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2021-09-30 15:30:12+00:00
⛴India’s largest private ports company, APSEZ, has signed a 35-year lease with Sri Lanka's state-owned operator of major commercial ports SLPA (Sri Lanka Ports Authority) to develop and run the West Container Terminal at Colombo under a Build, Operate and Transfer model. The signing ceremony to ratify the contract was held virtually on Thursday.
According to the terms of the lease agreement, APSEZ will develop and manage operations at the Colombo port in partnership with its local partner John Keells Holdings PLC.
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2021-09-30 14:50:11+00:00
😮Students from a government primary school in Balrampur in the state of Utter Pradesh are being forced to take classes under a tree outside an Anganwadi centre (a type of rural child care centre in India) because there's no school building.
Earlier, classes were held in private houses until moving outside the Anganwadi centre, which has only one room.
"There is one room in Anganwadi Bhawan where classes are held. Now there is only one room and five classes so when the weather is clear teachers take classes under the tree... Savitripur school is in a poor condition for last 7-8 years," said Lalit Patel, the district's education officer. He also said that permission to construct a new school building has been granted by the administration, but work has not started yet.
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2021-09-30 13:45:11+00:00
⛵️The Indian Navy is set to conduct a sailing championship from 1-5 October where Yachtsmen and women from all three Commands of the Indian Navy (Western Naval Command, Eastern Naval Command and Southern Naval Command) will be honing and demonstrating their sailing skills in Mumbai harbour.
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2021-09-30 12:30:11+00:00
🇮🇳 🇬🇧India and the UK are likely to announce a joint declaration on “one sun, one world, one grid” — or OSOWOG, a concept New Delhi has been pushing through its International Solar Alliance — at the upcoming COP26.
Both countries have been working towards achieving this concept, and the joint venture will be signed by energy ministers of the two nations in the presence of the two Prime Ministers, according to sources.
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2021-09-30 11:20:09+00:00
🚓Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Thursday said that the police have taken appropriate measures against the gangsters, who are committing crimes using mobile phones from inside the jail.
Speaking to reporters today, Asthana said that some of the members of various criminal gangs are outside the jails, and gangsters inside the jail are using them to relay information in order to commit crimes,
"Very clear instructions have been given for the formation of a team that whenever such things happen and whoever conspires, whether from outside or inside the jail should be identified and booked under the framework of the law," he said, adding that several criminals have already been identified.
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2021-09-30 10:30:07+00:00
❗️A leakage in Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Compressed Natural Gas pipelines was reported in the Civil Lines area of Prayagraj on Thursday morning. The police, fire department and company officers were being called to the scene of the incident to monitor the situation. The entire area was cordoned off.
"The root of the cause is being identified and all the major steps are in force. People do not need to panic as the situation is under control," said Manish Mishra, Manager, Adani Group.
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2021-09-30 09:42:57+00:00
❌The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday issued orders banning the celebration of Chhath Puja in public places.
Issuing a new set of preventive measures and guidelines that are to continue till November 15, the DDMA advised the people to celebrate the religious festival in their homes.
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2021-09-30 07:58:11+00:00
Clashes between farmers and police broke out in Haryana's Karnal this morning amid protests against a BJP event: the protesters have knocked down the barricades
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2021-09-30 05:23:41+00:00
A bus carrying at least 21 passengers fell into a river in the state of Meghalaya, killing at least six people, including the driver
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2021-09-30 05:20:51+00:00
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in his speech at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum has expressed hope that the two countries will stay close together: "We will create new opportunities in this century to prosper together, and that Indian Americans are given the full benefits of life in America free of discrimination."
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2021-09-30 05:11:20+00:00
🚑 India reports 23,529 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-30 02:25:25+00:00
🌙 Catch up on our latest updates:
🔸 The Assam government will acquire the assets of two defunct paper mills of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited;
🔸 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed solidarity with India and called for strengthening economic ties between the two countries;
🔸 Around 40 percent of privately run liquor vends in the national capital will shut down from October 1;
🔸 Bill Gates congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission;
🔸 The Indian and Royal Australian Navies signed a ''Terms of Reference for the conduct of Navy-to-Navy talks between the two countries."
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2021-09-29 14:20:06+00:00
📹Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was made the head of the Congress party of Punjab in July, unexpectedly resigned from the top party post on 28 September. A day after resigning from the post of Punjab Congress chief, on Wednesday, he released a video message on his Twitter claiming he couldn't compromise on his moral values, and that this was the reason for him stepping down from the post of Punjab Congress Chief.
"I can't compromise with my ethics and moral authority. What I witness is a compromise with issues, the agenda in Punjab. I can't disguise high command nor can I let them be disguised," Sidhu said.
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2021-09-29 13:40:13+00:00
📖Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded a discussion with author and academic Raghuvendra Tanwar, who met him and spoke about his work on India's partition.
"Had an outstanding discussion with author and academic Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar. He spoke to me about his work on India's partition as well as other aspects relating to history. He is a fine mind and am glad to see his passion towards history," Modi shared on Twitter.
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2021-09-29 12:31:01+00:00
Former Goa chief minister and Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro on Wednesday joined the Trinamool Congress party in Kolkata
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2021-09-29 11:15:10+00:00
🇮🇳🇲🇽Greater economic cooperation should drive the privileged partnership between India and Mexico, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said, as he made a case for attracting Mexican businesses to invest in the country and addressed issues faced by sectors like information technology and pharma.
Mr. Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Mexico and his first to the Latin American country as the External Affairs Minister, on Tuesday, September 28th, held a productive engagement with Mexican business representatives and Indian companies operating in Mexico.
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2021-09-29 10:00:05+00:00
🏆The Delhi-based environmental organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment has received the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.
The award was given to the organisation for its “grassroots approach of empowering vulnerable communities to protect their livelihoods and claim their right to a clean environment” and includes a cash prize of one million Swedish crowns.
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2021-09-29 08:09:39+00:00
The Indian navy and coast guard on Tuesday evacuated a Filipino sailor, suspected of having Covid, from a merchant vessel near Kochi (the state of Kerala). The rescue operation has been caught on video
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2021-09-29 07:18:06+00:00
At least 13 people have died due to heavy rain, floods and lightning in the Maharashtra and Marathwada regions. 560 stranded villagers were rescued by the NDRF after the helicopters were deployed
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2021-09-29 04:51:18+00:00
🚑 India reports 18,870 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-29 02:02:26+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged the United Nations to include adequate recognition of the mental wellbeing of vulnerable sections in all post-pandemic policies;
🔸 A 41-year-old deputy commandant-rank official of Jharkhand Jaguar, an anti-Maoist force of the state police, was killed in an encounter in Latehar district;
🔸 77 people trapped in two villages in Beed district in Maharashtra amid heavy rains were rescued;
🔸 Two West Bengal trekkers of an 18-strong team died due to extreme weather conditions near Khemenger Glacier in the mountains of Himachal
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2021-09-28 15:27:34+00:00
😍 A meteor shower above India's Astronomical Observatory in Ladakh
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2021-09-28 09:11:02+00:00
‼️🇦🇫Afghanistan will use the constitution of the times of the country's last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who reigned from 1933 to 1973, except provisions contradicting the Sharia law, acting Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharie says.
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2021-09-28 08:36:01+00:00
Jen Psaki on the US President's remarks about the Indian and American press: "I don't think it was meant to be a hard cut at the members of the media."
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2021-09-28 05:55:42+00:00
🚑 India reports 18,795 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-28 02:27:26+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Nuclear-armed North Korea fired an 'unidentified projectile' into the sea off its east coast;
🔸 The Delhi Pollution Control Committee issued showcause notices for closure to three hotels in the city for violating environmental norms;
🔸 US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit India next month to hold a series of bilateral meetings, civil society events
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2021-09-27 15:03:32+00:00
✈️India's low-cost airline SpiceJet is set to once again fly Boeing’s B-737 Max aircraft from October after a two-and-a-half-year long ban
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2021-09-27 14:05:05+00:00
📲Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched the Delhi Tourism mobile app "Dekho Mere Dilli" to boost tourism on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
"The tourists who want to visit Delhi can now plan their tour by using the Dekho Mere Dilli mobile app. They can plan their entire tour on one platform. They can even buy tickets for the places they want to visit in the national capital," the Chief Minister said, adding the app has all the information about eating joints, historic sites and entertainment venues.
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2021-09-27 12:25:13+00:00
An old building collapsed in Bengaluru, India today at around 11.40 a.m. Fortunately, most of the occupants were away at work when the building collapsed: no causalities or injuries were reported.
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2021-09-27 09:42:45+00:00
UPDATE | The post on Ghani’s Facebook page has been removed
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2021-09-27 09:06:57+00:00
❗ US preparing docs to sanction India over S-400 purchase, claims BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy
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2021-09-27 08:46:15+00:00
UPDATE | Ashraf Ghani's Twitter page posts message indicating he didn't endorse the Taliban's rule
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2021-09-27 08:35:24+00:00
#URGENT | Exiled president Ghani urges international community to recognize Taliban's rule in Afghanistan
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2021-09-27 05:22:22+00:00
Protests against the three farm liberalisation laws (which opponents allege will give power to private firms to take over the agriculture sector) continue in India.
Farmers have blocked more than 20 locations in Delhi, including rail tracks: about 25 trains are affected due to #BharatBandh
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2021-09-26 14:09:14+00:00
Fifteen Congress MLAs have been sworn in as ministers in Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's new cabinet
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2021-09-26 13:47:37+00:00
⚓️Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh on Sunday arrived in Oman for a three-day official visit from 27-29 September.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the visit aims to consolidate bilateral defence relations with Oman and also to explore new avenues for defence cooperation.
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2021-09-26 11:22:28+00:00
❗️ The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as cyclone Gulab approaches. It is expected to hit the states around midnight.
In Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reportedly set a "zero casualty" target for the most vulnerable districts in the southern and coastal areas
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2021-09-26 10:09:06+00:00
🛫👍 Canada will allow direct flights from India starting Monday, 27 September, lifting a 5-month ban
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2021-09-26 09:54:05+00:00
🤔 Opposition party Congress has taken a dig at the grand celebration organised by the BJP on the occasion of PM Modi's return from the US.
"The gimmick is on. Is he coming to India for the first time or returning after winning a battle?", Indian Youth Congress President B.V. Srinivassaid wrote in a tweet in Hindi
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2021-09-26 09:00:08+00:00
✈️The Indian Air Force on Sunday conducted an air show at Dal Lake in Srinagar organising in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir government to celebrate “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, commemorating 75 years of the country's independence.
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2021-09-26 08:22:02+00:00
❗️The India Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a red alert for Cyclone Gulab for south Odisha and northern coastal Andhra Pradesh ahead of its landfall
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2021-09-26 07:20:14+00:00
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called for addressing a shortage of trained human resources in the health sector on a war footing and stressed the need for creating more medical colleges in line with the government's intention of setting up one medical college and hospital in every district of the country.
Speaking at a convocation of the University College of Medical Sciences, the vice president stressed that the first step to achieving the goal of “Health for All” is to increase public spending on health.
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2021-09-26 06:30:01+00:00
❗️🚓Four people have been arrested for allegedly killing a man in Mumbai's Kandivali West, said the deputy commissioner of Mumbai Police on Saturday.
According to Vishal Singh Thakur, DCP, a 22-year-old victim was stabbed at "least 20 times by his friends on Thursday due to old enmity and was dumped far away from the place of incident".
"All the accused were produced in the court and have been sent to police custody till September 27", Vishal Singh Thakur said, adding that further investigation into the matter is underway.
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2021-09-26 05:15:09+00:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Sunday, 26 September through his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio programme. This will be the 81st edition of the broadcast, where the prime minister, who has concluded his official three-day visit to the United States, is expected to bring up a host of pressing issues in his Sunday address to fellow Indians.
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2021-09-26 04:46:01+00:00
Farmers are set to hold a rally in Panipat, Haryana on Sunday, where farm leaders are likely to address agriculturalists protesting against three contentious farm laws.
