 wounded in the twin suicide bombings. "Today's attacks reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who provide sanctuaries to terrorists," the Ministry of External Affairs said. It also extended condolences to families of the victims of the attacks. "India strongly condemns the bomb blasts in Kabul today. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of this terrorist attack," the MEA said in a statement.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India is the government agency responsible for maintaining the foreign relations of India. It is headed by the Minister of External Affairs, a cabinet minister. The administrative head is the Foreign Secretary of India, an Indian Foreign Service officer.
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| 1123 | Recent | BrahMos Missile, now made in UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. For over two decades, the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile has been portrayed as a triumph of Indo-Russian co-development and co-manufacture. Even the missile's name - BrahMos - is derived from combining the names of a major river from each country: India's Brahmaputra and Russia's Moskva. Numerous analysts have expressed scepticism that India has played a role in designing the BrahMos. They say the missile is based entirely on Russian technology, while India merely manufactures the missile from blueprints provided by Russia. The Uttar Pradesh government, which is trying to become a defence manufacturing hub, issued a statement that said the BrahMos missile is 'based on the technology of Russia's P-800 Oniks cruise missile'. Later in the statement, the UP government changed tack, stating: 'The missile has been designed, developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace - a joint venture of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and of NPO Mashinostroyeniya (NPOM).
The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land. It is the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world.
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| 1124 | Recent | 'Pulwama Planning Was Done in Afghanistan' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. In their latest book Spy Stories (Juggernaut), Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark reveal the cloak-and-dagger, hall of mirrors world that is spying in India and Pakistan, involving India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing - RA&W - and Pakistan's Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI. "When Pulwama happened, the Pakistan military had a lot to lose having just been ushered into a new deal with the US and facing the wrath of money laundering authorities over its failure to reign in terror financing." The evidence we have seen points to Jaish's role in Pulwama, and clearly depicts Masood Azhar's family as central to the attack. But interestingly the evidence also suggests that the planning and training for the attack were done in Afghanistan -- in and around Helmand and Khost, to where much of Jaish had slipped.
Pulwama is a city and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately 30 kilometers south of the summer capital of Srinagar.
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| 1125 | Recent | 2 Uttarakhand officials suspended for Kumbh Mela fake testing scam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. Two officials in Uttarakhand have been suspended for their alleged involvement in the fake Covid-19 testing scam during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. Then mela officer (medical and health) Dr. Arjun Singh Sengar and then the officer-in-charge (medical and health) Dr. N K Tyagi were suspended on Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's orders on Thursday night. The action is based on the recommendation of a probe committee set up by the Haridwar district magistrate to look into the fake testing scam. "Corruption and carelessness at any level will not be tolerated. Stern action will be taken against anyone who is found guilty in connection with the scam," Dhami said. The probe panel found the officials to have been hand in glove with the companies involved in carrying out the fake rapid antigen tests during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. It had recommended disciplinary action against them for being reckless and causing financial losses to the state. The probe committee headed by the chief development officer of Haridwar had submitted its report to the government on August 16.
Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years, to celebrate every revolution Brihaspati completes, at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain.
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| 1126 | Recent | UP's ex-IPS officer names new party Adhikar Sena, but suggestions welcome | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, former Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur on Friday said he will float a new political party soon. "After consulting my supporters and well-wishers, I have decided to float a new political party," Thakur said in Lucknow. The proposed name of his new outfit is Adhikar Sena, he said and requested his supporters to suggest more names along with the purpose, mission, and structure of the party. The government had issued an order for Thakur's premature retirement on March 23 this year, saying he was "not found fit to be retained for the remaining tenure of his service". Earlier this month, Thakur's wife Nutan Thakur had announced that he would be contesting the coming assembly elections against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Indian Police Service is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
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| 1127 | Recent | Karnataka home minister withdraws comments on Mysuru gang rape | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. After drawing criticism for his comments on Congress and the victim of the Mysuru gang rape case, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Friday clarified that 'he had no intention to hurt anybody' while withdrawing his comments on the incident. Addressing a press conference the home minister has said that, "I had withdrawn the statement made earlier on the Congress party leaders." "We are committed to ensuring the safety of all sections in the society," he added. Jnanendra further said that security measures will be tightened further to ensure the protection of all, especially women. Referring to the Mysuru rape incident he said that Police officers investigating the case and culprits will be nabbed. The victim of the incident is being treated in the hospital and is still under medical care.
Karnataka is a state in southwest India with Arabian Sea coastlines. The capital, Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), is a high-tech hub known for its shopping and nightlife. To the southwest, Mysore is home to lavish temples including Mysore Palace, former seat of the region’s maharajas. Hampi, once the medieval Vijayanagara empire’s capital, contains ruins of Hindu temples, elephant stables, and a stone chariot.
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| 1128 | Recent | Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador for Kejri scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. Actor Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador of the AAP government's 'Desh ka Mentor' program aimed at providing guidance to students on career choices, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. The announcement was made after a meeting between Kejriwal and Sood. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Raghav Chadha were also present. The program will help students of Delhi government-run schools find a mentor who will help them unlock their potential. Children will find answers to their career-related questions through mentors who sign up to be a part of the program. Under the 'Desh Ke Mentor' initiative, a mentor will have to take out 10 minutes every week to guide students.
Sonu Sood is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films.
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| 1129 | Recent | CPIM leader Tarigami files plea in SC for early hearing of petition on Article 370 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/08/2021 | Aug 27, 2021. Senior CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami on Friday filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of the petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In his petition, Tarigami said despite the fact that despite the challenge to the constitutional validity of orders by the Centre on August 5, 2019, as well as the J-K (Reorganisation) Act, 2019 is pending before the Supreme Court, the central government has taken some 'irreversible actions'. He said the Centre has constituted a Delimitation Commission to mark boundaries in the territory for all the constituencies before an assembly election can be held. "Amendment of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act allowing persons who are not permanent residents to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir if it is not agricultural land. Closing down of institutions such as the J-K State Women's Commission, J-K State Accountability Commission, J-K State Consumer Protection Commission and J-K State Human Rights Commission," the petition said, listing out some decisions by the Centre.
Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is the Convenor and Spokesperson of the People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration. He earlier represented the Kulgam Assembly Constituency in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014.
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| 1130 | Recent | St Joseph Boarding School in Mumbai sealed as 22 test COVID-19 positive: Reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday sealed the St Joseph Boarding School in Mumbai after 22 people tested positive for coronavirus, reports claimed. A total of 95 people were tested for the disease. Four children aged below 12 contracted the disease while 12 in the 12-18 age group tested positive, according to reports.
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, formerly known as the Bombay Municipal Corporation, is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. It is India's richest municipal corporation. The MCGM's annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller states.
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| 1131 | Recent | Visually-impaired contestant Himani Bundela becomes 1st 'crorepati' of KBC 13 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Visually impaired contestant Himani Bundela has become the first 'crorepati' of KBC 13 after answering the ₹1 crore question correctly, according to a promotional video shared on social media. Himani, who is a teacher by profession, hails from Uttar Pradesh's Agra. She also runs an awareness program for specially-abled children in her school.
Himani Bundela is a blind girl who was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. She participates in the Indian famous TV show Kuan Banega Crorepati which is hosted by Bollywood Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. She is a professional teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Agra. According to our source, she lost her eyesight in the accident. She believes that live life in such a way that it becomes an example. Himani says, ‘Like this everyone takes life, but live life in such a way that it becomes an example.’
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| 1132 | Recent | Egypt's Ibrahim plays para table tennis with his mouth at Paralympics, pics surface | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Ibrahim Hamato, who is representing Egypt in para table tennis at Tokyo Paralympics, holds the racket in his mouth and serves by flicking the ball up with his foot. The 48-year-old earlier revealed it took him nearly a year of practice to get used to holding the racket with mouth and making the serve. He's featuring in his second Paralympics.
Ibrahim Al Husseini Hamato is an Egyptian Para table tennis Champion, winning several honors over the years, including the silver medals in the African Para table tennis Championships in 2011 and 2013. Hamato lost both his arms as the result of a train accident when he was 10.
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| 1133 | Recent | Take care of yourself, govt busy with 'sales': Rahul on COVID-19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday expressed concern over the rising COVID-19 figures as India registered 46,164 fresh coronavirus cases and urged people to take care of themselves. Criticizing the Centre in the same tweet, he added, "GOI is busy with sales." Rahul has been critical of the National Monetisation Pipeline, which was revealed earlier this week.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the President of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 1134 | Recent | Hungary ends evacuations in Afghanistan after airlifting 540 people | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Hungary is ending evacuations in Afghanistan after airlifting 540 people, including Hungarian citizens and Afghans who worked for Hungarian forces previously, its Defence Minister Tibor Benko said on Thursday. He said the two military passenger planes and all the troops involved in the operation have returned safely to Hungary. He said 57 families were airlifted, among them 180 were children.
Hungarian citizenship can be acquired by descent from a Hungarian parent, or by naturalization. A person born in Hungary to foreign parents does not generally acquire Hungarian citizenship. A Hungarian citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The current Hungarian nationality law came into force in 1993.
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| 1135 | Monthly Capsule | RBI appoints Ajay Kumar as Executive Director | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that it has appointed Ajay Kumar as Executive Director with effect from August 20, 2021. As Executive Director, he will be responsible for departments of currency management, foreign exchange, and premises, the RBI said. Kumar was earlier heading the New Delhi Regional Office of the central bank, the RBI said.
Ajay Kumar has Masters in Economics from Patna University, an MS in Banking from ICFAI, and a Certified Bank Manager from the Institute of Bank Management and Research, Hyderabad. He has undertaken Executive Management Programme from Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, and holds other professional qualifications including Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (CAIIB).
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| 1136 | Recent | 1,500-year-old skeletons of couple holding each other in embrace found in China | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Archaeologists in China have discovered around 1,500-year-old skeletal remains of couples holding each other in an embrace. They were found in a joint burial from the Northern Wei Dynasty. At the time of his death, the man is estimated to have been aged between 29 and 35. The woman likely died between the ages of 35 and 40.
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. Archaeology is often considered a branch of socio-cultural anthropology, but archaeologists also draw from biological, geological, and environmental systems through their study of the past.
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| 1137 | Recent | 14-yr-old Maha girl's NASA panel selection based on false information | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. NASA on Thursday, while reacting to reports that 14-year-old Diksha Shinde from Maharashtra has been selected as a panelist by the agency, claimed the selection was based on "false information" regarding her background and credentials. It further clarified that Shinde hadn't received any fellowship or funding. NASA noted the matter has been referred to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
Diksha Shinde was born in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Diksha Shinde, who is currently in class 10th. In a surprising achievement, a 14-year-old girl Diksha Shinde was selected as a panelist in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Minority Services Institute (MSI) Fellowship Virtual Panel.
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| 1138 | Monthly Capsule | Maharashtra govt launched Special Programme for Widows | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. Maharashtra government launched a special mission called “Mission Vatsalya” in order to help women who lost their husbands to COVID-19. Highlights Mission Vatsalya will provide several services and some 18 benefits under one roof to those women. It has been designed for widows, with a special focus on widows coming from rural areas, poor backgrounds, and deprived sections.
It is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at building a protective environment for children in difficult circumstances, as well as other vulnerable children, through Government-Civil Society Partnership.
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| 1139 | Recent | 5th edition of Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. The 5th edition of the Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise called KAZIND-21 is to be conducted from August 30 to September 11, 2021. Key points This joint training exercise will be conducted as a part of military diplomacy. It seeks to strengthen the growing strategic relationship with Kazakhstan. The training exercises will be conducted at Aisha Bibi in Kazakhstan.
A joint exercise with one or more nations serves the purpose of signaling to a third country the influence we have in the region and a demonstration of our resolve to further our diplomatic objectives. On the intangible side, military exercises promote brotherhood and camaraderie between soldiers and militaries.
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| 1140 | Monthly Capsule | SUJALAM campaign launched by Jal Shakti Ministry | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2021 | Aug 26, 2021. The ministry of Jal Shakti ministry started a 100-day campaign for Sujalam on August 25 as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to create more Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus villages by undertaking waste water management at the village level.
SUJALAM Campaign is a 100 days campaign launched as a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. This campaign seeks to create more ODF Plus villages by undertaking wastewater management across villages in India. During the campaign, ten lakh Soak-pits will be created.
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| 1141 | Recent | Malabar Exercise: Samudramanthan Message to China? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. Yet another edition of the Malabar naval exercise comprising the Quad countries -- India, the USA, Japan, and Australia -- kick starts from Thursday, August 26 in Guam, an American island territory in the Western Pacific. This will be the 21st exercise, which started at a bilateral level between India and the USA in 1992. Japan joined the Quad group in 2015 and Australia joined last year. India's strategic frigate INS Shivalik and anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kadmatt are participating in the three-day joint naval exercise which will conclude on August 29. On August 12, senior officials from the Quad nations held talks on advancing practical cooperation to achieve the goals of a free and open Indo-Pacific, a euphemism to deal with China's belligerence. Significantly, the exercise is taking place close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's call for international cooperation for enhancing maritime security at the United Nations Security Council's debate on maritime security held virtually in August 10.
The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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| 1142 | Recent | Mahasweta Devi's Draupadi dropped from DU syllabus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. The Delhi University Academic Council on Tuesday dropped a celebrated short story by the renowned Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi from the BA (Hons) English course while approving changes in its syllabus. The council also approved the implementation of the National Education Policy from 2022-2023 and four-year undergraduate programmes, overriding a strong dissent from its members, in its 12-hour long meeting on Tuesday. Some members said despite opposition from a section of the council, the syllabus of the fifth semester of BA (Hons) English and the NEP was approved. The matter will now be discussed by the varsity Executive Council. DU sources said at least 14 members of the Academic Council gave a dissent note on the changes in the syllabus of BA (Hons) English that dropped Mahasweta Devi's short story. The Oversight Committee on courses had suggested some changes in the syllabus earlier which were opposed in the meeting.
The University of Delhi, informally known as Delhi University, is a collegiate public central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the University Grants Commission.
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| 1143 | Recent | Aug 31 evacuation deadline depends on Taliban cooperation: Biden | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. President Joe Biden has said the US is on "a pace" to complete its evacuation mission in Afghanistan by August 31 and doesn't plan to have troops in the country past that date, but the completion of the deadline depends on cooperation from the Taliban. The US has currently approximately 5,800 troops at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. "We are currently on a pace to finish (the evacuation mission) by August 31. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops," Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. "But the completion by August 31 depends on the Taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport for those who were transporting out and no disruptions to our operations." The Taliban -- which seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war - has warned that the US must end its evacuation mission on August 31.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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| 1144 | Recent | Modi ensuring every citizen's is evacuated safely from Afghanistan: MoS defence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. Union minister of state for defense Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ensuring that all Indian citizens are safely brought back to the country from war-torn Afghanistan after its takeover by the Taliban. The Minister said that the evacuation process shall continue till all the citizens as well as "victims" are successfully brought back from Afghanistan. As many as 78 people, including children, arrived from Afghanistan on Tuesday late at night. The evacuees reached Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport on Monday night in an Indian Air Force flight. On Monday, 146 passengers landed in Delhi from Afghanistan. India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan, government sources told ANI. The permission was granted by American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, which have been controlling operations of the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban on August 15.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
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| 1145 | Recent | IAF chief flies single-seater Tejas MK 1 fighter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a Tejas single-seater light combat aircraft MK1 FOC fighter during his visit to IAF and flight test establishments and facilities of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru. During his two-day visit on August 23-24, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) also visited the Software Development Institute (SDI), the unit tasked with undertaking the development of avionics software. He noted that the sustained focus on critical projects by the Institute had contributed significantly to increasing the operational and functional capability of IAF, according to an official release. Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria outlined his vision for SDI to move towards software indigenization for integration of various weapons on IAF aircraft and achieving self-reliance in enhancing combat potential.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 1146 | Recent | Supreme Court asks HC to decide plea against Asthana's appointment in 2 weeks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Delhi high court to decide within two weeks the plea pending before it challenging the appointment of senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi police commissioner. The 1984-batch IPS officer, who had shifted to the Union cadre from Gujarat and was earlier serving as the director-general of Border Security Force, was appointed Delhi police commissioner on July 27, four days before his superannuation on July 31. He will have a tenure of one year as the police chief of the national capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant permitted NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation' (CPIL) to move to the Delhi high court to intervene in the pending plea against the appointment of Asthana. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that some more time is given to the high court as the government will have to file its response to the pending plea there. The petition, moved by advocate Prashant Bhushan, urged the court to set aside the Centre's order to appoint Asthana after extending his service period.
The Indian Police Service is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
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| 1147 | Recent | Pak objects to Kiru hydro plant design; India says compliant with Indus treaty | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. Pakistan has raised objections to the design of India's Kiru hydroelectric plant, a mega 624 MW project over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir, but New Delhi asserts that the project is fully compliant with the Indus Water Treaty, according to officials. Confirming this development, India's Indus Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena told PTI that his Pakistani counterpart Syed Muhammad Meher Ali Shah raised the objections last week. Saxena, however, asserted that the design of the project is fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). It has been certified by the Central Water Commission, an apex organization of the country in the field of water resources. This run-of-river project is being implemented by the Chenab Valley Power Projects Limited, a joint venture of the National Hydropower Company and Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC). "As a responsible upper riparian state, India is committed to full utilization of its rights and believes in an amicable resolution to the issues raised by Pakistan's side in the letter and spirit of the treaty.
The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank, to use the water available in the Indus River and its tributaries. It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan.
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| 1148 | Recent | Rajkot royals bicker over property worth hundreds of crores | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. A bitter dispute has broken out in the Rajkot royal family of Gujarat over the ancestral property worth hundreds of crores with one of the members moving court. Ambalika Devi, the sister of Mandhatasinh Jadeja, who is the 17th king of the over 400-year-old erstwhile princely state of Rajkot in Gujarat, has filed a suit in the city civil court against the release deed and the will of her father Manoharsinh Jadeja, her lawyer Ketan Sindhava said on Wednesday. She has challenged the release deed which construed that she had relinquished her right on inheritance property. Ambalika Devi, who lives in Jhansi, has claimed she was made to sign a release deed by her brother Mandhatasinh Jadeja in 2019 when she visited Rajkot following her father's death, "by keeping her in the dark and ill-informed."
Rajkot is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. In central Jubilee, Garden are the Lang Library, with Gujarati literature, and the Watson Museum, with paintings and artifacts documenting British colonial rule. Kaba Gandhi No Delo, the house where Mahatma Gandhi spent part of his childhood, displays photos of the Indian leader and his belongings. The Rotary Dolls Museum exhibits dolls from around the world.
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| 1149 | Recent | Pankaj Kumar Singh appointed new BSF DG | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2021 | Aug 25, 2021. Senior IPS officer Pankaj Singh was on Wednesday appointed director-general of the Border Security Force, a post held by his father Prakash Singh nearly three decades back. According to an official order, Pankaj Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre, will take over as the chief of the BSF on August 31. He is at present posted as special director general at the BSF headquarters in Delhi. Pankaj Singh, 58, will take charge after the retirement of IPS officer and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director General S S Deswal who is holding the additional charge of BSF DG after the tenure of Gujarat cadre officer Rakesh Asthana ended in July and he was posted as the Delhi Police Commissioner.
The Border Security Force is India's Primary border guarding organization on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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| 1150 | Recent | Zomato's shares fall more than 10% in two days to ₹124.65 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. The shares of Zomato slumped as much as 5% to ₹120.50 on Tuesday, a day after falling 9% after the lock-in period for anchor investors ended. The food delivery startup's shares were down 2% at ₹124.65 on the NSE after the markets closed. Zomato's market capitalization, which had previously surpassed ₹1 lakh crore, stood at about ₹97,790 crores on Tuesday.
Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company founded by Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah, and Gunjan Patidar in 2008. Zomato provides information, menus, and user reviews of restaurants as well as food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities.
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| 1151 | Recent | SpaceX has shipped 1 lakh Starlink terminals so far: Musk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX has shipped one lakh Starlink terminals so far. He revealed that the internet service is now catering to customers in 14 countries, including the US, Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, New Zealand, and Australia. "Our license applications are pending in many more countries. Hoping to serve Earth soon!" Musk added.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. A centibillionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
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| 1152 | Recent | Afghan evacuees to undergo COVID-19 quarantine at ITBP facility: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that those who are being evacuated from Afghanistan will have to undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine at ITBP's facility in Delhi's Chhawla area amid COVID-19. As per Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, 626 people have been evacuated till now. Meanwhile, two people who returned from Afghanistan tested positive for COVID-19 at Delhi's LNJP Hospital.
Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and former civil servant who is currently serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in India.
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| 1153 | Recent | India's crude oil production falls 3.2% in July, gas output rises 18% | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. India's crude oil production fell by 3.2% year-on-year to 2.5 million tonnes in July, government data showed on Tuesday. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the country's largest oil and gas producer, produced 1.6 million tonnes of crude in July, 4.2% lower than last year. However, the country's natural gas production rose 18.36% year on year to 2.9 billion cubic meters.
Petroleum, also known as crude oil and oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels.
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| 1154 | Recent | Bengaluru man kills wife after she refuses to cook chicken fry; held | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. A 30-year-old businessman in Bengaluru allegedly battered his 28-year-old wife to death with a wooden log, reportedly after she refused to cook chicken fry for him on August 18. The incident came to light after the woman's parents lodged a missing complaint with the police. Subsequently, the accused confessed that he'd killed her and dumped her body in Chikkabanavara Lake.
Chikkabanavara is a town in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is located in the Bangalore North taluk of Bangalore Urban district in Karnataka. It has one of the oldest surviving lakes in Bangalore. The lake is located at a distance of 1.5 km north of Chikkabanavara railway station on the Bangalore-Tumkur railway line.
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| 1155 | Recent | CBI to carry out zone-wise probe of post-poll violence cases in WB | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. CBI will carry out a zone-wise investigation into post-poll violence incidents in Bengal and each zone will be looked into by a Joint Director-rank officer, officials said. CBI has sent four teams to Bengal and the state has been divided into four zones. It has asked DGP to give details of all alleged rape and murder cases reported after the elections.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. The agency has been known to investigate several economic crimes, special crimes, cases of corruption, and other cases. CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act.
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| 1156 | Recent | NASA astronaut's ISS spacewalk delayed due to medical issue | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. NASA is delaying a spacewalk at the ISS because of a medical issue involving astronaut Vande Hei. The officials said Hei is dealing with "a minor medical issue", adding it was not an emergency case. Hei, along with Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, was supposed to venture out on August 24 to install a bracket for new solar wings.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion spacecraft, the Space Launch System, Commercial Crew vehicles, and the planned Lunar Gateway space station.
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| 1157 | Monthly Capsule | India’s First Smog Tower Inaugurated By Arvind Kejriwal In Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. India’s First Smog Tower Launched In Delhi As A Pilot By The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal At Baba Kharak Marg, Connaught Place. It Was Developed By IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay.
Objective – To improve the air quality. Nodal Agency – Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) About the smog tower: The New Tower – It is About 20m Tall, Set Up to Improve Air Quality in a radius of Around 1 Km. Financial Quality – The Tower Was Built At The Cost Of INR 20 Crores, Which Was Financed By The Government Of Delhi. The Towers have 1200 air filters, which are developed by experts by experts of the University of Minnesota of the United States.
The smog tower in Delhi has been set up as a pilot project. ( Twitter/AAP) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated on Monday the country's first 'smog tower,' an experimental setup worth Rs 20 crore to purify the air in a 1-km radius around the structure, at a rate of around 1,000 cubic meters of air per second.
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| 1158 | Monthly Capsule | ICICI Bank Germany LAUNCHED Blocked Account For Indian Students to Study In Germany | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. ICICI Bank Germany, a part of ICICI bank, launched a digital and instant Blocked Account named ‘ICICI Bank Germany Student Account’ for the Indian students who are aspiring to study in Germany. ICICI Bank Germany is the Ist bank to offer the dual advantage of a ‘Blocked Account’ along with a complimentary Current Account (within the single account) to the Indian students. Along with the Blocked Account, the bank also offers a complimentary Current Account, that can be used in Germany and a VISA debit card the could be used worldwide. Blocked Account: The students who are aspiring to study in Germany need to have this account with a required amount to get a Balance Confirmation Certificate (BCC), a mandatory requirement for a Student Visa in Germany.
A Blocked Account is a special type of account wherein students are required to keep a certain amount of money to get a Balance Confirmation Certificate (BCC), a mandatory requirement for a Student Visa in Germany. Only banks, which are authorized by German Federal Foreign Office, can offer the Blocked Account.
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| 1159 | Monthly Capsule | La Ganesan, Appointed as 17th Governor of Manipur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. President Ramnath Kovind has appointed a senior BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) leader from Tamil Nadu. La. Ganesan as 17th Governor of Manipur. He Succeeded Najma Heptulla, who retired earlier this month. Earlier, the Governor of Sikkim, Ganga Prasad served as a Governor-in-charge of Manipur.
Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current president of India since his inauguration in 2017. He is also the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 26th governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and as a member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practiced in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India until 1993.
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| 1160 | Monthly Capsule | Former Indian Footballer & Olympian Syed Shahid Hakim Passed Away | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2021 | Aug 24, 2021. Former Indian Footballer Syed Shahid Hakim, a part of the Indian Football team during the 1960 Rome Olympics, has passed away in Gulbarga, Karnataka. He was born in Hyderabad, British India. He was popularly known as ‘Saab's. He is Son of legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. He was honored with the Dhyan Chand for Life Time Achievement in Sports and games in 2017. He became the 2nd footballer after Shabbir Ali to win the award.
Syed Shahid Hakim was an Indian footballer, manager, and FIFA official. He was born in Hyderabad. He was the son of legendary coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Hakim was a member of the last Indian national football team played in the 1960 Rome Olympics. He served as the Regional Director of the Sports Authority of India. He played in the position of half-back. Hakim was an international referee with a FIFA badge holder.
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| 1161 | Recent | US gives full approval to Pfizer Covid vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. On Monday, the United States health regulator gave full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, a key milestone for public health that can instill further confidence in consumers and spur authorities to make vaccinations mandatory. The US Food and Drug Administration had earlier in December 2020 given emergency use authorization for the vaccine, developed by US-based Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Since December, more than 200 million Pfizer doses have been administered in the US, and hundreds of millions more worldwide. "Today the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older," the US health regulator said in a statement.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and the capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
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| 1162 | Recent | Kalyan Singh cremated, top leaders attend funeral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh was cremated with full state honors on Monday at Bansi Ghat in Bulandshahr's Narora town, where senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and a large number of people congregated for the last rites. Each Lok Sabha MP Rajveer Singh lit his father's pyre at the funeral attended by senior BJP leaders, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Women, and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani, and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Rajveer Singh was assisted by his son Sandeep Singh, a minister in the UP government. The two-time CM, who had also been the Rajasthan Governor, died at a Lucknow hospital on Saturday after a prolonged illness.
Kalyan Singh was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament. He was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh during the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
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| 1163 | Recent | Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US delays withdrawal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 3032. Ahead of an emergency G7 meeting in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Monday warned that there will be 'consequences' if the United States and the United Kingdom sought an extension to the August 31 deadline for the US-led troop withdrawal from the war-torn country. Speaking to Sky News in Doha, Qatar, Taliban spokesperson Dr. Suhail Shaheen stated that the month-end deadline was a 'red line', as any extension would imply an extended occupation of the country. He said the timeline had been laid out by US President Joe Biden and threatened 'consequences if the United States and the United Kingdom sought an extension to that deadline. "It's a red line. President Biden announced that on 31 August they would withdraw all their military forces. So if they extend it that means they are extending occupation while there is no need for that."
The Group of Seven is an inter-governmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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| 1164 | Recent | Govt calls all-party meeting on Afghanistan on Aug 26 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. The government has called an all-party meeting on Thursday on the developments in Afghanistan. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief the floor leaders of political parties on the present situation in Afghanistan in the in-person meeting. The government's briefing is expected to focus on its evacuation mission from Afghanistan as well as its assessment of the situation in the war-torn country in the wake of the Taliban seizing control of almost all key Afghan towns and cities, including Kabul.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India is the government agency responsible for maintaining the foreign relations of India. It is headed by the Minister of External Affairs, a cabinet minister. The administrative head is the Foreign Secretary of India, an Indian Foreign Service officer.
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| 1165 | Recent | 'Hats off to the government for how they evacuated us from Kabul' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. Shirin Pathare, assistant general manager, security, with Air India, was posted as the station head, security, in Kabul. On August 15, when Kabul fell to the Taliban, he was on the tarmac of the airport seeing off an Air India flight to India. The people were very nice and everything was so good for me because I was the security head for Air India's Kabul flights. It was a very important posting for me. A month after my reaching Kabul the peace talks between the Afghan government, the Taliban, the US, Turkey, and Qatar got derailed. Around that time news came in that all American forces will withdraw from Afghanistan from May 2021. There was not much violence in Afghanistan then except sporadic incidents. The only incident of violence I recall was when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan came to Kabul in the last week of November. After he left, there were explosions in Kabul.
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by Air India Limited, a government-owned enterprise, and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 102 domestic and international destinations.
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| 1166 | Recent | US-Taliban Relationship on the cards? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Moscow visits invariably draw great attention as she has performed a unique role as an intermediary between the West and Russia during her 16 years in power. Even in the most trying times in Europe's ties with Russia, Merkel could get through to Putin, and the Western capitals looked up to her for moderating tensions from reaching a flashpoint. Putin also saw Merkel as an irreplaceable interlocutor who was among the most authoritative European leaders and could be of help to put across Russian viewpoints. Therefore, their exchanges inevitably became occasions to coordinate positions on the challenges of global politics. Putin and Merkel prioritized the issue of Afghanistan when they met in the Kremlin on Friday on what was also the latter's farewell visit to Russia before retirement from politics next month.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering over 17 million square kilometers, and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area.
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| 1167 | Recent | Bhima-Koregaon accused charged with 'waging war' against India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its draft charges submitted before a special court in Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case has claimed the accused persons wanted to establish their own government and 'wage a war against the nation'. The NIA submitted the draft earlier this month and a copy of it was made available on Monday. The draft lays down 17 charges against 15 accused, including human rights and civil liberties activists, and they have been sought to be charged under various sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The NIA has alleged that the accused persons were active members of the banned terror outfit CPI (Maoist). The arrested accused in the case include activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao, Hany Babu, Anand Teltumbde, Shoma Sen, Gautam Navlakha, and others.
The National Investigation Agency is India's counter-terrorism task force. The agency is empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
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| 1168 | Recent | Nitish, Tejashwi meet PM to push for caste census | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. Stepping up their campaign for a caste-based census, a delegation of 10 parties from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in support of the demand. Kumar said after the meeting that all parties from Bihar spoke in one voice on the need for a caste-based census, and asserted that statistics about different castes will help in formulating development schemes effectively as many of them have not benefitted so far in line with their actual population. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, who was part of the delegation, said such a census was in the national interest and will be a historic measure and help the poor and the most deprived sections of the society.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician, who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar, a state in India, since 2015 and has served in that role on five previous occasions. He has also served as a Union minister in the Union Government of India. Kumar is a member of the Janata Dal political party.
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| 1169 | Recent | India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/08/2021 | Aug 23, 2021. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 'country's first smog tower' at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be installed in the city if the pilot project yields results. He also said that the concentration of PM2.5 has reduced from 150 micrograms per cubic meter to 100 'g/m' and that of PM10 has dipped from 300 'g/m' to 150 'g/m' in the national capital since 2014 due to the efforts made in the last few years. PM2.5 refers to fine particles which penetrate deep into the body and fuel inflammation in the lungs and respiratory tract, leading to the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory problems, including a weak immune system.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power.
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| 1170 | Monthly Capsule | Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away at 89; All you need to know about his political journey | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh passed away on August 22, 2021, after a prolonged illness. He was 89. The senior BJP leader was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on July 4, 2021, following a deterioration in his health condition. PM Narendra Modi expressed his grief through a tweet that read, "I am saddened beyond words. Kalyan Singh Ji…statesman, veteran administrator, grassroots level leader, and great human. He leaves behind an indelible contribution towards the development of Uttar Pradesh. Spoke to his son Shri Rajveer Singh and expressed condolences. Om Shanti."
Kalyan Singh was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament. He was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh during the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
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| 1171 | Monthly Capsule | FM Nirmala Sitharaman to launch National Monetisation Pipeline on August 23 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to launch the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in the national capital on August 23, 2021. The National Monetisation Pipeline comprises a four-year pipeline of the Central Government's brownfield infrastructure assets.NITI Aayog issued a statement that read, "the National Monetisation Pipeline will serve as a -term roadmap for the Asset Monetisation initiative of Centre, besides providing visibility to the investors."
Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian economist and politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014.
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| 1172 | Recent | SBI opens floating ATM on a houseboat in Srinagar's Dal Lake; shares pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. The SBI has opened an ATM on a houseboat at the Dal Lake in Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar. The floating ATM at the Dal Lake, which hosts a floating vegetable market on Shikaras, also houses a floating post office. In 2004, the bank launched a 'floating' ATM in Kerala that operated on a ferry.
State Bank of India is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2020, being the only Indian bank on the list.
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| 1173 | Recent | Sri Lankan Navy pelt stones, damage 60 Indian fishing boats | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. At least 60 Indian fishing boats were damaged after the Sri Lankan Navy pelted stones at them, a Fisheries Department official in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Sunday. The Sri Lankan naval personnel also damaged fishing nets in 25 boats, while they were involved in fishing near Katchatheevu late last night, he added. No fisherman was injured in the incident.
The Sri Lanka Navy is the naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defense force due to its island geography and is responsible for the maritime defense of the Sri Lankan nation and its interests.
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| 1174 | Recent | 14-year-old girl accompanying father to Faridabad hospital raped by staffer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. A 14-year-old girl, who accompanied her father for his dialysis treatment at a private hospital in Faridabad, was allegedly raped by the hospital's housekeeping supervisor at the basement of the building, police said. Police Commissioner OP Singh said the suspect asked her to follow him for some "urgent work" regarding her father's treatment when she was returning from the washroom.
Om Prakash Singh is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was the Director-General of Uttar Pradesh Police and had previously served as the Director-General of CISF and Director General of NDRF.
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| 1175 | Recent | Railways suffered ₹36,000 crore loss during COVID-19 pandemic: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve has said that Indian Railways suffered losses to the tune of ₹36,000 crores during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Passenger train segment always runs into losses. Since increasing the ticket fares affects the passengers, we cannot do so," he added. He also said that a bullet train project would be executed along the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway.
Raosaheb Dadarao Danve is an Indian politician and current Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Coal, and Ministry of Mines in the Second Modi ministry. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and got elected to Lok Sabha from Jalna for the 5th straight time in the 2019 general elections.
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| 1176 | Monthly Capsule | Tamil Nadu BJP President La Ganesan appointed Manipur Governor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. Tamil Nadu BJP President La Ganesan was on Sunday appointed as the new Governor of Manipur. The post of the Governor had fallen vacant after the retirement of Najma Heptulla earlier this month. "I feel very elated because my services have been recognized. I am prepared to work at any place in India," Ganesan said.
La. Ganesan is an Indian politician and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is at present the party's National Council Member and has earlier served the party in various capacities. He is the current and 17th Governor of Manipur from August 23, 2021.
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| 1177 | Recent | Haryana extends COVID-19 curbs till Sept 6; all earlier relaxations to continue | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2021 | Aug 22, 2021. Haryana government on Sunday extended the COVID-19 restrictions till 5 am on September 6, without any additional relaxations in the curbs. Restaurants and bars, gyms, and spas are allowed to open at 50% capacity and with regular sanitization. Indoor gatherings of a maximum of 100 people or 50% of hall capacity are allowed.
The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts.
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| 1178 | Monthly Capsule | India Celebrates Sanskrit Week 2021 From August 19 To 25 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. In 2021, India is observing the Sanskrit Week from August 19 to August 25, 2021, to promote, popularise and cherish the importance of ancient language. In 2021, Sanskrit Day will be celebrated on August 22, 2021. The day is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Shravan, which also marks the occasion of Raksha Bandhan each year. World Sanskrit Day was first declared in 1969, by the Indian Government on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
World Sanskrit Day, also known as Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam, is an annual event focused around the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit that incorporates lectures about the language and is aimed to promote its revival and maintenance.
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| 1179 | Monthly Capsule | International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. United Nations observes 21st August every year as the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. The day is observed to pay tribute to the individuals across the globe who have been attacked, injured, traumatized, or lost their lives because of terrorist attacks. This year, the 3rd commemoration of the day will focus on the response to the pandemic and cancellation of many memorials and commemorations, it is critical to take the time to remember and honor the victims of terrorism. The day was designated by United Nations General Assembly in 2017 and the first time the day was observed in 2018.
The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.
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| 1180 | Monthly Capsule | World Senior Citizen Day: 21 August | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. World Senior Citizen Day is observed globally on August 21 every year. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about issues affecting older people, such as deterioration with age and the abuse of the elderly, and support, honor, and show appreciation to seniors, and to recognize their achievements. The Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on December 14, 1990. The day was officially founded by the former President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan in 1988 to dedicate a day to older adults and their issues.
World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year. The celebration took place for the first time in 1991. The day is intended to increase awareness of the factors and issues that affect older adults, such as health deterioration and elder abuse.
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| 1181 | Monthly Capsule | NTPC commissions India’s largest floating solar PV project – All you need to know | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. NTPC has commissioned India’s largest 25 MW floating solar PV project on the Simhadri thermal station in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Read all you need to know. NTPC in a tweet announced that with the commissioning of India’s largest 25 MW floating solar PV project at NTPC Simhadri thermal station, the total installed capacity of NTPC has now reached 66,900 MW. India’s largest 25 MW floating solar PV project on the Simhadri thermal station in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh will: Generate electricity from more than 1 lakh solar PV modules that will aid in lighting up approximately 7,000 households. The project will cost approximately Rs 423 crores. The project will aid in achieving India’s ambitious target of 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022 including 100 GW solar installed capacity.
Photovoltaic cells are connected electrically in series and/or parallel circuits to produce higher voltages, currents, and power levels. Photovoltaic modules consist of PV cell circuits sealed in an environmentally protective laminate and are the fundamental building blocks of PV systems.
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| 1182 | Recent | Huge asteroid 2016 AJ193 to fly closely past Earth on today: Everything you need to know! | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. The asteroid, named 2016 AJ193, is reportedly is rushing inward towards the sun in its 5.91-year orbit. Earth is in its approximated path but it will not hit the planet. A huge asteroid will fly past Earth very closely on August 21, 2021, reported Earthsky. It will not hit Earth.
The asteroid, named 2016 AJ193, is reportedly is rushing inward towards the sun in its 5.91-year orbit. Earth is in its approximated path but it will not hit the planet. The asteroid will pass the Earth some 8.9 lunar distances away. It will be at its closest on August 21st.
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Historically, these terms have been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail.
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| 1183 | Recent | Afghanistan: 12.2 million people acutely food insecure, says UN | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. In the second half of the year, humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are expected to deteriorate further. “Some 12.2 million people are already acutely food insecure and the majority of those will be further affected by drought,” the OCHA. The United Nations Humanitarians on August 19, 2021, stated that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 7,35,000 individuals returned to Afghanistan this year from Pakistan, Iran, and other countries and they are in dire need of humanitarian aid. The report comes in at a point when thousands of people are attempting to leave Afghanistan due to the Taliban takeover.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is a United Nations body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.
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| 1184 | Recent | Pakistan's interest in Afghanistan is to counter Indian influence: US govt report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. Pakistan's "strategic security objectives" in Afghanistan are to counter Indian influence and mitigate "spillover into the Pakistani territory", a US government report has said. "Pakistan continues to support peace talks while maintaining ties with the Afghan Taliban," said the report. Pakistan is concerned that the Afghan civil war would have "destabilizing effects" on it, the report added.
Strategic Security is a leading provider of security guard services, intelligence, consulting, and investigative services. With offices in nearly every state, Strategic Security offers a local response and is capable of providing “one-stop” nationwide coverage for our clients.
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| 1185 | Recent | Maha CM inaugurates COVID care centre for kids at IT Park in Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/08/2021 | Aug 21, 2021. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated a 30-bed COVID care center at IT Park on Mumbai University's Kalina Campus on Saturday. The center, for children aged below 12 years, is spread over 5,000 square feet and houses an isolation and treatment area. Following the inauguration, he said, "I urge all political parties...not to do anything that endangers citizens' lives...COVID...isn't over yet."
Uddhav Bal Thackeray is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is also the president of Shiv Sena.
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| 1186 | Recent | China has big role to play in Af's rebuilding, reconstruction: Taliban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. The Taliban have appealed to the international community to recognize it amid growing resentment against it at home and abroad, even as the Afghan militant group sought to placate China, saying Beijing can play a ‘big role’ under its rule in the strife-torn country. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the international community should "respect the will of the Afghan people" and officially recognize his group which has taken over power in Kabul. Dismissing growing concerns over the Taliban curbing the freedoms of women under its plans to impose Sharia law as it did during its previous rule 20 years ago, Shaheen told China's state-run CGTN TV that the new Taliban government in Kabul would protect women's rights to education and work. He also urged international monetary organizations to release funds to the new government.
The Taliban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist religious-political movement and military organization in Afghanistan, regarded by multiple governments and organizations as terrorists.
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| 1187 | Recent | Zydus's India-made Covid vaccine gets emergency use approval | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. Indigenously developed Zydus Cadila Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D has received approval for Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India and it will be administered to people 12 years and above, the Department of Biotechnology said on Friday. This is the world's first DNA-based vaccine against the coronavirus, and this three-dose vaccine when injected produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and elicits an immune response, which plays a vital role in protection from the disease as well as viral clearance, it said. The government's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) also said that the "plug-and-play" technology on which the plasmid DNA platform is based can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in the virus, such as those already occurring.
Cadila Healthcare Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India primarily engaged in the manufacture of generic drugs. It ranked 100th in the Fortune India 500 list in 2020.
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| 1188 | Recent | 19 parties attend Sonia's meet, but AAP, BSP, SP stay out | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi held a virtual meeting on Friday evening with leaders of 19 Opposition parties, including the chief ministers of some Opposition-ruled states, amid efforts to boost Opposition unity and evolve a common strategy against the National Democratic Alliance government. While 19 parties participated in the meeting, leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Samajwadi Party chose to skip it. The monsoon session of Parliament was a complete washout again, entirely due to the government's obstinate and arrogant unwillingness to discuss and debate urgent issues of public importance, Gandhi told the meeting. These issues include the Pegasus scandal that affected each and every citizen, repeal of the three anti-farmer laws the agitation over which has been going on for past nine months, price rise of essential commodities, and assault on federalism and the institutions of our democracy, Sonia Gandhi said during the meeting.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a big tent political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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| 1189 | Recent | Kabul airport images like Kandahar horror: IC814 pilot | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. The images of Kabul airport in the past few days remind him of the horror he experienced 22 years ago, according to Devi Sharan, who was captain of the Indian Airlines flight IC814 that was hijacked in December 1999 and taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. Various images and videos have come out where people can be seen crowding inside as well as outside the Kabul airport and scrambling to enter into the planes on the runway in order to escape from the Taliban that took control of Afghanistan's capital city on Sunday. "It was like I have gone 22 years back. Over 20 years have passed, but the images (of today) are the same," Sharan, 59, told PTI in an interview.
Hamid Karzai International Airport is also known as HKAIA has located 5 km from the city center of Kabul in Afghanistan. It serves as one of the nation's main international airports and as one of the largest military bases, capable of housing over one hundred aircraft.
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| 1190 | Recent | HC raps Maha govt for refusing to share Deshmukh case papers with CBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra government's refusal to share certain documents with the CBI for its probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh and said that unless the documents are seen how can the central agency decide if there was any nexus with him over alleged corruption in police transfers and postings. The state government had earlier claimed that the documents sought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not have any relevance with the agency's corruption probe against Deshmukh. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar was hearing an application filed by the CBI alleging that the government was not cooperating by refusing to hand over certain documents in connection with a probe against the NCP leader.
The NCP (Nationalist Congress Party )was formed on 25 May 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) on 20 May 1999, for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. At the time of the formation of the NCP, the Indian Congress (Socialist) party merged with the new party.
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| 1191 | Recent | Facebook removes Rahul Gandhi's post over policy violation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. After Twitter, Facebook has removed content posted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that identified the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi, saying it violated the social media platform's policies. According to sources, Facebook has informed Gandhi and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) about the removal of the posts from Facebook and Instagram. Earlier this week, Facebook had written to Gandhi asking him to remove the said post from Instagram - Facebook's photosharing platform. "We have taken action to remove the content as it was in violation of our policies," a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Friday. Facebook takes action against content if it violates its Community Standards or upon receiving a valid legal request as per Indian laws
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights is an Indian statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. The Commission works under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI. The Commission began operational on 5 March 2007.
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| 1192 | Recent | Afghan man deported from Nagpur joined Taliban: Police | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. An Afghan national, who was deported to his country from Nagpur in June this year after he was found staying here illegally, has apparently joined the Taliban, and his picture holding a rifle has surfaced on social media, a senior police official said on Friday. The Taliban has seized power in Afghanistan as it swept into capital Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. "The man, Noor Mohammad Aziz Mohammad, 30, was found staying in Nagpur for the last 10 years illegally. He was living in a rented place in the Dighori area of the city. Acting on a tip-off, the police had started keeping a watch on his activities. He was finally nabbed and deported to Afghanistan on June 23." "After his deportation, he seems to have joined the Taliban and his photo holding a gun has emerged on social media."
The Afghan National Army was the land warfare branch of the Afghan Armed Forces. The Army’s roots could be traced back to the early 18th century when the Hotak dynasty was established in Kandahar followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani's rise to power. It was reorganized in 1880 during Emir Abdur Rahman Khan's reign.
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| 1193 | Recent | Amarinder-Sidhu form 10-member coordination group, ministers get HQ duty | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday agreed to set up a 10-member strategic policy group to ensure better coordination between the party and the state government and expedite implementation of various government programs. The development is seen as a sign of a thaw between Singh and Sidhu, amid the ongoing tussle between the two of them. Congress president Sonia Gandhi had earlier advised that the Punjab government and the state unit of the party must work together. To be headed by the chief minister, the group will have Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, and Social Security Minister Aruna Chaudhary as members along with Sidhu.
Amarinder Singh, known publicly as Captain Amarinder Singh, is an Indian politician, military historian, author, former royal, and former veteran serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Punjab.
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| 1194 | Recent | China approves 3-child policy with sops | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2021 | Aug 20, 2021. China's national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world's most populous country. The revised Population and Family Planning Law, which allows Chinese couples to have three children, was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In an apparent attempt to address the reluctance of the Chinese couples to have more children due to mounting costs, the amended law has also passed more social and economic support measures to address the concerns. The new law stipulates that the country will take supportive measures, including those in finances, taxes, insurance, education, housing, and employment, to reduce families' burdens as well as the cost of raising and educating children, state-run China Daily reported.
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China normally referred to as the National People's Congress is the highest organ of state power and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,980 members in 2018, it is the largest parliamentary body in the world.
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| 1195 | Recent | UP govt hikes dearness allowance for govt employees from 17% to 28% | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that the state government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) for government employees from 17% to 28% with effect from July 2021. "Government will enhance honorarium to Anganwadi Workers/Anganwadi Helpers," he added. Last month, the Centre hiked DA for Central government employees and dearness relief for pensioners to 28%.
Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician serving as the 22nd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, in office since 19 March 2017. He was appointed as the Chief Minister on 26 March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2017 State Assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner.
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| 1196 | Recent | Terrorists kill J&K leader Ghulam Lone at his home; 3rd incident in Kulgam in 10 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party leader Ghulam Hassan Lone was shot dead by terrorists at his residence in the Kulgam district. Lone is the third political leader from Kulgam to be killed in the last 10 days. "Unfortunately there seems to be no end to the spree of political killings in Kashmir. Unreservedly condemn the killing," former CM Mehbooba Mufti tweeted.
Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, who served as the last Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir as a State, from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018.
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| 1197 | Recent | Soldiers cried after women threw babies over barbed wires at Kabul airport: UK officer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Amid chaos at Kabul airport after Taliban seized control in Afghanistan, a senior British officer said, "Women were throwing their babies over the razor wire, asking British soldiers to take them, some got caught in the wire." "I'm worried for my men, I'm counseling some, everyone cried last night," he added. Several countries are evacuating their citizens from Afghanistan.
Amid Chaos is a compilation of eight short stories which put a spin on the positive side of the awkward, compromising, distressing and uncomfortable situations that occur in the lives of eight individuals: Karma, Madison, Becky, Gisela, Caleb, Mary, Arlene, and Dillon.
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| 1198 | Recent | Ruins of ancient temple found in Bhargavi river bed in Odisha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. A heritage research group team on Thursday claimed it has found possible ruins of an ancient temple in Odisha's Puri. The temple may date back to the 13th-14th century Common Era or earlier. "We came across an intricately carved lintel section of a broken door jamb. The central figure is a beautiful Goddess Gajalaxmi image," project coordinator Deepak Nayak said.
Shree Jagannath Puri Temple is one of the most impressive monuments of the Indian State Odisha, was constructed by a famous king of the Ganga Dynasty Ananta Varman Chodaganga Deva dating back to the 12th century at the seashore Puri.
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| 1199 | Recent | WhatsApp testing 90-day limit for disappearing messages: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new option for its disappearing messages feature on Android that would allow users to let a message automatically expire after 90 days. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is also working on an option that would auto-delete messages after 24 hours. Currently, new messages are sent in the WhatsApp chat after enabling the feature to disappear after seven days.
WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an American freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, makes voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
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| 1200 | Recent | UN World Food Programme warns of severe hunger following Afghan crisis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Mary Ellen McGroarty, the head of the UN's World Food Programme in Afghanistan, said a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14 million people facing severe hunger following Afghanistan's takeover by the Taliban. McGroarty has urged donors to provide the $200 million needed to get food into the country. She added hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as the Taliban advanced.
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization, the largest one focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals. Founded in 1961, it is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries.
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| 1201 | Recent | Ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner fined ₹25,000 for missing summons | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was fined ₹25,000 by the one-member commission of Justice (retd) Kailash Uttamchand Chandiwal for failing to appear before it on Wednesday. He was summoned in connection to a probe into corruption allegations leveled by him against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. In June, he was fined ₹5,000 for the same reason.
Param Bir Singh is an Indian police officer in the 1988 batch of Indian Police Service officers. He is the Director-General of the Maharashtra Home Guard. His previous posts include Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Police Commissioner of Thane.
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| 1202 | Recent | Was stranded at Kabul airport without food: Indian man after returning from Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Melvin, who returned to Karnataka from Afghanistan, revealed he was stranded at Kabul airport for two days without food. "The situation there is chaotic. My workplace was a secure place and I wasn't subjected to horrific things that people were subjected to outside," he added. "I was there for years and didn't face any challenges like this one," he said.
Chaotic is really out of control or disorganized. Chaotic starts with a hard "K" sound (kay-AH-tick), but things that are chaotic are usually not OK, they're crazy disordered, like your crammed locker at the end of the school year.
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| 1203 | Recent | Afghan women's fears are real, I fear for them: Malala Yousafzai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for Afghan women as the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. She said, "[I] fear for my Afghan sisters. In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women...received an education. Now [their] future...is dangerously close to slipping away." "Taliban's history of violently suppressing women's rights, Afghan women's fears are real," she added.
Malala Yousafzai initially became famous for her childhood activism against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP's) restrictions on education for girls. She appeared on television and wrote a blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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| 1204 | Recent | India has completed conducting 50 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. India has achieved the milestone of conducting a cumulative 50 crore COVID-19 tests across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed on Thursday. "India recorded a daily testing average of more than 17 lakh in the month of August...The country has achieved the milestone of the last 10 crore tests in only 55 days," it added.
The Indian Council of Medical Research, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination, and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.
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| 1205 | Recent | Pune Cantonment Board orders audit of 20 bus stop shelters after 1 collapses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. A bus stop shelter near Pune's West End theatre collapsed on Wednesday and injured two persons. In order to prevent such mishaps in the future, the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has ordered a structural audit of 20 bus stop shelters of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). According to PCB officials, the stand which collapsed was over 20 years old.
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd is the public transport bus service provider for the city of Pune, India. It operates 386 routes around the Pune Metropolitan Region including 51 Rainbow BRT routes that partially ply on the 4 bus rapid transit corridors.
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| 1206 | Recent | Disappointed: Bell Bottom director on film not releasing in Maharashtra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Reacting to 'Bell Bottom' not releasing in Maharashtra's theatres, the film's director Ranjit Tewari said, "I'm disappointed, we would've loved the theatres to have opened in Maharashtra." "But, at the same time, I understand the need of the government to keep them shut...They know the situation better than all of us because they're monitoring it from the top," he said.
Ranjit Tiwari is an Indian film director, who works in the Hindi film industry. He served as an assistant and associate director on movies like Thanks Maa (2009), Patiala House (2011), D-Day (2013) and Katti Batti (2015). In 2017 Ranjit made his directorial debut with Lucknow Central.
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| 1207 | Recent | Pankaj Tripathi to be honoured with Diversity in Cinema Award at IFFM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/08/2021 | Aug 19, 2021. Actor Pankaj Tripathi will be honored with the Diversity in Cinema Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) this year. Expressing happiness about the same, Pankaj said, "It makes me very happy that such a prestigious film festival has recognized my work." The award will be presented on August 20 by 'Gangs of Wasseypur' director Anurag Kashyap.
Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. He debuted in 2004 with a minor role in Run and Omkara and has since worked in more than 60 films and 60 television shows. Tripathi's breakthrough came in the year 2012 for his antagonistic role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series.
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| 1208 | Recent | Kejriwal govt to identify single-use plastic littering hotspots; shut mfg units by Jun 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. The Delhi government will identify single-use plastic littering hotspots and the entry points of such items into water bodies and drains by October 31 this year, according to a draft action plan for the elimination of environmentally hazardous products. In accordance with the Union Environment Ministry's notification, all single-use plastic items and manufacturing facilities in the capital will be closed down by June 30, 2022. Urban local bodies and the environment and urban development departments will provide incentives for penetration of alternatives in the market and form a scheme for the promotion of recycling technologies and recycled products. The Union Environment Ministry's April 12 notification said the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic commodities, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, will be prohibited with effect from July 1, 2022.
Delhi, India’s capital territory, is a massive metropolitan area in the country’s north. In Old Delhi, a neighborhood dating to the 1600s, stands the imposing Mughal-era Red Fort, a symbol of India, and the sprawling Jama Masjid mosque, whose courtyard accommodates 25,000 people. Nearby is Chandni Chowk, a vibrant bazaar filled with food carts, sweets shops, and spice stalls.
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| 1209 | Recent | Union minister Subhas Sarkar's Tagore complexion remark stirs row | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. Union minister Subhas Sarkar courted controversy on Wednesday with his remarks that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's mother did not cradle him in her arms when he was a child because of his "not so fair complexion", provoking angry reactions from West Bengal's ruling TMC, which said it was an "insult" to a state icon. The BJP, however, defended the minister, saying his remarks were against "racism". The minister of state for education made the comments during a visit to Visva Bharati, the university founded by Tagore. The doctor-turned-BJP MP said before a small audience that while other members of the Tagore family had a "bright yellowish fair" complexion, Tagore was fair but had a reddish hue to his skin. "There are two types of fair-skinned people. One that is very fair with a yellowish hue and those who are fair but with a reddish tinge. Kabiguru belonged to the second category.
Dr. Subhas Sarkar is a Gynecologist and Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bankura, West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 1210 | Recent | India at UNSC highlights 'contemporary threats' to peacekeeping | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. India on Wednesday called for a sound information and intelligence foundation aimed at securing UN peacekeepers to meet "contemporary threats", asserting that UN peacekeeping simply cannot afford to cede the information advantage to actors determined to undermine prospects for peace by using modern technology to aid their violent cause. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in his address to the UN Security Council open debate on Technology and Peacekeeping that the UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in a variety of challenging settings that involve terrorists, armed groups, and non-state actors as he stressed the need to strengthen the capabilities to secure the peacekeepers. "The 21st-century peacekeeping must be anchored in a strong ecosystem of technology and innovation that can facilitate UN peacekeeping operations in implementing their mandates in complex environments. After all, it helps them to adapt to changing conflict dynamics and take advantage of increased efficiencies.
Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role held by the Department of Peace Operations as "a unique and dynamic instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace".
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| 1211 | Recent | IAF chief tells commanders to maintain 24x7 operational readiness | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has to maintain operational readiness round the clock, and it should have sustained focus on capability enhancement, Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria told its commanders in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. In his speech at the Commanders' Conference at the South Western Air Command, Bhadauria exhorted the commanders to leverage modern methods in training in order to enhance the understanding and capabilities of the new generation air warriors. The two-day conference, which undertook an operational review of missions and tasks, ended on Wednesday. Interacting with air warriors and civilian employees, Bhadauria appreciated their immense contribution in operational deployments and disciplined approach towards mitigating the COVID-19 crisis, the IAF's statement noted.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 1212 | Recent | Natwar: India should have engaged with Taliban earlier | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. India should have publicly engaged with the Taliban before they took over Afghanistan, former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh said on Wednesday and favored establishing diplomatic ties if they function as a responsible government going forward in the war-torn country. Singh, who was the foreign minister in UPA-I and also served as India's Ambassador to Pakistan besides holding other senior diplomatic positions, said India should adopt a "wait and watch" approach for the time being but noted that the Taliban that has taken over seems to be a "better lot" than those that ruled there two decades earlier. In an interview with PTI, 92-year-old Singh said India was quite close to President Ashraf Ghani "who has run away" but the situation has "altered drastically" now. Though the situation is not "adversarial", even a semblance of friendship has disappeared and that is why the Indian government is "very careful", he added.
Kunwar Natwar Singh, IFS is an Indian politician, a former senior bureaucrat, a former Union cabinet minister, and a writer. Singh was selected into the Indian Foreign Service, one of the most competitive and prestigious government services, in 1953.
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| 1213 | Recent | SC allows women to take NDA entrance exam, asks UPSC to issue notification | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. In a major step towards gender equality, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed eligible women to take the examination for admission to National Defence Academy (NDA) scheduled to be held on September 5. The top court, however, said that the result of the examination would be subject to the final adjudication of the petition. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy passed the interim order on a plea filed by one Kush Kalra, which has sought a direction to the authorities concerned to allow eligible female candidates to appear in the ‘National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination' and train at the NDA. The bench also directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to take out an appropriate notification in view of its order and give due publicity to it.
To be eligible for the NDA exam, an ideal candidate's age must be between 16.5 years and 19.5 years and hence you are not eligible to apply for the exam. Only unmarried male candidates, not born earlier than July 2, 2002, and not later than July 1, 2005, are eligible to appear for NDA 1 exam.
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| 1214 | Recent | 'RA&W wins over Pakistan -- in the perception wars -- almost every year' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. None of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark's previous best-sellers on India and Pakistan -- Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy; The Meadow: Terrorism, Kidnapping, and Conspiracy in Paradise; The Siege: The Attack on the Taj and The Exile: The Stunning Inside Story of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight -- kicked up the kind of controversy which their latest book Spy Stories (Juggernaut) likely will. Levy and Scott-Clarke reveal the cloak-and-dagger, hall of mirrors world that is spying in India and Pakistan, involving India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing -- RA&W -- and Pakistan's Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI.
The Research and Analysis Wing is the foreign intelligence agency of India. The agency's primary function is gathering foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, and advancing India's foreign strategic interests.
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| 1215 | Recent | SC dismisses Maha govt plea challenging CBI probe against Deshmukh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2021 | Aug 18, 2021. The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of the Maharashtra government seeking to set aside two paragraphs related to transfer and posting of police officers, reinstatement of an officer from the Central Bureau of Investigation's FIR against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that it is not inclined to interfere with the July 22 order of the Bombay high court. The top court said that it cannot dilute the direction of a constitutional court ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation probe by drawing a line for the agency on which aspect the investigation should be done. “The CBI has to investigate all aspects of the allegations and we cannot limit them. This will be like denuding the powers of a constitutional court,” the bench said.
Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021.
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| 1216 | Recent | Assam relaxes curfew timings, allows inter-district movement of private vehicles | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. The Assam government on Tuesday issued a revised SOP, announcing relaxations in COVID-19 restrictions for both rural and urban areas from August 18. As per the new order, the night curfew will be in force from 7 pm to 5 am. Inter-district movement of private vehicles has been allowed across the state, except to and from Kamrup Metropolitan District.
A curfew is an order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply. Typically it is the time when individuals must stay indoors. Such an order may be issued by public authorities but also by the owner of a house to those living in the household.
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| 1217 | Recent | 4 killed as 2 trucks collide and catch fire in Rajasthan's Ajmer | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. Four people died as two trailer trucks caught fire after a collision on the National Highway-8 in Rajasthan's Ajmer on Tuesday, police said. The flames were reportedly about 30 feet high. Reports said one of the trucks crossed the divider and hit another one coming from the other side. Total five persons were on board in both the trucks.
Ajmer is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. South of the city's artificial Ana Sagar Lake is Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the domed shrine of the Muslim Sufi saint Garib Nawaz. Nearby, a 16th-century palace built by the Mughal emperor Akbar now houses the Ajmer Government Museum, displaying armor and stone sculptures. A museum at the Indo-Saracenic–style Mayo College exhibits art and taxidermied birds.
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| 1218 | Recent | India achieves highest single-day COVID vaccination record at 88.13 lakh doses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. India has achieved its highest single-day COVID-19 vaccination record after administering more than 88.13 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India's vaccination coverage crossed the 55-crore milestone yesterday. Cumulatively, 55,47,30,609 vaccine doses have been administered through 62,12,108 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
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| 1219 | Recent | IIT Delhi launches helplines to help Afghan students return to campus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. Amid the Afghanistan crisis, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Director V Ramgopal Rao said the institute is "doing everything possible" to help Afghan students return to the campus. It has launched helplines – +91-011 26591713, +91-9811091942, and intloff@admin.iitd.ac.in. "In this hour of crisis, IIT Delhi stands in solidarity with our students and alumni from Afghanistan," Rao added.
V. Ramgopal Rao is the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He was a P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and is now also the Director at IIT Delhi.
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| 1220 | Recent | Taliban will come and kill me: 1st female mayor of Afghanistan's Wardak province | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's youngest mayor and first female mayor of the Maidan Wardak province, has said, "I'm sitting here waiting for them (Taliban) to come...And they will come for people like me and kill me." "There is no one to help me or my family...I can't leave my family. And anyway, where would I go?" the 27-year-old added.
Zarifa Ghafari is an Afghan advocate, activist, politician, and entrepreneur. As of November 2019, she is the current mayor of Maidan Shahr, the capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Zarifa is one of the few Afghanistani female mayors, and also is the youngest to be appointed at the age of 26.
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| 1221 | Recent | Had to run or Taliban would've killed me: Afghan officer who took last flight to Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. A 41-year-old Afghan intelligence officer, who took the last commercial flight from Kabul to Delhi on August 15, said, "I had to run, else the Taliban would have killed me." "The Taliban [were]...catching us and killing us. They sent us notices, asking us to revolt against the government or die," Asif, who left behind his wife and eight-year-old son, added.
Syed Asif Ibrahim (born 28 September 1953) is an Indian diplomat and a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, the main internal intelligence agency of India. He held the position of director from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014. He was the first Muslim in India to hold this important position. He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre and belongs to its 1977 batch.
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| 1222 | Recent | Proud of how India have played first 2 Tests: Pujara after Lord's win | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug17, 2021. Talking about Team India's performance in the ongoing Test series against England, batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said the team is really proud of how they played in the first two Tests. "We had our chances in the first Test, but we won this [Lord's] one...it was a team effort, everyone contributed," he added. After winning Lord's Test, India leads five-match Test series 1-0.
Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test cricket for India and represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010.
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| 1223 | Recent | 2 arrested in ₹3.5 crore cryptocurrency cheating case in Bengaluru | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2021 | Aug 17, 2021. Two persons were arrested for allegedly cheating a Bengaluru-based businessman of ₹3.5 crores on the pretext of helping him invest in cryptocurrency. The prime accused in the case are absconding. The businessman had filed a complaint after the prime accused didn't buy any cryptocurrency from the amount and didn't return the money to the former either.
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. Cryptocurrencies are systems that allow for secure payments online which are denominated in terms of virtual "tokens."
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| 1224 | Recent | Need immediate end to violence in Afghanistan: India-chaired UNSC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. The UN Security Council members on Monday reaffirmed the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities and violence in Afghanistan and that for any acceptance and legitimacy, there needs to be a political settlement that fully respects the human rights of women, children, and minorities, India's Permanent Representative to the UN and President of the Security Council Ambassador T S Tirumurti said. Tirumurti said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' remarks to the briefing ‘were extremely important and that is something which the Council members need to take back.’ The Council members also reaffirmed the fact that ‘we need an immediate cessation of hostilities and violence. There was also a sentiment among the Council members that for acceptance and legitimacy there needs to be a political settlement that should fully respect the human rights of women, children, and minorities.
The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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| 1225 | Recent | Govt to take all steps for safety of Indians, and India's interests: MEA on Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. In its first reaction to the unfolding developments in Afghanistan, India on Monday said it is constantly monitoring the situation and will take all steps to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals as well as its interests in that country. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India is also in touch with representatives of the Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities in Afghanistan and will facilitate the repatriation of those who wish to leave that country. "The situation in Afghanistan is being monitored on a constant basis at high levels. The government will take all steps to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals and our interests in Afghanistan. Capping its month-long rapid advances, the Taliban took positions in Kabul on Sunday evening hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left for an unknown destination, paving the way for the takeover of the capital as well as the country.
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who was the 14th president of Afghanistan from September 2014 to August 2021 when he fled the country into exile. He was first elected on 20 September 2014 and was re-elected in the 28 September 2019 presidential election.
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| 1226 | Recent | Bring law to remove quota cap, Pawar tells Centre | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. Maintaining that the Constitution was bigger than any court judgment, NCP president Sharad Pawar on Monday asked the Centre to enact a law to remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent cap on reservations and allow states to exceed the existing quota limit. Pawar also said the use of force by marshals during a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha last week was an "attack" on parliamentarians and democracy and asserted that the Modi government fielding seven Union ministers before the media to justify its stand on the bedlam shows it was on a "weak wicket". Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Pawar said the Constitution was bigger than any judgment and asked the Modi government to bring a constitutional amendment to relax the 50 percent cap on reservations in jobs and education and allow states to exceed the existing quota limit.
Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician with over sixty years of public service. He holds a position of prominence in Indian politics as well as in the regional politics of Maharashtra.
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| 1227 | Recent | Sushmita Dev quits Congress, joins TMC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. Former Assam MP Sushmita Dev, shortly after quitting the Congress, joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on Monday, in the presence of the party's national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee. Dev had been serving as the national spokesperson of the Congress and its women's wing chief. Taking to Twitter, the TMC welcomed the former parliamentarian to its camp. "We warmly welcome the former President of All India Mahila Congress @sushmitadevinc to our Trinamool family! Inspired by @MamataOfficial, she joins us today in the presence of our National General Secretary @abhishekaitc & Parliamentary Party Leader, Rajya Sabha, @derekobrienmp," the TMC wrote on its official Twitter handle.
The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party that is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. Following the 2019 general election, it is currently the fourth-largest party in the Lok Sabha with 22 seats.
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| 1228 | Recent | India's high antibody count could mean less severe Covid 3rd wave | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. The fourth national serosurvey to test for Covid antibodies in people released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on July 20 said that two-thirds of India’s population had the antibodies, either due to past infection or vaccination during June-July - when the second wave had battered India. “Some states have a lower contribution to this calculation,” says Samiran Panda, head of epidemiology at the ICMR. “There is a tremendous amount of heterogeneity in states. A state where the second wave did not attain a big height can still face the third wave,” he adds. Eight states, for instance, have been seeing a higher R0, or reproduction number, which indicates the average number of new infections caused by one infected person. Of these, Himachal Pradesh, where tourists are thronging in large numbers, and Jammu and Kashmir have recorded the highest R0.
The Indian Council of Medical Research, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination, and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.
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| 1229 | Recent | AI cancels Kabul flight, diverts 2 US-Delhi flights | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. Air India canceled its Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight that was scheduled to operate on Monday to avoid Afghanistan airspace after it was declared "uncontrolled" by authorities at the Kabul airport, senior officials said. It was the only commercial flight scheduled to operate between India and Afghanistan on Monday, and Air India is the only carrier that has been operating flights between the two countries. Moreover, the carrier on Monday divested its two flights coming to Delhi from the US toward Sharjah in the UAE for the same reason, they said. The airline's San Francisco-Delhi flight, as well as the Chicago-Delhi flight, were diverted towards Sharjah on Monday.
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts. Kabul serves as its political, cultural, and economic center.
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| 1230 | Recent | War in Afghanistan is 'over', declares Taliban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar on Sunday said that the terror group's victory, which saw all of the country's major cities fall in a week, was unexpectedly swift and had no match in the world. In a short video message, he said the real test would begin now with meeting the expectations of the people and serving them by resolving their problems, Al Jazeera reported. Baradar's comments come hours after Taliban terrorists entered Kabul and wrested control over the capital of Afghanistan. They faced negligible resistance as Afghan forces surrendered and several government officials including President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Meanwhile, according to reports, the Taliban took over the state television station in Kabul, calling on citizens to remain calm.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar also called Mullah Baradar Akhund and Mullah Brother is a co-founder of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the incumbent President of Afghanistan. He was the deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar.
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| 1231 | Recent | Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed: Ashraf Ghani | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2021 | Aug 16, 2021. Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a "big human disaster" in the city of six million people, urging the Taliban to reveal their intentions and reassure the people who are unsure about their future after the insurgents took over the war-torn country. Taliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan's capital on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government, prompting president Ghani to join fellow citizens and foreigners to leave the country. Ghani in his first comments after he left Afghanistan said on Sunday he was faced with a "hard choice" between the "armed Taliban" who wanted to enter the Presidential Palace or "leaving the dear country that I dedicated my life to protecting the past 20 years".
Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country. At the crossroads of Central and South Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.
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| 1232 | Recent | Jasprit Bumrah bowls 13 no-balls in single innings, fans react | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 202l. India pacer Jasprit Bumrah bowled 13 no-balls in England's first innings in Lord's Test. His last over on the third day included four no-balls and it took him 15 minutes to complete the over. "Bumrah might break all the records of no-ball in cricket," a fan tweeted. "Bumrah and no-ball match made in heaven," joked another.
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is an Indian international cricketer, who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
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| 1233 | Recent | Mumbai local trains resume for fully-vaccinated general commuters after 4 months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. Mumbai local train services for fully-vaccinated general commuters resumed on Sunday, after a gap of four months. No incident of crowding was reported inside local trains and on suburban railway stations on both Central and Western railways, officials said. Nearly 1,20,000 monthly passes have been issued so far to people who've completed 14 days since receiving the second vaccine dose.
The COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States are highly effective at preventing severe disease and death, including against the Delta variant. But they are not 100% effective and some fully vaccinated people will become infected (called a breakthrough infection) and experience illness.
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| 1234 | Recent | IAF helicopters shower flower petals over Red Fort for first time on Independence Day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. For the first time, flower petals were showered at the Red Fort on Independence Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the National Flag. Two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters showered flower petals over the Red Fort. While the first chopper was controlled by Wing Commander Baldev Singh Bisht, the second helicopter was commanded by Wing Commander Nikhil Mehrotra.
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
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| 1235 | Recent | Indian food represents diversity, soul, fabric: Chef Vikas Khanna | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. Chef Vikas Khanna opened up about his connection with Indian food and shared, "Indian food gave me a voice...It represents our diversity, real soul, and fabric as a country." " He added, "Because of food, I [can] tell the...story of what this country is made of...I don't think anyone in our generation or the next generation can master Indian food."
Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker, and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of the Star Plus series MasterChef India. He is based in New York City.
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| 1236 | Recent | Man kills wife for putting 'too much' turmeric on him at wedding in Pune | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his 20-year-old wife after she put "too much" turmeric paste on him during a relative's wedding in Pune. The couple started fighting when the wife put turmeric on the accused and later he stabbed her with a screwdriver when they were sleeping, a police inspector said. The man's father was also arrested.
The application of Haldi ensures that you have radiant and glowing skin on your wedding day. It helps in removing dead skin cells only to reveal young and rejuvenated skin. Haldi is known to purify and cleanse the body of the couple entering into holy matrimony.
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| 1237 | Recent | Vinesh refutes 'negative behaviour' charge, admits she wore wrong Olympic outfit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug15, 2021. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was temporarily banned by the Wrestling Federation of India after the Olympics, has responded to the federation's charges and refuted all except one of them. She refuted the charge of displaying "negative behavior" with teammates but admitted to the error of wearing the wrong singlet/jersey. Phogat didn't wear the official Indian Olympic outfit during the competition.
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games. Phogat became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards in 2019.
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| 1238 | Recent | Cryptocurrency market's value rises above $2 trillion as Bitcoin gains | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. The total market value of cryptocurrencies has risen above $2 trillion again as Bitcoin continued to climb and cryptocurrencies like Cardano, XRP, Binance Coin, and Dogecoin also advanced. According to CoinGecko that tracks more than 8,800 coins, the cryptocurrency market's value rose to $2.06 trillion on Saturday. Bitcoin reached as high as $48,152, its highest level since May 16.
A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto is a binary data designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in a ledger existing in a form of a computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of additional coins, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership.
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| 1239 | Recent | Petrol, diesel prices remain unchanged for 29th straight day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged for the 29th consecutive day on Sunday, August 15, 2021, in most of the country. While petrol prices were reduced in Chennai on Saturday, they remained unchanged at ₹99.47 per litre on Sunday. Fuel prices remained unchanged in all other metros, with petrol costing ₹101.84 per litre in Delhi and diesel ₹89.87 per litre.
Diesel and Petrol are both produced from mineral oil, but the precise refining methods vary. Per litre, diesel contains more energy than petrol and the vehicle's engine combustion process is more efficient, adding up to higher fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions when using diesel.
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| 1240 | Recent | Kohli, Anderson's verbal fight on mic goes viral, Kohli says 'This isn't your backyard' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. During the first session of the fourth day of Lord's Test, England's 39-year-old fast bowler James Anderson was seen saying something to Team India captain Virat Kohli. "This isn’t your backyard," Kohli was heard saying on the stump mic. While Anderson was going towards his bowling mark, Kohli also said, "Chirp chirp chirp. This is what old age makes you do."
