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A snapshot of India's monthly merchandise trade
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The Narcotic Control Bureau's zonal director and four other officials were injured when a gang of drug traffickers attacked them with weapons during a raid in the eastern suburb of Mankhurd here, an official said on Friday.The incident took place in a swampy area near the railway tracks in...
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The Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, has gone under lockdown following reports that an armed person was spotted on the site. Making the announcement on its Facebook page, the base said anyone who encounters the person should 'run and hide'. The suspected individual,...
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The Bombay High Court on Friday said the Maharashtra Governor has a constitutional obligation to either accept or reject within reasonable time the proposal sent by the state cabinet to nominate 12 persons as Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs).Eight months had passed since the cabinet sent...
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The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 53 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.On Friday, 55,91,675 vaccine doses were administered, according to the 7 pm provisional report.The ministry said 30,31,275 first doses and 4,92,283 second...
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Six people, including one having affiliation to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, were arrested for allegedly thrashing a Muslim e-rickshaw driver in Kanpur and asking him to chant Jai Shri Ram, the police said on Friday. Three persons who were arrested on Thursday night were released on bail by...
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The Centre has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic (SUP) items, including candy sticks, plates, cups and cutlery, from July 1, 2022.The thickness of plastic carry bags...
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The Indian rupee reversed its intra-day losses to close almost flat at 74.24 against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a strong rally in domestic equities.Besides, a weak American currency against its major rivals and lower crude prices also helped the rupee to recover. At the interbank...
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Police inspector Neeta Rani, who probed the sensational rape case of a one-and-half-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and the accused convicted in just 34 days, has been awarded the Union Home Minister's 'Medal for Excellence in Investigation' in 2021, officials said on Friday.Rani, posted...
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The first nasal vaccine against Covid-19, developed by Bharat Biotech, has received the regulator's nod for conducting phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, the department of biotechnology said on Friday. Phase 1 clinical trial has been completed in age groups ranging from 18 to 60 years, it...
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A shutdown was observed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town on Friday to protest the attack on a BJP leader's house last night that left a three-year-old boy dead and six other people injured.Scores of people, some of them BJP workers, also took out a protest rally denouncing the attack. They...
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The DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Friday announced a tax cut of Rs 3 on petrol per litre and held the Centre responsible for the increase in the cost of fuel and said the onus of providing relief to end consumers lay with the Union government. Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan,...
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President Ram Nath Kovind will address the nation tomorrow on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. The address will be broadcast from 1900 hrs.
17:39
Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari is moving to the US, in the role of the Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations, focused on the new markets. There has been a stand off between the government and Twitter escalate over compliance with new IT rules.
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Veteran industrialist Adi Godrej will step down as Chairman from the board of directors at diversified conglomerate Godrej Industries.He will continue to serve as Chairman of the Godrej Group and Chairman Emeritus of Godrej Industries, the company said on Friday. Nadir Godrej, who is...
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Pakistan is now hurtling towards a state of isolation reminiscent of what we saw in the aftermath of the Abbottabad raid. Doors are closing and demands are rising. Read the column here.
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Rahul Gandhi with the victim's kin
Delhi Police has told a court in the national capital that no evidence could be collected so far to confirm whether the nine-year-old girl was raped before allegedly being killed near Delhi Cantonment in south-west Delhi earlier this month. The investigating officer (IO) of the case told...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it was difficult to imagine what the present form of India would have been if Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not there, and added that his 'Hindavi swarajya' was the finest example of good governance. He also said that the works done by...
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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 593 points to end above the 55,000-mark for the first time on Friday, propelled by gains in index heavyweights TCS, Reliance Industries and HDFC twins. The 30-share index rose 593.31 points or 1.08 per cent to its new all-time high of 55,437.29. It...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will attend the meeting of opposition leaders called by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on August 20, his party said on Friday. Thackeray will attend the meeting through video link, Sena leader Sanjay Raut told PTI. Congress...
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Couturier Manish Malhotra shares a picture on Sridevi's birth anniversary today, writing, Miss you (heart emoji) #Sridevi.
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The Delhi High Court has restrained Netflix and Channel News Asia (CNA) from streaming, broadcasting and telecasting a documentary 'A big Little Murder', based on the alleged killing of a 7-year-old student in a Gurugram school in 2017, unless all references to the school are deleted. Justice...