Karnal farm leader Ratan Mann said thousands of farmers from the state will attend the rally as farm leaders will give an important message ahead of the Bharat Bandh, adding that the rally is being organised to “awaken” the government to repeal the anti-farmer laws.
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2021-09-26 04:30:10+00:00
🚑India reports 28,326 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-25 15:05:53+00:00
🤝 Leaders of the Quad (the US, India, Australia, and Japan) have agreed to coordinate policy on Afghanistan.
The parties underlined that the country's territory should not be used to harbour terrorists, or to plan or finance terrorist attacks.
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2021-09-25 14:02:58+00:00
🤔 The BJP in the state of Assam has defended its decision to evict nearly 5,000 Muslims from their homes this week.
State chief Himanta Biswa Sarma claims that the families had been informed beforehand that they were encroaching upon government land.
“Evictions were done as per their consent. I had told them about [the] evictions and that they should ensure no resistance, which they promised”, Sarma said, adding that the “illegal settlers” went back on their word and “created mayhem” the next day.
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2021-09-25 13:19:46+00:00
📹 PM Modi speaks at the UN General Assembly: https://sputniknews.com/20210925/un-general-assembly-convenes-for-fifth-day-of-76th-session-1089399698.html
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2021-09-25 11:57:23+00:00
🤔 A tip-off by the CIA helped Indian authorities to confiscate nearly three tonnes of heroin, claimed BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy.
His remarks came after CIA Director William Burns led a high-level US delegation to New Delhi on 7 September.
Swamy added that the Taliban could be transporting more narcotics through and to India in the coming days.
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2021-09-25 10:22:32+00:00
❗️China has warned India, Australia, and Japan that the US will "dump" them like "trash", the way it abandoned its allies in Afghanistan.
In an editorial published on the eve of the Quad summit, the state-backed Global Times also warned the Asian democracies of retaliation from Beijing if they followed the US "too far" in confronting China.
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2021-09-25 09:02:16+00:00
Joe Biden has remarked that the Indian press was "much better behaved" than the American media while delivering a statement during a bilateral meeting with Narendra Modi at the White House.
"I think, with your permission, you could not answer questions because they [the US press] won't ask any questions on point", Biden told Modi.
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2021-09-25 08:59:49+00:00
🚑 India recorded 29,616 fresh Covid cases
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2021-09-25 08:01:23+00:00
⚡️ Leaders of the United States, Japan, Australia and India announced on Saturday their plans to produce at least 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2022
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2021-09-24 18:05:44+00:00
Thousands of social healthcare activists known as the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) took to the streets of New Delhi for a nationwide strike on Friday.
They demanded risk allowance and insurance coverage while on COVID duty, the regularisation of appointments, the right to earn minimum wages, social security, and post-retirement benefits.
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2021-09-24 13:25:59+00:00
💉 Italy has recognised Covishield – a COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India.
This means that Indians inoculated with the vaccine will now be eligible for an Italian green pass, according to the Indian Embassy in Italy.
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2021-09-24 12:06:24+00:00
🧐 The death of India's prominent seer, Narendra Giri, will now be probed by the country's top investigative agency - the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Narendra, who was the head of a top religious body, Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, was found dead in his room at his residence under "suspicious" circumstances on 20 September.
The demise of the influential seer, who was linked with many top politicians in the country, was met with condolences by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and various key politicians from Uttar Pradesh.
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2021-09-24 11:49:58+00:00
🇺🇸 During his ongoing US visit, PM Modi presented Kamala Harris with a copy of old notifications related to her grandfather, PV Gopalan, in a wooden handicraft frame. PV Gopalan was a respected government officer who served in various positions in India.
PM Narendra Modi also gifted Kamala Harris a gulabi meenakari chess set. The craft of gulabi meenakari is closely associated with Kashi, one of the oldest cities in the world, which is also the constituency of PM Modi.
🇦🇺 Later, PM Modi met with other Quad leaders. He gifted Australian PM Scott Morrison a silver gulabi meenakari ship, which is also distinctly handcrafted and reflects Kashi's dynamism.
🇯🇵 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was gifted a sandalwood Buddha statue.
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2021-09-24 10:42:42+00:00
❗️ Three people, including gangster Jitender Mann "Gogi", were killed on the premises of Delhi's Rohini Court, media outlets have reported, citing the Delhi Police.
Two men opened fire at Gogi, who had reportedly been brought to the court for a hearing; the attackers were killed.
Another three people sustained injuries as a result of the incident.
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2021-09-24 10:01:27+00:00
✏️ Kamala Harris lectures PM Modi on need to protect democracies and democratic institutions.
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2021-09-24 09:46:10+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 VP Kamala Harris met with PM Narendra Modi today and received a "special invitation" to visit the place of her mother's birth, saying, "the people of India are waiting to welcome you".
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2021-09-24 09:37:56+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India and America as "natural partners" as he held his first in-person meeting with US 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, Afghanistan, and the Indo-Pacific.
"India and America are natural partners. We have similar values, similar geopolitical interests", Modi said in a joint media appearance on Thursday with Harris, the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected 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 is also gradually increasing.
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2021-09-24 09:20:21+00:00
🤝 India has signed a $3 billion contract with Spain's Airbus.
Under the deal, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will receive 56 Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft by October 2031. Sixteen of them will be delivered straight to the IAF in flyway condition from Spain by October 2025. The remaining 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India.
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2021-09-24 08:40:30+00:00
🇮🇳 🤝 🇦🇺Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said that the AUKUS trilateral partnership was "completely complementary" to the four-nation "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" while addressing journalists after he met with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
"He [Modi] certainly sees it in that way, as does Yoshi Suga [Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga], when I spoke to him last week and I'll see him tomorrow morning. The Quad partners understand the need for positive contributions to regional stability and the AUKUS partnership is all about making that sort of contribution", said Morrison.
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2021-09-24 06:23:32+00:00
😢 The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
The family of slain policeman Ajay Dhar, who was apparently shot dead by a colleague in a case of mistaken identity in Kupwara, has accused the police department of attempting a "cover-up", and demanded justice.
Dhar, a follower in the police department posted in Handwara, died in the early hours of Wednesday after being shot by a sentry guarding a temple who mistook him for a militant, officials said.
"Please return my son alive. Who fires at the head of a person", Dhar's grief-stricken mother lashed out.
Speaking to reporters, the victim's younger sister, Neha, said "We want justice for my brother Ajay, not compensation or money. The police are telling lies. We want a high-level probe by the NIA".
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2021-09-23 16:28:41+00:00
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has seized four gold bars, with a total weight of 300g, at the Indira Ghandi International Airport.
The bars were reportedly found on an Indian passenger who arrived from Riyadh and was identified as Abdul Majid Mohammed Vtaniya.
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2021-09-23 13:46:03+00:00
Technology giant Google has taken India's anti-trust body to the Delhi High Court over a confidential report leak on Thursday. The tech giant, in a statement, said it aims to prevent any further unlawful disclosures of confidential findings by the investigative arm of the CCI.
"Google has not yet had the opportunity to review the Director General's findings, much less submit its defence of any allegations", the statement read.
The development comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet America's top businesses in Washington to seek investment 🤦♂️
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2021-09-23 13:16:51+00:00
💻 The Supreme Court of India on Thursday said it will set up a technical expert committee to probe the Pegasus spyware scandal.
Next week, India's top court is set to pass an order on pleas relating to seeking an independent probe into the Pegasus snoopgate matter and establishing the committee.
The Pegasus row erupted on 18 July after a consortium of media outlets reported that Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen, journalists, and others, including Rahul Gandhi, a key opposition leader, and Congress parliamentarian, had been potentially snooped on using the Israeli spyware Pegasus.
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2021-09-23 12:51:45+00:00
📹 A video purportedly showing security personnel evicting encroachers in Dholpur Gorukhuti
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2021-09-23 12:22:57+00:00
👮♀️ Two people were fatally shot in a clash with Assam police during an eviction operation in the state's Darrang district.
"The police were given a task to evict the encroachers and they were carrying out their work when they were attacked by people with stones and sharp weapons. There was firing from the police", Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, adding that the operation will continue.
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2021-09-23 11:35:14+00:00
⚖️ A Bihar court has handed down life sentence to 14 persons for the murder of a local journalist more than a decade ago.
Vikas Ranjan, who worked for a Hindi daily, was shot dead on 25 November 2008 while he was coming out of his office in the Rosera subdivision.
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2021-09-23 11:18:51+00:00
🗣 Top diplomats from India, Brazil, Germany, and Japan (G4) have called for an urgent reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to make it more inclusive and better fit to tackle current global challenges
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2021-09-23 10:27:39+00:00
🥃 Clouds are gathering over boozers!
In a bid to implement a liquor ban in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government has approved a proposal to seal warehouses or any other premises used for the storage, production, sale, or import and export of liquor in Bihar.
Moreover, if any individual uses a section of a house for storage or an area for the consumption (House Bar) of liquor, the state government will seal that portion and will put it up for auction.
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2021-09-23 09:50:45+00:00
A Pakistani Air Force plane crashed in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a training flight on Wednesday, the newspaper Dawn has reported, citing an Air Force official.
The fate of the pilot remains unknown.
A video, purportedly from the scene of the crash, has since emerged on social media.
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2021-09-23 08:10:16+00:00
🤔 India's main opposition outfit, Congress, has lashed out at the BJP government in the state of Karnataka over its order to allocate land for to a Hindu Group — Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a throwaway price.
The Karnataka state government on Wednesday passed a bill — Chanakya Bill, 2021, allocating 46 hectares of land next to Bangalore Airport for a private organisation to set up an educational institute — Chanakya University.
However, the Congress-led opposition had a heated argument with the ruling government in the state assembly, dubbing the deal a "land scam".
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2021-09-23 06:36:55+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Modi expressed gratitude to the diaspore for the warm welcome.
"Grateful to the Indian community in Washington, DC, for the warm welcome. Our diaspora is our strength. It is commendable how the Indian diaspora has distinguished itself across the world"
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2021-09-23 05:18:42+00:00
🦠 India has confirmed 31,923 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having surpassed 33,563,421 million.
Follow Sputnik's live feed to find out more!
https://sputniknews.com/20210923/live-updates-india-records-31923-covid-19-cases-over-past-24-hours-1089321031.html
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2021-09-23 05:10:24+00:00
👏 A silver lining in the battle with Alzheimer's
A team of Indian scientists recently conducted an experiment to understand the link between the human brain and behaviour.
They found that with the help of deep learning, that EEG signals can be used to predict various stages of how a human brain responds to visual stimuli. According to the scientists, this understanding will help treat patients suffering from neurological disorders as well as the application of a brain-computer interface.
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2021-09-23 04:02:25+00:00
🇮🇳🇺🇸Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington for an official visit and was welcomed by representatives of the Indian diaspora in the US, the Foreign Ministry says.
Photos from Modi's Twitter page
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2021-09-22 15:40:01+00:00
🚓🚗The Delhi Traffic Police will soon release a list of 100 habitual offenders involved in cases of road traffic violations in the Indian capital. The offenders will be warned that they are Delhi’s “most unsafe drivers” and are risking lives every day.
“We have been thinking of this idea for a while... We want to create a more concrete structure to make people aware of road safety,” Special Commissioner of Police Muktesh Chander said, adding that it would help to avoid road accidents and casualties.
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2021-09-22 13:30:16+00:00
📃🏫The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday approved the Chanakya University establishment bill introduced by Higher Education Minister C. N. Ashwathnarayan.
"The government is putting an emphasis on quality education. Anyone who comes forward in this regard will be encouraged. Some have scoffed at giving land to the new university," Ashwathnarayan said, adding that the bill is pending approval by the legislative council.
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2021-09-22 12:30:14+00:00
🩺📲India developed its own cloud-based platform to provide healthcare services during the pandemic, which has clocked a staggering 12 million consultations in the year since its launch.
The federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday revealed that the National Telemedicine Service "eSanjeevani" serves 90,000 people on a daily basis across the country.