Anderson became the first cricketer to model naked for Attitude, "Britain's biggest-selling gay magazine", in September 2010. He stated "if there are any gay cricketers they should feel confident enough to come out because I don't think there is any homophobia in cricket.
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| 1241 | Recent | Pietersen sends Independence Day wishes to Indian fans through tweet in Hindi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/08/2021 | Aug 15, 2021. Former England captain Kevin Pietersen took to Twitter to wish his Indian fans on the occasion of 75th Independence Day in Hindi. "Happy 75th Independence Day of India. There have been many tragedies this year but we will come back stronger. I miss you all and can't wait to come back soon. Love KP," the translation of the tweet read.
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE is a South African cricket commentator, conservationist, and former England international player. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-spin bowler who played in all three formats for England between 2005 and 2014, which included a brief tenure as captain.
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| 1242 | Recent | 6 more bodies found, death toll in Himachal landslide rises to 23 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police said the death toll due to a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur rose to 23 as six more bodies were recovered on Saturday. On Wednesday, a landslide hit the district after which a state-run bus, a truck, and four cars were buried under the rubble. The rescue operation is being conducted by ITBP, NDRF, and other agencies.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police are India's primary border patrol organization for its border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
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| 1243 | Recent | Female CISF Sub-Inspector climbs Europe's highest peak, 1st CAPF personnel to do so | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. CISF Sub-Inspector Geeta Samota became the first Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel to scale Europe's highest peak Mount Elbrus in Russia, CISF said on Saturday. "Conquered Mount Elbrus, 5,642 meters/18,510 feet, the highest peak of Russia and of the European continent. Proud Indian and CISF girl" said 31-year-old Samota after the feat. She's posted in Mumbai airport's CISF Unit.
Geeta Samota joined CISF in 2011 and was in the unit in 2012. She has scaled Mt Satopanth (7075 meters; located in Uttarakhand) and Mt Lobuche (in Nepal). She was also a team member of the Mt Everest expedition team of the CAPF.
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| 1244 | Recent | I was sick of sitting at home during COVID-19 lockdown: Richa | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. Actress Richa Chadha has said she was "just hungry" to get back on set after the COVID-19 lockdown because it creates employment and she was sick of sitting at home. She added that an actor's motivation to sign a project can be different "depending on the state they are in their personal lives, headspace and careers".
Richa Chadda is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films, best known for her work in the Fukrey Series. After debuting in a small role in the comedy film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, she worked as a supporting actress in several films.
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| 1245 | Recent | There's a problem if a batter faces 50 balls in a T20I and team loses: Hafeez | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. Veteran Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez has said if "a batter faces 40-50 balls in T20I matches and the team doesn't win, there's a problem". "Any cricketer from any side, when he plays more balls, there is a greater responsibility on him to win games for the team," he added. "In T20 cricket, intent plays the most important role," he further said.
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani international cricketer. Hafeez is a versatile batsman who can bat anywhere in the top 6 and form part of the bowling attack.
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| 1246 | Recent | 16-year-old boy allegedly beats his father to death in Pune; held | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. A 16-year-old boy has been detained on the charge of beating his 43-year-old alcoholic father to death with an iron rod in Pune. Police said the teen was subject to verbal and physical abuse by his father, who was a dairy farmer, which drove him to this act on Tuesday. The suspect has reportedly been sent to a children's home.
Alcoholism is the inability to control drinking due to both a physical and emotional dependence on alcohol. Symptoms include repeated alcohol consumption despite related legal and health issues. Those with alcoholism may begin each day with a drink, feel guilty about their drinking and have the desire to cut down on the amount of drinking.
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| 1247 | Recent | Govt releases list of single-use plastic items that will be banned from July 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. The Centre has said that single-use plastic items, including earbuds with plastic sticks, balloons' plastic sticks, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, and thermocouples for decoration will be banned from July 2022. Plastic plates, cups, cutlery, straw, trays, wrapping films around sweet boxes, invitation cards and cigarette packets, PVC banners less than 100 microns will also be banned.
The most common single-use plastics found are carrying bags, plastic drinking bottles, plastic bottle caps, food wrappers, plastic grocery bags, plastic sachets, plastic wrappers for consumer goods, multi-layer packaging used for food packing.
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| 1248 | Recent | Which nations share their Independence Day with India? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. Countries including Bahrain, North Korea, South Korea, the Republic of the Congo, and Liechtenstein share their Independence Day with India. However, Bahrain does not celebrate its Independence Day on August 15 and instead celebrates December 16 as National Day. India will celebrate its 75th Independence Day this year.
Independence Day is significant as it commemorates the valor and spirit of the freedom fighters who fought for the independence of the nation from British rule. The day is recognized as that of national pride and honour, with Prime Ministers hoisting the flag and addressing the country from the Red Fort every year.
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| 1249 | Recent | Farmers in Haryana conduct tractor parade rehearsal ahead of I-Day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. A day before the proposed 'tractor parade' on Independence Day, farmers protesting against Centre's three farm laws conducted a rehearsal in Haryana's Jind on Saturday. A farmer told ANI that around 5,000 vehicles and 20,000 farmers will take part in the parade. "Women are leading this protest. We want to show the government that we're not broken," another farmer said.
Farmers are the backbone of society. Almost all the food items taken by us are produced by the farmers. Hence, the whole population of the country depends upon the farmers. An economy can thrive because of the tireless work of the farmers.
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| 1250 | Recent | PMC removes unauthorised constructions on hilltop slope at Bibvewadi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2021 | Aug 14, 2021. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) took action against unauthorized constructions on the hilltop slope at Bibvewadi on Friday. In this drive, the action was taken against 16 trade godowns at Bibvewadi, and encroachment of about 50,000 square feet was cleared. The anti-encroachment team which took action included Executive Engineer Harshda Shinde, Deputy Engineer Ramesh Kakade, and Ranjit Mutkuthe.
The Pune Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune, India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis, which is spread over an area of 484.61 sq. km. and has 3.4 million residents.
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| 1251 | Recent | India attends Afghan meet as Taliban march continues | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. India on Thursday joined a regional conclave hosted by Qatar to discuss ways to contain the escalating situation in Afghanistan in the backdrop of the Taliban's continued offensive across the country. J P Singh, the Joint Secretary in the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), represented India at the meeting, officials said. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said several important stakeholders in Afghanistan attended the meeting. The invitation for the meeting to India was extended by the Qatari special envoy for conflict resolution Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani during his visit to the national capital last week.
Qatar is a peninsular Arab country whose terrain comprises an arid desert and a long Persian (Arab) Gulf shoreline of beaches and dunes. Also on the coast is the capital, Doha, known for its futuristic skyscrapers and other ultramodern architecture inspired by ancient Islamic design, such as the limestone Museum of Islamic Art. The museum sits on the city’s Corniche waterfront promenade.
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| 1252 | Recent | US to send 3000 troops to help evacuate embassy staff in Kabul | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. The Biden administration is deploying several thousands of its troops to the Kabul airport to support the orderly and safe reduction of civilian personnel mainly from its embassy, officials at the Pentagon and the State Department said Thursday. "We are further reducing our civilian footprint in Kabul in light of the evolving security situation. We expect to draw down to a core diplomatic presence in Afghanistan in the coming weeks. In order to facilitate this reduction, the Department of Defense will temporarily deploy additional personnel to Hamid Karzai International Airport," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday spoke over phone with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to coordinate the planning, he said.
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts.
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| 1253 | Recent | Mumbai reports 1st death due to Delta Plus variant | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. Mumbai has recorded its first death due to the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus with a 63-year-old fully vaccinated woman succumbing to it in July, a civic official has said. Following her death, at least two of her close contacts have also been found infected with the Delta Plus variant, which is considered highly infectious, he said. It is the second death due to this variant in the state as it had claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri district on June 13. That woman had not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine. In the latest case, the woman, a resident of the eastern Mumbai suburb of Ghatkopar died on July 27 while undergoing treatment in a hospital ICU.
Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it's India's largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city's also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.
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| 1254 | Recent | Twitter biased, interfering in India's political process: Rahul | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the country's political process by blocking his account. In a strong attack, Gandhi said Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the country. The former Congress chief asked whether Indians should allow companies just because they are beholden to the Government of India to define our politics. "It's obvious now that Twitter is actually not a neutral, objective platform. It is a biased platform. It's something that listens to what the government of the day says," he charged in a video message on YouTube.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the President of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 1255 | Recent | 'Indian democracy faces an unprecedented challenge' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. "India is a thriving democracy when it comes to elections and the peaceful transition of power, but a diminishing democracy when it comes to other institutions and freedoms, notes the distinguished political scientist Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University whose forthcoming book is titled Ideology and Organization in Indian Politics: Growing Polarization and the Decline of the Congress Party (2009-2019). Indian democracy and its institutional structures face an unprecedented challenge. India is a thriving democracy when it comes to elections and the peaceful transition of power, but a diminishing democracy when it comes to other institutions and freedoms.
Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing officials or to deliberate and decide legislation via a system of voting.
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| 1256 | Recent | Decide on MLCs in reasonable time: HC to Maha guv | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. The Bombay High Court on Friday said the Maharashtra Governor has a "constitutional obligation" to either accept or reject "within a reasonable time" the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs). Eight months had passed since the cabinet sent the list of persons for nomination to the Upper House to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and this was "reasonable time", a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said. It would be "eminently desirable" if the governor discharged his obligation without much delay as seats in the Legislative Council cannot be kept vacant indefinitely, the court added. Though a governor is not answerable to the court, "We express our hope and trust that the Constitutional obligation is fulfilled and things will be set right at an early date," the judges said.
The High Court of Bombay, also known as the Mumbai High Court, is the high court of the Indian states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is one of the oldest high courts in India. It is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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| 1257 | Recent | Can't detain under NSA for cow slaughter: Allahabad HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of three men under the stringent National Security Act for cow slaughter, saying the issue may be a matter of law and order but not public order. Hearing habeas corpus petitions, the Lucknow Bench of the HC said the accused were detained for a solitary case with no evidence to show that they will commit the crime again on being released. The petitions were moved against the detention of Pervez, Irfan, and Rahmatullah, who were arrested last year on the charge of cow slaughter. Later, the authorities slapped against them the stringent National Security Act (NSA), which allows preventive detention for up to 12 months without a charge if the authorities are satisfied that the person is a threat to national security or law and order.
The National Security Agency is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence.
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| 1258 | Recent | 12 nations including India won't recognise Taliban govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/08/2021 | Aug 13, 2021. Twelve nations, including the United States, India, and China, along with representatives of the United Nations and European Union have decided that they would not recognize any government in Afghanistan that seeks to take control through the barrel of a gun, the State Department has said, amid the continued Taliban offensive across the war-torn country. Representatives from the United States and Qatar, the UN, China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the EU, Germany, India, Norway, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan joined a regional conclave on Thursday to discuss ways to contain the escalating security situation in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.
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| 1259 | Recent | If lobbying & lawyers could get you to orbit, Bezos would be on Pluto: Musk | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mocked Blue Origin's founder, Jeff Bezos, by tweeting, "If lobbying & lawyers could get you to orbit, Bezos would be on Pluto rn (right now)." Musk was responding to a tweet that said, "If Blue Origin spent as much time on *actual* rocket science as they do protesting NASA's HLS decision, New Glenn would've reached orbit."
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
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| 1260 | Recent | Pakistan Navy left with only two submarines on active duty: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. The Pakistan Navy is left with only two submarines on active duty, Times Now exclusively reported. Three of the five Agosta class submarines that Pakistan has are either being upgraded or have defects, making them unfit for the sea, it added. Besides submarines, three major surface warships have varying difficulties, Times Now reported.
The Pakistan Navy is a volunteer force that has been in conflict with neighboring India twice on its sea borders and has been repeatedly deployed in the Indian Ocean to act as a military advisor to Gulf Arab states and other friendly nations during the events of multinational conflict as part of its commitment to the United Nations. The Navy has several components including the Naval Aviation, Marines, and the Maritime Security Agency.
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| 1261 | Recent | Royal Enfield CEO Vinod Dasari resigns | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. Eicher Motors said Royal Enfield CEO Vinod Dasari has resigned from his position, with effect from August 13. Dasari has also resigned as Executive Director of the Board of Eicher Motors. "He recently set up and inaugurated...not-for-profit hospital in Chennai and intends to commit his time towards the cause of building affordable and accessible healthcare facilities," Eicher Motors said.
Mr.Vinod K Dasari is amongst the top few CEOs in India with a proven track record of managing complex businesses globally. Before joining Royal Enfield, he held the position of Managing Director & CEO, Ashok Leyland since 2011. He joined Ashok Leyland in 2005 as the Chief Operating Officer.
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| 1262 | Recent | Vidya doesn't want to be made slimmer for pictures: Dabboo Ratnani | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. Celebrity photographer Dabboo Ratnani said that actress Vidya Balan has asked photographers and magazines to refrain from re-touching her pictures. He added, "[Vidya] is comfortable in her own skin, and doesn't want to be made slimmer for pictures." "She tells the editorial team that the photos should only be color-corrected and shared, without any re-touching," he said.
Vidya Balan is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards.
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| 1263 | Recent | US, India, Brazil reported most number of COVID-19 cases last week: WHO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the US, India, Iran, Brazil, and Indonesia reported the most number of COVID-19 cases last week. While India, Brazil, and Indonesia witnessed a decline in infections from the previous week, the US recorded a 35% increase in new infections. The Delta variant was reported from seven additional countries last week, the WHO report said.
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency's governing structure and principles, states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health".
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| 1264 | Recent | Death toll in Himachal landslide rises to 14 as 4 more bodies found | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. The death toll in the landslide incident in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district rose to 14 after four more bodies were found from the debris on Thursday, Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq told PTI. Several people are still feared buried under the rubble. At least five vehicles, including two buses, were buried in the landslide on Wednesday.
Abid Hussain Sadiq IAS officer Himachal Pradesh 2014 batch, who is presently posted as Assistant Commissioner Kangra district, Government of Himachal Pradesh has been transferred as Special Secretary Finance Government of Himachal Pradesh.
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| 1265 | Recent | Manpreet Singh shares pic of his mother wearing his Olympic bronze medal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh took to Twitter to share a picture of his mother wearing his Olympic bronze medal. He wrote, "Just seeing her smile and knowing how proud she is of me brings a smile to my face too...won’t be here today without her." Manpreet led the team to their first Olympic medal in 41 years.
Manpreet Singh Sandhu is an Indian field hockey player and the captain of Indian men's national field hockey team since May 2017. He led the Indian field hockey team to the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He plays as a halfback He first played for India in 2011 at the age of 19.
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| 1266 | Recent | Pune police urge Ganesh Mandal members to follow COVID rules during festival | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. Officers of Pune City Police held a meeting with representatives of prominent Ganesh Mandals in the city and urged them to follow COVID-19 guidelines while celebrating the Ganesh festival next week. Police asked representatives to make online arrangements for devotees and ensure the festival is celebrated without crowding. They also asked them to follow COVID-19 norms during Ganesh idol immersion.
Ganesha also spelled Ganesh, also called Ganapati, elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, who is traditionally worshipped before any major enterprise and is the patron of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors. Like a rat and like an elephant, Ganesha is a remover of obstacles.
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| 1267 | Recent | Woman cheated of ₹4.78 lakh by fraudsters posing as Armymen in Chinchwad | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. A 28-year-old woman, who had posted an online advertisement for renting out her property, was cheated of ₹4.78 lakh by fraudsters who posed as Army personnel. An FIR has been registered at Chinchwad Police Station. The woman was approached by two persons who identified themselves as Army personnel and shared their Army credentials which later turned out to be fake.
Army men, or plastic soldiers, are toy soldiers that are about 5 cm tall and most commonly molded from olive green, relatively unbreakable plastic. Unlike the more expensive toy soldiers available in hobby shops, army men are sold at low prices in discount stores and supermarkets in bulk packaging.
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| 1268 | Recent | Pune Airport may not operate night flights even after Oct due to repair work | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. The re-carpeting work on the runway at Pune International Airport is expected to continue beyond its October deadline. The airport isn't operating flights between 8 pm and 8 am due to this and the curbs are likely to continue. "Our effort is to complete it in a time-bound banner, but situations do arise because of the COVID-19 pandemic," an official said.
Pune Airport is located approximately 10 km northeast of the historic center of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. The airport is a civil enclave operated by the Airports Authority of India at the western side of Lohagaon Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.
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| 1269 | Recent | Bengaluru BJP MLA Satish Reddy's cars set on fire at 1:30 am | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. Two cars belonging to Satish Reddy, BJP MLA from Bengaluru's Bommanahalli, were set on fire at around 1:30 am on Thursday. "CCTV footage shows a group of men pouring fuel they had carried in cans on the vehicles, lighting them, and then fleeing from the spot," a senior police official who visited the spot said.
M. Satish Reddy is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Reddy is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bommanahalli constituency in the Bangalore Urban district.
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| 1270 | Recent | Telangana HC stops govt from cutting 1,300 trees in Hyd's KBR Park | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug12, 2021. Telangana HC on Wednesday stopped the state government from cutting any of the nearly 1,300 trees in KBR National Park, Hyderabad, until further orders. A PIL accused the government of endangering green space for Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP), aimed at reducing traffic congestion by building highways. Further, HC also sought a detailed affidavit on the number of trees cut.
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park is a national park located in Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The park has an approximate area of 390-acre.
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| 1271 | Recent | Nothing I say will do justice: Janhvi as Gunjan Saxena completes 1 yr | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/08/2021 | Aug 12, 2021. As Janhvi Kapoor's named Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl,' which is a biopic on former IAF pilot Gunjan Saxena, completed one year today, Janhvi took to Instagram to share a post for the film. She wrote, "Nothing I...say will do...justice to what this journey has meant to me...I could have never... dreaming of a creative process that felt so...enriching."
She is often referred to as the “Kargil Girl.” After her tenure as a short service commissioned officer, now, she is a homemaker, married to an IAF officer, and lives with her family in Jamnagar (a city in Gujarat).
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| 1272 | Recent | RS adjourned sine die; Goyal says punish erring MPs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday evening, two days ahead of the scheduled end of the Monsoon session, after the passage of four bills including on the OBC list and state-run insurance companies. Union Minister and Leader of the House Piyush Goyal, while thanking the members who participated in the debate and helped in the passage of various bills, demanded strict action against the opposition MPs who created ruckus in the Upper House. He demanded that a high-level committee be formed to look into the behavior of members who hurt the security staff and tarnished the reputation of the august house.
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
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| 1273 | Recent | BJP leader gets bail in Jantar Mantar communal slogans case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, arrested in connection with the communal slogans allegedly raised during a protest at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Metropolitan magistrate Udbhav Kumar Jain granted relief to Upadhyay, who is an advocate, on a bond of Rs 50,000. The accused was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday by a court in Delhi, considering that his bail application was pending. A video showing anti-Muslim slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar was widely circulated on social media, following which the Delhi police registered a case in connection with the matter on Monday.
Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. “Jantar Mantar” literally means “instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens”. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments.
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| 1274 | Recent | SC wants consumer forum vacancies filled in 8 weeks | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed displeasure against the Centre for not filling up the vacancies in National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) despite making a commitment, saying "you should not raise hopes when you cannot fulfill the aspirations." The top court also directed the states and Union Territories to fill all the vacancies within eight weeks. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy also gave eight weeks Centre to fill up the remaining three vacancies after noting that the government has filled only four vacancies. The top court was hearing a suo motu case on the inaction of the Governments in appointing the President and Members/Staff of Districts and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and inadequate infrastructure across India.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of India is a quasi-judicial commission in India that was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Its head office is in New Delhi. The commission is headed by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
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| 1275 | Recent | No priority in giving hearing to senior lawyers: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. The Supreme Court Wednesday said the new system of mentioning cases for urgent hearing before apex court officials instead of its benches directly have been put in place to ensure that senior lawyers are not given “special priority” over their junior colleagues. ”We do not want to give any special priority to the senior lawyers and deprive the junior lawyers of their opportunities. So this system was made, where all can make the mention before the mentioning Registrar," a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said when lawyer Prashant Bhushan raised the issue. Bhushan, who was appearing on behalf of NGO Common Cause in connection with a PIL related to a coal scam, said matters keep ”languishing” for months despite being mentioned before the officers for urgent listing before benches.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India. Previously, he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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| 1276 | Recent | Remains of Delhi rape victim cremated: Police | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. The cremation of the remaining human tissue and feet of the Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal area, was conducted on Wednesday by her parents, police said. The girl died under suspicious circumstances on August 1 even as her parents alleged that she was raped and forcibly cremated by a crematorium's priest. "The girl's parents received her mortal remains from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. They performed the cremation at Old Nangal crematorium in the presence of 15 to 20 people known to them," Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said.
Dalit is a name for people belonging to the lowest caste in India, characterized as "untouchable". Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama.
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| 1277 | Recent | Govt, Oppn join hands to pass state OBC bill in RS too | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. The Parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill to restore the power of states and union territories to prepare and maintain their own list of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs). The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in Rajya Sabha amid demand from opposition parties for caste census and raising the cap on reservation above 50 per cent. The bill was unanimously passed by Lok Sabha on Tuesday following a division. Participating in the debate on the bill, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said it should have a provision that states can give reservations above the cap of 50 percent.
In order to qualify as an OBC non-creamy layer candidate, the applicant's parents' annual income should be less than Rs. 8 lakhs. Salary and agricultural income are not to be considered as income for calculating annual income for creamy layer status.
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| 1278 | Recent | 'None can force me to say Jai Shri Ram' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. Anmol Pritam, a reporter from National Dastak, was hounded (external link) by a crowd after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' when he had gone to cover the 'Bharat Jodo Movement' organized by former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday. The protestors were demanding an end to 'colonial era laws' and the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code. At the same protest, anti-Muslim slogans were allegedly raised, following which the Delhi police arrested six people, including Upadhyay.
A civil court is a government institution that settles disputes between two or more entities, typically in the same courthouse that also tries criminal cases. Sometimes, the same action (such as assault) will be tried both in civil and criminal court. Civil court cases may involve any combination of private citizens, businesses, government institutions, or other parties.
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| 1279 | Recent | Lok Sabha functioned only 21 hours, productivity at 22%: Speaker | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday expressed pain that the House did not run smoothly during the monsoon session. Addressing the media after the House was adjourned sine die (for an indefinite period), he said members holding placards, raising slogans in the Well of Lok Sabha were not in accordance with its traditions. Lok Sabha functioned only 21 hours during the entire Monsoon session and its productivity was at 22 percent, Birla said. Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, bringing an end to the stormy monsoon session which was scheduled to conclude on August 13.
Om Birla is an Indian politician who is the 17th and current Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He serves as a Member of Parliament for the Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan. Prior to Parliament, he was elected thrice to the assembly of Rajasthan. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 1280 | Recent | 9 properties of Kashmiri Pandits restored to owners: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/08/2021 | Aug 11, 2021. The government is taking steps to restore ancestral properties of Kashmiri Hindu migrants who had to run away from Kashmir in the wake of terrorist violence there and so far nine properties have been given back to the rightful and original owners, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said under the Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection, and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, District Magistrates of concerned districts in Jammu and Kashmir are the legal custodians of the immovable properties of the migrants, who take suo motto action on eviction proceedings in cases of encroachment, while the migrants can also request DMs in such cases.
Kashmiris, also known as Koshurs, are first-language speakers of the Kashmiri language living mostly, but not exclusively, in the Kashmir Valley in the portion of the disputed Kashmir region administered by India.
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| 1281 | Recent | Banks to pay fines if ATMs run out of cash from October 1: RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. The RBI today said that from October 1, 2021, it'll impose penalties on banks and White Label ATM Operators if ATMs run out of cash."Cash-out at any ATM of more than ten hours in a month will attract a penalty of ₹10,000 per ATM," RBI said. In the case of White Label ATMs, the penalty would be charged to the bank.
The Reserve Bank of India is India's central bank and regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for the issue and supply of the Indian rupee and the regulation of the Indian banking system.
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| 1282 | Recent | Kerala reported over 50% of India's total COVID-19 cases in past 7 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. The Centre on Tuesday said Kerala reported over half of the total COVID-19 cases recorded in India in the past seven days. An official said 37 districts across nine states, including Kerala (11) and Tamil Nadu (seven), we're showing a rising trend in daily new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. Kerala on Tuesday reported 21,119 new COVID-19 cases.
Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee, and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys, and tigers.
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| 1283 | Recent | Getting depressed: Disabled chess player urges Punjab govt to provide coach | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. A national-level disabled chess player from Punjab has urged the state government to provide her with a coach and government job. Tweeting her request to Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and state sports minister, Malika Handa wrote, "Why [is] Punjab Govt ignoring me?... I'm getting depressed day by day." Handa bagged a gold medal at the World Deaf Chess Championship.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Nisith Pramanik, and Olympic legends cheered for India at the Olympic Opening Ceremony screening event organized by SAI, M/o Youth Affairs, and Sports at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium today.
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| 1284 | Recent | Change my name if India don't open with Rohit, Rahul in 2nd Test Aakash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. On being asked whether India should continue with Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul as openers in the second Test against England, commentator Aakash Chopra said, "One hundred percent. You can change my name if they don't do that." "Even if Mayank Agarwal is fit...how will you replace Rahul...Mayank is not coming with continuous hundreds behind him," he added.
Aakash Chopra is one of the most active cricket experts on social media. Over the last few years, Aakash Chopra has slowly emerged as one of the top broadcasters in the Indian cricket media industry. He has done several commentary gigs, runs a successful YouTube channel, and has one of the most active social media profiles. He has received some hate at times from social media, like many celebrities do, but has always given a response in a nice and humble way.
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| 1285 | Recent | Google employees working from home permanently may see pay cuts: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. Google employees based in the same office before the COVID-19 pandemic could see different pays if they switch to permanent work from home, Reuters reported, citing the company's pay calculator. Reuters said that interviews with Google employees indicate pay cuts as high as 25% in the US. "Our compensation packages have always been determined by location," a Google spokesperson said.
Google is a firm believer in the notion that happier employees are more productive and creative. Therefore, Google strives to create an environment where employees are free to express their creativity, whether by offering new solutions for the same problems or simply in the way they work.
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| 1286 | Recent | Subedar Neeraj Chopra meets CDS and Army Chief; Army shares pics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who bagged a gold medal at the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, met Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane on Tuesday. The Army shared pictures of both his meetings. Rawat complimented Chopra for his performance while Naravane congratulated his family members. Notably, Chopra is a Subedar with 4 Rajputana Rifles.
Rawat had visited Nepal twice when he was the chief of the Indian Army. Indian Army chief General M M Naravane had visited Nepal in November last year.
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| 1287 | Recent | Vinesh suspended for behaviour at Olympics, refused to train with teammates: Reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. Wrestling Federation of India on Tuesday "temporarily suspended" wrestler Vinesh Phogat for indiscipline at Tokyo Olympics, reported PTI. Vinesh, who had traveled to Tokyo from Hungary, had refused to stay at the Games Village and train with the other Indian team members, as per the report. She also didn't wear the name of the official sponsors of the Indian contingent.
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games. Phogat became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards in 2019.
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| 1288 | Recent | 25 Myanmar medics killed in attacks by military since coup: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. At least 252 attacks and threats were carried out against health workers in Myanmar by the military since the coup in February, a report by rights groups said. At least 25 medics were killed in the attacks, they added. Over 190 health workers were arrested and 86 raids were carried out on hospitals during the same period, they further said.
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia. It neighbors Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China, and India. It has a population of about 54 million, most of whom are Burmese speakers, although other languages are also spoken. The biggest city is Yangon (Rangoon), but the capital is Nay Pyi Taw. The main religion is Buddhism. There are many ethnic groups in the country, including Rohingya Muslims.
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| 1289 | Recent | China reports highest one-day jump in local COVID cases since July | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. China on Tuesday reported 108 new domestic coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day jump in cases since the current outbreak began in July, the National Health Commission said. China also reported 35 imported cases and 38 asymptomatic infections during the same period, it added. China's latest outbreak is mainly driven by the Delta variant, officials said.
China has been one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies since former leader Deng Xiaoping installed reforms in 1978. A single-party socialist state, China has since moved from being a centrally planned to a market-based economy. China’s economy is the world’s second-largest, trailing only the United States.
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| 1290 | Recent | Zomato's consolidated net loss widens to ₹356 crore in June quarter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. Zomato has reported a consolidated net loss of ₹356 crores for the quarter ended June as against ₹99.8 crores in the year-ago period. In the first quarterly results since listing last month, Zomato said total revenue from operations in the quarter jumped to ₹844.4 crore and total expenses increased to ₹1,259.7 crores. Zomato ended 4.29% lower at ₹125 on Tuesday.
Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company founded by Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah, and Gunjan Patidar in 2008. Zomato provides information, menus, and user reviews of restaurants as well as food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities.
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| 1291 | Recent | Second-largest carmaker Volkswagen calls for lower import tax on EVs in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. World's second-largest carmaker Volkswagen has joined Tesla in calling for lower import duties on electric cars in India. "Cutting duties on electric vehicles (EVs) even to 25%, from current levels as high as 100%, would not pose a "big threat" to domestic players," Skoda Auto Volkswagen India head Gurpratap Boparai told Reuters. "It would help to drive investments," he added.
Volkswagen was established in 1937 by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) in Berlin. In the early 1930s, cars were a luxury – most Germans could afford nothing more elaborate than a motorcycle, and only one German out of 50 owned a car.
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| 1292 | Recent | 2,000 Assam milkmen donate ₹1 lakh to school facing financial crisis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2021 | Aug 10, 2021. Nearly 2,000 milkmen of the Sitajakhala Milk Cooperative Society in Assam donated ₹1 lakh to a school undergoing financial crisis to run classes for Class 11 and 12. "The Cooperative Society has declared a financial aid of ₹1 lakh every year to the higher secondary section of the school till it is provincialized by the government," said a senior official.
A cooperative society is a voluntary association of individuals having common needs who join hands for the achievement of common economic interests. Its aim is to serve the interest of the poorer sections of society through the principle of self-help and mutual help. Cooperative Societies Act is a Central Act.
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| 1293 | Recent | Taliban captures Afghanistan's third provincial capital | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's third provincial capital Kunduz in the last three days but fierce fighting is still underway in the city, the terror group said on Sunday. The terror group captured the police headquarters, the governor's compound, and the prison in the city, Al Jazeera reported quoting the Taliban. Earlier, the Taliban took control over Jawzjan province's capital Sheberghan and Nimroz province's capital Zaranj. The terror group's aggressive offensive has killed many government forces and innocent civilians. Multiple reports have claimed that the group has been looting innocent civilians after capturing multiple areas.
Aybak sits on the main highway that connects Kabul, the country's capital, to Afghanistan's northern provinces. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts.
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| 1294 | Recent | India's frontline tanks display firepower in Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. More than a year after the Indian Army started deploying its tanks in a massive way in eastern Ladakh, the armored regiments have evolved their standard operating procedures to use their machines more effectively at altitudes ranging from 14,000 feet to 17,000 feet in the area. The Indian Army started bringing the T-90 Bhishma and T-72 Ajay tanks along with the BMP series Infantry Combat Vehicles from the deserts and plains in a big way to these high altitude locations from last year with the beginning of the Operation Snow Leopard to counter the Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh last summer. "We have already spent a year in the eastern Ladakh at these heights experiencing temperatures up to -45 degrees. We have evolved our SOPs to operate the tanks in these temperatures and harsh terrain.
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
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| 1295 | Recent | 4 Hindu temples vandalised in Bangladesh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. Miscreants attacked at least four Hindu temples, some shops, and households belonging to the minority community in Bangladesh's Khulna district, prompting police to arrest ten people and beef up security in the area, according to a media report. The incident took place on Saturday in Shiali village in Rupsha Upazila following a heated altercation between Hindu and Muslim residents on Friday night, the Dhaka Tribune reported. According to local residents and victims, the miscreants first attacked the Shiali Mahasmashan temple. They vandalized the idols in the temple and the crematorium. From there, they went to the Shiali Purbapara area, where they vandalized the idols of Hindu gods and goddesses in Hari Mandir, Durga Mandir, and the Govinda Mandir.
Bangladesh, to the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many waterways. Its Padma (Ganges), Meghna, and Jamuna rivers create fertile plains, and travel by boat is common. On the southern coast, the Sundarbans, an enormous mangrove forest shared with Eastern India, is home to the royal Bengal tiger.
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| 1296 | Recent | Cong questions PM's 'silence' on Dalit girl rape case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. The Congress on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his "silence" on the alleged rape and murder of the nine-year-old Dalit girl in Delhi and provide speedy justice to her family. The opposition party also alleged that Twitter acted in haste due to "pressure" from the Indian government and was "selective" in removing Rahul Gandhi's tweet and "suspending" his account for putting up pictures of the victim's family as no action was taken against some other handles which carried the same pictures. "This is a step taken in haste. We are highly engaged with what has happened. It is highly selective. Somebody who stands with the family seeking justice, you drop his tweet and block his Twitter account," she said. Addressing a joint press conference, Shrine and Ragini Nayak accused the government of not providing succor and support to the victim's family.
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code defines rape as "sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by coercion, misrepresentation or fraud or at a time when she has been intoxicated or duped or is of unsound mental health and in any case if she is under 18 years of age."
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| 1297 | Recent | Govt introduces bill in LS to restore states' rights on OBC list | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar introduced the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The bill seeks to restore the states' power to make their own OBC lists. In the statement of objects and reasons, Kumar said in order to adequately clarify that the states and Union territories are empowered to prepare and maintain their own list of SEBCs (Socially and Educationally Backward Classes) and with a view to maintain the federal structure of this country, there is a need to amend Article 342A and make consequential amendments in articles 338B and 366 of the Constitution.
Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes that are educationally or socially disadvantaged. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with General Class, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).
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| 1298 | Recent | Foreign nationals now eligible for Covid vaccination in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. To ensure safety from COVID-19, the Union health ministry has taken a decision to allow foreign nationals residing in India to register on the Cowin portal and get vaccinated against the disease. They can use their passport as an identity document for the purpose of registration on the Cowin portal, the health ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, a significant number of foreign nationals are living in India, especially in large metropolitan areas. In these areas, the potential of the spread of COVID-19 is high due to higher population density. To counter any possibility of such occurrence, it is important to vaccinate all eligible persons.
CoWIN is an Indian government web portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration, owned and operated by India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It displays booking slots of COVID-19 vaccine available in the nearby areas and can be booked on the website.
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| 1299 | Recent | PM transfers Rs 19,500 cr to nearly 10 cr farmers under PM-KISAN | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/08/2021 | Aug 9, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiary farmers under the flagship scheme PM-KISAN and said the government is taking several steps to double the income of the farming community. Under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, the Centre provides an annual financial benefit of Rs 6,000 to eligible beneficiary farmers in three equal four-monthly installments of Rs 2,000 each. The scheme was announced by the government in February 2019 in the Budget. The first installment was released for December 2018-March 2019 period. The fund is transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. On Monday, the prime minister virtually released the ninth installment for the beneficiaries. With this, the government has so far transferred around Rs 1.57 lakh crore to farmer families.
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock.
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| 1300 | Recent | Delhi schools to partially open for students of classes 10, 12 from tomorrow | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Schools in Delhi will partially open for students of classes 10 and 12 from Monday (August 9), the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) said on Sunday. "Students can visit their schools for admission-related work including counseling guidance and practical activities related to board exams," said the DDMA. Educational institutions have been shut in Delhi since March 2020.
District New Delhi lies in the heart of the capital city of India. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is created under Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 by the Parliament of India. The same has been notified by L.G. under F. DRM/ADM (HQ)/DM/Rules/2006(i). DDMA, New Delhi, is the apex planning body responsible for disaster risk reduction initiatives in the district.
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| 1301 | Recent | In pics: Tokyo 2020 Olympics closing ceremony | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics closing ceremony took place today. For the first time in history, a men's and women's victory ceremony took place together at a Summer Olympic Games, with the medallists of the marathon being presented with their medals. The closing ceremony also featured live celebrations from the next host city Paris. The ceremony ended with the Olympic flame being extinguished.
Tokyo Olympics 2020 has been our best performance so far but looking to size of our country & population of 135 crores, we cannot be satisfied or very happy and should start working for next Olympics right now. We claim to have the highest youth population in the world. Our future achievements should have some relation to them. The government of India & the Public should get serious about sports.
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| 1302 | Recent | Olympian Dhanalakshmi learns about sister's death after return to TN; breaks down | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Dhanalakshmi Sekar, who was part of the 4x400m mixed relay at the Tokyo Olympics, broke down on the road after learning about her sister's death on her return to Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli. She wasn't informed that her sister died of illness nearly a month ago. Dhanalakshmi's mother reportedly decided not to inform the sprinter as she was headed for Tokyo.
Dhanalakshmi Sekar is an Indian athlete from Tamil Nadu. She rose to the limelight after beating veteran Indian sprinters Dutee Chand and Hima Das in the 200m event at the 2021 Federation Cup. She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing India at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| 1303 | Recent | 21-yr-old Mumbai girl drowns in Ganga in Haridwar, body recovered | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. The body of a 21-year-old medical student from Mumbai who had drowned in the Ganga river in Haridwar this week was brought to her residence on Sunday. The girl along with her four other friends had gone for a picnic to Tapovan. The bodies of two other friends who had drowned with the girl are yet to be traced.
Haridwar is an ancient city and important Hindu pilgrimage site in North India's Uttarakhand state, where the River Ganges exits the Himalayan foothills. The largest of several sacred ghats (bathing steps), Har Ki Pauri hosts a nightly Ganga Aarti (river-worshipping ceremony) in which tiny flickering lamps are floated off the steps. Worshipers fill the city during major festivals including the annual Kanwar Mela.
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| 1304 | Recent | Kerala reports 18,607 new COVID-19 cases, 93 deaths in last 24 hours | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Kerala on Sunday reported 18,607 new cases of COVID-19 and 93 deaths, pushing the total to date to 35,52,525 and 17,747 respectively. Since Saturday, over 20,000 people have been cured of the infection. The total number of those who have recovered to date was 33,57,687 and the number of active cases was 1,76,572, an official press release said.
The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of Travancore-Cochin, the Malabar district, and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara District of Madras State. Kerala is famous for its unique geography, tranquil backwaters, unspoiled beaches, art forms, and spices. It is also famous for its charming houseboats, sprawling tea plantations, unique eco-tourism, magnificent architecture, Ayurvedic treatments, and unforgettable culinary experiences.
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| 1305 | Recent | Doors in any OYO globally open to you, on us: OYO CEO to Chopra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal in a tweet celebrating javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, wrote, "Now that you've won the game of 'throwns', you deserve relaxation fit for a king...Our doors in any OYO around the world are open to you-on us!" Earlier, BYJU'S announced a cash reward of ₹2 crores for Chopra.
Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of OYO Rooms. He is known as the second youngest billionaire in 2021 in India. However, Agarwal is not on either Forbes or Business Insider's billionaires list. Agarwal is also a recipient of the Business World Young Entrepreneur Award.
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| 1306 | Recent | Medals India won at Tokyo Olympics has made the nation proud, elated: PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. As the Tokyo Olympics concluded on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi said this is the time to keep working to further popularise sports at the grassroots. The medals India won have certainly made the nation proud and elated, he added. "A special thank you to the Government and people of Japan, especially Tokyo, for hosting the well-organized games," the PM tweeted.
India Medal Tally Tokyo Olympics – 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze, Medal. Tokyo Olympic 2020 is organized in Japan this year. Players from all around the world are performing to win medals for their country. India already has broken its previous record of 6 medals in a single Olympic as they have won 7 medals on Tokyo Olympic 2021 already.
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| 1307 | Recent | Indian startups raise $1.2 billion in first week of August: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Indian startups raised nearly $1.2 billion in funding in the first week of August 2021, YourStory reported. The key deals of this week included ed-tech unicorn Unacademy's $440 million fundraise and fintech startup BharatPe entering the unicorn club after raising $370 million at a post-money valuation of $2.85 billion. Mindtickle became India's 20th startup this year to achieve unicorn status.
Startup India is an initiative of the Government of India. The campaign was first announced by Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during his speech on 15 August 2015. The action plan of this initiative is focussing on three areas: Simplification and Handholding. Funding Support and Incentives.
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| 1308 | Recent | All shops in Pune to remain open till 8 pm, hotels till 10 pm from tomorrow: Pawar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/08/2021 | Aug 8, 2021. Maharashtra's Deputy CM Ajit Pawar announced that in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, all the shops can remain open till 8 pm six days a week from August 9. "Hotels and restaurants can operate with 50% capacity till 10 pm daily," he said. Malls will remain open till 8 pm but only those who're fully vaccinated will be allowed entry.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician who is the current and 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister for the city of Pune, India. Besides being the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he is also the Finance Minister of Maharashtra.
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| 1309 | Recent | Didn't feel pressure during final, wanted to break Olympic record: Neeraj Chopra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. Olympic gold medal-winner Neeraj Chopra said he "didn't feel any pressure" during the final as he'd participated in two three international competitions earlier. He said he wanted to break the Olympic record of 90.57 meters, adding, "I gave my best but I couldn't. I aim to achieve the 90-meter mark soon." Neeraj won gold with a best throw of 87.58 meters.
Neeraj Chopra won gold in the men's javelin throw final with a best attempt of 87.58m. He is only the second Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics after Abhinav Bindra. He is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold for India after independence in 1947. He is an Olympic champion! The 23-year-old created history on Saturday as he became the only second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold by winning the men's javelin throw final at Tokyo 2020. He ended India's 121-year wait for an athletics medal with his gold in the javelin final.
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| 1310 | Recent | Team USA men's basketball beats France to win fourth straight gold medal at Tokyo Olympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. US men's basketball team defeated France 87-82 on Saturday to win their fourth straight gold medal in Olympics. US' Kevin Durant scored 29 points in the match to secure his third Olympic gold. Notably, the US had lost to France in their opening group game, their first defeat at an Olympics since the 2004 edition in Athens.
Kevin Durant was born September 29, 1988), also known simply by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft. He played nine seasons with the franchise, which became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008, before signing with the Golden State Warriors in 2016, winning back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. After sustaining an Achilles injury in the 2019 finals, he joined the Nets as a free agent that summer. He has often been called the best player in the NBA.
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| 1311 | Recent | Bajrang Punia to get ₹2.5 cr, govt job, 50% concession on land: Haryana CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. Bajrang Punia defeated Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov with a score of 8-0 to win the bronze medal in men's freestyle 65kg wrestling at Tokyo Olympics.
As best wishes poured, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced, "As per our policy, Haryana government will give ₹2.5 crores, a government job, and a plot of land at 50 percent concession to wrestler Bajrang Punia for winning a bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020. An indoor stadium will be constructed in his native village Khudan in Jhajjar," Khattar said.
Bajrang Punia is a freestyle wrestler from India. He competes in the 65-kg weight category. He is the only Indian wrestler to win 3 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.
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| 1312 | Recent | States And UTs Hold Over 2.29 Crore Covid Vaccine Doses In Stock: Union Health Ministry | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug7, 2021. The Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that the states, union territories, and private hospitals across the country hold more than 2.29 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses in stock. The Centre so far has facilitated roll out of over 51.66 crores (51,66,13,680) vaccine doses to states and UTs through all sources and a further 55,52,070 doses are underway. As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the government of India has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them COVID-19 vaccines free of cost, it said.
The Union government is committed to accelerate the pace and expand the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, the ministry said. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Union government will procure and supply (free of cost) 75 percent of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to states and UTs, according to the ministry.
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| 1313 | Recent | Rajasthan Man Dies After Bluetooth Headphone Explodes While He Was Using It | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. In a shocking incident, sudden explosion of Bluetooth headphones killed a 28-year-old man in Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.
Rakesh Kumar Nagar, the deceased, was preparing for a competitive examination at his residence in Udaipuria village of Chomu town in Jaipur district on Friday when the incident took place. He was using the Bluetooth headphone device while it was plugged into an electrical outlet, police said. He died during treatment at the hospital. The man probably died of cardiac arrest, he added.
The device exploded all of a sudden leaving Nagar unconscious. He was rushed to a private hospital where he succumbed during treatment, they said adding both his ears had suffered injuries.
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| 1314 | Recent | Delhi Forms Panel To Plan School Reopening Post Covid Second Wave | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. Delhi LG Anil Baijal directed officials to set up an expert committee to chalk out a detailed plan during a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday. The Delhi government, however, allowed auditoriums and assembly halls in schools to be used for training and meeting purposes, but physical teaching and learning remain suspended.
Anil Baijal is a retired Central Government Civil Servant of the Indian Administrative Service cadre and is the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. He took over office on 31 December 2016 after the sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung.
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| 1315 | Recent | National Handloom Day: Meet Raghavendra Rathore, The Designer With A Royal Touch | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/08/2021 | Aug 7, 2021. The dapper designer known for bringing spun in men’s wear fashion feels with the 'work from home culture, ‘athleisure’ seems to be a fresh category of clothing to opt for. Excerpts from a chat with designer Raghavendra Rathore on fashion going digital, the revival of weaves, handloom day, and how to be a mindful fashion advocate. To be cautious about fashion’s impact on the environment and to drastically reduce the excessiveness of the industry.
Raghavendra Rathore is an Indian fashion designer. He was one of the first designers to use the "Brand India" positioning for a fashion company. He also works in interior design, wedding, and events design, accessories, and jewellery.
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| 1316 | Recent | 'Pakistan's backing for Taliban goes back many years' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. "Even if the Taliban isn't getting weapons from Pakistan, it's getting other forms of Pakistani support that sustain and strengthen the insurgency." "It's not just safe havens for leaders, but also the use of medical facilities in Pakistan for wounded soldiers. These are the types of benefits that the Taliban won't find anywhere else outside of Afghanistan," Dr. Michael Kugelman, deputy director and senior associate for South Asia at the Wilson Centre in Washington DC. The academic literature is unanimous on this issue: In any case of a post-World War 2 insurgency enjoying a cross-border sanctuary, that insurgency does not lose. It may not win, but it never loses. Pakistan's backing for the Taliban goes back many years; it was one of only three countries to recognize the Taliban regime in the 1990s.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population exceeding 225.2 million, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometers.
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| 1317 | Recent | COVID-19: India logs 44,643 new cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. India saw a single-day rise of 44,643 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,18,56,757, while the active cases registered an increase for the third consecutive day, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,26,754 with 464 fresh fatalities. The active cases comprise 1.30 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.36 percent, the data updated at 8 am showed. An increase of 3,083 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 16,40,287 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 47,65,33,650. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.72 percent. It has been less than three percent for the last 11 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.41 percent, according to the ministry.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment.
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| 1318 | Recent | 'Kashmir has been reduced to being a municipality' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami -- who has been winning election after election in the militant-infested constituency of Kulgam in south Kashmir from 1996 onwards -- was one of the 14 Kashmiri leaders Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi invited to his residence on June 24. August 5, 2021, marked the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35-A. "The Indian government continues to misread the situation. Silence is not acceptable. You can make people silent, but you cannot change their hearts."
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is a communist political party in India. It is one of the national parties of India. The party emerged from a split from the Communist Party of India in 1964. The CPI was formed in Calcutta from 31 October to 7 November 1964.
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| 1319 | Recent | UP: Gangsters' assets worth over Rs 1800 cr seized | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. In a bid to break the backs of gangsters and the mafia and discourage their activities, the Uttar Pradesh Police has attached or demolished their ill-gotten properties worth over Rs 1,800 crores in the state. In a special campaign from April 2017 till July 2021, 13,801 cases were lodged under the Gangster Act and 43,294 accused arrested, while the National Security Act was invoked against 630 people, Additional Director General of Police, Law, and Order, Prashant Kumar said. "In the special campaign against mafia and gangsters to break their backbone and discourage criminal activities, we have attached or demolished their ill-gotten properties worth Rs 1,848 crore. This is a record as such action has never been taken before," he said.
Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world.
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| 1320 | Recent | 'Raj Thackeray not against non-Maharashtrians' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. ON FRIDAY, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil ruled out any alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party and MNS for 2022 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls that are scheduled to be held in February next year. "Currently, there are no proposals of BJP and MNS going together in 2022 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, said Maharashtra BJP president, Chandrakant Patil after meeting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai on Friday. Patil ruled out any alliance between both parties for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Elections, which are due in February next year. He said, "There is no proposal of BJP and MNS joining hands and contesting the municipal corporation elections."
Maharashtra is a state in India's western and central peninsular region occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. The center of India is in this state. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India as well as the third-most populous country subdivision in the world.
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| 1321 | Recent | India, China disengage in Gogra; all temporary structures dismantled | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/08/2021 | Aug 6, 2021. After nearly 15 months of the face-off, the Indian and Chinese armies have completed the disengagement process and restored the pre-standoff ground position in Gogra in eastern Ladakh, in a significant forward movement towards restoration of peace and tranquillity in the region. Announcing the development, the Indian Army said on Friday that the disengagement process was carried out on August 4 and 5, and all temporary structures as well as other allied infrastructure created by both sides have been dismantled and mutually verified subsequently. The disengagement in the area around Gogra or Patrolling Point-17A (PP-17A) came over five months after the two sides withdrew their troops and weapons from the North and South banks of Pangong Lake areas. The Army said the disengagement process at PP-17A was carried out in line with the outcome of the 12th round of military talks that had taken place on July 31 at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in eastern Ladakh.
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
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| 1322 | Recent | Haryana to give ₹2.5 cr, job to 2 players in men's hockey team after Olympic bronze win | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has announced a ₹2.5-crore cash reward and job in the Sports Department for two players part of the Indian men's hockey team that clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The players can also buy a plot at a concessional rate in the state. Kurukshetra's Surender Kumar and Sonipat's Sumit are a part of the team.
CM Manohar Lal was born on May 5, 1954, in Nandana village of Rohtak district. After being elected from the Karnal Assembly constituency in the Assembly elections in 2014, he became the first Chief Minister of Haryana belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He joined the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) as a permanent member in 1977 and rendered 17 years of active and dedicated service to the organization before he was made a member of the BJP in 1994.
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| 1323 | Recent | Govt not capable of generating supply of COVID vaccines for India: Abhijit Banerjee | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said that the Centre is "not capable" of generating a supply of COVID-19 vaccines for the country. "If there were enough vaccines, these claims wouldn't have arisen. We have not received the promised level of supply for the entire nation," he added. He was attending the Global Advisory Board meeting held by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Abhijit Banerjee, in full Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, (born February 21, 1961, Mumbai, India), Indian-born American economist who, with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics (the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) for helping to develop an innovative experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Banerjee studied economics at the University of Calcutta (B.Sc. 1981), Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A. 1983), and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1988).
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| 1324 | Recent | 75% stolen heritage items returned in 7 yrs of Modi govt: Minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. In seven years of PM Narendra Modi's government, 75% of stolen heritage antiquities returned to India, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy informed the Parliament on Thursday, calling it a matter of pride. Since 1976, 54 antiquities have been retrieved from foreign nations, 41 of which returned after 2014, he added. He claimed Congress governments retrieved less than 10 antiquities.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Development of the North Eastern Region of India. As Chief Minister, Modi favored privatization and small government, which was at odds with the philosophy of the RSS, usually described as anti-privatization and anti-globalization. His policies during his second term have been credited with reducing corruption in the state. He established financial and technology parks in Gujarat and during the 2007 Vibrant Gujarat summit, real-estate investment deals worth ₹6.6 trillion were signed.
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| 1325 | Recent | Hong Kong reports first local COVID-19 case in 58 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. Hong Kong has reported its first local case of coronavirus in 58 days after government officials confirmed COVID-19 antibodies were found in the blood of a 43-year-old man, who has shown no symptoms and has no recent travel history. The findings are compatible with a re-positive case previously undiagnosed. Hong Kong was planning to allow vaccinated tourists from August 9.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, with executive, legislative, and judicial powers devolved from the national government. The Sino-British Joint Declaration provided for economic and administrative continuity through the transfer of sovereignty, resulting in an executive-led governing system largely inherited from the territory's history as a British colony. Under these terms and the "one country, two systems" principle, the Basic Law of Hong Kong is the regional constitution.
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| 1326 | Recent | Virat Kohli gets out for golden duck for the 5th time in his Test career | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. Virat Kohli was dismissed by England fast bowler James Anderson on his first ball in India's first innings in the first Test in Nottingham. It is the 32-year-old India captain's fifth golden duck of his Test career and overall his 29th duck in international cricket. It is the first time that Anderson has dismissed Kohli since the Old Trafford Test in 2014.
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhavna.[16] According to his family, when he was three years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.
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| 1327 | Recent | Google Co-founder allowed into NZ despite shut borders for child's treatment | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/08/2021 | Aug 5, 2021. Google Co-founder and the world's sixth-richest person Larry Page was allowed into New Zealand despite its borders being closed for non-residents. A report said that Page visited the country after his child fell ill in Fiji and required hospital treatment. While the opposition party criticized Page's entry, a statement from immigration said that Page "met relevant requirements" for entry.
Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist, and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 (stepping down in favor of Eric Schmidt) then from April 2011 until July 2015 when he moved to become CEO of Alphabet Inc. (created to deliver "major advancements" as Google's parent company, a post he held until December 4, 2019. He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder.
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| 1328 | Recent | Talking to Taliban is Pointless for India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Capitalizing on the US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, the Taliban has accelerated its violent sweep across that country, grabbing large swathes of territory in an attempt to establish itself as the sole stakeholder to govern Afghanistan. In this rapidly changing geopolitical scenario of Taliban ascendancy, the clamor from op-ed columnist and seasoned experts alike for India to initiate talks with the Taliban is growing louder and louder. In the face of the Taliban's ostensible dominance, how does India position itself to address its security concerns vis-a-vis terrorism spilling over from Afghanistan into Kashmir and protect its investment in that country? India has had a strained relationship with the Taliban. The last time the Taliban was in power (1996-2001), there was a sharp increase in Afghan jihadi elements infiltrating into Kashmir.
Taiban is an unincorporated community in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. It is located on New Mexico State Road 252 at U.S. Routes 60 and 84. Founded in 1906 as a ranching community, it was named for nearby Taiban Creek.
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| 1329 | Recent | 'I am not inclined to becoming a minister to a person junior to me in politics' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Jagadish Shivappa Shettar, 66, is a former chief minister (2012-2013) of Karnataka. After BS Yediyurappa resigned on July 26 as Karnataka's chief minister, some observers expected Shettar to be appointed his successor. After all, he was a former CM and a long-time member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Moreover, like Yediyurappa, he was a Lingayat, the politically influential community in Karnataka. However, the BJP Troika in New Delhi -- Narendra Damodardas Modi, Amit Anilchandra Shah, Jagat Prakash Nadda -- preferred another Lingayat, Basavaraj Bommai -- who joined the BJP from the Janata Dal-United -- as chief minister. Disappointed, Shettar, a senior minister in the Yediyurappa government, announced that he would not be a minister in the Bommai government.
Karnataka is a state in southwest India with Arabian Sea coastlines. The capital, Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), is a high-tech hub known for its shopping and nightlife. To the southwest, Mysore is home to lavish temples including Mysore Palace, the former seat of the region’s maharajas. Hampi, once the medieval Vijayanagara empire’s capital, contains ruins of Hindu temples, elephant stables, and a stone chariot.
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| 1330 | Recent | Ex-Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar takes oath as RS member | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Former chief executive of Prasar Bharati and Trinamool Congress leader Jawhar Sircar on Wednesday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha. He was elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament earlier this week. Sircar took oath in Bengali and was greeted by thumping of desk by fellow MPs. He signed the members' register and then greeted Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu with folded hands. Naidu too responded to his greetings. He was elected to Rajya Sabha on a seat left vacant after TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP before the recent West Bengal assembly elections. Sircar, who was nominated to the Upper House by TMC, spent nearly 42 years in public service and is known as a vocal critic of the BJP government at the Centre.
Jawhar Sircar is an Indian former administrator, who served as Chief Executive Officer in Prasar Bharati. Being an Indian Administrative Service officer, he also served as Secretary to the Government of India in different portfolios. He was elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha on 2 August 2021.
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| 1331 | Recent | Kejriwal announces magisterial probe into death of Dalit girl | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Delhi government will order a magisterial inquiry into the death of a nine-year-old Dalit girl following an alleged sexual assault. The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the girl. “Our girl cannot come back. The injustice done to the family is unfortunate and cannot be compensated, but the government will give Rs 10 lakh to them and order a magisterial inquiry into the matter,” he told reporters after meeting the family. “There is a need to strengthen law and order in Delhi. I appeal to the central government to take firm steps in this direction,” he said. In a tweet, the chief minister said that the government will appoint top lawyers to ensure the guilty are punished.
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He was also the Chief Minister of Delhi from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power.
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| 1332 | Recent | 'With them': Rahul meets family of girl raped, killed in Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who died in Delhi following an alleged sexual assault and asserted that he was with them on the path to justice. "It is my job to help them," Gandhi said as he met the girl's parents. Later, in a tweet in Hindi, the former Congress chief said, "Her parents' tears are saying only one thing - their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am with them on this path to justice." The Delhi Commission for Women has launched an inquiry into the incident that took place in the Old Nangal area in southwest Delhi and summoned the city police after the girl's parents alleged that she was raped and her body was forcibly cremated by a crematorium priest who had falsely claimed that she was electrocuted. Gandhi had also tweeted on Tuesday about the incident, saying a Dalit's daughter is also the daughter of the country.
Delhi, India’s capital territory, is a massive metropolitan area in the country’s north. In Old Delhi, a neighborhood dating to the 1600s, stands the imposing Mughal-era Red Fort, a symbol of India, and the sprawling Jama Masjid mosque, whose courtyard accommodates 25,000 people. Nearby is Chandni Chowk, a vibrant bazaar filled with food carts, sweets shops, and spice stalls.
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| 1333 | Recent | 29 ministers to be inducted, there will be no Dy CMs: Bommai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said 29 ministers will be inducted into his new cabinet on Wednesday afternoon, and there will be no deputy chief ministers this time. He also said former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's younger son and state BJP Vice President B Y Vijayendra is not among the ministers who will be sworn in. "I have held detailed discussions with high command in Delhi regarding the cabinet expansion, after the final round of discussion last night, this morning the list was finalized. I have already sent the list to the Governor and spoke to him," Bommai said. Speaking to reporters, he said a total of 29 ministers will take the oath, and in the previous cabinet led by BS Yediyurappa there were three deputy chief ministers, but this time there will be none as per the high command's directions.
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries.
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| 1334 | Recent | Made in India Vikrant carrier begins sea trial | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. The sea trials of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant, the largest and most complex warship built in the country, began sea trials on Wednesday. The Indian Navy described it as a "proud and historic" day for the nation and said India has joined a select group of countries having niche capability to indigenously design, build and integrate a state-of-the-art aircraft carrier. The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier set off on its maiden sea trials, 50 years after its namesake played a major role in the 1971 war. The aircraft carrier is expected to be commissioned into the Indian Navy in the second half of next year. “With the building of indigenous aircraft carrier, India joins a select group of nations having niche capability to indigenously design, build and integrate a state-of-the-art aircraft carrier."
INS Vikrant, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1, is an aircraft carrier constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy. It is the first aircraft carrier to be built in India. The name Vikrant means "courageous".
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| 1335 | Recent | Pegasus: 14 Oppn parties blame govt for Parliament logjam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Leaders of 14 opposition parties on Wednesday said the responsibility for the deadlock in Parliament lies squarely with the government and urged it to respect parliamentary democracy by accepting their demand for a discussion on the Pegasus row and farmers' issue. In a joint statement, 18 leaders from 14 parties said it is unfortunate that the government has 'unleashed a misleading campaign to malign the combined opposition' and blaming it for the continued disruption of Parliament proceedings. 'The responsibility for the deadlock lies squarely at the doorsteps of the government, which remains arrogant and obdurate and refuses to accept the opposition's demand for an informed debate in both the houses,' according to the statement.
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.
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| 1336 | Recent | Politicians can't mourn for long: Omar on Article 370 abrogation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. Two years after the special status of Jammu And Kashmir was abrogated and he was detained for 234 days, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that after initially being 'deeply jaded' he had realized that as a politician he didn't have the right to 'mourn' for long and could not let down the people struggling for their basic constitutional rights. On the eve of the second anniversary of the nullification of Article 370 of the Constitution, the former chief minister of the erstwhile state which has been bifurcated into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh said that what had been done on August 5 had come as a shock to most people who were affected by the 'sudden, unexpected and unconstitutional blow'. Abdullah, who spent seven months in detention which was challenged in the Supreme Court, recalled, "I was a deeply jaded and disappointed individual. I found it difficult to motivate myself even to indulge in basic political activities possible in the prevailing situation. But as the saying goes 'if you want the rainbow, you have got to put up with rain'. So here I am doing the best I can for the people."
Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a region located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent which was administered by India as a state from 1954 to 31 October 2019, conferring it with the power to have a separate constitution, a state flag and autonomy over the internal administration of the state.
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| 1337 | Recent | China master at manipulating time: Ex-FS Gokhale | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2021 | Aug 4, 2021. China is a master at manipulating time and one of the moves in the Chinese playbook is to play the victim, says former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale about that country's negotiating strategy. Gokhale says China's strategies and tactics may vary depending on the situation and the relative strength of the two parties but it is possible to discern the common threads that run through the way the Chinese deal with the outside world. "Indian interlocutors may do well to remember these in preparing for talks with China," he suggests. Gokhale makes these remarks in his new book The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India, which explores the dynamics of negotiation between the two countries through the prism of six historical and recent events in the India-China relationship.
Vijay Keshav Gokhale, born 24 January 1959, is a retired Indian civil servant of the IFS cadre and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale was previously the Indian ambassador to China.
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| 1338 | Recent | Chhattisgarh makes -ve RT-PCR report must for air travellers from Aug 8 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday announced that it is mandatory for air travelers visiting the state to carry a negative RT-PCR report from August 8. It added that even fully vaccinated passengers will also need to produce a negative test report not older than 96 hours. Chhattisgarh logged 236 fresh COVID-19 cases and three fatalities on Monday.
RT-PCR test analyses DNA through a swab sample from the nose or throat to check for COVID-19 infection and is priced differently in different states. RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests have been the most sought-after tests to check for COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic in India. Many specialists consider it to be the most effective test to detect the COVID-19 virus in human cells. Even though the RT-PCR tests can detect the acute infection of coronavirus, it cannot tell whether a person has recovered from COVID-19 or if they had it in the past. After the cases started sprouting in different parts of the country, RT-PCR tests became the norm for checking the spread of infection and trace the infected, especially among travelers.
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| 1339 | Recent | PepsiCo to sell Tropicana, others for $3.3 bn in North America, Europe | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. PepsiCo announced that it has entered into an agreement with PAI Partners to sell Tropicana, Naked, and other juice brands across North America. It will also sell certain juice businesses in Europe. The deal will result in combined pre-tax cash proceeds of around $3.3 billion, while PepsiCo will retain a 39% non-controlling interest in a newly formed joint venture.
PepsiCo, Inc. is an American-based multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of its products.
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| 1340 | Recent | Police book BYJU'S CEO over alleged 'wrong' information in UPSC curriculum | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Mumbai Police booked BYJU'S CEO Byju Raveendran for allegedly putting 'misleading' information in its UPSC curriculum. Criminology firm 'Crimeophobia' claimed BYJU'S wrongly stated CBI is a nodal agency for the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). However, BYJU'S said that the study material is factually correct and backed by an official communication from 2012.
Byju Raveendran is an Indian entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Byju's and was born in 1981 in the Azhikode village of Kerala, India to Raveendran and Shobhanavalli. He studied at a Malayalam medium school where his mother was a mathematics teacher and his father a physics teacher. He would skip classes and then learn at home. After completing his B.Tech from the Government College of Engineering, Kannur, he joined a multinational shipping company as a service engineer. During a vacation in 2003, helping friends who were studying for the CAT exam. He then took the CAT exam and says he scored in the 100th percentile. When he took the exam again, he again scored in the 100th percentile. Two years later, he continued helping people study for the CAT exam, and based on the good results, decided to quit his job. In 2007, Byju founded the test preparation business Byju's Classes, and the company grew to stadium-size classes. In 2011, he founded Byju's with his wife, Divya Gokulnath, who he met while she was a student in his exam preparation class.
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| 1341 | Recent | We're not just entertainment, we're humans: Simone Biles on mental health | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. The Olympic Games' official Instagram handle on Tuesday shared a video of US gymnast Simone Biles speaking about mental health, wherein she said, "At the end of the day we're not just entertainment, we are humans." Biles on Tuesday won Olympics bronze in the women's balance beam final after having to withdraw from earlier events to protect her mental health.
Simone Biles, in full Simone Arianne Biles, (born March 14, 1997, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.), American gymnast who was considered one of the sport’s greatest athletes. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she became the first female U.S. gymnast to win four gold medals at a single Games, and she was the first gymnast to win three consecutive world all-around titles (2013–15). Simone became interested in gymnastics at age six during a day-care field trip to Bannon’s Gymnastix, and she remained there for 11 years under the direction of her coach, Aimee Boorman. Biles won gold in the floor exercise and a bronze in a vault at the Women’s Junior Olympic National Championships in 2010 before breaking into the elite level of competition in 2011. Less than two years later she dominated the sport. What set Biles apart was her consistency, her exuberant personality, and the high degree of difficulty she incorporated into her routines in all four events—vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.
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| 1342 | Recent | More than double COVID-19 vaccines administered in July than May: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. The Centre on Tuesday said that the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in July is more than double that in May. So far, over 48 crore vaccine doses have been administered. It added that the second wave of COVID-19 is not over in India as yet as the R-Value is high in eight states.
For vaccines that require multiple doses, each individual dose is counted. As the same person may receive more than one dose, the number of doses can be higher than the number of people in the population.
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| 1343 | Recent | What is India's schedule at Tokyo Olympics for Wednesday? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's qualification event at Tokyo Olympics will start at 5.35 am tomorrow. Aditi Ashok's women's golf round 1 will begin at 5.55 am. Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh's qualification event will start at 7.05 am. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain's women's 69kg boxing semi-final is from 11 am. India women's hockey team will face Argentina in the semi-final at 3.30 pm.
Neeraj Chopra is born on 24 December 1997 in the Panipat district, Haryana. He was educated at DAV College, Chandigarh. Neeraj is a Junior Commissioned Officer of the Indian Army with the rank of Naib Subedar in 2016. On 31 March 2020, he donated Rs. 2 Lakh in PM Cares Fund for the COVID-19 pandemic. Neeraj won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games with a throw of 82.23 m, where he equaled the Indian national record.
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| 1344 | Recent | Couldn't have asked for more: Sakshi on working with Neena, Manoj | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Sakshi Tanwar, while speaking about working with Neena Gupta and Manoj Bajpayee in the upcoming film 'Dial 100', said, "I think I couldn't have asked for more as I got to work with Neena Ji and Manoj sir together." Speaking about Neena, Sakshi said, "She's someone I've always admired. Apart from being a great actor...she is a wonderful, warm person."
Sakshi Tanwar was born on January 12, 1973, in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. She is known for her work on Dangal (2016), Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (2011) and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000).In the 2016 film Dangal, Tanwar played Daya Kaur, wife of former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat (played by Aamir Khan), who trains his daughters to be world-class wrestlers against social odds. Sakshi Tanwar made a comeback on television with Tyohaar Ki Thaali, first telecasted by Epic Channel in February 2018.
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| 1345 | Recent | Olympian Sushil, others beat wrestler Sagar & his friends for 30-40 minutes: Police | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Deceased wrestler Sagar Dhankar and his friends were allegedly confined and beaten "mercilessly" by arrested Olympian Sushil Kumar and his aides for around 30-40 minutes, the police charge sheet has said. The accused beat the victims with hockey sticks and baseball bats on the intervening night of May 4 and 5, it said. The incident took place inside Delhi's Chhatrasal Stadium.
Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is an Indian Olympic wrestler. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was second for India in wrestling and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In July 2009, he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – India's highest honor for sportspersons. On 3 October 2010, Kumar handed the Queen's Baton to Prince Charles in the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. Sushil won the gold medal in the 74 kg division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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| 1346 | Recent | Surely the toughest test: India women's hockey captain Rani on semis match | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Ahead of their semi-final encounter against Argentina at Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal has said that they are going to give everything they have on the field. "This is surely the toughest test that our team will face," she added. The Indian team had defeated Australia 1-0 in their quarter-final match.
Rani Rampal (born 4 December 1994) is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. She is currently the Captain of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She is also well known as a striker who often doubles up as a mid-fielder.
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| 1347 | Recent | Ban games like Free Fire & PUBG India: Judge in letter to PM Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. ADJ Naresh Kumar Laka has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to ban online games like Garena Free Fire and PUBG India (Battlegrounds Mobile India), TOI reported. Such games cause an "adverse impact on children" and make them like machines, the judge wrote. He suggested a law should be framed to restrict children's exposure to such games.
Naresh Laka was born in India. He completed his Graduation, LL.B & LL.M. from Delhi University and M.A. (Pub. Admn.) from H.P. University. At the age of 28 years, he joined Delhi Judicial Service on 18.01.2006. He worked as Civil Judge, Metropolitan Magistrate, Senior Civil Judge, Rent Controller, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, and presently he is posted as Additional District & Sessions Judge in New Delhi. He strongly believes in the concept that "Justice should not only be done but it should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.”
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| 1348 | Recent | Elaine becomes first woman in history to win 100m, 200m golds in 2 consecutive Olympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. Jamaica's 29-year-old sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah has become the first woman in history to win women's 100m and 200m gold medals in consecutive Olympics. Elaine won the women's 200m race at The Tokyo Olympics today clocking 21.53 seconds. On Saturday, she clocked 10.61 seconds in a 100m race and broke the Olympic record by 0.01 seconds.
Elaine Thompson-Herah is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes in women’s 100m, 200m, 4*100m relay, and 4*200m relay race events across some of the top tournaments in the world. She has won several accolades for her country in the recent past. The Olympics Record holder is one of the fastest humans on the planet with her respective timings 7.02 seconds (60m), 10.61 seconds (100m), and 21.06 seconds (200m). Let’s know some more details about Jamaica’s superstar Elaine Thompson-Herah.
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| 1349 | Recent | I'm a virgin just like Salman Khan: Tiger as troll asks if he's virgin | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/08/2021 | Aug 3, 2021. During his appearance on Arbaaz Khan's talk show 'Pinch 2', Tiger Shroff addressed a question about his virginity. When Arbaaz told Tiger that a troll has asked if he's a virgin, he responded, "I'm a virgin just like Salman Khan." Speaking about trolls, Tiger said, "Just the fact that you have the power to say anything good or bad is sometimes scary."
Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff, is an Indian film actor and martial artist known for his work in Hindi-language action films. The son of actor Jackie Shroff and producer Ayesha Dutt, he made his film debut with the 2014 action film Heropanti.
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| 1350 | Recent | Mamata's Delhi visit jolts Gandhis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. In substantive terms, Mamata Banerjee's five-day visit to Delhi last week may not have achieved much. But in some ways, it could be said to have sowed the seeds of broader Opposition unity with the singular objective of bringing together anti-BJP parties under a common umbrella. Coming to the national capital after a gap of two years, the West Bengal chief minister and head of the Trinamool Congress renewed contacts with leaders of most opposition parties, including the Congress.
Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician. She is the Indian National Congress president, the left-of-center political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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| 1351 | Recent | Assam to withdraw FIR against Mizoram MP: CM Himanta | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he has ordered the police to withdraw the FIR against Mizoram MP K Vanlalvena. Sarma, however, said that police cases filed against six Mizoram government officials will continue to be probed for their alleged role in the deadly gun battle along the inter-state border at Lailapur in Cachar district. In a series of tweets, Sarma also lauded the efforts of Mizoram CM Zoramthanga to settle the border dispute between the two Northeastern states.
Himanta Biswa Sarma is an Indian politician who serves as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma crossed the floor to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015.
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| 1352 | Recent | SC notice to all states on cases filed under scrapped IT law | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to states, Union Territories, and registrar general of all high courts on the plea of an NGO that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by an apex court verdict in 2015. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and B R Gavai said that since the police is a state subject, it will be better than all the state governments and Union Territories are made party and "we can pass a comprehensive order so that the matter is settled for once and for all".
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 made it a punishable offense for any person to send 'grossly offensive' or 'menacing' information using a computer resource or communication device.
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| 1353 | Recent | Lalu Yadav, Mulayam Singh meet in Delhi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav met on Monday. SP president and Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh Yadav were also present in the meeting. In a tweet in Hindi, Lalu said, "Met the country's senior-most socialist friend Shri Mulayam Singhji and enquired about his wellbeing. We have common concerns and fight about farmers, inequality, the poor, and the unemployed." He also tweeted pictures of the meeting, and said, "Today, the country is in dire need of equality and socialism, not capitalism and communalism."
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party, based in the state of Bihar and Jharkhand. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The mass base of the party has traditionally been Upper OBC, Dalits, and Muslims and the party is considered as the champion of the cause of lower caste politics.
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| 1354 | Recent | In Haryana, Khattar's problems stretch beyond farmers' protest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. In March this year, the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government in Haryana earned a reprieve of sorts when it defeated a Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Assembly by 23 votes, with a 55-32 break-up. Not only did the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party keep its principal ally, the Jannayak Janta Party on its side, but it also got support from five of the seven Independents and one member of the Haryana Lokhit Party. JJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala - under pressure to pull out of the coalition from both within the party and outside after sustained protests against the Centre's farm laws - assailed the Congress and its leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda for 'extending undue favors to big corporate houses at the cost of farmers'.
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest is an ongoing protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. Farmer unions and their representatives have demanded that the laws be repealed and have stated that they will not accept a compromise.
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| 1355 | Recent | Parliament faces repeated adjournments over Pegasus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. When the Rajya Sabha reassembled at 3.36 pm after multiple adjournments, the government moved two legislations - The Appropriation (No 4) Bill, 2021, and The Appropriation (No 3) Bill, 2021 - for passage. Bhubaneswar Kalita, who was in the Chair, asked the protesting Opposition members to go back to their seats and participate in the discussion on the bills. He informed the members that both the bills would be discussed together. "As you all know these are two very important bills where you can raise financial problems of your states. You also know that these are finance bills, it can be passed automatically. So it is in your interest to discuss it. So please cooperate," Kalita noted. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary while moving the bills sought cooperation from the House in discussing the bills but in vain.