"eSanjeevani has rapidly shaped up to be the country's largest and most popular amenity," the ministry said in a statement.
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2021-09-22 11:15:07+00:00
🚲Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday rode a bicycle along with his cabinet colleagues and MLAs from his residence to the secretariat in Chandigarh to observe world car-free day.
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2021-09-22 10:00:16+00:00
🕑🦠The Delhi government launched the “10 Hafte-10 Baje-10 Minute” (10 weeks, 10 o’ clock, 10 minutes) campaign against dengue and other vector-borne diseases on Sunday.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that the government is fully prepared to fight the dengue fever outbreak. "Like last year, we have again started a campaign '10 Hafte-10 Baje-10 Minute' to eradicate dengue cases from Delhi," he said.
The people have been urged to devote 10 minutes at 10 pm every Sunday for 10 weeks to inspect their houses for stagnant water that can lead to the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, which spread the disease.
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2021-09-22 08:11:01+00:00
Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that his upcoming visit to the United States would provide an opportunity to strengthen the strategic partnership with the country, as well as Japan and Australia, which together comprise the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
"My visit to the US would be an occasion to strengthen the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with USA, consolidate relations with our strategic partners – Japan and Australia – and to take forward our collaboration on important global issues," Modi said in a statement ahead of his visit.
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2021-09-22 06:26:01+00:00
📞US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in a phone call with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, thanked India for Delhi's cooperation during the US evacuation from Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
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2021-09-22 05:20:58+00:00
🇮🇳🇨🇦 Narendra Modi congratulated his counterpart Justin Trudeau following the latter's victory in Canada's elections.
"Congratulations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on your victory in the elections! I look forward to continue working with you to further strengthen India-Canada relations, as well as our cooperation on global and multilateral issues," Modi said.
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2021-09-22 04:42:24+00:00
🚑 India logs 26,964 new coronavirus cases
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2021-09-22 01:47:51+00:00
🌙 Catch up on our latest updates:
🔸 Three cases of Delta Plus variant have been detected in Mizoram, according to the state's senior health official.
🔸 US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in a phone call with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has thanked India for its cooperation during the recent evacuation from Afghanistan.
🔸 A meeting of foreign ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries, slated to be held on Saturday in New York, has been cancelled.
🔸 The Karnataka Assembly passed the Karnataka Religious Structures Bill
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2021-09-21 14:00:12+00:00
🇮🇳🇫🇷Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday vowed to “act jointly” in the Indo-Pacific region amid the French fallout with Australia and the US over the AUKUS deal.
In telephone talks, both leaders said they would "act jointly in an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific area". Macron assured Modi of continued “commitment to the strengthening of India's strategic autonomy, including its industry and technology base, as part of a close relationship based on trust and mutual respect".
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2021-09-21 12:50:13+00:00
❗️Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday detected explosive material in the Budgam district of the union territory.
According to the police, the explosives was detected late in the evening near Gogoo Gali in the Humhama area of Airport Road in Budgam. A bomb disposal team was immediately dispatched to the site and the material was later diffused without any loss of life or property damage.
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2021-09-21 11:10:01+00:00
🌱Incessant rainfall over the past 12 hours has caused extensive damage to crops in Chamyar Korud Nihog, a village in Himachal Pradesh, the state's District Disaster Management Authority said on Tuesday.
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2021-09-21 09:50:02+00:00
An army helicopter crashed in the hills near Patnitop in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir; the two pilots have been declared dead.
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2021-09-21 09:45:29+00:00
❗️The Biden-Modi bilateral meet on September 25th will focus on the situation in Afghanistan, a senior White House official has reportedly said
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2021-09-21 05:52:48+00:00
🗣 “We have zero tolerance for corruption. We take allegations of improper actions seriously, investigate them fully, and take appropriate action. We are not commenting on specific allegations or the status of any investigation at this time," an Amazon spokesperson commented on the issue.
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2021-09-21 05:52:29+00:00
According to a report by website The Morning Context, Amazon has started an investigation against some of its legal representatives after a whistleblower flagged allegations that they'd bribed Indian government officials.
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2021-09-21 04:30:16+00:00
🚑 India reports 26,115 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-21 02:28:58+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 The maiden bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will be held on September 24.
🔸 Newly appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held his first Cabinet meeting and discussed 'pro-poor initiatives' which he plans to implement in a time-bound manner.
🔸 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited a temple in the Bhabanipur area of Kolkata.
🔸 Two inmates lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail were injured after they attacked each other with a sharp-edged object
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2021-09-20 16:27:48+00:00
🇮🇳🇳🇵India and Nepal began on Monday a 14-day combined battalion-level military exercise, called ‘Surya Kiran’, in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh.
During the exercise, which will continue till October 3rd, an Infantry Battalion from the Indian Army and one from the Nepali Army will be training together to develop inter-operability and share their counter-terrorism and disaster relief experiences.
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2021-09-20 12:13:48+00:00
19 opposition parties - including the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress - began an 11-day protest against the Indian government on Monday.
The parties will hold protests over "anti-people" policies (the record cooking oil, cooking gas, petrol and diesel prices, as well as the debacle over snooping by Pegasus) across the country from 20 to 30 September.
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2021-09-20 08:58:34+00:00
Former Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Kirit Somaiya has been arrested at Maharashtra state's Karad railway station. A week ago, he accused Maharashtra state minister Hasan Mushrif of indulging in corruption and involvement in a money laundering scam.
🔎Details
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2021-09-20 07:09:55+00:00
🚑 India registers 30,256 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-20 02:04:12+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 A leader of Hindu Mahasabha has been arrested in Mangalore with two associates.
🔸 Two roads in the Delhi Patparganj assembly constituency were named after famous personalities from Uttarakhand.
🔸 A 42-year-old man was reportedly killed in Odisha's Ganjam district, provoking a mob to set the house of the murder suspect on fire.
🔸 A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district
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2021-09-19 16:20:12+00:00
🗣Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to take part in the auction of several gifts and mementoes that he has received over the years and said the proceeds would go to the ‘Namami Gange’ initiative.
“Over time, I have received several gifts and mementos which are being auctioned. This includes special mementos given by our Olympics heroes. Do take part in the auction. The proceeds would go to the Namami Gange initiative,” the Prime Minister tweeted.
The e-auction, which is being organised by the Ministry of Culture, started on Friday, the Prime Minister’s birthday, and will continue till October 7th.
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2021-09-19 15:50:06+00:00
Indian security forces have neutralised an IED weighing approximately 10 kg which was planted by Naxals in Dhamtari.
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2021-09-19 15:24:01+00:00
❗️As many as 12 people have lost their lives to a virus in a village in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.
Everyone in the village of Kursauli has tested negative for dengue fever, according to a senior medical officer, who relayed that an audit committee was probing into the reasons behind the deaths.
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2021-09-19 13:48:05+00:00
It looks like the Taliban is launching its own Navy, or just again showing the world that they know how to have fun. The photos of the "marines" in the swan boats were reportedly taken in Bamyan Province.
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2021-09-19 13:11:04+00:00
🇮🇳🇷🇺 Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev thanked the Indian government and its people for facilitating the election for State Duma (lower house of Russian Parliament) in various cities across the country.
"Today elections are taking place for the Russian Parliament. Russian State Duma or Russian Lok Sabha, if I say so. We are very grateful to the government and people of India for facilitating this event," Kudashev said.
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2021-09-19 08:07:42+00:00
🇮🇳🧪 India has administered 800 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Minister of Health Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday, adding that that marked the world's largest vaccination campaign.
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2021-09-19 04:57:07+00:00
🚑 India registers 30,773 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-19 03:51:01+00:00
🌙 Catch up on our latest updates:
🔸 The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, arrived for a three-day visit during which he discussed with Indian leaders the situation in Afghanistan.
🔸 A Delhi court summoned Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife, Rujira, on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate for refusing to join a probe in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.
🔸 The Income Tax department continued for the second day its search in properties and institutes linked to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in an alleged tax evasion case.
🔸 Mumbai Police are on high alert and security has been tightened across the city for the 10th and last day of the immersion of Ganesh idols
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2021-09-18 15:27:22+00:00
😳 A 84-year-old woman in Kerala was given both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in half an hour. The incident reportedly happened in a state hospital in Aluva.
The woman, Thandamma Pappu, told the media that after receiving the first jab, she forgot her footwear and returned to the cabinet to retrieve them. A medical worker then told the woman to leave her shoes and come inside.
"She did not even care to hear what I was saying and she took me inside and asked me to sit on a chair and no sooner had I done so, another lady came and gave me the second shot", Pappu said.
Media outlets reported that after the incident, health officials contacted the woman and she told them she was feeling well.
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2021-09-18 13:23:22+00:00
🧑⚖️ A court in Delhi has charged two men for allegedly setting a shrine on fire, as well as damaging and looting property during last year's protests.
Police say that both of the accused were part of a rioting mob. They were detained on 3 April 2020, but were released on bail ten days later.
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2021-09-18 11:27:37+00:00
💉 India administered 25 million doses of coronavirus vaccines – a "gift" for PM Narendra Modi's birthday on Friday.
In total, the country has managed to vaccinate more than 62% of adults with one dose, and about 21% with two doses.
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2021-09-18 09:58:16+00:00
🤔 AUKUS, a trilateral alliance of Australia, UK, and the US, has stirred up a debate over nuclear proliferation, as Canberra will obtain nuclear submarines under the deal.
Sputnik spoke with Captain DK Sharma, VSM, a former spokesperson for the Indian Navy, about a range of issues related to AUKUS and its impact on India.
Captain DK Sharma: “The Indian Navy keeps an eye on whatever is happening in [Pakistan and Bangladesh]. China is also making air-independent propulsion (AIP) boats for Pakistan. So, nothing can be discounted at this stage, if Pakistan is being given all this. They are being given 054-class destroyers, Pakistani Navy submarines are coming with AIP technology made in Gwadar, and four others are coming from China.
So, what will be the next step? The next step would be logical - to provide nuclear submarines”.
Check out the full interview on our website.
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2021-09-18 02:43:00+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 A constable of the Jammu and Kashmir police and a migrant laborer were shot dead by terrorists in the Kulgam district.
🔸 The Supreme Court allowed the Kerala government to hold offline Class 11 exams after the state assured the top court that all Covid precautions will be followed at schools.
🔸 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Afghan issues and shared perspectives on global affairs with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, as he held separate informal meetings with the two leaders in Dushanbe
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2021-09-17 13:50:57+00:00
📕 The state of Haryana has decided to reopen all schools for Classes 1 to 3 from 20 September. Students' physical presence at schools, however, won't be compulsory.
Children who want to attend classes in schools have to bring written permission from their parents, media outlets report. Others can keep attending their classes online.
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2021-09-17 11:59:01+00:00
👨🌾 As the contentious farm laws passed by the federal government marked a year, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday demanded the immediate scrapping of the legislation by the the union government, calling for detailed discussions to find a way forward with the farmers, who have been protest since November of last year.
Pointing out that many farmers had died in these protests, the chief minister said it was high time the federal government realised its blunder and withdrew the legislation in the interest of the farmers and the nation.
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2021-09-17 11:30:12+00:00
🚔 Protesters, marking one year since the Indian Parliament passed the infamous farm laws, clash with police in Delhi.
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2021-09-17 10:50:18+00:00
💉 India is eyeing to break its earlier record of over 10 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in a single day to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
Leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been urged to promote the jabs, and state officials have been asked to double the daily rate. The party has set a target of 20 million doses and has trained 800,000 volunteers to achieve the objective.
Nevertheless, a key opposition party, the Indian National Congress, has announced that the day will be observed as National Unemployment Day, with the Youth Congress wing of the party organising a series of programmes throughout the day to highlight the plight of unemployed people.
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2021-09-17 10:07:33+00:00
✅ The High Court of Uttarakhand has lifted a ban on Chardham Yatra imposed in June because of the COVID-19 situation.
The state, however, has to follow strict rules when arranging the pilgrimage, such as a daily limit on the number of devotees. The court has allowed 800 pilgrims in Kedarnath Dham, 1,200 in Badrinath Dham, 600 in Gangotri, and 400 in Yamunotri every day.