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber arms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running most versions of iOS and Android. The 2021 Project Pegasus revelations suggest that the current Pegasus software can exploit all recent iOS versions up to iOS 14.6.
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| 1356 | Recent | Nitish Kumar demands probe into Pegasus scandal, 1st BJP ally to do so | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday favored a thorough inquiry into allegations of phone tapping with the help of Pegasus spyware which has led to a logjam in Parliament. Kumar, whose Janata Dal-United is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre as well as in the state, however, qualified his statement with the remark, "I know of this controversy only from whatever I have read about it in the newspapers". "It is a known fact that modern technology can be put to sinister uses. If there have been any attempts to intercept people's telephonic conversations, it would be better to get the matter probed for suitable action", he told reporters here on the sidelines of his weekly public interaction program.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician, who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar, a state in India, since 2015 and has served in that role on five previous occasions. He has also served as a Union minister in the Union Government of India. Kumar is a member of the Janata Dal political party.
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| 1357 | Recent | BJP MPs from Northeast meet PM over Assam, Mizoram clash | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. A group of Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from four northeastern states met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday over the recent border skirmishes between Assam and Mizoram, alleged that foreign forces were fuelling the fire in the region and accused the opposition Congress of 'politicizing' the sensitive issue. Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Sarbananda Sonowal, along with BJP MPs from Assam, Manipur, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, met Modi in Parliament House. The MPs also gave a four-page memorandum to him. The prime minister told the MPs that the Northeast is very close to his heart and his love for the region is very natural. Quoting Modi, Rijiju said the prime minister asserted that he doesn't look at the region from the prism of politics.
A member of parliament (MPs) is the representative of the people who live in their constituency. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term implies members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress or Deputy is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.
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| 1358 | Recent | India, China agree to resolve remaining issues 'expeditiously' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. The Indian and Chinese armies on Monday described as "constructive" the 12th round of military talks on the eastern Ladakh row during which they agreed to resolve the pending issues in an "expeditious" manner, even as no concrete outcome was visible on the much-anticipated disengagement process in the remaining friction points. A joint statement released in New Delhi by the Indian Army, two days after the talks, said the two sides had a "candid and in-depth exchange" of views relating to the disengagement and that the meeting further enhanced mutual understanding. Top commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies held a nine-hour meeting on Saturday with a focus on the disengagement process in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh.
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff, who is a four-star general.
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| 1359 | Recent | Sena workers damage 'Adani Airport' signboard in Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. A group of Shiv Sena workers Monday allegedly ransacked an 'Adani Airport' neon signboard near the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj close to the airport in Mumbai, a police official said. They shouted slogans in protest against the 'Adani Airport' display when the airport is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Some of the workers later gathered on the nearby Western Express Highway, briefly affecting the traffic movement on the city's arterial north-south road. A spokesperson for the Adani Airport Holdings Limited said, "In light of the incidents around Adani Airports branding at the Mumbai International Airport, we firmly assure that AAHL has merely replaced the previous branding with Adani Airports branding and that no change has been made to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's branding or positioning at the terminal."
Shiv Sena, is a right-wing Marathi regionalist and ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bombay, the party agitates for preferential treatment for Maharashtrians over migrants from other parts of India.
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| 1360 | Recent | Border dispute: Assam to send ministers to broker peace with Mizoram | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2021 | Aug 2, 2021. In a day of fast-moving developments, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said two ministers from his government will visit Aizawl on Thursday to hold talks to try to resolve the state's long-running border dispute with Mizoram, which erupted in a tragic fire-fight between police forces of the two states a week back. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga too took steps to cool tempers on the border by ordering his officers to withdraw a police complaint against Assam officers for inciting the violence which had left seven dead. Assam responded by withdrawing a tit-for-tat police case against two top Mizoram government officials. The confidence-building measures came as Mizoram's Governor K Hari Babu as well as Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from the North East met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the border row.
Mizoram is a state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "land." Thus "Mizo-ram" means "land of the Mizos".
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| 1361 | Recent | Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'SUPER SINDHU!', Twitterati full of praise after PV Sindhu clinches women's singles bronze | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. This is Sindhu’s second consecutive Olympic medal, after claiming silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016.Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday clinched the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, with a straight games victory over China’s He Bingjao in the women's singles badminton tournament. On Saturday, Sindhu’s dream for an Olympic gold had ended when she lost to Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-Ying, however, she had another opportunity to make it two medals in two Games in the bronze medal match. This is Sindhu’s second consecutive Olympic medal, after claiming silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016. She had lost to Carolina Marin in the final five years back.
Sindhu entered the international circuit at the young age of 14. She was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category. She reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships that were held in Mexico where she lost to Chinese Suo Di in a 3-gamer.
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| 1362 | Recent | Live, India At Tokyo Olympics: Women's Hockey Team Enters Maiden Semis; Shooters Fire Blank | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. India's last chance to win a shooting medal at Tokyo 2020 is on Monday. After PV Sindhu won a bronze medal on Sunday and the men's hockey team qualified for the semifinals at Tokyo Olympics, Indians must be stepping out on Monday with an extra spring in their feet. The women's hockey team should feel inspired by their men when they face Australia in a historic quarterfinal match while it will be the last chance for the Indian shooting contingent to return with a medal from Tokyo 2020. In the second half of the day, all attention will be on Kamalpreet Kaur, who is in the final of the women's discus event while equestrian Fouaad Mirza will try to qualify for the medal rounds in his maiden Olympics.
Kamalpreet hails from Badal, a village in the Sri Muktsar Sahib District of Punjab. On the insistence of her physical education coach, she took up athletics in 2012 and finished fourth at her first state meet. Kaur started taking the sport seriously in 2014 and began her initial training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in her village. Her rigorous practice and natural ability soon began to yield results as she became the U-18 and U-20 national champions in 2016. Later, in 2017, she finished sixth at the 29th World University Games.
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| 1363 | Recent | PV Sindhu Is One Of Our Most Outstanding Olympians, Says PM Narendra Modi As India Rejoices Shuttler's victory | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. Sindhu became only the second Indian and first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China. Bronze medalist Pusarla V. Sindhu celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women's singles badminton match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The country rejoiced at badminton ace P V Sindhu winning her second Olympic medal with the sports fraternity hailing her feat and President Ram Nath Kovind lauding her for setting "a new yardstick of consistency, dedication, and excellence".
Sindhu on Sunday became only the second Indian and first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China in the women's singles third-place play-off match in Tokyo. "P V Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals in two Olympic games. She has set a new yardstick of consistency, dedication, and excellence. My heartiest congratulations to her for bringing glory to India," Kovind tweeted.
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| 1364 | Recent | Himachal Pradesh: Covid Spike Creates Fresh Disquiet As Schools Reopen On Aug 2 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. The Corona has not gone,’ said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur after returning from flash-flood-affected areas of Lahaul-Spiti. With schools reopening on August 2 in Himachal Pradesh, the government has reiterated its instructions about strict adherence to the Covid norms during school hours. A sudden spike in daily Covid cases and a number of active cases marking a phenomenal rise have created a fresh disquiet in Himachal Pradesh despite the state’s biggest success in vaccination drive. Thakur admits that the vaccination drive has been a big success.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the state government publicly for this as almost 72 percent population has been covered till July 31. Then what could be the reasons for the fresh reappearance of the Covid in some of the districts, he wonders asking the health experts to find the reasons. With schools reopening on August 2 in Himachal Pradesh (as also some neighboring states like Punjab), the government has reiterated its instructions about strict adherence to the Covid norms during school hours.
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| 1365 | Recent | J&K Police Issue Order To Deny Security Clearance For Passport, Govt Services For Stone Pelters | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. The order said digital evidence like CCTV footage, photographs, videos and audio clips, quadcopter images available in the records of the police, security forces, and security agencies be also referred during the verification. In the order issued on Saturday, the senior superintendent of police (SSP), CID, Special Branch (SB), Kashmir, has directed all the field units under it to ensure that the person's involvement in law and order, stone-pelting cases, and other crime prejudicial to the security of the state be specifically looked into during verification related to passport, service and any other verification related to government schemes.
Jammu and Kashmir Police come under the direct control of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The Jammu and Kashmir Police is headed by the Director-General of Police (DGP) who is always a senior IPS officer.
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| 1366 | Recent | J&K farmer's son secures 2nd rank in IES exam on first attempt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. Tanveer Ahmad Khan, a farmer's son from Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam secured the second rank in the Indian Economic Services (IES) examination on his first attempt. "During the COVID-19 period, I confined myself to the four walls of my room and started preparing for IES while doing my MPhil. I never let COVID-19 impact my schedule of studies," Khan said.
Mr. Khan passed Class 12 from Government Higher Secondary School, Razloo Kund, and did Bachelor of Arts degree from Government Degree College Anantnag in 2016. Mr. Khan has been a bright student from the very beginning, secured the third rank in the University of Kashmir entrance test, and got himself admitted in the post-graduate course in economics at Kashmir University, the officials said.
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| 1367 | Recent | What is digital payment solution e-RUPI that PM Modi is launching on Aug 2? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. PM Narendra Modi on Monday will launch a new digital payment solution, e-RUPI, which is based on e-vouchers. The vouchers are prepaid in nature and their codes can be shared via SMS or they can be shared as QR codes. The vouchers will be person and purpose-specific, like an e-RUPI voucher for the COVID-19 vaccine can be redeemed for vaccines only.
e-RUPI Digital Payment Solution: e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment. It is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries. It also ensures that the payment to the service provider is made only after the transaction is completed.
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| 1368 | Recent | TikTok star Anthony Barajas dies days after being shot while out on a date in US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. TikTok star Anthony Barajas has died days after being injured in a shooting at a California movie theatre, police said. The 19-year-old was out on a date with an 18-year-old college student, who died on the spot. The suspected gunman was arrested, with police saying there was no known motive and the shooting "appears to be an unprovoked attack".
Anthony Barajas is a TikTok star, and social media influencer. He rose to young stardom at a very young age. At the age of 18, he has garnered huge fans of over a million followers and was quite famous all over TikTok.During 2018-19, Anthony had earned Team Most Valuable Player and All-Country honors while he was studying at Mater Dei High School.
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| 1369 | Recent | Pakistan's Rizwan breaks world record for scoring most T20I runs in a year | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has broken the world record for scoring the most runs in T20I cricket in a year. With his 46(36) against West Indies on Saturday, Rizwan reached 752 runs in 2021. The previous world record for most T20I runs in a calendar year was 748 runs scored by Ireland's Paul Stirling in 2019.
Mohammad Rizwan is a Pakistani international cricketer who has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 2015. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who has scored centuries in all three international formats: Tests, One Day Internationals, and Twenty20 Internationals.
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| 1370 | Recent | Satish, India's 1st ever super heavyweight boxer at Olympics, crashes out in quarters | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. Satish Kumar, India's first-ever super heavyweight boxer to have qualified for the Olympics, lost to Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov in the quarter-finals at Tokyo Olympics. Jalolov won the bout by a unanimous decision (5:0). Earlier, boxer Lovlina Borgohain secured India's first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics by reaching the semi-finals of the women's 69kg category.
Subedar Major Satish Kumar Yadav is an Indian Army Junior commissioned Officer and an Indian amateur boxer from Bulandshahr. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the super heavyweight category and is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.
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| 1371 | Recent | Yuvraj Singh shares Friendship Day video, fans ask 'Where is Dhoni?' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2021 | Aug 1, 2021. Ex-India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh shared a video titled 'To a lifetime of friendship' on Friendship Day. It included Yuvraj's ex-teammates including Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, and Sachin Tendulkar. Several fans commented on the video asking where MS Dhoni was. "Whether they are actually good friends or not...doesn't matter...In my memories these two will always be friends," a fan commented.
Yuvraj Singh was born on the 12th of December, 1981 to Shabnam and Yograj Singh: a former Indian bowler. An aggressive left-hand batsman and slow left arm bowler. With his quick reflexes, stunning catches, and impeccable fielding, he's an all-rounder in the true sense.
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| 1372 | Recent | Banks’ jewellery, auto auctions to rise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. According to RBI data, loans against jewelry by banks stood at Rs 62,221 crore as of June 18, 2021 — an 80% increase over the previous year.
The second quarter of the current fiscal could see a surge in an auction of retail assets by lenders, particularly jewelry and cars offered as collateral for loans. Although there has been an increase in retail delinquencies in the first quarter, lenders have not seized or auctioned assets because of the pandemic. With the economy now opening up, the recovery action is likely to pick up. According to RBI data, loans against jewelry by banks stood at Rs 62,221 crore as of June 18, 2021 — an 80% increase over the previous year. Even in the first quarter, loans grew 2.5% despite the second wave. Auto loans had shown a jump of 11% year-on-year at Rs 2,38,214 crore. As a result, most of the defaults were being seen in the retail segment.
The Reserve Bank of India is India's central bank and regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for the issue and supply of the Indian rupee and the regulation of the Indian banking system.
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| 1373 | Recent | Corps Commander-level talks: India, China discussing disengagement at Gogra Heights, Hot Springs area | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. India and China have already disengaged from the banks of Pangong lake after extensive talks and the Gogra Heights and Hot Springs areas are left to be resolved as these friction points were created post-Chinese aggression last year.
China–India relations, also called Sino-Indian relations or Indo–Chinese relations, refers to the bilateral relationship between China and India. China and India had historically peaceful relations for thousands of years of recorded history. China and India are two of the major regional powers in Asia and are the two most populous countries and among the fastest-growing major economies in the world. Growth in diplomatic and economic influence has increased the significance of their bilateral relationship.
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| 1374 | Recent | Bombay HC says no to blanket gag order, tells Shilpa Shetty she chose a life in the public eye | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday noted that passing a blanket gag order on the media against reporting anything against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, wife of arrested businessman Raj Kundra, shall have a “chilling effect on the freedom of the press” and said there is a judicial limit on what can be construed as good or bad journalism.
The High Court of Bombay, also known as the Mumbai High Court, is the high court of the Indian states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is one of the oldest high courts in India. It is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The High Court has regional branches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Panaji, the capital of Goa. The first Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and Solicitor General of Independent India were from this court. Since India's Independence, 22 judges from this court have been elevated to the Supreme Court and 8 have been appointed to the office of Chief Justice of India.
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| 1375 | Recent | Rain deficit hits sowing of kharif crops | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. The slide for pulses is -10.1%, while it has so far been -15.5% for cereals and -10.4% for oilseeds. The area sown under paddy has dipped by 6.9%, while it is -7.7% for cotton. An 8% rainfall deficit in July – bang in the middle of the crucial monsoon season – has hampered the sowing of key Kharif crops such as pulses, cereals, and oilseeds across the country, official data showed on Friday.
The lull – chiefly due to a three-week stagnant spell ending in the second week of July – came after a blistering start to the monsoon in June, which saw 10% surplus rainfall across the country.
Crops that are sown during the southwest monsoon season are called Kharif or monsoon crops. These crops are sown at the beginning of the season around the end of May to early June and are harvested post the monsoon rains beginning October. Rice, maize, pulses such as urad, moong dal, and millets are among the key Kharif crops.
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| 1376 | Recent | Finolex Industries Q1 results: Net profit zooms to Rs 146 cr | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. "The company has reported a robust set of financials, despite the overall business environment remaining subdued due to the 2nd wave of the pandemic. After reaching all-time highs, the PVC prices seem to be cooling off, which is a positive sign for further opening up of the market.
New Delhi: Finolex Industries Ltd, an integrated manufacturer of PVC pipes and fittings, has reported a nearly three-fold jump in the June quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 145.52 crore. The Pune-based company had posted a profit of Rs 56.72 crore for April-June 2020-21, Finolex Industries said in a filing to BSE. Income increased to Rs 981.07 crore from Rs 570.21 crore in the year-ago period, the filing said. The company has three manufacturing plants at Pune and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Masar in Gujarat.
Finolex Cables Ltd is an Indian manufacturer of electrical and telecommunication cables based in Pune, Maharashtra. It is the flagship company of the Finolex Group, established in 1958. Finolex Industries, engaged in the plastic products business, said the rationale behind the stock split is to improve the liquidity of the company's shares in the stock market and also to make the same available to small investors.
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| 1377 | Recent | India records 41,649 fresh COVID-19 cases, 593 more fatalities | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. The number of active cases has gone up to 408920, accounting for 1.29 percent of the total number of cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.37 percent, data showed. With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union health ministry said.
India recorded more than 40,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, while its active caseload is now more than 4,00,000 today, according to Union health ministry data. India recorded 41,649 new coronavirus infections that pushed its tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,16,13,993 while the number of deaths climbed to 4,23,810 with 593 deaths in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases have increased to 4,08,920 and comprise 1.29 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate is 97.37 percent, it stated.
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| 1378 | Recent | Bangladeshis rush back to work as factories reopen despite virus surge | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. With the economy badly hit by the pandemic, the government excluded the factories that supply top brands in Europe and North America from a nationwide lockdown order. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers rushed back to major cities Saturday, besieging train and bus stations after the government said export factories could reopen despite a deadly coronavirus wave. With the economy badly hit by the pandemic, the government excluded the factories that supply top brands in Europe and North America from a nationwide lockdown order. Mohammad Hatem, vice president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said up to $3 billion worth of export orders were at risk if factories had stayed closed. "The brands would have diverted their orders to other countries," Hatem told AFP.
"A pandemic is basically a global epidemic -- an epidemic that spreads to more than one continent," says Dan Epstein, a spokesman for the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.
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| 1379 | Recent | Tokyo Olympics: Kamalpreet re-ignites India’s medal dream in athletics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/07/2021 | July 31, 2021. On Saturday, slotted in Group B for the qualifying competition, Kamalpreet Kaur progressively got better and it appeared that if she slightly cut the elevation, Kaur could throw farther. Ahead of the Tokyo Games, Kamalpreet Kaur’s father Kuldeep Singh said in an interview to the Olympic Channel how his daughter, as a young girl, would not eat for days if she did not win in age-group competitions. That hunger for success has always stood out in the discus thrower from Kabarwala, a small farming village in Punjab. “When Milkha Singh died, she was really upset. She considered him a legend. She knew Milkha Ji wanted an Indian athlete to win gold at the Olympics. I hope she fulfills Milkha sir’s wish. Her doing well will encourage women to take up sports, especially in villages. Otherwise, parents prefer marrying them off young,” added Satinder, who lives in a joint family of eleven.
Kamalpreet Kaur is an Indian discus thrower. She is the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barriers in the discus throw. She is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.
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| 1380 | Recent | Expert panel grants nod to study on mixing Covaxin, Covishield | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. An expert panel of India's central drug authority on Thursday recommended granting permission to the Christian Medical College in Vellore for conducting a clinical trial of mixing of two COVID-19 vaccines -- Covaxin and Covishield -- official sources said. The panel also recommended giving approval to Bharat Biotech for carrying out a study on the interchangeability of its Covaxin and the under-trial adenoviral intranasal vaccine candidate BBV154 but asked the Hyderabad-based firm to remove the word "interchangeability" from the study title and submit a revised protocol for approval.
"The SEC (subject expert committee) after detailed deliberations recommended granting permission to CMC, Vellore for conducting the phase-4 clinical trial covering 300 healthy volunteers for mixing of COVID-19 vaccines Covaxin and Covishield,".
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| 1381 | Recent | Helping the Poor through Aarthik Qurbani | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. Wednesday was a busy day for Pune activists Paigambar Shaikh, Alam Pathan, and Rafique Shaikh. It marked the start of the distribution of funds collected by Paigambar through his 'Aarthik Qurbani' campaign. It's happened elsewhere, but the 'Aarthik Qurbani' movement started by Pune activist Paigambar Shaikh is unique. Over the last decade, individual Muslims have started breaking from the tradition of sacrificing animals on Bakra Eid, motivated by the thought that the considerable amount spent on buying and sacrificing animals would be put to better use for the community's welfare, especially education.
Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, which lasted from 1674 to 1818. It's known for the grand Aga Khan Palace, built-in 1892, and now a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, whose ashes are preserved in the garden. The 8th-century Pataleshwar Cave Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
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| 1382 | Recent | PM asks people to share inputs for his I-Day speech | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged citizens to share their inputs for his Independence Day speech on August 15, saying their thoughts will reverberate from the ramparts of the Red Fort. In a tweet, he asked people to provide their inputs on MyGov, a citizen engagement platform. The portal noted that the prime minister in his Independence Day speech lays out the government's programs and policies, and Modi over the last few years has directly invited ideas and suggestions from citizens.
The prime minister is the senior-most member of the cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government, and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet.
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| 1383 | Recent | Safety of minors a shared responsibility, says Goa CM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who has drawn criticism over his remark about the gang-rape of two girls, on Friday said his statement was taken out of context and added that the safety of minors has to be a ”shared responsibility”. He also said that he was deeply pained by the incident and would ensure that the accused in the case get the ”most stringent punishment under the law”. Four men, one of them a driver with the agriculture department, allegedly posed as policemen and raped two girls after beating up the boys who were with them on Benaulim beach on Sunday. All the accused have been arrested.
Goa is a state in western India with coastlines stretching along the Arabian Sea. Its long history as a Portuguese colony prior to 1961 is evident in its preserved 17th-century churches and the area’s tropical spice plantations. Goa is also known for its beaches, ranging from popular stretches at Baga and Palolem to those in laid-back fishing villages such as Agonda.
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| 1384 | Recent | Pegasus: Supreme Court to hear N Ram plea next week | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. The Supreme Court will next week hear a plea by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar seeking an independent probe by a sitting or a retired judge into the Pegasus snooping matter. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana on Friday took note of senior advocate Kapil Sibal's submissions that the petition, which has been numbered after filing with the apex court registry, needed an urgent hearing in view of its wide ramifications. The issue affects the freedom of citizens, Sibal, appearing for Ram and Kumar said, and added that Opposition leaders, journalists, and even court staff have been put under surveillance. 'It is creating waves in India and the world over,' Sibal said while pressing for an urgent hearing on the plea.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 1385 | Recent | The challenge before Yogi's population control policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. On World Population Day on July 11, Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission released the draft Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation, and Welfare) Bill, 2021, to promote two-child families in the country’s most populous state. A slew of incentives and disincentives have been laid out -- violators of the two-child norm will be debarred from contesting local body elections, applying to government jobs, or receiving any government subsidy, while couples below the poverty line who comply by voluntarily undergoing sterilization after their second child will receive monetary benefits.
World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.
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| 1386 | Recent | SC seeks report from Jharkhand on mowing down of judge | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of the “unfortunate” “sad demise” of a judge in “gruesome incident” of being allegedly mowed down by a vehicle while on morning jog on July 28 at Dhanbad and sought a status report within a week from Jharkhand's Chief Secretary and the DGP on the probe, saying reports and video clippings suggested, “it was not a case of simplicitor road accident.” “This gruesome incident has been widely reported in newspapers, and video clippings of the incident are also being circulated on social media platforms, suggesting that it was not a case of simplicitor road accident,” said a bench-headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India. Previously, he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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| 1387 | Recent | China seizes maps showing Arunachal in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. Customs officials in China have seized a large consignment of world maps, meant for export, for showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of India, the official media reported on Friday. China claims the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is firmly rejected by India. India says the State of Arunachal Pradesh is its integral and inalienable part. The maps wrapped in about 300 export consignments marked as "bedclothes" were seized by the customs at Shanghai Pudong airport, Chinese daily the paper.cn reported. China passed a new regulation in 2019, making it mandatory for all maps being printed and sold in the country including those meant for exports to carry the official version of Chinese maps incorporating China's claims including, Arunachal Pradesh, Taiwan, and the South China Sea.
Arunachal Pradesh is an Indian state in Northeast India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency region and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south.
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| 1388 | Recent | Now CPI willing to support TMC to fight BJP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/07/2021 | July 30, 2021. After Communist Party of India-Marxist, Left alliance partner CPI is willing to support any party or platform that challenges Bharatiya Janata Party, which it considers its main adversary, a top leader of the party's West Bengal unit said on Friday. The development came just days after West Bengal Left Front chairman and CPI-M Politburo member Biman Bose in a change of stance had said the party is ready to join hands with Trinamool Congress to fight the BJP at the national level.
The Communist Party of India is the oldest communist political party in India, one of the eight national parties in the country. The CPI was formed on 26 December 1925 at Kanpur.
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| 1389 | Recent | Himachal Pradesh: Nine dead, 7 missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rain. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/07/2021 | July 29, 2021. Seven people in the Udaipur sub-division of Lahaul and Spiti and two others in Chamba district’s Salooni have lost their lives in flash floods triggered by heavy rain since Tuesday evening in Himachal Pradesh. Two people were injured while seven are missing.
In the Kullu district, four people including a tourist who has washed away in a tributary of the Parvati river, are feared dead. The district administration has initiated rescue operations. Chief Secretary Anil Kumar Khachi told reporters in Shimla on Wednesday evening that in the last 24 hours, at least 14 people have lost their lives.
He is a Himachal Pradesh Cadre IAS Officer of 1986 Batch. Anil Kumar Khachi was born on 22nd June 1963. He has served as Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Planning, Economics & Statistics and 20 Point Programme to the Government of Himachal Pradesh.
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| 1390 | Recent | NDA MPs ask PM to implement OBC, EWS reservation in all-India quota of medical education | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/07/2021 | July 29, 2021. Union Minister and senior BJP leader Bhupender Yadav, Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel, and JD(U)’s RCP Singh were part of the delegation.
“PM Narendra Modiji has been sensitive to the inclusion of the marginalized in the mainstream. MPs today submitted to the PM a latter seeking intervention in quota for OBC candidates under all-India quota in NEET entrance exams… The MPs have thus requested Modiji to take necessary measures and implement the reservation for OBC and EWS candidates against the All-India quota for undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate courses,’’ Environment Minister Yadav said in a series of tweets Wednesday.
Bhupender Yadav is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He is currently Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, since joining Narendra Modi government in the reshuffle of July 2021. He is the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janta Party.
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| 1391 | Recent | Sweety Patel murder case: More charred human bones found, hurdle in extracting DNA samples | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/07/2021 | July 29, 2021.“The bones appear to be from the same set that was found earlier and are charred. We have sent it for forensic examination. We are facing difficulty in extracting the DNA sample from the bones since they are burnt. Some sample has been taken previously and the results are awaited. The new bones were found in around 50 meters area of the same place,” Mandlik said. The DCB, which has arrested Desai and Jadeja on charges of murder and disappearance of evidence, found two more human bones during the reconstruction of the sequence of the crime with Desai in tow.
An important property of DNA is that it can replicate, or make copies of itself. Each strand of DNA in the double helix can serve as a pattern for duplicating the sequence of bases. This is critical when cells divide because each new cell needs to have an exact copy of the DNA present in the old cell.
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| 1392 | Recent | Weather Forecast Today Live Updates: Monsoon to continue over J&K, 20 people traced during rescue | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/07/2021 | July 29, 2021. Seven persons were found dead and 17 others were rescued in an injured condition after the remote village was struck by the cloudburst in the early hours of Wednesday, damaging 21 houses, cowsheds, a ration depot, a bridge, and a mosque.
Jammu is the southernmost part of Jammu and Kashmir and serves as a passage from the plains in Punjab to the hills of the Himalayas. Jammu is also known as the winter capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is majorly a holy city for Hindus and is home to several shrines, monuments, and temples. Also, scenic waterfalls, dense forests, and small streams decorate the region. Jammu is extremely popular among tourists and the city boasts a rich and diverse cultural heritage as well. The best time to visit is generally between the months of June and August when the weather is most pleasant.
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| 1393 | Recent | Several red flags against medical college, Baghel Bill has big budget plans | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/07/2021 | July 29, 2021. The Bhupesh Baghel government Wednesday went ahead and tabled a Bill to acquire a private medical college in Durg — a move that has drawn controversy because of its links with his daughter’s in-laws — at double the valuation. The valuation will be decided by a state-appointed Special Officer in six-twelve months. Called the Chhattisgarh Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Durg (Acquisition) Bill, 2021, it notes that the decision will cost the exchequer Rs 140 crore a year. Baghel’s social media statement mentioned that around 180 students are currently studying in the college, while over 300 had graduated from it.
Bhupesh Baghel is an Indian politician serving as the third and current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He was president of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress. He has been a member of the legislative assembly five times from Patan.
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| 1394 | Recent | Basavaraj Bommai latest in father-son duo club to occupy CM's chair | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. When Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as Karnataka chief minister, he will be the latest in the father-son duos to occupy the CM's post. In Tamil Nadu, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi held the chief ministership across five terms between 1969 and 2011. His son Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is the present CM, having led the party to a huge victory in the Assembly polls this year. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is occupying the state's top post once held by his father YS Rajasekhar Reddy. YS Rajasekhara Reddy held the post across two terms, from 2004-2009. Jagan Mohan Reddy became the CM in May 2019.
Andhra Pradesh is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162,975 km² and the tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants.
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| 1395 | Recent | Opposition steps up offensive on Pegasus issue; demands discussion | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. Opposition parties on Tuesday asked the government to call an all-party meeting to resolve the current impasse in Parliament while sticking to their demands for a discussion on Pegasus snooping issue and a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other opposition leaders will move separate adjournment notices on Wednesday in Lok Sabha on the Pegasus issue. Similarly, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and others will move separate adjournment notices in Rajya Sabha.
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber arms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running most versions of iOS and Android. The 2021 Project Pegasus revelations suggest that the current Pegasus software can exploit all recent iOS versions up to iOS 14.6.
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| 1396 | Recent | Assam-Mizo border clash: Bandh affects normal life in Barak Valley | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. Normal life in the three districts of Assam's Barak Valley was completely affected on Wednesday due to a 12-hour bandh called to protest the killing of seven people, including six policemen, in a recent inter-state border clash with Mizoram. Seven people have been killed and 50 others, including a Superintendent of Police, injured in a bloody clash along the Mizoram-Assam inter-state border on Monday. All business establishments remained closed and few vehicles plied on the roads of Mizoram-bordering Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj districts even as emergency services were exempted from the purview of the Barak Valley bandh that began at 5 am.
Assam is a state in northeastern India known for its wildlife, archeological sites, and tea plantations. Guwahati, Assam’s largest city, features silk bazaars and the hilltop Kamakhya Temple in the West. Umananda Temple sits on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra river. The state capital, Dispur, is a suburb of Guwahati. The ancient pilgrimage site of Hajo and Madan Kamdev, the ruins of a temple complex, lie nearby.
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| 1397 | Recent | Border row: Assam, Mizoram agree to deploy neutral central forces | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. The chief secretaries and police chiefs of Assam and Mizoram at a meeting called by the Union Home Ministry in Delhi agreed to the deployment of a neutral central armed police force along National Highway 306, headed by a senior central police officer to keep peace along the border of the two states. The meeting also decided that the two states will 'work out an arrangement in coordination' with the center to facilitate the functioning of the central peace-keeping force besides agreeing to continue talks to resolve the border dispute, according to top Mizoram officials.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of the Government of India. As an interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
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| 1398 | Recent | Oppn members throw papers, torn placards in LS; 3 bills passed amid din | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. The Opposition intensified its noisy protests in Lok Sabha on Wednesday over Pegasus snooping, farm laws, and other issues with some unruly members even hurling papers and torn placards in the House, but the government went ahead with its legislative agenda and three bills were passed amid the din. As the proceedings began, opposition members trooped into the Well of the House, raising slogans and holding placards against the government over a number of issues including snooping allegations linked to Israeli spyware Pegasus.
The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
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| 1399 | Recent | BJP MP demands Tharoor's removal as head of Parl panel on IT | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday demanded the removal of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as the head of the Parliamentary panel on Information Technology, alleging that he was using his position in a discriminatory manner. Dubey raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, saying a letter has already been submitted to the Speaker in this regard on Tuesday. The parliamentary panel's meeting that was set to question government officials on Wednesday on the Pegasus spyware issue was postponed due to lack of quorum. A number of members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology sat in Parliament to discuss 'Citizens' safety and date protection'.
Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer, and former international diplomat who has been serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He was formerly Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and contested for the post of Secretary-General in 2006.
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| 1400 | Recent | China pledges support to Taliban, asks them not to back Uyghur fighters | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. China on Wednesday feted Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, praising the insurgent group as an 'important military and political force' in Afghanistan and asked it to make a 'clean break' with all terrorist groups, especially the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) -- the Uyghur Muslim militant group from Xinjiang. Mullah Baradar, who made the surprise visit to China, termed Beijing as a 'trustworthy friend' and assured that his group will not permit 'any force to use' Afghanistan's territory.
The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist movement and military organization in Afghanistan, currently waging war within the country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader has been Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
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| 1401 | Recent | Support to any act of terror is crime against humanity: Rajnath at SCO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/07/2021 | July 28, 2021. Terrorism is the most serious threat to international peace and security and support to any acts of terror is a crime against humanity, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Dushanbe. He reaffirmed India's resolve to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and said peace and prosperity cannot coexist with terrorism, in remarks seen as directed at Pakistan. "Peace and prosperity cannot coexist with terrorism. Terrorism is the most serious threat to international peace and security," Singh said in presence of defense ministers of China, Russia, and other member countries of the SCO.
Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician serving as the Defence Minister of India. He is currently the Deputy Leader of the House Lok Sabha. He is the former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet Minister in the Vajpayee Government.
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| 1402 | Recent | 63% of educational institutions taking the hybrid route for exams | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. The report outlines the impact of COVID-19 on examinations and the education sector’s pivot towards the digital ecosystem in the past 15 months. Nearly 76% of all respondents report that online exam service providers addressed either all or most of their exam-related requirements while 64% of respondents believe that online exams cost less or as much as their traditional counterparts.
Online exam providers are technology service providers that offer web-based assessment software solutions for conducting educational assessment, campus and lateral recruitment, promotion and appraisal, and training and certification. These examination software solutions play a pivotal role in many universities, colleges, schools, examination bodies, and organizations, enabling them to conduct tests timely and effectively.
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| 1403 | Recent | 2nd India-Sri Lanka T20 postponed to Wednesday as Krunal Pandya tests positive for COVID-19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. The second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka here on Tuesday was postponed by a day after visiting all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19. Krunal, who tested positive on Tuesday morning, has been quarantined and the entire contingent's RT-PCR test reports are awaited. "The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India originally scheduled to be played on July 27 has been pushed forward by a day and will now take place on Wednesday, July 28," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a media statement.
Krunal Himanshu Pandya is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket, and Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in November 2018.
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| 1404 | Recent | Hubble finds first evidence of water vapour on Jupiter's moon Ganymede | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede by using new and archival datasets from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. According to the study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Monday, water vapor forms when ice from the moon's surface turns from solid to gas. Previous studies have offered circumstantial evidence that Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, contains more water than all of Earth's oceans, NASA said.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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| 1405 | Recent | Indian archers brace for one last chance at Tokyo Olympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. Indian archers need to quickly shrug off the disappointment of elimination from the team events as they brace for tougher challenges ahead in the individual competitions of the Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday. Team events being 16-team draws provided the best opportunity to win a medal but exited early from the men's team and mixed pair sections. While world number one Deepika Kumari, who is making her third successive Olympic appearance, will be a favorite from the Indian team, rookie Pravin Jadhav would fancy his chances on the back of some fine shooting.
Pravin Ramesh Jadhav (born 6 July 1996) is an Indian archer who competes in the recurve discipline. At the 2019 World Archery Championships, he was a member of the first Indian team to qualify for the final since 2005; the team received the silver medal.
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| 1406 | Recent | Over 21.40 lakh farmers enrolled under PM-KMY: Narendra Singh Tomar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. More than 21.40 lakh farmers have so far joined the voluntary pension scheme for small and marginal farmers Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday. The pension scheme was launched in September 2019 to provide old-age protection and social security."As of July 23, 2021, a total of 21,40,262 farmers have joined the scheme," Tomar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. The enrollment of eligible farmers under PM-KMY was started by Common Service Centres (CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd) in August 2019.
Narendra Singh Tomar (born 12 June 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. Previously he was the Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Minister of Mines, and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of India. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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| 1407 | Recent | MGNREGA has already used up over half of its annual funds this fiscal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/07/2021 | July 27, 2021. More than half of the funds allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the current financial year has been utilized in just three-and-a-half months into the fiscal, suggesting the pressure on rural India on generating employment. In 2020-21, the government had raised the budgetary allocation for the scheme by Rs 40,000 crore taking the total spent on Mgnrega to Rs 1,11,170.86 crore after the nationwide lockdown last year resulted in the migration of workers back to rural India.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, is regarded as the Father of the Nation. Gandhi was a social reformist and leader of the Indian Independence Movement who introduced the idea of non-violent resistance called Satyagrah.
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| 1408 | Recent | Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/07/2021 | July 26, 2021. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to reach Parliament in protest against the three farm laws. Extending support to farmers who have been agitating against the new agricultural laws, the Wayanad MP told media persons, "I have brought farmers' message to Parliament. They (The government) are suppressing the voices of farmers and not letting a discussion take place in Parliament. They will have to repeal these black laws. The entire country knows these laws favor 2-3 big businessmen."
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the President of the Indian National Congress from 16 December 2017 to 3 July 2019.
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| 1409 | Recent | 1st uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan not possible in Dec: ISRO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/07/2021 | July 26, 2021. The launch of the first uncrewed mission planned in December, as part of the human spaceflight program 'Gaganyaan', will be delayed due to the COVID-19-induced disruption in the delivery of hardware elements for the ambitious venture, the Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed on Monday. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Space, Jitendra Singh said in February this year that the first unmanned mission is planned in December 2021 and the second unmanned one in 2022-23, followed by the human spaceflight demonstration.
The Indian Space Research Organisation or is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman of ISRO acts as the executive of DOS as well.
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| 1410 | Recent | 'Congress needs aggressive leadership' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/07/2021 | July 26, 2021. The Congress in Maharashtra is surprising political observers with its new-found aggression under Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee Nana Patole's leadership. Patole, a former BJP MP from Gondia-Maharashtra, rejoined his parent Congress party in 2017 after he fell out with Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi over statehood for Vidarbha. The 57-year-old is fast emerging as Congress's 'angry young man in the state.
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered in the center in its ideological orientation, of Indian politics.
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| 1411 | Recent | Why is Blinken Rushing to Delhi? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/07/2021 | July 26, 2021. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to India should be seen against the backdrop of frosty India-China relations with tension on the India-China border showing no signs of complete disengagement and de-escalation. Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region near the India-China border last week has exacerbated the security dilemma prevailing between the two countries. Although it is stated that India and the US will discuss bilateral issues like COVID-19 response efforts, the Afghan imbroglio in the light of the US withdrawal and the preparation for the Quad summit slated for later this year, the elephant in the room will permeate the conversations.
Antony John Blinken is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.
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| 1412 | Recent | 'Bravery of Kargil heroes motivates us every single day' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/07/2021 | July 26, 2021. Remembering the sacrifices and valor of heroes of the Kargil war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said their bravery motivates the country every day. "We remember their sacrifices. We remember their valor. Today, on Kargil Vijay Diwas we pay homage to all those who lost their lives in Kargil protecting our nation. Their bravery motivates us every single day," tweeted Prime Minister Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the countrymen to salute the brave hearts of Kargil on July 26, when the nation will mark Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is on the 26th of July. On this date in 1999 India successfully took command of the high outposts.
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| 1413 | Recent | Uber makes a billion dollars from Zomato's listing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/07/2021 | July 24, 2021. The market value of Uber’s stake in the newly-listed company Zomato has surged to a whopping ₹9,000 crore ($1.2 billion) without investing a single penny in the food aggregator business.
Uber has never made any investment in Zomato. Its 9.19% shareholding was a result of Zomato’s $350 million acquisition of UberEats India business back in 2020.
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| 1414 | Recent | IPOs will drive India's startup revolution: NITI Aayog CEO Kant | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/07/2021 | July 24, 2021. Digitization has provided an impetus to the startup ecosystem in India and IPOs will drive the country's startup revolution, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Friday.
Addressing a virtual event organized by Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship in India Network Kant said among 17 economies, India has emerged as the second-fastest in digitization." Indian startups will raise money in Indian markets from the Indian public," he said.
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| 1415 | Recent | Lord Buddha has become more relevant in COVID-19: PM on Guru Purnima | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/07/2021 | July 24, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted his fellow Indians on the occasion of Guru Purnima and left a message at the government program observing the Ashadha Purnima-Dhamma Chakra Day. Hailing Gautam Buddha on this auspicious occasion, PM Modi said that his teachings can guide the country out of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
"India has shown how we can face the greatest of challenges by walking on his path," he added. "Countries are joining hands...becoming each other's strength, taking the values of Buddha," PM stated.
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| 1416 | Recent | Could not have asked for a happier start to Tokyo Olympics: PM as India win 1st medal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/07/2021 | July 24, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the many who congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on social after she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The 26-year-old is the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal, finishing second in the women's 49kg event on the first day of the Olympics. This is India's first medal at the Tokyo Games. Her success motivates every Indian," Modi tweeted with the hashtag ''Cheer4India''.
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| 1417 | Monthly Capsule | Weightlifter Mirabai wins silver in 49kg event, India's 1st medal at Tokyo Olympics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/07/2021 | July 24, 2021. Mirabai Chanu goes for 117kg on her final attempt but she fails and settles for silver. Mirabai Chanu goes for 115kg on her second attempt and she does it! Wow, New Olympic Record. Mirabai Chanu has entered 210kg as her expected total in the women’s 49kg start a list of the Tokyo Olympic Games to raise the expectation of Indian weightlifting fans on the eve of her event. Mirabai, who has the personal best of 205kg, had earlier said that she would be going for 210kg to push for the gold.
By putting that weight on the start list, she has made a statement to her closest rivals, including Hou Zhihui of China, Windy Aisha of Indonesia and Elizabeth Delacruz of the USA. The three have registered 205kg, 203kg, and 200kg, respectively.
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| 1418 | Recent | How Parrikar Broke the Rafale Logjam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. His biggest contribution was to break the Rafale logjam. For six years, India had been unable to decide on how to buy the French-made combat jets because of the faulty procedure adopted by the MoD under the then defense minister A K Antony. It is to Parrikar's credit that he decided to think differently on a knotty issue and suggested a way out to the prime minister. In fact, in less than six months after taking over, Parrikar has studied various complex issues dogging the defense ministry and had come to his own conclusions on what needed to be done.
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony, better known as A. K. Antony is an Indian politician and attorney who was the 23rd Defence Minister of India. He is the current Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, from Kerala for the fifth term since 1985.
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| 1419 | Recent | Israel to probe misuse of Pegasus, review licensing process | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. Amid the Pegasus snooping case backlash, Israel has established a committee to review the allegations of misuse of the NSO group's surveillance software and hinted at a possible 'review of the whole matter of giving licenses'. The alleged use of the Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders, politicians, and others in a number of countries including India triggered concerns over issues relating to privacy. Politicians, rights activists, and journalists were among those targeted with phone spyware sold to various governments by the Israeli firm, according to an international media consortium.
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber arms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running most versions of iOS and Android. The 2021 Project Pegasus revelations suggest that the current Pegasus software can exploit all recent iOS versions up to iOS 14.6.
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| 1420 | Recent | Priests' body writes to PM seeking representation in temple management | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. Representation of the Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha in the management of temples and religious places should be made mandatory, the priests' body urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. 'Instructions may be given for the representation of Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha in the management of temples and religious places,' Mahesh Pathak, national president of the body said in a letter to the prime minister. Twelve smart cities with cultural, religious, and ancient backgrounds are currently being developed in the country.
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.
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| 1421 | Recent | India tests new generation surface-to-air Akash missile | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. India on Friday successfully flight tested the New Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, Defence Research and Development Organisation sources said. The test was carried out by DRDO against a high-speed unmanned aerial target which was successfully intercepted by the missile. The surface-to-air missile was also successfully flight-tested two days ago from the same launch ground of ITR at Chandipur, sources said. “The missile, equipped with a radio frequency seeker, successfully intercepted a high speed unmanned aerial target,” a DRDO spokesperson said.|
The Defence Research and Development Organisation is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.
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| 1422 | Recent | HC quashes UP police notice to Twitter India MD | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. The Karnataka high court on Friday quashed the notice issued to Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari by the Uttar Pradesh police, seeking his personal appearance as part of its probe into a communally sensitive video uploaded by a user on the Twitter platform, saying it was issued by mala fide. The single bench of Justice G Narendra said that the notice under Section 41(A) CrPC should be treated as Section under 160 of CrPC, allowing the Ghaziabad police to question Maheshwari through virtual mode, at his office or his residential address in Bengaluru.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.
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| 1423 | Recent | Mamata to scan, approve replies to parliamentary questions: Official | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. Amid reports that her government's departments do not send answers to parliamentary questions on time, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to scan and approve all such replies filed by additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries among others before they are submitted. Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi, in a message, has directed the secretaries to send him the replies, which then would be forwarded to the CM for a final nod. "It has come to the government's notice that replies to the parliamentary questions are not always processed in time.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress party in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress and became its first chairperson.
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| 1424 | Recent | BJP's Tripura ally meets Shah to demand separate tribal state | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. A four-member delegation of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi demanding a separate Tipraland carved out of the present Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which constitutes two-thirds of the state territory. The delegation led by Forest minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia, who is also the general secretary of IPFT met Shah on Thursday and submitted a five-point memorandum.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the First Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020.
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| 1425 | Recent | US Secretary of State to visit India on July 27 and 28 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. United States Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will visit India on July 27 and 28 to discuss a range of issues including the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the situation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific, the ministry of external affairs announced on Friday. It will be Blinken's first visit to India after assuming charge as the US Secretary of State and the second by a high-ranking official of the Biden administration since it came to power in January. It said Blinken will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on July 28.
The National Security Agency is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence.
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| 1426 | Recent | Kundra's custody extended, Shilpa's statement recorded | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/07/2021 | July 23, 2021. A court in Mumbai on Friday extended till July 27 the police custody of businessman Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe in a case related to the alleged production and distribution of pornographic films through apps. The crime branch of Mumbai Police also recorded the statement of Kundra's wife and actor Shilpa Shetty in connection with the case. Seeking his further custody, the police claimed that Kundra had plans to sell 119 adult films to a person for a sum of $1.2 million. Separately, an investigation officer said that the police also wanted to probe the alleged transfer of funds from a South Africa-based sports betting firm into Kundra's bank account.
Raj Kundra is a British Indian businessman. In 2004, he was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success. His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
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| 1427 | Recent | OnePlus to unveil OnePlus Nord 2 5G today on live stream | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. OnePlus is set to unveil the all-new OnePlus Nord 2 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI chipset and features a 50-megapixel primary camera, and at the front, the smartphone sports a 32-megapixel selfie camera. today. Interested viewers can watch the launch live at 7:30 pm IST on the OnePlus Nord and OnePlus India official YouTube channels. The company will also unveil the OnePlus Buds Pro true wireless earbuds.
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| 1428 | Recent | 29,000 websites, including Zomato, Paytm & Amazon, down in widespread outage | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. At least 29,000 websites are down after what seems to be a major Domain Name System failure. A widespread outage has hit different apps and websites. Some of the major websites experiencing issues and outages include Zomato, Paytm, PlayStation Network, FedEx, Steam, UPS, Airbnb, Home Depot, and Amazon.
Zomato and Paytm tweeted relating to the difficulty, Paytm tweeted that some providers can be minimized because of the world disruption in Akamai. We try to unravel it. Zomatore founder Dipinder Goel additionally tweeted about it. He mentioned our app is down as a consequence of Akamai and our staff is making an attempt to ship all orders frequently.
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| 1429 | Recent | Shilpa shares post about 'surviving challenges' after husband Raj Kundra's arrest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. Actress Shilpa Shetty took to Instagram on Thursday to share her first post after her husband Raj Kundra's arrest in a porn videos case. She posted a page from a book, which she seems to be reading. "I have survived challenges in the past and will survive challenges in the future," a portion read.
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| 1430 | Recent | Actor Umesh Kamat's pic wrongly used by media houses in Raj Kundra porn videos case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. Marathi actor Umesh Kamat has criticized some media houses for using his picture and name in the Raj Kundra porn videos case without verification. "I and my family were flooded with calls and questions...from all over... country," he wrote on Instagram. "The person by name Umesh Kamat alleged to be involved in the Raj Kundra case isn't me," the actor clarified.
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| 1431 | Recent | Anil Ambani's phone numbers on list of potential Pegasus targets | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. The phone numbers of Anil Ambani and one other official of the Reliance ADA Group were added to the alleged list of potential targets of surveillance through the Israeli spyware Pegasus in 2018, according to reports. Former CBI chief Alok Verma's phone numbers also figured on the list of potential targets, the reports added.
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| 1432 | Recent | Himachal Pradesh to reopen schools for Class 10 to 12 from August 2 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/07/2021 | July 22, 2021. The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to reopen schools for Class 10 to Class 12 from August 2 while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. The students of Class 5 and Class 8 will also be allowed to visit schools to clear their doubts from August 2. Coaching, tuition and training institutions will also be allowed to function from July 26.
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| 1433 | Recent | Can Lalu still change Bihar's power dynamics? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/07/2021 | July 21, 2021. This is the office of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the occasion was to celebrate the 25th birth anniversary of the party. The day was special more because party chief Lalu Prasad was making his first political appearance after being sent to jail following a conviction in the fodder scam case four years ago. “The Modi government doesn’t want him among us. They know the mass appeal of Lalu. That’s why they kept him locked up on false charges. Meanwhile, those accused in the Srijan scam and Rafale scam are roaming free,” said Uday Narayan Chaudhury, former speaker of the Bihar legislative assembly.
Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician. He is the president of the political party Rashtriya Janata Dal, a former Chief Minister of Bihar, a former Union Minister of Railways, and a former Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha.
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| 1434 | Recent | CAA, NRC nothing to do with Hindu-Muslim divide: RSS chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/07/2021 | July 21, 2021. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is in Assam on a two-day visit, said on Wednesday that the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens have nothing to do with the Hindu-Muslim divide and communal narrative surrounding the two issues were being peddled by some to gain political mileage. The citizenship law is will provide protection to persecuted minorities in the neighboring countries, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief underlined.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbr.RSS, is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organization. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organizations called the Sangh Parivar, which have a presence in all facets of Indian society. RSS was founded on 27 September 1925.
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| 1435 | Recent | China heightens activity along LAC in Uttarakhand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/07/2021 | July 21, 2021. Engaged in a military standoff with India in Ladakh since last year, the Chinese Army has increased its activities along the Barahoti area in Uttarakhand along the Line of Actual Control as a platoon of the People's Liberation Army was seen operating recently. "Recently a platoon (around 35 troops) of the PLA were seen operating around Barahoti area in Uttarakhand and surveyed the area around there. The Chinese have been seen doing some activity around this area after a significant gap," sources said.
China, officially the People's Republic of China is a country in East Asia and a unitary one-party socialist republic led by the Communist Party of China. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion.
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| 1436 | Recent | Sidhu camp refuses apology to Amarinder as Punjab tussle continues | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/07/2021 | July 21, 2021. In what is seen as a show of strength, nearly 60 Congress MLAs gathered at the residence of new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar on Wednesday, amid suspense over a possible truce between him and CM Amarinder Singh. Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases. After Sidhu's elevation, the CM had said that he won't meet him until the cricketer-turned-politician apologized for his "derogatory" tweets against him.
Amarinder Singh known publicly as Captain Amarinder Singh is an Indian politician, military historian, author, former royal, and former veteran serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Punjab.
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| 1437 | Recent | 67% have Covid antibodies, another 40 cr still vulnerable to infection: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. Around 40 crore people are still vulnerable to COVID-19 infection as a nationwide survey found two-thirds of the country's population aged above six to have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, the government said on Tuesday as it stressed there is no room for complacency in the fight against the pandemic. Addressing a press conference, a senior official said two-thirds or 67.6 percent of India's population aged above 6 years were found to have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the latest national serosurvey. The death toll climbed to 4,14,482 with 374 daily fatalities, the lowest in 111 days, while the active cases have declined to 4,06,130, the lowest in 117 days.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment.
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| 1438 | Recent | Internet cut in 3 blocks in Jhalawar following communal violence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20.2021. Internet services have been suspended for 24 hours in three blocks of Rajasthan's Jhalawar district following arson and incidents of loot which took place hours after a scuffle between youths from two different communities, the police said. The violence took place on Monday night, hours after the youths from the Muslim and Sondhya Rajput communities scuffled over an issue. The police have registered four cases against around 200 people, mostly unidentified, for provoking violence and damaging public property.
Internet Services allow us to access a huge amount of information such as text, graphics, sound, and software over the internet. Internet covers almost every aspect of life, one can think of. Here, we will discuss some of the advantages of the Internet: Social Networking, Education and technology, Entertainment, Online services. The Internet allows us to communicate with people sitting at remote locations.
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| 1439 | Recent | Farmers will hold protest at Jantar Mantar from July 22 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. Farmers will hold peaceful demonstrations at Jantar Mantar demanding scrapping of the Agri laws and no protester will go to parliament where the monsoon session is underway, a farm union leader said on Tuesday after a meeting with Delhi police officials. Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh national president Shiv Kumar Kakka said that every day from July 22, 200 farmers, wearing identification badges, will go to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border to hold the protest. "When police asked us to reduce the number of protesters, we told them to focus on the law-and-order situation and also gave assurance that the protest will be peaceful," Kakka said.
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock.
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| 1440 | Recent | Pak ordnance factory involved in Jammu drone attack, says J-K DGP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. Drones have added a new dimension to security threats from terror groups and investigations into the attack on the Jammu IAF station last month show the involvement of "non-State actors" supported by State actors such as the ordnance factory of Pakistan, Jammu, and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday. Earlier, in Handwara, more than Rs 1.25 crore was seized by the police from a narcotics smuggler who was distributing cash among OGWs and active terrorists and their families, the DGP said, adding that these incidents have come to our notice and serious action has been taken on that count. "But drones, we definitely need to put in more effort to see that this emerging threat is neutralized effectively," he added.
A drone, in technological terms, is an unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASes). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot that can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems, working in conjunction with onboard sensors and GPS. Drones are now also used in a wide range of civilian roles ranging from search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring, and firefighting, to personal drones and business drone-based photography, as well as videography, agriculture, and even delivery services.
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| 1441 | Recent | Gujarat shopkeeper arrested for not taking Covid vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. Police have arrested a shopkeeper in Gujarat's Kutch district for not taking vaccine against COVID-19, against the backdrop of the state government setting July 31 as the deadline for people in such businesses to get their first job. While the first information report (FIR) registered against the 54-year-old shopkeeper specifically mentioned that he had violated the district collector's notification about compulsory vaccination by July 31, police officials claimed the main reason for his arrest was the violation of mask and social distancing norms and not the issue of inoculation."The person was running his shop without wearing a mask. We also noticed customers were not maintaining social distancing. "Thus, his arrest was mainly because of these violations, not because of his failure in getting the first dose," police inspector K P Sagathiya said.
Maintain at least a 1-meter distance between yourself and others to reduce your risk of infection when they cough, sneeze or speak. Maintain an even greater distance between yourself and others when indoors. The further away, the better.
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| 1442 | Recent | Covishield: 'Single dose gives 71% effectiveness' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. 'You have sufficient protection if you take the second dose of the Covishield vaccine at 12 weeks because this vaccine works in a way where it provides protection in the first dose.' Gently-spoken vaccine scientist Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya offers, in a low-key, non-dogmatic manner, detailed, documented information on why you should take your second dose of Covishield at 84 days. If it was all good, for everybody, then they would have released the second dose, after eight weeks, for the entire population.
Covishield vaccine efficacy after 2nd dose is considered to be around 90%. You have to give some gap to take both doses so that your body can withstand the mild side effects of the vaccine. After applying the Covidhield vaccine, your body’s immunity to fight corona increases by about 90%. The government has requested that every citizen above the age of 18 be vaccinated.
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| 1443 | Recent | India offered 7.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine under Covax | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. India has been offered 7.5 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX global vaccine sharing program, but it is not clear when the jabs will arrive in the country as a consensus on the indemnity clause is yet to be reached, sources said. On the availability of Moderna vaccine in the country, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr. V K Paul had recently said the government is working actively with Moderna to see how its vaccine can be imported and made available in the country. According to sources, the Indian government has put forth certain conditions for finalizing the indemnity clause contract and has sent it to the US drug manufacturer for their perusal.
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is 94% effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus with symptoms. This vaccine is for people age 18 and older. It requires two injections given 28 days apart. The second dose can be given up to six weeks after the first dose if needed.
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| 1444 | Recent | India is talking to the Taliban because the Taliban are winning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. But why should India be talking to the Taliban in the first place? There is no love lost there. India will never forget or forgive the humiliation to which the Taliban subjected it in the IC-814 hijack, notes Shekhar Gupta. As the key Jammu and Kashmir alliance announced its acceptance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation for the all-party meeting in New Delhi, Mehbooba Mufti said that India should also talk to Pakistan to find a final solution to the Kashmir issue. They've done so with only Pakistan's help. The reason is the Americans, from one administration to another, did not know what their objectives were. This is a good opening for Pakistan as well. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) threat has not cleared yet.
Mehbooba Mufti (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who served as the last Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir as a State, from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. After the revocation of the special status (autonomy) of the state in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. She was released only in October 2020, after the Supreme Court of India quizzed the government about the length of her detention.
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| 1445 | Recent | 'PM has gone for good administrators' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/07/2021 | July 20, 2021. 'Whether it will create an impact or not, only time will tell.'A retired Indian Administrative Service officer, Anil Swarup -- who retired as India's education secretary -feels it is a good decision to induct former bureaucrats and technocrats in the cabinet. It is not necessary for them to be ministers. But there is no harm in technocrats or bureaucrats becoming a minister if they join politics. They understand politics, They can also make use of the administrative skills they have gained during their tenure as a bureaucrat. The attributes required of a prime minister are different from the attributes required of a minister because a minister is part of a team. So, I feel a politician will make a better prime minister than a technocrat or a bureaucrat.
Narendra Modi’s inspiring life journey to the Office of Prime Minister began in the by-lanes of Vadnagar, a small town in North Gujarat’s Mehsana district. He was born on the 17th of September 1950; three years after India had gained its Independence. This makes him the first Prime Minister to be born in independent India. Mr. Modi is the third child born to Damodardas Modi and Hiraba Modi. Narendra Modi’s formative years taught him early tough lessons as he balanced his studies, non-academic life to spare time to work at the family-owned Tea Stall as the family struggled to make ends meet. His school friends remember that as a child also he was very industrious and had an affinity for debates and a curiosity to read books.
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| 1446 | Recent | France to allow travellers vaccinated with Covishield | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. France on Monday included Covishield produced by the Serum Institute of India and developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University in the list of approved vaccines for travel to the country. The ministry of interior of France issued norms for the certificate of international travel. It said to deal with the virus the border control measures are temporarily needed, both on entering and leaving the country. The ministry also issued the rules that apply depending on where the people are traveling to or from.
Serum Institute of India is an Indian biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals company. It is the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines located in the city of Pune, India, and was founded by Cyrus Poonawalla in 1966. The company is a subsidiary of the holding company Poonawalla Investment and Industries.
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| 1447 | Recent | Pegasus issue: Cong seeks Amit Shah sacking, probe against PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. Accusing the government of "treason" and compromising on national security over the Pegasus spyware issue, the Congress Monday demanded the sacking of Home Minister Amit Shah and a probe into the "role of Prime Minister" Narendra Modi in the entire matter. Addressing a joint press conference with other party leaders, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala held Shah responsible for the Pegasus spying issue and said the Opposition party's first demand is his immediate dismissal. He said Congress will take all Opposition parties on board over the issue and decide on whether to ask for a judicial or parliamentary probe in the matter.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the First Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020.
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| 1448 | Recent | Illegal snooping not possible in India: IT minister in Lok Sabha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. The government on Monday categorically rejected in Lok Sabha allegations of snooping on politicians, journalists, and others using Pegasus software, asserting that illegal surveillance was not possible with checks and balances in the country's laws, and alleged that attempts were being made to malign Indian democracy. As a massive row erupted over the issue, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, in a suo motu statement in the lower house, said the media reports on alleged snooping published a day before the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament "cannot be a coincidence" and stressed that there is "no substance" behind the sensationalism.
The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
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| 1449 | Recent | Manipur-based activist booked under NSA released on SC order | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. Manipur-based activist Leichombam Erendro, booked under the National Security Act for criticizing Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on the use of cow dung and urine as cures for COVID-19, was released on Monday following the Supreme Court direction to Imphal jail authorities, saying that he cannot be put in jail even for a day. Advocate Shadan Farasat, appearing for Erendro's father who filed the plea for release, said, "He has been released at around 4.45 pm in compliance with the apex court order." A bench of Justice D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said earlier in the day that his continued detention will be in violation of his fundamental right to life.
The National Security Agency is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence.
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| 1450 | Recent | Uproar in RS over nationality of newly-inducted minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Monday sought to raise the issue of the nationality of a newly inducted minister of state for Home, alleging he was a Bangladeshi national, but the government dismissed the charge as "baseless" and slammed them for casting such aspersions on a leader from a tribal community. Opposition members led by Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge asked the government to clear its stand over the nationality of the minister.
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
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| 1451 | Recent | China building fighter aircraft base near Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. Seeking to overcome limitations in its fighter aircraft operations along the Line of Actual Control with India, China is developing an airbase for fighter aircraft operations close to the eastern Ladakh area in Shakche town in the Xinjiang province. "The base is coming up between the existing airbases of Kashgar and Hogan which have been carrying out fighter operations along the Indian borders for a long time. This new base for fighter operations will fill up the gap for the Chinese Air Force in this region," government sources said.
The Line of Actual Control is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term is said to have been used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| 1452 | Recent | SC quashes criminal case against DMK MP R S Bharathi under SC/ST Act | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against Dravida Munnetra Kazagham Rajya Sabha lawmaker R S Bharathi under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for a speech he made in 2020. A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose closed the criminal case against the lawmaker after holding that his speech did not fulfill the ingredients to attract the offenses for which he has been charged. The top court took note of the submissions of senior lawyer Kapil Sibal and advocate Amit Anand Tiwari that no offense under the harsh the Act was made out against the lawmaker.
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to prohibit discrimination, prevent atrocities and hate crimes against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
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| 1453 | Recent | PM couldn't introduce new ministers to Parliament amid Oppn ruckus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. As the disruptions continued despite Speaker Om Birla's repeated pleas to maintain decorum, the House was adjourned after nearly 40 minutes till 2 pm. The prime minister said he was expecting members of the House to show enthusiasm by thumping their desks as a large number of those from the Dalits, Scheduled Tribes and OBC communities, as well as sons of farmers and those from economically backward and rural backgrounds, have become ministers in the recent rejig." However, probably, some people did not like that people of such background have become ministers and that is why they are now conducting themselves with such behavior," the prime minister said.
The Prime Minister of India, officially the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, is the leader of the executive branch of the Government of India. The prime minister is the chief adviser to the President of India and the head of the Union Council of Ministers.
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| 1454 | Recent | 'If he has to keep BJP bosses happy...' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. Ram Iqbal Singh, the former BJP MLA from Ballia, has been critical of UP Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht aka Yogi Adityanath for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, instances of violence during the recently concluded block panchayat elections in the state, and entry of outsiders into the BJP fold. The big leaders decide how the party is to be run; who should get entry and who should not. It makes no difference to these big leaders that ordinary party workers are not liking what is happening in UP.
Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician serving as the 22nd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, in office since 19 March 2017. He was appointed as the Chief Minister on 26 March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2017 State Assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner.
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| 1455 | Recent | Time for India to Engage the Taliban | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/07/2021 | July 19, 2021. It is a 'when rather than 'if' scenario, that the Taliban would return to power in Afghanistan. Given its recent successes, and with just over a month to go for the Americans to withdraw, it appears that the Taliban would be back in or around Kabul for the winter. Whether they capture Kabul or reach an accommodation with the National Unity government from a position of dominance is a moot point. In effect, the Taliban would call the shots literally and figuratively. The Biden administration's resolve to bring the boys (and girls) back home before the 20th anniversary of the deadliest attacks on US soil is understandable.
The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist movement and military organization in Afghanistan, currently waging war within the country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader has been Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
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| 1456 | Recent | Sidhu as Punjab Cong chief not good for party: Amarinder to Sonia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is learned to have written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday expressing reservation over Navjot Singh Sidhu's possible appointment as the state party chief. In another development, All India Congress Committee general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat is likely to arrive in Chandigarh to meet Amarinder Singh on Saturday even as suspense over the much-awaited announcement from the Congress high command on the resolution of the infighting in the party's state unit continues.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian politician, television personality, and former International cricketer. Currently, He is The President cum Chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
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| 1457 | Recent | IMD predicts heavy rainfall in country next week | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. A swelled up Mithi river forced the evacuation of 250 people in rain-battered Mumbai's Kurla area on Friday, even as the temperatures were above normal in several parts of north Indian plains in the absence of rainfall despite the revival of the Southwest Monsoon. Very light rains and thundershowers occurred at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh though, and a fresh warning of heavy showers was issued in Himachal Pradesh as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in several parts of the country, including the northern region, over the next six-seven days.
The India Meteorological Department is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting, and seismology.
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| 1458 | Recent | Stall Parliament till govt agrees to our demands: Farmers to Oppn MPs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Protesting farmers on Friday issued a 'Voters' Whip' to Opposition MPs through a letter, asking them to be present in parliament on all days of the Monsoon Session and let no business transact till 'the Union government accedes to the farmers' demands on the floor of the Houses'.They have asked the MPs to not stage a walkout and also return to the House even if they are suspended or removed so that the government does not 'push through its business unhindered'. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading the protest against the Centre's three new agri-marketing laws, told the MPs the 'Voters' Whip' overrides their party whips.
Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, formed in November 2020, is a coalition of over forty Indian farmers' unions to coordinate satyagraha against the three farm acts initiated in September of the same year.
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| 1459 | Recent | PM inaugurates revamped Vadnagar station where he sold tea | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the revamped Vadnagar railway station where he sold tea during childhood and recalled those days, expressing a desire to visit the new-look facility. Modi's father Damodardas had a tea stall inside the Vadnagar station in Gujarat's Mehsana district. "My numerous memories are connected with this station," Modi said, after inaugurating the redeveloped Vadnagar railway station in his hometown via video link.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. He was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance.
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| 1460 | Recent | Why this Army veteran wants sedition law to go | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Retired Major General SG Vombatkere, who has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutionality of Section 124 A (Sedition) of the IPC, said on Friday everyone knows what is happening with regard to the usage of the colonial law. "Everybody knows what's happening. How I feel is not important. How the people are feeling is important," the retired army officer said on Friday, apparently referring to its alleged misuse. He said journalists have a much better idea of what the people were feeling about the sedition law.
Prepared for members of the Colonial Service, this bibliography is also useful to students of the law and administration of British colonial territories. Of particular concern are indigenous systems of law and custom in Africa, and the development of the legal systems of India and Ceylon under British rule.
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| 1461 | Recent | We're still looking at skies for pigeons to communicate orders: SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Exasperated over reports on delay in implementation of bail orders, the Supreme Court on Friday said it would set up a 'secure, credible and authentic channel' for transmission of the orders for execution, saying in the digital age, 'we are still looking at the skies for the pigeons to communicate the orders'. Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana-led bench was irked over the increasing number of reports regarding a delay in implementation of the orders passed by the top court and has recently taken suo motu cognizance of news reports of delay by Uttar Pradesh authorities in releasing 13 prisoners who were granted bail by it on July 8.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court and has the power of judicial review.
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| 1462 | Recent | SC asks UP to reconsider its stand to hold even symbolic Kanwar Yatra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. All sentiments, including religion, are subservient to the Right to Life, the Supreme Court said on Friday and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to inform by July 19 whether it would reconsider its decision to hold a ‘symbolic’ Kanwar Yatra. The Uttarakhand government earlier this week canceled the annual ritual that sees thousands of Shiva devotees called kanwariyas travel mostly on foot to collect water from the Ganges and bring it back to their villages. Uttar Pradesh is going ahead with a pared-down ‘symbolic’ version.
The Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias or "Bhole", to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand and Sultanganj in Bihar to fetch holy waters of Ganges River.
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| 1463 | Recent | Imran Khan blames RSS for talks breakdown with India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday evaded questions on Pakistan's role concerning the Taliban's actions in Afghanistan and sought to put blame on "RSS ideology" for the talks stalled with India amid concerns over its support to cross-border terrorism. Khan, who is in Tashkent to attend the Central-South Asian conference, was asked on the sidelines of the event if talks and terror can go together. "I can tell India that we are waiting for long that we live like civilized neighbors. But what can we do? The ideology of RSS has come in the way," Khan said.
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi HI PP is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Before entering politics, Khan was an international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, which led to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
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| 1464 | Recent | New Zealand vlogger blacklisted for violation of visa rules: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. The Centre on Friday told the Delhi high court that YouTube vlogger Karl Rock has been blacklisted for violation of visa conditions and was conducting business on a spouse visa. “He has been blacklisted for visa violation. Let me file a status report. He was conducting business on spouse visa.”, counsel for the Centre, advocate Anurag Ahluwalia told a bench of Justice Rekha Palli. The court was hearing a petition by Manisha Malik, the wife of the vlogger, challenging the Centre's alleged "arbitrary and unreasonable" decision to deny a visa to her husband to enter India.
A video blog or video log, sometimes shortened to vlog, is a form of blog for which the medium is video. Vlog entries often combine embedded video with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts.
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| 1465 | Recent | How the Rane-Uddhav War Began | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2021 | July 16, 2021. I wasn't even invited to important party meetings. I was certain this was because Uddhavji and his men wanted to keep me out. So, I decided to focus on the government and my job as the Leader of Opposition. Teen tigada kaam bigada. There was a trio at the party that wanted to bring me down. I knew that Manohar Joshiji resented me as he had had to step down in 1999 from the chief ministership to make way for me. Some of his actions, I still believe, are majorly responsible for the state of the party today.
Uddhav Bal Thackeray is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is also the president of Shiv Sena.
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| 1466 | Recent | Govt's new draft rules make it easier to fly drones | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/07/2021 | July 15, 2021. The ministry of civil aviation has issued draft rules to ensure ease of using drones in India on the basis of "trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring", an official statement said on Thursday. The Drone Rules, 2021, once notified, will supersede the UAS Rules, 2021, which came into force on March 12 this year. No flight permission, as per the draft rules, will be required up to 400 feet in green zones and up to 200 feet in the area between 8 and 12 km from the airport perimeter. Digital sky platform will be developed as a business-friendly single-window online system. "We appreciate the ministry's initiative of liberalizing the drone industry and will continue to extend our support towards making India a global drone hub," he added.
Digital Sky Platform: The government will be developing a digital sky platform that will have an interactive airspace map dividing the country into green, yellow, and red zones.
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| 1467 | Recent | Father Amarinder, Sidhu meet MLAs ahead of likely Punjab Cong revamp | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/07/2021 | Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met more than 20 party leaders, including ministers, MLAs, and MPs at his farmhouse in Mohali's Siswan, sources said.
Meanwhile, the CM met ministers, including Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Aruna Chaudhary, Sunder Shyam Arora, besides some MLAs and MPs at his residence. There are also media reports that Sidhu is likely to be announced as the Punjab Congress chief by the party high command. The Congress had set up a three-member panel, headed by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, to resolve the infighting in the Punjab Congress.
The Navjot Singh Sidhu camp has rejected Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s demand for a public apology from Sidhu, saying the chief minister should instead shed his ego and apologize to the public for not fulfilling his electoral promises.
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| 1468 | Recent | Pakistan will soon control all of Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. Indian geo-strategists rightly worry about India's fallout from the Aghan situation and America's comprehensive defeat there. The specter of Saigon 1975, with the last helicopter leaving from the US embassy, and desperate people hanging on to it, haunts those Afghans who will be seen as collaborators with the Americans. After consecutive defeats of two superpowers -- the Soviet Union and the US -- the Afghan Taliban and their sponsors the Pakistanis must be feeling their oats. Pakistan now has the 'strategic depth' they have long craved, and they will redirect their pious holy warriors towards India.
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.
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| 1469 | Recent | No one will dare to hold the BJP flag in Punjab | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. Anil Joshi was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party for anti-party activities last week. According to the expulsion order, the move came after Joshi expressed his criticism of the Modi government's three farm laws in public, against which farmers in north India have been protesting for months, thus upsetting the party leadership. His expulsion came in the direction of Ashwani Sharma, the BJP's Punjab unit chief. Ashwani Sharma, president of the Punjab BJP, is the custodian of our party (in the state). He is like our family head. BJP workers in Punjab are demoralized. We have to speak up for the interests and welfare of the people of Punjab. We are moving under security cover and have not interacted with people.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. It is the current ruling political party of the Republic of India, has been so since 2014. The BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions.
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| 1470 | Recent | India records 38,792 fresh Covid cases, 624 deaths | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. The active cases have declined to 4,29,946 and comprise 1.39 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.28 percent, the data updated at 8 am showed. Also, 19,15,501 tests were conducted on Tuesday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 43,59,73,639, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.1 percent. It has been less than three percent for 23 consecutive days, the ministry said. The weekly positivity rate stands at 2.25 percent, according to the health ministry.
The virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or exhales. These droplets are too heavy to hang in the air and quickly fall on floors or surfaces.
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| 1471 | Recent | Most requests for account info came from India: Twitter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. India was the single largest source of government requests for account information that Twitter received during the July-December 2020 period, accounting for 25 percent of the global volume, the microblogging platform said on Wednesday. This is the first time since Twitter started publishing its transparency report in 2012 where the US is not the top global requester, the company said. A total of 14,561 government requests were received globally, which includes 12,109 routine and 2,452 emergency requests in the second half of 2020. India accounted for 3,615 requests (3,463 routine requests and 152 emergency requests) in the same time frame.
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.
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| 1472 | Recent | Cong to corner govt on Covid, Rafale, price rise in Parl | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. The Congress will seek to corner the government on the issues of Covid mismanagement, border disputes with China, farmers' agitation, the Rafale deal, and fuel prices in the upcoming session of Parliament, with party leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mallikarjun Kharge leading the charge in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively. Sources said the issues to be raised during the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 19 were discussed at a meeting of the Congress parliamentary strategy group on Wednesday, which was chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi and attended by former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
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| 1473 | Recent | Future of Afghanistan can't be its past: Jaishankar at SCO meet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. Emphasizing that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday presented a three-point roadmap for the conflict-ridden country that entailed cessation of violence and terrorist attacks, settlement of the conflict through political dialogue, and steps to ensure that neighboring countries are not threatened by terrorism, separatism, and extremism. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar put forth the roadmap at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers' contact group on Afghanistan in Dushanbe amid growing global concerns over the Taliban fighters gaining control over large parts of the country.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai.
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| 1474 | Recent | BJP had opposed nasbandi: Baghel on population control law | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. Amid push for a population control policy by some Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said had the BJP not opposed the sterilization drive in the 1970s the population would have not increased so much and accused the saffron party of raising the issue with an eye on the next year's Uttar Pradesh elections. He also said creating public awareness is more important to contain the population growth rather than enacting laws. Talking to reporters at Raipur airport before leaving for Nagpur, Baghel also said if the opposition parties had not opposed the nasbandi (sterilization) drive in the 1970s (launched under the then Indira Gandhi government) the population would not have increased so much.
Vasectomy is a surgical procedure for male sterilization or permanent contraception. During the procedure, the male vasa deferentia are cut and tied or sealed so as to prevent sperm from entering into the urethra and thereby prevent fertilization of a female through sexual intercourse.
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| 1475 | Recent | Despite Jammu attack India set to relax drone policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. India is expected to further liberalize drone regulations, easing the process of getting licenses as well as doing business for operators. The new rules are likely to be unveiled on Independence Day. The decision to simplify the licensing requirements, relax operational curbs and reduce penalties for operators was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, just days after the terror attack in Jammu using drones, people in the know said. The meeting was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASes). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot that can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems, working in conjunction with onboard sensors and GPS.
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| 1476 | Recent | Modi chairs 1st in-person Cabinet meet in over a year | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/07/2021 | July 14, 2021. With the Monsoon session of Parliament round the corner, the first in-person meeting of the Union Cabinet was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official residence on Wednesday. The Union Cabinet held its first physical meeting in over a year on Wednesday. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first meeting with the Council of Ministers virtually after the Union Cabinet reshuffle on July 7. In the meeting, sources had said that PM had cautioned ministers against any complacency in the fight against COVID-19, saying that over the past few days there have been pictures and videos of crowded places and people roaming about without masks or social distancing, and "it should instill a sense of fear in us".
The Parliament of India, a fine blend of the legislature and the executive, with the government holding office till the time it commands confidence in the popular House, is the place to deliberate upon the policies and legislation proposed by the government.
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| 1477 | Recent | Lord Jagannath rath yatra commences amid COVID concerns | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. The 144th annual rath yatra of Lord Jagannath began in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Monday morning, but it was devoid of the usual festive fervour and crowds due to the curfew imposed on its route to bar people from taking part in it in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead of the usual cavalcade of around 100 trucks, decked up elephants, akhadas and singing troupes, this year's procession consisted of only three chariots, pulled by nearly 100 youths from the Khalasi community, and four to five other vehicles.
Lord Jagannath is a deity unique to Orissa, no other region worships a form of Vishnu like him. As Jagannath, he is called the Lord of the Universe, of the three worlds of the heavens, earth, and the netherworld. He is also one of the forms of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu.
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| 1478 | Recent | Life-changing experience to see Earth from space: Bandla | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. Indian-American astronaut Sirisha Bandla says it was an “incredible" and a "life-changing" experience to see the Earth from space during her maiden trip on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed suborbital test flight and hopes the price tag for space travel will come down in the future.
Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, on Sunday joined British billionaire Richard Branson and four others on board Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Two Unity to make a journey to the edge of space from the US state of New Mexico.
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| 1479 | Recent | Opposition attacks UP govt over proposed population bill | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. Opposition parties have hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the proposed draft bill on population control, with the Samajwadi Party terming it as an "election propaganda" while a Congress leader asked the state government to tell how many "legitimate and illegitimate children" its ministers have.
The remarks come a day after the Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030 was unveiled by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to steady the growing population in the state and reduce maternal and infant deaths in a time-bound manner.
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| 1480 | Recent | 'It will harm Hindus': VHP opposes Yogi's population control policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate, on Monday registered its strong opposition to the draft proposal on population control recently released by the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission that excludes people with more than two children from availing benefits under government schemes.
The VHP, in its letter to the state law commission, has not just cited policy's adverse impact on children, it also lists imbalance in communities as 'different communities respond differently to incentives or disincentives related to family planning and contraption'.
The organisation suggested the deletion of Sections 5, 6 (2), and 7 avoid the contraction of the population and also undesirable social and economic consequences of a one-child policy.
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| 1481 | Recent | IT minister changes Twitter handle, briefly loses 'blue badge' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. Union minister for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar briefly lost the verified blue badge on his Twitter handle on Monday after he changed his username on the microblogging platform.
He lost the verified blue badge after he changed his username from @rajeev_mp to @Rajeev_GoI. The blue badge was restored within a few hours. Chandrasekhar had taken charge as the MoS of the IT ministry last week.
According to Twitter's verification policy, if an account holder changes the username, Twitter may automatically remove the blue verified badge from an account.
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| 1482 | Recent | NEET postponed to September 12 from August 1 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. Medical entrance exam National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), which was scheduled for August 1, will now be conducted on September 12, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced Monday.
'The NEET-UG 2021, will be held on 12th September across the country following COVID-19 protocols. The application process will begin from 5 pm tomorrow through the NTA website,' Pradhan said in a series of tweets.
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| 1483 | Recent | Nearly 1,800 hectares of Assam land encroached by Mizoram people: Himanta | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. People of neighboring Mizoram have encroached on nearly 1,800 hectares of Assam land spread across three districts, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the assembly on Monday. The chief minister's statement came in the backdrop of tension between the two Northeastern states following the alleged encroachment of land in the Cachar district by the people of Mizoram.
In a written reply to a query by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Suzam Uddin Laskar, Sarma said that a total of 1,777.58 hectares of land in Barak Valley region have been taken over by encroachers from Mizoram.
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| 1484 | Recent | 71 dead in lightning strikes in several states | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2021 | July 12, 2021. Heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Himachal Pradesh and the Jammu region disrupting normal life on Monday even as the deaths due to lightning strikes in several states climbed to 71, including 42 in Uttar Pradesh.
Southwest Monsoon rains, which reached most parts of north India, however, gave Delhi and parts of Haryana a miss.
In 2002, the monsoon reached Delhi on July 19. This is the most-delayed monsoon in the city since then.
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| 1485 | Recent | Twitter names Vinay Prakash as Resident Grievance Officer for India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. Twitter has named Vinay Prakash as its Resident Grievance Officer for India, according to the company's website. The US-based company has been in the eye of a storm over its alleged failure to comply with the new IT rules in India, which mandates, among other requirements, the appointment of three key personnel -- chief compliance officer, nodal officer and grievance officer by social media platforms with over 50 lakh users. All three personnel have to be residents in India.
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| 1486 | Recent | India evacuates Kandahar consulate staff as Taliban seizes new areas | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. India has pulled out around 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar in Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation and the Taliban gaining control of new areas around the southern Afghan city, people familiar with the development said on Sunday.
A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials, and other staff members including a group of Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, they said.
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| 1487 | Recent | Amit Mitra likely to step down as Bengal finance minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. Noted economist and senior Trinamool Congress leader Amit Mitra is likely to step down as the West Bengal finance minister and even retire from active politics due to ill health, party sources said on Sunday.
73-year-old Mitra, who has been the state finance minister since 2011 when the TMC came to power after ending the 34-year-long rule of the Left Front, had refrained from contesting this year's assembly elections.
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| 1488 | Recent | Jammu IAF base attack: Use of 'pressure fuse' hints at role of Pak army, ISI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. The 'pressure fuse' used in the bombs that were dropped on the Indian Air Force station in Jammu through drones in a first-of-its-kind attack indicates that some elements of the Pakistan army or the Inter-Services Intelligent helped terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba in fabricating the improvised explosive devices (IEDs), according to security sources.
The IED that pierced the rooftop of one of the IAF buildings at the Jammu airport carried less than one kg of RDX and a cocktail of other chemicals whereas the one that was dropped on the ground contained a little over one kg of the deadly explosives along with some ball bearings, they said.
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| 1489 | Recent | Shirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian-American woman to fly into space | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed successful suborbital test flight from the United States state of New Mexico.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, as the spaceplane is called, took off for the 1.5-hour mission above New Mexico from the Spaceport America launch facility at 10.40 a.m. ET following a 90-minute delay due to bad weather.
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| 1490 | Recent | 2 Qaeda-backed terrorists, planning to strike on I Day, arrested in UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/07/2021 | July 11, 2021. Two terrorists of the Al Qaeda-supported Ansar Ghazwatul Hind were arrested from the outskirts of Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow on Sunday and explosive materials were seized from them, a senior official said.
Minhaz Ahmed and Maseeruddin, both residents of the city, were apprehended by the state police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and they were planning to 'unleash terror activities on August 15 (Independence Day) in different cities of the state', including Lucknow, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told reporters.
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| 1491 | Recent | US war in Afghanistan will end on August 31: Biden | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/07/2021 | July 09, 2021. America's military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31, President Joe Biden has announced, noting that the drawdown of troops in the war-ravaged country is proceeding in a secure and orderly way. In a major policy address on Afghanistan on Thursday after a meeting with his national security team earlier in the day, Biden said that the US has accomplished its goals in the country and this was the appropriate time to withdraw.
“Our military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31st. The drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritising the safety of our troops as they depart,” Biden told reporters at the White House.
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| 1492 | Recent | Ahead of 3rd wave, PM reviews oxygen situation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/07/2021 | July 09, 2021. More than 1,500 PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) oxygen plants are coming up across the country, the government said on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of augmentation and availability of the life-saving gas. The Prime Minister's Office, in a statement, said Modi asked officials to ensure that these plants are made functional at the earliest and also told them to work closely with state governments in this regard.
These upcoming oxygen plants include those being built with the contribution from the PM CARES fund as well as from various ministries and PSUs, it said.
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| 1493 | Recent | 2 cases of Kappa variant of COVID-19 detected in UP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/07/2021 | July 09, 2021. Two cases of Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official statement issued on Friday.
Genome sequencing of 109 samples was done at King George's medical college in Lucknow in the past few days.
The Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 was found in 107 samples, while the Kappa variant was found in two samples, the statement issued after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's routine review meeting said.
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| 1494 | Recent | PM Narendra Modi To Launch Distribution of E-Property Cards Under SWAMITVA Scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/06/2021 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the distribution of e-property cards under the SWAMITVA scheme today (National Panchayati Raj Day) at 12 noon through video conferencing. 4.09 lakh property owners will be given their e-property cards on this occasion, which will also mark the rolling out of the SVAMITVA scheme for implementation across the country. Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will also attend the event.
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| 1495 | Recent | RBI Caps Tenure of Private Banks MD & CEO at 15 Years | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/06/2021 | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the tenure of Managing Director and Chief Executive of commercial banks to 15 years. The same limit will also be applicable to whole-time directors (WTD). This means that the same incumbent cannot hold the post for more than 15 years. The revised instructions will be applicable to all the Private Sector Banks including Small Finance Banks (SFBs) and wholly owned subsidiaries of Foreign Banks. However, it will not be applicable to foreign banks operating as branches in India.
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| 1496 | Recent | BJP leadership will pick next UP CM after polls: State minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/06/2021 | June 22, 2021, Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya has said the state's next chief minister will be decided by the Bharatiya Janata Party's central leadership after the assembly polls, prompting the Samajwadi Party to suggest that the ruling party is divided on the leadership issue. The remark appeared to go against the statements made earlier by other party leaders who suggested earlier that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be the party's CM face again in the assembly elections early next year. BJP's state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh said the polls will be contested under Adityanath's leadership.
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| 1497 | Recent | Ghaziabad case: Twitter India MD wants to join probe virtually | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/06/2021 | June 21, 2021, The Twitter India managing director has offered to join through video conference the Ghaziabad police probe into the circulation of a communally sensitive video clip of an elderly Muslim man on the social media platform. Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari, who lives in Bengaluru in Karnataka, was issued notice by the Ghaziabad police on June 17 and asked to report at its Loni Border police station within seven days to get his statement recorded in the case, the officials added. Twitter India officials have also provided the police with some information and clarifications on the issue. In light of this information, we are going to send another notice to relevant officials of Twitter India.
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| 1498 | Recent | Narada case: Mamata moves SC against HC order on filing of affidavits | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/06/2021 | June 21, 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta high court's denial for filing of affidavits by her and state Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on their role on the day of the arrest of four Trinamool Congress leaders on May 17 by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Narada sting tape case. Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Vikas Singh, appearing for Ghatak and the state government, had said it was necessary to bring on record of the high court the affidavits as they deal with the roles of the persons concerned on May 17.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress party in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress and became its first chairperson.
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| 1499 | Recent | India’s Largest Reclining Buddha Statue to be Installed in Bodh Gaya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/06/2021 | India’s largest reclining Buddha statue, some 30 meters in length, is to be installed on the premises of the Buddha International Welfare Mission (BIWM) temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, within the next few months. The statue was originally intended to be installed on Buddha Purnima, which this year fell on 26 May, according to BIWM founder Venerable Ariyapala Bhikkhu, but the unveiling ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The figure of the reclining Buddha was first depicted in Gandharan art between 50 BCE and 75 CE, peaking during the Kushan period between the first and fifth centuries CE. “The reclining Buddha comes from this very well-recorded final moment of the Buddha’s life, which is why it could be recreated visually with such distinct details in statues and paintings,” said Dr. Vruttant Manwatkar, assistant professor at Mumbai’s KC College.
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| 1500 | Recent | Cabinet approves MoU between India and Argentina on cooperation in mineral resources | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/06/2021 | The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, and the Secretariat of Mining Policy of the Ministry of Productive Development of the Argentine Republic. The MoU will provide an institutional mechanism for cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources. The objectives of the MoU are to strengthen the activities involved like cooperation for encouraging minerals exploration and development, including extraction, mining, and beneficiation of lithium; possibilities of forming joint venture in the field of base metals, critical and strategic minerals for mutual benefit; exchange of technical and scientific information and interchange of ideas and knowledge; training and capacity building; and promotion of investment and development in the area of mining activities would serve the objective of innovation.
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| 1501 | Recent | World’s 1st Nano Urea Introduced by IFFCO in India for the Farmers Across the World | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/06/2021 | Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world. According to an official statement issued by IFFCO, the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid was introduced in its 50th annual general body meeting held in the online-offline mode in India. Translation of Nano Urea Liquid for farmers' use will boost balanced nutrition programs by reducing the excess use of Urea application in the soil. The excess urea causes environmental pollution, harm soil health, and making plant more susceptible for disease & insect infestation, delayed maturity of the crop & production loss. Nano Urea Liquid makes the crops stronger, healthy and protects them from the lodging effect. The Nano Urea Liquid has been found effective and efficient for plant nutrition which increases the production with improved nutritional quality.
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| 1502 | Recent | PM Modi launches YUVA Mentoring scheme for young authors | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/06/2021 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced the launch of the YUVA Mentoring scheme, a program that will help young authors pursue their love for writing by promoting the Indian heritage and history through their works. PM Modi said that the scheme aimed at creating a pool of under-30 authors to promote Indian heritage, culture, and knowledge offers an "interesting opportunity" for youngsters to harness their writing skills and contribute to the nation's intellectual discourse. According to the government’s YUVA mentoring scheme, a pool of authors below the age of 30 will be created, who are ready to express themselves and project India on any international platform which will help in projecting Indian culture and literature globally.
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| 1503 | Recent | France fines Google $268 million for misuse of digital advertising power | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/06/2021 | Google agreed to pay roughly $268 million in fines and change some of its business practices as part of a settlement announced on Monday with French antitrust regulators who had accused the company of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. The agreement was one of the first times an antitrust regulator had taken direct aim at Google’s online advertising infrastructure, a platform that scores of websites worldwide rely on to sell ads. The fine is a pittance compared with Google’s overall business — its parent entity, Alphabet, earned $41 billion last year — but the French authorities hailed the concessions from the company because they affect technology and practices at the heart of its business.
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| 1504 | Recent | Facebook bans Trump’s accounts for at least two years | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/06/2021 | Facebook Inc said that former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain suspended for at least two years. Trump is already facing a permanent ban from Twitter. “Given the gravity of the circumstances that led to Trump’s suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols. We are suspending his accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension on January 7 this year,” Facebook announced in a blog post. Blocking Trump’s access to social media reignited the debate on the power that tech companies have in censoring content. A report in The Financial Times said that while Trump’s critics have applauded his “de-platforming”, “which many say were long overdue. But others worry that the moves demonstrate how much political power has been built up by a handful of private companies.”
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| 1505 | Recent | India slips two spots to rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as 2030 agenda | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/06/2021 | India's rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015, a new report has said. Elaborating state-wise preparedness, the report said Jharkhand and Bihar are the least prepared to meet the SDGs by 2030, which is the target year. While Jharkhand lags in five of the SDGs, Bihar lags in seven. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, which provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
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| 1506 | Recent | India brings forward target of 20% ethanol-blending in petrol to 2025 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/06/2021 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the target date for achieving 20 percent ethanol-blending with petrol has been advanced by five years to 2025 to cut pollution and reduce import dependence. Speaking at the launch of the ethanol road map on the occasion of World Environment Day, Modi said the target for mixing 20 percent ethanol in petrol has been brought forward from 2030 to 2025. Last year, the government had set a target of reaching 10 percent ethanol blending in petrol (10 percent of ethanol mixed with 90 percent of diesel) by 2022 and 20 percent doping by 2030. Currently, about 8.5 percent ethanol is mixed with petrol as against 1-1.5 percent in 2014, he said adding ethanol procurement has risen from 38 crore liters to 320 crore liters.
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| 1507 | Recent | CBSE collaborates with Microsoft to introduce Coding & Data Science in schools | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/06/2021 | Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has collaborated with Microsoft to introduce coding and data science in schools. The coding will be introduced for classes 6 to 8 and the data science curriculum will be introduced for classes 8 to 12 as new skilling subjects. These new subjects will be introduced in the respective classes in the 2021-22 academic session. Education Minister took his official Twitter account to make the announcement. The tweet reads, “Under #NEP2020, we promised to introduce coding & data science in schools. Today, I'm happy to see #CBSE fulfilling the promise right in the session of yr 2021 itself. In association with @Microsoft, @cbseindia29 is empowering India's future generations with new-age skills. Kudos”
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| 1508 | Recent | WhatsApp names Paresh B Lal as its new grievance officer for India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/06/2021 | WhatsApp has named Paresh B Lal as its grievance officer for India. The transfer comes within the backdrop of the brand new IT guidelines coming into impact final week that require vital social media intermediaries – these with different 50 lakh customers – to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer, and a chief compliance officer. This personnel is required to be residents in India. Giant digital corporations like Google have begun updating their websites to replicate the appointment of grievance officers as per the new social media rules.
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| 1509 | Recent | China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/06/2021 | A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalized on April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, the NHC said in a statement. He was diagnosed as having the H10N3 avian influenza virus on May 28, it said, but did not give details on how the man had been infected with the virus. H10N3 is a low pathogenic, or relatively less severe, strain of the virus in poultry, and the risk of it spreading on a large scale was very low, the NHC added.
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| 1510 | Recent | Pakistan launches homemade COVID-19 vaccine 'PakVac' with China's help | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/06/2021 | Pakistan has launched its first locally-processed anti-coronavirus vaccine PakVac, developed in collaboration with China. It is a localized version of the CanSino vaccine, a single-dose vaccine developed by the CanSino Biologics. The development is significant for the South Asian country as it struggles to inoculate its population amid a third wave of the coronavirus. Here are more details. One lakh and twenty thousand (1.2 lakh) doses of the vaccine are ready for use and production will be further scaled up in the coming days, said Dr. Faisal Sultan, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's Special Assistant on Health. "This is a milestone in the journey to achieve self-reliance," Sultan tweeted last evening. Raw materials for this vaccine were supplied to Pakistan by China.
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| 1511 | Recent | Dr Harsh Vardhan conferred WHO award for leadership in tobacco control | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/06/2021 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, was conferred the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for his invaluable leadership in accelerating tobacco control efforts in India. He was awarded at a virtual event convened at Nirman Bhawan to mark the World No Tobacco Day on 31 May. “Tobacco-free homes and tobacco-free society continue to remain important personal missions in my life, both of which I have been working towards since the last three decades,” the health minister said in a tweet on World No Tobacco Day. Dr. Harsh Vardhan is a pioneer in advocating tobacco control and was awarded the WHO DG’s commendation award for working towards a tobacco-free society in 1998 and has continued taking action to protect the population from getting addicted to tobacco.
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| 1512 | Recent | India to launch mobile tech platform ‘UNITE AWARE’ for UN peacekeepers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/06/2021 | India will launch 'UNITE AWARE', a mobile tech platform for the United Nations Peacekeepers to improve their safety and security in the line of duty. It will be launched during India's United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Presidency term in August 2021. UNITED AWARE will increase the situational awareness of the peacekeepers by providing terrain-related information. India has spent USD 1.64 million on the project and is developing it in partnership with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and Department of Operational Support. The information about the platform was shared by India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu during his virtual address to UNSC Open Debate 'Peacekeeping Operations: Improving safety and security of peacekeepers.
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| 1513 | Recent | S Jaishankar chaired the meeting of foreign minister of BRICS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/06/2021 | External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will chair a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers on Tuesday in which the leaders will exchange views on the COVID-19 pandemic and global and regional issues of concern, sustainable development, and countering terrorism. "India as the current BRICS Chair will convene the standalone meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/ International Relations on June 1, 2021," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release. "The ministers are expected to exchange views on the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the need for strengthening and reforming the multilateral system with a view to enhancing its capacity to effectively address the diverse challenges of our time and to adapt them to contemporary realities, on global and regional issues of concern, sustainable development, countering terrorism besides discussing ways to enhance intra-BRICS cooperation, especially people-to-people cooperation," the release said.
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| 1514 | Recent | Haryana Govt. to distribute free tablets to students | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/06/2021 | Haryana education minister Kanwar Pal on Friday said the state government will distribute 8.6 lakh tablets for free to school students for online education. “Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has cleared our request to distribute these tablets to students of Class 8 to 12 as we are aware that those studying at government schools are economically weak and lag behind in this mode of education,” the minister said while addressing a press conference at his Jagadhri residence. “Online education was the only option left with us during lockdown last year, but we are in favor of continuing e-education in the future,” Pal, an MLA from Yamunanagar’s Jagadhri seat, said.
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| 1515 | Recent | India gives scholarship worth Rs.35 Crore to children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/04/2021 | The children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh were given scholarships by India at a program jointly organized by Indian High Commission and Bangladesh Muktijodha Academy on Saturday. While handing over the stipends to the children of the freedom fighters at the theatre institute in the city, Shringla said, "The two premiers of India and Bangladesh, Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina have maintained the relationship, the foundation of which was laid by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indira Gandhi." India initiated the Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme in 2006 for descendants of the 1971 Freedom Fighters. Up to now, more than 10,000 scholarships worth Taka 150 million have been disbursed.
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| 1516 | Recent | The Union Cabinet approves customs co-operation agreement with the UK | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/04/2021 | The Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratification of an agreement between India and the UK on Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters. The agreement will help in the availability of relevant information for the prevention and also an investigation of customs offenses. It is also expected to facilitate trade and ensure efficient clearance of goods traded between the countries, an official release said. The agreement takes care of Indian Customs' concerns and requirements, particularly in the area of exchange of information on the correctness of the Customs value, tariff classification and origin of the goods traded between the two countries, the release added.
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| 1517 | Recent | Community service Centre to make data from India’s first solar space mission accessible for analysis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/04/2021 | The service Centre called Aditya-L1 Support Cell (AL1SC), a joint effort of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India will be used by the guest observers in analyzing science data and preparing science observing proposals. AL1SC set up at the transit campus of ARIES at Haldwani, Uttarakhand will jointly work with ISRO to maximize utilization of science data from Aditya-L1 and facilitate India’s first dedicated solar space mission- Aditya-L1. The Centre will expand the reach of Aditya-L1 not only within India but also increase the visibility of the mission at the international level. It will allow every interested individual to be able to perform a scientific analysis of the data.
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| 1518 | Recent | Piyush Goyal Launches “e-SANTA”, an Electronic Marketplace For Aqua Farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/04/2021 | Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday virtually inaugurated e-SANTA, an electronic marketplace providing a platform to connect aqua farmers and buyers. e-SANTA will raise income, lifestyle, self-reliance, quality levels, traceability, and provide new options for the aqua farmers. "e-SANTA will RAISE the lives and income of farmers by -- reducing risk, awareness of products and markets, increase in income, shielding against the wrong practice, and ease of processes," The Minister said e-SANTA is a digital bridge to end the market divide and will act as an alternative marketing tool between farmers and buyers by eliminating middlemen.
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| 1519 | Recent | India Ranks 87th in WEF Global Energy Transition Index 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/04/2021 | India is placed at the 87th position among 115 countries in the 2021 Energy Transition Index (ETI). The report is published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), prepared in collaboration with Accenture to track nations on the current performance of their energy systems across various aspects. The top ten countries in the index are all from Western and Northern Europe, with Sweden topping the list, followed by Norway (2nd), and Denmark (3rd) (3rd). With a strong political engagement and regulatory framework for the energy transition, India has targeted changes through subsidy reforms and rapidly scaling energy access.
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| 1520 | Recent | First Indian woman to scale Mount Annapurna | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/04/2021 | Priyanka Mohite, a resident of Satara in western Maharashtra, has successfully scaled Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain peak in the world. Priyanka now holds the record of becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited, who is also Priyanka's employer, broke the news about the 28-year-old climbing the peak.
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| 1521 | Recent | NITI Aayog Launches ‘Poshan Gyan’ Digital Repository on Health, Nutrition | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/04/2021 | “The creation of Poshan Gyan was a landmark moment. The real change can be brought about only through changing behaviors on the ground. The high malnutrition persists despite India being a food-surplus nation, which points towards a clear need for behavioral change,” NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar said. The launch event was addressed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant, Women and Child Development Secretary Ram Mohan Mishra, and Additional Secretary Dr. Rakesh Sarwal.
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| 1522 | Recent | Italy launches first ever mega food park & food processing unit in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/04/2021 | Italy on Saturday launched its first-ever mega food park project in India involving food processing facilities as the two sides plan to expand ties in the backdrop of PM Narendra Modi’s proposed visit there. The pilot project “The Mega Food Park” was launched today, in virtual mode, with the signing of a Letter of Intent between the ICE Office in Mumbai and Fanidhar Mega Food Park, in Gujarat. Ambassador of Italy to India, Vincenzo de Luca, and the Ambassador of India to Italy, Neena Malhotra were part of the launch. This is the first Italian-Indian food park project, an initiative in the food-processing field, which is a pillar of the partnership between India and Italy as stated at the Summit between the two Prime Ministers held last 6 November.
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| 1523 | Recent | India-France sign agreement for cooperation on Gaganyaan mission | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/04/2021 | Space agencies of India and France on Thursday signed an agreement for cooperation for the country's first human space mission Gaganyaan, the French space agency CNES said. The agreement was announced during French foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) headquarters. Under the terms of the agreement, CNES will train India’s flight physicians and CAPCOM mission control teams in France at the CADMOS Centre for the development of microgravity applications and space operations at CNES in Toulouse and at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
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| 1524 | Recent | Ministry of agriculture has entered into agreement with Microsoft | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/04/2021 | The Union Agriculture Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to run a pilot programme for 100 villages in six states to help farmers in reducing input costs and boost income. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was present at the signing ceremony, an official statement said. The minister said modern technology will help in making the agriculture sector profitable and also attracting youth towards farming. Tomar highlighted that the Centre is transferring Rs 6,000 per year to farmers under the PM-KISAN in a transparent manner.
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| 1525 | Recent | US navy conducts operation near Lakshadweep without India's consent | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/04/2021 | In a highly unusual move, the US Navy publicly declared it conducted “freedom of navigation operations” in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Lakshadweep earlier this week, without deliberately seeking New Delhi’s prior consent, drawing an Indian response that the American warship was "continuously monitored" and concerns were conveyed to the Biden administration. The strongly-worded nature of the US Seventh Fleet statement was evident as it said India's requirement of prior consent is inconsistent with international laws and the “freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs)” was intended to challenge its “excessive maritime claims”.
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| 1526 | Recent | IIT incubates launch world's first microsensor-based explosive detector | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/04/2021 | Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched the world’s first microsensor-based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT Bombay-incubated start-up. “NanoSniffer, developed by NanoSniff Technologies, is a step towards Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of a self-reliant India. NanoSniffer is a 100% Made in India product in terms of research, development, and manufacturing. The core technology of NanoSniffer is protected by patents in the US and Europe,” Pokhriyal said. NanoSniffer provides trace detection of nano-gram quantities of explosives and can accurately detect a wide range of military, commercial, and homemade explosives threats.
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| 1527 | Recent | India’s first Electric vehicle battery plant is coming up in Karnataka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/04/2021 | India’s first manufacturer of lithium-ion battery parts — in the southern state of Karnataka in August, sourcing the raw material from the largest steel mill in the country that’s owned by his father-in-law, Sajjan Jindal. Handa plans to invest 60 billion rupees ($807 million) to produce 100,000 tons of synthetic graphite anode by 2030 or about 10% of the estimated global demand. India has great scope for the production of electric-vehicle batteries locally because it has access to the raw materials, a $20 billion manufacturing incentive plan, a proposed battery materials policy, and improving prospects for demand, Handa, 40, said.
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| 1528 | Recent | Dr Harsh Vardhan and Arjun Munda launches Tribal Health Collaborative ‘Anamaya’ | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/04/2021 | The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda jointly launched ‘Anamaya’, the Tribal Health Collaborative on April 07, 2021, through video conference. The initiative is supported by Piramal Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). Anamaya is a multi-stakeholder initiative to enhance the health and nutrition status of the tribal communities of India by converging efforts of various Government agencies and organizations. In the past year, several efforts have been made by the Health Ministry to jointly address the health gaps of the tribal communities with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
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| 1529 | Recent | PM Modi, Seychelles president jointly e-inaugurate Magistrates’ Court Building | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/04/2021 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in a high-level virtual meeting with the President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan and inaugurate a range of projects supported by India in Seychelles as part of New Delhi's Indo-Pacific vision. This will be Modi's first interaction with Ramkalawan who came to power after a landmark victory in October 2020 elections in Seychelles. His party Linyon Democratic Seselwa has a two-thirds majority in the Seychelles national assembly. Meanwhile, the high-level virtual event today will see joint-inauguration of the New Magistrates' Court Building in Seychelles, a new naval ship, one MW solar power plant, 10 HICDPs (High Impact Community Development Projects).
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| 1530 | Recent | IIT Kanpur develops touch-sensitive watch for the visually impaired | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/04/2021 | A professor and a research associate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IIT-K) have developed a novel touch-sensitive watch for the use of visually impaired people to sense time accurately. The watch was developed by prof Siddhartha Panda and Vishwaraj Srivastava of IIT Kanpur. The user has to touch and scan the touch-sensitive watch’s hour indicators and with the help of different vibration patterns, the watch communicates back the time information that is easily perceived by the user. This way, the person is able to read the time.
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| 1531 | Recent | West Central Railway becomes first fully electrified Indian Railways zone | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/04/2021 | Indian Railways’ West Central Railway zone gets fully electrified!, after CCRS Inspection and Commissioning of electrification of Kota – Chittaurgarh railway section (Srinagar – Jalindri) in the state of Rajasthan. West Central Railways has become the first fully electrified railway zone in the country. The zonal railway now boasts a 3012 Route Km electrified network. According to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, trains passing through this railway section can now be operated at a faster speed. Electrification of this railway section will provide various benefits such as saving fuel, reduction in travel time, as well as environmental protection.
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| 1532 | Recent | Haryana launched Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/04/2021 | Haryana government has announced to launch Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana from 1 April 2021. This scheme aims to uplift 1 lakh families with low family income residing in the state. Such one lakh families having lower income would be identified through the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) Portal. In this article, we will provide you with the complete details of the CM Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Scheme. CM mentioned that soon a unique scheme called Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Yojana would be implemented in the state. Under the scheme, efforts will be made to uplift one lakh families with low family income in the state.
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| 1533 | Recent | Rajasthan Becomes First State To Provide Rs 5 Lakh Health Insurance To Every Citizen | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/04/2021 | Congress-led Rajasthan government on Thursday announced that it will provide mediclaim scheme worth Rs 5 lakh for each family of the state, under its ambitious universal health insurance coverage scheme. As per reports, familes can get registered under the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme to avail the benefits. With the start of the registration of people under the scheme, announced by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the state budget 2021-22, Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to provide health insurance to all its residents.
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| 1534 | Recent | India Energy Outlook Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/02/2021 | On 9 February 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the India Energy Outlook 2021 report. The report is released by IEA annually. The report explores the opportunities and challenges ahead for India to ensure reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to a growing population.
It examines pathways out of the crisis that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and how India’s energy sector might evolve to 2040 under a range of scenarios.
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| 1535 | Monthly Capsule | Anjali Bhardwaj, The Activist Honoured By The US For Her Fight In Combating Corruption | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/02/2021 | Anjali Bharadwaj, an Indian social activist is one of the 12 "courageous" individuals named by the Biden administration for the newly-instituted International Anti-Corruption Champions Award.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that he was establishing a new International Anticorruption Champions Award. This honour would recognise “individuals who have worked tirelessly, often in the face of adversity, to defend transparency, combat corruption, and ensure accountability in their own countries”.
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| 1536 | Recent | Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches Mission Rainbow 3.0 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/02/2021 | Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0, (IMI 3.0), to expand immunization coverage across the country.
Which will be conducted in two rounds starting from February 22 and March 22 across 250 districts/urban areas identified in 29 States/Union Territories. "Focus of the IMI 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 1537 | Recent | Nitin Gadkari launches ‘’Go Electric Campaign | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/02/2021 | The Union government on Friday launched the 'Go Electric' campaign to spread awareness about the benefits of e-mobility and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in India.
Minister for Road Transport & Highways and the Minister of Micro (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Power and New Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, Amitabh Kant, the CEO of NITI Aayog, and other dignitaries were at the launch.
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| 1538 | Recent | 'Hunar Haat' on the theme of ‘Vocal for Local’ organized by the union ministry of minority affairs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/02/2021 | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on Sunday inaugurate the 26th edition of 'Hunar Haat' that will bring together indigenous artisans and craftsmen from across the country at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. More than 600 artisans and craftsmen from more than 31 States and Union Territories are participating in the 'Hunar Haat' here, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
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| 1539 | Recent | India, China the new disengagement agreement in eastern Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/02/2021 | In the first major breakthrough in talks to resolve the nine-month military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China’s Defence Ministry announced Wednesday that Chinese and Indian troops on the southern and northern shores of Pangong Tso began “synchronized and organized disengagement” in line with the consensus reached between Corps Commanders when they last met on January 24.
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| 1540 | Recent | Preeti Sinha appointed to head United Nations Capital Development Fund | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/02/2021 | The UN Capital Development Fund has appointed Indian-origin investment and development banker Preeti Sinha as its Executive Secretary, the highest leadership rank in the institution. She succeeds Judith Karl. He will work with a focus on providing micro-finance assistance to women, youth, small and medium-sized enterprises in under-served communities.
About United Nations Capital Development Fund
- The New York-based United Nations Capital Development Fund is an autonomous UN organization affiliated with UNDP. It was established in 1966.
- The original mandate of UNCDF: to assist developing countries in the development of their economies by supplementing existing sources of capital assistance by means of grants and loans.
- The organization provides micro-finance access to the 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the world, to help them unlock the full potential of public and private finance.
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| 1541 | Recent | Government launches drinking water survey in 10 cities | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/02/2021 | The Union housing and urban affairs ministry on Tuesday launched a survey to collect data on drinking water in 10 cities under the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban). In a statement, ministry secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said the mission will be monitored through a technology-based platform on which beneficiary response will be monitored.
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| 1542 | Recent | History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/02/2021 | Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed the seventh Director-General of the World Trade Organization on Monday, making her the first woman and the first African to head the multilateral trade body from March 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025.
“The decision was taken by consensus at a special meeting today of the organization's General Council,” said an official.
Okonjo-Iweala is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and World Bank, economist.
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| 1543 | Recent | Chandrayaan-3 launch delayed further to 2022 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/02/2021 | Chandrayaan-3, India's third mission to Moon, is likely to be launched in 2022, ISRO chief K. Sivan has said. Unlike its predecessor, Chandrayaan-3 will not have an orbiter. Chandrayaan-3 is critical for ISRO as it will demonstrate India's capabilities to make landings for further interplanetary missions. It will be followed by another unmanned mission and the third leg is the main module.
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| 1544 | Recent | FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in India from February 15 midnight. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/02/2021 | FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in India from February 15 midnight. The central government earlier reportedly extended the FASTag deadline for the vehicles in India from January 1, 2021, to February 15, 2021. The Union Ministry of Road Trasport and Highways (MoRTH) had issued a notification in November 2020, making FASTags mandatory for all vehicles from January 1, 2021.
The FASTags have also been made mandatory for the registration of new four-wheelers and are being supplied by the automakers or the dealerships. A valid FASTag will be required for obtaining new third-party insurance from April 1, 2021.
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| 1545 | Recent | Myanmar's Chin National Army seeks asylum in Mizoram for their families, high alert issued | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/02/2021 | Chin National Army (CNA), a Myanmar-based armed insurgent group has sought asylum for their families in Mizoram, India in the wake military group and unrest in their country. The armed group has asked for asylum for 40 families, informed Mizoram's Champhai district deputy commissioner Maria CT Zuali.
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| 1546 | Recent | India’s first CNG tractor was launched by Nitin Gadkari | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/02/2021 | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Friday launch India's first CNG tractor that could save about Rs 1 lakh annually on fuel costs, the government said on Thursday. "India's first-ever diesel tractor, converted to CNG, will be formally launched by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari tomorrow (Friday)," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
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| 1547 | Recent | MOU has been signed between India and Afghanistan for the construction of the Lalandar “Shatoot’’ Dam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/02/2021 | India and Afghanistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU over video-teleconferencing (VTC), for the construction of the Shahtoot Dam (Lalander Dam) on a tributary of the Kabul river in Afghanistan. The project, which costs nearly $ 300 million, is a part of the New Development Partnership between India and Afghanistan.
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| 1548 | Recent | UP Government announces 16-Digit Unicode to identify landholdings | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/02/2021 | The government of Uttar Pradesh has introduced a system of unique 16-digit Unicode in order to mark all kinds of landholdings in the state. The Unicode will be provided by the Revenue Department for marking all forms of residential, agriculture, and commercial land. With this, the individual will now be able to know the details of the land with a single click.
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| 1549 | Recent | Anti-cow slaughter Bill passed in Karnataka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/02/2021 | Amid uproarious scenes with Opposition members tearing copies of the Bill and protesting in the Well of the House, The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, was passed by voice vote on Monday in the Legislative Council. This was even as the Opposition Congress and the Janata Dal (S), whose combined strength forms a majority in the House, demanded a division of vote.
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| 1550 | Recent | Ladakh to get India’s first geothermal power plant | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/02/2021 | Ladakh will get India’s first geothermal power project to tap the potential of natural geysers dotting the Puga area, 170Km east of Leh and not far from China's border, in Changthang Plains. Puga and Chumthang are deemed as the most promising geothermal fields in India. These areas were discovered in the 1970s and initial exploratory efforts were made in the 1980s by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
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| 1551 | Recent | Indian Railways to become worlds first pollution-free railway by 2030 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/02/2021 | Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the way proposals have been made in the Atmanirbhar Bharat budget. With this, Indian Railways will become the world’s first pollution-free railway by the year 2030.
Piyush Goyal, while talking about the plans for the coming time of the Indian Railways, said that in the next three years, all trains will be diesel-free, which will help in making the environment pollution free.
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| 1552 | Recent | India-Bahrain 1st Joint Working Group Meeting held in the field of Renewable Energy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/02/2021 | India and the Kingdom of Bahrain held the first Joint Working Group Meeting virtually in the field of Renewable Energy on February 4, 2021. The meeting between both nations took place in a virtual format in a friendly and cordial atmosphere.
During the meet, the ministers of both nations also agreed to hold the next round of JWG meetings at mutually convenient dates, which will be further decided through diplomatic channels.
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| 1553 | Recent | Union territory has opened the first Igloo cafe in the country | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/02/2021 | Started by Kolahoi Green Group of Hotels and Resorts, this igloo cafe inspired by Arctic countries can seat up to 16 guests at a time. It reportedly measures 22-feet in diameter and 12.5-feet in height, complete with patterned walls, arched doorways, sheepskin rugs, accent lighting, Kashmiri artworks, and four tables and benches made entirely out of ice. “I hired 20 workers, and they worked for 15 days to complete the work,” says hotelier Syed Waseem Shah, owner of Kolahoi Green Heights in Gulmarg.
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| 1554 | Recent | The Union Budget of India for 2021-22 was presented by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/02/2021 | The Union Budget of India for 2021-22 was presented by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on the 1st of February, 2021. The budget is the first one to be presented as paperless due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, which aims to shore up an economy badly hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. During her third budget speech in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said that the government is committed to the welfare of farmers and the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime has undergone a change.
The economy is projected to contract 7.7% in the current fiscal year, although the government forecasts growth of 11% for the coming fiscal year, after a massive COVID-19 vaccination drive and a rebound in consumer demand and investments.
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| 1555 | Recent | Rafale aircraft makes debut on R-Day flypast | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/01/2021 | January 26, 2021. The newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft featured for the first time in India's Republic Day flypast as it carried out the 'Brahmastra' formation alone and was part of the 'Eklavya' formation with four other fighter jets.
The fighter jet conducted Eklavya formation by flying at a height of around 300 meters along with two Jaguar and two MIG-29 aircraft. The five jets resembled a V shape with Rafale leading the pack.
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| 1556 | Recent | Over 80 cops injured in tractor parade violence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/01/2021 | January 26, 2021. The Delhi Police on Tuesday said protesting farmers violated the conditions pre-agreed for their tractor parade and indulge in violence and vandalism, leaving 83 of its personnel injured. In a statement, the police also claimed it did all due diligence in following the conditions for the rally, but the protesters began their march much ahead of the scheduled time and extensive damage to public property was caused during the violence by them.
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| 1557 | Recent | Col Santosh Babu's father says he should've got Param Vir Chakra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/01/2021 | January 26, 2021. The father of late Colonel Santosh Babu on Monday said he was 'not 100 per cent satisfied' with the Mahavir Chakra posthumously awarded to him for his acts of gallantry against the Chinese attack in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020, and that he should have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra. "It is not that I am unhappy. But I am not 100 per cent satisfied (with the award of Mahavir Chakra). There is scope for honouring him in a better way. But my opinion is that Santosh Babu should have been named for the highest military award Param Vir Chakra for the gallantry he displayed while discharging his duties," Babu's father B Upendra told.
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| 1558 | Recent | India's first woman fighter pilot participates in R-Day parade | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/01/2021 | January 26, 2021. One of the first three women fighter pilots, Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, became the first woman fighter pilot to be part of the Indian Air Force contingent at the Republic Day parade. Kanth joined the fighter squadron in November 2017 and flew the first solo on MiG-21 Bison in March 2018. She is currently posted at a fighter base in the western sector.
Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar led the Air Force Band which played the tune 'Sound Barrier Quick March'.
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| 1559 | Recent | Pilot killed as Army chopper crash-lands in J-K's Kathua | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/01/2021 | January 26, 2021. A pilot was killed after an advanced light helicopter Dhruv of the Indian Army made a crash-landing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Monday, officials said. The chopper, which was coming from Pathankot, was forced to make a crash-landing in an Army area in the Lakhanpur belt of the district, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua Shailendra Mishra told PTI.
Two pilots of the helicopter were injured in the incident, he said, adding that they were rushed to a military base hospital.
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| 1560 | Recent | 5 dead in massive fire at Serum Inst, vaccine facility unaffected | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/01/2021 | January 21, 2021. Five persons died and nine were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune after a fire broke out at the facility on Thursday, police said. Covishield vaccine production won't be hit due to the fire, Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said.
The Manjari facility is where the Covishield vaccine used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the pandemic is made.
The building where the fire broke out is part of the under-construction site of the Serum facility and is 1 km from the Covishield manufacturing unit, sources said.
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| 1561 | Recent | Joe Biden takes oath as 46th US President | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman Vice President on Wednesday in a historic but scaled-down ceremony under the unprecedented security umbrella of thousands of security personnel, who transformed the Capitol into a fortress to prevent any breach by pro-Trump extremists.
The 78-year-old veteran Democrat leader was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts at the West Front of the Capitol -- the traditional location for presidential inaugural ceremonies where the deadly violence took place just two weeks ago.
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| 1562 | Recent | Kamala Harris sworn in as America's first woman vice president | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. Kamala Harris was on Wednesday sworn in as America's first woman vice president during a historic inauguration at the West Front of the Capitol. Harris, 56, the 49th US Vice President, will serve as the deputy of President Joe Biden, 78, who also took the oath of office, becoming the 46th US President.
Harris took over the office of the US Vice President from 61-year-old Mike Pence. Biden succeeded President Donald Trump, 74
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| 1563 | Recent | Govt offers to suspend agri laws, farmers to reply on Jan 22 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. The government on Wednesday proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one and half years and set up a joint committee to discuss the Acts to end the stalemate, but farmer leaders did not immediately accept the proposal and said they will revert after their internal consultations.
The next meeting has been scheduled for January 22, a day after the farmer unions hold their internal discussions on Thursday, farmer leaders said after the 10th round of talks ended at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi after nearly five hours of talks, including two breaks.
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| 1564 | Recent | Will always protect personal messages: WhatsApp | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. A day after India asked it to withdraw changes to its privacy policy, WhatsApp on Wednesday said the proposed change does not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook and that it is open to answering questions on the issue. The Indian government on Tuesday posed 14 questions to WhatsApp on its "invasive" changes in Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
"We wish to reinforce that this update does not expand our ability to share data with Facebook. Our aim is to provide transparency and new options available to engage with businesses so they can serve their customers and grow," a WhatsApp spokesperson said.
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| 1565 | Recent | Another protesting farmer dies after consuming poison | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. A farmer who allegedly consumed a poisonous substance at the Tikri border died during treatment at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Jai Bhagwan Rana (42), a resident of Pakasma village in Rohtak district of Haryana. He had consumed Sulphas tablets at the farmers' protest site at Tikri on Tuesday, they said.
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| 1566 | Recent | China's dam on Brahmaputra will be against India's rights: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. The government on Wednesday said any attempt by China to set up a hydropower station on the Brahmaputra river will act as an encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh and adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season. The issue was discussed during a review meeting of Central Water Commission by Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State in the Jal Shakti Ministry.
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| 1567 | Recent | Gujarat govt renames Dragon Fruit as 'Kamalam' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/01/2021 | January 20, 2021. The Gujarat government has decided to rename dragon fruit as 'Kamalam', chief minister Vijay Rupani has said. The state government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit, which is largely grown in Kutch, Navsari and different parts of Saurashtra, to 'Kamalam', Rupani told reporters on Tuesday.
"The name dragon fruit is not proper, and due to its name, one thinks of China. So we have given it the name 'Kamalam'," he said.
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| 1568 | Recent | Gabba falls as India seize famous series win | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 19, 2021. India pulled of an exhilarating three-wicket victory over Australia in the fourth Test to claim the series 2-1 and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, at the Gabba, in Brisbane, on Tuesday. Resuming at 4 without loss on the final day, a fearless India, driven by its courageous youngsters, overhauled the target with 18 balls to spare.
Rishabh Pant led the chase with an aggressive, yet mature, unbeaten 89, while Shubman Gill scored 91 as the deciding Test went down to the wire.
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| 1569 | Recent | Bharat Biotech gets nod for phase 1 clinical trials of nasal vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 19, 2021. An expert panel of India's drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Tuesday recommended granting permission for conducting phase 1 clinical trial of an intranasal vaccine against COVID-19 developed by Bharat Biotech, official sources said.
A top government official said that if this vaccine works it can be a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19.
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| 1570 | Recent | India to supply Covid vaccines to 6 countries as aid | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 19, 2021. India, one of the world's leading drug makers, on Tuesday said it will provide COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday, and that shipments will be sent to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius as well on receipt of necessary regulatory clearances. In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is deeply honoured to be a 'long-trusted' partner in meeting the healthcare needs of the global community and that supplies of the vaccines to several countries will commence on Wednesday, and more will follow in the days ahead.
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| 1571 | Recent | Looking into WhatsApp privacy policy changes: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 19, 2021. Amid a user backlash over a new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the Indian government on Tuesday said it is looking into the changes made by the popular messaging app, and asserted that sanctity of personal communication needs to be maintained. Speaking at the 15th India Digital Summit, Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad noted that national security will be central with regard to exposure of international companies, including those from China, in the country.
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| 1572 | Recent | Govt declares Netaji Bose's birth anniversary as 'Parakram Diwas' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 19, 2021. The government has decided to observe January 23 as 'Parakram Diwas' to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the first 'Parakram Diwas' programme in Kolkata on January 23 on Bose's 125th birth anniversary and inaugurate an exhibition on the grounds of National Library to mark the occasion, Patel said.
He said PM Modi will also felicitate prominent members of the Indian National Army (INA), formed by Bose, and their family members in Kolkata on Saturday.
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| 1573 | Recent | Rafale to feature in R-Day parade for first time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/01/2021 | January 18, 2021. The newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft will feature in India's Republic Day parade on January 26 and culminate the flypast by carrying out the 'Vertical Charlie' formation, the Indian Air Force said on Monday. In the 'Vertical Charlie' formation, the aircraft flies at low altitude, pulls up vertically and conducts rolls before stabilising at higher altitude.
"The flypast will culminate with a single Rafale aircraft carrying out a 'Vertical Charlie' formation," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Indranil Nandi said at a press conference here.
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| 1574 | Recent | Agri min appeals to farmer unions to call off tractor rally | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/01/2021 | January 18, 2021. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday hoped that protesting farmer unions will discuss alternatives other than the repeal of the new farm laws in the tenth round of talks and appealed to them not to go ahead with their tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi. The crucial tenth round of meeting with 41 farm unions is scheduled for Tuesday. The talks have failed to yield any concrete results as the agitating unions have stuck to their main demand for repealing the agri laws and the government has ruled out any such step.
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| 1575 | Recent | UP health worker dies day after receiving COVID-19 shot | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/01/2021 | January 18, 2021. A 46-year-old health worker died in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district a day after receiving the coronavirus vaccination, with the autopsy report attributing the death to "cardio-pulmonary disease", officials said on Monday. The family of Mahipal, who was working as ward boy in state-run Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, said he was not suffering from any ailment other than fever and cough, and blamed his death on vaccination.
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| 1576 | Recent | FIR against Tandav director, Amazon India head of content | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/01/2021 | January 18, 2021. An FIR has been lodged in Lucknow against the makers of web series Tandav and Amazon's India head of original content for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in a manner hurtful to religious sentiments of the people. The FIR against Aparna Purohit, the head of Amazon's India head of original content, director of the series Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and an unknown person was lodged late on Sunday night by senior Sub Inspector Amar Nath Yadav at the Hazratganj Kotwali police station here.
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| 1577 | Recent | India set to begin world's biggest vaccination drive | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. India is all set to roll out the world's biggest vaccination programme on Saturday with over 3 lakh healthcare workers to be inoculated on the first day of the much-anticipated drive against coronavirus which the Centre said is 'probably the beginning of the end' of COVID-19. A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.
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| 1578 | Recent | Nepal for talks to resolve border row, seeks review of friendship treaty | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. Visiting Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday pitched for talks between India and Nepal to resolve the outstanding boundary issue, sought an early review of the bilateral peace and friendship treaty of 1950 and flagged concerns over his country's trade deficit with India. In an address at the Indian Council of World Affairs, he said Nepal wants to take the relations with India to the next level, but at the same time added: "We should be mindful equally that healthy relations require continuous nurturing, creative thinking, promptness and readiness to understand each other in changing dynamics."
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| 1579 | Recent | Round 9 of govt-farmer talks inconclusive, next meet on Jan 19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. The government on Friday asked protesting farmers to form an informal group to prepare a concrete proposal about their objections and suggestions on the three farm laws for further discussion at their next meeting on January 19 to end the long-running protest at various Delhi borders, but unions stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three Acts.
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| 1580 | Recent | 300-400 Pak-trained terrorists ready to cross LoC: Army chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. Around 300-400 terrorists trained in camps across the Line of Control (LoC) are ready to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief General M M Naravane said on Friday. In his speech during the Army day parade, he also said that there has been a 44 per cent increase in ceasefire violations that reflect Pakistan's sinister design. Pakistan often provides cover fire to help terrorists sneak into Jammu and Kashmir.
Gen Naravane said India's active operations and strong counter-infiltration grid not only inflicted heavy losses on the enemy but they contained infiltration attempts as well.
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| 1581 | Recent | Plea against WhatsApp privacy policy: Delhi HC judge recuses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. A single-judge bench of Delhi high court Justice Prathibha M Singh on Friday recused from hearing a plea seeking direction for an injunction against the updated Privacy Policy of WhatsApp with immediate effect. The court listed the matter for hearing on January 18 before another bench subject to orders of Delhi high court's Chief Justice. During the short hearing, Justice Prathibha M Singh took strong objection to an email sent by WhatsApp to the court.
"I was in any case not going to hear it," the court clarified and sent the matter to another bench recording that the email sent by WhatsApp should be withdrawn unconditionally.
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| 1582 | Recent | EC wants govt to delete voter data after vaccination | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. The Election Commission will extend "full assistance" to the government in identifying targeted beneficiaries at the polling station level for the COVID-19 vaccination drive but wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday. On December 31 last year, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora requesting the commission's help in identifying people above 50 years of age at the polling station level, the sources said.
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| 1583 | Recent | President Kovind donates Rs 5 lakh for Ram Temple | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. President Ramnath Kovind on Friday donated Rs 5,00,100 as a contribution towards the construction of Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. A Vishwa Hindu Parishad delegation including its International Working President Alok Kumar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Kulbhushan Ahuja, the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Trust Govind Dev Giri and temple construction committee head Nripendra Mishra called on the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday morning.
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| 1584 | Recent | Kumbh Mela: Over 7 lakh devotees take holy dip in Ganga | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. Marking the beginning of the auspicious Kumbh Mela on Thursday, over 7 lakh devotees took a holy dip in the bank of river Ganga in Haridwar, said the Information Department of the Uttarakhand government. As many as 7,11,000 devotees performed rituals at Har ki Pairi during the time of aarti.
The government said that all COVID-19 health protocols were followed on the first day of the Kumbh and 974 people were fined for flouting the guidelines.
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| 1585 | Recent | Biden announces $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. United States President-elect Joe Biden has announced a USD 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package to tackle the economic fallout from the pandemic, including direct financial aid to average Americans, support to businesses and to provide a boost to the national vaccination programme. The relief package, announced on Thursday, includes USD 415 billion focused on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, over USD 1 trillion in direct aid to individuals and families and USD 440 billion in assistance to businesses.
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| 1586 | Recent | Indian-American Garima Verma named digital director in Office of the First Lady | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2021 | January 15, 2021. Incoming First Lady Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director and Michael LaRosa press secretary, the Biden transition team said. Biden also announced additional members to the Office of the First Lady, picking Rory Brosius to be the new executive director of the Joining Forces initiative.
Verma, who was born in India, grew up in Ohio and the Central Valley of California. She served as an audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign, the transition team said on Thursday.
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| 1587 | Recent | Bharat Biotech's Covaxin shipped to 11 cities in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/01/2021 | January 13, 2021. Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday that it has successfully air-shipped its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to 11 cities in India in the early hours and that it has donated 16.5 lakh doses to the centre. The company also expressed its deepest gratitude to the nation, all clinical trial volunteers and its partners for making this a successful and milestone public-private partnership for the development of India's first COVID-19 vaccine, a press release said.
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| 1588 | Recent | Maha gets 9.83 lakh vaccine doses against 17.5 lakh: Tope | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/01/2021 | January 13, 2021. Maharashtra government has so far received 9.83 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of the total requirement of 17.5 lakh for inoculation in the first phase, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday. The state has received only 9.63 vials of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India and merely 20,000 vials from the Bharat Biotech of its indigenously-made vaccine, Tope told reporters.
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| 1589 | Recent | Protesting farmers don't know what they want: Hema Malini | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/01/2021 | January 13, 2021. Farmers agitating at the borders of Delhi don't know what they want, said Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mathura, Hema Malini, and added that they are only protesting because someone had asked them to do so. "It is good that the Supreme Court has stayed the laws. This will hopefully calm the situation. Farmers are not willing to come to a consensus even after so many talks. They do not even know what they want and what is the problem with the farm laws. This means that they are doing this because someone asked them to do it," Hema Malini said.
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| 1590 | Recent | India clears Tejas jet deal worth Rs 48,000 crore | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/01/2021 | January 13, 2021. In a major decision aimed at boosting the domestic aerospace industry, India on Wednesday approved a much-awaited deal worth Rs 48,000 crore to procure 83 indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas for the Indian Air Force. The decision to procure the fleet was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
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| 1591 | Recent | Vaccine drive set in motion, 13 cities get first consignment | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2021 | January 12, 2021. A massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID-19 was set in process on Tuesday with more than 56 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine flown to 13 cities across India from Pune and taken to designated national and state-level stores amid tight security. With the vaccinations scheduled to begin on January 16 starting with healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase, the Centre said all the vaccine vials -- 1.1 crores of Covishield from the Serum Institute of India and 55 lakh of Covaxin from Bharat Biotech -- will be received by January 14.
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| 1592 | Recent | Khalistanis have infiltrated farmers' protest: Govt told SC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2021 | January 12, 2021. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file an affidavit on its claim that some banned organisations including 'Khalistanis' have infiltrated the ongoing farmers protest against the new farm laws. Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, said that 'Khalistanis' have infiltrated the protest and he will file an affidavit along with the necessary inputs of the intelligence Bureau.
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| 1593 | Recent | Twitter suspends 70K QAnon accounts in wake of Capitol riots | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2021 | January 12, 2021. Twitter announced that more than 70,000 accounts have been suspended following the riots in Washington, DC stating that these accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content. QAnon is often portrayed as a shadowy collection of individuals who claim US President Donald Trump is secretly battling a network of paedophiles in the Democratic Party and the establishment, Sputnik reported.
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| 1594 | Recent | Biden names 2 Indian-Americans to Office of White House Counsel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2021 | January 12, 2021. United States President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named two Indian Americans -- Reema Shah and Neha Gupta -- to the Office of the White House Counsel. Shah, who had served on the debate preparation team for Biden on the Biden-Harris Campaign, has been named as Deputy Associate Counsel while Gupta, currently an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for the Biden-Harris Transition, has been named as Associate Counsel in the Office of the White House Counsel.
Shah was an associate at Latham & Watkins and a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice.
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| 1595 | Recent | 'It'll take 3-4 years to vaccinate 80% of population' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. 'We are hoping by March, the government allows us to export and give it to the private market.'As the Serum Institute of India's Covishield vaccine gets the thumbs up from the Indian regulator, the Pune-based firm's CEO Adar Poonawalla speaks with Sohini Das on the road ahead.
Poonawalla says he will start ramping up once he has clarity on the supply contracts as it is a challenge to stockpile beyond a certain volume in the plant. He also says the special price of Rs 200 per dose is for the first 100 million doses supplied to the government, while the MRP in the private market will be Rs 1,000 per dose.
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| 1596 | Recent | Govt places order for 11 mn doses of Serum vaccine Covishield | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. The government on Monday placed a purchase order with Serum Institute of India for 1.1 crore doses of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, each costing Rs 210, including the GST, and committed to buying 4.5 crores more by April, together amounting to over Rs 1,100 crore, sources said. Dispatch of the vaccine is likely to start by early Tuesday morning, they said.
According to the order placed, each dose of the vaccine has been priced at Rs 200 and with GST of Rs 10, it would cost Rs 210.
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| 1597 | Recent | Bird flu spreads to 10 states, PM advises strict vigil | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. Hundreds of birds were reported dead in different parts of the country on Monday as the raging bird flu spread to 10 states and Union Territories, prompting several control measures and a government assurance that there are no scientific reports of the virus' transmission to humans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all state governments to remain alert and ensure a constant vigil near places such as water bodies, zoos and poultry farms.
He expressed hope that through proper coordination between Forest, Health and Animal Husbandry Departments, 'we will be able to overcome this challenge soon'.
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| 1598 | Recent | No scientific report of bird flu transmission to humans: Giriraj | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. With bird flu being confirmed in 10 states so far, the Centre on Monday urged state governments, including Delhi, not to shut poultry markets and restrict sales based on 'public perception', asserting that there are no scientific reports of transmission of bird flu to humans. Currently, bird flu or avian influenza has been confirmed in 10 states -- Delhi, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.
Culling operations are on, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh told reporters.
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| 1599 | Recent | China moves back 10,000 troops from depth areas near LAC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. In a significant development, the Chinese Army has moved back around 10,000 troops from the depth areas near the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh. However, the deployment in the frontline areas has remained the same and the troops from both sides remain in an eyeball to eyeball situation at several locations in that sector.
Government sources told ANI that the Chinese Army has moved back around 10,000 troops from its traditional training areas opposite Eastern Ladakh sector and areas near it.
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| 1600 | Recent | Centre to bear expenses for first round of vaccination: PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2021 | January 11, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of this initial exercise. Interacting with state chief ministers, Modi underscored the enormity of what he described as the world's biggest vaccination exercise, which begins from January 16, saying over 30 crore citizens will get the jabs in the next few months in India against only 2.5 crore people vaccinated so far in over 50 countries in around a month.
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| 1601 | Recent | India to chair UNSC's panel on counter-terrorism | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. India will chair the crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees and the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council during its tenure as a non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation UN body. India, which has been at the forefront of the years-long efforts to reform the UNSC, began its two-year tenure at the Council on Friday last.
'The UN Security Council establishes subsidiary bodies on specific issues, including on the sanctions regimes.
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| 1602 | Recent | Badaun gang rape: Key accused temple priest held, grilled | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. A priest was quizzed throughout the night for his alleged role in the gang rape of an Anganwadi worker in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district after his arrest in the early hours of Friday, police said. 'Mahant' Satya Narayan, the main accused in the case, was hiding in a forest area near the house of one of his followers in Mewali village under the Ughaiti police station, from where he was picked up in a late-night crackdown, they said, adding that he was on the run for five days.
The priest, who is in his 50s, was immediately arrested and interrogated by a police team.
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| 1603 | Recent | PM to meet with CMs on Monday over Covid vaccine roll-out | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of all states on January 11 to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the vaccination roll-out in the country, his office said on Friday. The prime minister has often spoken with state chief ministers following the pandemic's outbreak in the country.
India is preparing for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines and the second nationwide mock drill on the drive was conducted on Friday.
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| 1604 | Recent | Govt says avian flu confirmed in 6 states | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. More bird deaths were reported from some parts of the country on Friday amid cases of avian influenza, with the Haryana government planning to cull over 1.60 lakh birds in Panchkula district after samples tested positive for the disease, even as the Centre said that bird flu has been confirmed so far in six states. The Centre said bird flu has been confirmed so far in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, and asked these six states to contain the disease as per the action plan.
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| 1605 | Recent | Trump says he is skipping Biden's inauguration on Jan 20 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. United States President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not attend his successor Joe Biden's swearing-in on January 20, hours after he vowed to ensure a "smooth, orderly and seamless" transition of power. "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th," Trump tweeted.
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| 1606 | Recent | Pelosi speaks to US army chief on preventing Trump nuclear strike | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing "unhinged" US President Donald Trump from initiating military actions or a nuclear strike. Pelosi in a letter to Democratic members of the House of Representatives said that she spoke with Gen Mark Milley "to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike."
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| 1607 | Recent | Will hold tractor march with army tanks on Jan 26: Farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. The eighth round of talks between protesting farmer unions and the government is scheduled to be held on Friday afternoon as both sides look for a resolution to the over one-month-long deadlock on the issue of the three new farm laws. Both sides have stuck to their respective positions, with agitating farmers taking out tractor rallies on Thursday to press their demand for rollback of the laws, and the Centre asserting it is ready to consider any proposal other than their repeal.
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| 1608 | Recent | Trump accepts US election result, condemns Capitol riots | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/01/2021 | January 08, 2021. Donald Trump has finally condemned the mayhem caused by his supporters in the US Capitol, saying they do not represent America, as the beleaguered president vowed to ensure a "smooth, orderly and seamless" transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden. In a new video message, a day after he urged the crowds to head for the Capitol, where they forced their way inside, Trump said America is, and must always be a nation of law and order.
“Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the national guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders,” Trump said in the recorded video posted on YouTube on Thursday and released by the White House.
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| 1609 | Recent | Trump's FB, Insta to be blocked until inauguration: Zuckerberg | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. In an unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that President Donald Trump's accounts on its popular social media platforms -- Facebook and Instagram -- would remain suspended until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20. Announcing the decision, Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing President Trump to continue to use the platform during this period is 'simply too great'.
Trump's account will be locked 'for at least the next two weeks', he said.
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| 1610 | Recent | Centre asks 4 states to curb recent spike in Covid cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. The Centre has asked four states recording a surge in COVID-19 cases -- Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal -- to maintain a 'strict vigil' and take steps to curb the recent spike. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to these states to draw their attention 'to the low and declining testing rates in the states, stating that any laxity at this crucial junction may squander the results of our collective actions in containing the transmission', according to a health ministry statement.
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| 1611 | Recent | Sonia slams govt over fuel price hike, farmers' stir | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Modi government over the ongoing farmer agitation and the hike in fuel prices and said the country is today standing at the crossroads for the first time since Independence. On the hike in fuel prices, she accused the government of profiteering and said it is turning a disaster into an opportunity to fill its coffers.
She also alleged that the government is breaking the back of the poor, the farmers, and the middle class due to its 'insensitivity'.
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| 1612 | Recent | Centre asks all states to be alert as more bird deaths reported | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. More bird deaths were reported from several states, including those of 381 migratory species in Himachal Pradesh, amid cases of avian flu in parts of the country, while a central team reached Kerala on Thursday to assess the situation in two districts where thousands of chickens and ducks were culled following an outbreak of influenza. With many states of north India on high alert following cases of influenza, the Delhi government has asked its officials to keep a close watch on poultry birds coming in from 'neighbouring states' to prevent any infection.
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| 1613 | Recent | Arnab, others fail to appear before Raigad court | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. TV journalist Arnab Goswami, an accused in abetment of suicide case, failed to appear before a court in Raigad district of Maharashtra on Thursday, prompting the prosecution to seek a warrant against him. The court, however, granted him and other two accused exemption from appearance for the day and adjourned the hearing.
Alibaug Police had arrested Goswami and two others in the case related to interior designer Anvay Naik's alleged suicide in November 2020. They were later granted bail by the Supreme Court.
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| 1614 | Recent | Job loss forced 8.7 lakh Keralites to return home during pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a whopping 8.7 lakh expatriates from Kerala to return home, most of them from the Gulf, since last May, with a majority of 5.67 lakh citing job loss as the reason for it, according to official data. The data from the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) department as of Thursday also showed that 1,11,151 of the 13,27,330 Keralites who came back from other parts of the country also cited the loss of jobs as the reason for their return.
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| 1615 | Recent | 'Dark day for country': Indian-American lawmakers on violence at US Capitol | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. All the four Indian-American Democratic lawmakers -- Dr Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi -- have expressed disgust after they were forced to take shelter at safe places as thousands of angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol. Lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations after protesters breached security and entered the Capitol building on Wednesday, where members of the Congress were going through the process of counting and certifying the Electoral College votes to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential election.
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| 1616 | Recent | 'Great dishonour and shame': Obama on US Capitol riots | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. Slamming United States President Donald Trump for inciting violence at the US Capitol, his predecessor Barack Obama has said it is a moment of "great dishonour and shame" for the United States. The statement of the former popular president came hours after thousands of pro-Trump rioters on Wednesday stormed the US Capitol, interrupting a joint session of Congress where lawmakers were set to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win.
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| 1617 | Recent | India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 1 crore-mark | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,03,95,278 with 20,346 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surpassed one crore, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Thursday. The death toll increased to 1,50,336 as 222 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,00,16,859, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.36 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.
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| 1618 | Recent | Farmers take out tractor march against farm laws | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. On the eve of another round of talks with the government, thousands of farmers on Thursday took out tractor marches from protest sites of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and Haryana's Rewasan as the agitating unions asserted they would not accept the Centre's offer of amendments to the three farm laws. According to the protesting farm unions, these marches were a 'rehearsal' for their proposed January 26 'Kisan parade' to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
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| 1619 | Recent | Be ready to receive first supply of COVID-19 vaccine: Govt to states | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/01/2021 | January 07, 2021. The Union health ministry has informed states and union territories that they are likely to receive the first supply of COVID-19 vaccine shortly and asked them to remain prepared to accept these consignments. In a communique, the ministry said vaccine will be supplied to the identified consignee points of 19 states and union territories -- Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal -- by the supplier.
The vaccine for remaining 18 states and union territories -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Daman and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand -- will be received from their respective government medical store depots.
"All the states and UTs are likely to receive the first supply of COVID-19 vaccine shortly.
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| 1620 | Recent | India, Israel successfully test MRSAM defence system | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. India and Israel have successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system jointly developed by the two countries in a boost to their combat capabilities aimed at providing ultimate protection from enemy aircraft. The test was conducted last week at an Indian facility and validated all components of the weapons system, a press release by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Tuesday said.
The MRSAM is an advanced path-breaking air and missile defence system that provides ultimate protection against a variety of aerial platforms.
Defence experts say that it can shoot down enemy aircraft at a range of 50-70 km.
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| 1621 | Recent | Trump bans transactions with 8 more Chinese apps | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay to protect America's national security, citing the steps taken by India to ban more than 200 Chinese connected software applications. Trump's order said action is needed to 'deal with the national emergency' caused by the 'pervasiveness of the spread' of apps created and controlled in China.
The ban against the eight Chinese apps -- Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office -- will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday.
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| 1622 | Recent | Bird flu outbreak: Centre issues advisory to 4 states | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. The Centre on Wednesday said Avian Influenza, or the bird flu outbreak, has been reported at 12 epicentres in four states -- Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh -- and advisories have been issued to contain further spread of the infection in poultry ducks, crows and migratory birds.
In a statement, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that other states have been asked to keep a vigil on any unusual mortality amongst birds.
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| 1623 | Recent | Architect suicide case: Arnab gets more time to amend petition | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted further time to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami to amend his petition and place on record the charge sheet filed against him and two others in a 2018 case of abetment of suicide of an interior designer. Goswami and the two other accused Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda will have to appear before a magistrate court at Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district of Maharashtra on Thursday, pursuant to the summons issued to them in December 2020.
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| 1624 | Recent | US to supply 1277mm guns to Indian navy from own stock | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. Military ties between Indian and American defence forces are growing further in the middle of a conflict with China, as the US Navy has agreed to provide three 127mm medium calibre guns from its own inventory to urgently equip warships of the Indian Navy as part of a Rs 3,800 crore deal.
India has issued a letter of request to the US government for acquiring 11 127mm medium calibre guns which are to be equipped on the large-size warships of the Indian Navy, including the Visakhapatnam-class destroyers.
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| 1625 | Recent | PM writes to speech impaired woman who made 'rangoli' portrait of him | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. Challenges keep coming up in life, but even in adverse circumstances if we don't give up and fight resolutely then that is our real victory,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in a letter to a hearing and speech impaired woman who sent a picture of a 'rangoli' portrait of the PM made by her on Diwali.
Vandana, a 23-year-old from Surat, Gujarat, sent the picture of the rangoli to the prime minister and was elated to get a reply.
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| 1626 | Recent | SC agrees to examine validity of 'love jihad' laws | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to examine controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating religious conversions due to inter-faith marriages. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde refused, however, to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions.
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| 1627 | Recent | UP horror: 50-yr-old gang-raped, killed by priest, accomplices | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. A 50-year-old Anganwadi worker was gang-raped and brutally murdered allegedly by a priest and his two accomplices in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Two of the accused were arrested on Tuesday night after the post-mortem report confirmed rape while the priest is on the run, they said, adding that the woman's leg and a rib bone were fractured and there were injuries in her private parts.
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| 1628 | Recent | 400 terrorists in launch pads across LoC waiting to infiltrate: Officials | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. Around 400 terrorists are currently in launching pads across the Line of Control, waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir during the winters, after a tight anti-infiltration grid frustrated attempts by Pakistan to push them into the Indian side, according to security officials. A top police official said that Pakistan is trying to infiltrate terrorists along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir even during the winters when most of the passes and mountainous areas along the border are covered in heavy snow.
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| 1629 | Recent | Cases of UK mutant COVID strain go up to 73 in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. The number of people who have tested positive for the new United Kingdom variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 73, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. These cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday.
"The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 73," the ministry said.
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| 1630 | Recent | Democrat Warnock becomes Georgia's 1st Black senator | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/01/2021 | January 06, 2021. Democrat Rev Raphael Warnock has scored a crucial win in Georgia's Senatorial race, bringing his party within the reach of a majority in the US Senate. Multiple news outlets on Wednesday morning projected Warnock, a senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, winner against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoff.
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| 1631 | Recent | Won't shy away from speaking against terrorism, India tells UNSC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. India will be a voice for the developing world and against the common enemies of humanity like terrorism, India's Ambassador to the United Nations has said, asserting that the country will use its tenure on the UN Security Council to bring human-centric and inclusive solutions to matters of global peace and security. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, T S Tirumurti, made the remarks while speaking at a special flag installation ceremony organised at the Security Council stakeout at United Nations on Monday.
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| 1632 | Recent | Several Indian states report bird flu outbreak | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, India has reported the emergence of bird flu since last week. The presence of the virus is confirmed in the dead birds in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala while Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat, too, have a strong suspicion of avian influenza in dead birds.
Bird flu has been confirmed in two places in Kerala, said state's minister for forest, animal husbandry and dairy development K Raju on Monday
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| 1633 | Recent | 20 more test positive for UK COVID-19 strain; total 58 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. Twenty more people have tested positive for the new United Kingdom variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58. Twenty more people have tested positive for the new United Kingdom variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.
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| 1634 | Recent | CCPA recommends 3-part Budget session of Parliament from Jan 29 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has recommended that the Budget session of Parliament commence from January 29 and conclude on April 8. According to the Committee's recommendation, while Part 1 of the Budget session would be held from January 29 to February 15, Part 2 would be from March 8 to April 8. President Ram Nath Kovind would address the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament on January 29, a Friday, and the Union Budget would be presented on February 1, sources said citing the CCPA recommendations.