Also, pilgrims are not allowed to take baths in any of the springs in the area.
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2021-09-17 09:14:19+00:00
On Narendra Modi's 71st birthday! 🥳
Here's a look at Indian PM's most iconic fashion moments 🤩
ENJOY!
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2021-09-17 08:56:43+00:00
Today Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi turns 71!
Congratulations! 🥳
Let's have a look at how the small boy from northern Gujarat became the most influential figure in Indian politics:
🔸 Modi was raised in a small town in northern Gujarat;
🔸 He completed an M.A. in political science from Gujarat University in Ahmadabad;
🔸 Modi joined the BJP in 1987, and a year later he was made the general secretary of the Gujarat branch of the party;
🔸 In 1995, Modi was made the secretary of the BJP's national organisation in New Delhi, and three years later he was appointed its general secretary;
🔸 In June, 2013 Modi was chosen the leader of the BJP's campaign for the 2014 elections to the Lok Sabha and after successfull elections he was sworn in as prime minister;
🔸 Then Modi became India's first prime minister outside of the Congress Party to be re-elected after a full term.
So what's next? 🤔
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2021-09-17 07:55:53+00:00
🇮🇳 🇨🇳 Asian solidarity will depend on the example set by India-China relations.
India asked China to avoid viewing the bilateral relations between the two nations from the perspective of Beijing's ties with "third countries", during a meeting between Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit in Dushanbe.
"India had never subscribed to any clash of civilisations theory. He (Jaishankar) said that India and China had to deal with each other on merits and establish a relationship based on mutual respect", an Indian Foreign Ministry release said.
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2021-09-17 07:04:33+00:00
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met Russian FM Sergei Lavrov and President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi ahead of the start of the SCO Summit in Tajikistan.
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2021-09-17 06:25:29+00:00
🗣 There is a need to augment the combat capability of the Air Force through innovation, self-reliance, and emphasis on domestic production, Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria said during the Annual Commanders' Conference.
In his address to the commanders, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria emphasised the need for critical analysis to enhance operational preparedness, focus on maintenance practices, and ensure robust physical and cyber security.
He directed the commanders to ensure that the readiness of all platforms, weapons systems, and assets are kept at the highest level. He appreciated the role of the Central Air Command in the recent flood relief efforts and aid to the civil administration.
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2021-09-16 14:45:08+00:00
😳 A woman from Vadodara, Gujarat, has decorated a 5-foot tall Lord Ganesha idol with food packets to raise awareness about food waste.
Marking Ganesh Charturthi, a 10-day festival that began on 10 September, Radhika Soni created the idol using over a thousand biscuit packets.
"These packets of biscuits will be distributed among poor children after the immension of the idol", Soni told the media.
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2021-09-16 13:19:50+00:00
⚡️Cricketer Virat Kohli will step down as India's T20I captain after the T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman in October and November.
The athlete, however, will remain on the team.
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2021-09-16 12:27:47+00:00
📈 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has reported 108 active cases of dengue across the district; 84 of them were registered in rural areas.
No deaths have been reported from the disease so far.
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2021-09-16 11:52:40+00:00
Newly sworn-in Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s new cabinet took the oath at the Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar on Thursday.
This comes at a time when the BJP has been fighting protests by several ministers of the outgoing government who were informed that they would not be a part of the new council of ministers
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2021-09-16 11:19:37+00:00
🚔 Uttarakhand police have arrested a drug peddler with 21 kg of cannabis in Dehradun.
The man, said to be a resident of the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended while carrying the drugs in the market in an Agra Depot bus, according to ANI News.
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2021-09-16 10:54:07+00:00
🤐 Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at critics of the Central Vista Project while inaugurating the Defence Offices Complexes in New Delhi on Thursday. The PM said that those who were attacking the Central Vista Project, would conveniently remain silent as 7,000 employees from the Defence Ministry and the armed forces shift to the two new multi-storey office complexes. The Defence Offices Complexes are part of the Rs 20,000-crore Central Vista Project.
"Today, the country is watching what we are doing with the Central Vista. These modern offices will help those connected with the work of national security in working effectively", Modi said, adding that it was "a major and significant step towards the development of a modern defence enclave in the capital"
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2021-09-16 10:20:45+00:00
The man accused in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad has been found dead.
The body of Pallakonda Raju, 30, was found on a railway track near the Ghanpur station, in the Jangoan district of Telangana.
Raju was the only suspect in the case. Police suggest that he committed suicide, according to the media.
The girl went missing on 9 September, and hours later was found dead in Raju's house – he reportedly was her neighbour. The man had been on the run since then.
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2021-09-16 09:50:07+00:00
🇮🇳 🇨🇳 A team from Sashastra Seema Bal have nabbed two persons, including a Chinese national, from the India-Nepal border in the Kishanganj district of Bihar.
The alleged Chinese national has been identified as Chojor Woser, who was accompanied by an Indian agent, Pema Bhutia, a native of Siliguri in West Bengal. Both of them were trying to cross into Nepal illegally on Wednesday evening.
"We spotted two persons with suspect activities at the Indo-Nepal border in the jurisdiction of the Kodhobari police station in the Kishanganj district. Subsequently, we zeroed-in and asked them to present [their] documents. The persons failed to produce the necessary documents to cross the border", said an SSB official
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2021-09-16 09:04:25+00:00
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the immersion of Lord Ganesh idols, made from plaster-of-paris (POP) in Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, during the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana made it clear that the court will allow it for the last time - the immersion of idols - this year, and no more immersion from next year. The bench also comprising Justice Surya Kant asked the Telangana government to make certain arrangements starting next year. The bench added that idols should not be allowed to be left in the lake after immersion and they should be taken out immediately
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2021-09-16 07:44:17+00:00
😔 Rescue teams on Thursday recovered seven more bodies of victims from a boat that capsized in the Wardha River in Maharashtra's Amaravati district two days ago, taking the toll in the incident to 10, police said.
There were a total of 13 people on the boat and after it capsized on Tuesday, two of its occupants swam to safety, police earlier said
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2021-09-16 07:19:06+00:00
🤔 😦 Even as the authorities are mulling over the reopening of schools for junior classes in Tamil Nadu, a spike in COVID-19 cases among school students has become a matter of worry for the state health and education departments. Several teachers have also tested positive since the schools reopened in the state on 1 September.
A total of 34 students tested positive for COVID on Wednesday, taking the total number of students to 117 since 1 September, when the schools in Tamil Nadu for Classes 9 to 12 reopened in the state.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has, however, said the department has joined forces with the state health department and would plug the spread of the disease by taking adequate measures
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2021-09-15 15:49:18+00:00
At least seven children have died from an unknown illness in Haryana's Palwal district over the past 12 days.
Health officials are struggling to diagnose the cause of the deaths. Some suspect dengue, pneumonia, gastroenteritis, and vector-borne diseases caused by lack of sanitation.
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2021-09-15 12:28:55+00:00
✅ The federal government is set to resume issuing tourist visas after an 18-month pause caused by the pandemic, ANI News reported, citing a senior official in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Only vaccinated people will be able to apply, according to the media.
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2021-09-15 11:40:10+00:00
⚽️ When it comes to games, children of all species will definitely take part, especially when it's football.
🐻 People from the eastern state of Odisha have captured a video of a mother bear and her cub playing with a ball they stole from children. The bears passed the ball to each other for a while and then dragged it into the forest
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2021-09-15 11:19:20+00:00
❌ Delhi has banned the storage, sale, and use of firecrackers during this year's Diwali week, which begins on 4 November.
Like in 2020, it was banned due to air pollution concerns, although last year authorities also linked the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
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2021-09-15 10:27:01+00:00
What news do we know from the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)?
According to the DDMA:
🔸 Students up to Class 8 will stay at home until 30 September. Students from Class 9 and above will be allowed to study, but not more than 50% of students;
🔸 The Delhi Metro will be opened but no standing passengers will be allowed;
🔸 Restaurants and bars will work at 50% occupancy;
🔸 The government will probably relax rules on exhibitions
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2021-09-15 09:44:00+00:00
😳🔩 The artisan duo Katuri Venkateswara Rao and his son Ravichandra decided to pay an artistic tribute to PM Modi ahead of his 71st birthday – and made a 14-foot tall statue of him.
It’s made of discarded materials and scrap iron – nuts, bolts, rods, and even a bike chain.
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2021-09-15 08:39:49+00:00
💉 The single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light has been approved by the Subject Expert Committee of the Drugs Controller General of India after interim Phase 3 tests
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2021-09-15 06:50:14+00:00
🦠 India reports 27,176 new COVID cases over past 24 hours, 284 deaths
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2021-09-14 15:50:13+00:00
Indian Army personnel on Monday demonstrated combat free fall, special heliborne operations and other defensive manoeuvres during multi-national military exercise "ZAPAD 2021" in Nizhny, Russia.
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2021-09-14 15:15:29+00:00
📅After withdrawing the night curfew and stringent lockdown measures on Sundays, which were imposed in the wake of rising coronavirus cases in the state, the Kerala government on Tuesday decided to restore Saturdays as working days, wherever applicable.
"All employees are instructed to report for duty (on Saturdays) accordingly," an order issued by the Disaster Management Department said.
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2021-09-14 14:30:43+00:00
❗️🚞Nine wagons of a goods train capsized and one derailed between Angul and Talcher Road on Tuesday.
According to the East Coast Railways, the accident happened around 2:35 am. Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road has rushed to the site and reviewing the restoration and re-railing works.
"Prima facie cause of the derailment is due to bank slip-on box bridge approach due to flash flood. The box girder is intact. The retaining walls on both sides have been damaged. Washout of track on the approach to the bridge on the left side from Angul," the release said.
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2021-09-14 09:30:33+00:00
😦 Distress in Uttar Pradesh...
As many as 11 people have succumbed to Dengue fever, including 9 children, in Uttar Pradesh's worst-affected district, Firozabad, in the past 24 hours. The mounting death toll now exceeds 150 in the district and is estimated to be over 200 in the country's most populous state, making this the worst outbreak of Dengue fever in decades.
Indian news daily, Amar Ujala, reported that over 450 people are seeking treatment for Dengue fever symptoms at Firozabad's medical college and hospital alone. Children have become the targets of the fever: over 167 have tested positive for the disease in the district.
Among those who died on Monday were a seven-month-old boy and a two-month-old girl
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2021-09-14 08:54:18+00:00
👌 👍 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday praised the Yogi Adityanath government and said that Uttar Pradesh leads the country in terms of development campaigns.
Modi was in Aligarh to lay down the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University.
Addressing the crowd, Modi said: “Uttar Pradesh is benefitting greatly from the double-engine government at the state and Centre. There was a time when UP was considered a limitation and hindrance to India’s growth, but today due to dozens of projects being done in the state, UP has totally changed its image and is today fuelling India’s growth”
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2021-09-14 07:44:32+00:00
🇮🇳 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 A discussion on “regional issues” and “humanitarian assistance” will be at the top of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda when he attends the first-ever Quad Leaders' Summit at the White House on 24 September, a statement from Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
In the wake of the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan and the takeover of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul by the Taliban on 15 August, New Delhi has called for the greater involvement of the Quad in the Central Asian nation.
India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said at a security conference in New Delhi last month that “intelligence inputs” from Delhi's "Quad" allies in dealing with potential terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan would be “helpful” for the South Asian nation
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2021-09-14 07:10:46+00:00
🥺 Kanimozhi, a student who had scored 562 out of 600 marks in Tamil Nadu's plus two examination, committed suicide in Santhampadi village in Ariyalur district, reportedly fearing that she was not able to perform well in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
She took the extreme step on Monday evening.
This is the second case of suicide in Tamil Nadu after Dhanush, a 19-year-old student who killed himself hours before the NEET examination on Sunday
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2021-09-14 05:06:37+00:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the US to attend the first in-person Quad leaders' summit on September 24th. He will also address the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25th.