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| 1635 | Recent | Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute to jointly roll out vaccines | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. A day after Bharat Biotech slammed Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla for his 'water' comment about some COVID-19 vaccines, both the vaccine makers on Tuesday jointly pledged for a smooth rollout of the antidote in the country and the world, saying saving lives and livelihoods was the most important task for them. In a joint statement posted on their respective Twitter accounts, the companies said Serum Institute Chief Executive Officer Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella communicated their combined intent to develop, manufacture and supply the COVID-19 vaccines.
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| 1636 | Recent | Construction of new Parl to start after heritage committee's approval | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. The Central Public Works Department, which is executing the government's ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project, will soon start the construction work of the new Parliament building once it gets permission from the Heritage Conservation Committee, officials said on Tuesday. According to the committee's website, a special secretary or additional secretary of the Union housing and urban affairs ministry is the chairman of the HCC.
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| 1637 | Recent | Pak SC orders reconstruction of vandalised Hindu temple | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/01/2021 | January 05, 2021. Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) to start the reconstruction of a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised and set on fire by a mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last week, saying the attack has caused 'international embarrassment' to the country. The apex court, which took notice of the attack and ordered the local authorities to appear before the court on January 5, also directed the board to submit in court details of all functional and non-functional temples and gurdwaras across Pakistan, Dawn newspaper reported.
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| 1638 | Recent | Covid vaccine to cost Rs 290 to govt; Rs 585 in pvt mkt: Serum | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. Coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will cost $3-4 per shot (Rs 219-290) to the government and will be priced at double that rate in the private market once such sales open up, said the CEO of its Indian manufacturer on Monday.
Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has a licence to produce the shot and has already manufactured close to 50 million doses.
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| 1639 | Recent | Govt-farmer talks inconclusive, next meet on Jan 8 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively on Monday as the farmer leaders insisted on the repeal of the three contentious farm laws right from the beginning, even as the government listed various benefits from the Acts. The next meeting will take place on January 8, farmer leaders said.
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| 1640 | Recent | UK becomes world's first to roll out Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. The United Kingdom on Monday began rolling out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the first nation to inoculate people with the cheaper and easy-to-handle jab outside of trials. The Oxford vaccine, which also has a tie-up with the Serum Institute of India, was first administered to Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old Oxford-born dialysis patient.
Pinker is among the first to be vaccinated by the Oxford University Hospital's (OUH) chief nurse, hailed as a major milestone in the phased vaccination programme being undertaken by the National Health Service (NHS)
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| 1641 | Recent | Sensex rallies 308 points to end at lifetime high | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. ONGC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 4 per cent, followed by TCS, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, M&M, HUL and L&T.On the other hand, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, Titan and PowerGrid were among the laggards.
NSE Nifty jumped 114.40 points to close at a record high of 14,132.90.
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 308 points to end at a fresh record on Monday, tracking gains in index majors TCS, Infosys and HUL as investors cheered COVID-19 vaccine approvals. Extending its rally to the ninth straight session, the 30-share BSE index ended 307.82 points or 0.64 per cent higher at 48,176.80. It touched a record intra-day peak of 48,220.47.
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| 1642 | Recent | I-T records Robert Vadra's statement in benami assets case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. The Income Tax department on Monday visited the premises of Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to record his statement in connection with its probe against him under the Benami assets law, official sources said.
They said Vadra was asked to join the investigation at the tax authority's office but as he cited COVID-19 restrictions, a team of officials visited his premises in Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar area.
A department team has gone to record Vadra's statement under the provisions of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, they said
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| 1643 | Recent | India to start world's biggest vaccination drive: PM | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/01/2021 | January 04, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the world's biggest inoculation drive against coronavirus is set to begin in the country, a day after the drugs regulator approved two vaccines for restricted emergency use.
Lauding the scientists and technicians for the 'Made in India' vaccines, he said the country is proud of them.
"World's biggest COVID-19 vaccination programme set to begin in India. For this, the country is proud of the contributions of its scientists and technicians," PM said.
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| 1644 | Recent | Surgical strike failed to demoralise Pak terrorists: Sena | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. The Shiv Sena on Friday targeted the Centre by questioning the "efficacy" of the 2016 surgical strike and said the perception that it would demoralise Pakistani terrorists remained an "illusion" as Indian soldiers continue to get killed in terror attacks in Kashmir.
The Sena's remarks come in the wake of the death of an army soldier from Maharashtra, Naik Sandip Raghunath Sawant, who was killed during a counter-insurgency operation in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
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| 1645 | Recent | CAA will impact both Hindus and Muslims: Kejriwal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act will impact both Hindus and Muslims, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday, appealing to the people to reject the "unnecessary" legislation. Responding to a question during a town hall meeting in New Delhi, Kejriwal said he appeals to the Centre with "folded hands" to roll back the "controversial legislation".
"We don't need this law it is completely unnecessary. Where will we accommodate two crore Hindus from Pakistan," the chief minister said.
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| 1646 | Recent | Kerala CM writes to 11 CMs for united stand against CAA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. Days after a Kerala assembly resolution demanded that the Citizenship Amendment Act be scrapped, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote to 11 non-Bharatiya Janata Party chief ministers asking them to take similar steps against the controversial law and pitching for unity to protect democracy and secularism.
The Kerala assembly had on Tuesday passed the resolution -- supported by ruling Communist Party of India Marxist-led Left Democratic Front and opposition Congress headed United Democratic Front -- demanding the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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| 1647 | Recent | Govt won't budge an inch on implementation of CAA: Shah | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act despite the opposition's “misinformation campaign”. Launching an "awareness programme", he said the Congress was misleading Muslims over the Act and challenged party leader Rahul Gandhi to a discussion “if he has read the law.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party will take out 500 rallies across the country, beginning Saturday to reach out to three crore people, he said.
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| 1648 | Recent | 5 DRDO labs where everyone is under 35! | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. 'Each lab is working on a key advanced technology of importance to the development of the futuristic defence.' On Thursday, January 2, in Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi inaugurated five new scientific laboratories which will employ only scientists under the age of 35 to develop cutting-edge and futuristic technologies for military weaponry.
We need labs in India which utilise raw talent, which employ people only below the age of 35. Let us allow these young scientists full decision-making power,' said PM.
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| 1649 | Recent | Trump ordered killing of Iran Guards commander in Baghdad | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/01/2021 | January 03, 2020. The United States military killed General Qasem Soleimani, the powerful commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, in a drone strike in Iraq on Friday to protect American personnel abroad, dramatically escalating hostilities between the arch-rivals and spiking tensions in the already volatile Persian Gulf region.
Gen Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, was killed when a drone fired missiles into a convoy that was leaving the Baghdad International Airport early on Friday.
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| 1650 | Recent | After Chandrayaan-2, ISRO reveals its plan for 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/01/2021 | January 02, 2020. With 13 accomplished missions, including the launching of 50 foreign satellites, to an unsuccessful Chandrayaan-2 in 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation has resolved to alight its lander on the lunar surface with Chandrayaan-3 in addition to a maiden solar expedition in 2020.
In the year gone by, ISRO had six launch vehicle missions and seven satellite missions, which included 50 foreign satellites from seven countries.
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| 1651 | Recent | At 67,385, India has most babies on New Year's Day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/01/2021 | January 02, 2020. Nearly 4,00,000 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day with India recording the highest number of these births worldwide at 67,385, the UN children's agency said.
An estimated 3,92,078 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day, according to UNICEF. Of this, an estimated 67,385 babies were born in India, the most globally. China came in second with 46,299 births.
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| 1652 | Recent | We stay far away from politics, follow govt directives: Gen Rawat | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/01/2021 | January 01, 2020. Newly-appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the armed forces stay far away from politics, and work as per the directives of the government in power, remarks that come amid allegations that he has political leanings.
"I want to assure you, that the Army, the Navy and the Air Force will work as a team. The CDS will keep control over them, but action will be taken through teamwork," said Gen Rawat after receiving a Guard of Honour by the three services.
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| 1653 | Recent | India cannot accept any unilateral change of LAC: Rajnath | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/12/2020 | December 31, 2020. As the over seven-month-long border standoff with China showed no signs of the solution, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India cannot accept any unilateral change of the Line of Actual Control, and hoped the Ladakh deadlock will be resolved through talks.
Asserting that India has always been in favour of peace, Singh also said the country can never compromise on its dignity and self-respect.
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| 1654 | Recent | River stream found at Ram temple site, trust seeks IITs' help | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/12/2020 | December 31, 2020. The Ram temple trust in Ayodhya has asked the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to suggest better models for the foundation of the temple as a stream of the Sarayu river has been found below it, sources said on Tuesday. The construction committee of the temple, chaired by former principal secretary to the prime minister Nripendra Misra held deliberations over the matter in New Delhi on Tuesday, they said.
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| 1655 | Recent | China has deployed underwater drones in Indian Ocean: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/12/2020 | December 31, 2020. China has deployed a fleet of underwater drones called Sea Wing (Haiyi) glider in the Indian Ocean, which can operate for months on end and make observations for naval intelligence purposes, according to defence analyst HI Sutton. Writing for the Forbes magazine, Sutton said that these sea gliders, which the Chinese are deploying 'en masse', are a type of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) which were launched in mid-December 2019 and recovered in February after making over 3,400 observations.
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| 1656 | Recent | Dawai bhi, kadai bhi: PM warns against lowering guard post vaccination | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/12/2020 | December 31, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said people should not let their guard down and strictly abide by coronavirus preventive norms even after vaccination. Speaking after laying the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rajkot through video conferencing, Modi said the number of new coronaviruse cases are decreasing in the country.
"I used to say 'jab tak davai nahi dhilai nahi' but now our mantra for 2021 should be: Davai bhi, kadaai bhi (yes to medicine and yes to caution)," Modi said.
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| 1657 | Recent | 19 held for attack on Cong office by MLA's supporters | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/12/2020 | December 31, 2020. 19 people were arrested for the attack on the Congress office in Pune by supporters of party MLA Sangram Thopte in protest against his non-inclusion in the Maharashtra ministry, police said on Wednesday. Thopte's supporters attacked the 'Congress Bhavan', located in Shivajinagar area in Pune, on Tuesday and vandalised the property.
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| 1658 | Recent | Union Cabinet approves export of Akash missile system | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2020 | December 30, 2020. In a major move to boost domestic defence manufacturing, the government on Wednesday approved the export of indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile system and set up a panel to ensure faster approvals for acquisition proposals by various countries.
The Akash missile systems have over 96 percent indigenous components and the weapon can hit targets at a range of 25 km.
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| 1659 | Recent | JK: 3 militants killed; families claim they were civilians | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/12/2020 | December 30, 2020. Police on Wednesday claimed to have killed three insurgents in an overnight encounter in Srinagar's Parimpora area but families of the slain youths said they had no connection with militancy and that two of them were students. While one militant was killed in the early hours of Wednesday, two others were shot dead a few hours later, a police spokesman said.
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| 1660 | Recent | India trounce Australia in second Test to level series | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020. Hungry for redemption, India scored a victory for the ages under the inspirational Ajinkya Rahane, beating Australia by eight wickets in the second Test to level the four-match series 1-1, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The target of 70 was never a big one, but for a team that was bowled out for its all-time lowest score of 36 only 10 days back, one can't fault them if that played at the back of their minds. Shubman Gill (35 not out) and skipper Rahane (27 not out) knocked off the runs in 15.5 overs to complete the victory.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Ajinkya Rahane
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| 1661 | Recent | Nod for Covid vaccine in next few days: Serum Institute's Poonawalla | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker by volume, is expecting emergency use authorisation for its Covid antidote in a few days, Adar Poonawalla, SII CEO, told reporters on Monday.
Poonawalla said Covishield, the vaccine of Oxford-Astra Zeneca, with which SII has an alliance, was likely to get emergency use approval in the UK in a few days and could also secure the regulator's nod simultaneously in India.
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| 1662 | Recent | Arnab 'paid lakhs' to ex-BARC CEO to rig TRPs: Police | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| The Mumbai police on Monday told a local court in Mumbai that Partho Dasgupta, arrested former chief executive officer of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), in alleged connivance with another ex-senior BARC official and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, manipulated the television rating points (TRP) of Republic TV and its Hindi arm.
Dasgupta, while serving as CEO of BARC, got involved in the conspiracy along with Arnab Goswami and others for manipulation of TRP.
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| 1663 | Recent | SC announces new roster; CJI, 7 senior judges to hear PILs from Jan 4 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| The Supreme Court came out with a new roster on Monday determining the allocation of cases to its different benches, which would come into effect from January 4 next year post the winter break.
According to the new roster, public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, letter petitions and social justice matters would now be heard by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde and seven senior judges.
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| 1664 | Recent | Heavy Chinese missile deployment in Ladakh: IAF chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said any serious conflict with India does not suit China's global aspirations and "grand plans" and the trigger for the Ladakh face-off could be the result of a variety of reasons including a "military-dominated misadventure" that escalated following the rapid trust deficit faced by the neighbouring country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The border stand-off between India and China erupted in eastern Ladakh in early May.
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| 1665 | Recent | Vaccines will work against new COVID-19 variant: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| COVID-19 vaccines will work against new variants of the coronavirus and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 mutants reported from the United Kingdom or South Africa, the government said on Tuesday.
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| 1666 | Recent | Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine concludes successfully | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| A two-day dry run to assess the readiness of the mechanism laid out for the COVID-19 immunisation drive, which is expected to begin soon, was successfully conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Assam, the Union health ministry said.
The end-to-end exercise was undertaken in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar of Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Punjab, and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts of Assam on Monday and Tuesday.
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| 1667 | Recent | AAP to set up free WiFi for protesting farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said free WiFi hotspots will be set up at Singhu border for the farmers who have been camping there for over a month protesting the three Central farm laws. Addressing a press conference, he said the decision has been taken by "farmers' 'sevadar Arvind Kejriwal".
"We want the farmers to stay in touch with their family. We have identified a few spots to install the WiFi hotspots. This is an initiative of (chief minister) Arvind Kejriwal and the party," Chadha said.
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| 1668 | Recent | Cops drop charges against girl behind 'Free Kashmir' poster | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| Mumbai Police have submitted a C summary report before a metropolitan court in Mumbai in a case filed against a woman who was accused of holding a "Free Kashmir" poster during a protest held at the Gateway of India against the Jawaharlal Nehru University violence in January this year, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
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| 1669 | Recent | Sebi fines NDTV Rs 5 cr over disclosure lapses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on NDTV for its failure to disclose price-sensitive information about VCPL loan agreements but the company denied the charges and said it will appeal against the ruling.
As per Sebi, a loan amount of Rs 350 crore was borrowed by the promoters of NDTV under the VCPL loan agreement in 2009 to repay earlier loan availed from ICICI Bank and a second loan agreement with VCPL was signed for Rs 53.85 crore a year later.
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| 1670 | Recent | Sensex, Nifty scale new peaks, log gains for 5th day | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/12/2020 | December 29, 2020|| On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, HDFC, ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, SBI and ITC were prominent gainers.
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued their bull run for the fifth straight session on Tuesday to scale new peaks as investor sentiment remained upbeat amid positive domestic and global cues.
The BSE gauge Sensex settled with gains of 259.33 points or 0.55 per cent at a new closing high of 47,613.08.
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| 1671 | Recent | Kerala: 21-yr-old becomes India's youngest mayor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. Twenty-one-year-old Arya Rajendran on Monday became the youngest mayor in the country, taking charge of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation after she scored a facile win in a three-cornered election to the post. A college student and a Communist Party of India-Marxist member, she was administered the oath of office by collector Navjot Khosa at the corporation council hall.
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| 1672 | Recent | Govt calls farmers for talks over farm laws on Dec 30 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. The government on Monday invited 40 protesting farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30 on all relevant issues to find a "logical solution" to the current impasse over the farm laws. The government's invite followed a proposal made by unions last week to hold the talks on Tuesday, December 29, on agenda including modalities for the repeal of the three laws enacted in September.
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| 1673 | Recent | US facing 4 historic crises at once, says Joe Biden | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. United States President-elect Joe Biden said that his country is facing "four historic crises at once", adding that his team is work working hard to tackle the time-bound challenges."From COVID-19 and the economy to climate change and racial justice -- our nation is facing four historic crises at once. And come January, there will be no time to waste. That's why my team and I are hard at work preparing to take action on day one," Biden tweeted.
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| 1674 | Recent | PM Modi, other top BJP leaders pay tributes to Jaitley | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to his former cabinet colleague and late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on his birth anniversary and said his warm personality, intellect, legal acumen and wit are missed by all those he closely interacted with. Other BJP leaders also remembered the former finance minister who for many years remained the most articulate party voice on a gamut of issues and was considered one of its sharpest political minds.
Born in 1952, Jaitley died in August last year.
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| 1675 | Recent | Chinese citizen journalist jailed for 4 years for Wuhan COVID-19 reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over COVID-19, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment on Monday, Hong Kong Free Press reported. She has been convicted of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" for her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak.
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| 1676 | Recent | PM inaugurates India's first-ever driverless train for Delhi Metro | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. Inaugurating India's first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government unlike its predecessors has taken growing urbanisation as an opportunity and asserted that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities by 2025 from the current 18.
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| 1677 | Recent | After week's delay, Trump signs $900 bn Covid relief bill | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a massive $2.3 trillion spending bill that includes a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, averting a government shutdown and extending coronavirus aid to millions suffering from the economic impact of the pandemic.
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| 1678 | Recent | Anna threatens to launch his "last protest" for farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. "The government is just giving empty promises due to which I do not have any trust left (in the government)... Let's see, what action the Centre takes on my demands. They have sought time for a month, so I have given them time till January-end. If my demands are not met, I will resume my huger strike protest. This would be my last protest," the 83-year-old said.
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| 1679 | Recent | Ram Temple project likely to cost Rs 1,100 cr: Trust official | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | December 28, 2020. The construction of the Ram Temple complex in Ayodhya, including the main structure, is estimated to cost around Rs 1,100 crore and is expected to be completed in three-and-a-half years, said the treasurer of the trust overseeing the project on Monday. Swami Govind Dev Giriji Maharaj, treasurer, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said structural experts and engineers are drawing up a plan for the foundation of the temple.
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| 1680 | Recent | Rashid 'speechless' after T20I cricketer of decade gong | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | Star leg spinner Rashid Khan says winning the ICC T20I Cricketer of the Decade award is a special achievement for a player from an emerging country like Afghanistan. The 22-year-old leg-spinner was the highest wicket-taker in T20 Internationals in the past 10 years with 89 scalps at an average of 12.62. He had three four-wicket hauls and two five-fors during this period.
He said his focus now would be on improving his batting skills in the coming years.
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| 1681 | Recent | Kohli is ICC cricketer of the decade | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/12/2020 | India captain Virat Kohli on Monday headlined the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years.
Kohli was also picked for the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the 'ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade'
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| 1682 | Recent | India sees lowest daily rise in Covid cases after 6 months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2020 | December 27, 2020. India registered 18,732 fresh cases of COVID-19, the lowest in nearly six months, while 97,61,538 people have recuperated so far from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 95.82 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29 and 90 lakh on November 20.
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| 1683 | Recent | Rahane reigns as India's batsmen banish nightmare 36 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2020 | December 27, 2020. Stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane stepped out of Virat Kohli’s shadow with an inspiring century on Sunday as India’s batsmen banished their horror 36 in Adelaide to take control of the second Test against a profligate Australia on Day 2, in Melbourne.
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| 1684 | Recent | Terror plot to attack temple in J-K's Pooch foiled | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2020 | December 27, 2020. The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said it has arrested three Pakistan-linked militant associates and recovered six grenades from them, foiling a terror plot to attack a temple in the border district of Poonch and disturb communal harmony.
Poonch senior superintendent of police Ramesh Kumar Angral said the arrested persons were planning to carry out a grenade attack on a temple at the behest of their Pakistani handler to disturb the peace and communal amity in the district.
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| 1685 | Recent | Protesting farmers beat 'thalis' during PM's 'Mann Ki Baat' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2020 | December 27, 2020. Farmers on Sunday beat "thalis" at a few places in Punjab and Haryana during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme as part of their protest against the Centre's new agri laws. While addressing a press conference on December 20 at Delhi's Singhu border, farmer leaders had asked people protesting against the laws to beat utensils during the programme, the same way the prime minister had asked them in March to beat 'thalis' (steel plates).
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| 1686 | Recent | CBI should tell if Sushant's death was murder or suicide: Maha min | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/12/2020 | December 27, 2020. Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday urged the Central Bureau of Investigation to reveal if Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death was a suicide or murder. He said the CBI should bring out its probe report into the case as soon as possible. "The people of Maharashtra and the country are eagerly waiting for the CBI's report on its investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. People ask me about the status of the case...I request the CBI to reveal whether it was a suicide or murder," Deshmukh said in a press conference.
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| 1687 | Recent | Merriam-Webster choses 'Pandemic' as 'Top Word of 2020' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/12/2020 | Merriam-Webster on Monday announced pandemic as its 2020 word of the year. That probably isn't a big shock, Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press.
Often the big news story has a technical word that's associated with it and in this case, the word pandemic is not just technical but has become general. It's probably the word by which we'll refer to this period in the future, he said.
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| 1688 | Recent | Yuzi ties knot with Dhanashree! | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2020 | India cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal tied the knot with choreographer and YouTube star Dhanashree Verma on Tuesday.The couple made the announcement on their social media handles.
Yuzi posted photos from the wedding, and captioned them: ‘22.12.20 We started at “Once upon a time” and found “Our happily ever after,” coz’ finally, #DhanaSaidYuz for infinity & beyond!!”
The leg spinner was part of India’s limited-overs team in the ongoing tour of Australia.
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| 1689 | Recent | BJP wins any seat in Kashmir for first time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2020 | The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday won an election for the first time from any seat in Kashmir while facing regional heavyweights like the National Conference and the PDP. Aijaz Hussain won the Khonmoh-II District Development Council seat in Srinagar, while Aijaz Ahmad Khan gave the party more reason to cheer by winning the Tulail seat in Bandipora district.
Hussain said the DDC election was a fight between the BJP and rest of the parties.
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| 1690 | Recent | Trump presents PM Modi with US honour 'Legion Of Merit' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2020 | President Donald Trump has conferred the Legion of Merit, one of the highest military honours of the United States, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating bilateral strategic partnership and accelerating emergence of India as a global power.
"I am deeply honoured to be awarded the Legion of Merit by @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. It recognises the efforts of the people of India & the US to improve bilateral ties, reflected in the bipartisan consensus in both countries about the Indo-US Strategic Partnership," Modi tweeted on Tuesday.
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| 1691 | Recent | Unprecedented vaccine trial in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/12/2020 | 23rd.Dec.2020. Bharat Biotech recruited 13,000 participants for the Phase-3 clinical trial of Covaxin. This is one of the largest efficacy trials held in the country. While the phase three trials began in November, Bharat Biotech had evaluated 1,000 subjects in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials 'with promising safety and immunogenicity results and acceptance in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.'
The company is developing the covid antidote Covaxin in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology.
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| 1692 | Recent | Aliens exist? First potential radio signal from exoplanet detected | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/12/2020 | In another extensive search for possible alien life, a team of researchers for the first time has collected a potential radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system. The first possible radio signal is believed to be emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years away.
The international team of researchers uncovered emission bursts from the Tau Bootes star-system hosting a so-called hot Jupiter. The team led by researchers from the Cornell University in the US used the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), a radio telescope in the Netherlands, to uncover the emission bursts.
The researchers also observed other potential exoplanetary radio-emission candidates in the constellation Cancer and Upsilon Andromedae systems.
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| 1693 | Recent | CM of Goa launches a one-time power disposal scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/12/2020 | A one-time settlement scheme for power consumers was launched in Goa on Monday by Chief minister Pramod Sawant in the presence of Electricity Minister Nilesh Cabral.
Sawant called it one of the biggest steps in the state in the last 60 years and said a similar scheme would be launched by the public works department (PWD) for water bills.
CM of Goa: Pramod Sawant.
Governor of Goa: Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
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| 1694 | Recent | Lahore the most polluted city according to US Air Quality Index | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2020 | Lahore, the cultural capital Pakistan, has been ranked as the world’s most polluted city, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index (AQI). Lahore reported a particulate matter (PM) rating of 423. New Delhi stood second with a PM of 229, while Nepal’s capital Kathmandu ranked the third with a PM of 178.
AQI is based on the levels of five major pollutants regulated by the EPA: ground-level ozone, particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. AQI measures air quality by placing it on a scale of 0-500, where air quality is regarded as satisfactory if the AQI is under 50.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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| 1695 | Recent | Bata appoints Sandeep Kataria as CEO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/12/2020 | In a first, an Indian has become the global chief executive officer in Bata's 126-year history. Sandeep Kataria, who is currently the CEO of Bata India, has now been elevated to the global role at the footwear major.
On getting the new appointment, Kataria said, "I am honoured to accept this new appointment and excited by the journey ahead of us. Bata is a brand with an enviable reputation for high quality, affordable footwear.
Sandeep Kataria takes over from Alexis Nasard, who is stepping down after almost five years in the role.
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| 1696 | Recent | C-secs top normal deliveries in pvt hosps in 10 of 18 states | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2020 | The normal delivery is no longer normal in private hospitals. In 10 of the 18 states (including the UT of J&K) for which the National Family Health Survey 2019-20 data has been released, C-sections accounted for a majority of deliveries in private facilities, and in three of them, for over 80%.
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| 1697 | Recent | Gmail, Drive, YouTube suffer global outage, up after one hour | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2020 | For millions, the world stopped a little after 5 pm on Monday. Several ‘essential’ services of the internet age — Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, Maps and GPay — went down simultaneously for about an hour. The outage occurred across India, US, Canada, Europe, Central and South America.
A user, Kshitij, shared an image of a group of cavemen making fire, to sum up, the online mood. “An illustration of what life without Google feels like in 2020,” he wrote.
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| 1698 | Recent | Facebook fears ban on Bajrang Dal could risk staff safety, business prospects | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2020 | Despite an internal assessment calling for a ban on ‘dangerous’ Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal for its support to violence against minorities, Facebook has not cracked down on the group over financial and safety considerations, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report said.
Facebook’s human-rights staff has internally designated India a “Tier One” country. This means that India “is at the highest risk of societal violence.
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| 1699 | Recent | Ready to discuss agri laws clause by clause if farmers respond: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/12/2020 | Looking to keep the lines of communication open with unions opposed to the new farm laws, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that the government was ready to discuss the legislation “clause by clause” once the agitating farmers responded to a set of amendments proposed by the government.
No question of retrograde steps on-farm laws: Rajnath
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| 1700 | Recent | Varsha Joshi named as the new Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2020 | The Government of India has appointed IAS officer Varsha Joshi as the new Chairperson of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). She is presently served as Joint Secretary (CDD), Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India.
With incumbent Dilip Rath’s tenure as Chairman of NDDB ends on November 30, 2020, Joshi’s appointment is made effective from December 1, 2020, until further orders.
National Dairy Development Board Founded: 16 July 1965.
National Dairy Development Board Headquarters: Anand, Gujarat.
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| 1701 | Recent | India's first jungle park 'Konda Gorre' established in Telangana | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/12/2020 | India's first wilderness park with a focus on biodiversity conservation, rewilding and a stated objective to be focused on total inclusivity was opened near Hyderabad on Friday.
P.Raghuveer, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Telangana State Forest Development Corporation (TSFDC), opened the park to nature lovers and adventure-seeking walkers.
The TSFDC has developed 'Konda Gorre' wilderness park at Lalgadi Malakpet, near the Outer Ring Road on the Karimnagar highway, with an accent on sustainability and biodiversity conservation.
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| 1702 | Recent | ADB launches 'Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia & the Pacific' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2020 | The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a new book titled ‘Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’. The book provides insight on how stronger regional cooperation strategies, including in health, trade, finance, and disaster risk, can help governments in Asia and the Pacific accelerate economic growth and robust recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores opportunities for economies in the region to work together to recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.
President of ADB: Masatsugu Asakawa.
Headquarters: Manila, Philippines.
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| 1703 | Recent | The first woman vice-chancellor of Allahabad University- Sangeeta Srivastava | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/12/2020 | Professor Sangita Srivastava has been appointed as the new regular vice-chancellor of Allahabad University (AU). She is the first woman chosen for this post at AU.
Prof Srivastava is a former head of Allahabad University’s home science department. After her new appointment, she was relieved of her present charge as vice-chancellor of Prof Rajendra Singh University on the orders of the chancellor and governor Anandiben Patel. Prof KN Singh, the present VC of Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU).
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| 1704 | Recent | G. Krishnan & Vijay Lokapally launches 'The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/12/2020 | Rohit Sharma, probably the most talented Indian batsman to emerge after the year 2000, is treading the path on which walked Yuvraj Singh not long ago. Yuvraj wanted to excel in Test cricket — that’s where you earn the respect of your peers. Yuvraj’s wish remained unfulfilled, but he did become an all-time great on the basis of ODI performances only.
The core of this book, comprising only 143 pages, excluding the statistical appendix, is faithful documentation of his cricketing exploits, match after match, quoting at length him and others from post-match interviews. Yet, in this narration of matches, events and more matches, the essence of a biography — a candid look at the subject — seems absent.
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| 1705 | Recent | Hardik’s Dream Tour Of Australia Continues As India Chase Down 195 To Clinch T20I Series | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2020 | Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer chased down 37 runs from the final three overs as India defeated Australia by six wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series on Sunday here at the Sydney Cricket Ground. With this win, India gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Australia 194/5 (Matthew Wade 58, Steve Smith 46, T Natarajan 2-20); India 195/4 (Shikhar Dhawan 52, Virat Kohli 40, Hardik Pandya 42)
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| 1706 | Recent | AR Rahman appointed as the Ambassador of the BAFTA Breakthrough India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/12/2020 | The initiative, supported by Netflix, aims to identify, celebrate, and support up to five talents working in film, games, or TV in India.
Rahman said he is thrilled to work with BAFTA to discover the talent that the country has to offer.
“I am looking forward to seeing the brilliant talent chosen from India to be showcased on a global stage,” the 53-year-old composer said in a statement.
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| 1707 | Recent | Modi to lay the foundation stone of new Parliament building on Dec 10 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2020 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the New Parliament building on December 10 with a ‘Bhoomi pujan’ for the project which is to be completed by 2022, coinciding with 75 years of India’s independence, at an estimated cost of over 970 crores. Built over an area of 64,500 sq m, the building will have more space to accommodate 888 MPs in Lok Sabha compared to the present strength of 543 members while Rajya Sabha will accommodate 384 seats against the current strength of 245.
The new building has been designed for better facilities, space and technology. The number of members in both Houses is likely to increase after 2026 due to delimitation.
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| 1708 | Recent | Landmark bill to decriminalise marijuana passed in US House | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2020 | The US House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation that would decriminalise marijuana and expunge non-violent marijuana-related convictions, as Democrats sought to roll back and compensate for decades of drug policies that have disproportionately affected low-income communities of colour.
The 228-164 vote to approve the measure was bipartisan, and it was the first time either chamber of Congress had ever endorsed the legalisation of cannabis.
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| 1709 | Recent | Revenue-starved state eases rules to let 1,500 liquor shops re-open | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2020 | In a move aimed at boosting its revenue, the Maharashtra government on Friday issued orders relaxing a clutch of rules that would enable nearly 1,500 liquor shops to re-open after these were forced to close some years ago. Now, liquor shops that are located within 5km of a municipal corporation limit and 3km of a municipal council limit will not be affected by the 2016 Supreme Court ruling disallowing the sale of alcohol within 500 metres of highways.
There are currently 25,000 liquor shops in the state. Over 50% of them had been affected by the Supreme Court order before the state handed over the highways to the municipal corporations and councils.
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| 1710 | Recent | After SC order, nearly 64% kids in shelters sent back to families | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2020 | Following the Supreme Court order in April, nearly 64% of the children living in childcare institutions across the country have been restored to their families while about 60% of children in conflict with law were released, according to data shared by states and Union Territories.
According to a Unicef statement, 1,45,788 out of 2,27,518 children living in child care institutions were restored to their families since April. Also, 5155 out of 8614 children in conflict with law living in observation homes were sent back to their parents.
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| 1711 | Recent | 99-year-old Howrah resident beats Covid, returns home to celebrate a century | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/12/2020 | Howrah resident Bhabatarini Samanta, who will turn a centenarian 26 days from now, on Saturday became theoldestin thestatetoconquer Covid. Aged 99 years, 11 months and four days, the resilient woman was wheeled out of Howrah’s Sanjiban Hospital – a Covid-designated hospital — much to the delight of doctors and her family members. She tested negative on Friday.
The 99-year-old Bagnan resident had tested positive on November.
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| 1712 | Recent | State Govt. of Assam launches the 'Orunodoi' biggest direct benefit transfer scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2020 | Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Assam government on Tuesday launched the biggest-ever Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme called 'Orunodoi', aiming to cover 22 lakh families in the state.
The scheme has been rolled out with 17 lakh families as beneficiaries at present. The government said that it will transfer Rs 830 per month to the account of one of the female members of the family under the 'Orunodoi' scheme.
Governor of Assam: Professor Jagdish Mukhi.
CM of Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal.
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| 1713 | Recent | Utpal Kumar Singh as the new General Secretary of the Lok Sabha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2020 | Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday appointed Utpal Kumar Singh as Secretary-General of the Lower House of Parliament. Singh has also been appointed to the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary with effect from December 1.
Throughout his career, Singh has served in both the central and various state governments dealing with policy and management in public works, agriculture, personnel management, and public sector undertakings among other sectors.
Utpal Kumar Singh is a retired IAS officer from the 1986 batch with 34 years of administrative experience.
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| 1714 | Recent | The Masala King Dharampal Gulati passes away | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/12/2020 | Popularly known as the “Spice King”, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati died Thursday morning due to sudden cardiac arrest in New Delhi. Born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan) on March 27, 1923, he moved to India after the Partition and set up his business in Delhi. The spice company, ‘Mahashian Di Hatti’ (MDH) was initially found by his late father Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati.
Gulati became the highest-paid FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) CEO in India in 2017. He was always physically active and is believed to wake up at around 4:30 am every day to exercise.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian award, in 2019.
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| 1715 | Recent | International Air Transport Association declared Shanghai the world's most connected city | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2020 | Shanghai has dethroned London to become the world's most connected city as the coronavirus shakes up international travel.
London has seen a 67 per cent decline in connectivity via air travel, according to The International Air Transport Association (IATA). By September 2020, it had fallen to the eighth spot.
Shanghai has risen the ranks with the top four most connected cities all in China—Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
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| 1716 | Recent | State Govt. of W.Bengal starts the Duare Sarkar campaign | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/12/2020 | The West Bengal government launched a massive outreach programme called "Duare Sarkar" programme on December 1, 2020, for doorstep delivery of government schemes.
The programme aims to bring 11 schemes of the state government to the doorsteps of the people such as Swastha Sathi (health scheme), Khadya Sathi (public food distribution scheme), Jai Johar and Kanyashree scheme.
CM of W.Bengal: Mamata Banerjee.
Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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| 1717 | Recent | Yes Bank launches 'SMS PAY' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2020 | Private lender Yes Bank launches an SMS Pay functionality on POS terminals, which enables merchants to accept contactless payments from customers. The lender said the facility was launched in collaboration with French payment services company Worldline, adding that the facility would allow merchants to accept remote payments on POS terminals and thus allow customers to transact safely and remotely.
YES Bank in a statement said local merchants and department stores could request payments from their customers by entering their contact details in the POS terminal following which an SMS would be triggered with a generated link, that would be used to pay through domestic debit and credit cards.
Headquarter: Mumbai.
MD/CEO: Prashant Kumar.
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| 1718 | Recent | World Computer Literacy Day Celebrated | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/12/2020 | World Computer Literacy Day 2020: Computers have become an essential part of human life due to rapidly increasing technology and the digital revolution in today's modern era. The day is observed every year on December 2nd to create awareness and drive digital literacy in underserved communities worldwide.
The day promotes technological skills, especially in children and women. The World Computer Literacy Day aims to inspire them to learn more and make their work/task easier by the use of computers.
The day was originally founded by the Indian computer company NIIT. It was first observed in the year 2001 on December 2.
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| 1719 | Recent | Lewis Hamilton wins Bahrain Grand Prix 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2020 | Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. The race was the fifteenth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. This is the 11th victory for Hamilton of the season, and 95th F1 win of his career.
Also, Hamilton now holds the records for the most wins (95), in Formula One history. Red Bull Racing teammates Max Verstappen (Netherlands) and Alexander Albon (Thailand) were second and third respectively.
Lewis Hamilton's Car number: 44
Total Grand Prix held in 2020: 17
Lewis Hamilton's First win: 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
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| 1720 | Recent | World AIDS Day Celebrated on 1st of December | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2020 | Each year, December 1 is observed as World AIDS Day to raise awareness and to unite people worldwide in the fight against the global health issue of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is also significant to fight the stigma around it and focus on providing care and support for those who are already living with the disease.
On a global level, there are approximately 38 million people who are living with HIV. It was first discovered in 1984 and since then, this virus has killed more than 35 million people, making it one of the most deadly pandemics in human history.
Theme: Global soliditary, shared responsibility.
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| 1721 | Recent | Health Ministry of Tamil Nadu receives the 6th consecutive best state award for organ donation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/12/2020 | This is the sixth consecutive year of Tamil Nadu being crowned the best State in the category, by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. State Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan received the award online on Friday from the Union Minister for Health, Harsh Vardhan, and MoS Ashwin Kumar Choubey.
“Even during the pandemic, the State did a total of 183 live renal transplants and about 107 liver transplants. Tamil Nadu stands first not only in cadaver organ donation but also plasma and blood donations,” Vijayabaskar said.
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| 1722 | Recent | DRDO flags off first ‘Varunastra’ Heavy Weight Torpedo | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/11/2020 | The Defence Research and Development (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has flagged off the first Production unit of Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT), Varunastra. The Varunastra has been designed and developed by Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of DRDO while Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Vishakhapatnam has manufactured the torpedo for the Indian Navy. Varunastra is a ship-launched, heavyweight, electrically propelled anti-submarine torpedo. It can be launched from ships that can fire heavyweight torpedoes to engage quiet submarines in deep and shallow waters.
Varunsastra is powered by an electric propulsion system with multiple 250 Kilowatts Silver Oxide Zinc (AgOZn) batteries.
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| 1723 | Recent | Himachal Pradesh govt launches 'Him Suraksha Abhiyan' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2020 | Himachal Pradesh government has launched ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ to sensitize the people regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and also to collect information regarding symptoms of diseases like TB, Leprosy, sugar, and blood pressure by the door to door campaign throughout the State.
Under this Abhiyan about 8000 teams comprising of Health, Ayurveda, Women and Child Development, Panchayati Raj Departments, District Administration, and NGOs would be involved in this campaign. It would ensure door to door data collection of health parameters of the people.
Chief Minister of HP: Jairam Thakur.
Governor of HP: Bandaru Dattatraya.
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| 1724 | Recent | India's plan to build dam to aid Afghanistan likely to unnerve Pakistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2020 | The government announced on Tuesday that it would build the Shahtoot Dam on the Kabul river in Afghanistan, which will bring relief to the residents of Kabul but gently unnerve neighbouring Pakistan, which is likely to protest vehemently. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar announced at the Geneva donors conference "India had just concluded with Afghanistan an agreement for construction of Shahtoot Dam, which would provide safe drinking water to 2million residents of Kabul city."
The announcement is likely to be received with dismay in Pakistan, which has accused India of choking its water supplies from Kashmir and Afghanistan.
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| 1725 | Recent | Chang'e 5 Mission to moon to collect Lunar samples | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2020 | The Chang’e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender, and a returner, was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender combination touched down on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms, on the near side of the moon on December 1. The Chang’e-5 mission marks a successful conclusion of China’s current three-step lunar exploration program of orbiting and landing and bringing back samples which began in 2004.
China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon named Xinhua.
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| 1726 | Recent | Govt. approved the merger of LVB and DBS Bank | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/11/2020 | There is good news for depositors of the beleaguered Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), which was put under a moratorium by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on November 16. Customers of the bank including depositors would be able to operate their accounts from Friday after its amalgamation with DBS Bank India was approved by the government today. The moratorium that was imposed on the bank has also been withdrawn.
The central bank said the amalgamation will come into force on November 27. With this, all the branches of the LVB will function as branches of DBS Bank India Ltd.
LVB is the third bank to be placed under the moratorium since September last year after the Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited in 2019 and private sector lender Yes Bank this March.
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| 1727 | Recent | Food park inaugurated in Punjab to benefit 25000 farmers and create 5000 jobs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2020 | Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated a mega food park (MFP) at Phagwara in Kapurthala district of Punjab that will benefit 25,000 farmers and create 5,000 jobs, an official statement said. "Punjab and Haryana have a significant role in the development of the agriculture sector of India. This MFP built at a project cost of Rs 107.83 crores and spread over 55 acres of land is expected to benefit about 25000 farmers," he said. Till date, 37 MFPs have been sanctioned and 20 have already started functioning. Tomar added that due to the untiring efforts of farmers of these two states, India is not only self-reliant in food grains but is food surplus.
3rd food Park in Punjab- After Fazilka and Ludhiana.
Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries- Shri Rameswar Teli.
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| 1728 | Recent | The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve won the TX2 International award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2020 | Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) has won the inaugural TX2 Award, which was set up in 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia by an international organisation working for tiger conservation like CATS, Global Tiger Forum, IUCN, UNDP, The Lion’s Share, and WWF, for its remarkable contribution to tiger conservation.
The award not only has brought international recognition to PTR but will also promote tiger conservation in the state and the country. PTR had applied for the award in September.
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| 1729 | Recent | India successfully test-fires land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/11/2020 | India on November 24 “successfully” test-fired the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile BrahMos as part of a series of planned trials of the weapon, known for its precision strike capabilities, official sources said. The range of the new land-attack version of the missile has been extended to 400 km from the original 290 km but its speed has been maintained at 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound, they said. “The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired in the Andaman and Nicobar at around 10 a.m. and it was a successful trial,” an official source said.
The missile has been jointly developed by DRDO, India and NPOM, Russia, through the joint venture BrahMos Aerospace. BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is the world's fastest operational system in its class.
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| 1730 | Recent | Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal honoured with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2020 | Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on November 21 conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary contribution in the field of literature. The minister highlighted the role played by language in keeping the unity in a diverse country India. “Culture and language are linked with each other, as the language becomes stronger, so does the culture and civilization. Similarly, the writing also strengthens the civilization and culture of the country,” Nishank said.
Mr Nishank is also honoured with "Himal Gaurav Samman" by Nepal. His "Sparsh Ganga" initiative was included in Mauritius school curriculum.
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| 1731 | Recent | 2nd Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 held in Andaman Sea | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/11/2020 | The 2nd edition of India, Singapore, and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 was conducted in the Andaman Sea. The 2020 edition of the exercise is being hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Indian Navy (IN) Ships including indigenously built ASW corvette Kamorta and missile corvette Karmuk participated in the exercise.
The SITMEX series of exercises are conducted to enhance mutual inter-operability between IN, RSN, and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) and also strengthen mutual confidence and develop common understanding and procedures towards enhancing the overall maritime security in the region. The first edition of SITMEX was hosted by the Indian Navy in 2019 off Port Blair.
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| 1732 | Recent | Successful launch for Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich! | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/11/2020 | On 21 November, the long-awaited Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was successfully launched, joining the existing Copernicus Sentinel satellite family. Sentinel-6 will take over from the Jason satellite series (built and operated in cooperation between NASA, CNES, and NOAA, and later on EUMETSAT, with funding from the EU) to guarantee continuity in highly accurate sea level measurements and ensure that climate records are updated for decades to come.
The fruit of extraordinary Europe-US cooperation involving the European Commission, ESA, EUMETSAT, NASA and NOAA, with support from CNES, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is a crucial addition to the Copernicus programme.
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| 1733 | Recent | Assam bags best state award in fisheries sector | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2020 | Assam has bagged four top honours in the fisheries sector from the ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, including the “Best State” title among the hilly states and northeastern region for top performance in the fisheries sector in the last three years from 2017-18.
Odisha has been named the best state in the marine state category and Uttar Pradesh in the inland state category. Also, Assam Apex Cooperative Fish Marketing and Processing Federation Ltd. (FISHFED) has bagged the Best Quasi Government Organization award, Nagaon district the best district award, and Amal Medhi of Nalbari district has bagged the best fish farmer award in the Hilly States and North Eastern States of India category.
World Fisheries Day- 21st November
Union Minister of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying- Giriraj Sing
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| 1734 | Recent | 30th India-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2020 | The 30th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was held between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy. The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette, and Thailand Ship (HTMS) Kraburi, a Chao Phraya Class Frigate along with Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from both the navies participated in the CORPAT. The two navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line twice a year since 2005 to enhance bilateral ties and maritime cooperation.
CORPAT builds up inter-operability between the participating navies. Facilities reduction of illegal Unreported Unregulated fishing, maritime, terrorism, drug trafficking, piracy, etc.
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| 1735 | Recent | Phase 2 of Exercise Malabar 2020 in Western Indian Ocean | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/11/2020 | The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2020 will be conducted in the Northern Arabian Sea from 17 to 20 November 2020. Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020, which was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020, this phase will involve coordinated operations of increasing complexity between the navies of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.
The Malabar exercise commenced in 1992 as a bilateral INDIA-USN exercise. JMSDF joined Malabar in 2015.
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| 1736 | Recent | Madhya Pradesh conducts 'Poshit Parivar-Suposhit Madhya Pradesh' campaign in all districts | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2020 | In Madhya Pradesh, a community-based nutrition management programme of very severely malnourished children is being conducted in all districts under the nurtured families - well nurtured Madhya Pradesh i.e. 'Poshit Parivar-Suposhit Madhya Pradesh' campaign.
Under this campaign, severely malnourished children are identified, and after 12 weeks or 3 months of continuous effort after their registration, they are brought to normal nutrition level.
An incentive of Rs 400 will be given in two installments to the families who are honored under the 'Poshit Parivar-Suposhit Madhya Pradesh’ campaign.
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| 1737 | Recent | India Ranks 77 in Global Bribery Risk Matrix | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/11/2020 | India is at the 77th position with a score of 45 in a global list that measures business bribery risks of 2020. The list by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard-setting organization, measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions. In 2019, India’s rank stood 78 positions with a score of 48 while in 2020 the country was ranked 77 with a score of 45, the data showed. The score is based on four factors: business interactions with government, anti-bribery deterrence and enforcement, government and civil service transparency, and capacity for civil society oversight, including the role of the media.
The TRACE Matrix list is released by TRACE International, an anti-bribery standard-setting organization, which measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
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| 1738 | Recent | Madhya Pradesh to get ‘gau cabinet’, announces CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2020 | Madhya Pradesh will set up a ‘gau cabinet’ for the protection and promotion of cattle in the state and its first meeting will be held later this week, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday.
“A decision has been taken to set up a ‘gau cabinet’ for the protection and promotion of cattle in the state. Animal husbandry, forest, panchayat and rural development, revenue, home, and farmers welfare departments will be included in the cow cabinet,” Chouhan said in a tweet in Hindi.
Madhya Pradesh Governor: Anandiben Patel
Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal
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| 1739 | Recent | Vijayanagara will be 31st district of Karnataka | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/11/2020 | The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday approved the decade-old demand of carving out Vijayanagara district from the existing Ballari district. Vijayanagara will be the 31st district of the State.
A Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has decided to bifurcate Ballari and fulfill the demand of Forest and Environment Minister Anand Singh, who quit Congress in 2019 by tendering resignation to the membership of the Assembly and helped bring BJP to power.
Governor of Karnataka: Vajubhai Vala.
CM of Karnataka: Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa.
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| 1740 | Recent | Australia, Japan to bolster defence ties amid China’s rise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/11/2020 | The two countries are close to concluding a Reciprocal Access Agreement, a legal framework to allow their troops to visit each other's countries and conduct training and joint operations. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in Japan to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshihide Suga, to bolster defense ties between the two US allies to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region amid a transition in American leadership. The two countries are close to concluding a Reciprocal Access Agreement, a legal framework to allow their troops to visit each other’s countries and conduct training and joint operations.
Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) comes weeks after foreign ministers of the Quad alliance, which includes the US and India, met in Tokyo.
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| 1741 | Recent | PM Modi unveils 'Statue of Peace' to mark 151st birth anniversary of Jainacharya Vijay Vallabh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2020 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the 'Statue of Peace' in Rajasthan's Pali to mark the 151st Jayanti celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj, via video conferencing.
After inaugurating the statue, the Prime Minister said: "Vijay Nityanand Surishwer Ji Maharaj used to say that the land of Gujarat gave us two Vallabh. In the political field, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and in the spiritual field Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj... Both dedicated their lives to India's unity and brotherhood.
The 151-inch tall statue has been made from Ashtadhatu- 8 metals, with Copper being the major constituent, and is being installed at Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, in Pali, Rajasthan.
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| 1742 | Recent | World's first Tram Library inaugurated in Kolkata | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2020 | On the occasion of Children’s Day, a first-of-its-kind in the world, a library on the tram for children was launched in Kolkata, West Bengal. A tram is a rail vehicle that runs on tramway tracks along public streets.
The tram would run on Shyambazar-Esplanade and Esplanade-Gariahat routes, spanning across north and south Kolkata, every day from morning to evening. It has been jointly developed by the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) and Apeejay Anand Children’s Library and will have around 1,000 books.
Chief Minister of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee.
Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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| 1743 | Recent | Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2020 | Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Turkish Grand Prix 2020 at Istanbul Park, Turkey. Sergio Perez (Racing Point-BWT- Mexico) secured the second position and Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari finished third. This was Hamilton's 10th victory of the season and 94th F1 win of his career. With this win, he claimed the seventh Formula One championships title of his career to equal the record of Michael Schumacher.
At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Hamilton also took his 92nd Formula One win breaking the record previously held by Michel Schumacher.
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| 1744 | Recent | Maia Sandu appointed as the new President-elect of Moldova | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/11/2020 | Maia Sandu, a Harvard-educated economist who supports closer ties with the European Union, has won a presidential election in Moldova against an incumbent whom President Vladimir V. Putin had openly endorsed.
Ms. Sandu won with 57.7 percent of the vote against 42.3 percent for Igor Dodon, the incumbent president of Moldova, a tiny former Soviet state sandwiched between the Western and Russian spheres of influence, in the election held Sunday, according to the Central Election Commission.
First women to be elected as the President of Moldova and would assume office on 23rd December 2020.
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| 1745 | Recent | Keetham & Lonar Lake added to the Ramsar sites list | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/11/2020 | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has expressed happiness that India has added two more Ramsar sites. They are Lonar lake in Maharashtra which is the only crater lake in the country while the other is Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake in Agra of Uttar Pradesh. In a tweet, Mr. Javadekar said that wetlands are the world's natural water filters and one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet.
The Ramsar Convention signed on 2nd February 1971, is one of the oldest inter-governmental accord signed by member countries to preserve the ecological character of their wetlands of international importance.
CM of U.P: Yogi Adithyanath.
Governor: Anandiben Patel.
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| 1746 | Recent | Serbian finishes as year-end No. 1 in ATP Rankings for a sixth time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/11/2020 | Novak Djokovic was honored on Sunday afternoon at the Nitto ATP Finals, receiving his ATP Tour No. 1 trophy from ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi for finishing as the year-end No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings for a record-equalling sixth time. The Serbian finishes as World No. 1 for the sixth time in the past 10 years (also 2011-12, ‘14-15 and ‘18), draws level with his childhood hero, American Pete Sampras, who ended six straight years at the pinnacle of men’s professional tennis between 1993 and 1998.
He competes this week in Group Tokyo 1970 alongside Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, and Diego Schwartzman at the Nitto ATP Finals in London.
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| 1747 | Recent | Sports Ministry announces new incentive structure for private academies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/11/2020 | The Sports Ministry has introduced an incentivization structure to extend monetary support to 500 private academies, through the Khelo India Scheme over the next four years starting 2020-21.
In this model, private academies shall be graded into different categories based on quality and achievement of players trained by the academy, level of coaches available at the academy, quality of the field of play and allied infrastructure, availability of sports science facilities and staff.
Sports Minister: Kiren Rijiju (MOS independent charge)
Founded: 27 May 2000
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| 1748 | Recent | Odisha Launches SAANS Programme to check childhood pneumonia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2020 | Odisha Government on Thursday launched a Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) campaign on the occasion of World Pneumonia Day for reducing the overall burden of childhood pneumonia in the State.
Pneumonia is one of the topmost killers of children under five years of age (under-5) contributing to nearly 14 percent (pc) of mortality among the kids. At an average of 640 children per day, an estimated 2.33 lakh children die due to pneumonia and diarrhoea every year in the country.
India's Average U5MR- 42.4.
Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) of States:
1. U.P- 59.7. 2. Assam- 54.9. 3. M.P- 50.7. 4. Odisha- 49.1.
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| 1749 | Recent | A New Book on Gulzar “Boskiyana” by Radhakrishna Prakashan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2020 | ‘Boskiyana’, a new Hindi book on Gulzar, veteran Indian poet-lyricist has been published by Radhakrishna Prakashan. The book portrays the life of Gulzar through his films, poetry, philosophies, lifestyle, likes, and dislikes. The 228- page book is edited and compiled by Yashwant Vyas. ‘Boskiyana’ is the name of the house of Gulzar in Mumbai.
The book expresses the personality of Gulzar through detailed conversations and reveals his thoughts and vision of the world. It is a compilation of some of the most defining interviews and conversations of Gulzar from the last 30 years. Yashwant Vyas took 6 years to compile.
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| 1750 | Recent | Sonu Sood’s autobiography to be titled ‘I Am No Messiah’ | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/11/2020 | An actor, producer, and humanitarian, Sonu Sood is set to pen his autobiography titled “I Am No Messiah”. The book will be co-authored by Meena Iyer. The book will account for the experience of Sonu Sood during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is set to be published by Penguin Random House India and released in December 2020.
The book will feature the stories he heard and his interactions with the migrants and others. Sonu Sood will share the experiences which impacted his life and changed his outlook and his purpose in life. Sonu Sood narrates his emotional experiences and the challenges he faced along with the people he rescued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 1751 | Recent | ‘Project Air Care’ launched in Gurgaon to fight pollution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2020 | With air quality in Gurgaon likely to remain a concern over the coming weeks, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday unveiled ‘Project Air Care’ in the district, as part of which 65 Wind Augmentation Air Purifying Units (WAYU) will be installed across the district. The air purification project, officials said, is the result of a public-private partnership between the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and GSK Consumer Healthcare. Created by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and IIT, Bombay, the air purification units convert pollutants like PM2.5 and PM2.10 particles, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide, into carbon dioxide using a filter. The creators of the devices, which can provide purified air in an area of 500 square meters, claim these can reduce PM10 by 60-70 % and PM2.5 by 30-40 % at traffic junctions.
CM of Haryana: Manohar Lal Khattar.
Created by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and IIT, Bombay.
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| 1752 | Recent | 2nd World Health Expo kicks off in Wuhan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/11/2020 | The second World Health Expo was inaugurated on November 11, in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China’s Hubei Province. This year’s Expo will focus on displaying the most cutting-edge science and technology in the global health industry, and help Wuhan build a “city of the global health industry.” During the Expo, more than a hundred high-end forums including a summit forum, academician forum and the roundtable dialogue on epidemic prevention and normalized control, and the Global University Leaders Forum, will be organized.
1st World Health Expo was held in Wuhan from 7th April 2019.
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| 1753 | Recent | Ministry of ports, Shipping & Waterways named to Shipping Ministry | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/11/2020 | The Centre has renamed the Shipping Ministry as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this effect.
According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, maritime shipping and navigation, provision of education and training for the mercantile marine, lighthouses and lightships, administration of the ports, shipping, and navigation — including carriage of passengers, and goods on inland and national waterways — will be under it.
The notification, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, said the decision had been taken by exercising of the powers conferred by clause (3) of Article 77 of the Constitution and by amending the Government Of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961.
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| 1754 | Recent | 20th SCO Summit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/11/2020 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the 20th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The SCO summit is being held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The SCO summit took place at a time when India and China, two of the bloc's members, are engaged in a tense border standoff for over six months in eastern Ladakh. Members states of the SCO was convened at the highest level on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Russia.
Rashid Alimov of Tajikistan is the current secretary of SCO, and Beijing, China is the headquarters of SCO.
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| 1755 | Recent | Nirmala Sitharaman Attends First BRICS Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors Meeting | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/11/2020 | Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, November 9, participated in the first BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under Russia's Chairmanship. The agendas of the meeting involved discussions on the outcomes of the G20 Saudi Presidency in 2020, a digital platform to encourage infrastructure investments and expansion of the membership of the New Development Bank. As per the ministry release, the finance minister said the BRICS members have played an important role in ensuring that the concerns of emerging economies are properly addressed through various initiatives.
BRICS acronym coined to associate five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China snd South Africa.
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| 1756 | Recent | China sends 'world's first 6G' test satellite into orbit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2020 | China has successfully launched what has been described as "the world's first 6G satellite" into space to test the technology. It went into orbit along with 12 other satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province. The telecoms industry is still several years away from agreeing on 6G's specifications, so it is not yet certain the tech being trialed will make it into the final standard. It involves the use of high-frequency terahertz waves to achieve data-transmission speeds many times faster than 5G is likely to be capable of.
The satellites were launched into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province from Long March-6 carrier rocket.
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| 1757 | Recent | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha appointed as new Chief Information Commissioner of India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/11/2020 | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Saturday, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Sinha as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said.
Mr. Sinha has served as a Commissioner for almost two years and will hold the position of CIC for another three years until he turns 65.
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| 1758 | Recent | Bangladesh and US launch joint naval exercise CARAT Bangladesh 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2020 | Bangladesh and US navies launched the ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2020’ to expand relationships and broaden maritime awareness between the two countries. The sea phase of the exercise will take place in the Bay of Bengal with ships from both countries. The events are designed to enhance interoperability between the two navies. U.S. and Bangladesh will work through coordinated deployment of surface ships, to include tactical maneuvers among other activities. CARAT 2020 underscores the shared vision of the US and Bangladesh for a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and secure Indo-Pacific region.
CARAT is a series of annual bilateral military exercises conducted by the United States of Pacific Fleet with several member nations of ASEAN in Southeast Asia.
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| 1759 | Recent | HDFC Bank appoints Ramesh Laxminarayan as new CIO, to replace Munish Mittal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/11/2020 |
HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender, said on Thursday that it has appointed Ramesh Laxminarayan as its next Chief Information Officer (CIO). The appointment comes nearly four months after the resignation of former CIO Munish Mittal. He resigned after spending 25 years in the bank to pursue higher education in Britain. It is also the first major appointment announced by him under the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the bank, Shasidhar Jagdishan.
The bank’s country head for operations and technology, Bhavesh Zaveri, said Ramesh possessed professional skills as well as entrepreneurial skills, which he also showed while running a startup.
HDFC CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan (27 Oct 2020–)
Founded: August 1994, India
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| 1760 | Recent | Panna Tiger Reserve included in global network of biosphere reserves by UNESCO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/11/2020 | Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) was included in the global network of biosphere reserves by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) last week, said an official report.
The UNESCO’s recognition cited PTR as a critical tiger habitat. “The area has undergone substantial ecosystem restoration in the buffer zone. With only three urban centers and over 300 villages, agriculture is the main source of income together with horticulture, forestry, and cultural and eco-tourism,” UNESCO stated.
Total 12 Biosphere Reserves identified by UNESCO in India.
Union Minister of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)- Prakash Javdekar
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| 1761 | Recent | Alok Kumar Gupta takes charge as MD and CEO of ONGC Videsh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2020 | A selection panel appointed by the Central government has selected Alok Kumar Gupta as the MD and CEO of ONGC Videsh on Thursday, sources in the know of the matter said. Gupta is currently serving as Director (Operations) at ONGC Videsh and has been selected for the post from a list of more than 12 candidates who were interviewed on Thursday, the source added. The panel’s recommendation will now go to the ACC (Appointments Cabinet Committee) for a nod after Gupta gets a clearance from CVC and CBI.
ONGC Videsh Ltd. Founded: 1965.
Parent Organisation: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
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| 1762 | Recent | Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/11/2020 | Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inducted five new ministers into her executive, two weeks after her party won a landslide victory in the country's general election.
She was born in Chennai but her family is from Paravoor in Kerala. She went to school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand to further her education. She was elected first as a Member of Parliament in September 2017.
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| 1763 | Recent | India hosted the 19th meeting of the SCO members | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2020 | India hosted the 19th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Ministers of Foreign Economy and Foreign Trade. The virtual meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Union Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Shri Piyush Goyal. It was attended by the Secretary-General of SCO Vladimir Norov and Ministers from Kyrgyz Republic, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The meeting concluded with the adoption of the following four documents:
Statement on the response to Covid-19: It highlights the need for greater cooperation for access to medicines and facilitation of trade.
Statement on the Multilateral Trading System of Ministers of SCO Countries who are WTO Members: It highlights the importance of the rules-based multilateral negotiations.
Statement on SCO Cooperation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). It relates to the cooperation of intellectual property and includes sharing information/experience on legislation and enforcement, cooperation in international organizations, and other areas.
Action Plan for Implementation of MOU to stimulate cooperation within the framework of SCO in the field of MSMEs. It looks at the number of areas of cooperation among MSMEs, including the exchange of information, organization of events, and collaboration on research and capacity building.
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| 1764 | Recent | Jacinda Ardern reappointed as the PM of New Zealand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/10/2020 | Jacinda Ardern, on November 6, was sworn in as New Zealand’s new Prime Minister. Ardern, who was first elected in 2017, secured her second term by winning over her opponents by 50 percent votes in the polls held on October 17. Taking her oath at Wellington’s Government House in both English and Maori, the language of the native Polynesians, she promised the Kiwis of “new reforms”.
The tally has now given her a total of 65 seats in 120 strong parliaments, rather than 64. In contrast, the opposition National Party’s seats reduced from 35 to 33, prompting campaign director Gerry Brownlee to step down as deputy party leader.
Party: New Zealand Labour Party
Born: 26 July 1980 (age 40 years), Hamilton, New Zealand
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| 1765 | Recent | Bolivia declared new President as Luis Arce | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/10/2020 | Luis Arce has been chosen as the President-elect of Bolivia, after winning a landslide victory in the 2020 Bolivian general election. He captured 55.1% of the total votes. Arce will take the charge of the office on 8 November 2020. He would succeed Jeanine Anez, who is serving as the interim President of Bolivia.
The 57-year-old, Luis is a member of the political party Movement Toward Socialism. Previously, Arce served as Minister of Economy and Public Finance from 2006 to 2017 and in 2019 under President Evo Morales.
Bolivia Capitals: La Paz, Sucre.
Bolivia Currency: Boliviano.
Bolivia Continent: South America.
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| 1766 | Recent | Third 2+2 Ministerial dialogue between India & USA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/10/2020 | India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper to New Delhi for the third annual India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. The Ministers applauded the exemplary cooperation between India and the United States in confronting challenges emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministers reaffirmed efforts to enhance supply chain resilience and to seek alternatives to the current paradigm, which had come under severe strain during the pandemic and exposed critical vulnerabilities.
The Ministers reiterated their commitment to maintaining a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific built on a rules-based international order, underpinned by ASEAN centrality, rule of law, sustainable and transparent infrastructure investment, freedom of navigation and overflight, mutual respect for sovereignty, and peaceful resolution of disputes.
Noting the 15th anniversary of the inaugural U.S.-India Defense Framework Agreement, the Ministers commended what has become a comprehensive, resilient, and multi-faceted Major Defense Partnership (MDP) between India and the United States. They applauded the significant step of the signing of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA). The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral defense consultation and collaboration and to exploring opportunities to expand cooperative capacity-building efforts with partners across the region.
The Ministers welcomed the virtual convening of the India-U.S. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Working Group on October 1, 2020. The Ministers also welcomed the recent convening of the annual India-U.S. Cyber Dialogue on September 15, 2020, and the first India-U.S. Defense Cyber Dialogue on September 17, 2020.
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| 1767 | Recent | PM Narendra Modi inaugurates the 4th edition of India Energy Forum | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/10/2020 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4th India Energy Forum by CERAWeek. The event will convene an international group of speakers and a community of over a thousand delegates from India and over 30 countries.
The theme of this edition is “India’s Energy Future in a World of Change”. India is the third-largest and the fastest-growing aviation market in terms of domestic aviation and Indian carriers are projected to increase their fleet size from 600 to 1200 by 2024.
He said that India’s energy future is bright and secure and the country’s energy plants aim to ensure energy justice that too by following global commitments for sustainable growth but with a smaller carbon footprint. India’s energy sector will be growth-centric, industry-friendly, and environment cautious and that is why among the most active nations in furthering renewable sources of energy.
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| 1768 | Recent | Niti Aayog Panel for reforms in urban planning education | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2020 | A panel constituted by the NITI Aayog Thursday looked into introducing reforms in the urban planning education system.
The 14-member advisory committee, headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, reviewed the urban planning education system in India and examine the availability, demand, and supply of qualified urban planners in the country.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and secretaries of three ministries—Housing and Urban Affairs, Higher Education, and Panchayati Raj—are among the members of the committee.
An order said the committee will “review the current urban planning education system in India in terms of multi-disciplinarity, curriculum, and related issues at the graduate and postgraduate levels in the context of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization".
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| 1769 | Recent | Apoorva Chandra appointed as the chairman of the governing body of ILO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/10/2020 | Apurva Chandra, Secretary (Labour and Employment) has been elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for the period October 2020- June 2021, according to a statement by the ministry.
"Apurva Chandra will be presiding over the upcoming meeting of the Governing Body to be held in November 2020. At Geneva, he would have the opportunity to interact with the senior officials and social partners of the member states.
Headquarter of ILO- Geneva
Members- 187
Nobel prize- 1969
World Labor Day- 1st May
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| 1770 | Recent | Second Quad Meeting at Tokyo | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/10/2020 | In 2020, the second foreign ministerial Quad meeting was held in Tokyo, Japan. Quad countries agreed in-order to collectively tackle the Covid-19 pandemic around the globe. The discussion took place on the issues to enhance maritime security co-operation, cybersecurity, 5G network, economic co-operation, countering terrorism and disinformation as well as infrastructure development and investment for the peace, security, and economic prosperity of the Indo-Pacific. Participants also discussed the need to improve supply chains for sectors including critical minerals, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals.
In 2019, the first Quad ministerial meeting was held in the US at New-York on the sidelines of UNGA (United national general assembly).
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| 1771 | Recent | 'KAPILA' Kalam Program launched by Education Ministry | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2020 | Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has virtually launched the campaign ‘KAPILA’, which stands for Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign on 15th October 2020. The day was launched in honor of the 89th birth anniversary celebration of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Through the campaign, the government will spread awareness through educational programs about the importance of patenting an invention, to lead India towards self-reliance. To promote awareness in the field, the Ministry has decided to celebrate the week from 15 to 23 October as ‘Intellectual Property Literacy Week’. Various awareness programs will be organized to create awareness about the system and the importance of the process of applying for a patent.
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| 1772 | Recent | India and France re-elected as President and Co- President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the third assembly | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/10/2020 | The ISA is an initiative that was launched by the Prime Minister of India and the President of France on 30 November 2015 at Paris, France on the side-lines of the COP-21. The overarching objective of the ISA is to collectively address key common challenges to the scaling up of solar energy in ISA member countries. It also aims to undertake joint efforts required to reduce the cost of finance and the cost of technology, mobilize investments needed for massive deployment of solar energy, and pave the way for future technologies adapted to the needs.
The First Assembly of the ISA was held from 2 to 5 October 2018 in Greater Noida, India, and was inaugurated by Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, and Mr. AntónioGuterres, UN Secretary-General. The Second Assembly of the ISA was convened from 30 October to 1 November 2019 in New Delhi, India. 78 countries participated in this Assembly.
The Third Assembly of the International Solar Alliance has been attended by 34 ISA Members ministers. 53 Member countries and 5 Signatory and Prospective Member countries participated in the Assembly.
India and France were re-elected as the President and Co-President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a term of two years at the virtual meeting of the Third Assembly held on 14 October.
Four new Vice-Presidents were also chosen to represent the four regions of ISA. The representatives of Fiji & Nauru for Asia Pacific Region; Mauritius & Niger for Africa Region; UK & Netherlands for Europe and others Region, and Cuba and Guyana for Latin America and Caribbean Region assumed the vice presidency.
The Assembly also approved the initiatives of the ISA Secretariat in institutionalizing ISA’s engagement with the private and public corporate sector through the Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (CSCA). Ten public sector organizations in India presented a cheque for 1 million USD each at the assembly.
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| 1773 | Recent | India designated Vice-Chair of OECD Working Group on GLP | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/10/2020 | India has been designated the ‘Vice-Chair’ of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Working Group of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), recognizing the contribution of the Indian GLP program.
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a quality system, which has been evolved by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to ensure that safety data generated on various chemicals like industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals (Human and Veterinary), agrochemicals, cosmetic products, food/ feed additives, and medical devices, etc., can be relied upon by regulatory authorities.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, established the National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA) with the approval of the Union Cabinet on April 24, 2002.
The spectrum of activities of Indian GLP TFs is wide, involving eight (8) types of chemicals/test items and nine (9) areas of expertise. The National GLP program has not only helped to build a network of GLP TFs in the country but also created a huge quantum of highly competent human resources.
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Chairman-GLP Authority & Secretary, DST commented, “India's leadership in GLP brings a greater recognition of our certification of quality for global businesses. This is also a link in the chain to Atamnirbharta, which is to have structures and processes that are adhered to global standards.”
The OECD has acknowledged the contribution of the Indian GLP program and designated Dr. Ekta Kapoor, Scientist E, NGCMA, DST, as the Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Group on GLP for 2021 and 2022. With continued Government commitment and emphasis on further capacity building on GLP in the country, India is destined to be a global leader.
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| 1774 | Recent | Smriti Irani launched India's first ever Brand and Logo for its cotton | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2020 | Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Irani has launched the first-ever Brand and Logo for Indian Cotton on Second World Cotton Day through video conferencing. Now India’s premium cotton would be known as ‘Kasturi Cotton’ in the world cotton trade. The Kasturi Cotton brand will represent Whiteness, Brightness, Softness, Purity, Luster, Uniqueness, and Indianness.
Important Facts of Indian Cotton:
India is the second-largest cotton producer and the largest consumer of cotton in the world.
It produces about six million tonnes of cotton every year which is about 23 percent of the world's cotton.
India produces about 51 percent of the total organic cotton production of the world, which demonstrates India’s effort towards sustainability.
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| 1775 | Recent | Nilesh Shah re-elected as the chairman of AMFI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/10/2020 | Nilesh Shah has been re-elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), at the recently concluded Board Meeting of AMFI. He was earlier elected as the Chairman for 2019 – 2020 and now would continue to hold the office till the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Nilesh Shah would also continue as the ex-officio Chairman of AMFI Financial Literacy Committee, being the Chairman of AMFI.
CEO of Association of Mutual Funds in Indian: S. Venkatesh
Saurabh Nanavati(Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited.) has been re-elected as the Vice-Chairman of AMFI
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| 1776 | Recent | Anukul Roy's stunning catch in Ipl 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Jharkhand’s left-arm spinner Anukul Roy, who was first bagged by Mumbai Indians in 2018, has suddenly become the talk of the ongoing IPL 2020 after he bagged a sensational catch to dismiss Rajasthan Royals’ Mahipal Lomror. Rahul Chahar, the bowler, delivered a full-length ball outside off which the batsman tried to angle down the leg side but failed and got a leading edge instead. The ball was reaching somewhere near mid-off but that was no man’s land.
However, substitute fielder Anukul Roy from the back of extra cover decided to run for the ball. In all his intent to reach, he fell a little short but he wasn’t letting go of the ball. The 21-year-old took a full-length dive and held on to the ball like he had no plans of letting it go. As Lomror was sent back to the pavilion, Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 4/42 while they were chasing a huge total of 194.
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| 1777 | Recent | COVID-19 shock to global economy 'not as bad as first feared', But crisis far from over: IMF Chief | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | The shock to the global economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not as worse as initially feared, said International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva. Despite Europe and North America appearing to recover from the coronavirus jolt, the GDP crisis should be considered as "far from over", she added. Indian Economy to Contract 11% in FY 2020-21: Domestic Rating Agency Icra.
The remarks were made by Georgieva in a speech she delivered ahead of the IMF-World Bank autumn meetings, scheduled to begin next week. The monetary body had, in June this year, projected the global GDP to shrink by 5 percent -- a crisis unheard of since World War II.
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| 1778 | Recent | Total billionaire wealth surges to record high of $10.2 trillion amid coronavirus crisis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Billionaire wealth jumped by more than a quarter during the height of the coronavirus crisis, according to new research, with a rally in stock markets helping the wealth of the world’s richest surpass the $10 trillion mark for the first time.
The “Riding the storm” study, published on Wednesday by Swiss bank UBS and accounting firm PwC, found that global billionaire wealth climbed to $10.2 trillion between April and July this year, up from $8 trillion at the start of April.
That reflected an increase in wealth of 27.5% and exceeded the previous peak of $8.9 trillion recorded at the end of 2017.
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| 1779 | Recent | English health service to offer 'long COVID-19' clinics | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Sufferers of "long COVID-19" symptoms in England will receive specialist care, the National Health Service (NHS) said on Wednesday (Oct 7), with clinics set up to treat symptoms from breathlessness to brain fog. Evidence is mounting that thousands of people may suffer weeks or months of long-term side effects, even if they did not have a severe case of COVID-19 initially.
NHS England said that some estimates indicated 10 percent of COVID-19 patients may still be experiencing symptoms more than three weeks after infection, with around 60,000 suffering from "long COVID-19" symptoms after more than three months.
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| 1780 | Recent | Facebook will remove posts with 'militarised' calls for US election poll watchers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Facebook Inc said on Wednesday (Oct 7) it would remove calls for people to engage in poll-watching that uses "militarised language" or suggest the goal is to intimidate voters or election officials, tightening the social media company's restrictions around the US elections.
Facebook also said that it would respond to candidates or parties making premature claims of victory or contesting declared outcomes by adding labels and notifications with authoritative information about the state of the race. It said it would temporarily stop running political ads in the United States after polls close on Nov 3.