The White House announced on Monday night that “US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will host the first-ever Quad Leaders Summit at the White House on September 24th. President Biden is looking forward to welcoming to the White House Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan”
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2021-09-13 14:50:42+00:00
K. Siddaramaiah and D. K. Shivakumar of India's Congress party travelled in a bullock cart on Monday morning to get to the Vidhana Soudha, as an act of protest against the rising price of fuel, gas and essential commodities.
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2021-09-13 13:08:53+00:00
❗️In Odisha’s Kendrapara district, two people died when a wall collapsed as the state experience record rainfall in most of its coastal areas, together with the state capital Bhubaneswar and pilgrim city of Puri on Monday.
The downpour is a result of the depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal, and adjoining Odisha coast, intensifying into a deep depression.
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2021-09-13 10:13:32+00:00
General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of India's Congress Party on Monday left for Delhi after wrapping up her five-day tour of Uttar Pradesh, during which she exhorted party workers to work round the clock for the 2022 UP Assembly polls.
Ending her five-day tour, Priyanka Gandhi told party workers in Rae Bareli that the Congress was planning to declare candidates well in time for the upcoming elections.
She had begun her tour on Thursday, starting with state capital Lucknow
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2021-09-13 09:09:17+00:00
🐶 😡 Karnataka police have arrested 12 persons, including a gram panchayat secretary, in connection with the burying of 150 stray dogs alive in a village in Shivamogga district, sources said on Monday.
The horrifying incident came to light on September 7th.
Police arrested persons who allegedly injected poison into the stray dogs, two members of gram panchayat, a JCB operator, and a secretary and bill collector from the Kambadalu-Hosur gram panchayat
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2021-09-13 08:16:10+00:00
😑 Seven grenades were found outside the quick action team (QAT) bunker of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalion headquarters on Monday in J&K's Srinagar district.
Police sources said the grenades were found lying mysteriously outside the QAT bunker of 28 CRPF battalion in Bemina, an area of the city of Srinagar
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2021-09-13 06:58:36+00:00
The chief of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, has courted controversy over his remarks on the distribution of rations under a federal food scheme for the economically disadvantaged.
"Those who used to say "abbajaan" (Urdu word for father) digested the food of the poor before 2017. The rations meant for Srinagar went to Nepal and Bangladesh," Yogi had said on Sunday while addressing a political rally.
Yogi, who has led the state since 2017, said this while claiming that the BJP government has ensured that benefits provided under federal schemes, including the provision of free rations to the economically weak, are rolled out without any bias
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2021-09-12 16:10:01+00:00
🚑Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday inaugurated 120 advanced life support ambulances which have been added under the Arogya Kavacha-108 (Emergency Medical Services) in Bengaluru.
"We are strengthing the health infrastructure at local and taluka levels. With all the facilities and upgrading of centres at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs), we have decided to add more numbers of ambulances to increase the reach", the chief minister said.
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2021-09-12 15:05:09+00:00
🏛The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of pleas on Monday seeking an independent probe into the alleged snooping on certain people in India via the Israeli spyware Pegasus.
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2021-09-12 14:28:01+00:00
😮In a shocking incident, a hotel owner allegedly beat a customer for failing to pay his bill in Odisha's Keonjhar. The police arrested the owner, identified as Madhu Sahu, after a video of the incident went viral.
🗣"I had gone to the hotel to have food. The owner of the hotel demanded Rs 45 for food. I asked him how did one plate of rice, pulses, and vegetables cost Rs 45? The hotel owner then started arguing with me. After which I said that I have only Rs 40 and will give the remaining money next time. The hotel owner did not listen to me and started beating me mercilessly on the road with his son", customer Jitendra Dehuri said, speaking to the media.
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2021-09-12 13:20:09+00:00
🚄The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is all set to open a new world-class executive lounge at the New Delhi Railway Station.
"The new state-of-the-art executive lounge aims to provide all services and facilities required for a comfortable wait for passengers during pre-departures and post-arrivals. The lounge has been designed on the looks of airport lounges with much more space and a serene environment", an IRCTC official said.
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2021-09-12 12:46:01+00:00
❗️A police officer was killed after unidentified militants attacked a police party in the Khanyar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Sunday.
Police Inspector Arshid Ahmad received multiple bullet injuries and was taken to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
"At about 1:35 p.m., terrorists fired upon a police naka party at Khanyar resulting in injuries to PSI Arshid Ahmad of PS Khanyar", a Jammu and Kashmir police official said.
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2021-09-12 12:00:01+00:00
The Maharashtra state Forest Department has increased vigilance and awareness efforts to avert man-animal conflicts after an injured hyena attacked villagers in Khed
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2021-09-12 11:20:13+00:00
🗣Kailash Satyarthi, an activist from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and a Nobel laureate, believes that the pandemic has had a very harsh impact on children, especially those who belong to economically marginalised sections of society.
Check out his exclusive interview with Sputnik: https://sputniknews.com/20210912/nobel-laureate-kailash-satyarthi-calls-for-more-action-to-curb-child-labour-during-pandemic-1089002520.html
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2021-09-12 10:41:01+00:00
National Highway 5 has been blocked due to landslide at Badhal in the Shimla district
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2021-09-12 10:02:13+00:00
❗️Four people were killed and another is reported as missing due to a massive cloudburst that occurred in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
"The family belonged to Haji Bashir Ahmad Khari of [the] Rajouri district. Rescue teams are searching for the missing person, who is feared to be buried under the debris", Deputy Inspector General Sujit Kumar said.
The cloudburst later triggered flash floods, submerging rice paddies and some government buildings, including schools in the village of Watergam.
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2021-09-12 09:57:57+00:00
🦠India reports 28,591 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-12 02:56:29+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Sikkim has shut down all schools and colleges in the state after cases of coronavirus were detected among students.
🔸 The India Meteorological Department is collecting information about roads, topography and the socio-economic condition of people, for Delhi-NCR to precisely predict the impact of extreme weather events.
🔸 India and Australia will expand strategic ties and military engagement across services.
🔸 Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja said that the central and state governments of BJP seek to impose the agenda of RSS in the country
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2021-09-11 15:35:05+00:00
🚓A railway postal service official was arrested on Friday for allegedly supplying secret Indian Army documents to a Pakistani agent.
The accused, identified as Bharat Bawri, is said to have committed the offence after being honey-trapped by a female agent from a Pakistani spy agency. As per information shared by officials, four to five months ago, Bawri received a message from the said agent on Facebook Messenger.
Then later, on the pretext of transferring a relative to an Indian Army unit in Jaipur, the woman started to ask him for photos of letters related to the military. A case has been registered and a further investigation is underway.
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2021-09-11 15:00:01+00:00
🛳The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will start India's first domestic cruise liner from 18 September. The railway arm has partnered with Cordelia Cruises to promote and market the luxury cruise industry in the country.
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2021-09-11 13:20:06+00:00
❗️A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Saturday. According to the National Centre of Seismology, the tremor took place at 5:58 a.m. at a depth of 5 kilometres.
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2021-09-11 12:50:01+00:00
🏫President Ram Nath Kovind visited Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and laid the foundations for the Uttar Pradesh National Law University and Advocate Chambers, as well as the new building complex of the Allahabad High Court.
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2021-09-11 11:45:07+00:00
🧑🌾Farmers, who have been protesting in Haryana's Karnal for the last five days, agreed to end their demonstration on Saturday. An announcement regarding this was made during a joint press conference by farmer leaders and the Karnal administration after a meeting where the administration accepted most of the protesters' demands.
"After discussions, we have collectively decided to call off the protest here (outside the mini-secretariat)", said Bharatiya Kisan Union and farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni.
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2021-09-11 11:00:11+00:00
🦠India has confirmed 33,376 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 33,208,330, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
The death toll from the disease has reached 442,317 people, with 308 new fatalities being recorded over the past day.
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2021-09-11 10:30:01+00:00
🇮🇳🤝🇦🇺India and Australia on Saturday began high-level "two-plus-two" foreign and defence ministerial talks in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held closed-door talks with their Australian counterparts, Marise Payne and Peter Dutton.
The dialogue is aimed at further ramping up overall defence and strategic cooperation between the two countries, including in the Indo-Pacific region amid China's increasing assertiveness in the region.
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2021-09-11 02:38:09+00:00
🌙 Catch up on our latest updates:
🔸 Punjab and Haryana High Court has stopped the investigations against former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini till the polls take place in Punjab.
🔸 Kannur University in Kerala has rejected saffronisation allegations raised by the opposition student unions over the inclusion of portions of the books of RSS ideologues in its post-graduate course and set up an external panel to review the controversial syllabus.
🔸 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed to his Australian counterpart Peter Dutton that the rise of the Taliban raises serious security concerns for India and the region, as the terror groups with bases in Afghanistan could get further support to expand their activities, official sources said
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2021-09-10 13:57:17+00:00
💵😳 Tejashwi Yadav, lawmaker and former deputy chief of Bihar, has been caught in a video distributing cash to village women.
In the footage, Yadav is sitting in his SUV and handing out INR 500 ($6.8) notes to women who gathered around his vehicle and accepted the money with folded hands.
The video has sparked controversy on social media, taking into account the upcoming elections in the state – and the strict code of conduct for those who wish to run as candidates.
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2021-09-10 13:00:52+00:00
🙄 A model from Delhi brought a little drama to the city of Gwalior in the state of Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday as she blocked an army vehicle in the middle of a busy street.
The 22-year-old, apparently drunk, is seen leaning on a vehicle’s bumper while talking on the phone. She then starts to kick the car and – oh dear – a bottle of liquor falls out of her purse.
After arguing with the driver and a police officer, the woman was taken to the nearest police station and was later released on bail.
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2021-09-10 11:49:39+00:00
🙅♂️ The Delhi High Court has asked Google, YouTube and Delhi Police to take steps and remove sites and links carrying objectionable photos and videos of a married woman from the internet.
Justice Subramonium Prasad made it clear that this was not an adversarial litigation and listed the matter for 16 September, while asking Google, YouTube, and Delhi Police Cyber Cell to file their replies to the woman's plea seeking directions to them to remove the photos and videos.
The high court's interim order was responding to a petition by the woman seeking directions to block pornographic sites operating under pseudo names
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2021-09-10 11:33:42+00:00
🗣 Taking a dig at the Congress, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that the party no longer enjoys the control and power it once did across the country, from “Kashmir to Kanyakumari.” He added that it was time for his partner in Maharashtra’s ruling alliance to undertake a reality check.
“There was a time when there was Congress from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. But not so anymore,” he said in an interview with India Today’s Marathi digital outlet Mumbai Tak. “This (reality) should be accepted. The closeness (with other opposition parties) will increase once there is a mentality (within Congress) to accept this (fact).”
Asked if the Congress was being arrogant by insisting that Rahul Gandhi lead the Opposition, he cited an anecdote about ‘zamindars’. “I had told a story about Uttar Pradesh zamindars who used to have huge land parcels and big havelis. Due to land ceiling legislation, their lands shrunk. The havelis remain but there is no capability to maintain and repair them,” he said
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2021-09-10 11:20:02+00:00
🚨 The Delhi police have busted a fake call center and arrested 13 of its alleged workers for duping at least 300 people, officials said on Friday.
The accused explored various job portals, collected applicants’ data, called them claiming to be from different recruitment agencies, and later took their money under the fake pretext of arranging jobs for them.
The call center had been operating for the last three months, according to police.
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2021-09-10 09:43:30+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 India and the US have ended their stoical silence regarding their Defense Technology and Trade Initiative by signing an agreement to cooperate in developing Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV) last week. The Indian defence ministry referred to it as a new step in its expansion of bilateral defence and military cooperation.
“The Project Agreement (PA), as revealed to the press, is too general in nature: to develop an air launched UAV. What kind of an ALUAV? Would it be launched from a C-130 or would it be launched from a fighter aircraft, perhaps even a drone? What would the UAV be capable of – electronic warfare, reconnaissance or loitering munitions type strike?” asked Vijainder Kumar Thakur, former squadron leader in the Indian Air Force and defence analyst, in conversation with Sputnik.