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| 1781 | Recent | France, Germany seek Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Germany and France on Wednesday (Oct 7) directly accused Russia of "involvement and responsibility" in the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, announcing that they will seek EU sanctions over the case.
Moscow quickly hit back that the accusations were "unacceptable" and amounted to "blackmail". The European powers have repeatedly asked Moscow to shed light on the poisoning which took place on Russian soil, but "no credible explanation has been provided by Russia so far," according to a joint statement issued by the German and French foreign ministers.
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| 1782 | Monthly Capsule | Chetan Anand as the Brand Ambassador of 'Transform', India's first ever badminton brand | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | At a time when India is encouraged to be aatmanirbhar, Commonwealth Games medallist shuttler Chetan Anand will be sporting India’s first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand “Transform” that was launched on Wednesday, and Anand has been signed as the face of the brand along with his academy in Hyderabad.
Made out of military-grade graphite, Transform racquets have the best weight to strength ratio which is at par with the best racquets available in the market that are currently imported from abroad for playing in India.
“It’s an amazing feeling to get associated with the first-ever Indian badminton brand which is 100 percent in quality yet Indian. I have tried the Transform racquets myself and they are of extremely high standards.
The racquets are priced in the range of INR 2990/- to INR 11990/- and are available to purchase online on www.transformbadminton.com. Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, various products are not all available online, the brand will soon be available offline and in retail channels too, across India.
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| 1783 | Recent | M A Ganapathy as the Director General of BCAS | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/10/2020 | Senior IPS officer, M A Ganapathy has been appointed as the Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre. The post of BCAS chief fell vacant after Rakesh Asthana was appointed as the Director-General of Border Security Force in August.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ganapathy to the post of Director-General, BCAS, for a tenure up to his superannuation on February 29, 2024.
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Founded: 1978.
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Headquarters: New Delhi
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| 1784 | Recent | Apple officially reported iPhone 12 event for October 13: ‘Hi, Speed’ | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Apple today has formally introduced its enormously expected iPhone 12 occasion for October 13 at 10 a.m. PT. Much like WWDC 2020 and the September “Time Flies” occasion, the iPhone 12 declaration occasion can be absolutely digital and streamed immediately from Apple Park. Apple is teasing the occasion with the “Hi, Speed” tagline.
This occasion will mark the second one Apple occasion inside the closing month. On September 15, Apple held a digital occasion to announce its present-day Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 6 hardware, along with a brand new iPad Air and the eighth era iPad, Apple Fitness+, and the Apple One provider bundle.
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| 1785 | Recent | Jio Counts on kids content to expand its platform offerings | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | USP Studios has a subscriber base of over 130 Mn and receives almost 2.5 Bn perspectives according to month. Reliance known as off the merger among Sony and Viacom18 as entertainment will be a vital enterprise strategy.
In a try to make stronger it's offering for children in India, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has partnered with children content material writer USP Studios. With this partnership, Jio customers can get admission to 8 entertainment apps in English and different nearby languages for free. These apps encompass Kids First, Kids TV India, Junior Squad Kid Songs, Top Nursery Rhymes, Kids Channel India, Bob The Train, Little Treehouse Rhymes, and Farmees Nursery Rhymes.
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| 1786 | Recent | Steadview, Mirae Asset, Luxor & Bow Wave could deliver $150 Mn to Zomato | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Hong Kong-based hedge fund Steadview Capital, South Korean Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund, US hedge fund Luxor Capital and private equity corporation Bow Wave Capital may pump in $150 Mn investment in Indian meals tech massive Zomato. The investment is stated to be part of the Gurugram-based agency’s ongoing $500 Mn – $600 Mn round.
If funding from those 4 investors comes through, Zomato could have raised nearly $575 Mn investment in this round. However, Zomato can be down valued for part of the fund. The agency had $5 Mn (INR 38.20 Cr) from British funding supervisor Baillie Gifford’s Pacific Horizon Investment Trust at a valuation of $3.25 Bn in April 2020.
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| 1787 | Recent | JetSynthesys acquires Nautilus Mobile to expand footprint in mobile gaming | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Pune-based Nautilus Mobile is the developer of the popular 'Real Cricket' franchise. With the acquisition, JetSynthesys claims to have ended up the primary skill-based gaming franchise withinside the global with 100 Mn downloads and 10 Mn MAUs.
Digital entertainment and technology organization JetSynthesys has introduced a 100 question of cellular recreation improvement studio Nautilus Mobile. With the acquisition, the Mumbai-established JetSynthesys ambitions to strengthen its footprint withinside the gaming segment, because the Pune-based Nautilus Mobile is the developer of the popular 'Real Cricket' franchise, a sequence of cellular-based cricket simulation games.
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| 1788 | Recent | Reliance-Owned Omnichannel platform Fynd partners with Flipkart | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | The motive of the partnership is to increase Fynd's omnichannel approach and assist extra brands to promote with ease on Flipkart. Fynd works with manufacturers and outlets to permit their shop stock to be shoppable throughout distinctive on-line and offline channels beyond the shop.
With the Flipkart partnership, Fynd's traders can spark off their physical stores at the Flipkart marketplace, benefits access to a larger audience. Reliance-owned offline-to-on-line (O2O) omnichannel platform Fynd, has introduced a partnership with Walmart-owned e-trade employer Flipkart, in advance of the Diwali festive season in India. The motive of the partnership is to increase Fynd's omnichannel approach and assist extra brands to promote conveniently on Flipkart.
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| 1789 | Recent | Sushmita Sen’s daughter Renee begins shooting for debut film Suttabaazi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen's elder daughter Renee is all set to make her acting debut with Suttabazi. The film by Kabeer Khurana is set in the lockdown period and focuses on a mother and daughter duo who are at odds with another in a conservative household. While seasoned actors Komal Chhabria and Rahul Vohra will play the role of parents, 21-year-old Renne will essay the role of their rebellious daughter.
As per the reports, the makers have promised that Suttabaazi will explore the theme of women empowerment, and the film is likely to release directly on a digital platform.
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| 1790 | Recent | Ajay Devgn's brother Anil Devgan, director of 'Raju Chacha', passes away at 51 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Actor Ajay Devgn on Tuesday announced “I lost my brother Anil Devgan last night. His untimely demise has left our family heartbroken. ADFF and I will miss his presence dearly. Pray for his soul. Due to the pandemic, we will not have a personal prayer meet,” Ajay Devgn tweeted.
Anil Devgan started his career as an assistant director on films like “Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha” (1998) and “Hindustan Ki Kasam” (1999), both starring Ajay Devgn.He eventually made his directorial debut with “Raju Chacha” in 2000, also featuring Ajay Devgn and marking his production debut.
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| 1791 | Recent | I think Kangana fears the day when she'll no longer be in headlines: Shabana | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Shabana responded to Kangana’s statement that the film industry must be ‘saved from various terrorists’, including the ‘drug mafia’ and those who exploit talent.
I think she is possibly scared of the day she will no longer make headlines. The actor has been at the forefront of insider-outsider debate after Sushant Singh Rajput death.and therefore, makes ‘outrageous statements to stay in the news’. Shabana also advised Kangana to ‘just do what she is best at’ - acting.
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| 1792 | Recent | Mahindra asks people to choose 2 pills from a list, Abhishek Bachchan responds | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Businessman Anand Mahindra may have spent Sunday figuring out which superpowers he would choose, but Abhishek Bachchan was quick to pick his pills. On Sunday, Mr Mahindra shared a picture depicting nine different pills, each describing a superpower they would endow upon the consumer.
Abhishek Bachchan responded to Anand Mahindra on Twitter. The Manmarziyaan actor picked pills numbers 2 and 9, which would give him the ability to "Master three skills" and "Eat without gaining fat".
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| 1793 | Recent | I didn't defame Richa: Actress who accused Kashyap of sexual assault | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Actress Payal Ghosh, who accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual assault, reacted to Richa Chadha's defamation suit against her and said, "I did not defame her. I have only stated what Mr. Kashyap had told me."
Payal had claimed that Kashyap told her other actors such as Richa Chadha and Huma Qureshi have also got work from him in exchange for sexual favors. Richa then filed a defamation suit against her. Responding to it, the actor said, “Richa Chadha se Mera Kuch Lena Dena Nahi hai (I have nothing to do with Richa Chadha). I did not defame her so I don’t understand what her case is about. I have said only what Mr. Kashyap has told me. I did not give my own opinion. So this defamation case is not valid. Anyway, if she has said that then we will face that and we will clarify.”
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| 1794 | Recent | India and Bangladesh conducted the Bongosagar Exercise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/10/2020 | Indian Navy ships Kiltan, Khukri & Bangladesh Navy ships Abu Bakr, Prottoy, Helo, and MPA undertook manoeuvres, surface drills, helo operations, and seamanship evolutions.
Bongosagar followed by the third edition of India Bangladesh Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) on 4-5 October.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Defence, the exercise Bongosagar is aimed at developing interoperability and joint operational skills through the conduct of maritime exercises and operations.
During the CORPAT exercise, both navies undertook joint patrolling along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). In addition to ships, Maritime Patrol Aircraft from both navies and integral helicopters would also be participating in the exercise.
The first edition of the Exercise Bongosagar was held in 2019.
The Exercise Bongosagar and IN - BN CORPAT reflects the priority Indian Navy accords to Bangladesh Navy as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region), said the release.
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| 1795 | Recent | Kriti Sanon reacts to BJP MLA's 'teach daughters good values to stop rape' comment: Can he hear himself? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Actress Kriti Sanon has criticized BJP MLA Surendra Singh, who advised people to teach their daughters good values to stop rape.
A shocked Kriti Sanon wrote, "Teach daughters how to not get raped??? Can he hear himself talk? Can he hear himself talk? This is the MINDSET that needs to change! It's so messed up! She questioned why cannot they give some sanskaar to their sons.
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| 1796 | Recent | Pooja Bedi's e-comm website hacked, hackers threaten to sell drugs on it | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Bollywood actor Pooja Bedi in a complaint to the Goa Police Cyber Cell on Monday said that her business website happysoul.in was targetted by hackers, who were now demanding "ransom" in order to restore access to her e-commerce site.
"Dear @DGP_Goa my e-commerce website happysoul.in HACKED AGAIN last night and this time they state if I don't pay the ransom they will sell DRUGS on my website. I have registered FIR in old goa police cyber cell last week but no action from cops. My company regd in Goa @goacm."
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| 1797 | Recent | Bhuvneshwar Kumar Ruled out of the IPL 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | India and SunRisers Hyderabad fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been ruled out of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a hip injury that he sustained during their win over Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Speaking to ANI, sources in the team confirmed that the pacer will have to skip the cash-rich league due to the injury.
"Bhuvi will not be able to take further part in this year's tournament as he has been ruled out with a hip injury. A big blow for sure as he is someone who leads the bowling unit and is also an integral part of the leadership group on the ground," the source said.
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| 1798 | Recent | Golden Period for Women's hockey in India: Navneet Kaur | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Indian hockey team striker Navneet Kaur believes the ongoing phase is the right period for aspiring women's player to take up the sport.
"I believe this is the golden period for women's hockey in India. We are given equal importance, job security, financial benefits through cash awards when we win, all these are great encouraging factors to take up the sport professionally, "Navneet.
Speaking about the ongoing national coaching camp, Navneet said, "Our intensity has increased this week onwards and we can take more load without facing any fatigue."
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| 1799 | Recent | Vodafone lenders approve merger of Indus Towers with Bharti Infratel | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Lenders to Vodafone Group Plc. have approved the merger of Indus Towers Ltd and Bharti Infratel Ltd, the UK-based company said on Monday.
The agreement to proceed on the deal has been given on the condition of consent for a security package for the merged entity from Vodafone’s existing lenders, it said. The consent was sought on the €1.3 billion loans used to fund Vodafone’s contribution to the Indian arm Vodafone Idea Ltd’s rights issue in 2019. Vodafone’s stake in Indus Towers will reduce from 42% to 28.2% with the merger.
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| 1800 | Recent | Compensation cess of Rs 20,000 crore to be distributed to states tonight, Says Nirmala Sitharaman | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Several choices had been taken on the 42nd assembly of the GST Council hung on Monday with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declaring that reimbursement cess gathered this year amounting to approximately Rs 20,000 crore gets dispensed to all states by tonight. Briefing reporters after the GST assembly, she stated the GST Council has taken up the long-pending difficulty of Integrated Goods and Services Tax.
Earlier there have been no components for devolution of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST), which had ended in numerous anomalies in its distribution, she stated. The minister stated that reimbursement cess gathered this year so far, amounting to approximately Rs. 20,000 crore, gets dispensed to all states tonight.
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| 1801 | Recent | Sony-Viacom18 merger falls as Reliance seeks majority stake with Jio in mind | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Reliance’s Network18 owns a 51% stake in Viacom 18, whilst Viacom holds the ultimate 49%. Reliance pursuits to leverage media and leisure to reinforce the Jio business. Merger talks among leisure massive Sony Picture Network and Viacom18 have fallen aside as Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries desires to preserve a majority stake in the mixed entity as well. The mixed entity could have additionally owned near 60 TV channels and video streaming services.
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| 1802 | Recent | Reforms undertaken to contain COVID-19 impact to ensure long-term sustained growth: FinMin Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/10/2020 | Important structural reforms undertaken by the authorities to fight dangers related to the coronavirus pandemic will support the country's financial basics and make sure a long-time period sustained increase, a file via way of means of Finance Ministry has stated.
"The allowing coverage surroundings and tasks taken via way of means of all stakeholders to capture the to be had possibilities will actualize the increased ability of the Indian economy," the monthly financial file organized by the Economic Affairs Department of the Finance Ministry stated. The sustained unfold of the virus poses a drawback danger to short-time period and medium-time period increase rates, it stated including that the authorities have strategically undertaken diverse essential structural reforms, encompassing diverse sectors, to fight those dangers.
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| 1803 | Recent | Yuvraj Singh challenge to RCB opener batsman, 'who hits longer' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Impressed by the performance of the young lad Devdutt Padikkal against Rajasthan Royals (RR), legendary Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter to praise the southpaw. He said, "Padikkal looks really good" and wants to bat with him. He added in that tweet that he would like to see who among the two can hit the ball for a longer distance.
Devdutt Padikkal took a good 4 hour to react but his response had tremendous love and respect for Yuvraj Singh written all over it. Padikkal said, "Not competing with you paji. Learnt the flick from you. Always wanted to bat with you. Let's go!" Padikkal, with 174 runs is currently the 4th highest run-scorer of IPL 2020.
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| 1804 | Recent | Sonu Sood installs mobile tower in Haryana village after students struggle for online access | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | After distributing smartphones to the students of a government school in Chandigarh, Sonu Sood along with his friend based in Chandigarh, Karan Gilhotra, yet again helped students who were struggling to access online classes at Morni. The duo with the help of Indus towers and Airtel, installed a mobile tower in the village to enable uninterrupted connectivity.
Commenting on the initiative, Sonu Sood, Bollywood actor and humanitarian said, “Children are the future of our nation and they deserve an equal chance to a better future. It is my honor to help set up a mobile tower in the remote village to help these kids access online classes. They no longer have to climb trees to catch mobile signals.”
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| 1805 | Recent | Bengali actress Mishti Mukherjee dies after kidney failure due to keto diet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Bollywood Actress Mishti Mukherjee, who worked in many films and music videos breathed her last on Friday night (October 2) in a hospital in Bengaluru. As per the media reports, the actress was suffering from kidney disease, which resulted in her untimely death.
As per a statement from her representatives, Mishti's kidney failed due to the keto diet. The 27-year-old actress had also featured in several Telugu and Bengali projects. She had made her debut in Bollywood with the movie ‘Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi in 2012.’
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| 1806 | Recent | Who are the World's highest-paid actresses of 2020 as per Forbes ? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid female actor in the world, according to Forbes’ latest list. She made $43 million in a one-year period, which is the equivalent of Rs 315 crore.
Also included in the top 10 are Angelina Jolie ($35.5 million), Gal Gadot ($31 million), Melissa McCarthy (25 million), Meryl Streep ($24 million), Emily Blunt ($22.5 million), Nicole Kidman ($22 million), Ellen Pompeo ($19 million), Elisabeth Moss ($16 million) and Viola Davis ($15.5 million). Notably, no Indian actresses have featured on the list this year.
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| 1807 | Recent | Bigg Boss 14 Housemate Sara Gurpal Married Me, Claims Punjabi Singer Tushar Kumar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Punjabi singer Tushar Kumar has produced a marriage certificate claiming he and Bigg Boss 14 contestant Sara Gurpal have been married. "I got married on 16th August 2014 in Jalandhar, Punjab India,".He says Sara is lying about their relationship status. "I just want to prove that Sara is the one to whom I got married to and she is lying to the world saying she is still single," he said.
Tushar says "I feel that she got married to me just to get fame and citizenship of the USA. She left me because she didn't get any publicity from my side," he claimed.
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| 1808 | Recent | Will Disha Vakani Return To Play Daya Ben During Navratri? Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Producer Clarifies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah producer Asit Kumar Modi has opened on Disha Vakani’s return as Dayaben during Navratri. The actor has been on an indefinite maternity break after the birth of her daughter.
He adds, “Disha and the production house never had any negative conversations in the past. We were always insisting on having her back on the show. We have tried to push the story for two years without Dayaben, but we definitely want her back on the show.
The audience is eagerly waiting to have her back and add some more vibrancy to the show with her signature Navratri moves and adding her signature line 'Hey Maa...Mataji'!
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| 1809 | Recent | Novak Djokovic says, "there's absolutely no reason" to keep line umpires during Tennis matches | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | World Number one Novak Djokovic recently defeated Daniel Elahi Galan in straight sets in the third round of the French Open 2020. The final scoreline was 6-0, 6-3, 6-2. However, it was the post-match press conference that stole everybody’s attention.
The Serb expressed his opinion on the line-judges, and his thoughts would certainly offend them. The 33-year-old Djokovic also talked at length about technological advancements that can help tennis.
“The technology is so advanced right now, there is absolutely no reason why you should keep line umpires on the Court. That’s my opinion,” Djokovic said.
Talking about Djokovic and line-judges, one can not forget his US Open 2020 debacle. It was the only match that Djokovic lost in 2020 as he got disqualified from the tournament after hitting the line-judge. Maybe, he had this thought for a long time but only expressed it now.
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| 1810 | Recent | Midfielder describes his 'shame' at having to man-mark Lionel Messi for a full 90 minutes | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Sporting CP player Rodrigo Battaglia recalled the time he was tasked with man-marking Lionel Messi.
Sporting and Barcelona were paired in the same Champions League group back in the 2017/18 season and when the Portuguese outfit travelled to the Nou Camp, Battaglia was set for a big role. Manager Jorge Jesus selected him for the all-important role of reducing Messi's influence on the game and was initially "stunned" and "a little ashamed".
Speaking on Instagram live, he said: "In the first training session of that week, Jorge told me 'Batta, you are going to defend the short guy.' I asked him 'Over the whole pitch, sir?' and he said 'Yes, in general.'
The Argentine did as his manager asked and Sporting was a tad unlucky - losing 1-0 courtesy of a Sebastian Coates own goal.
"In the matches after Barcelona, back in the league, I was always told to man-mark one of the opponents just like I had against Barcelona."
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| 1811 | Recent | Chhattisgarh ranks second in country in terms of growth in GST collection, J&K bags top slot | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Chhattisgarh has recorded the second one maximum increase in Goods and Services Tax (GST) series compared to the alternative states, consistent with the contemporary GST series information issued through the Union Finance Ministry. Amid the coronavirus disaster withinside the country, Chhattisgarh has secured the second one role with a 24% hike in the GST series.
The GST series for the country stood at Rs 1841 crore for September 2020 compared to Rs 1490 crore for the September closing year. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's selections for the financial boom of Chhattisgarh throughout the corona disaster have started to yield fine results. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) bagged the pinnacle spot in phrases of the boom in tax series.
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| 1812 | Recent | Lamborgini hits fast lane, sells 738 supercars in September | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Automobili Lamborghini has announced it offered 738 units last month which made it the excellent September the enterprise has ever had. Despite headwinds because of monetary uncertainties and COVID-19-associated factors, the call for supercars can be on an upswing as witnessed with the aid of using Lamborghini’s income figures for the month.
Lamborghini does understand the demanding situations to hand however credit its sturdy overall performance withinside the month of September to the choice to reorganize and manipulate a business withinside the context of a new ‘normal’.
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| 1813 | Recent | JioMart begins subscription commerce service akin to BB Daily and MilkBasket | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | JioMart is checking out a subscription-based model, similar to current gamers which include BB Daily, Supr Daily, and MilkBasket, wherein customers could be capable of order day by day needs which includes dairy-bakery products, veggies, and different essentials. It has been checking out the provider in some places in Bengaluru and Chennai, a TOI report said.
It’s really well worth noting that the subscription trade area has visible a great deal consolidation with the purchase of Supr Daily and DailyNinja by Swiggy and BigBasket in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively. Milkman was also hired by Ascent Capital-backed fresh meat and vegetable procuring app FreshToHome.
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| 1814 | Recent | Khadi income crossed the Rs 1 crore mark at Khadi India's flagship outlet | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Khadi income crossed the Rs 1 crore mark at Khadi India's flagship outlet right here at Connaught Place on Gandhi Jayanti, however the triumphing COVID-19 situation, consistent with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission. On October 2, the standard income of Khadi stood at over Rs 1.02 crore as towards Rs 1.27 crore at the identical day remaining year, KVIC said. Khadi, the hand-spun indigenous fabric, has been synonymous with Mahatma Gandhi's legacy."As many as 1,633 payments had been generated throughout the day with an average buy of Rs 6,258 in line with the bill. Customers belonging to one of a kind segments and age-businesses queued on the Khadi India outlet for the reason that morning," KVIC stated.
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| 1815 | Recent | Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) is probable to finish its debt restructuring by December | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Having paid Rs 6,500 crore to creditors because the change of control in 2018, Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) is probable to finish its debt restructuring by December and begin a brand new enterprise from the subsequent economic year, Religare Enterprises NSE 1.10 % Chairperson Rashmi Saluja said.RFL, an NBFC arm of Religare Enterprises Ltd, has been barred from task clean business as it's miles beneath the corrective motion plan (CAP) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) because January 2018 because of its vulnerable economic.
The employer has been in economic distress, usually because of alleged misappropriation of the budget through erstwhile promoters Shivinder Singh and his brother Malvinder Singh.
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| 1816 | Recent | Recent jump in auto sales may be due to pent-up demand, not sustainable: MG Motor India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | The restoration saw in-vehicle mobile income in the past couple of months isn't always a sustainable one and there may be a question mark on how the enterprise could fare subsequent 12 months as the sector is highly connected to the economic system, in step with MG Motor India President and MD Rajeev Chaba.
Following the reopening of the economic system after lockdown, vehicle mobile income has steadily picked up month on month on the grounds that June and won in addition momentum with the onset of the festive season in September. He stated the marketplace is coming lower back to closing 12 months' degree in August and September despite the fact that the April-June sector turned into a washout.
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| 1817 | Recent | HDFC Bank's Ravi Santhanam in Forbes list of world's most influential CMOs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Ravi Santhanam, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), HDFC Bank NSE 2.08 % has been identified in the Forbes listing of 'The World's Most Influential CMOs'.Ranked at Number 39, he's the best CMO of an Indian corporation to be featured in the illustrious listing which incorporates advertising heads of Apple, BMW, Lego, Adobe, Microsoft, P&G amongst others.
This is the 8th version of this annual listing launched through Forbes with studies companions Sprinklr and LinkedIn. This year, 427 international CMOs have been eligible for consideration. It is generated the use of facts from information reports, websites, and social networks to degree influence.
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| 1818 | Recent | Arjun Bijlani’s wife Neha Swami tests positive for Covid-19, actor and his family in self-quarantine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Television actor Arjun Bijlani informed his fans and well-wishers that his wife, Neha Swami, has tested positive for Covid-19. He said that he and his family will quarantine themselves for the next two weeks.
He also urged everyone who came in contact with them recently to get themselves tested. we are healthy and fine and I hope we continue to be so. Keep us in your prayers.”
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| 1819 | Recent | Manchester United to sign Alex Telles from Porto in $19m | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | Manchester United are set to sign Alex Telles in a deal worth just over $19m after a breakthrough in their negotiations with Porto.
The two clubs have been in talks over the left-back for a while, but failing to reach an agreement over the fee with United’s first bid falling far below Porto’s asking price.
The deal is worth €15m plus €2m in add-ons, with an agreement in principle for a four-year contract with an option for an additional year. Telles will fly into Manchester on Monday to seal the deal.
It is believed the 27-year-old is wanted to bring competition to Luke Shaw at left-back while Brandon Williams, who has been deputizing, is right-footed and can provide back-up for Aaron Wan-Bissaka at right-back.
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| 1820 | Monthly Capsule | India successfully test fires the Hypersonic Nuclear-capable missile 'Shaurya' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/10/2020 | India on Saturday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable hypersonic missile 'Shaurya' with a strike range of around 1,000 km from a test range in Odisha, defense sources said. 'Shaurya', which is the land variant of India's K-15 missile, has a strike range of 700 km to 1000 km and is capable of carrying payloads of 200 kg to 1000 kg, the sources said.
The surface-to-surface tactical missile was blasted off from a canister strapped to the ground launcher from launch complex 4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in the APJ Abdul Kalam Island around 12.10 pm and covered the desired range, they said.
It is 10 meters long, 74 cm in diameter, and weighs 6.2 tonnes. Its two stages use solid propellants.
Describing the trial as successful, the sources said that the state-of-the-art missile performed the manoeuvre in the closing stages of its flight and hit the impact point in the Bay of Bengal with precision and accuracy.
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| 1821 | Recent | Can't lie drugs problems doesn't exist in Bollywood but not everyone does it: Akshay Kumar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | Amid ongoing probe into the drug angle in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, Akshay Kumar shared a video wherein he said, "I can't lie that drugs problem doesn't exist in Bollywood but not everyone does it." He added, "Drugs is a legal matter and I'm sure law enforcement authorities will do justice to their investigation and Bollywood will cooperate with them."
"Today, I'm talking to you with a heavy heart. I want to say so many things in the last couple of weeks but there is so much negativity everywhere. We may be called stars, but Bollywood has been created because of your love. We are not just an industry, but through our films, we have showcased Indian values and culture throughout the world,"
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| 1822 | Recent | Over 10 crore people have participated in 'Fit India' campaign: Kiren Rijiju | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | More than 10 crore people have participated in the 'Fit India' campaign until now that aims to improve the physical and mental health of the citizens, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday.
The minister was speaking while receiving a cycle rally of specially-abled CRPF troops who pedalled about 1,000 km in 16 days from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Delhi.
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| 1823 | Recent | Yogi Adityanath suspends Hathras SP, wants narco-analysis tests to be conducted | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | The special investigation team, which was set up to look into the case, has submitted an initial report which calls for the suspension of the senior police officials who "mismanaged" the case.
On Friday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the suspension of Hathras superintendent of police Vikrant Vir and three other police officers for their handling of the case relating to the alleged gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman that has shocked the nation. The chief minister decided based on an initial report of the special investigation team set up to look into the case, a statement by the Uttar Pradesh government said.
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| 1824 | Recent | Sonia Gandhi addresses Champaran Rally on Gandhi Jayanti | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | Congress president Sonia Gandhi in her first address to the party workers in poll-bound Bihar on Friday compared the NDA government with the Britishers saying just as they exploited the indigo farmers of Champaran, the current government is harassing the farmers and working for a selected few. Sonia remembered Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Sastri on their birth anniversary. She was addressing a gathering of party leaders and workers as part of 'Gandhi Chetna' virtual rally to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and also honored the families of 151freedom fighters who took part in the Champaran Satyagraha.
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| 1825 | Recent | BJP's IT cell launches digital blitzkrieg | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | BJP, arguably the giant in digital electioneering in the country, on Friday claimed that its digital footprint in the state has reached up to booth level through 1.50 lakh WhatsApp groups, thousands of social media handles, and the 'Kamal Konnect' mobile application. In a bid expand its digital outreach ahead of the assembly elections in the state in which digital electioneering rules the roots, the BJP has launched the 'KAMAL KONNECT' app that can be run on low-speed internet in rural areas.
"The app has become widely popular in the rural areas as it consumes less data, especially in villages where internet speed is slow," BJP's state IT cell convener Mann Krishna said.
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| 1826 | Recent | Garbage dumped in front of Hathras DM's Jaipur Home | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/10/2020 | Some unidentified people dumped a pile of garbage in front of Hatras district magistrate's Jaipur home on Friday, police said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Rai Singh Beniwal said information was being gathered about the incident and efforts were made to identify the miscreants.
It is not known who was present at Hathras district Magistrate Praveen Kumar's home in the Vaishali Nagar area here, Police said. The incident comes amid protests over the alleged gang-rape and death of a woman at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.
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| 1827 | Recent | Gaana partners Green Gold Studios for kids content | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | Music streaming app Gaana on Thursday introduced a partnership with kids entertainment firm Green Gold Studios to carry suggests together with Chhota Bheem and Mighty Raju in its podcast section. Green Gold Studios has a presence on TV channels like Pogo, Discovery Kids, and Cartoon Networks in addition to on over-the-pinnacle enjoyment systems that encompass Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Voot. It claims to draw a viewership of six crore youngsters' target market each month.
Gaana CEO Prashan Agarwal stated the partnership with Green Gold is a landmark withinside the company's imaginative and prescient to host the country's widest and most-various non-music audio library through the cease of 2020-21.
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| 1828 | Recent | Iran’s currency drops to lowest ever at 300,000 Rial for each dollar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | Iran’s currency dropped Thursday to its lowest fee ever at 300,000 rials for every dollar amid extreme U.S. sanctions towards the country. The rial has tumbled from a fee of around 262,000 in mid-September, a 12% drop. U.S. sanctions have caused Iran’s oil exports, the country’s important supply of income, to fall sharply.
Following President Donald Trump’s choice greater than years in the past to withdraw the U.S. from the nuclear deal and reimpose crippling alternate sanctions on Iran, the currency abruptly rallied for a few times.
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| 1829 | Recent | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala stays optimistic about India's economic growth, says golden years are ahead | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | Amidst issues over a surge withinside the number of Coronavirus cases, declining boom, and rising job losses, billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala stays positive approximately India's possibilities going ahead.
In a special interview with ET NOW's Managing Editor Nikunj Dalmia, the titan of Dalal Street stated India is at the verge of a secular, structural bull marketplace and that it is golden years ahead- now no longer only for the markets however for India's growth as well.
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| 1830 | Recent | Government sets up panel to vet Chinese foreign investment proposals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | In the backdrop of an extreme standoff between Indian and Chinese armies alongside the eastern border, it's been learned that the Indian authorities have installation a screening panel to vet all Chinese overseas funding proposals. It is stated that the panel will only approve the simplest “non-controversial” proposals. More than one hundred Chinese funding proposals are stated to be pending.
The screening panel is stated to be headed with the aid of using the house secretary, with the secretary of the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as a member.
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| 1831 | Recent | Cure.fit hives off its cloud kitchen biz Eat.fit as a separate entity | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | Health and fitness startup Cure.fit will hive off its cloud kitchen vertical Eat.fit to work as a separate entity, the corporation assertion said, claiming that the “separation will assist it to meet the surge in demand”.
The circulate comes at a time whilst Cure.fit hasn’t been prioritizing its meals business. In August, it had downscaled the quick-provider restaurants (QSRs) vertical notably throughout the country withinside the wake of bad demand. It became operational in 14 towns earlier than March-April however the provider is now to be had in Bengaluru and Hyderabad only.
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| 1832 | Recent | Narcotics Control Bureau to re-examine Karan Johar's 2019 party video and may summon actors for interrogation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | The Narcotics Control Bureau has responded to filmmaker Karan Johar’s social gathering video of 2019. The social gathering was attended by Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Malaika Arora, Shahid Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Zoya Akhtar, and others. It’s being stated that the NCB will re-examine the social gathering video.
In line with Instances Now, the NCB is wanting into the drug angle in connection to Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise case. Reviews additionally recommend that the investigating company would possibly summon the actors for interrogation. Additionally, it is being stated that the statements of the actors will probably be recorded by email and thru their attorneys.
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| 1833 | Recent | Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi not releasing on Diwali despite theatres opening from Oct 15 report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/10/2020 | Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif-starrer Sooryavanshi are not releasing on Diwali despite the government giving a go-ahead for cinemas to open. One of the producers of the film, Reliance Entertainment has said they will first wait and watch the audience’s response, before deciding on its release. Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif-starrer Sooryavanshi are not releasing on Diwali despite the government giving a go-ahead for cinemas to open. One of the producers of the film, Reliance Entertainment has said they will first wait and watch the audience’s response, before deciding on its release.
Akshay Kumar co-stars with Katrina Kaif in Sooryavanshi and the film marks both stars’first project with Rohit Shetty. Sooryavanshi is Rohit Shetty’s fourth cop drama after the Singham series of films and Simmba.’83, which has Ranveer’s wife Deepika Padukone making a cameo as Kapil Dev’s wife Romi, is the story of India’s historic World Cup win in 1983.
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| 1834 | Recent | Sushant Singh Rajput death case:AIIMS forensic report suggests the possibility of murder,say reports | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2020 | Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case is getting murkier with each passing day. Now, in a recent development forensic results suggest that there is a possibility of murder and not suicide. It is said that the ligature marks are not of typical suicide. Meanwhile, the ambulance driver who took Sushant Singh Rajput’s dead body to Cooper hospital from his Mumbai residence on June 14, also repeated that the actor’s death is murder and not suicide. He added that there is no way that the actor’s leg could have been broken if he had hanged himself.
Earlier, as per the reports flashed in Times Now, sources had revealed that no trace of organic poison was found in Sushant Singh Rajput's body. It was also mentioned that AIIMS would reanalyze Cooper Hospital's report. In a rather shocking revelation, the report had also said that there wasn't enough light in the mortuary when the post-mortem had taken place, pointing vaguely to the discrepancies. It was on September 7, 2020, that the team from AIIMS had conducted a viscera test to check for poisoning in SSR's death.
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| 1835 | Recent | Uthappa accidentally applies saliva on the ball against KKR | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2020 | In a violation of the ICC's COVID-19 protocol, India and Rajasthan Royals batsman Robin Uthappa was seen applying saliva on the ball while fielding against Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match in Dubai.
The incident happened right after Uthappa dropped a Sunil Narine skier in the fifth ball of the third over here on Wednesday. The IPL has not issued any statement on the incident so far.
The ICC banned the use of saliva to shine the ball due to the COVID-19 pandemic in June this year.
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| 1836 | Monthly Capsule | China to send first-ever asteroid mining robot into space | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/10/2020 | China will send out the world’s first mining robot into space by November this year. A private Beijing company, Origin Space, will send out the world’s first mining robot — termed as an ‘asteroid mining robot’ — into space by November 2020, according to the IEEE Spectrum report.
The robot will, however, not do any actual mining. The mission will be a preliminary assessment of the asteroid mining robot’s capabilities of identifying and extracting valuable resources, aimed at the eventual mining of asteroids.
The 30-gram spacecraft, NEO-1, is likely to be launched as a secondary payload on a Chinese Long March rocket, which will enter an orbit around the earth at a 500-kilometer altitude.
In an interview, Origin Space co-founder Yu Tianhong told the US magazine, “The goal is to verify and demonstrate multiple functions such as spacecraft orbital manoeuvre, simulated small celestial body capture, intelligent spacecraft identification, and control.”
The actual progress that can be made by the NEO-1 mission is subject to speculations, as it has never been attempted before. The project, if successful, can open up a trillion-dollar industry.
The mission will be a milestone for the space resources industry, the firm added.
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| 1837 | Recent | Drugs Case:NCB Denies Rumours Of Giving Clean Chit To Deepika Padukone,Shraddha Kapoor & Sara Ali Khan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/09/2020 | The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India has denied the rumors that are rife about clean chit been given to Bollywood actresses Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Rakul Preet Singh, who are being grilled in the Bollywood drugs nexus case.
In a statement, the NCB official said “The news article mentioning that the drugs law enforcement agency giving a clean chit to those examined by NCB is devoid of the facts and truth.”
According to the reports. Sara Ali Khan, in her statement, has said that she didn’t take drugs. Deepika has been asked to appear before Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after her name surfaced in the drugs nexus case.NCB recovered Whatsapp chats earlier in which a person named ‘D’ asked for drugs from another person named ‘K.’
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| 1838 | Recent | Kareena Kapoor wishes niece Inaaya on birthday with sweet photo featuringTaimur,Soha Ali Khan gives a peek into celebrations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2020 | Soha also shared a glimpse of the birthday celebrations. Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu's daughter Inaaya turned three today and celebrations have already begun. On her Instagram, Soha shared an adorable birthday wish for Inaaya, along with the cutest family photo from the celebrations.'Three years old today,' Soha wrote for birthday girl Inaaya, who is cute as a button in a blue frock. Soha's post was showered with birthday wishes for Inaaya from the likes of Karisma Kapoor and Neha Dhupia. Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor also dedicated a birthday greeting to Inaaya and shared a cute brother-sister moment, featuring Taimur and Inaaya, on Instagram. 'Happy birthday our beautiful Inaaya,'
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| 1839 | Recent | Kareena Kapoor wishes niece Inaaya on birthday with sweet photo featuring Taimur,Soha Ali Khan gives a peek into celebrations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2020 | Soha also shared a glimpse of the birthday celebrations. Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu's daughter Inaaya turned three today and celebrations have already begun. On her Instagram, Soha shared an adorable birthday wish for Inaaya, along with the cutest family photo from the celebrations.'Three years old today,' Soha wrote for birthday girl Inaaya, who is cute as a button in a blue frock. Soha's post was showered with birthday wishes for Inaaya from the likes of Karisma Kapoor and Neha Dhupia. Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor also dedicated a birthday greeting to Inaaya and shared a cute brother-sister moment, featuring Taimur and Inaaya, on Instagram. 'Happy birthday our beautiful Inaaya,'
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| 1840 | Recent | Uttar Pradesh Dalit girl, victim of brutal gang rape, Manisha Valmiki dies in Delhi hospital | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2020 | The 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras village in Uttar Prades, who was brutally assaulted by four upper-caste men, succumbed to injuries in Delhi's Safdarjang Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.
The incident occurred on September 14 when the girl went to collect animal fodder from a field with her mother. The girl was allegedly gang-raped, and later strangulated and dragged with her dupatta.
she was shifted to Delhi from Aligarh's J.N.Medical College Hospital (JNMCH) on Monday at the request of her father.
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| 1841 | Recent | NITI Aayog signed SoI with the embassy of the Netherlands | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/09/2020 | The SoI (Statement of Intent) was signed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Ambassador of the Netherlands to India Marten van den Berg. Through this collaboration, NITI Aayog and the Dutch Embassy seek a strategic partnership to create a platform that enables a comprehensive collaboration among stakeholders and influencers, including policymakers, industry bodies, OEMs, private enterprises, and sector experts.
The focus of the partnership is on co-creating innovative technological solutions by leveraging the expertise of the two entities. This will be achieved through an exchange of knowledge and collaborative activities.
The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India.
Formed: 1 January 2015
Chairperson: Narendra Modi
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| 1842 | Recent | President gives his his assent to 3 Farm Bills | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/09/2020 | Even as farmers and opposition parties continue to protest against the controversial farm bills, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent for the three bills passed by the Parliament.
The three bills are the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020.
In Punjab, the call for the “rail roko" agitation was given by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee after which 20 trains were partially cancelled and five short terminated till September 26 by the Railways.
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| 1843 | Recent | Racial inequality cost US economy $16 trillion in two decades: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Racial inequality is horrific for the U.S. in innumerable ways, of course, a lot of that is tough to calculate directly. But now Citi has placed a variety of to at the least one thing of social injustice, locating in a brand new have a look at that $16 trillion has been erased from U.S. GDP during the last many years because of discrimination.
The report’s findings are primarily based totally on the evaluation of things which include wages, education, housing, in addition to equitable lending to Black entrepreneurs.
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| 1844 | Recent | COVID-19 tally in India crosses 59 lakh mark with over 85,000 fresh infections | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Coronavirus instances in India have long past beyond the 59 lakh-mark with today's spike of over 85,000 sparkling instances. The country has recorded 85,362 new coronavirus instances on Friday, the fitness ministry stated on Saturday.
According to the fitness ministry, India's general showed coronavirus instances now stand at 59,03,933. Apart from the 85,000 new COVID-19 instances, the death toll has additionally long past up with the aid of using 1,089 and reached 93,379. Among the total 59 lakh coronavirus cases, India now has 9,60,969 active cases and 48,49,585 recovered cases.
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| 1845 | Recent | PM Modi, others wish Sonia Gandhi on her 73rd birthday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Top Congress leaders prolonged birthday needs to party leader Sonia Gandhi, who grew to become seventy-three on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally wanted Sonia Gandhi, tweeting, "Birthday wishes to Mrs. Sonia Gandhi Ji. Praying for her long life and proper health."
Sonia Gandhi, however, isn't celebrating her birthday withinside the wake of rape incidents in numerous elements of the country and worries over women's security, assets said. "The longest-serving Congress President, Sonia Gandhi's exemplary energy of individual has stimulated generations of Congress leaders.
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| 1846 | Recent | A second moon to orbit the earth from October to May | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Earth is thought to have one consistent associate because of the Moon, for the past billions of years. It is though, not the most effective one as at times, a smaller item receives trapped withinside the gravitational pull of the Earth, quickly orbiting it. We consult with such items as ‘mini-moons’. And quickly we are able to witness one ourselves!
Now scientists have observed a mini-moon drawing near Earth, set to return back as near as round 43,000 km away. It is predicted that the item will orbit the Earth from October this 12 months to May 2021, earlier than leaving the Earth’s orbit.
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| 1847 | Recent | Sanctions compromise its capacity to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, Zimbabwe leader tells United Nations. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Zimbabwe's chief has appealed to the United Nations for assistance to give up Western sanctions, pronouncing that they set returned improvement goals.
In a deal with the UN General Assembly, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pointed to the latest UN record that discovered a bad effect from sanctions on Zimbabwe as a whole. "These are a breach of worldwide regulation and compromise Zimbabwe's potential to put into effect and acquire Sustainable Development Goals," which include eradication of hunger, he said.
"We consequently name at the General Assembly to strongly pronounce itself in opposition to those unilateral unlawful sanctions," he said.
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| 1848 | Recent | UK to impose sanctions on Belarus to face sanctions over 'rigged election' crackdown | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Britain stated it Is preparing sanctions towards the ones in Belarus answerable for "rigging" the August nine presidential election and for the following crackdown on protests towards President Alexander Lukashenko. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stated the United Kingdom turned into initiating its personal sanctions, in coordination with America and Canada, after the European Union's measures have been not on time by Cyprus.
"Given that delay, given Lukashenko's fraudulent inauguration, I actually have directed the FCDO sanction group to put together Magnitsky sanctions for the ones answerable for the extreme human rights violations," he instructed parliament.
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| 1849 | Recent | Indian delegate walks out of UNGA hall during Pakistan PM Imran Khan's speech; calls it 'new diplomatic low' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | India on Friday (September 25) walked out of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) corridor at the same time as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's speech become underway. Pakistani PM Imran Khan, on anticipated lines, raked Kashmir and lashed out at India at some stage in his UNGA speech.
Mijito Vinito — the Indian diplomat, left the UNGA corridor as quickly as Pakistan PM Imran Khan commenced his speech on the UNGA. Vinito hails from Nagaland and had served in South Korea previously.
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| 1850 | Recent | LS saw 68.65% average attendance, 8,700 COVID-19 tests conducted in parliament: Om Birla | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday stated that the decrease House of parliament noticed 68.65 in line with cent average attendance of individuals during the monsoon session, which had 10 sittings and became held with precautions in opposition to COVID-19.
Birla stated that 8,700 COVID-19 exams had been carried out in the course of the consultation in parliament, which started on September 14 amid numerous precautionary measures and ended on September 23."As it became a brilliant consultation because of COVID-19, normal COVID exams had been being carried out withinside the parliament," he added.
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| 1851 | Recent | WhatsApp issues clarification after investigation agencies retrieve chats in bollywood Drug Case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) cloned the cellular phones of Rhea Chakraborty and others, which gave them access to the WhatsApp chats of filmstars. The cloning of Rhea’s mobile phone changed into executed by the NCB for the duration of research right into a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case. Now issues had been expressed over the protection of WhatsApp chats on social media. Some have wondered whether or not Facebook is creating an authentic declare that WhatsApp’s privateness is assured by end-to-end encryption, bringing up that probe agencies at the moment are the usage of WhatsApp chats as evidence.
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| 1852 | Recent | Jennifer Aniston’s record broken as Sir David Attenborough joins Instagram | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Sir David Attenborough has broken Jennifer Aniston's record for the quickest time to attain 1,000,000 fans on Instagram. At ninety-four years young, the naturalist's followers rely on raced to seven figures in 4 hours forty-four mins on Thursday, consistent with Guinness World Records. His debut put up said: "Saving our planet is now a communications challenge."
Last October, Friend's star Aniston reached the milestone in 5 hours and 16 mins. In his first video, the veteran broadcaster informed fans: "I am making this circulate and exploring this new manner of verbal exchange to me because, as all of us know, the sector is in trouble.
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| 1853 | Recent | Karan Johar says, I do not consume narcotics or encourage its consumption, on rumours of drug abuse | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Karan Johar took to social media to issue a statement debunking reports around his 2019 party where he hosted Bollywood celebrities.
"Certain news channels, print/ electronic media and social media platform(s) are wrongly and misleadingly reporting that narcotics were consumed at a party that I, Karan Johar hosted on July 28, 2019, at my residence. I had already clarified my position way back in 2019 that the allegations were false," Johar said in the statement.
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| 1854 | Recent | Deepika Padukone reaches NCB office for questioning in drugs case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Actor Deepika Padukone reached the Mumbai Port Trust Guest House in Colaba, wherein Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is operating, at 9.45 am on Saturday. She is being questioned in reference to the research right into a drug perspective in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
Padukone, who was in Goa, reached Mumbai on Thursday together along with her husband Ranveer Singh. She becomes summoned by the corporation on Wednesday and she mentioned the summon on Thursday.
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| 1855 | Recent | Kangana Ranaut office demolition: Bombay HC asks BMC if action was taken this swiftly in other cases. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | During Kangana Ranaut's case listening to on September 25, at 3 pm, the Bombay High Court wondered how the floor ground of her bungalow-cum-workplace become demolished even if there had been no altercations made there.
The department bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice RI Chagla heard Kangana's recommend Senior Advocate Dr.Birendra Saraf and BMC's recommend Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy. The courtroom docket frequent Kangana's writ petition and heard the case."This is a mala fide motion towards me as I actually have a distinction of opinion and beliefs with the ones in energy having authority.
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| 1856 | Recent | After Deepika, Shraddha Kapoor reaches NCB office for questioning in drug case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor reached the NCB workplace right here on Saturday to document her declaration in a drug probe related to movie star Sushant Singh Rajput's demise, an authentic said.
She arrived at the NCB's zonal workplace in Ballard Estate in south Mumbai round noon. The NCB probe group will document her declaration concerning the medicine case associated with Rajput's demise and Bollywood-drugs nexus as well, the authentic said.
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| 1857 | Recent | ‘Don’t trust headlines’: Sunil Gavaskar on remark on Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/09/2020 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes everywhere in the headlines on Friday for his alleged derogatory touch upon Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at the same time as commentating in the course of the suit among RCB and KXIP. But consistent with the matching clip which has additionally long gone viral, it becomes clear that his feedback had been twisted on social media and the person himself cleared the air mentioning that his declaration becomes blown out of proportion.
However, Anushka Sharma slammed him in advance withinside the day in a lengthy Instagram post asking the cause for dragging her call while speaking about her husband’s game.
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| 1858 | Recent | Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of hacked documents leak ahead of US elections | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | Facebook stated on Thursday it has dismantled 3 networks of fake accounts which will be utilized by Russia's intelligence offerings to leak hacked files as a part of efforts to disrupt the imminent US election.
The organization stated the accounts, which are suspended for the usage of fake identities and different kinds of "coordinated inauthentic behavior," have been related to Russian intelligence and those related to a St. Petersburg-based organization accused by US officers of operating to sway the 2016 presidential vote.
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| 1859 | Recent | Google files for CCIapproval for stake buy in Jio platform | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | US net large Google has moved the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to get an all-clear for its Rs 33,737 crore funding in Jio Platforms for a 7.73% stake and manufacture a brand new phone in India.
The events named withinside the transaction filed with CCI are Google International LLC (GIL) and Jio Platforms(JPL). ET turned into the primary to interrupt the tale in its July 22 version that Google will need CCI approval for its funding. On July 15, seek large Google has become the thirteenth investor to choose up a stake in Jio Platforms, the telecom, and virtual unit of Reliance Industries.
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| 1860 | Recent | Instagram vulnerability could have led to account hijacks; now fixed | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | Instagram has fixed a prime flaw in its application. The difficulty opened a manner for attackers to take over anyone's account at the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service and use it as a spying device to get entry to and thieve the goal's vicinity data, private photos, and messages, amongst different things.
They observed that the problem might have been exploited by virtually sending a malicious photograph to the goal and tricking them into downloading it on their phone. However, in its professional advisory, the organization stated the flaw existed in Instagram variations previous to 128.0.0.26.128.
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| 1861 | Recent | Google Pay doesn’t share customer data with any third party Ooutside payments flow, Confirms Google | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | Google on Friday stated Google Pay does now no longer share client transaction information with any 1/3 party outdoor the bills flow.
The explanation from Google got here after reviews noted the company’s submission to the Delhi High Court announcing it is allowed to percentage customers' transaction information with 1/3 parties with the previous permission of NPCI and fee carrier providing (PSP) bank
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| 1862 | Recent | Chinese capital may be replaceable, But not their expertise, Says SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | Misra estimates a $10-15 Bn economic setbacks for startups because of new guidelines to lower Chinese funding in India. According to GlobalData, Chinese Investment in Indian startups has grown with the aid of using 12 instances to $4.6 Bn in 2019. Misra believes technological supremacy is the following frontier of strength
Softbank's top govt Rajeev Misra has highlighted that Chinese capital comes with quite a few knowledge on business, and the Indian startups might be lacking this enter following the Indian government's flow to lower Chinese investments.
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| 1863 | Monthly Capsule | Ministry of tribal affairs signed an agreement with IIPA for setting up NTRI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/09/2020 | Tribal Affairs Ministry signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Public Administration, IIPA for setting up of National Institute of Tribal Research at the IIPA Campus, New Delhi.
The proposed National Institute will be functional in a few months and will be engaged in quality tribal research in collaboration with reputed government and non-government NGOs spread over the country. Ministry is funding Tribal Research Institutions for research on various aspects of tribal life and culture but now intervention of research with the policy should be emphasized in their research.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda.
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| 1864 | Recent | Poonam Pandey to end her marriage with Sam Bombay. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Internet sensation and actor Poonam Pandey who were given married to Mumbai-based filmmaker and long-time boyfriend Sam Bombay last month filed a criticism in opposition to him for allegedly molesting and assaulting her. Sam Bombay become arrested in Goa on Tuesday and on Wednesday he becomes released on conditional bail with the aid of using a tribulation court.
In a current interview with TOI, Poonam Panday found out the incident that took place in Goa in which each of them had a long past for work. She informed the portal, “Sam and I had an argument, which escalated, and he started hitting me.
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| 1865 | Recent | Rakul Preet Singh denies stating 'not received alleged summon', Designer Simone Khambatta appears before NCB | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Rakul Preet Singh in her respectable statement she has "now no longer acquired the alleged summons either at Mumbai or Hyderabad so far. However, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers stated the actress has been issued a summons. She changed into contacted through numerous platforms, such as a phone number that is available with the agency. But there was no reaction from her so far, the respectable stated.
The NCB, which started the probe after a drugs angle came to mild in reference to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's alleged suicide, has now widened its research and requested some ''A-list'' celebrities of the Mumbai movie industry, to "be a part of the probe," a respectable stated on Wednesday.
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| 1866 | Recent | Prithvi short-range ballistic missile developed by DRDO successfully test-fired from Balasore in Odisha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | India today successfully test-fired its indigenously evolved nuclear successful Prithvi-II missile as a part of a consumer trial by the Army from a test range in Odisha, defense assets stated. The trial of the floor-to-floor missile, which has a striking variety of 350 km, was performed from a cell launcher from release complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur close to Balasore at around 11.35 am, they stated. Describing the trial as an entire success, they stated all assignment goals had been met for the duration of the test launch. The best test launch got here after a hit trial of Agni-five on January 18 and an Agni-1 missile performed from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast yesterday.
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| 1867 | Recent | Sushant Singh Rajput Felt His Sisters Were After His Money: Rhea Chakraborty | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | The NCB arrested Sushant Singh Rajput’s female friend Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, his former residence supervisor Samuel Miranda, and a team of workers Dipesh Sawant on charges of purchasing drugs. Their judicial custody has now been prolonged to October 6, 2020. In reaction to the equal, the actress filed a bail plea withinside the Bombay High Court that became scheduled to be heard on September 23, 2020. However, the equal stays postponed because of heavy rains in Mumbai and are in all likelihood to be heard today.
Meanwhile, Rhea has made a few sparkling sets of allegations in her bail plea which can be certain to surprise everyone. The actress has additionally alleged that she has been subjected to a witch hunt.
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| 1868 | Recent | Arunachal Pradesh man swallows toothbrush while brushing teeth, Doctors removes it | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Medical doctors in Arunachal Pradesh's Pasighat lately eliminated a toothbrush from a guy's belly after he by accident swallowed it at the same time as brushing his teeth. The docs, fearing further delay could worsen the patient's circumstance inside 24 hours of the incident. Minor surgical operation changed into carried out to dispose of the brush. A report in Arunachal 24 quoted a medical doctor as pronouncing that it took approximately 30- 35 mins to perform upon him and take the toothbrush out from his abdomen.
A resident of Roing Lower Dibang Valley, the 39-year-vintage guy stated he changed into looking to easy the enamel cavities when the brush slipped off his hand and he swallowed it.
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| 1869 | Recent | Will not wear mask, says MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra, apologises after uproar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | After being closely criticized for his commentary that he doesn`t put on a face mask in public, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra apologized for his remark and stated that he'll put on a mask henceforth.
Narottam Mishra issued an apology announcing his feedback has been now no longer consistent with the sentiments of the Prime Minister. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the BJP minister wrote in Hindi which more or less interprets to: "My declaration over carrying a mask seems to be a contravention of the law. It wasn`t consistent with the feelings of the Prime Minister. I will accept my mistake and make an apology and could put on a mask.
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| 1870 | Recent | US criticizes China for illegal claims in South China Sea, border disputes with India. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | The Trump management rejected China’s expansive maritime claims withinside the South China Sea, reversing a preceding coverage of not taking aspects in such disputes and escalating tensions with Beijing on yet another front.
The pass aligns the U.S. with a 2016 ruling through a United Nations tribunal that observed China’s claims to waters additionally contested through the Philippines had been unlawful. It’s supposed to ward off in opposition to what the U.S. sees as an intensifying Chinese marketing campaign to dominate the resource-wealthy South China Sea and smaller countries withinside the region.
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| 1871 | Recent | Nepal foreign ministry rejects reports of land encroachment by China, Contrary to claims of locals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reviews of land trespass by China in the Humla district of Nepal inconsistent claims made by locals of the district. Issuing a press launch on Wednesday evening, Foreign Ministry claimed that the latest production by China fell at the Chinese aspect and not on the Nepali aspect as in advance claimed by locals of the Humla district.
"The Department of Survey, Government of Nepal, based on the respectable records, reviews of the joint area inspection and boundary maps, has validated and showed that the stated buildings aren't positioned withinside the Nepali territory," MoFA stated in the launch.
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| 1872 | Recent | Over 2.56 lakh hectare land in India affected by forest fire in 2019: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Forest fires were growing throughout the globe and over 2.56 lakh hectare land in India has been tormented by it in 2019 as said via way of means of states, the surroundings ministry knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a written reaction to a query, Minister of State for Environment Babul Supriyo stated the maximum of the fires withinside the united states are floor fires wherein flora receives burnt and a quantity of Rs forty-seven crores has been launched to states below the Forest Fires Prevention and Management Scheme for 2019-20.
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| 1873 | Recent | AIIMS COVID-19 centres cured 6,622 Coronavirus patients till September 19: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | As many as 6,622 COVID-19 sufferers were treated at AIIMS'' COVID Centres -- the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC) in Delhi and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Haryana''s Jhajjar -- until September 19, Lok Sabha become informed on Wednesday.
Also, 2,184 sufferers have availed remedy on the Safdarjung Hospital, 1,362 on the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Smt Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, and 3,458 at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the national capital until September 21, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey stated in a written reply.
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| 1874 | Recent | Twitter users may soon be able to send voice direct messages | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | After rolling out audio tweets for iOS in June, Twitter is now coming up with the concept of letting humans record and send voice messages via direct messages. Alex Ackerman-Greenberg, the product supervisor for direct messages at Twitter, allows me to realize that the agency can be checking out voice DMs soon. Brazil can be the first nation to cover in that test. He shared the news. through a 20-second voice message. “We realize humans need greater alternatives for a way they specific themselves in conversations on Twitter — each publicly and privately,” he said.
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| 1875 | Recent | Vaccine tycoon topples Jack Ma to become the richest Chinese | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Vaccine tycoon Zhong Shanshan has ended up China's wealthiest and Asia's second-richest character on Wednesday after his wealth overtook that of Jack Ma. Popularly acknowledged as "Lone Wolf", Shanshan's internet really well worth stood at $58.7 billion on Wednesday, $2 billion greater than that of Ma, in step with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
A Bloomberg record stated the Chinese tycoon's wealth has risen $51.nine billion this year, which is greater than every other person aside from Amazon leader Jeff Bezos and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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| 1876 | Recent | Gigi Hadid & Zayn Malik welcome their baby girl, First picture out | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | This is the year of celeb babies, and Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid simply welcomed their little toddler lady into the world. The couple welcomed their infant on Wednesday, with Zayn taking to his social media to share a lovely image of his tattooed finger being held by a tiny hand, which he captioned, “Our baby girl is here, healthy and beautiful. To attempt placed into phrases how I am feeling right now could be an impossible task. The love I experience for this tiny human is past my understanding. Grateful to recognize her, proud to name her mine, and grateful for the existence we can have together.” We’re now no longer crying, you are!
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| 1877 | Recent | Hyundai and UNDP ink agreement to accomplish sustainable development goals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Under the agreement, Hyundai Motor and UNDP will collaborate for the first time to create an international initiative, titled for Tomorrow, on the way to help accelerate development in the direction of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs had been followed by the United Nations in 2015 as a regularly occurring name to action to end poverty, guard the planet, and make sure that all people experience peace and prosperity by 2030.
The settlement will permit Hyundai Motor and UNDP to crowdsource improvements from the general public and assist enforce those solutions, a mile wanted a reaction to the world's escalating environmental and socio-economic challenges.
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| 1878 | Recent | MIT scientists discover earth-sized planet orbiting its star every 3.14 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), alongside others, have found an Earth-sized planet, pi Earth, that rotates around its star every 3.14 days. The researchers had found indicators of the planet in 2017 after comparing statistics accumulated through the NASA Kepler Space Telescope’s K2 mission.
The new planet is categorized K2-315b; it’s the 315th planetary machine found inside K2 statistics. The researchers estimate that K2-315b has a radius of 0.95 that of Earth’s, making it pretty much Earth-sized.
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| 1879 | Recent | FDI equity inflows into India down 60% in Q1 to USD 6.56 Bn: DPIIT Data | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/09/2020 | Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows into India shriveled by 60 percentage to USD 6.56 billion (Rs 49,820 crore) at some point of April-June 2020, in line with facts by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
The overseas inflows at some point of April-June 2019 stood at USD 16.33 billion. Sectors that attracted overseas inflows during the primary sector of 2020-21 covered services (USD 1.14 billion), computer software program and hardware (USD 1.06 billion), telecommunications (USD 2 million), automobile (USD 326 million), and trading (USD 426 million), the facts showed.
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| 1880 | Recent | Hardik Pandya becomes the 11th player to get dismissed off a hit-wicket in IPL | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Hardik Pandya has emerged as the eleventh batsman in IPL records to lose his wicket through dismantling the stumps himself. During the nineteenth over of Mumbai's innings towards Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020, Pandya by accident hit the stumps at the same time as trying a shot at the offside off Andre Russell's bowling.
The Baroda-player was standing deep inside his crease, and complete shipping from Russell was given the higher of him. Hardik Pandya changed into visibly amazed through the dismissal, similar to Andre Russell and the alternative Kolkata Knight Riders players.
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| 1881 | Recent | Rohit Sharma smashes 200 sixes in IPL history | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Defending champions Mumbai Indians, after struggling a five-wicket defeat in opposition to Chennai Super Kings withinside the season opener, locked horns with Kolkata Knight Riders withinside the 5th suit of IPL 2020 at Abu Dhabi. Rohit Sharma and his troops have been positioned to bat first through Dinesh Karthik on a pitch that became seeking to dish out sufficient runs.
Playing the equal XI which they performed in opposition to CSK, Rohit walked out withinside the center along with Quinton de Kock. However, MI didn't construct a strong establishing stand as the South African became despatched back to the pavilion in the 2d over through 21-year-vintage Shivam Mavi.
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| 1882 | Recent | Microsoft signs deal with Musk-owned Open AI to obtain GPT-3 AI language model | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Microsoft already had a partnership going with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) research company OpenAI. Now, it’s taking that collaboration a step similarly with a brand new one-of-a-kind license for the {largest|biggest">biggest AI language version ever created — GPT-3.
The tech behemoth based through Bill Gates became already lending its Azure cloud computing sources to OpenAI for training its many models. Microsoft made a $1 billion funding to come to be the agency’s one-of-a-kind cloud provider.
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| 1883 | Recent | JP Morgan Chairman thinks India can still acomplish 7% growth | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Even as the Narendra Modi-led authorities are going through loads of backlash for the demonetization flow, JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon lauded the Prime Minister announcing that it was a completely bold move. In an interview to CNBC TV18, he said, “In my view, it (demonetization) has created loads of financial institution accounts. It has decreased corruption which you don’t recognize about; poured loads of the things back into the actual system; so it has all the one's benefits.”
The authorities’ flow came under the scanner after RBI records discovered that almost 99% of the discontinued notes came back into the system, through the stop of 2017.
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| 1884 | Recent | Zomato claims its food delivery biz is nearing complete recovery in Delhi & Mumbai | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | After an extended lull in commercial enterprise amid the Covid-19 caused lockdown, the meals delivery enterprise is bouncing lower back to pre-COVID levels. This was discovered in Indian food tech unicorn Zomato’s Mid-COVID file for September 2020. The file says that the enterprise, as a whole, has recovered 85% of its pre-COVID GMV (gross products value), up from 75% remaining month.
Moreover, the healing of pre-COVID business is entirely in a number of the greater affluent residential neighborhoods in India’s biggest metropolitan cities, Delhi and Mumbai.
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| 1885 | Recent | CCI approves merger of Medlife with PharmEasy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | India's competition watchdog has authorized the merger of on-line pharmacy Medlife with large rival PharmEasy, the primary predominant consolidation play in the quarter that has lately visible the entry of deep-pocketed gamers like Reliance Industries and Amazon. The deal will see API Holdings, the parent entity of PharmEasy, collect 100% fairness stocks of Medlife, filings with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) show. Medlife’s promoters will get a 19.95% stake withinside the blended entity.ET had first pronounced at the proposed merger of PharmEasy and Medlife in August, whilst the 2 corporations had made a joint utility to the CCI.
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| 1886 | Recent | ShareChat enlarges its ESOP pool to $35 Mn | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | ShareChat, the Indian social-media platform, has determined to praise its employees for their tough work, by extending its contemporary ESOP pool by $14 million, to $35 million. The scheme can be presented to every and each worker on its rolls, as on June 30, 2020, even the ones in administration. It has additionally presented a 50 percent bonus to the group of workers who currently have inventory alternatives in the Company.
This is the Company’s manner of acknowledging the contribution of the personnel to its boom in addition to the boom of Moj, its new short-video platform.
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| 1887 | Recent | Apple iPhone 12 series likely to be inaugurated on October 13, 2020: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Apple had a plethora of devices to monitor the ultimate week, however one set of omissions stood out: for the first time in years, the employer did not announce an iPhone in September. Just some other outcome of coronavirus.
Still, we do understand the iPhone 12 remains on the way this year, and plenty of rumors have coalesced around one date: October 13. According to MacRumors, “a worker at a UK mobile carrier” shared the date with the publication, claiming Apple might release pre-orders at the belief of the occasion and that the phones might be available on October 16.
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| 1888 | Recent | PhonePe, Mobikwik & Infibeam side with Paytm, Slams TRAI over phishing spike | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Digital bills giants PhonePe, Mobikwik, and Infibeam Avenues have subsidized Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led Paytm’s claims that telecom corporations and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) are useless in coping with the growing phishing instances in India.
The corporations, represented by industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), have filed a writ in the Delhi excessive courtroom docket withinside the ongoing lawsuit among Paytm and telecom giants Jio, Vi (Vodafone Idea), Bharti Airtel, BSNL, and MTNL. Paytm in its lawsuit had known as out TRAI and telecom corporations for their inactiveness in ruling phishing scams. It additionally sought INR 100 Cr in remuneration.
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| 1889 | Recent | Google allows creators to produce and publish more visually-appealing stories | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Google has allowed creators to make and post greater compelling and extra visually-attractive stories with the brand new Web Stories for WordPress plugin. The new edition gives a drag-and-drop interface to make it smooth for creators to get started.
Those who need to take complete manage in their testimonies, the plugin consists of complete visible editing capabilities, a re-estimated visible media gallery, picture masking, gradient enhancing, stored colors and patterns, and numerous layout features, Google stated in a weblog submit on Tuesday.
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| 1890 | Recent | iCreate signed MoU with Israel to colllaborate in tech innovation and start-ups | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | On September 22, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India's International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) and Israel's Start-up Nation central by Prof. Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from Jerusalem, and Anupam Jalote, CEO of iCreate from Ahmedabad in the presence of Dr. Ron Malka, Israel's Ambassador to India and Yaakov Finkelstein, Israel's Consul General in Mumbai.
Collaboration with i-Create enables the identification of Israeli partners to jointly develop solutions to the current challenges in India. In this regard, both entities will create a unique Online Acceleration Program for Market penetration to work with relevant technologies.
India's Ambassador to Israel: Sanjeev Kumar Singh
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| 1891 | Recent | India Nepal launch website for post-earthquake reconstruction projects in education sector | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay M Kwatra and Sushil Gyewali, CEO of Nepal's National Reconstruction Authority, on Tuesday, launched a dedicated website for the post-earthquake reconstruction of education sector projects in Nepal.
The devastating earthquake of 2015 that shook the Himalayan nation of Nepal had claimed nearly 10,000 lives, injuring thousands, and displaced over half-a-million people. Post the earthquake, the Indian Government had committed USD 1 billion for the reconstruction of Nepal in form of grants and Line of Credit. Around USD 150 million was allocated for reconstruction in the housing sector, USD 100 million as a grant and USD 50 million to be drawn from Line of Credit.
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| 1892 | Recent | India-UK water Partnership Forum held Virtually on Water Conservation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/09/2020 | On September 22, 2020, the India-Uk water Partnership Forum was held virtually to discuss ways to collaborate on the issues of infrastructure development and water conservation. The event was inaugurated by Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK), Gaitri Issar Kumar along with Ministry of Jal Shakti Secretary Upendra Prasad Singh while it was concluded by a special address from Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (Namami Gange Programme).
During the meeting, delegations From India and UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ganga and the British water.
*UK Capital: London *Currency: Pound Sterling
*Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
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| 1893 | Recent | Delhi government order reserving 80% ICU beds stayed by HC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2020 | Justice Navin Chawla, at the same time as in search of the reaction of the Delhi government, stated that the September 12 order booking 80% ICU beds for Covid-19 were in violation of the fundamental rights. The courtroom docket stated that the kingdom can not discriminate among Covid-19 and non-COVID-19 sufferers.
“At the time of the emergency, an affected person can not be instructed to run around from one health center to another. The sickness itself can not be the floor for discrimination,” the courtroom docket stated in its oral order.
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| 1894 | Recent | Irrfan Khan's son Babil slams netizens who trolled him for backing Anurag Kashyap | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2020 | Babil Khan, the elder son of late actor Irrfan Khan, has slammed social media users for trolling him for helping filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who turned into these days accused by budding actress Payal Ghosh of sexual harassment.
Taking to Instagram, Babil shared a chain of snapshots of Irrfan and known as out folks that informed him that the latter could be embarrassed about him. "You know what, I have felt a sense of liberation from your hate because I realized, you really don't have anything to do but hate and form a quick judgemental opinion about an actual human being. So really man, I have truly lost respect for people that claim they know my father, or hahahaha know my father better than me like 'oh your father would be so ashamed of you'," he wrote.
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| 1895 | Recent | Unlock 4.0: New calendar for UG, PG 1st year released | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2020 | Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ took to Twitter to make the declaration in this regard. “The UGC has a scientific document of the committee and permitted the UGC suggestions on the educational calendar for the 12 months of undergraduate and postgraduate university pupils of the Universities for the Session 2020-21,” Ramesh Pokhriyal tweeted.
The academic calendar authorized via way of means of the ministry showed that publications for first-12 months university college students will start from November and the admission path will continue till October 30. Union Education Ministry has moreover advised all accelerated education institutions to hold publications six days each week to make up for out of place reading hours. The ministry has moreover advised the institutions to curtails the breaks and holidays
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| 1896 | Recent | Instead of trolling me, Go out: Sonu Sood responds to being called fraud for helping people | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/09/2020 | The COVID-19 pandemic has affected thousands of lives. The movie enterprise is probably returned on track, however, there’s been a massive pause in unusual humans’ life. From workplaces to colleges and schools, everywhere, the state of affairs isn't good. But if there’s one superstar who helped as many common humans he can throughout the hard instances is Sonu Sood.
While Sonu Sood is receiving lots of love and praises, there also are folks that name him a ‘fraud’. He has been trolled more than one instance on social media for assisting the needy. The actor has sooner or later spoken approximately being referred to as a fake and all of the net negativity.
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| 1897 | Recent | As of December 2019, 4.78 Lakh prisoners in 1,350 jails across country: MHA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | About 4,78,600 convicts have been jailed up in near 1,350 prisons throughout the united states as of December 2019 as towards the most potential of 4,03,739, as consistent with the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
According to the given records via way of means of Minister of State (MoS) G Kishan Reddy, through a written response withinside the Rajya Sabha, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles the information furnished to it by States and Union Territories.The information furnished above is from the document of 2019, which but has the determination of 2017 for the country of West Bengal because of the absence of records for the year 2019.
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| 1898 | Recent | Wuhan nightlife returns to normal as COVID-19 epicentre reports no new cases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Once the worldwide epicenter of COVID-19, all components of lifestyles in Wuhan, China appear to be going returned to normal. This consists of the city’s nightlife, as human beings have begun out flocking to golf equipment again. Photos taken on Friday, Sept. 18 display a preview of what partying is like in Wuhan now, at the least in a few golf equipment. The disco bar seems packed, with a few human beings wearing face maks however others not.
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| 1899 | Recent | Famous ‘Longcat’ Nobiko, viral meme feline dead at 18 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Longcat, a long cat that took the net through a hurricane in 2006, has handed away. The cat, whose actual call changed into Nobiko, died in Japan on Sunday and changed into believed to be at the least 18 years old.
Pictures of the tomcat, which reportedly stood at sixty-five cm from head to toe, first have become famous after acting at the imageboard 2chan sooner or later among 2004 and 2005. Nobiko acquired many nicknames online however in the end got here to be called Longcat after memes started spreading in 2006 at the imageboard 4chan, in line with Know Your Meme.
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| 1900 | Recent | Chopper Crashes in Azamgarh, 1 Dead, 1 Injured | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | A rookie pilot Konark Saran died and any other one becomes injured in a teacher plane crash in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh at 11:20 am on Monday. Four humans have been on board the four-seater plane, jumped out with the assist of parachutes, information enterprise IANS said. The injured have been rushed to a hospital, locals said.
The Azamgarh Police reached the spot in Sanjaypur location at the outskirts of the Azamgarh town to take inventory of the situation. The neighborhood humans have been the primary to attain the crash site. The plane, used for schooling pilots, crashed in an agricultural discipline in Sarai Meer.
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| 1901 | Recent | It's time to stand with women, tweets Payal Ghosh, who accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Payal, recognized for her function withinside the 2017 film ‘Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi’, took to Twitter on Saturday and became accused of Anurag Kashyap withinside the #MeToo movement. She alleged that the filmmaker “pressured himself on her”.
After the allegations, Anurag Kashyap answered on Twitter wherein he denied the allegations, pronouncing they were “without merit”. He additionally issued an announcement denying the #MeToo accusations towards him, calling them “absolutely false, malicious and dishonest”.
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| 1902 | Recent | Homeland Security alerts federal agencies of condemning Windows bug | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisory unit has issued an extraordinary emergency alert to authorities departments after the current disclosure of a “critical”-rated safety vulnerability in server variations of Microsoft Windows.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, higher referred to as CISA, issued an alert overdue on Friday requiring all federal departments and organizations to “immediately” patch any Windows servers susceptible to the so-known as Zerologon assault with the aid of using Monday, bringing up an “unacceptable risk” to authorities networks. It’s the 3rd emergency alert issued with the aid of using CISA this year.
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| 1903 | Recent | Iranian hackers have malware to steal 2FA codes | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | The malware became a part of an arsenal of hacking gear advanced by a hacker institution and the organization has nicknamed Rampant Kitten. Check Point says the institution has been energetic for at the least six years and has been engaged in an ongoing surveillance operation in opposition to Iranian minorities, anti-regime organizations. These campaigns concerned the usage of a huge spectrum of malware families, along with 4 editions of Windows data stealers and an Android backdoor disguised internal malicious apps.
The Windows malware lines had been often used to scouse borrow the victim's non-public documents, however additional documents from Telegram's Windows computing device client, documents that could have allowed the hackers to get entry to the victim's Telegram account.
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| 1904 | Recent | ByteDance values TikTok at $60 billion for US deal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | ByteDance is after a $60 billion valuation for its short-shape clip app TikTok because it closes in on cope with Oracle and Walmart.
As stated by Reuters, software program large Oracle is ready to take a 12.five percentage stake withinside the Chinese app, whilst retail behemoth Walmart hopes to steady a 7.five percentage equity. Combined, the American corporations will pay $12 billion, ought to comply with the valuation ByteDance has positioned on TikTok.
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| 1905 | Recent | Google forced to roll back cashback campaign which is legal in India, Says Paytm | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Google stated that supplying cashback and vouchers alone does not constitute a violation of Google Play playing regulations and in case of a repeat violation, it can even terminate Google Play developer accounts.
Paytm in a weblog alleged that Google Pay has been walking comparable cricket-primarily based totally promotions “however a one-of-a-kind set of guidelines observe to Google’s very own apps”. Google had blocked Paytm on its Play store following a policy update on September 18, in advance of the IPL cricket tournament, to disallow apps that assist any unregulated gambling however restored the cellular app after some hours after it rolled returned the campaign.
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| 1906 | Recent | TikTok confirms agreement with Oracle, Walmart; says Oracle will host all US user data | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | TikTok, a video-sharing app owned through Chinese agency ByteDance, has shown a settlement with Oracle and Walmart, in advance introduced through US President Donald Trump."We are thrilled that the idea through TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart will solve the safety worries of the United States Administration and settle questions around TikTok's destiny withinside the US," a TikTok spokesperson stated in an assertion launched on TikTok's Communications Team Twitter web page on Saturday. According to the release, each Oracle and Walmart will participate in a TikTok Global pre-IPO financing spherical wherein they could soak up to a 20 percent cumulative stake withinside the agency.
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| 1907 | Recent | Venkaiah Naidu denies no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 8 participants, along with TMC chief Derek O'Brien, an afternoon after the House witnessed exceptional unruly scenes through protesting competition participants all through the passage of farm bills. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu additionally rejected a be aware for no self-assurance movement towards deputy chairman Harivansh given that the right process becomes now no longer followed. Derek O Brien, Sanjay Singh, Raju Satav, KK Ragesh, Ripun Bora, Dola Sen, Syed Nazir Hussain, and Elamaran Karim suspended for one week for unruly behavior with the Chair.
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| 1908 | Recent | Rajasthan imposes Section 144 in 11 districts as coronavirus cases surge | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | As the coronavirus instances continue growth in Rajasthan, the country authorities have determined to impose Section 144 in 11 districts from Monday (September 21). Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stated that the choice becomes taken withinside the public hobby and advised human beings to observe the instructions.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot took the choice overdue Saturday throughout an evaluation assembly at the pandemic. The eleven districts are -- Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Udaipur, Sikar, Pali, and Nagaur.
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| 1909 | Recent | PM Modi lays foundation of 9 highway projects, launch optical fibre internet services in Bihar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | PM Modi on Monday laid the muse stone for 9 motorway initiatives really well worth Rs 14,258 crore in Bihar. He additionally inaugurated the optical fiber net offerings beforehand of the country meeting elections withinside the country. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar additionally joined the rite through video conference. During the inauguration event, PM said, ''The united states of America is transferring closer to its aim of supplying net connectivity to each village withinside the united states.
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| 1910 | Recent | Blow to China as Indian Army takes control of 6 new major peaks along LAC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | Amid the simmering tensions among India and China alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army has succeeded in seizing manipulate six strategically vital peaks withinside the place. With the profession of those six peaks withinside the eastern place of Ladakh, the Indian Army is now in a great role to reveal the motion Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
It is discovered that the Indian Air Force is likewise flying Rafale fighter jets close to the LAC to reveal the sports of the fighter planes of China. According to media reports, 5 Rafale fighter aircraft, which had been officially deployed at Ambala Air Base on September 10, had been these days noticed conducting ‘familiarisation sorties’ in Ladakh.
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| 1911 | Recent | Tablighi Jamaat event led to spread of COVID-19 among 'many': Government tells Rajya Sabha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | A large accumulating of the Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat in March in Delhi, in spite of orders issued through numerous government after the outbreak of coronavirus, "additionally" caused the unfold of the virus among "many persons", the authorities nowadays knowledgeable parliament.
"As said through Delhi Police, in spite of guidelines/orders issued through government in pursuance of the outbreak of COVID-19 a large accumulating assembled internal a closed premise; over a long duration of time, with none semblance of social distancing or provision of mask and sanitizers. This additionally induced the unfold of Corona Virus contamination among many persons (sic)," Minister of State (Home Affairs) G Kishan Reddy knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha in his written reaction to a query on whether or not the collection turned into a "primary reason" for the unfold of coronavirus in Delhi and different states.
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| 1912 | Recent | Ministry of WCD signed MoU with AYUSH ministry | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/09/2020 | The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Sunday (September 20) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of AYUSH to join efforts to eradicate malnutrition in the country. Speaking at the event, Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Naik said that integration of the AYUSH Ministry and the Ministry of WCD would go a long way in eliminating malnutrition, which was one of the main reasons for infant mortality below the age of five.
Union WCD Ministry: Smriti Zubin Irani
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| 1913 | Recent | Trump’s security advisor Robert O'Brien defends ban on TikTok citing Chinese aggression | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | US National Security Advisor Robert O” Brien has defended President Donald Trump’s decision to ban Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat, saying the country has been “incredibly aggressive” against neighboring countries, including India, and that Americans’ data must be protected.
As of September 20, the United States will ban any provision of distribution or maintenance service for WeChat or TikTok mobile apps, component code, or app updates through an online mobile app store in the United States. United. The ban cites the demands as prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country.
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| 1914 | Recent | 97 people died while travelling on-board Shramik Special Trains: Railway Minister in Rajya Sabha | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Days after the government informed Parliament that it has no data on the death of migrant laborers, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told the Rajya Sabha that 97 persons died while traveling on Shramik Special trains between May 1 and September 9. The Minister said that the national transporter had not collected any fare from the migrants.
“Shramik Specials were booked by the state governments or their representatives on payment of the fare. Revenue of Rs 433 crore was collected from them for running the Shramik Special trains till August 31. As many as 63.19 lakh shramiks/stranded passengers traveled in these trains,” Goyal said on Saturday.
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| 1915 | Recent | India hands over 13 essential medicines to Mozambique in COVID-19 fight | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | India on Friday handed over 13 essential medicines including hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol worth approximately 22 million metric tonnes to Mozambique, as support to the African country's fight against COVID-19. Rajeev Kumar, High Commissioner of India to Mozambique, shared the consignment to Mozambique's Foreign Minister Veronica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo.
Mozambique's Foreign Minister thanked the Indian government for its decision to shared 13 medicines and explained India's important role in developmental partnership with the African country. According to Johns Hopkins University, Mozambique has reported 6,161 COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths.
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| 1916 | Recent | 'It was not a plan to not play the cover drive': Sachin Tendulkar on his 241* at Sydney | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Former Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that he had not planned beforehand that he would not play the cover drive during his unbeaten 241-run knock against Australia in Sydney. He made this revelation during a candid chat with Aakash Chopra about his cricketing career, in a video shared on the latter's YouTube channel.
Aakash Chopra asked Sachin Tendulkar how the latter managed not to play the cover drive even after he got set. The Mumbaikar responded that it was a long story while talking about the excellent form he was in before the Australia Test series, including the warm-up game.
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| 1917 | Recent | PM Modi praises Ajay Devgn’s 10-Year-Old son for thinking about the planet & planting trees | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 70th birthday and on this occasion, people from across the country wished him for good health and long life. Bollywood celebrities including Ajay Devgn also wished the PM through Twitter and got such a praiseworthy reply from him. Ajay took to his Twitter to wish PM Modi and wrote, “Happy 70th Modiji. More Power to you Sir. @narendramodi #HappyBirthdayPMModi”.
Replying to Ajay Devgn, Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied, “Delighted to receive your wishes. Was good seeing young Yug devoting his birthday towards a greener planet. Such awareness is commendable. @ajaydevgn”.
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| 1918 | Recent | Anurag Kashyap accused of sexual assault by Telugu actress, Kangana Ranaut calls for arrest | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Bollywood actor Payal Ghosh, who has appeared in projects like 'Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi' and another television daily soap 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya', has summoned filmmaker Anurag Kashyap sexual harassment.
Accusing the 'Dev.D' director of forcing himself on her and attempting to rape her, the actress tweeted about the incident and sought help from the PMO. "@anuragkashyap72 has forced himself on me and extremely badly. @PMOIndia @narendramodi ji, kindly takes action and let the country see the demon behind this creative guy. I am aware that it can harm me and my security is at risk. Pls help!," Ghosh wrote on Twitter.
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| 1919 | Recent | Veteran actress Himani Shivpuri discharged from hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Veteran actress Himani Shivpuri, who was in Mumbai's Holy Spirit Hospital for COVID-19, has been discharged and currently in-home quarantine. The 60-year-old actress shared the update in a post on her unverified Instagram. Thanking doctors and healthcare workers, Himani Shivpuri wrote: "A big thank you to our COVID warriors - the hospital staff. Am back in-home quarantine! Thank you all for your positive wishes." She also shared a selfie with the hospital staff on Instagram. Himani Shivpuri was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was admitted to the hospital a week ago.
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| 1920 | Recent | Gaurav Chopra uploaded first pictures of his son, Writes an emotional note on embracing fatherhood | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | We recently reported the happy news of actor Gaurav Chopra and his wife Hitisha Cheranda becoming proud parents to a baby boy on September 14. The actor has now introduced us to his little bundle of joy as he took to Instagram to share his baby’s first pictures along with an emotional message. Gaurav in a beautifully written post conveyed his feelings of embracing fatherhood and also recognized his mother who died recently as he wrote, “Exactly a month ago my mother left us and I know that she would have been beyond ecstatic to hold our #princeChopra. I can sense her blessings and see her smile. Sending you all love and wishes and asking for blessings for our family and this angel.”Gaurav Chopra and Wife Hitisha Welcome a Baby Boy.
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| 1921 | Recent | Kangana Ranaut applauds UP CM Yogi Adityanath for announcing 'biggest film city' in Noida | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | In a recent tweet actress, Kangana Ranaut appreciated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his announcement of setting up the country’s ‘biggest and most beautiful’ film city in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Kangana exclaimed, “I applaud this announcement by @myogiadityanath ji. We need many reforms in the film industry first of all we need one big film industry called the Indian film industry we are divided based on many factors, Hollywood films get the advantage of this. One industry but many Film Cities.” She further mentioned, “People’s perception that top film industry in India is Hindi film Industry is wrong.
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| 1922 | Recent | If DC don’t qualify for the playoffs, I have failed as a chairman, says franchise owner Parth Jindal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | The Delhi franchise decided to change the team name ahead of the last Indian Premier League (IPL) season with the hope to change the fortunes of the team. They also backed youngster Shreyas Iyer as the skipper while also offered consistent chances to the young players in the team. All the efforts bore fruits as the team made it to the playoffs only for them to lose to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the second qualifier.
But many applauded the side for the way they played and the expectations have stood up this year. Rather many cricket experts believe this is the best season for the Delhi Capitals (DC) to win the IPL.
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| 1923 | Recent | Businesses (SMB) and start-ups on Amazon.in will be launching more than 1,000 new products across 17 categories on Prime Day this year on August 6 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 |
Over 100 Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) and start-ups on Amazon.in will be launching more than 1,000 new products across 17 categories on Prime Day this year on August 6 and 7. Thousands of local shops on Amazon sellers will be also making their Prime Day entrance in India, mentioned in a statement.
Start-ups and small businesses from the Amazons Launchpad program will be launching eccentric and differentiated products across varieties like health & personal care, beauty & grooming, grocery, and home products, it said.
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| 1924 | Recent | Former RAW chief Anil Dhasmana appointed NTRO head | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/09/2020 | Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO). Dhasmana succeeds former Intelligence Bureau officer Satish Jha, who demitted office.
Dhasmana, a 1981 batch IPS officer, is a Pakistan expert and was the lead planner of the Balakot airstrikes in February 2019. He had stepped down a few months later when his extended term due to the general elections ended in June 2019.
Born: 2 October 1957
He was appointed as the Chief of RAW as the post fell vacant on 31 January 2017.
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| 1925 | Recent | Test 18-09-2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/09/2020 | Test 18-09-2020
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| 1926 | Recent | Mitchell Starc warns Adil Rashid to stay in his crease; video goes viral | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Mankading’ rule, regardless of being towards the spirit of the game, exists in the guideline of thumb book, and gamers also are entitled to apply it. In the 1/3 ODI among England and Australia at Manchester, speedster Mitchell Starc had an evident possibility to drag off ‘Mankading’. But Starc evaded doing so and as an alternative gave a scare and caution to Adil Rashid on the non-striker’s end.
Ashwin becomes launched through KXIP in advance of IPL 2020 and he could be visible representing Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2020. Whether or now no longer could he Mankad batsman in the approaching version nevertheless stays to be a subject of discussion.
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| 1927 | Recent | The entire shebang all through the much-awaited Indian Premier League is ready to spread in simply 3 days. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | The entire shebang all through the much-awaited Indian Premier League is ready to unfold in merely 3 days. The giants of the league, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Large Kings try keen to thieve glory within the season opener. Whereas MI flagged off their outside consultation nicely in time, Chennai desired to postpone it due to the spread of COVID-19 in their contingent.
The franchises and associated government are leaving no stone unturned to make the IPL competition one interesting event. Together with to fan’s pleasure, the Rohit Sharma-led franchise has released a tremendous operation.
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| 1928 | Recent | Suresh Raina thanks Punjab Police, CM Amarinder Singh after arrests in kins’ murder case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina thanked the Punjab police and Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, for arresting three criminals involved in the case of the attack and murder of his relatives in Pathankot (Punjab). The 33-year-old said his loss could not be recovered but that would surely prevent further crimes.
Raina, who left the Chennai Super King IPL team for “ personal reasons, ” asked the Punjab police and the CM to investigate the matter on September 1.
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| 1929 | Recent | ECB set to dismiss 62 employees due to financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | The England and Wales Cricket Council (ECB) plans to put off sixty-two positions in the enterprise because of the financial effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, chief executive Tom Harrison stated on Tuesday.
With expert cricket withinside the united states suspended for numerous months because of the coronavirus, Harrison stated the sport suffered losses of extra than one hundred million pounds ($ 128.ninety two million). That determines may want to reach £ 200million if there had been in addition disruptions to the agenda subsequent year. The sports’ new competition, The Hundred, becomes anticipated to add £ 11million in sales to the sport in its first year, however, it becomes postponed till 2021.
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| 1930 | Recent | Momentum backs out as South Africa men’s ODI team sponsor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | South Africa's ongoing turmoil has supposed that Momentum, an economic offerings firm, has subsidized out because of the sponsors of the ODI team. The corporation has been a key part of the limited-overs codecs withinside the united states from 2012 onwards. Momentum's choice got here after the authorities withinside the African kingdom banned Cricket South Africa (CSA) and took the fee of the game withinside the united states.
Back in December, Standard Bank additionally ended its 21-year-vintage affiliation with cricket.
On Tuesday, Momentum, via a release, referred to that it may not be renewing contracts with the men's ODI team, the countrywide membership championships, the franchise one-day opposition at under-13, under-15, and under-17 level, and developmental tasks after their agreement expire on the cease of April 2021.
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| 1931 | Recent | TikTok-Oracle deal in trouble as Trump says he doesn't like it | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | President Trump stated Wednesday that he was "now no longer going to be happy" if the viral video app TikTok is still majority-owned via way of means of ByteDance, its Chinese discern company. The US authorities are presently comparing a suggestion from ByteDance and Oracle designed to remedy the Trump administration's countrywide protection issues approximately TikTok. A file this week from the Financial Times cautioned that the thought ought to see ByteDance maintaining a majority stake withinside the embattled social media app.
Trump instructed newshounds Wednesday he has now no longer visible the specifics of the deal however that "conceptually" he might be against ByteDance being allowed to keep a controlling proportion of TikTok.
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| 1932 | Recent | Israeli airforce bombs Gaza in response to rocket firing by militants | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Palestinian militants fired 12 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight, 9 of which had been intercepted, and Israel spoke back with 3 airstrikes on objectives connected to the territory's militant Hamas rulers, the Israeli army started early Friday. It becomes the maximum extreme alternate of hearthplace alongside the Gaza frontier in months, however, there had been no reviews of casualties. Police exclaimed homes and automobiles in Israel had been damaged, and that bomb-disposal unit was dispatched to choose up shrapnel and rocket parts.
In the latest weeks, agencies affiliated with Hamas have released incendiary balloons into Israel, igniting farmland in a bid to stress Israel to ease the blockade it imposed on Gaza whilst the Islamic militants seized electricity in 2007. The rocket hearthplace marks a great escalation.
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| 1933 | Recent | With a 12% shrink, New Zealand's economy falls into recession | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | The economic system of New Zealand has reduced in size of 12% because of the financial disaster posed after the outbreak of the unconventional coronavirus. The country's economic system has plunged into recession after witnessing the biggest fall on file in its quarterly GDP. Stats NZ spokesman Paul Pascoe stated that industries like retail, accommodation, and restaurants, and shipping noticed vast declines in manufacturing because of the worldwide tour ban.
It has been in large part successful, with the simplest 22 deaths in a populace of 5 million and home corporations running without regulations after the lockdown became lifted.
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| 1934 | Recent | China puts up loudspeakers at Finger 4, Play punjabi songs for Indian troops | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Chinese troops have installation loudspeakers that belt out Punjab numbers at their ahead posts! This comes withinside the wake of Indian troops putting in an across the clock commentary on the dominating peak close to Finger 4, overlooking the positions of the Peoples Liberation Army. According to sources, the submit at which the Chinese Army has placed up loudspeakers is below 24x7 regular watch with the aid of using Indian soldiers. On September 15, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had asserted that China is in the unauthorized career of approximately 38,000 rectangular km of land in Ladakh, including that its motion suggests its dismiss toward our diverse bilateral agreements. Speaking in Lok Sabha, Singh had said that below a so-referred to as Boundary-Agreement in 1963, Pakistan illegally exceeded over 5,180 sqm of Indian land of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to China.
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| 1935 | Recent | Will rebuild Babri Masjid, says former AMU student Sharjeel Usmani after getting bail | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Sharjeel Usmani, a former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) pupil chief who became arrested for his alleged position withinside the December 15 violence all through the protest in opposition to Citizenship Amendment Act in AMU, has published a picture graph on the duvet of his Twitter account which says ‘Rebuild Babri’. It is to be cited that Usmani is presently out on bail. “Thank you fascinated by all of your prayers and support.
I apologize for being capable of a solution to your calls and messages. My phone and other belongings are still with the ATS. It is best now that I was capable of getting right of entry to those systems thru reproduction sim card,” tweeted Usmani.
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| 1936 | Recent | Delhi CM terms farming-related bills 'anti-farmer', says AAP will vote opposite to them | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday termed the 3 bills associated with agriculture as "anti-farmer" and demanded that the Centre withdraws them. The countrywide convener of Aam Aadmi Party stated they'll vote in opposition to the payments in Parliament. Taking to microblogging web page Twitter to check in his protest, Kejriwal stated farmers all around the country have been protesting the bills.
These bills searching to offer barrier-loose change for farmers’ produce out of doors notified farm mandis, and empower farmers to go into farming agreements with non-public gamers previous to manufacturing on the market of agri-produce.
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| 1937 | Recent | Iran may be planning to assassinate US envoy to South Africa to avenge Soleimani's killing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | According to US intel reports, Iran can be hatching a plan to assassinate the American ambassador to South Africa, in a bid to avenge the death of pinnacle commander General Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani became killed through the US in January this 12 months after Washington accused him of schooling terrorists to assault US assets. US President Donald Trump warned of large retaliation towards Tehran if it dared to take this sort of action.
On January 3, a US drone struck a convoy on the Baghdad airport that killed Soleimani, who headed the IRGC's Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy leader of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces
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| 1938 | Recent | Over 3 lakh Indian workers returned to India under Vande Bharat Mission: Govt | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Over 3.08 lakh Indian workers back from overseas as a part of the Vande Bharat Mission, the authorities stated on Wednesday, declaring that now no longer they all had misplaced their jobs, however back as a consequence of the COVID-19 situation. In a written reaction to a query in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated the Vande Bharat Mission began on May 7 and due to the fact that greater than 13,74,237 Indians (as on September 10, 2020) have back to India through air, land, and sea.
For facilitating employment opportunities, information of SWADES registrations had been incorporated with Skill India's ASEEM (Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping) portal which turned into released on July 10, 2020, Muraleedharan stated.
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| 1939 | Recent | Zhenhua data leak: Govt of India forms special committee to study case, Submit report in 30 days | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Two days after the state found out that over 10,000 people along with key public figures had been being monitored through a China-primarily based totally organization, the Centre has reportedly constituted a unique committee to take a look at the case and put up a report. The panel may be tasked to assess the results of the information leak and examine whether or not the privateness of Indians turned into violated.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar communicated the choice to represent this panel to Congress MP KC Venugopal on September 16. He turned into responding to Opposition questions about what steps had been taken through the authorities to shield people’s information, along with that of Indian leaders, from spying through Chinese companies.
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| 1940 | Recent | Nitin Gadkari tests positive for COVID-19, Opts for self isolation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/09/2020 | Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari, knowledgeable that he has been examined COVID-19 positive. Following this, the Union Minister has opted for self-isolation and appealed the human beings -- who've come in touch with him -- to be cautious and observe the COVID-19 protocol, he tweeted.
India’s coronavirus depends rose to 50,20,359 on Wednesday with 90,123 new instances in a day. The toll jumped at 1,290 to 82,066. As many as 39,42,360 individuals have recovered from the infection, taking the healing charge to 78.53% The mortality charge, meanwhile, is 1.63%.
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| 1941 | Recent | Vedanta wins case for $499 mn award claim; SC rejects govt plea | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Supreme Court has dominated that Vedanta and Videocon Industries are entitled to get better a $499-million arbitration award from the authorities for growing Rajasthan's Ravva oil fields. The authorities argued that healing cannot be extra than $198.five million as in line with the production-sharing contract. Cairn India later received through Vedanta, received an arbitration award in Malaysia for better recoveries in 2011. The pinnacle courtroom docket stated it can’t re-observe proof recorded through an overseas arbitration tribunal and the enforcement of the award in want of Vedanta received to be opposite to India’s public policy, as claimed through the federal authorities.
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| 1942 | Recent | FM moves Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha to bring cooperative banks under RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday moved The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha to carry co-operative banks beneath the supervision of the RBI. The pass is aimed toward protective depositors' money, she stated. Sitharaman brought that 328 city co-operative banks have over 15% gross NPA ratio. The invoice will update an ordinance accepted with the aid of using the authorities in June.
She stated that the Bill becomes withdrawn to feature few matters giving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a danger that allows you to restructure distressed cooperative banks, which might be in severe need.
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| 1943 | Recent | Babri Masjid demolition case verdict on September 30; all accused asked to be present | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | The verdict withinside the Babri Masjid demolition case related to 32 accused, which include BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi, and Uma Bharti, can be mentioned with the aid of using a CBI unique courtroom docket on September 30. All the accused were requested to be a gift on the courtroom docket. The Supreme Court had in advance prolonged the closing date for finishing touch of trial withinside the case. Kalyan Singh, a senior BJP leader, changed into the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh at the time of the mosque demolition. His authorities changed into brushed off as riots broke out throughout the USA wherein round 3,000 humans died
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| 1944 | Recent | Jawan martyred, 2 Army personnel injured as Pak violates ceasefire in J&K | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | An Indian Army jawan became martyred and others, consisting of an officer, have been injured on Tuesday while Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire alongside the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The officer and the soldier are reportedly present process remedy on the navy hospital. The Centre in advance stated there had been 3,186 ceasefire violations in Jammu this year.
The Pakistan Army hotels to frame shelling as a cowl to assist Pakistan-primarily based totally terrorists infiltrate into Kashmir, in step with Army officials
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| 1945 | Recent | Revenues of Indian airlines fell by 85.7% in April-June period due to COVID-19: Hardeep Singh Puri | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that the sales of Indian airways fell with the aid of using eighty-five .7% to ₹3,651 crores in April-June 2020 compared to ₹25,517 crores withinside the equal duration final year. The worker has counted the number of airways fell with the aid of using 7.07% from March to July. In India, home flights have been suspended from March 25 to May 24 because of the COVID-19-brought on lockdown. Puri said the home air visitors withinside the united states of America fell to 1.2 crores for the duration of the March-July duration compared to 5.eighty five crores withinside the year-in the past duration.
International visitors dropped to 11.fifty five lakh withinside the March-July duration compared to 93.forty five lakh withinside the year-in the past duration, he added.
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| 1946 | Recent | Delhi riots: Charge sheet filed runs into 11 volumes, totalling over 17,000 pages | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday (September 16) filed a voluminous fee sheet at Karkardooma courtroom docket in opposition to 15 accused beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Indian Penal Code, and Arms Act in reference to a case associated with considerable violence in Delhi in February. The riots that broke out in elements of North East Delhi in February 2020 had claimed fifty-three deaths, and 583 men and women had been injured.
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| 1947 | Recent | Google Meet app gets new feature, now see up to 49 people including yourself | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Google has added a brand new characteristic in its Meet app in which the customers can now see as much as forty-nine humans on the identical time withinside the car and tiled format options. In addition, the business enterprise has brought the cap potential to look at the host of the assembly as a tile at the call. Both the functions at the moment are to be had to all G Suite clients and customers with non-public Google Accounts.
Features are simplest to be had in Meet on the web. By default, the widest variety of thumbnails in automated layouts is nine, and in tiled layouts is 16.
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| 1948 | Recent | Spike of 240 Mn mobile-based digital payment transactions in June, Reveals RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an expansion in the digital payments ecosystem. As per the data revealed by RBI, a total of 1.66 Bn payments worth INR 5.99 lakh Cr were done via mobile-based banking and payment application in June which has grown from the transactions that happened in February. In February, 1.42 Bn transactions of INR 5.25 lakh Cr were processed. The apex bank initiated tracking this data from July 2011.
Separately, card-based transactions are also recovering with volume and value processed by top banks seeing a gradual revival to the pre-COVID scale.
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| 1949 | Recent | Facebook India Says Content Moderation Not Managed By Public Policy Head | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | As Facebook India and its public coverage executive, Ankhi Das, face improved scrutiny for now no longer knocking down hateful content material from the platform, the social media giant’s India vice-chairman, and managing director Ajit Mohan has stated that content material moderation is enforced through an impartial group. Mohan stated that the general public policy group can specific its perspectives however does now no longer have choice making strength for content material moderation.
Facebook India's position in furthering hate speech on its platform is likewise being probed through the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, led through Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor.
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| 1950 | Recent | ShareChat acquires video production startup to boost content operations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Bengaluru-based Indian regional language social platform ShareChat has acquired video production company HPF Films, which specializes in digital content. With this, the 25 member team from HPF Films have joined ShareChat. They will be contributing towards content operations, digital marketing, creative solutions, and creator management for both ShareChat and its short video app Moj.
Essentially, the company will continue working with other brands but will create content only for ShareChat and Moj. So far, HPF Films has also made shows that air on YouTube and certain other platforms.
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| 1951 | Recent | Father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dies at 94 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | William Henry Gates Sr, father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates died at the age of 94. Bill Gates mourned his father's death on Twitter and stated, "My dad changed into the “real” Bill Gates. He was everything I try to be and I will miss him every day. Bill Gates Sr died on Monday at his seashore domestic on Hood Canal, Washington. The purpose of his deaths changed into Alzheimer’s disease.
Bill Gates stated his father changed into vital in beginning the charitable enterprise that has been Gates' vital cognizance in view that he stepped far from walking Microsoft.
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| 1952 | Recent | SoftBank-Backed Delhivery Plans To Go Public In 18 Months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | SoftBank-subsidized Paytm, PolicyBazaar, Ola, and others also are seeking to cross the public. Delhivery prefers to list itself in India however is looking forward to upcoming regulations at the overseas list. Delhivery said a lack of INR 1,772.77 Cr again in FY19.
SoftBank-subsidized logistics unicorn Delhivery is seeking to cross public in the imminent 12-18 months. The organization's COO and CBO Sandeep Barasia cited that Delhivery prefers to list in India, however, it's miles looking forward to the government's upcoming regulations at the overseas list.
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| 1953 | Recent | Global economy estimated to have suffered sharpest contraction in living memory in April-June: RBI Governor | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das on September sixteen stated India’s financial healing can be slow for the reason that us of a is reopening in wake of growing COVID cases, including that the worldwide financial system suffered the sharpest contraction in April-June 2020 area. “High-frequency signs of agricultural pastime, Purchasing Managers Index for manufacturing, positive non-public estimates for unemployment factor to a few stabilizations of financial pastime withinside the 2d area of the contemporary year. Contractions in lots of different sectors concurrently easing. The healing isn't always but completely entrenched. In a few sectors, the optic observed in June and July seems to have leveled off.
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| 1954 | Recent | India’s overall export declines by 25.42% during April-June period | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday illuminated Parliament that no particular proposal has been made by the government to bring the Cupertino-based tech giant Apple into the country and to make India the export hub of Apple-made products.
In a separate reply, he said that in the last six financial years (2014-20), India has received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow worth $358.30 billion which is 53% of the FDI reported in the last 20 years.
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| 1955 | Recent | Yoshihide Suga: The new PM of Japan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | As Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, takes the reins of the world’s third-largest economy this week, he inherits a domestic agenda swamped by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s biggest economic slump on record, and the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
“Suga is more domestically-oriented and several questions have been raised about his propensity to deal with foreign relations and international issues,” says Donna Weeks, professor of political science at Musashino University in Tokyo.
Suga takes over from the country’s longest-serving prime minister, 65-year-old Shinzo Abe, who resigned due to health reasons.
Born: 6 December 1948
Party: Liberal Democratic Party
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| 1956 | Recent | 10th DTTI held virtually between India and US | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/09/2020 | The 10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting was held virtually by the Indian and U.S. Defense Delegations. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Raj Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production, from the Indian Ministry of Defence, and Ms. Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, from the U.S. Department of Defense. During the meeting, the co-chairs signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) that declared their intent “to strengthen our dialogue on defense technology cooperation by pursuing detailed planning and making measurable progress” on several specific DTTI projects.
Four Joint Working Groups focused on land, naval, air, and aircraft carrier technologies have been established under DTTI to promote mutually agreed projects within their domains. DTTI Group Meetings are held twice a year, alternating between India and the United States.
DTTI is not a treaty or a law.
The DTTI mechanism was launched in 2012.
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| 1957 | Recent | Haryana IAS Appointed Executive Director of World Bank | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/09/2020 | Senior Haryana IAS officer and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Rajesh Khullar, has been appointed executive director of the World Bank in Washington DC for three years.
As executive director, Khullar will represent India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka in the World Bank. The World Bank Group comprises 25 executive directors who each represent a country or constituency of countries, are either appointed or elected to the position.
World Bank Founded: July 1944.
President of World Bank: David Malpass.
World Bank Headquarters: Washington D.C., United States.
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| 1958 | Recent | India Post launched Five Star Villages Scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/09/2020 | The Department of Posts has launched a scheme known as Five Star Villages. It bridges the gaps for generating public awareness and reach of postal products and services, mainly in interior villages. The Scheme covered: 1. Sukanya Samridhi Accounts/ PPF Accounts. 2. Savings Bank accounts, Recurrent Deposit Accounts, NSC / KVP certificates. 3. Funded Post Office Savings Account linked India Post Payments Bank Accounts.4. Postal Life Insurance Policy/Rural Postal Life Insurance Policy. 5. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana Account / Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana Account.
Minister of State for Communication: Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
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| 1959 | Recent | AIM launched Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC initiative | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2020 | The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative of the Indian Government’s policy think-tank NITI Aayog, on September 9, launched the Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE – Atal New India Challenges (ANIC) to spur applied research and innovation in MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) and startups by challenging them to come up with innovative solutions to sectoral problems.
The NITI Aayog’s AIM, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and four ministries — Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs — will facilitate the process by putting out problem statements for the participants.
Mission Director of AIM: Ramanan Ramanathan
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| 1960 | Recent | Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated Doorstep Banking Services by PSBs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2020 | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 09th September launched a doorstep banking services initiative by public sector banks (PSBs) which will provide convenience to customers. This is part of EASE (enhanced access and service excellence) reforms that the Department of Financial Services had undertaken in 2018.
Now, one can bank from home with the finance minister launching the doorstep service initiative of PSBs, Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda said. Customer convenience and comfort will be the top priority in the entire process, he added.
Nirmala Sitharaman: Union minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
Born: 18 August 1959, Madurai
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| 1961 | Recent | Paresh Rawal, the next Chairman of National School of Drama | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2020 | The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed veteran actor Paresh Rawal as the new chairman of the National School of Drama (NSD). The school made the announcement about its new chairman through a tweet.
"We are glad to inform "Hon'ble President of India @rashtrapatibhvn has appointed renowned actor & Padma Shri @sirpareshrawal as chairman of @nsd_india." NSD family welcome the legend to shower his guidance to NSD for achieving new heights," stated the NSD tweet.
Born: 30 May 1955
Spouse: Swaroop Sampat
Children: Aditya Rawal, Aniruddh Rawal
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| 1962 | Recent | Citi names Jane Fraser new chief in Wall Street first | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/09/2020 | Briton Jane Fraser, its current president and head of the global consumer division, is to become its new boss when current chief Michael Corbat retires in February. He is stepping down after 37 years at the bank, including eight as a leader.
Scotland-born Ms. Fraser has worked at Citi for 16 years, serving in her current role since 2019. She oversees business in 19 countries and previously led its Latin America division. The chair of Citi's board of directors, John Dugan, said Ms. Fraser would take the bank "to the next level".
In 2019, the Royal Bank of Scotland named Alison Rose as its first female chief executive, making her the first woman to run any of the big four banks in the UK.
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| 1963 | Recent | ISA organised World Solar Technology Summit | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/09/2020 | On 8th September 2020, The 1st World Solar Technology Summit was held virtually. The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The main objective of the summit is to pay attention to state-of-the-art technologies and next-generation technologies. Such technologies will play an important role in making solar energy more efficiently, more than 26,000 participants from 149 nations joined the summit virtually.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael Stanley Whittingham also presented a Keynote address. He is an awardee of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (jointly with John B Goodenough & Akira Yoshino) in 2019 for the revolutionizing discovery of lithium-ion batteries.
International Solar Alliance Headquarters location: Gurugram.
International Solar Alliance Leader: Upendra Tripathy.
International Solar Alliance Founded: 30 November 2015.
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| 1964 | Recent | UNICEF says it will lead to worldwide acquisition and gracefully of Coronavirus vaccines | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | UNICEF has reported that it will be driving the acquirement and gracefully of COVID vaccines for 92 low and lower-center salary nations. UNICEF is utilizing its interesting qualities in immunization gracefully to ensure that all nations approach the underlying portions, an authority said. UNICEF purchases 2 billion dosages of different vaccines yearly for almost 100 nations.
UNICEF said a key following stage would guarantee self-financing economies pursue the COVAX Facility by September 18, which would permit COVAX to help right on time, in danger interests in expanding the fabricating limit on a wide scale.
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| 1965 | Recent | A normal cold can keep the flu virus from infecting the airways | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Analysts have said that the basic cold can keep the flu virus from infecting airways. They said that rhinovirus, the most continuous reason for normal colds, might be sufficient to launch the body's antiviral guards, in this way giving assurance against the flu. Specialists contemplated three years of clinical information from more than 13,000 patients seen with indications of respiratory disease.
To examine how the rhinovirus and the influenza virus communicate, Foxman's lab-made human airway tissue from stem cells that offer rise to epithelial cells, which line the airways of the lung and are a primary goal of respiratory viruses. They found that after the tissue had been presented to rhinovirus, the influenza virus couldn't taint the tissue.
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| 1966 | Recent | Colombia orders Google to consent to information security rules | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Colombian regulators have requested Alphabet's Google to obviously ask every user whether the search motor can use their personal information. The data treatment strategy used by Google does not agree to 52.63% of the requirements requested by Colombian regulation, Google's office in Colombia didn't promptly respond to a request for input. The organization has told regulators previously its privacy policies are robust.
Google has paid billions of dollars in fines to regulators lately, remembering for antitrust proceedings in the European Union.
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| 1967 | Recent | Volkswagen CEO asssured he can get Tesla in EV race''. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Volkswagen's labor chief Bernd Osterloh in an interview said Volkswagen is in a situation to overwhelm Tesla, both as far as e-vehicle producing numbers and programming advancement. Osterloh said Volkwagen needs to create around 9-15 lakh units of vehicles like Tesla in 2023 or presumably considerably prior. He included Volkswagen's modular electric-drive matrix platform gives it a "gigantic" advantage.
Volkswagen has been moderately strong so far to industry headwinds exacerbated by profession erosion, higher taxes, and a log jam in China, the German producer's biggest market.
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| 1968 | Recent | Attorney General Self-Quarantines After His Lesser Lawyer Tests Positive | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Attorney General KK Venugopal has gone into self-isolate after one of his lesser lawyers tried positive for Coronavirus, One of my youngsters tried the positive two days ago. He was sitting close to me, obviously with social removing and wearing a cover. So I self-isolate and have closed the workplace for seven days. I have no manifestations and progressing nicely. I will trust that a couple of days will get myself tried according to the specialist's recommendation.
The Supreme Court was educated about the improvement by the Middle while hearing an issue identified with a filling of opening in councils.
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| 1969 | Recent | Government interference should be insignificant: PM on National Education Policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | The government should have minimal intervention in the educational policy as it belongs to everybody, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday while addressing the Governors' Meeting on NEP. As international strategy (or) defense policy are of the nation, not the government, so is education policy, he included. The education ministers of the apparent multitude of states were likewise present at the gathering.
The NEP, PM Modi stated, centers around learning instead of studying and depends on critical thinking rather than an educational plan with a unique spotlight on passion, practicality, and performance.
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| 1970 | Recent | IIT-KGP closed till Sep 13 to prevent the spread of COVID | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has been shut for a week from September 6 to 13 to contain the accelerated spread of COVID-19 on the campus. The authority has also directed its employees who live on the premises not to venture out except during crises.
Classes for all students, except those in first-year ug courses, will continue online. All faculty members and non-teaching staff have been asked to work from home.
IIT- Kharagpur employees will neither be allowed to enter nor leave the campus until further plans, except while crises.
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| 1971 | Recent | Government sanctions Rs 10,000 cr for stuck realty projects, yet Coronavirus hits consummation of 71,559 houses | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Just 10% or ₹1,000-₹1,500 crores out of ₹10,284 crores have allegedly been dispensed from funds sanctioned through a government-backed alternate investment fund (AIF) for the fulfillment of forthcoming lodging projects. A representative said the lockdowns have impacted laborer mobilization and that the funds will take 1-3 years for disbursal. The fund was launched in 2019 and aims to finish 71,559 houses.
The 101 projects are spread across a broad blend of markets, including metros and also Level 2 locations like Karnal, Panipat, Lucknow, Surat, Dehradun, Kota, Nagpur, Jaipur, Nashik, Vizag, and Chandigarh.
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| 1972 | Recent | Metro services continue after more than 5 months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | More than five months after they were suspended because of the Coronavirus pandemic, metro rail services have continued in the nation from today, amid exacting guidelines and social distancing, and utilization of masks and face shields by travelers. Metro stations in regulation zones, nonetheless, stayed shut, according to the Middle's rules.
Pictures of individuals at metro stations in Delhi, Lucknow, Noida, Gurugram, and Bengaluru surfaced on the web. The Delhi Metro will at first be working the Yellow Line and Quick Metro and the working hours will be 7-11 am and 4-8 pm.
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| 1973 | Recent | Tata Steel production back at 100% capacity, states T V Narendran | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Tata Steel MD and CEO TV Narendran said that the steelmaker is once again at 100% capacity after the COVID-19 lockdown constrained a half cutback in April. We are seeing a revival popular in the July-September quarter drove by a decent rainstorm and the country economy, he said. Tata Steel is currently less dependent on exports since the April-June quarter, he said.
When gotten some information about the markets where the organization sees growth originating from, Narendran stated, The India business has consistently been EBITDA positive and money positive. Consequently, over the last not many years, we have developed naturally and inorganically in India.
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| 1974 | Recent | SBI plans VRS to streamline costs around 30,000 workers qualified | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | India's biggest open part moneylender, State Bank of India has apparently arranged a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) under which around 30,190 workers are qualified. The proposed 'Second Innings Tap VRS-2020' will be opened to all changeless officers and staff who have placed in 25 years of service or finished 55 years old on the cut-off date.
Be that as it may, the proposed VRS scheme isn't discovering favor with bank associations. Such a move when the nation is in the grasp of the Coronavirus pandemic mirrors the counter specialist disposition of the board, National Association of Bank Workers Vice President Ashwani Rana said.
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| 1975 | Recent | Amazon prevents the plot from utilizing phones in trees to make more extra deliveries | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Amazon contract drivers' plot to go after new requests by balancing their phones on trees outside Whole Foods and Amazon conveyance stations in the US has been foiled, Several drivers revealed getting more courses while they were miles from Whole Foods areas. The phones once positioned close to a Chicago-territory Whole Foods have vanished, a driver said.
It's as yet not satisfactory precisely who's behind the tree-based plot. In any case, it underscores issues with the gig economy. Laborers' jobs rely intensely upon the code that doles out their gigs, and that can give a few people a strong incentive to exploit the code.
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| 1976 | Recent | Which states have the best and most exceedingly terrible proficiency rate in India? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Kerala has developed as the most proficient state in India with an education pace of 96.2%, according to the Public Factual Office. Kerala is trailed by Delhi 88.7 percent, Himachal Pradesh 86.6 percent, Assam 85.9 percent, and Uttarakhand 87.6 percent. States with the most exceedingly terrible proficiency rate incorporate Andhra Pradesh 66.4 percent, Rajasthan 69.7 percent, and Bihar 70.9 percent. The general proficiency rate in India is 77.7 percent.
An example of 64,519 provincial family units from 8,097 towns and 49,238 urban families from 6,188 squares was studied all-over India.
The report likewise uncovered that about 4 percent of provincial family units and 23 percent of urban families had PCs.
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| 1977 | Recent | For erecting banner on street Hyderabad school fined Rs 1 lakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | A school in Hyderabad was punished ₹1 lakh by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for raising a banner on a street in the city, encroaching upon the laws. The fine came after lobbyist Vijay Gopal took to Twitter and attached two photographs indicating the encroachment on the trail. The school was issued an e-challan.
The CEC is an online e-challan system started by EVDM wing Director Viswajit Kampati and his team, which had likewise come up with a website to make the entire process more transparent and accountable.
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| 1978 | Recent | India's 23.9% Gross domestic product withdrawal should alarm us all, composes ex-RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 07/09/2020 | Previous RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that India's Gross domestic product withdrawal of 23.9% should alarm all of us. The pandemic is as yet seething in India, so optional spending, especially on high contact administrations like eateries, and related work, will remain low until the virus is contained, he composed on LinkedIn. Government-provided relief turns into even more significant, he included. Essentially free food grains to helpless households; and credit assurances to banks for loaning to small and medium (SMEs) firms, where takedown has been sketchy.
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| 1979 | Recent | Chandrababu Naidu gets away from safe after a cow on the street makes vehicles impact | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | Telugu Desam Gathering President and previous Andhra Pradesh Boss Priest N Chandrababu Naidu got away from safe after vehicles in his escort slammed into one another in Telangana on Saturday, police said. The driver of the main vehicle applied unexpected brakes in an offer to abstain from hitting a bovine going across the roadway, expressed an official. Three National Security Guard (NSG) personnel got minor wounds.
In spite of the fact that a TDP functionary acquainted with the improvement said three security personnel of the NSG in the subsequent vehicle got minor wounds, the overseer said he had no such data
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| 1980 | Recent | Man massacred while smuggling cough syrup on the India-Bangladesh border | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | A Bangladeshi bootlegger has been shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) troops along the India-Bangladesh worldwide border in West Bengal, officials said on Sunday. The man, who was attempting to sneak Phensedyl bottles, was shot dead close to BSF's Gopalpur post in the Malda region, they said. In any event, 75 jugs of the cough syrup were seized from his ownership.
Phensedyl is codeine-based cough syrup and mistreated as an intoxicant in the adjoining nation that follows liquor disallowance.
It is mishandled by youths and is "expended in enormous amount against the prescribed little portion to get a kick", as indicated by an ongoing BSF report.
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| 1981 | Recent | French organization developing airship that can get, drop load without landing | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | French organization 'Flying Whales' is developing an enormous limit airship that can get and drop as much as 66,000 kilograms of payload mid-flight. The LCA60T airship, fueled by helium, is a vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (VTOL) and won't need any additional infrastructure during departures and landings. The airplane was originally intended to ship wood from land-bolted territories.
Regarding different cycles, Flying Whales is at present working with both state and private financial supporters and customers across different industries in Europe, Asia, and Canada, with plans, in the end, to expand to the US as the group develops later on.
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| 1982 | Recent | IIT-Delhi promotion for dog handler post makes buzz via online media, organization issues explanation | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | An enlistment promotion by IIT-Delhi for the situation of a dog handler is being circled online after it expressed "BA/BSc/BCom/BTech or any equal college degree" as qualification measures. It presented to ₹45,000 as compensation. The organization's chief, V Ramgopal Rao, explained stating, This was a mistake they are looking for a Bachelors in Veterinary Sciences. Unintentionally BTech and so forth got duplicated.
The candidate likewise needed to have a four-wheeler to have the option to drive the dog to a veterinarian if necessary. A photograph of the ad was broadly shared via online media, including informing applications like WhatsApp, as individuals thought that it was surprising.
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| 1983 | Recent | Nirav Modi's five-day extradition hearing in London to begin from Monday | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | The five-day extradition trial of PNB advance misrepresentation denounced outlaw diamantaire, Nirav Modi, is set to begin in London on Monday. He's the subject of two extradition demands - one prepared by the CBI and the other by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Held up in the Wandsworth prison since his capture in Walk 2019, he has been declined bail multiple times.
India's case talked to in the court by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is that the fake LOUs would not have been yielded outwardly the dynamic formation of the co-denounced PNB officials.
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| 1984 | Recent | Tickets reserved for air go between March 25 to May 3 will be completely refunded | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has told the Supreme Court that tickets booked by travelers for air travel during the initial two periods of lockdown between Walk 25 to May 3 will be completely refunded. This will apply for both residential and global tickets, it expressed. Local flight activities continued in an evaluated way from May 25.
In the interim, the Focal government on 31 August broadened the prohibition on worldwide business traveler trips to and from India till September 30, notwithstanding exemptions referenced by the government.
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| 1985 | Recent | A plane intended to convey travelers in its wings makes a maiden test flight | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | Specialists have directed an effective maiden trip of 'Flying-V', an advanced Angular plane that might one be able to day convey travelers in its wings. The airplane's structure puts the traveler lodge, the freight hold, and the fuel tanks in the wings. The scientists tested a 22.5 kg and 3-meter scale model of the airplane at a protected airbase in Germany.
Test flights including scaled flight models are significant in light of the fact that you possibly truly realize how an airplane configuration performs in the event that you fly it in unique conditions. Tests in an airstream are likewise significant, yet these solitary give a static picture.
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| 1986 | Recent | No covers in air conditioning mentors even after pandemic subsides: Railway Board | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | The travelers going in air conditioning mentors should go with their own covers and bedsheets "even after the pandemic subsides", Railway Board Administrator Vinod Kumar Yadav said. For this, an itemized arrangement has been detailed and a choice has been taken, Yadav included. We're getting ready 'Zero-Based Time Table' and it will make rail travel more advantageous, he further said.
The administrator additionally clarified that the target of bringing Zero Based Time Table is to make rail travel as advantageous as could reasonably be expected and to give clog-free travel to travelers.
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| 1987 | Recent | Kesavananda Bharati, the key applicant in the fundamental structure case, kicks the bucket at 79 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | Kesavananda Bharati, whose lawful battle prompted the milestone choice delineating fundamental rights under the Constitution, spent away on Sunday matured 79. In 1973, Kesavananda had recorded a case moving the Kerala government's endeavors to force limitations over his mutt property. The SC had held that while Parliament had "wide" powers, it can't change the essential structure of the Constitution.
The consultation for the situation started on October 31, 1972, and closed on Walk 23, 1973, and it's the most alluded to case name in Indian Established law.
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| 1988 | Recent | President Kovind, PM Narendra Modi to address Lead representatives' Gathering on National Education Policy | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the debut meeting of Lead representatives' Gathering on National Education Policy on Monday by means of video meeting, Prime Minister's Office said. The meeting named 'Part of NEP-2020 in Changing Higher Education' will likewise be gone to by education ministers, all things considered, bad habit chancellors of state colleges, among others.
The Ministry of Education and University Awards Commission held before sorted out a 'Committee on Groundbreaking Qualifications in Higher Education' under National Education Policy-2020 which was attended over by Modi.
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| 1989 | Recent | Softbank takes Oyo's Latin America business in his own hands as an infection contaminates Ritesh Agarwal's startup goliath | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | Japanese speculation combination SoftBank has entered a joint endeavor with cordiality major Oyo's Latin American arm Oyo Latam for around 1,000 inns found generally in Brazil and Mexico. SoftBank will supposedly put around $75 million in Oyo Latam through its $5 billion Latin America subsidize. SoftBank is the greatest financial specialist in Oyo, having poured in over $1 billion to date.
The organization presently has a workforce of 140 individuals and has additionally surrendered its office space and cut working costs. The organization has likewise laid-off workers in the US and Europe and covered workplaces in other worldwide business sectors.
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| 1990 | Recent | Happiest Minds raises Rs 316 crore through stay speculators in front of Initial public offering | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | IT firm Happiest Minds has raised ₹315.9 crores from 25 stay speculators in front of its first sale of stock (Initial public offering) on September 7. A portion of the grapple speculators incorporates the Government of Singapore, Goldman Sachs, Kuwait Investment Authority, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, and Hub MF. The Initial public offering is set to bring the Bengaluru-based firm ₹702 crores.
ICICI Protections and Nomura Budgetary Warning and Protections (India) are the directors for the offer.
The organization, which recorded draft papers with the business sector guard dog Sebi in June, had acquired its endorsement to skim Initial public offering in August.
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| 1991 | Recent | Armed force jawan martyred, two harmed as Pakistan disregards truce in J&K's Nowgam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | An Indian Armed force fighter was martyred and two others continued wounds after Pakistani soldiers disregarded the truce in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowgam part in Kupwara on Saturday. The harmed jawans were emptied to the 92 Base Clinic and their condition is steady, guard representative Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. A befitting reaction was given to Pakistan for its animosity, Kalia included.
Pakistan has been disregarding the LoC truce without any potential repercussions since the start of this current year. In any event, 24 regular folks have been murdered and more than 100 harmed in 2,730 LoC truce infringement by Pakistan so far in 2020.
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| 1992 | Recent | Goldman Sachs joins syndicate for Ant Initial public offering of up to $30 billion, state sources | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | Venture bank Goldman Sachs has allegedly joined the financial syndicate dealing with Chinese fintech firm Ant Gathering's first sale of stock (Initial public offering) of up to $30 billion. Ant is intending to list at the same time in Hong Kong and Shanghai in what could apparently be the world's biggest Initial public offering. Goldman Sachs will allegedly be the joint lead supervisor of the Hong Kong post.
Ant's greatest and most popular business is Alipay, the biggest part in China's 430 trillion yuan $62 trillion outsider portable installments market, as indicated by economic specialist Qianzhan.
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| 1993 | Recent | Preeti Sudan appointed as the WHO panellist | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/09/2020 | On Thursday, the World Health Organisation’s independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response appointed former health secretary Preeti Sudan as one of its 11 panelists from across the world. The decision by the panel’s two heads, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke and former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, received a rather muted response in India.
"It made the final appointments based on skills (including expertise in outbreak response, managing national health systems, leadership in youth and community engagement, socio-economic analytical capabilities), knowledge about the international system including WHO and experience from similar international processes.’’
Preeti Sudan is a retired Indian bureaucrat who served as Health Secretary of India from June 2019 to July 2020.
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| 1994 | Recent | Ferrari N America's ex-CEO confesses to accepting kickbacks for misallocating vehicles | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Maurizio Parlato, the previous Chief of Ferrari North America and COO of Bugatti of the Americas, has confessed to taking over ₹20.5 crores in pay-offs in return for misallocating supercars to clients who weren't on the rundown of endorsed buyers. He additionally conceded that he neglected to report the payoff installments as salary on his government singular personal expense forms.
The plan occurred somewhere in the range of 2015 and 2017, the declaration stated, after Parlato surrendered as Chief at Ferrari North America. In any case, he despite everything had a high situation in the business while taking the payoffs.
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| 1995 | Recent | WHO's Tedros says 'immunization patriotism' would draw out the pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Calling for vaccines to be utilized reasonably, WHO Chief General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that antibody patriotism would just drag out the Coronavirus pandemic and not abbreviate it, on Friday. In the event that and when we have a successful vaccine the main goal must be to inoculate a few people in all nations, instead surprisingly in certain nations he said.
Noticing that there were 13 test vaccines presently in the clinical path, Swaminathan considered it a hopeful situation since the average achievement pace of 10% could mean a few vaccines are endorsed.
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| 1996 | Recent | Inquiries regarding our immunization replied: Russia after Lancet distribution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | After distribution in The Lancet clinical diary said Russia's 'Sputnik V' Coronavirus immunization delivered an immunizer reaction in all members, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) stated, With this (distribution) we answer all inquiries of the West. The away form of the inquiries was to discolor the Russian immunization, it included. RDIF, Russia's sovereign riches fund, has supported the immunization.
Remarking on the consequences of the beginning phase preliminaries, lead creator Dr. Naor Bar-Zeev of the Worldwide Immunization Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of General Wellbeing, USA said the examinations were empowering yet little.
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| 1997 | Recent | First time I have not been manhandled by the English group, it's pleasant: David Warner | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Following the first T20I against Britain in the midst of void stands due to the COVID pandemic, Australia opener David Warner said that he felt very ideal to be not mishandled by the English group just because. He further said that from a group point of view, the match was somewhat unusual. We're only thankful to be back playing, Warner included.
Discussing Australia's bombed pursue, he said his side couldn't turn strike and hit limits in the center overs. Pursuing 163 for success, Australia could just score 160 for 6 in their 20 overs.
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| 1998 | Recent | Bopanna-Shapovalov enter the second round of US Open men's pairs | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Rohan Bopanna and his accomplice Denis Shapovalov have entered the second round of men's pairs in the US Open. The couple crushed the American pair of Ernesto Escobedo and Noah Rubin 6-2 6-4 in the match that kept going one hour and 22 minutes. Bopanna is the main Indian in the competition after Sumit Nagal and Divij Sharan were taken out.
Sharan and his Serbian accomplice Nikola Cacic were taken out in the opening round of the men's copies occasion by eighth seeds Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof.
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| 1999 | Recent | Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts Wells Fargo stake by 43% | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has cut its stake in Wells Fargo by 43% by selling more than 100 million offers, the organization said. It presently holds a 3.3% stake or 136 million offers in the bank which are worth around $3.4 billion, as of Friday's nearby. Berkshire had just cut its stake in Wells Fargo by 25% in the subsequent quarter.
It sliced its JPMorgan stake by over 60%, left its Goldman Sachs position, and sold portions of BNY Mellon, PNC Monetary, US Bancorp, Visa, and Mastercard, among others.
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| 2000 | Recent | High Gross domestic contraction due to strict lockdown | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | The Money Service has said that India's Gross domestic product development shrunk by 23.9% in the April-June quarter as the nation forced the "most rigid lockdown" to control the Coronavirus spread. The most exceedingly terrible is by all accounts behind and India is seeing a "sharp Angular recuperation", the service included its report. Notwithstanding, the report stated, vulnerability despite everything perseveres in light of the pandemic.
Alongside the possibilities of an Angular recuperation, the report featured the distinction between the genuine economy and money related business sectors just as the chance of capital flight.
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| 2001 | Recent | Tesla CEO met Volkswagen's CEO during Germany visit-Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Tesla President Elon Musk test-drove Volkswagen's new electric vehicle during his Germany visit, media reports said. A Volkswagen official affirmed that Musk met with Volkswagen President Herbert Diess yet didn't expand on the idea of the gathering. During his visit, Musk likewise met with some administration authorities and visited Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin.
A representative for Volkswagen declined to remark on the gathering. A representative for Tesla couldn't be gone after the remark.
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| 2002 | Recent | There is no limitation or restriction on topping off vacancies, govt clarifies | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | The Service of Account has explained there is no limitation or prohibition on topping off posts in the Legislature of India. It included typical enlistments through government offices like the Staff Determination Commission and UPSC among others will proceed as common with no controls. It further said the Division of Use round dated September 4 doesn't influence or reduce enlistment.
Ordinary enlistments through govt offices like the Staff Determination Commission, UPSC, Railroad Enrollment Board, and so forth will proceed as regular with no checks.
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| 2003 | Recent | Re-assessment discovers Microsoft's JEDI proposition despite everything is ideal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Amazon has said it "emphatically" can't help contradicting the US government's maintaining of its choice to grant a $10 billion JEDI cloud agreement to Microsoft after an audit. It said that it would keep challenging the "politically adulterated agreement grant". Amazon has asserted President Donald Trump's predisposition against Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos prompted the agreement being given to Microsoft.
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud (JEDI) agreement could reach as much as $10 billion and is important for a more extensive computerized modernization of the Pentagon planned for making it all the more mechanically coordinated.
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| 2004 | Recent | Joblessness Rate in India Increased to 8.4% in August 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | The joblessness rate in India has increased to 8.35% in August 2020, as per information from the Inside for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt Ltd (CMIE). The joblessness rate in July was at 7.40% which was lower than 10.18% in June. The long periods of April and May had announced the most elevated joblessness rates at 23.52% and 21.73% individually.
CMIE information uncovers that between the long periods of April and August, about 19 million formal economy laborers were delivered jobless, with 5 million positions being cut in the long stretch of July alone.
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| 2005 | Recent | Norway's Orkla gets a greater part stake in Kochi-based Eastern Toppings | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Norway's Orkla has consented to purchase a 67.8% stake in Kerala-based flavor creator Eastern Toppings for ₹1,356 crores and union it with its auxiliary MTR Foods. Orkla, through MTR, will purchase a 41.8% stake from Eastern's advertiser Meeran family and the whole 26% stake held by US-based McCormick and Friends. The arrangement will help Orkla twofold its deals in India.
The Indian marked food and zest markets are developing by twofold digits, and we see positive long haul request elements with expanding buying force and more urban ways of life. We are anticipating this new association.
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| 2006 | Recent | Centre continues visa of 410 Hindu emigrants stranded in Pakistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the visa of 410 Hindu emigrants stranded in Pakistan because of the COVID-19 pandemic. MHA told the Jodhpur seat of Rajasthan High Court during a hearing on issues looked by refugees from Pakistan. The workers were staying in India on a long-term visa and had gone to Pakistan on an exceptional NORI visa.
Two transport administrations were turned out after the lifting of lockdown checks for the arrival of the workers in July, yet these 410 refugees had been forgotten about because of the expiry of their visa period.
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| 2007 | Recent | 80 new traveler trains to begin from Sept 12, reservation from September 10 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | Indian Railways will begin running 40 sets of new special trains from September 12. Booking for these new trains will start on September 10. These 80 new trains will be notwithstanding 230 special trains as of now, said Vinod Kumar Yadav, who was as of late selected as President of the Indian Railways Board.
Stoppages will be limited and will be mulled over by a conversation with particular state governments. Indian Railways had suspended all traveler prepares because of the burden of a cross country lockdown from Walk 25.
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| 2008 | Recent | Sushant's home assistant Dipesh captured regarding the late entertainer's death | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has captured late entertainer Sushant Singh Rajput's home assistant Dipesh Sawant regarding the entertainer's death case, KPS Malhotra, Agent Chief, NCB said. On Friday, the NCB had captured Rhea Chakraborty's sibling Showik Chakraborty and Sushant's home administrator, Samuel Miranda. Showik and Miranda have been sent to NCB authority till September 9.
The NCB propelled an examination after it got correspondence from the Enforcement Directorate, in which there were visits identified with drug utilization, acquisition, use, and transportation regarding the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
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| 2009 | Recent | Anil Jain appointed as the president of AITA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/09/2020 | BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Anil Jain is set to be elected as the new president of All India Tennis Association (AITA). Jain, who is also the ruling party’s national general secretary, will replace Praveen Mahajan as AITA president.
Anil Dhupar, who is secretary of Madhya Pradesh Tennis Association (MPTA), will replace Hironmoy Chatterjee. The AITA will also elect four joint secretaries and according to sources, three of them would be Sunder Iyer (Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association), Prem Kumar Karra (Tamil Nadu Tennis Association), and Suman Kapur (Haryana Lawn Tennis Association).
Born: 25 February 1960
Member of Rajya Sabha since 2018
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| 2010 | Recent | LAC circumstance somewhat tense yet our men world's best: army chief General MM Naravane | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Expressing that the Indian Army has made prudent arrangements along the Line of Actual Control, Army Chief General MM Naravane expressed on Friday. The circumstance along the LAC is marginally tense. General Naravane included, The jawans are profoundly motivated. Our officers and men are the best on the planet and will make the Army as well as the country glad.
Ladakh area, days after China made new endeavors to change the norm along the southern bank of Pangong lake triggering a further acceleration in pressures, military sources said.
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| 2011 | Recent | India faces the danger of composed activity along northern and western fronts which we should get ready for: Bipin Rawat | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Chief of Guard Staff General Bipin Rawat has said that China's monetary help to Pakistan-involved Kashmir and proceeded with military help to Pakistan commands at a significant level of arrangements by us. This additionally represents a danger of composed activity along northern and western fronts, Rawat included. India is equipped for taking care of China's forceful activities in the best reasonable manner, he said further.
We need harmony and peacefulness over our fringes. Off late, we have been seeing some forceful activities by China yet we are fit for taking care of these. Our tri-services are equipped for managing dangers along our frontiers.
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| 2012 | Recent | Sensex tanks 634 focuses; Clever closures under 11,350 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Value benchmark list Sensex on Friday failed 633.76 focuses or 1.63% to close at 38,357.18 in the midst of a worldwide auction. Then, the Clever 50 record plunged 193.60 focuses or 1.68% and shut down at 11,333.85. Of the 30 Sensex stocks, 29 finished in the red. Pivot Bank, Goodbye Steel, and ITC lost the most while Maruti Suzuki was the solitary gainer.
In the past meeting on Thursday, the BSE Sensex finished 95.09 focuses or 0.24 percent lower at 38,990.94; while the NSE Clever shut 7.55 focuses or 0.07 percent down at 11,527.45.
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| 2013 | Recent | Presently banks, post workplaces can check your ITR recording status for deducting TDS. Check subtleties | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | The Personal Duty Division has permitted banks to check the status of Annual Government forms documented by clients dependent on Dish to deduct TDS if there is a arise an occurrence of withdrawal past a specific edge. Money withdrawal above ₹20 lakh a year by the individuals who haven't documented returns for the last three sequential years is subject for TDS with impact from July 1.
The pace of TDS is 2 percent of total money withdrawal from all ledgers in a bank in one budgetary year surpassing Rs 20 lakh and up to Rs 1 crore. If, the withdrawal sum is more than Rs 1 crore then the pace of TDS would be 5 percent.
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| 2014 | Recent | Jharkhand to shortly have its second air terminal at Deoghar | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | The development of the second air terminal in Jharkhand in Deoghar after Ranchi will be finished soon, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said. Created by AAI, Protection Research, and Development Association (DRDO), and Jharkhand government, the air terminal will cover a zone of 653.75 sections of land. It will have a 2,500-meter-long runway and will be agreeable for Airbus 320 sort of airplane.
Deoghar Air terminal is arranged on the north-eastern side of the state and will have a wide catchment territory including northern West Bengal and south-Eastern Bihar.
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| 2015 | Recent | Ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, imprisoned in the 1984 riots case, denied bail | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | The Preeminent Court on Friday denied bail to previous Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was sentenced in a 1984 enemy of Sikh riots case. The court noticed that Kumar's clinical reports expressed that he doesn't need hospitalization as of now. It included that his intrigue against his conviction might be taken okay with hearing after the court continues its physical hearings.
The Court, while declining to give the bail, takes note of that the clinical report of Sajjan Kumar states that his hospitalization isn't required right now, and subsequently he ought not to stay in the clinic.
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| 2016 | Recent | Ex-Uttar Pradesh minister Prajapati gets bail in gang-rape case | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Allahabad High Court's Lucknow seat has conceded two-month break bail to previous UP Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati on clinical standing. Prajapati, alongside others, has been blamed for assaulting a lady and endeavoring to attack her little girl. The court has solicited Prajapati to outfit two guarantees from ₹2 lakh each and an individual obligation of ₹4 lakh for his delivery.
The bail request peruses that the previous minister should store his visa, in the event that he had any, to the administrator of prison and furthermore share his contact number so he could be drawn nearer at whatever point required.
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| 2017 | Recent | 10 most extravagant tech tycoons lose $44 billion one-day stock market rout, Bezos the most | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | The world's 10 most extravagant tech tycoons saw $44 billion eradicated from their aggregate riches, on Thursday as US shares fell the most in almost three months. Amazon's Jeff Bezos was driven by the misfortunes, dropping $9 billion, while Tesla President Elon Musk's total assets fell by $8.5 billion, as indicated by Bloomberg. Bezos is yet the greatest gainer this year, including $83 billion.
Financial specialists have climbed into tech stocks this year as the organizations' items profited by isolating shoppers going to the web. Even after Thursday's defeat, the 500 most extravagant individuals have together included $830 billion in riches this year.
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| 2018 | Recent | A lady weds 8 senior residents in 10 years, escapes with money and gems | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Ghaziabad Police has enrolled an argument against a lady after she purportedly wedded eight senior residents in 10 years and fled with their cash and adornments. The wrongdoing became exposed following a 66-year-elderly person recorded a grumbling that she fled with resources worth ₹15 lakh months after their wedding. He met the lady through a Delhi-based wedding organization.
She had evaporated with their resources, including money and adornments, weeks after the pre-marriage ceremony. Every one of her relationships was fixed by Khanna Vivah Kendra, police said.
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| 2019 | Recent | Hindu widows to get an offer in all properties of spouse: Bangladeshi court | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | A Bangladeshi court decided that Hindu widows in Bangladesh are qualified for an offer in all the properties of their perished spouse. Prior, the law qualified Hindu widows just for the estate property of their significant other. Hindu, Buddhist, Christian Oikya Parishad General Secretary Rana Das Gupta considered the decision a milestone judgment and furthermore a defend to powerless Hindu widows.
Hindu widows will reserve the privileges to both agrarian and non-rural terrains that had a place with their spouses. They will likewise get the option to sell the grounds for legitimate necessities during their lifetime.
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| 2020 | Recent | Silver Lake in converses with invest $1 billion in Reliance Retail: Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Private value firm Silver Lake Accomplices is in converses with putting $1 billion in Reliance Industries' retail arm, Reliance Retail at a valuation of $57 billion, the Monetary Occasions detailed. The venture comes as the organization is meaning to sell about 10% in new offers, the report included. Reliance as of late raised over $20 bn by selling stakes in Jio Platforms.
In late August, Reliance said it would obtain the retail and coordinations organizations of India's Future Gathering in an arrangement esteemed at $3.38 billion, including debt.
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| 2021 | Recent | Oyo broadens vacations for some Indian employees | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | OYO India is broadening the vacation time frame for its influenced Indian employees by an additional half-year until February 28. It has offered the individuals who would prefer not to proceed with the vacation of a Voluntary Separation Program (VSP). Under the VSP, employees will be given monetary help, unwinding on ESOP vesting, medical coverage inclusion, and vocation progress uphold, in addition to other things.
India is ready to turn into the world's second-most influenced country by Coronavirus after the US, with complete residential cases jumping to almost 4 million, which has hit travel and outside action.
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| 2022 | Recent | Central Railways to Run Special Trains For Candidates of NDA, NA Tests From September 4 to 6 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Central Railways will run completely saved special trains from September 4 to September 6 for understudies taking National Protection Academy and Naval Academy tests. In a delivery, CR asked travelers to stick to all standards and SOPs identified with Coronavirus while boarding and during the movement. The trains will run on 23 courses on the three days.
The central Railways said that candidates can begin reserving for the completely held special trains on special charges that will start on September 4 at 6 PM at all modernized reservation focuses and online on "http://www.irctc.co.in/.
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| 2023 | Recent | West Bengal Govt Now Permits Banks to Function on Saturdays | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | West Bengal government has chosen to permit banks to function on all Saturdays in the wake of 'Open 4' rules gave by the focal government. Bank occasions on second and fourth Saturdays of the month will stay set up, said a notice gave by the West Bengal government on Thursday. The state has extended lockdown in containment zones till September 30.
Then, the state government has extended the statewide lockdown in the containment zones till September 30 and has forced a total lockdown in on September 7, 11, and 12 to contain the spread of the virus.
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| 2024 | Recent | Vodafone Idea to raise up to $3.4 billion in new assets | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/09/2020 | Vodafone Idea Board has affirmed a raising support plan of up to ₹25,000 crores by the method of value share deal and obligation, the organization said. As of now, the telecom organization owes ₹50,400 crore to the Branch of Broadcast communications in balanced gross income (AGR) contribution, according to the Preeminent Court's structure. Vodafone Idea posted an overall deficit of ₹25,460 crores in the April-June quarter.
The joint endeavor between England's Vodafone Plc and India's Idea Cell had a month ago revealed its eighth straight quarterly misfortune and disclosed an arrangement to lessen costs by 40 billion rupees every year more than a year and a half.
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| 2025 | Recent | Vodafone Idea no longer considering bankruptcy after supreme court administering | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Vodafone Idea is no longer considering bankruptcy after the Supreme Court gave the administrator 10 years to satisfy past obligations of around ₹58,000 crores, reports said. It has just made installments of ₹7,854 crores and its next payout is purportedly due in 2022. Vodafone Idea's board will meet on Friday to talk about approaches to raise reserves.
Telecom organizations can look for an audit appeal of the court administering - an alternative Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel are investigating, as indicated by individuals acquainted with the inner conversations.
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| 2026 | Recent | International Passengers Can Avail COVID Tests on Arrival at Airports, no Institutional Quarantine if negative | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Ministry of Civil Aviation said international passengers, who have to take connecting household trips subsequent to arrive in India, should take COVID-19 tests at section airports. They will be permitted to catch their flight only if they test COVID-19 negative. Until the test outcome doesn't come, passengers should hold up in the holding up parlor of the section air terminal.
It must be noted that scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic except special international flights.
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| 2027 | Recent | China's language policy sparks protests in Internal Mongolia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Ethnic Mongolians are protesting against a policy by Chinese authorities that will slowly transition the language of instruction in Inward Mongolian schools from Mongolian to Mandarin. Huge numbers of us will keep on keeping our kids at home until they bring Mongolian back in those classes, one of the parents said. A New York-based promotion bunch asserted thousands took an interest in the protest.
A Tuesday search of Weibo, one of China’s main social networks, didn’t disclose any videos of protests. It is frequent for political demonstrations to be censored in China.
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| 2028 | Recent | Tencent shares fall over 2% after India boycotts PUBG game, other mobile applications | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Tencent lost $14 billion in market value after India prohibited its PUBG Mobile around two months after it restricted the Chinese tech monster's WeChat informing application. Tencent shares fell 2% on Thursday, snapping two straight meetings of addition. India is PUBG Mobile's greatest market, representing around 175 million introduces, or 24% of the aggregate, applications investigation firm SensorTower said.
The list of 118 mostly Chinese apps also involved those from Baidu and Xiaomi's ShareSave, as India stepped up pressure on Chinese technology firms following a standoff with Beijing at the border.
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| 2029 | Recent | Supream Court Rejects Bail Plea of Accused Teen: Gurugram School Murder | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | The Preeminent Court has excused the bail application of a teenager who is accused of executing a 7-year-old kid at a tuition-based school in Gurugram in September 2017. The accused, at that point a Class 11 understudy, had supposedly slaughtered the kid in an offer to get the school tests delayed, and an upcoming guardian educator meeting dropped.
Since the solicitor is currently being gone after for the motivations behind bail just as a grown-up, we see no motivation to meddle with the condemned judgment of the high court at this stage.
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| 2030 | Recent | Diesel price cut by 16p/liter after almost a half year; petrol unchanged | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Diesel price was marked down by 16 paise per liter on Thursday, the primary cut in almost a half year. In Delhi, the diesel price was marked down to ₹73.40 per liter from ₹73.56 per liter beforehand. The petrol price in the public capital stayed unchanged at ₹82.08 per liter. Diesel price had stayed unchanged in India since July 25, aside from in Delhi.
Petrol price went up by Rs 9.17 per liter between June 7 and June 29 preceding hitting a respite. The correction cycle again began on August 16 and rates have gone up by Rs 1.51 from that point forward. Taking all things together, the petrol price has ascended by Rs 10.68 since June 7.
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| 2031 | Recent | Metros to continue from Sept 7 however it won't stop at packed stations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Reporting the SOP for the activity of metro services from September 7, Union Minister Hardeep Puri said. That covers will be required and the recurrence of trains will be directed. Just asymptomatic travelers will be permitted after the warm screening. Multi-route metro systems should continue trains from September 7 out of an evaluated way so all lines are operational by September 12.
Puri said the administration may need to survey the plans if the resumption of services prompts swarming at stations where travelers are found abusing social removing standards.
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| 2032 | Recent | Vinod Kumar Yadav, the first-ever CEO of 114-year-old Indian Railway Board | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/09/2020 | Vinod Kumar Yadav has made history by becoming the first Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board. The central government on Wednesday formally constituted the Railway Board in the new avatar. Yadav has been appointed as the chairman and CEO of the newly formed Railway Board.
Yadav was appointed as the Chairman of the Railway Board in 2019. Before this assignment, he had worked as General Manager, South Central Railway. Under his regular tenure as the Chairman Railway Board, not only was the cadre merger announced, the Board was also trimmed and around 50 officers were shifted from the headquarters to zonal offices.
Born: 1 January 1960
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| 2033 | Recent | Postpone NEET, other exams: Eight-year-old extremist Licypriya Prez to PM Modi | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | The eight-year-old atmosphere and condition extremist has presented a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind and PM Narendra Modi's office, requesting that they postpone the NEET which is booked for September 13. She additionally mentioned for postponement of every single other test, including JEE and CBSE Compartmental exams, to "spare existences of a great many students" in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and floods.