READ MORE | https://sputniknews.com/20210910/why-india-is-unlikely-to-buy-defence-technology-from-the-us-1088936727.html
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2021-09-10 09:21:07+00:00
🦠 India has confirmed that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen by 34,973 over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 33,174,954.
Deaths from the disease have reached 442,009 and more than 32.34 million have recovered since the start of the outbreak.
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2021-09-10 08:11:06+00:00
Worshippers welcomed Lord Ganesh into their home and public pandals on Friday as Ganesh Chaturthi, the 10-day festival dedicated to the elephant-headed God, began in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra state with a focus on online 'darshan' as the threat of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic loomin threat of a third wave.
For the second straight year, the pandemic cast a long shadow on festivities with the Maharashtra government placing a slew of restrictions to avoid gathering and processions
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2021-09-10 02:56:39+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Two people died due to diarrhoea and around 300 people are suffering from the infection in North 24 Parganas district's Kamarhati, with the West Bengal health department declaring a cholera outbreak in the area.
🔸 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat launched a mobile app developed to make the works of "national" thinkers more accessible.
🔸 Central and state security forces were deployed today in different parts of Tripura, which has witnessed political violence and arson since yesterday.
🔸 The Odisha assembly passed a resolution to increase the reservation ceiling beyond 50 percent and conduct a caste-based census in the state
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2021-09-09 14:55:12+00:00
🚨 A court in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed for shooting a music video in a mosque in Lahore.
The controversy erupted in August 2020, when Saba posted a teaser for her upcoming music video (below), showcasing a Nikah – a religious ceremony for a Muslim couple to be legally married – scene featuring her and Bilal.
Lahore police then registered a case against the actress and the singer for the alleged "desecration" of the Wazir Khan Mosque. The actress was accused of "violating the sanctity" of the mosque by filming a video inside it.
Meanwhile, the court has adjourned the hearing until 6 October.
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2021-09-09 13:24:13+00:00
💪🌱 A 12-year-old eco activist from Mumbai, Ayaan Shankta, has been named 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, an award that recognises the efforts of young activists to help protect the planet.
Shankta won third place in his age category (8-16) with a project called Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake.
The boy lives near the lake himself and has seen how it went from being a source of drinking water to a dumping ground for sewage and garbage.
"My mission is for the lake to regain its past glory as a clean and vibrant body of water," Shankta told the media.
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2021-09-09 11:56:49+00:00
📝 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has held on to its place as the country's top institute and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has been ranked the best research institution, according to the Ministry of Education's NIRF ranking announced on Thursday.
In the sixth edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Education Minister, eight IITs and two national Institutes of Technology (NITs) made up the top 10 engineering institutions in the country.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad ranked as the best B-School, and Jamia Hamdard was declared the best institution for pharmacalogical studies.
In the colleges category, women's college Miranda House in Delhi bagged first place followed by Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College and Loyola College in Chennai
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2021-09-09 11:37:30+00:00
🇮🇳 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇧🇷 🇿🇦 The BRICS nations have finalised the "Mutual Customs Assistance Agreement" in a bid to boost trade among the five member countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—ahead of the annual summit on Friday, Indian officials have told Sputnik.
India is the current chair of BRICS, which has a share of 16 percent in the global trade. The current chair of the bloc, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2016 called for increasing intra-BRICS trade
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2021-09-09 10:59:09+00:00
Two boats, carrying between them about 120 passengers, collided on Wednesday in Assam's Brahmaputra River.
At least one person died in the accident and two more have been reported missing. A rescue operation is underway.
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2021-09-09 10:45:02+00:00
🦠 Number of COVID-19 cases in India rises by 43,263 over past 24 hours, health ministry says
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2021-09-09 09:46:18+00:00
An Indian Air Force plane carrying the defense minister, the transport minister, and the chief of defense staff made a mock emergency landing on a national highway in the state of Rajasthan in the north of the country during a practice exercise.
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2021-09-09 09:20:56+00:00
A day after violence broke out in the Indian state of Tripura, many outraged and shocked social media users have hit out at the ruling party -- the BJP -- and called for an inquiry by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
According to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), BJP workers ransacked their party offices on Wednesday. The BJP, on the other hand, has claimed that the attack came from the Left. Some newspaper offices were also set ablaze
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2021-09-09 09:05:15+00:00
India has said that countries entering a phase of stability after UN peace-keeping operations should be allowed to adopt a "human centric" approach when rebuilding the nation.
"India's approach to peacebuilding is to respect national ownership and to be guided by host state's development priorities," Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
She was speaking at the signature event held by current council president Ireland about transitions from UN peace-keeping operations, at which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also emphasised the importance of the need to tailor the ending of operations to conditions on the ground
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2021-09-09 05:59:14+00:00
🙌 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met the Indian team who participated in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
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2021-09-09 04:39:36+00:00
🤥 At least 22 people have been arrested in Kolkata's New Alipore district in the state of West Bengal for running a fake call centre and duping a large number of people by pretending to be Amazon employees, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from Kolkata Police's Detective Department's Anti-Rowdy squad carried out a raid late on Tuesday night at the centre on Bankim Mukherjee Sarani, New Alipore.
The accused were discovered operating the call centre without any valid documents, a police officer said.
"An initial inquiry revealed that conversations were made by the accused over the Voiceover Internet Protocol communication system, introducing themselves as employees of Amazon. They would tell their victims that they needed their confidential bank account details so that gift money could be refunded," he said
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2021-09-09 02:44:17+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 At least 22 people have been arrested in the New Alipore area in Kolkata for running a fake call centre impersonating Amazon employees, duping several people.
🔸 Progress has been made on the resumption of the India-EU free trade agreement negotiations and formal talks should start this month.
🔸 The Shiv Sena-controlled Thane Municipal Corporation approved a proposal to hand over land for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail corridor
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2021-09-08 16:21:31+00:00
🤔 Facebook has said it doesn't read WhatsApp messages. An investigation, however, has found this was a lie.
A new investigation, conducted by the non-profit organisation ProPublica, has revealed that WhatsApp employs more than 1,000 contract workers across the US who examine "millions of pieces of users' content" – and use Facebook software to do so.
This contradicts Mark Zuckerberg’s claims in 2019 that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption had made it impossible even for the service itself to access users' messages, let alone Facebook.
Well, it turns out there is a way.
Read more about the investigation on our website.
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2021-09-08 15:38:21+00:00
The Tamil Nadu state assembly has passed a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which allows “persecuted” non-Muslim immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh who arrived in India before 2014 to gain Indian citizenship.
State chief M. K. Stalin moved the resolution, asking the federal government to protect and ensure unity and communal harmony in the country by repealing the law.
🗣 "Democracy states that a country's administration should take under consideration the thoughts and emotions of the entire people. But this Citizenship Amendment Act is discriminating refugees under religion and country of origin, instead of accepting them", he argued.
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2021-09-08 14:25:01+00:00
💪 In a huge push for gender equality in India, the federal government has allowed women to apply for a permanent commission in the defence forces.
Women have also been allowed entry into the National Defence Academy and the Naval Academy, which are the prime defence training institutes in the country.
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2021-09-08 13:30:48+00:00
👀 This is what happens when several flights arrive at the same time – and only three immigration counters work.
A large crowd gathered at the Chennai International Airport today, after at least two flights from the Gulf have arrived around the same time.
Hundreds of passengers are seen standing in queues very close to each other, some even hustling.
Local media reported that, in spite of a huge number of arrived passengers, only three immigration counters were operating. Two more counters were reportedly opened later, after some of the passengers complained.
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2021-09-08 12:13:58+00:00
The Taliban's new cabinet in Afghanistan "definitely has a Pakistani imprint" to it and doesn't bode well for New Delhi's security interests, former Indian envoy Anil Trigunayat has told Sputnik.
"The most worrying aspect for India is that members of the Haqqani Network have been given key positions in the interim government", says Trigunayat, who is currently a strategic affairs expert.
READ MORE on our website
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2021-09-08 11:12:09+00:00
☪️ A day after the Taliban unveiled Afghanistan's new interim government, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said he hoped the militant group would "deliver good governance" in accordance with "Islamic principles".
He also urged the country's new leaders to respect human rights. "They should try to develop friendly relations with every country", the National Conference chief told reporters in Srinagar. "They should ensure to protect the human rights of their citizens and give them a just and honourable government under Islamic rules"
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2021-09-08 10:43:09+00:00
🚨📹: A rally against rising prices in the city of Panaji, Goa, turned violent on Tuesday, after police dispersed crowds of protesting workers with batons.
The protest, organised by the opposition Congress Party, was meant to draw attention to the frequent price hikes on fuel and cooking gas. The police, however, violently ended the demonstration, thwarting Congress workers from marching to the residence of the state chief, Pramod Sawant.
Several members of the party, including the national president of the Indian Youth Congress, B.V. Srinivas, were arrested.
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2021-09-08 10:15:12+00:00
🙅♂️ The Hindu American Foundation (HAF), an educational and advocacy organisation headquartered in Washington, on Wednesday condemned an attack on the Swindon Hindu Temple in the UK.
In a tweet, HAF stated that they stand with the local Hindu community in Swindon in their efforts to meet local officials and the police commissioner to ensure the perpetrators are arrested
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2021-09-08 09:51:19+00:00
😰 Three crude bombs were hurled at the residence of BJP parliamentarian Arjun Singh in the Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday morning.
A loud explosion was reported outside Singh's house. Though he was in Delhi, family members were at home at the time.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who has been highly critical of the "worsening law and order situation in the state" said that "wanton violence in the state is showing no signs of abating"

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2021-09-08 09:15:22+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 CIA Chief William J Burns is in Delhi for consultations with the top Indian leadership, especially the security and strategic establishment, sources said on Wednesday.
Burns, who is meeting NSA Ajit Doval and top brass in the intelligence and security establishment, is discussing the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan. He arrived in the national capital on Tuesday, sources said. Both
Indian and American officials are being tight-lipped about the visit, but several sources have confirmed his visit and agenda
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2021-09-08 08:41:23+00:00
👨🌾 A protest by farmers that began from a kisan mahapanchayat at Anaj Mandi on Tuesday morning in Haryana's Karnal has entered its second day in front of the mini-secretariat as more and more people from the surrounding areas continue to join the sit-in demonstration.
Talking to IANS, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said: "We will continue to stay here and as we have already put forth our demands to the district administration, now it is up to state government officials to take a call".
The protesters have set up tents outside the DC office. Some farmers have even said that the protest in front of the district administration office will be extended if their demands are not met
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2021-09-08 07:12:26+00:00
🌧 Heavy rainfall in parts of Telangana over the last two days has claimed eight lives, paralysing normal life, disrupting road transport, and causing widespread damage to crops.
The rains triggered by a low pressure front in the Bay of Bengal caused a flood-like situation in northern Telangana. With rivulets, lakes, tanks, and other bodies of water overflowing, residential areas in dozens of towns were inundated
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2021-09-08 01:53:53+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Amid rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi-NCR, a surge has been reported among children in various hospitals in Noida. More than 50 percent of cases in the Outpatient Department are said to be of viral fever in children.
🔸 India and Australia, at their first ministerial dialogue on September 11, are expected to focus on further ramping up defense and security ties and boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
🔸 The Uttarakhand government approached the high court in Nainital seeking a resumption of the Chardham Yatra.
🔸 Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed India's Sherpa for the G20, an influential grouping that brings together the world's major economies
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2021-09-07 16:31:18+00:00
👩|👦 This is what Afghan classrooms look like now.
Multiple photos shared by Twitter users show classes partitioned with curtains and boards to segregate students based on their gender.
Although the Taliban has claimed that it will honour women's rights in accordance with Islamic law, fresh guidelines being issued for women have spurred doubts among observers about whether the new authorities will actually keep their word.
The separation of male and female students in classrooms has been slammed by many, including Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala Yousafzai, a noted Pakistani women's rights activist and Nobel laureate.