She likewise included that since students are under extraordinary pressure, tension, and injury, holding exams during this pandemic would be similar to forcing them to settle on their wellbeing.
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| 2034 | Recent | President respects 3 RPF personnel with Jeevan Raksha medals | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Three RPF personnel were appreciated by Jeevan Raksha Medals by President Smash Nath Kovind. Late Jagbir Singh, Constable, Northern Railway (NR), was after death granted Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for yielding his life while sparing a couple and four children in Delhi. Shiv Charan Singh, Constable, WR, and NW Railway Head Constable Mukesh Kumar Meena were acknowledged Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak.
North-Western Railway for the show of commendable mental fortitude in sparing the life of a lady traveler alongside two of her children in an occurrence in September 2018.
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| 2035 | Recent | Uzbekistan starts open-air tests for 14L college candidates | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Uzbekistan on Wednesday started holding college selection tests in open-air sports fields for more than 14 lakh candidates due to the COVID pandemic. The activity, which will length throughout the following fourteen days, is being held for around 1.5 lakh college seats under a brought together confirmations framework. Uzbekistan has detailed more than 42,000 COVID cases.
Uzbekistan said for the current week that courses at nearby colleges would begin online as opposed to face to face and schools would resume on Sept.14, fourteen days after the fact than expected, with exercises returning to separate getting the hang of relying upon neighborhood conditions.
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| 2036 | Recent | Army Chief Naravane visits Ladakh in the midst of India-China border pressures | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Army Chief General MM Naravane came to Ladakh on a two-day visit on Thursday, in the midst of rising India-China pressures after China did provocative military developments. General Naravane will be informed by senior field commandants on the ground circumstance along with the Line of Genuine Control during his visit, expressed reports. India had asked China before to teach and control its cutting edge troops.
After this turn of events, there is a likelihood that China may open another front against India, whose Army has conveyed tanks at all such places to counter PLA.
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| 2037 | Recent | Delhi High Cout permits breath analyzer test for air traffic controllers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Delhi High Court has permitted directing breath analyzer tests through the tube process for air traffic controllers which was before suspended because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The court said the DGCA will be limited by the suggestions of the medical board. According to the medical board's suggestions, one machine would be utilized per individual and not utilized again for 12 hours.
Advocate Anjana Gosain, appearing for the DGCA, told the court that after much deliberation it was concluded that the breath analyzer test is the well organized and authentic form of determining alcohol in the breath of the person.
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| 2038 | Recent | Trader unintentionally auctions Chinese organization's Founder's 50 lakh shares | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Li Dongsheng, the Founder, and Administrator of Chinese gadgets organization TCL Technology Group said that a trader incidentally sold 50 lakh shares from his account on Tuesday evening subsequent to composing an inappropriate stock code. He repurchased them just two hours after the fact for generally worth $5.2 million, rounding up $21,000. Li said he would give $44,000 back to the organization.
"Fat finger" exchanging mistakes are the consequence of human blunders like hitting an off-base key on a console. Now and then their market effect can be huge, he further added.
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| 2039 | Recent | Domestic airlines can fly 60% of their pre-COVID-19 flights | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | In a further facilitating of limitations, the administration on Wednesday allowed Indian airlines to expand the number of domestic traveler flights to 60% of their pre-COVID-19 administrations. The Service of Common Avionics altered its June 26 request where it had set a 45% cap for the number of domestic flights and said that a 45% limit might be perused as a 60% limit.
India's Covid-19 count of cases dashed past 37 lakh on Wednesday with 78,357 new occasions of the malady announced in a day, said the Association Wellbeing Service. The loss of life moved to 66,333 with 1,045 additional fatalities announced in 24 hours.
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| 2040 | Recent | Tycoon makes 68 millionaires with water empire in China | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/09/2020 | Chinese filtered water organization Nongfu Spring has made 68 millionaires, including a few representatives after its Initial public offering esteemed the organization at $31 billion. Its Author Zhong Shanshan, who possesses an 84% stake presently, has become China's third-most extravagant man with total assets of $38 billion, as per Bloomberg. Three kin of his better half has property worth more than $400 million each.
Zhong's better half and youngsters aren't recorded as investors, however, the Initial public offering documenting records his child as a non-leader chief.
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| 2041 | Recent | Ola, Uber to picket in Delhi-NCR, request expansion of loan moratorium and increase in fare. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | Around 2 lakh Ola and Uber drivers in Delhi-NCR have gone on a strike from Tuesday requesting expansion of the moratorium on loan reimbursement and a climb in fare taking into account the Coronavirus pandemic. Kamaljeet Singh Gill, the leader of Sarvodaya Drivers Relationship of Delhi, said their interests have not prompted any activity by the administration.
The drivers have likewise requested the withdrawal of substantial punishments against them for speed limit violations. The taxi drivers will gather close Himachal Bhawan at Mandi House on Tuesday to look for government activity on their requests, he said.
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| 2042 | Recent | Bombay High Court on JEE Students in flood-hit portions of Vidarbha region can look for re-exam | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | The Nagpur seat of Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to remain the JEE Principle examination, yet said any understudy residing in flood-hit portions of the Vidarbha region who can't reach the exam or reaches late can apply to National Testing Agency (NTA) to look for re-examination. NTA will think about such applications and choose as needs be, in the wake of checking the veracity, the seat included.
Assistant Solicitor General Ulhas Aurangabadkar, showing up for the NTA, told the high court that the agency will consider any application put together by an understudy who couldn't show up for the exam because of the flood circumstance or issue of transport.
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| 2043 | Recent | India's government fiscal deficit crosses the entire year budget focus in four months | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | India's fiscal debt in the April-July stood at ₹8.21 lakh crore as in opposition to ₹5.47 lakh crore year-on-year, according to data delivered on August 31. The figure is 103.1% of the ₹7.96 lakh crore budgeted focus for the current fiscal year. Fiscal deficit refers to the contrast between the absolute salary of the legislature and its complete use.
The deficit is anticipated to cross 7.5% of the Gross domestic product in the 2020/21 fiscal year that started in April, private economists said, from beginning government estimates of 3.5%, for the most part, because of a sharp financial withdrawal set off by the pandemic.
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| 2044 | Recent | Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita gets bail in upper east Delhi Violence | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita was allowed bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday for a situation identified with the Delhi riots. Kalita, who was captured by the police on May 23, has been named as a key plotter of the February brutality. She was stopped in Tihar prison alongside JNU understudy and with Pinjra Tod member Natasha Narwal.
On the whole, four cases have been registered against her, remembering for connection toward the upper east Delhi uproars and viciousness in old Delhi's Daryaganj zone during challenges the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December a year ago.
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| 2045 | Recent | Supreme Court gives telcos 10 years to pay AGR dues, Airtel adds ₹22,000 cr to a market cap | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | Airtel shares flooded as much as 8% on Tuesday, adding ₹22,400 crores to its market capitalization after the Supreme Court gave 10 years for telecom organizations to clear their previous dues. Airtel has just paid ₹18,000 crores of its ₹44,000-crore Balanced Gross Income connected dues as determined by the legislature. Vodafone Thought has paid ₹7,854 crores of its ₹58,000-crore dues.
Bharti Airtel keeps on being supported by market members with its solid presentation and picking up market share. Accepting an 8% loan cost, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Thought will currently need to pay every year Rs 39 billion and Rs 75 billion individually.
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| 2046 | Recent | Appear before the court in person on October 5 at 2 pm: Supreme Court to Vijay Mallya | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | The Incomparable Court coordinated criminal financial specialist Vijay Mallya to be available face to face under the steady gaze of the court on October 5 at 2 pm. The SC further guided Service of Home Undertakings to guarantee Mallya's quality in the court. Prior today, SC excused Mallya's supplication looking for a survey of its 2017 request holding him liable of the scorn of court for moving $40 million.
Mallya has been approached to show up on October 5 for hearing him with respect to the proposed discipline in the disdain case.
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| 2047 | Recent | India's factory action grows for first time in five months in August | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | India's factory action extended without precedent for five months in August. India's Assembling Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), accumulated by IHS Markit, rose to 52 in August from 46 in July. August information featured positive developments in the wellbeing of the Indian assembling sector, signaling moves towards a recuperation from the second-quarter decline, noted IHS economist Shreeya.
The Nikkei Assembling Purchasing Managers' Index, incorporated by IHS Markit, rose to 52.0 in August from 46.0 in July, over the 50-level separating development from compression just because of Spring.
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| 2048 | Recent | Thousands stuck on trains in France in light of electrical issues | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | A huge number of individuals were stuck on fast TGV trains for as long as 20 hours after they stopped because of electrical issues in southwestern France. Public rail authority SNCF apologized for a progression of electrical gracefully episodes that began on Sunday evening. France's lesser vehicle serve said that SNCF will repay all travelers multiple times the expense of their tickets.
SNCF will repay all travelers three times the expense of their tickets and circulated covers, water, and food, the lesser clergyman for transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, said on BFM TV.
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| 2049 | Recent | Even 23.9% Gross domestic product fall may underestimate COVID-19 impact, said Pronab Sen | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | Former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen has said the 23.9% shrinkage in the Gross domestic product in the April-June quarter may misjudge the COVID-19 pandemic's clash as information on the informal division isn't calculated in. We presume that littler companies would have done more awful than the bigger companies, he said. Sen included that entire year contraction could be more awful than the 5% estimated by a few economists.
When the main really active player was the government, one would have anticipated that this should be a little positive, not a negative, he said. I find this really bad news since what it implies is that the government has scaled down.
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| 2050 | Recent | India Gross domestic product Agreements recorded 23.9% In April-June Quarter | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | India's Gross domestic product development shrunk by a record 23.9% in the April-June quarter as the nation went into lockdown to check the spread of the COVID, official figures appeared on Monday. This is the principal withdrawal since India started delivering Gross domestic product development information on a quarterly premise in 1997-98. India's Gross domestic product developed by 3.1% in the January-Walk quarter.
In these conditions, the typical information sources were subbed by options like GST, connections with proficient bodies, and so on which were plainly restricted
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| 2051 | Recent | How do India's 23.9% Gross domestic product compression contrast and other significant economies? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | India's record 23.9% Gross domestic product withdrawal is the most exceedingly terrible year-on-year decay among the significant world economies in the April-June quarter. The world's second-biggest economy, China, saw a 3.2% development in its Gross domestic product during the quarter while the US economy contracted 9.1% contrasted with a similar period a year ago. The UK economy shrank 21.7% in the April-June period from a year sooner.
Policy management, protection, and different administrations, which speak to government consumption, shrunk by 10.3%. The gross fixed capital development, an intermediary for speculation, was down 47%.
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| 2052 | Recent | Brookfield Infrastructure, GIC purchases telecom towers of Reliance Industries for ₹25,000 crore | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | A group of investors conducted by Canadian private equity firm Brookfield has obtained Reliance Jio Infratel from Reliance Industries for ₹25,215 crores. The speculation is for around 1,35,000 telecom towers utilized by India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio. Jio is the anchor tenant of the pinnacle portfolio under a 30-year Master Administrations Agreement.
The speculation by the group is around 135,000 reporting towers have taken advantage of Reliance's telecoms adventure Jio Infocomm, GIC said in a statement.
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| 2053 | Recent | Aveek sarkar- the chairperson of the Press Trust of India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/09/2020 | The Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, Aveek Sarkar has been elected as the chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI). He succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers.
Aveek Sarkar was the founding Managing Director of Penguin India, the Indian counterpart of Penguin Books, the founding Editor of Business Standard, and also the pivotal figure behind the acquisition of STAR News by the ABP Group in 2003.
PTI Headquarters location: New Delhi.
PTI Founded: 27 August 1947.
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| 2054 | Recent | SBI to receive HCM Excellence Award 2020 for "Nayi Disha" | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/08/2020 | State Bank of India (SBI) to Brandon Human Capital Management (HCM) Excellence Award (also known as the Academy Awards of Learning and Development) 2020, global recognition for its HR initiative, "Nayi Disha". The award winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group's annual HCM Excellence Conference, January 26-28, 2021 at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida.
The selected winners will also present in breakout sessions, sharing their leading practices during the conference. SBI partnered with M/s Chrysalis & developed the "Nayi Disha" Programme.
Nayi Disha was launched in 2019.
The program focuses on the work-life balance of the employees.
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| 2055 | Recent | Ravi Shankar prasad launched the next-generation startup challenge-"Chunauti" | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/08/2020 | “Chunauti”, a Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest has been launched by the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad. The contest aims to further boost startups and software products with special attention to Tier-II towns of India.
The “Chunauti” contest will identify about 300 startups engaged in identified areas and offer them a seed fund of up to Rs. 25 Lakh along with other facilities. For this program, a budget of Rs. 95.03 Crore has been earmarked by the government for over a period of three years.
Under this program, the Ministry of Electronics and IT will invite startups in the following areas of work:
Edu-Tech, Agri-Tech & Fin-Tech Solutions for masses.
Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Management.
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| 2056 | Recent | Gujarat tops the Niti Aayog's EPI index 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2020 | Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020 followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the second and third place respectively, according to the government think tank's report released on Wednesday. According to the report, six of eight coastal states feature in the top ten rankings, indicating the presence of strong enabling and facilitating factors to promote exports.
The report noted that Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are two landlocked states that had initiated several measures to promote exports. Among the landlocked states, Rajasthan has performed the best, followed by Telangana and Haryana.
The Export Preparedness Index 2020 evaluates states' potentials and capacities.
CEO Niti Aayog: Amitabh Kant.
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| 2057 | Recent | NTPC signed MoU with Greenko Energies Pvt Ltd | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/08/2020 | Energy solutions provider Greenko Energies on Tuesday said it has entered into an agreement with NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) to explore energy storage and renewable energy power supply solutions. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC.
The objective of the partnership is to explore the possibility of the development of renewable energy-based round-the-clock, flexible and dispatchable power supply offering based on the integration of RE sources and pumped storage projects.
CEO NVVN: Mohit Bhargava.
Founder, CEO, and MD Greenko Energies: Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty.
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| 2058 | Recent | Longest ropeway on Brahmaputra to open for public at Guwahati | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2020 | On August 24, India’s ‘longest’ river ropeway was unveiled in Guwahati. The ropeway was unveiled almost a year after it was completed.
The ₹56.08-crore ropeway project was assigned to the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority in 2006. The 1.82 km bi-cable jig-back ropeway is built across the river Brahmaputra.
It connects Kachari Ghat on the southern bank in the main city to North Guwahati. The ropeway also provides a breathtaking view of the Brahmaputra river.
Inaugurated by: Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam Finance, Health & Education Minister)
It is 1.8km long and the distance is covered in 7 minutes.
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| 2059 | Recent | Indian Air Force launched MY IAF mobile application | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/08/2020 | The Indian Air Force has introduced the new MY IAF app as part of the Digital India initiative. The mobile app has been introduced by Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff, and has been made in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Read on to know more about the new app meant for IAF aspirants.
The MY IAF is meant to provide career-related information and guidance to the people who wish to join the Indian Air Force. The app includes details such as the selection procedure, training curriculum, pay, perks, and more for both officers and airmen in the IAF.
Founded: 8 October 1932, India
Headquarters: New Delhi
Commander-in-Chief: President Ram Nath Kovind
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| 2060 | Recent | Tech Mahindra, Niti Aayog's WEP partner to support women entrepreneurs in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/08/2020 | IT services major Tech Mahindra NSE -1.11 % on Monday said it has collaborated with the Niti Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to support women entrepreneurs across the country. Tech Mahindra will provide mentorship, co-create solutions leveraging new-age technologies, and support in developing a go-to-market strategy, a statement said.
As part of the collaboration, Tech Mahindra has partnered with the winners of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards, an initiative of the Niti Aayog, to recognize women leaders in entrepreneurship across various sectors like healthcare and life sciences, agritech, and education, among others, it added.
CEO: C. P. Gurnani (24 May 2012)
Headquarters: Pune
Founder: Anand Mahindra
Founded: 1986
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| 2061 | Recent | National Council for Transgender Persons formed | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/08/2020 | The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons, a requirement under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
A notification by the Ministry on August 21 stated that the Social Justice Minister would be the chairperson of the Council and members would include officials of the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Home Affairs, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Minority Affairs, Human Resources Development, Rural Development and Labour and Employment, the Department of Legal Affairs, the Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare and the NITI Aayog.
Five nominated members from the transgender community — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Gopi Shankar Madurai, Meera Parida, Zainab Javid Patel, and Kak Chingtabam Shyamcand Sharma.
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| 2062 | Recent | IIT-Bombay developed AIR Scanner app | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/08/2020 | Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call for an Atma Nirbhar Bharat, two final year B.Tech students pursuing Civil Engineering at IIT Bombay, launched AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost document-scanning mobile application.
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) based Reading Assistant and Document Scanner app is developed by Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agarwal, both students of IIT Bombay.
The app was launched on August 15, as an indigenous alternative to ban Chinese counterpart.
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| 2063 | Recent | HRD Ministry Is Now Ministry of Education After President Ram Nath Kovind's Nod | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/08/2020 | President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. The Ministry of Education was renamed the HRD ministry in 1985 during the tenure of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The NEP was introduced the next year and it was later amended in 1992.
The name change was among the key recommendations of the draft new National Education Policy (NEP), which was also cleared by the Union Cabinet last month.
The new NEP pitches for a “5+3+3+4” design corresponding to the age groups 3-8 years (foundational stage), 8-11 (preparatory), 11-14 (middle), and 14-18 (secondary).
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| 2064 | Recent | Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched first of its kind e-portal - "Swasthya" | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/08/2020 | Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda today inaugurated the e-portal on tribal health and nutrition named 'Swasthya'. The portal provides all health and nutrition-related information of the tribal population of India on a single platform. Swasthya will also curate innovative practices, case studies, and best practices collected from different parts of India to facilitate the exchange of evidence, expertise, and experiences.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Munda said, the launch of the portal is a first step towards the much bigger goal of serving the tribal population of the nation. He informed about the initiatives of the Ministry in partnership with Facebook through the Going Online as Leaders (GOAL) Programme.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs founded: 1999.
Ministers responsible: Arjun Munda, Cabinet Minister; Renuka Singh Saruta, Minister of State.
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| 2065 | Recent | PM Modi's 74th independence day announcement | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/08/2020 | In his address to the nation on India's 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made some major announcements ranging from the digital health mission scheme to the new cyber policy.
* Every Indian to have a digital health ID. * Three Covid-19 vaccines in different stages of the trial. * New Cyber Security Policy to be unveiled soon. * Ladakh to be a Carbon-neutral region. * Elections in J&K after delimitation exercise. * Scheme to provide sanitary napkins at Re 1. * All villages to be connected with optical fiber in next 1,000 days. * National Cadet Corps to be extended. * Rs 100 lakh crore to be spent on infrastructure projects. * India to focus on the extended neighborhood as part of foreign policy.
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| 2066 | Recent | SRIJAN launched by Union Defence Minister of India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/08/2020 | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday launched an online portal that provides information about defense equipment and items that can be taken up for indigenization by private sector companies.
Moreover, the Defence Ministry said two memorandum of understandings (MoUs) were signed between Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the defense public sector undertakings (DPSUs) in the presence of Singh on Friday, the concluding day of "Atmanirbhar week". Similarly, two MoUs were signed between private entities and the DPSUs on Friday.
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) issued an EOI for the indigenization of 11 items having a total value of Rs 15 crore.
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) issued an EOI for the indigenization of 5 items having a total value of Rs 31 crore.
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| 2067 | Recent | Odisha topped the AMRUT Scheme ranking for 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/08/2020 | Odisha has retained its top position in the implementation of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, a state minister said on Monday.
The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 to establish an infrastructure that would ensure robust sewage networks and water supply for urban transformation.
According to the ranking of the states released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Odisha has retained its first position by securing a score of 85.67 percent, Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena said.
Out of the total 191 projects grounded in the state, 148 projects have been implemented and the rest are likely to be completed within the deadline of March 2021, Jena said.
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| 2068 | Recent | Tripura University developed a robot as Covid-19 WARBOT | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/08/2020 |
To help the medical professionals serving COVID-19 patients, a young assistant professor has developed a robot, named ‘COVID-19 WARBOT’ that can serve food, medicines, and other essential items to the patients without human intervention. “It’s a four-wheeled robot which I have developed at my home using the waste material. The main motivation behind making this robot is basically ensuring and safeguarding our health workers - doctors and nurses - who are working in COVID-related hospitals,” said Harjeet Nath, Assistant Professor at Tripura University’s Chemical and Polymer Engineering Department.
The robot can carry a load of around 10-15 kilograms of materials like medicines, food, water, and its operating range is 15-20 meters with a mobile phone or computer. It can work continuously for nearly an hour.
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| 2069 | Recent | Indian Railways may need approval from the Cabinet or even Parliament sanction to make this provision legally tenable as per the sources. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2020 | Indian Railways may need approval from the Cabinet or even Parliament sanction to make this provision legally tenable as per the sources. Since under the Railways Act, only the Union government or the Railway Ministry can fix rates for passenger trains in India, they said.
The Ministry of Railways has said there is no upper limit to fares that private players can fix for passenger trains they will run, The Indian Express quoted the Ministry. The Railways said fares of private trains will be market-driven, and no approval is contemplated. The Centre has decided to open 109 routes to run trains on by private players.
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| 2070 | Recent | The death toll due to coronavirus in Delhi surged to 3,989 after 26 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2020 | Delhi reported 1,118 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 1,36,716. The death toll due to coronavirus in Delhi surged to 3,989 after 26 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 10,596, while 1,22,131 patients have recovered.
The ICMR in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the AIIMS is planning to set up the National Clinical Registry which will help researchers and policymakers understand the effectiveness of investigational therapies, adverse effects taking place, and generate evidence for improving the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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| 2071 | Recent | Pydikondala Manikyala Rao's condition deteriorated recently and finally, he succumbed to the disease on Saturday afternoon. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/08/2020 | Former Andhra Pradesh Minister Pydikondala Manikyala Rao succumbed to coronavirus on Saturday. The senior BJP leader was undergoing treatment for coronavirus at a private hospital in Vijayawada, where he was shifted just a week ago. Before that, he was admitted to a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Eluru and he had been on a ventilator for the past few days.
Pydikondala Manikyala Rao's condition deteriorated recently and finally, he succumbed to the disease on Saturday afternoon. The last rituals for his body would be performed according to Covid-19 norms, doctors said.
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| 2072 | Recent | The collision between two planes in a mid-air plane on Friday killed seven people in US' Alaska. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2020 | The collision between two planes in a mid-air plane on Friday killed seven people in US' Alaska. A state lawmaker who was piloting one of the aircraft was among those dead. Alaska state troopers identified the occupants of the other plane as pilot Gregory Bell, 67, of Soldotna; Guide David Rogers, 40, of Kansas; Caleb Hulsey, 26, of South Carolina; Heather Hulsey, 25, of South Carolina; Mackay Hulsey, 24, of South Carolina; and Kirstin Wright, 23, of South Carolina.
Six of the victims were declared dead at the scene while one succumbed to injuries at a local hospital.
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| 2073 | Recent | Twitter banned David duke's account after he posted “People who refuse to wear the mask are the real heroes,” from his account. | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/08/2020 | Twitter the account of David Duke has permanently suspended over hateful content, a former Ku Klux Klan leader said. “People who refuse to wear the mask are the real heroes,” Duke tweeted from his account. Earlier this month, Twitter had updated a policy under which accounts "dedicated to sharing" harmful links could face suspension.
In recent days Duke was known for endorsing President Trump this account was banned in June, which Twitter confirmed Thursday evening. Duke also was banned by YouTube that month.
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| 2074 | Recent | The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports signs the SoI with YuWaah | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/07/2020 | On 20th July 2020, The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) signed the statement of intent with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)'s multi-stakeholder platform- YuWaah to mobilize 1 crore, youth volunteers, in India to achieve the goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat and to promote the volunteerism among the youth in India.
Usha Sharma, Secretary, Youth Affairs, and Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative in India launched the partnership in the presence o Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Youth Affairs and Sports.
UNICEF Executive Director: Henrietta Holsman Fore.
Headquarters- New York, United States.
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| 2075 | Recent | NTPC signs the MoU with NIIF | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/07/2020 | NTPC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) on 16th July 2020, acting through National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL), to explore opportunities for investments in areas like renewable energy, power distribution among other areas of mutual interest in India.
With this MoU, NTPC and NIIF aim to collaborate to further help India's vision of building sustainable and robust energy infrastructure in the country.
NIIF Founded: February 2015.
Headquarters: Mumbai, India.
MD and CEO: Sujoy Bose.
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| 2076 | Recent | CBSE announces integration of AI in the high school curriculum for the 2020-21 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/07/2020 | The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday announced the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the high school curriculum for classes XI and XII for the current academic year (2020-21).
Developed in collaboration with technology major IBM, the curriculum is part of CBSE’s Social Empowerment through Work Education and Action (SEWA) program and will be introduced in around 200 schools, across 13 states, in India including Delhi-NCR, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Punjab.
IBM CEO: Arvind Krishna (6 Apr 2020–).
Founder: Charles Ranlett Flint.
Headquarters: Armonk, New York, United States.
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| 2077 | Recent | UNICEF-India ties up with FICCI to jointly develop UNICEF's #Reimagine Campaign | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/07/2020 | UNICEF INDIA today announced its partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI), Socio-Economic Development Foundation (SEDF)to jointly develop UNICEF’s#Reimagine Campaign to support the most vulnerable populations and children during the COVID-19 response and its after-math in India.
FICCI SEDF will reach out to its membership base to garner support for the campaign and leverage its resources like cash and core assets to mobilize funds that can be utilized to help generate support for the most vulnerable population affected due to COVID disruption.
FICCI Founded: 1927.
Founders: Purshottamdas Thakurdas, Ghanshyam Das Birla.
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| 2078 | Recent | Shashi kant Commission has been set up for Extra Judicial Killings | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/07/2020 | A day after constituting a three-member Special Investigation Team to probe into the empire of slain gangster Vikas Dubey and ascertain the reasons for the massacre of eight cops in Bikru village on July 2, the Uttar Pradesh government, on Sunday, appointed a single-member judicial commission to probe into the Kanpur ambush and subsequent incidents including six encounters between the police and gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides.
A spokesperson of the state government said the commission, to be headed by retired Justice Shashi Kant Agarwal, will conduct a thorough probe into various incidents that took place between intervening nights of July 2-3 and July 10, including encounters between criminals and police at various spots.
The judicial commission which has been set up under the provisions of Inquiry Commission Act -1952 (Act number 60, 1952), will be headquartered in Kanpur.
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| 2079 | Recent | MSDE launches AI-based ASEEM portal | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/07/2020 | Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based “Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)” digital platform has been launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The platform aims to bridge the demand-supply gap of skilled workforce across sectors and to improve the information flow. The details of workers will be mapped by the portal based on regions and local industry demands.
The ASEEM portal will help skilled people in finding sustainable livelihood opportunities. ASEEM has been developed by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in partnership with Bengaluru-based company Betterplace.
Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: Mahendra Nath Pandey.
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| 2080 | Recent | Union Shipping Ministry issues draft 'Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020' | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/07/2020 | Per Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision for augmenting people’s participation and transparency in governance, the Ministry of Shipping has issued the draft of the Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020 for suggestions from the stakeholders and general public.
The draft bill is proposed to replace the almost nine decades old Lighthouse Act, 1927, to incorporate the global best practices, technological developments, and India's International obligations in the field of Aids to Marine Navigation.
The draft bill provides for empowering Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL) with additional power and functions such as Vessel Traffic Service, Wreck flagging, training and certification, implementation of other obligations under International Conventions, where India is a signatory.
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| 2081 | Recent | Energy Efficiency Services Limited inked an agreement with NOIDA to install public Electric Vehicle charging stations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/07/2020 | On July 9, 2020, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) inked an agreement with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) to install public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations & related infrastructure to promote the usage of electric vehicles.
The objective of this partnership is to create an infrastructural ecosystem to accelerate e-mobility post-COVID-19 pandemic.
NOIDA has been sanctioned 162 Public EV Charging Stations (PCS) comprising 54 Bharat DC001 (15kW) and 108 122kW (50kW CCS2 + 50 kW CHAdeMO + 22kW Type2) Fast Chargers under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme Phase-II of Department of Heavy Industry (DHI).
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| 2082 | Recent | CBDT and SEBI signed a MoU for mutual understanding | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/07/2020 | A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for data exchange between the two organizations. The MoU was signed by Smt. Anu J. Singh, Pr. DGIT (Systems), CBDT and Smt. Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member, SEBI in the presence of senior officers from both the organizations via video conference.
The MoU will facilitate the sharing of data and information between SEBI and CBDT on an automatic and regular basis.
SEBI Founded: 12 April 1992
Headquarters: Mumbai
Agency executive: Ajay Tyagi (Chairperson)
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| 2083 | Recent | Injeti Srinivas appointed as the first chairman of the IFSCA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/07/2020 | Senior bureaucrat Injeti Srinivas has been appointed as the first chairman of the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) for the Gandhinagar-based financial special economic zone or Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City.
On Monday, the department of personnel and training (DOPT) through a notification announced the appointment of the former corporate affairs secretary as the chairman of the newly set up regulator for three years. Srinivas retired on 31 May.
Srinivas is a 1983 batch IAS officer from the Odisha cadre and served at the corporate affairs ministry for nearly three years.
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| 2084 | Recent | Elyments- first indigenous social media super-app | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/07/2020 | India's first social media super application, Elyments, was launched by the Vice President of India, Venkiah Naidu on Sunday. The app allows users to stay in touch through a vibrant feed, free audio/video calls, and private/group chats.
Under Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, more than 1,000 IT professionals came together to create the homegrown application. This app is being seen as a massive boost to Indian startups and a major push towards the 'Make in India' initiative.
Elyments is driven by Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’s vision and inspired by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to deliver India’s own, super-app.
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| 2085 | Recent | Swachh Survekshan 2021- the 6th annual cleanliness survey of urban India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/07/2020 | Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday launched the 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'- the sixth edition of the annual cleanliness survey- and said the exercise this year will focus on waste-water treatment and other parameters. According to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, state ranking will also be announced under the survey, to be measured based on their fund utilization and support to respective local bodies, among others.
At the event, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Puri said that every year, the 'Swachh Survekshan' is redesigned innovatively to ensure the process becomes more robust with a focus on sustaining the behavior change.
The minister also announced a new category of awards titled 'Prerak Daaur Samman' as part of 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'.
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| 2086 | Recent | Gajen Kandiah as new CEO of Hitachi Vantara | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/07/2020 | Digital technology company Hitachi Vantara today said in a press release that its board of directors appointed Gajen Kandiah as chief executive. Toshiaki Tokunaga, who is currently both CEO and chairman of the board, will handover responsibilities to Kandiah on October 1, 2020, after which Tokunaga will remain as chairman.
Tokunaga said about the development, “Thanks to strong internal development, strategic acquisitions, and the integration with Hitachi Consulting, we have added the capabilities we need to guide our customers from what's now to what's next.
Kandiah has spent 15 years in the information technology services company Cognizant before this.
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| 2087 | Recent | Parminder Chopra appointed as the director of goverment owned PFC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/07/2020 | Government-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Parminder Chopra as Director (Finance) of the company. She succeeds N B Gupta, who superannuated on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.
Chopra was working as Executive Director (Finance) at Power Finance Corporation (PFC) before assuming charge as Director (Finance), PFC.
Before joining PFC, she was associated with power sector organizations like NHPC and Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL).
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| 2088 | Recent | Ministry of IT banned 59 Chinese mobile apps | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/07/2020 | India on Monday upped the ante against China, announcing a ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps, including Bytedance’s TikTok, Alibaba’s UC Browser, and Tencent’s WeChat, citing security concerns.
The apps are “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defense of India, the security of the state and public order", the ministry of information technology said in a statement, which came two weeks after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a violent clash on the India-China border in Ladakh.
In a report, China's state-run media The Global Times stated that ByteDance could lose up to Rs 45,000 crore (USD 6 billion) as a result of the Indian government's decision to ban TikTok, Helo, and other Chinese apps.
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| 2089 | Recent | India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019 reports UN | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/06/2020 | India received $51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, according to a report by the UN’s trade body. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Monday that a lower but positive economic growth in India in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period and India's large market will continue to attract market-seeking investments to the country.
The World Investment Report 2020 by the UNCTAD said that India was the 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019, with $51 billion of inflows during the year, an increase from the $42 billion of FDI received in 2018, when India ranked 12 among the top 20 host economies in the world. In the “developing Asia” region, India was among the top five host economies for FDI.
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| 2090 | Recent | India joined GPAI to support the responsible and human-centric development and use of AI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/06/2020 | India has joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as a founding member to support responsible and human-centric development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), an official release said. With this, India has joined the league of leading nations and economies including the US, the UK, EU, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, and Singapore for launch of GPAI.
GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth. This is also a first initiative of its type for evolving better understanding of the challenges and opportunities around AI using the experience and diversity of participating countries. In order to achieve this goal, the initiative will look to bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.
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| 2091 | Recent | Centre launched Aarogyapath for healthcare supply chain | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/06/2020 | Government of India has launched Aarogyapath, a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain that provides real-time availability of critical supplies. Aarogyapath is available on CSIR National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal. The portal Aarogyapath was developed in partnership with Sarvodaya Infotech. AarogyaPath will serve manufacturers, suppliers, and customers. The aim is to tackle the national health emergency that has arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the critical items may be compromised due to a variety of reasons. AarogyaPath aims to provide a path that leads one on a journey towards Aarogya (healthy life). it has been developed to address these challenges.
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| 2092 | Recent | World Day Against Child Labour is observed on 12 June | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/06/2020 | World Day Against Child Labour 2020 focuses on the impact of crisis on child labour. The COVID-19 health pandemic and the resulting economic and labour market shock are having a huge impact on people’s lives and livelihoods. Unfortunately, children are often the first to suffer. The crisis can push millions of vulnerable children into child labour. Already, there are an estimated 152 million children in child labour, 72 million of which are in hazardous work. These children are now at even greater risk of facing circumstances that are even more difficult and working longer hours.
This year, the World Day is conducted as a virtual campaign and is being organized jointly with the Global March Against Child Labour and the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA) .
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| 2093 | Recent | PM Modi held discussion with PM of Israel to expand cooperation in context of COVID-19 pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/06/2020 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday discussed with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu the potential areas in which the two countries can expand cooperation in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, including research and development in the field of vaccines.
PM Modi and His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the potential areas where the countries could expand their cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including research and development (R&D) efforts in the fields of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
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| 2094 | Recent | IIT Mandi researchers develop make high efficiency masks from waste plastic bottles | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/06/2020 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi researchers have developed indigenous technology for recycling and manufacturing high-efficiency face masks from waste ‘PET’ bottles. A team of IIT Mandi researchers including Sumit Sinha Ray, Assistant Professor, at School of Engineering and his research scholars Ashish Kakoria and Sheshang Singh Chandel have come-up with new indigenous technology to make face masks.
The researchers used waste plastic bottles to develop a single thin layer of nano-nonwoven membrane that provides desirable particle filtration efficiency, at par with N95 respirator and a medical mask. The product has been developed and tested in the Multi-scale Fabrication and Nanotechnology Laboratory at IIT Mandi.
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| 2095 | Recent | Centre allocates Rs.1,01,500 crore under MNREGs during FY 2020-2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/06/2020 | Government of India has allocated a provision of Rs.1,01,500 crore under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the current financial year 2020-2021. This is the highest ever provision of funds made by GoI under the programme.
Highlights:
♦ Centre already released a sum of Rs.31,493 crore in 2020-2021.
♦ This allocation is more than 50% of the budget estimate of the current Financial year 2020-21.
♦ Also, Centre has generated a total of 60.80 crore person days so far and work has been offered to 6.69 crore persons.
♦ The average number of persons to whom the work is offered in May 2020 has been 2.51 crore per day, which is 73% higher than the work offered in May last year, which was 1.45 crore persons per day.
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| 2096 | Recent | ARCI & Mekins develop UVC-based multipurpose disinfection cabinet for containing surface contamination of COVID 19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/06/2020 | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India and MEKINS Industries have co-developed a UVC-based Cabinet for disinfecting non-critical hospital items, laboratory wear, and PPEs in the research laboratories to prevent surface contamination of COVID 19.It can also be used to disinfect items exhibited to customers in commercial establishments and several domestic items.
India was successful in controlling the spread of COVID 19 caused by the SARS COV2 virus during the first few phases of lockdown due to strict implementation of COVID 19 guidelines. But, with relaxation of the lockdown, there is a chance of slow spread of disease due to the movement of people across the country, and this is predicted to continue for some time. Transmission through surface contamination is an unpredictable risk in which common utilities play a key role.
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| 2097 | Recent | India, China held high-level military talks amid stand-off in Ladakh | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/06/2020 | India and China today held high-level talks, amid the border stand-off between the militaries of the two countries near eastern Ladakh. The talks were requested by India and were held at the Border Personnel Meeting Point in Maldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh.
The Indian delegation was led by Lt. Gen. Harinder Singh, Commander of 14 Corps, and the Chinese side was headed by the Commander of the Tibet Military District. Indian and Chinese officials held talks through the established military and diplomatic channels to address the current situation in the India-China border areas.
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| 2098 | Recent | World Environment Day observed on 5 June | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/06/2020 | World Environment Day is observed on 5 June. The day aims to create awareness and action for the protection of the environment.
The theme for the 2020 World Environment Day is 'Biodiversity'. The theme focuses on a concern that is both urgent and existential. The theme was based on the recent events including bushfires in Brazil, the United States, and Australia; locust infestations across East Africa; a global disease pandemic COVID-19. These have demonstrated the interdependence of humans and the webs of life, in which they exist.
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| 2099 | Recent | India ranked 23rd in the 2020 Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/06/2020 | In accordance with the “Countries Global Ranking of Startup Ecosystem 2020” by global innovation mapping and research company StartupBlink, India ranked at 23rd position, a drop of 6 places from 17th position in 2019. The ranking has been topped by the United States (US), followed by the United Kingdom (UK), and Israel at 2nd and 3rd position.
The StartupBlink 2020 Global Rankings Report has been released by the StartupBlink. The report has been developed on an algorithm created over the last five years and resulting in the world’s most comprehensive startup ecosystem ranking of 1000 cities and 100 countries. The report provided two sets of rankings i.e. for countries, and for the individual ecosystems i.e. the cities.
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| 2100 | Recent | Kisan Credit Cards campaign launched for 1.5 crore dairy farmers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/06/2020 | The Government has announced that it is to provide Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers belonging to Milk Unions and Milk producing Companies within the next two months from 1 June-31 July 2020, under a special drive. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in association with the Department of Financial Services has issued KCC application format to all State Milk Federation and Milk Unions for implementing the same on a mission mode.
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| 2101 | Recent | World Hunger Day amid Covid-19 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/05/2020 | On World Hunger Day – and every day – we ask the world to come together with a shared goal of realizing healthy, fulfilling lives of self-reliance and dignity for all people. Hunger is not just about food. Hunger and poverty are inextricably linked to a nexus of issues including healthcare, decent work opportunities, education, social justice, the rights of women and girls, the environment and climate change.
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| 2102 | Recent | Defense Items approved by Defense Ministry to boost Make in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/05/2020 | On May 20, 2020, the Ministry of Defense approved procurement of 26 defense items to boost “Make in India” initiative. This was done through the amendment of Public Procurement Order 2017. Under this order, Department of Defense Production (DDP) has so far notified 127 items where purchase preference is given to local suppliers. In order to further encourage procurement from local suppliers, 26 items out of 127 already notified, have now been notified under the related clause of the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order.
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| 2103 | Recent | Beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat touches 1 crore | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/05/2020 | In September 2018, Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat. It has been termed as the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world. The number of people who have benefited from the 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme has crossed the one crore-mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, noting that the initiative has had a positive impact on several lives.
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| 2104 | Recent | NABARD releases Rs 20,500 crores of funds for Kharif and pre-monsoon operations | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/05/2020 | On May 18, 2020, the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) released Rs 20,500 crores. The funds will act as front-loading resources to the cooperative banks and the Regional Rural Development Banks (RRBs).
The funds have been released to help farmers in Kharif operations and also in their pre monsoon preparations. Of the allocated amount, Rs 15,200 crore is to be provided through cooperative banks and Rs 5,300 crores through RRBs. The Indian Meteorological Department recently announced that the Indian Monsoon is to begin on June 5. Hence, the advance releasing of funds will help farmers in receiving loans from the RRBs and cooperative banks.
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| 2105 | Recent | Nepal approves new Map: Includes Kalapani | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/05/2020 | The Lipulekh pass is a far western point near Kalapani, a disputed border area between Nepal and India. Nepal's Finance minister and government spokesperson Yuvaraj Khatiwada on Monday said that the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has approved the new political map of the country.
In 1816, the kingdom of Nepal and British India signed the Treaty of Sugauli under which Kali River was fixed as the Western Border of Nepal. The issue has arisen in locating the source of the river that led to boundary disputes between India and Nepal. Both the countries are supporting their own claims.
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| 2106 | Recent | ICC bans use of saliva to shine a Cricket Ball | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/05/2020 | On May 18, 2020, Anil Kumble led ICC (International Cricket Committee) banned the use of saliva to shine the ball. The practice meant for swing bowling is now primarily held as health risk due to the threats of COVID-19. The swing of the cricket ball is mainly governed by three factors namely shiny side, climatic conditions and behavior of the pitch. It is legal and allowed in all matches conducted by ICC.
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| 2107 | Recent | Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/05/2020 | The biotech company Moderna reported positive results from a phase 1 study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, which was among the first to begin testing in healthy human volunteers in mid-March. Around 8 people who received the vaccine in the United States have shown positive results. The LNP-encapsulated mRNA-1273 vaccine functions on the concept of mRNA (messenger RNA). The vaccine injects messenger RNA in order to generate immunity.
In addition, the company reports that in a preliminary analysis, antibodies from eight of the participants (four given the low dose and four given the medium dose) appeared to neutralize the virus in the lab.
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| 2108 | Recent | All 11 districts of Delhi have been marked as Red Zone | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/05/2020 | As the Union Health Ministry divided all the districts across India into red, orange and green zones, all the 11 districts in the national capital have been marked as red zones, where no activities will be allowed in the coming weeks. All the 11 districts in Delhi -- South-East, Central, North, South, North-East, West, Shahdara, East, New Delhi, North-West and South-West -- have containment zones and positive Covid-19 cases.
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| 2109 | Recent | 'One nation, one ration card' scheme | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/05/2020 | Consumer Affairs Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan announced on June 1 that 3 more states have been included in 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme. These states are namely, Odisha, Mizoram, and Sikkim. As per the Ministry, by August 2020, 3 more states namely- Nagaland, Uttarakhand, and Manipur will also be added to the scheme. The official from the ministry confirmed that by March 31, 2021, all the states will be added to the scheme to help the migrants in getting food grains from Fair Price Shops (FPS) in any state.
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| 2110 | Recent | EU braces itself for 'recession of historic proportions' in 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/05/2020 | The European Union predicted Wednesday "a recession of historic proportions this year" due to the impact of the coronavirus as it released its first official estimates of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the bloc's economy. The 27-nation EU economy is predicted to contract by 7.5% this year, before growing by about 6% in 2021, according to the union’s first official forecast of the damage the pandemic is inflicting.
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| 2111 | Recent | India to start bringing back citizens stranded abroad from May 7 in phases | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/05/2020 | The Indian government announced on May 4, 2020 that it will bring back all the Indian citizens stranded abroad in phases, starting from May 7, 2020. Indian missions around the world have been registering citizens stranded when Covid-19-related travel restrictions were put in place by India and other countries, and those who want to return because they have lost their jobs or to meet their families.
A statement issued by the government on Monday said the “facility would be made available on payment-basis” and “travel would begin in a phased manner from May 7”.
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| 2112 | Recent | 1-D Simulation Code to Study Earth’s Magnetosphere | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/05/2020 | Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) have developed a generalized one-dimensional fluid simulation code that will be capable of studying a wide spectrum of coherent electric field structures in Earth’s magnetosphere or in a near-earth plasma environment. The Earth’s magnetosphere is a vast region which has a finite number of satellites hurtling through this realm. Hence, the in-situ observations are finite and discrete. The morphology of the plasma processes around the satellite can be understood quite well.
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| 2113 | Recent | CSIR’s Kisan Sabha App to connect farmers to supply chain | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/05/2020 | India’s ongoing lockdown has threatened the agriculture sector as it overlaps with the time of harvest. In an effort Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched Kisan Sabha App to connect farmers to supply chain and freight transportation Management System. It aims to provide the most economical and timely logistics support to the farmers and increase their profit margins by minimizing interference of middlemen and directly connecting with the institutional buyers.
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| 2114 | Recent | India lose top spot in ICC Test rankings to Australia | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/05/2020 | India has lost its top spot to Australia in ICC test rankings on May 1 and has now dropped to third. The fall in the ranking was because India’s victory in 12 test matches and just one defeat in 2016-2017 was eliminated from the annual update.
The Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in close to four years after cricket parent’s body announced the latest rankings on Friday. India had yielded the top spot for since October 2016.
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| 2115 | Recent | What does Labor Day mean amid COVID-19? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/05/2020 | Labor Day has a unique history dating back to 1st May 1886 when labor unions in the United States of America decided to go on a strike. They demanded that workers should not be allowed to work more than 8 hours a day. Just three days after the strike began, a blast occurred in Chicago's Haymarket Square leaving many dead. To honor those who died in the blast, the International Socialist Conference declared 1 May as a day designated for laborers. The 2020 International Labor Day is being celebrated amid the Coronavirus pandemic, which has threated to put thousands of workers and laborers out of job due to economic concerns.
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| 2116 | Recent | World Day for Safety and Health at Work | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/04/2020 | Every day, 6,300 people die because of occupational accidents or work-related diseases more than 2.3 million deaths per year. 317 million accidents occur on the job annually: many of these resulting in extended absences from work.
Recognizing the great challenge that governments, employers, workers and whole societies are facing worldwide to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 2117 | Recent | Hydrogen Fuel Bus and car launched by NTPC | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/04/2020 | Thermal power giant NTPC Limited has announced the launch of its new project involving hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to run in Delhi and Leh. Inviting expressions of interest from manufacturers, the corporation mentions in a statement that it will procure 10 hydrogen fuel cell-based buses and an equal number of such cars.
The initiative, which has been undertaken with support of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, will also harness renewable energy for generation of hydrogen and develop it's storage and dispensation facilities as part of pilot projects at Leh and Delhi. The move to launch hydrogen powered vehicles aims at decarbonizing mobility segment.
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| 2118 | Recent | Iran’s first military satellite launched successfully | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/04/2020 | Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time. The satellite, named Nur (Light), reached an orbit of 425km (264 miles) after being carried by a three-stage Qased launcher, a statement said.
The Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps, IRGC launched the satellite. Iran has used Ghased or Messenger satellite launcher to put the satellite in its orbit. Tensions increased when countries learnt that the technology used to launch the satellite was previously unheard as it used both solid and liquid fuel.
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| 2119 | Recent | Epidemic Act amended: Penalty for any violence against health care workers increased to 7 years in Jail | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 23/04/2020 | In a significant move, the Union cabinet on Wednesday amended the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987 through an ordinance in order to ensure the safety of health workers at a time when there has been a spate of attacks on them. Any violence against health workers may now bring steep fines and even imprisonments of up to seven years.
The information was shared by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar while briefing the media after the cabinet meeting. The Minister stated that the government will not tolerate any incident of violence or harassment against healthcare workers.
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| 2120 | Recent | India co-sponsors UN resolution on equal access to COVID-19 vaccines | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/04/2020 | India has co-sponsored a UN General Assembly resolution that called for a fair, transparent and equitable access to essential medical supplies and any future vaccines developed to fight COVID-19 that has claimed over 177,000 lives and infected more than 2.5 million people.
"We are facilitating the sourcing of global supplies of multilateral agencies such as UNICEF in the face of COVID-19," India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin said.
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| 2121 | Recent | COVID India Seva: Interactive platform launched by the government | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/04/2020 | The Minister of Health and Family welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched ‘COVID India Seva’ on April 21. It is an interactive platform that will establish a direct channel of communication with Indian citizens amid COVID-19 lockdown. This initiative is aimed at enabling transparent e-governance delivery in real-time and answering citizen queries swiftly, at scale, especially in crisis situations like the ongoing pandemic.
Through this, people can pose queries on Twitter at @CovidIndiaSeva and get them responded to in almost real-time.
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| 2122 | Recent | Renewable Energy Parks to be set up in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/04/2020 | The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has urged states to set up renewable energy (RE) equipment manufacturing parks to meet domestic demand as well as make India a global production hub. In order to achieve this the central government has directed the states to identify land parcels between 50 acres and 500 acres to set up these parks. The states have been directed as land is a state subject. The State Governments such as Odisha and Madhya Pradesh have already expressed their interests.
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| 2123 | Recent | GBRC Scientists decodes whole genome sequence of Coronavirus | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/04/2020 | In a major development, scientists at Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) in Gandhinagar have succeeded in decoding whole genome sequence of the coronavirus. The chief minister’s office in Gujarat lauded the scientists at GBRC for becoming the first state government laboratory in the country to achieve this feat. The whole genome sequence will play an important role in tracking origin, drug targets, vaccine and association with virulence.
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| 2124 | Recent | Decoding impact of US President Trump’s decision to halt World Health Organization funding amid COVID-19 pandemic | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/04/2020 | US President Donald Trump recently announced his decision to halt funding to the global health agency World Health Organization. Trump said the review would cover the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus."
Trump's announcement comes in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he angrily defends his own handling of the outbreak in the United States.
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| 2125 | Recent | All India Agri Transport Call Centre Numbers launched | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/04/2020 | Government of India launched the All India Agri Transport Call Centre at a function in New Delhi on 15 April. The center was launched by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar. The Transport Call Centre will help in coordination between states. The traders, truck drivers, manufacturers that are facing difficulties in transporting perishables and other horticultural commodities shall seek help from the call centre. The call centres are to be operated by IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL).
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| 2126 | Recent | 101st anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre marked | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/04/2020 | The Government of India marked the anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on April 13, 2020. The martyrs killed on the day mercilessly are remembered. PM Modi and other leaders paid tribute to such great martyrs. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, or the Amritsar slaughter, happened on 13 April 1919. On this day, the British Indian Army troops under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.
The civilians had assembled for a peaceful protest to condemn the arrest and deportation of two national leaders, Satya Pal, Saifuddin Kitchlew and the Rowlatt Act.
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| 2127 | Recent | International Day of Human Space Flight 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/04/2020 | The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes.”
12 April 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.
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| 2128 | Recent | Essential Kits created by “Kendriya Bhandar” distributed to the BPL | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/04/2020 | On April 8, 2020, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances distributed the essential kits to the needy families. The kits were produced by the Kendriya Bhandar. The Essential Kit consisted of 3 kgs of rice, 3 kgs of wheat, 2 kgs of dal, 1 liter of cooking oil, poha, salt, bathing soap, biscuits and detergent soap bars. The kits were prepared by the Kendriya Bhandar.
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| 2129 | Recent | Convalescent Plasma Therapy implemented in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/04/2020 | Convalescent plasma (kon-vuh-LES-unt PLAZ-muh) therapy is an experimental treatment that some doctors are using for people with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). No drug has been proved to be safe and effective for treating COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn't approved any drugs specifically to treat people with COVID-19. Several countries including China and the US have already started the clinical trials of the Convalescent Plasma Therapy due to the absence of a coronavirus-specific treatment to cure the infected patients.
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| 2130 | Monthly Capsule | Naveen Patnaik awarded with 'Hero To Animals' by PETA | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/04/2020 | Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been conferred with an award by animal rights body PETA India for allocating funds to feed community animals in Odisha during the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic.
It comes after the state government sanctioned Rs.54 lakh to feed stray animals in five municipal corporations and all 48 municipalities as they are struggling to find food during the lockdown.
Recognizing his efforts, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India announced the 'Hero to Animals Award' for Patnaik. He received a framed certificate and a letter of appreciation. Patnaik thanked the PETA India for the recognition and appealed to everyone to be compassionate and support lives near us.
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| 2131 | Monthly Capsule | Rajnesh Oswal, the first judge of J&K HC to take oath under the Indian constitution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 02/04/2020 | Rajnesh Oswal took oath as a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday, the first one to do so under the Indian Constitution. High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal administered the oath to Justice Oswal in the central hall of the court complex in Jammu.
All previous judges of the high court had taken oath under the state constitution. Following the abrogation of Article 370 and reorganization of the State into two Union Territories, judges have to take oath under the Indian Constitution. The oath-taking ceremony was broadcast online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 2132 | Recent | Government sets up Whatsapp help desk to respond to coronavirus queries | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/04/2020 | India launches WhatsApp chatbot to create awareness about coronavirus, asks social media services to curb spread of misinformation. India’s Prime Minister, said on Saturday that citizens in the country can text a WhatsApp bot — called MyGov Corona Helpdesk — to get instant authoritative answers to their coronavirus queries such as the symptoms of the viral disease and how they could seek help.
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| 2133 | Monthly Capsule | China to host 3rd Asian Youth Games 2021 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 01/04/2020 | China will host the third edition of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou in November next year, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Wednesday. The pandemic has led to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 and brought sports events to a halt.
“The OCA while maintaining a very strict isolation policy is still continuing its activity and liaising with the various Asian Games Organising Committee to ensure that the preparations for the Games are not hindered,” the OCA said in a letter sent to all its member nations in Asia.
“In this respect, I have the pleasure to inform you that the OCA in coordination with the Shantou 3rd Asian Youth Games Organising Committee (SAYGOC) has decided the dates and sports program of the 3rd Asian Youth Games, which are from 20th to 28th November 2021,” OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam said in the letter.
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| 2134 | Recent | Centre approves MGNREGA Laborer’s Wage Hike | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 31/03/2020 | The central government has approved double-digit hike in wages from Rs 13 to Rs 34 in FY20-21, for manual workers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Wage rates are abysmally low and access to work and regular payments has been a challenge for workers. And millions of rural workers are paying a huge price for the Centre's apathy.
The distress of millions of migrant workers stuck in different cities in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown has proved the government wasn’t prepared for the unprecedented move. The Centre’s apathy towards rural workers has showed it is ignorant of the massive economic fallout of the lockdown on the most vulnerable section of the society.
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| 2135 | Recent | Is Coronavirus a Bio-Weapon unleashed by China? | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 30/03/2020 | One of the great mysteries of the Covid-19 pandemic is how, exactly, the SARS-CoV-2 virus made the leap from wildlife into humans. Scientists who’ve analyzed the virus’s genome believe it came from a bat, likely in China. But Chinese epidemiologists have revealed little about how or where the first patients were infected.
One of the most popular theories around Coronavirus is it being a Chinese Bio-Weapon. In fact, recently, a lawsuit has been filed in the US under which the petitioner has accused China or using a bio-weapon Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) against the US. The petitioners have demanded USD 20 trillion from China, which is more than the GDP of the latter.
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| 2136 | Recent | Home Ministry changes rules: State Disaster Relief Funds to be used for migrant workers | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 28/03/2020 | The Union Home Ministry on Saturday changed the rules for assistance under the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF), facilitating availability of money for food and temporary accommodation for migrant workers during the 21-day lockdown.
In a communication to all chief secretaries, the ministry also said medical care and clothing can be provided to migrant workers during the lockdown period announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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| 2137 | Recent | COVID-19: International Monetary Fund launches Government Policy Tracker | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 26/03/2020 | Washington, DC: Governments around the world are taking decisive steps to limit the human and economic impact of COVID-19. Many countries have taken extraordinary monetary and fiscal policy measures.
“These measures are most welcome and essential, and more will be needed. We are launching today a policy tracker to help our member countries be more aware of the experiences of others in combating the pandemic, and in adapting various policies and practices to their unique circumstances and needs. Sharing knowledge about COVID-19 enables us all to tackle the crisis more effectively,” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
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| 2138 | Recent | India’s first COVID-19 dedicated hospital set up by Reliance India in Mumbai with Negative Room Pressure | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/03/2020 | Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday said that it has set up India's first COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai that includes a negative pressure room that helps in preventing cross-contamination and helps control infection.
The Reliance Group of Companies in collaboration with Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation has set up a COVID-19 Centre at the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai. The centre is completely supported by Reliance Foundation. It has all required infrastructure including a negative pressure room.
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| 2139 | Recent | Section 144 imposed in Delhi, Maharashtra Govt announces state-wide Curfew | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 22/03/2020 | With Covid-19 positive cases rising to over 70 in Maharashtra, state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has requested people to abide by the Janata Curfew till Monday morning and subsequently ordered to impose Section 144 across the state from Monday till March 31.
"I would like to request everyone to continue Janata Curfew till tomorrow [Monday] morning. The number of cases has increased considerably. I have no option left but to apply Section 144 in Maharashtra. Not more than 5 people can be gathered on roads," Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday.
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| 2140 | Recent | Fossil links human hands to fins for the first time in Human Evolution | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 21/03/2020 | An international team of palaeontologists from Flinders University in Australia and Universite du Quebec a Rimouski in Canada have revealed the fish specimen, as described in the journal Nature, has yielded the missing evolutionary link in the fish to tetrapod transition, as fish began to foray in habitats such as shallow water and land during the Late Devonian period millions of years ago. The Elpistostege was completely aquatic. It had a crocodile-like body, flat triangular head, numerous teeth around jaws. The paleontologists believe that during its era, Elpistostege was the top predator in brackish estuary ecosystem.
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| 2141 | Recent | World's fastest supercomputer begins hunt for coronavirus vaccine | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 20/03/2020 | United States Department of Energy brings the world’s most powerful supercomputer, the IBM POWER9-based Summit, to combat the rippling COVID-19 outbreak. The computer system helps identify compounds that could guide researchers to treat patients with infectious diseases.
The world’s fastest supercomputer has been tasked with going through thousands of molecules to find potential compounds that could be used to create a coronavirus vaccine. The supercomputer went through many molecules to find the compounds that could be used to create the new drug against SARS-CoV-2. The computer has managed to find around 77 compounds, which could potentially help prevent the virus from entering human cells.
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| 2142 | Recent | New Motor Vehicles act, 2019: 10 percent reduction in accidental deaths, says Government | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 16/03/2020 | There has been 10 percent reduction in the number of accidental deaths in the country after implementation of new Motor Vehicles Act.
Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha today that there has been positive results of the implementation of new act and the highest reduction in deaths was 14 percent in Gujarat followed by 13 percent in Uttar Pradesh. Gadkari revealed data from 12 states and union territories in the Rajya Sabha, comparing the rate of accidents with that five months before September 2019, when manifold increase in penalties on violation of traffic rules provided by the Act, was enforced.
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| 2143 | Recent | Coronavirus: India suspends most land border crossing points | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/03/2020 | Government of India ordered to suspend 18 of the 37 international borders from March 15, 2020. It includes borders across Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bhutan and Bangladesh. India has suspended land border crossing points with Pakistan indefinitely from 16 March midnight in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak that has claimed two lives in India, PTI reported Saturday. The move was aimed at channeling movement through those check points with adequate facilities to detect incidence of SARS-CoV2 infections, they said at a briefing on measures to tackle the outbreak of the disease in New Delhi.
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| 2144 | Recent | Sunil Joshi becomes new Chief Selector of Indian men's cricket team | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/03/2020 | Former India spinner Sunil Joshi was on Wednesday named chairman of the national selection panel by the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which also picked ex-pacer Harvinder Singh in the five-member group. The CAC, comprising Madan Lal, R P Singh and Sulakshana Naik, named the two selectors. Joshi replaces MSK Prasad (South Zone), who had an extended run after completing his four-year tenure. "The committee recommended Mr Sunil Joshi for the role of Chairman of the senior men's selection committee," read a statement from BCCI Secretary Jay Shah.
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| 2145 | Recent | World Bank and Himachal Pradesh signed USD 80-million loan agreement to boost agriculture | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 13/03/2020 | The Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh, and the World Bank today signed an $80 million loan agreement to improve water management practices and increase agricultural productivity in selected Gram Panchayats (Village Councils) in Himachal Pradesh, a mountainous state richly endowed with natural resources.
The integrated project for source stability in Himachal Pradesh will be implemented in 428 Gram Panchayats in 10 districts. It will benefit more than 4,00,000 small farmers, women, and rural communities.
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| 2146 | Recent | Anti-HIV drugs used against COVID-19 for the first time in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/03/2020 | Battling the coronavirus threat, India has, for the first time, used the Lopinavir/ Ritonavir combination, usually a second line HIV medication, in the treatment of two Italian patients — a couple on a tour of India — who tested positive for COVID-19 in Jaipur. Due consent of the patients, officials said, was obtained before administration of the drug. SMS Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr D S Meena said the Italian man and his wife had developed severe respiratory problems following which a decision was taken to put them on the combination of lopinavir and ritonavir.
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| 2147 | Recent | Stockholm International Report: India is the second largest importer of arms | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/03/2020 | India remained the world’s second largest arms importer during the period 2015-19, with Russia being the largest supplier though Moscow’s share of the Indian weapons market declined from 72% to 56%, a leading think tank that tracks arms transfers said in its annual report on Monday.
Worldwide major arms exports have increased on growing demand from countries in conflict, researchers in Sweden said, with top exporter the United States widening its lead over Russia. Over five years from 2015 to 2019, international arms exports grew by 5.5 per cent from the 2010-2014 period, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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| 2148 | Recent | NASA names Rover for Mars 2020 Mission | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/03/2020 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named its Mars rover Perseverance. NASA has scheduled its Mars mission in July 2020. NASA has renamed its rover after a nationwide competition. Earlier, NASA has given it an unofficial title. The spacecraft and rover are part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a series of missions to piece together the story of whether Mars has ever been habitable. Perseverance will look for past signs of habitability, as well as signs of past life. The rover will cache rock and soil samples on the Martian surface for pickup and return to Earth by a potential future mission.
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| 2149 | Recent | India has become world’s 5th largest economy: IMF | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 29/02/2020 | India became world's fifth largest economy in 2019 in terms of nominal GDP, leapfrogging France and the UK, according to data from the IMF's October World Economic Outlook. India's economy now has a nominal GDP of $2.94 trillion. The report said, "India's economy is the fifth largest in the world with a GDP of $2.94 trillion, overtaking the UK and France in 2019 to take the fifth spot". India had previously slipped down the seventh position following a major slowdown in economic growth. However, despite the current jump, India is battling with challenges concerning sustainability and infrastructure.
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| 2150 | Recent | Hurun Global Rich List 2020: Mukesh Ambani richest in Asia, Jeff Bezos in world | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 27/02/2020 | Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, even after losing $7 billion in one year, according to the ninth annual Hurun Global Rich List. Bezos, 56, has retained the top spot for the third year with an estimated net worth of $140 billion.
According to the report, Reliance Group’s head Mukesh Ambani is the richest person in the country. The report highlights that his net worth is USD 67 billion. He has ranked ninth in the list and only Indian who secured a position among top-10 richest people in the world.
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| 2151 | Recent | Cheetah Reintroduction Project | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 25/02/2020 | Preparations underway for bringing cheetah in India — more than 70 years after they became extinct — came up at 13th Conference of Parties (CoP) to United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in Gandhinagar on February 18, 2020.
In January, the Supreme Court allowed the Union government to bring the African cheetah to India in an effort to reintroduce the species in the country. The Asiatic cheetah, which once roamed India’s vast forests and grasslands, was declared extinct here in 1952, after decades of human intervention, hunting and habitat degradation. The IUCN Red List classifies the species as critically endangered globally.
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| 2152 | Recent | US to sign peace deal with Taliban forces to end war in Afghanistan | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 24/02/2020 | The U.S. and the Taliban have struck a deal that paves the way for eventual peace in Afghanistan. U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and the head of the militant Islamist group, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, signed the potentially historic agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, where the two sides spent months hashing out its details.
The US and Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. President Trump said it had been a "long and hard journey" in Afghanistan. "It's time after all these years to bring our people back home," he said.
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| 2153 | Recent | After English and Mandarin, Hindi-the third most spoken language in the world | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 19/02/2020 | Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers. The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated English at the top of the list with 1,132 million speakers. Chines Mandarin is at the second position with 1,117 million speakers.
The current round of the database covers 7,111 living languages of the world. In addition to living languages, Ethnologue also contains data on languages which have gone out of use in recent history.
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| 2154 | Recent | Atal Bhujal Yojana: GOI and World Bank signed loan agreement to improve groundwater in India | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 18/02/2020 | The Indian government signed a USD 450 million loan agreement with the World Bank with an aim to support the national programme to control the depleting groundwater levels and strengthen groundwater institutions. The project supported by the World Bank called the “National Ground Water Management Improvement Programme” is to be implemented in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana. The programme is to cover 78 districts. The districts were selected based on degree of ground water depletion, degradation and exploitation of groundwater, institutional readiness in implementing initiatives related to management of groundwater.
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| 2155 | Recent | “Global Investor Summit” for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir; Road Shows to attract investments | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/02/2020 | The Government of India is making preparation in full swing for the Global Investors Summit to be held in Jammu and Kashmir in April 2020. The roadshows intend to get along business hubs to draw together investors, decision-makers, senior government officials and the local business community in a stimulating dialogue that can spur the region's industrial growth and manufacturing across 14 identified focus sectors. In order to increase the number of investments roadshows are to be conducted from February 17, 2020. The roadshows are to be held in Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.
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| 2156 | Recent | Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Chief Minister of Delhi on February 16 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/02/2020 | Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM on February 16. Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal, who spearheaded the party's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, will take oath as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive time on February 16 at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) recorded a landmark victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 by winning 62 seats in the 70-member assembly. The BJP won 8 seats, while the Congress failed to win a single seat. AAP’s success in the elections was a remarkable feat, considering the party had finished at the third place in Delhi during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
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| 2157 | Recent | Amazon invests 1.5 billion USD for two Data Centres under Data Centre Policy of Telangana | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/02/2020 | E-commerce major Amazon’s cloud computing arm AWS (Amazon Web Services) is reportedly investing about $1.5 billion to set up two data centres in India . These data centres will come up in Hyderabad, where it already has a huge presence.
The data centres are expected to come up at two locations on the outskirts of Hyderabad in Ranga Reddy district. More than 90 per cent of the investment would go towards the high-end computer and storage equipment that would be housed at these two data centres. They would help in developing an Amazon Web Services region in Telangana.
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| 2158 | Recent | RBI to release Digital Payment Index by July 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 10/02/2020 | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday announced a Digital Payments Index (DPI) to assess and capture the extent of digitalization of payments effectively.
“The DPI would be based on multiple parameters and shall reflect accurately the penetration and deepening of various digital payment modes. The DPI will be made available from July 2020 onwards," the Reserve Bank said in its statement on developmental and regulatory policies. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to set up a self-regulatory organization (SRO) by April 2020 to improve security, customer protection and pricing in India's digital payment system.
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| 2159 | Recent | DRDO signs agreement with Russia’s Rosoboronexport at the DefExpo, 2020 | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 08/02/2020 | On February 7, 2020, DRDO (Defense Research Development Organization) signed an agreement with Rosobornexport of Russia. According to the agreement the defense organization will develop Advanced Pyrotechnic Ignition Systems for missile propulsion.
Director HEMRL KPS Murthy said that this will enable advancement in the field of energetic materials and pyrotechnic technology leading to the development of advanced ignition systems. HEMRL is the DRDO laboratory working in the development of spectrum of high energy materials required for missiles, rockets and guns.
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| 2160 | Recent | Donald Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 06/02/2020 | The Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, rejecting the House’s charges that he should be removed from office for abusing his power and obstructing the congressional investigation into his conduct. It was the third impeachment trial of a president and the third acquittal in American history, and it ended the way it began: with Republicans and Democrats at odds. The ruling Republican party has 53 seats in the 100-member Senate, while the Democrats have 47 seats. The opposition will now have to wait for nine months to challenge Donald Trump, as US Elections 2020 are due in November.
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| 2161 | Recent | India develops new vaccine to control classical swine fever | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 05/02/2020 | The Indian Institute of Veterinary Research (IVRI) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed a new vaccine to control classical swine fever. A report published in government news agency stated that a new vaccine will be cheaper and more effective. The new vaccine will be much cheaper than the existing one. It would cost only Rs 2 per dose compared to the current vaccine's rate of Rs 15-20 per dose and imported Korean vaccine rate of Rs 30 per dose.
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| 2162 | Recent | Australian Open: Novak Djokovic won the title for the eighth time | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 04/02/2020 | Agitated and ailing, Novak Djokovic nonetheless won an eighth Australian Open title to beat his fellow Big Three members to the punch in one respect.
Chasing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for most of his career, Djokovic became the first man in the Open Era to win a grand slam title in three decades by downing big-hitter Dominic Thiem 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 in an unforgettable three-hour, 59-minute final. The victory puts Djokovic behind only Rafael Nadal (19) and Roger Federer (20) in the ranks of men's major title winners.
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| 2163 | Recent | Pakistan declares national emergency to battle massive locusts attack | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 03/02/2020 | Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has declared a national emergency in the country because of the massive locusts attack. This attack has destroyed the entire crop field in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the reports, the country needs Rs 730 crore to overcome this crisis.
Minister for National Food Security Khusro Bakhtiar informed the National Assembly about the gravity of the situation and the steps so far taken by the federal and provincial governments to deal with the crisis, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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| 2164 | Recent | Most Powerful Passports of 2020: India ranks 84th, Japan tops the list | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 17/01/2020 | Henley Passport Index 2020 recently released the rankings of the world’s most powerful passports. Indian passport has ranked 84th in the list while Japan’s passport ranked 1st in the index. The rankings of these passports are based on data collected from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The Henley and Partners said the list included passports of 199 countries and 227 tourist places. This list has been prepared based on new visa policies. The list included the most powerful and weakest passport of the world.
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| 2165 | Recent | Senior IPS officer AP Maheshwari appointed Director General of CRPF | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2020 | PS officer Anand Prakash Maheshwari on Wednesday took over as the new director-general of the CRPF, the world's largest paramilitary force. The 1984-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre was appointed the new CRPF chief on January 13 after its earlier DG R R Bhatnagar retired on December 31. Maheshwari took over the charge from ITBP Director General S S Deswal who was given the additional charge to head the CRPF. Maheshwari was handed over the ceremonial DG baton at the CRPF headquarters at Central Government Offices (CGO) complex at Lodhi Road here, a senior officer said. He will retire on 28th of February next year.
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| 2166 | Recent | ICC Awards 2019: Virat Kohli bags Spirit of Cricket Award, Rohit Sharma ODI Cricketer of the year | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 15/01/2020 | ICC Awards 2019: Indian skipper Virat Kohli was named captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams of 2019 and awarded ICC 2019 'Spirit of Cricket' award. Rohit Sharma was also honoured with the ICC ODI Cricketer of the year 2019 award. The ICC Awards were announced on January 15, 2020.
Virat Kohli was honoured with the ICC award 'Spirit of Cricket' for his touching gesture during India vs Australia world cup match when he had gestured the crowd to cheer for Steve Smith instead of booing. Rohit Sharma was adjudged as the 2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year, as he hit record 5 centuries during ICC World Cup 2019 and a total of 7 ODI centuries in the whole year.
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| 2167 | Recent | Statue of Unity gets listed among 8 wonders of SCO | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/01/2020 | The Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) has included the Statue of Unity in its eight wonders of the SCO list. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar tweeted about this.
Statue of Unity's inclusion in SCO's list of eight wonders also means that now SCO itself will promote the world's highest statue in member countries.
The Statue of Unity is the 182-meter tall statue of the country's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is the tallest statue in the world. This statue is located near Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada in Kevadia Colony in Gujarat.
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| 2168 | Recent | Michael Debabrata Patra becomes Deputy Governor of RBI | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 14/01/2020 | The government has appointed Michael Debabrata Patra as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved his name for a three-year tenure.
Michael Debabrata Patra has replaced Viral Acharya who resigned from the post in July 2019. Earlier, Michael Debaprata was working as an Executive Director at the RBI. He was overseeing four departments, Department of Statistics and Information Management, Monetary Policy, Departments of Economic and Policy Research.
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| 2169 | Recent | BCCI Awards 2018-19: Jasprit Bumrah wins Polly Umrigar Award | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2020 | Fresh from making a sizzling return to the Indian side in the recently concluded series with Sri Lanka, Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah was awarded the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award (2018-19) on January 12, 2020, at the BCCI Annual Awards in Mumbai. Jasprit Bumrah was also given the Dilip Sardesai Award. The Polly Umrigar Trophy is given to the best male international cricketer by BCCI. Bumrah made his Test debut against South Africa in 2019. The Indian pacer, who had a fruitful 2018-19 season with Team India across all formats won the award for being the best international cricketer.
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| 2170 | Recent | PM Narendra Modi renames Kolkata Port Trust after Syama Prasad Mookerjee | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 12/01/2020 | On 12 January 2020, the port was renamed to Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the 150th-anniversary programme of Kolkata Port Trust, invoked Mookerjee and BR Ambedkar and said their contributions had led to the development of the country post Independence, but suggestions made by them were not implemented after they resigned from the government. of 150 years of operation of Kolkata Port at economic Indoor Stadium."I announce that the Kolkata Port Trust will now be known as Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. He was the father of industrialisation in India, a man who made sacrifices for one nation and one Constitution.
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| 2171 | Recent | Haitham Bin Tariq Al becomes new Sultan of Oman after death of long-time ruler | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 11/01/2020 | Haitham bin Tariq al-Said was sworn in as the new Sultan of Oman on January 11, 2020, after the death of long-time ruler Qaboos bin Said Al Said.
Late Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed had ruled Oman since 1970 as the 8th Sultan of the House of Al Said. He was the Arab world's longest-serving ruler. He passed away on January 10 due to prolonged illness at the age of 79 years.
The new Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, is the cousin of the late Sultan. The late sultan had himself chosen Haitham Bin Tareq Al Saeed as his successor, as the Sultan had no children.
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| 2172 | Recent | In a first, a lady officer will lead an Army contingent at the 71st Army Day parade | STD 1, STD 2, STD 3, STD 4, STD 5, STD 6, STD 7, STD 8, STD 9, STD 10, STD 11, STD 12 | 09/01/2020 | For the first time in the history of Indian Army, a lady officer will lead a contingent on the Army Day parade which is held every year on January 15. This is separate from the all-women marching contingent, which was led by a woman officer, Captain Divya Ajith, during the Republic Day parade in 2015.
Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi will lead the Indian Army's Service Corps (ASC) contingent, comprising 144 male personnel, on the 71st Army Day parade.
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