"The outdated and ridiculous class won't last long", said Ziauddin, a teacher by profession.
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2021-09-07 14:56:17+00:00
⚡️🇦🇫The Taliban (banned in Russia) has announced its new temporary Cabinet. Here are some key appointments:
🔹 acting prime minister – head of the Taliban leadership council, Hasan Akhund;
🔹 acting foreign minister – senior Taliban member, participant of the talks in Doha, Amir Khan Muttaqi;
🔹acting defense minister – deputy Taliban leader, Mohammad Yaqoob;
🔹acting interior minster – Sirajuddin Haqqani, deputy of the Taliban supreme commander.
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2021-09-07 14:43:15+00:00
#BREAKING: Taliban names key ministers in new Afghan government
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2021-09-07 14:29:18+00:00
Former Jammu and Kashmir State Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday took to Twitter to claim that she has been "put under house arrest".
"GOI [the government of India] expresses concern for the rights of Afghan people but willfully denies the same to Kashmiris. I've been placed under house arrest today because according to [the] admin the situation is far from normal in Kashmir. This exposes their fake claims of normalcy", Mufti tweeted.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has not yet provided any official response to her claim.
https://twitter.com/MehboobaMufti/status/1435120924475346945
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2021-09-07 13:54:53+00:00
😳 At least six minor girls in a village in Madhya Pradesh were paraded naked as part of a superstitious ritual to appease the god of rain on Sunday.
Villagers said the ritual will help them find relief from the drought-like situation in the region.
The country's National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a report from the Damoh district administration about this incident.
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2021-09-07 12:00:09+00:00
🦠 Eleven people in Kerala have shown symptoms of the deadly Nipah virus, State Health Minister Veena George said on Monday.
All of them are in stable condition, she says.
"There are 38 persons in isolation at the Kozhikode Medical College and Hospital, of which 11 have shown symptoms. Samples of eight persons have been sent to [the] Pune NIV (National Institute of Virology) for testing", George stated, as quoted by NDTV.
On Sunday, a 12-year-old boy succumbed to the virus, and medical experts in the state began checking all of the 251 people who had come into contact with the boy.
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2021-09-07 11:20:07+00:00
A truck speeding on the wrong side of the road rammed into an Alto Monday night on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway killing five people, including two children, and severely injuring two others. Police said the truck driver has been arrested.
The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. near the Bhojpur border. "A canter truck which was going towards Meerut on the wrong side rammed into the Alto which had seven people. The occupants of the car were returning from Haridwar and were travelling towards Ghaziabad. Five people were killed while two were severely injured and have been admitted to the hospital", a police officer said
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2021-09-07 11:03:05+00:00
📱A fan of the Malayalam actor Mammootty has congratulated the performer on his 70th birthday in a unique way – by creating a giant portrait of him using 600 mobile phones.
The picture has been put up at the Thrissur Kbees Durbar Convention Centre, ANI News reports.
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2021-09-07 10:29:20+00:00
OMG! 😱
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2021-09-07 09:39:13+00:00
😶 The Congress Party has mounted further attacks on the BJP-led government in Haryana for purportedly suppressing the voice of farmers by blocking the internet in Karnal.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a statement: "The Khattar government has lost the confidence and the mandate of the people and it should leave. When your party can talk to the Taliban, why not farmers"
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2021-09-07 08:51:08+00:00
Air Purification Tower inaugurate at Transport Chowk in Chandigarh
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2021-09-07 07:25:21+00:00
👧🏻 Children in Bihar are reeling under the grip of a viral fever with most Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) wards in all major hospitals filling up quickly.
The doctors at these hospitals fear the viral fever could be a new variant of the coronavirus. However, this has not been confirmed yet by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The situation has reached such a stage that beds in children's wards at prominent hospitals like PMCH, NMCH, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna AIIMS, SKMCH Muzaffarpur, and the Bhagalpur medical college and hospital are 80 percent full
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2021-09-07 07:01:20+00:00
PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday claimed that she has been "put under house arrest' again due to the "far from normal situation" in Kashmir, adding that this has exposed the "fake" claims of normalcy in the state by the government of India.
"GOI expresses concern for the rights of Afghan people but wilfully denies the same to Kashmiris. I've been placed under house arrest today because according to admin the situation is far from normal in Kashmir. This exposes their fake claims of normalcy", Mufti tweeted
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2021-09-07 06:40:23+00:00
🇦🇫 🇵🇰 Islamabad rejects all allegations claiming that Pakistan controls the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Shafqat Ali Khan has told Sputnik.
In late August, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Islamabad "has a special responsibility" for the situation in Afghanistan "partly because of Pakistan's close relationship to the Taliban"
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2021-09-07 06:26:09+00:00
🕊 Wooing the minority community, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has reiterated that Muslims have nothing to fear in India, and they must work unitedly with the majority community for the common good of the country.
Addressing an event called "Nation First, Nation Supreme", organised by the Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation (GSPF), here late on Monday, the RSS Sarsanghchalak asserted that Hindus don't harbour animosity towards anyone, and the two communities should join forces for the country's development.
"Hindus and Muslims in India have common ancestry... It is a well-known historical fact that Islam came to India along with the invaders, and this should not be concealed" Bhagwat urged
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2021-09-06 16:10:01+00:00
🚓❗️Kerala state police on Monday revealed that they had received an official complaint from Cochin Shipyard Limited, India's largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility, regarding an anonymous email threatening to bomb the INS Vikrant, the aircraft carrier under construction in Kochi.
"The CSL received an anonymous email on 25 August 2021," Manoj K, chief of police at Ernakulum Police station, confirmed to Sputnik, adding that police are examining the possibility of terrorism.
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2021-09-06 13:30:11+00:00
🏥With their registrations having expired, as many as 80 private hospitals in Latur have been “forced” to operate without permits owing to a wrangle with the civic body over the regularisation of illegal construction.
Earlier, the Latur Municipal Corporation had sent notices to the hospitals asking them to regularise the illegal constructions in their buildings by August 31, adding that only after this would their licenses be renewed.
However, doctors said the municipal corporation has asked them to pay a hefty fine for the regularisation. “We are ready to get our hospital buildings regularised. However, the civic body wants us to pay hefty penalties which are beyond our capacity,” said Dr. Surekha Kale, president of IMA’s Latur unit.
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2021-09-06 12:50:01+00:00
Two people were injured by a hyena, which attacked in Khapurdi village in Khed, Pune.
''It happened near Khapurdi village in Khed. Apart from the elderly person, the animal attacked a motorcyclist as well. The hyena was later found dead as it was suffering from some infection. It may have attacked people out of irritation due to the infection,'' informed Jayaram Gowda, deputy conservator of forests, Junnar division.
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2021-09-06 10:23:24+00:00
🥃 Reacting to JDU MP Gopal Mandal's behaviour in the Tejas Rajdhani Express on 2 September, his party MP Ajay Mandal said in Patna on Monday that Gopal loses control when he is drunk.
He said that Gopal Mandal is a good person, but that he gets out of control when he consumes liquor.
"Gopal Mandal is an MLA of our party. He does not make mistakes when things are pre-planned but when he comes under the influence of alcohol, he loses his control," said the MP.
Mandal, who often courts controversy, was seen walking in his undergarments in one of the first class AC coaches of the Tejas Rajdhani Express on Thursday while travelling to Delhi from Bihar's state capital
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2021-09-06 08:29:08+00:00
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have opened a case against the family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for allegedly using anti-India slogans and wrapping his body in the Pakistani flag, officials say.
Geelani, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91, was the emblem of Kashmir’s defiance against New Delhi and had been under house arrest for years. The officials said they opened the case on Sunday
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2021-09-06 07:42:01+00:00
🤭 Model-turned-film actress Leena Maria Paul has been arrested by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing for helping her boyfriend Sukesh Chandrasekhar in extorting Rs 200 crore from a businessman's wife.
The police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA) Act against the accused, a senior police officer said, adding that further investigation into the matter is underway
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2021-09-06 04:52:13+00:00
🇨🇳 🇩🇪 Germany's new ambassador to China, a former adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died, the German Foreign Ministry said Monday.
In a short statement, the Foreign Ministry said Jan Hecker, Merkel's former foreign policy adviser, had died only a few days after taking up his new office
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2021-09-06 01:11:46+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 A fight over ₹ 70 at a shop led to a murder of a shop owner at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
🔸 Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya spoke with his Italian counterpart Roberto Speranza on giving priority in travel to vaccinated Indian students enrolled in educational institutions in Italy and on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of health.
🔸 After arriving in India, the Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister said that his visit to New Delhi will be very "fruitful."
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2021-09-05 15:45:01+00:00
India's President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Goa on Sunday for his three-day visit to the state, during which he is scheduled to take part in an event organised by the Navy.
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2021-09-05 13:00:01+00:00
🥇Another gold for India!
Krishna Nagar won India's second gold medal in badminton at the Tokyo Paralympics, beating Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai in the men's singles SH6 final.
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2021-09-05 11:40:01+00:00
👍Unusual way to draw the attention to a problem
Residents of Anjanapura, Bengaluru, protested against the civic authority, demanding that it repair the Anjanapura main road by planting paddy saplings and offering boat rides in the water-filled potholes on Saturday.
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2021-09-05 10:40:12+00:00
Thousands of farmers from different states gathered to participate in a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, demanding the repeal of national farm liberalisation laws.
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2021-09-05 10:15:01+00:00
❗️Kerala has reported two more cases of the Nipah virus, state health minister Veena George said.
The National Institute of Virology in Pune has confirmed that a sample obtained from a 12-year-old boy from Kerala state has tested Nipah positive. According to the reports, the patient passed away on Sunday morning.
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2021-09-05 09:32:55+00:00
🚑India detects 42,766 new coronavirus cases
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2021-09-05 03:22:44+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met with US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins to discuss issues regarding disarmament, non-proliferation, multilateral export control regimes and space cooperation
🔸 Delhi Police have recovered a decomposed body of a woman from Chatta Lal area in Delhi's Chandni Mahal area.
🔸 India and Singapore have carried out a major naval wargame in the southern fringes of the South China Sea over the last three days
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2021-09-04 16:05:21+00:00
🚙Power Grid Corporation of India Limited said on Saturday that it has started work to establish the first electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) in the state of Meghalaya.
According to an official release, the state-run utility business is developing several EVCSes under the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme.
Power Grid will reportedly develop 11 of those stations in Meghalaya's capital Shillong, including five at public places and another six at government establishments.
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2021-09-04 15:25:01+00:00
⚓️The 28th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise was conducted between 2 and 4 September, the Indian Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Saturday.
The Indian Navy was represented by the guided missile Destroyer INS Ranvijay with a shipborne helicopter, ASW Corvette INS Kiltan, guided missile Corvette INS Kora and one P8I long-range Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
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2021-09-04 13:35:01+00:00
🤝India has sent about 150 tonnes more oxygen to Sri Lanka to help the island nation fight the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-09-04 11:50:16+00:00
❗️A massive explosion in a factory has killed one person and injured six other employees on Saturday morning in the Tarapur industrial area, in Maharashtra state's Palghar district.
According to information available so far, the blast occurred in one of the units of the factory around 6am. The explosion was so big it was heard four to five kilometres away.
"The blaze has been brought under control and the cooling operation is underway," said Vivekanand Kadam, chief of Palghar district's disaster management cell.
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2021-09-04 11:10:38+00:00
🇮🇳🇺🇸Indian PM Narendra Modi is expected to visit the United States in the last week of September, according to top government sources.
This will be his first official visit to the US and a first one-to-one meeting with President Joe Biden, since the latter assumed office in January this year.
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2021-09-04 09:35:32+00:00
🦠India confirms 42,618 new COVID-19 cases
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2021-09-03 15:50:01+00:00
🤨A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of Bihar, Gopal Mandal, caused a storm on board an express train bound for New Delhi on Thursday, strolling around the carriage wearing no trousers.
His fellow passengers allegedly rebuked the politician for being improperly dressed in a public place and Mandal responded by shouting at the passengers and threatening to shoot them. One of the passengers appealed to the Railway Police Force officials after the lawmaker attempted to beat up his fellow passengers over complaints about his appearance.
After the incident, Gopal Mandal explained that it was all the fault of his upset stomach: "I was only wearing undergarments as my stomach was upset during the journey."
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2021-09-03 13:40:00+00:00
🏭Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday inaugurated the first organic waste-to-energy plant, developed in collaboration with AeroCare Clean Energy, near Haji Ali in Mumbai.
"The organic waste collected from bull waste generators in the area will be processed at our centre to generate electricity which will be used to light up the garden area around," said Ankit Zaveri, chief executive of AeroCare Clean Energy, adding that the business was delighted to be part of this project.
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2021-09-03 12:59:56+00:00
🇮🇳🛩🇺🇸India has signed a project agreement with the US Department of Defense for air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to India's defence ministry, the agreement was signed on 30 July as part of the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative which has been described as "a significant step towards deepening defence technology cooperation between India and the US".
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2021-09-03 10:52:47+00:00
🙅♂️ Supreme Court puts interim halt on Kerala government's decision to hold Class XI exam in person from 6 September, amid rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state
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2021-09-03 10:05:55+00:00
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 The latest census figures reveal that Indian Americans, who now comprise over 4 million people and 1.3 percent of the country’s population, are increasingly vital to the cultural and economic success of the United States, an influential lawmaker said on Thursday.
“This community, like many other communities before them, is increasingly assimilating, increasingly establishing its financial and professional success. So naturally, it looks to determine how it can also give back to the communities in which it resides,” Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said
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2021-09-03 09:25:31+00:00
🇮🇳 🇷🇺 India-Russia energy partnership can help bring stability to global energy market: PM Modi in address to Eastern Economic Forum
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2021-09-03 08:35:48+00:00
🥳 Congratulations!
🥇 🥉 Trailblazing shooter Avani Lekhara on Friday became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals by claiming the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 bronze to add to the gold she had won earlier in the ongoing Games
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2021-09-03 08:17:09+00:00
A "kisan mahapanchayat" on issues related to farmers, including last year's contentious three new federal agriculture laws, has been convened in a district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
The venue for the "mahapanchayat" that would be held under the banner of "Kisan Morcha" will be a government college compound, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said on Friday, adding that farmers from across the country, including Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra and the southern states, will take part in the event.
The district administration has stepped up the security measures in view of the event, officials said
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2021-09-03 04:02:15+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 The Canadian city of Burnaby has declared September 5 as "Gauri Lankesh Day", as a tribute to the dead journalist on her death anniversary.
🔸 Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched electronic Inner Line Permit (ILP) counters from the state capital Imphal.
🔸 The CBI has filed a charge sheet against one Lingareddy Rajasekhar Reddy for allegedly posting defamatory content against High Court and Supreme Court judges on social media
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2021-09-02 16:15:48+00:00
In Pakistan, Punjab Minister for Colonies and Prisons Fayaz ul Hassan Chohan couldn’t cut an inaugural ribbon with scissors.
So he did it with his teeth 😬
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2021-09-02 14:53:02+00:00
A group of prominent Indian experts, including two former federal ministers, has called upon PM Modi’s governing BJP to desist from using the developments in Afghanistan to create a schism between Hindus and the country’s 200 million Muslims.
“No political party should be allowed to use the developments in Afghanistan to communally polarise Indian society for electoral gains and any such attempts should be dealt with sternly”, a statement endorsed by 11 people reads.
Talking to Sputnik, Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former BJP lawmaker, said that the events in Kabul have led to a “whipping [up] of Islamophobia” in India.
READ MORE: https://sptnkne.ws/Hh8R
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2021-09-02 12:53:29+00:00
🇵🇰🇦🇫Pakistan said it would no longer take in refugees from Afghanistan. The authorities say there are already more than 3.5 million in the country. But Afghans are still rushing to checkpoints at the border.
At least one person has died in the stampede, CNN reports.
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2021-09-02 11:49:40+00:00
💉 As the flood situation in the state of Assam worsens, it has become more difficult for frontline health workers to administer COVID-vaccines.
The workers now have to use boats in order to get to the worst-affected areas, NDTV reported after travelling with one such team.
Their goal was to get to the Tapobori char (a riverine island) and to give jabs to the 600 people living there.
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2021-09-02 11:20:13+00:00
While a "mystery fever" continues to wreak havoc across several districts om Uttar Pradesh, India’s main opposition party has slammed the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over poor health infrastructure.
Sharing a news clip on Twitter, Congress general secretary and the party’s state in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, wrote in Hindi:
“The news of the death of 100 people including children due to fever in Firozabad, Mathura, Agra and many other places in UP is worrying. The UP government has still not taken any concrete steps to strengthen the health infrastructure. Look at the condition of hospitals. Is this your 'Number 1' facility for treatment?”
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2021-09-02 10:55:14+00:00
🗣 Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has criticised a section of Indian Muslims for celebrating the Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan and said it is a cause for concern.
The Taliban ousted the government in Afghanistan and took over the control of the country after capturing Kabul last month.
Shah, in a video that has gone viral on Twitter, said every Indian Muslim must reflect on if they want "reform and modernity" in the religion or live with dated "barbarian" values
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2021-09-02 10:30:50+00:00
📆 A Jaipur-based IT company has declared this Friday (3 September) a holiday, so its employees could watch the new season of "Money Heist", local media has reported.
Abhishek Jain, CEO of the company VerveLogic, was quoted by ANI News as saying: "All the employees are toiling away for the past two years. We decided to give [them] some free time and thought of showing them a web series in [the] office".
But then, they came up with a better idea – and just made Friday a day off.
Media outlets reported that the CEO even promised to provide a Netflix subscription for those who don't have one.
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2021-09-02 09:53:02+00:00
🦠 India's total COVID-19 cases rise to 32.86mln, death toll stands at 439,529
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2021-09-02 08:23:13+00:00
❗️The Taliban (banned as a terrorist organization in Russia) plan to launch a military operation against the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan in the northern Panjshir province after negotiations with resistance leader Ahmad Massoud failed, Al Jazeera reports.
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2021-09-02 08:21:32+00:00
💥 The micro-blogging site Twitter has officially launched its "Super Follows" feature that allows creators on the platform to provide exclusive premium content to subscribers.
Twitter first announced the feature earlier in 2021, and leaks in June indicated that a launch was close.
"Today we are excited to introduce Super Follows, a new way for people to earn monthly revenue by sharing subscriber-only content with their followers on Twitter", Esther Crawford, Staff Product Manager, said in a blog post on Wednesday
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2021-09-02 08:05:07+00:00
😔😔😔
Popular television and film actor Sidharth Shukla, best known for his role in the long running TV show Balika Vadhu , died on Thursday, an official at the Cooper Hospital here said. He was 40
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2021-09-02 07:46:32+00:00
💔 A video of popular Afghan singer Sharafat Parwani, singing about his homeland after being evacuated to the US, has surfaced on social media.
While it is unclear when and where the video was shot, it has left netizens feeling emotional, with many saying they are praying for the people of Afghanistan
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2021-09-02 06:10:10+00:00
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday slammed the government for not having increased sugarcane prices in three years, but continuing to increase the prices of petrol, diesel, and LPG.
In a tweet she said: "The BJP government is increasing the price of LPG gas every month. The prices of petrol and diesel have been increased by 60-70 times in 3-4 months, but the price of sugarcane has not been increased in the past three years".
The Congress Party has been targeting the government over inflation and fuel price hikes
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2021-09-02 02:33:15+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 Pro-Pakistan Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani died at the age of 92.
🔸 Four people crossing a railway track in Jharkhand's Chakradharpur were crushed to death by the Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express.
🔸 Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Washington to meet with senior officials from President Joe Biden's administration
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2021-09-01 15:28:33+00:00
🌪 Villagers in the Sidhi district in the state of Madhya Pradesh had a chance to see a tornado on Monday – a rather rare sight, not only in the state, but in the whole country.
"Water is being sucked into the sky. Don't venture too close", one man can be heard shouting in one of the videos.
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2021-09-01 13:31:56+00:00
📉 Air pollution is likely to reduce the life expectancy of about 40% of Indians by more than nine years, a recent report by a US-based research firm reveals.
The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) conducted a study that revealed that more than 480 million people living in the vast swaths of central, eastern, and northern India, including New Delhi, endure significantly high pollution levels.
"Alarmingly, India's high levels of air pollution have expanded geographically over time... For example, air quality has significantly worsened in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh", the EPIC report said.
Hailing India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which was launched in 2019, the EPIC report said "achieving and sustaining" the NCAP's goals would raise the country's overall life expectancy by 1.7 years and that of New Delhi by 3.1 years.
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2021-09-01 11:54:26+00:00
🌧 Delhi has recorded 112.1 mm of rain in the past 24 hours – the highest single-day rainfall in September in 12 years, according to the India Meteorological Department.
As rains are expected to last until at least 4 September, an orange alert has been issued for the city.
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2021-09-01 11:30:55+00:00
🙅♂️ The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a key religious group linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has condemned the organising of an online conference called "Dismantling Global Hindutva".
The conference, co-sponsored by nearly 70 academic units from 49 universities, is set to “explore the consolidation of Hindu supremacist ideology in India and elsewhere”.
While talking to Sputnik on Wednesday, VHP’s International president Alok Kumar said: “This is a conspiracy to defame Hinduism as a global threat by the forces that have always been against the rise of India.”
He stated that Hindus, living as minorities in most countries, have never been associated with any extremist activities
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2021-09-01 10:57:01+00:00
🤒 For over 10 days, cases of a mysterious deadly fever have been reported in some districts in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to local media reports, 53 people have died, including 45 children, so far
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2021-09-01 10:36:01+00:00
Veteran actor Saira Banu was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Mumbai due to blood pressure issues
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2021-09-01 10:13:36+00:00
🙌 Students and teachers have reunited, as schools reopened after closure due to COVID-19
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2021-09-01 09:59:02+00:00
🇦🇫🇵🇰 People have gathered at the Chaman border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, as Afghans try to leave the country after the Taliban takeover.
Watch LIVE: https://sptnkne.ws/Hhbe
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2021-09-01 08:25:40+00:00
🌍 India's month-long presidency of the UN Security Council has ended with "substantive" outcomes on key global issues, including a strong resolution on the situation in Afghanistan that reflected India's views and concerns, and demanded that Afghan territory not be used to threaten any country or shelter terrorists.
India, currently serving a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council, assumed the rotating presidency of the UN body for the month of August.
The presidency ended with the first UNSC resolution on the situation in Afghanistan following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban on the penultimate day of India's presidency of the Security Council for the month of August
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2021-09-01 06:17:48+00:00
At least 97 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital this year, according to a civic report released on Monday.
The number of dengue cases between January 1st and August 28th is also the highest since 2018, when the count stood at 107 during the same time period.
Forty-five cases were reported in the month of August, according to the report, which is about 46 percent of the total reported cases.
Dengue mosquito larvae breed in clear, standing water, while those of malaria thrive even in dirty water
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2021-09-01 06:00:52+00:00
P. Chidambaram, a former Indian minister of home affairs, has said that it is too early for India to congratulate itself on a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Afghanistan adopted on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the key Congress leader also warned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led federal government about a possible axis of China, Pakistan, and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan saying it is a cause of worry
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2021-09-01 02:08:52+00:00
🌙 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:
🔸 15 trains were destroyed due to disruptions in the Delhi-Agra railway route after a portion of the track caved in.
🔸 The Kerala High Court reiterated that criminal antecedents of an organ donor are not criteria to be considered by the authorization committee for transplantation of human organs.
🔸 Netherlands' Ambassador to India Marten van den Berg paid a courtesy visit to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow.
🔸 The Jammu and Kashmir Police detained a 17-year-old Afghan boy in the Kathua district.
🔸 A Central Bureau of Investigation court sentenced eight people to seven years of imprisonment each for rigging a police recruitment test conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board in 2013