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Recalling how the industry used to face hardships in securing permissions and harassment from bureaucrats 50 years ago, chairman of the city-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, on Friday hailed the Modi government saying that red-tapism and licence raj have...
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A decimated Kabul museum
Writer William Dalrymple on the march of the Taliban: The last time Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghanistan lost half its history. It would be unforgivable if that were to happen twice. I wonder if anything is being done to safeguard or evacuate the contents of the Kabul Museum?
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Update from Afghanistan: TOLO News says government officials, including governor, police chief, ex-mujahedeen leader Mohammad Ismail Khan, deputy minister of interior for security, and the 207 Zafar Corps commander have surrendered after Herat fell to Taliban.The Taliban have captured...
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West Bengal ranked second after Uttar Pradesh in terms of absolute number of people who consume alcohol, a joint study by economic research agency ICRIER and law consulting firm PLR Chambers said. According to the study, nearly 1.4 crore people in West Bengal consume alcohol, and this...
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A high-level meeting of top officials of Delhi Police is underway to discuss a new intelligence alert about miscreants who could try to infiltrate the security at the Red Fort on August 15.A high-level meeting of the top officials of the Delhi Police is underway. The agenda of the meeting is...
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National Security Guard Commandos participate in Fit India Freedom Run programme organised as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, celebrating 75 years of India's freedom, at Gateway of India. Pic: Sahil Salvi.
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Twelve nations, including the US, India and China, along with representatives of the UN and EU have decided that they would not recognise any government in Afghanistan that seeks to take control through the barrel of a gun, the State Department has said, amid the continued Taliban offensive...
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China has opposed next-phase COVID-19 origins-tracing, saying that it is inappropriate that the World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the second phase of the study that focused on a lab-leak theory.In recent months, the lab-leak theory has gained great traction after the Biden...
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After Twitter, apex child rights body NCPCR on Friday asked Facebook to take action against the Instagram profile of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for posting a photo of the family of the nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in southwest Delhi, saying it violated the...
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Kerala logs 1,77,040 Covid cases.
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Domestic air travel is set to become costlier as the Civil Aviation Ministry has raised the lower as well as upper caps on fares by 9.83 to 12.82 percent, according to an official order. India had imposed lower and upper limits on airfares based on flight duration when services were...
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Drug maker Wockhardt on Friday said it has inked a pact with Dubai-based Enso Healthcare and a subsidiary of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) for production and supply of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik. The Mumbai-based firm has entered into an agreement with Enso and Human Vaccine LLC , a...
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Felicitations are erupting in different corners of the country as India welcomes returning heroes, back from its most successful Olympics. While triumphs are dedicated all the pretty prose, in darkened corners and silent homes, there is the noise of shattered dreams clanging to pieces, when...
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A special court here awarded a man life imprisonment till last breath for kidnapping and raping his stepdaughter, saying he deserved no leniency as he was the custodian of the girl, a minor when the incident happened eight years ago. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences...
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Sara Wahedi
Sara Wahedi, a young Afghani woman in Kabul tweets the predicament of thousands of other women in the country as the Taliban marches on. Today, everything has changed. My family is having discussions on what to pack, what to sell, what to leave behind, and what routes to take out of Kabul. I've...
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Delta+ variant is highly infectious
Mumbai has recorded its first death due to the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus with a 63-year-old fully vaccinated woman succumbing to it in July, a civic official has said. Following her death, at least two of her close contacts have also been found infected with the Delta Plus...
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As the Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan by capturing many key cities in the country, the terror group is now forcing women to get married to its terrorists, a media report said on Thursday.Afghans are also witnessing the execution of captured soldiers and unprovoked attacks on...
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The ruling DMK on Friday presented its first budget after coming to power, months after it swept the April 6 Assembly elections, with the opposition AIADMK boycotting the financial exercise. AIADMK, Tamil Nadu's main opposition, staged a walkout from the Assembly, boycotting the first...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hits out at Twitter over his account being locked, saying it's an attack on the democratic structure of the country.A company is making its business to define our politics and as a politician, I don't like that. This is an attack on the democratic structure of the...
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Sensex breaches 55,000 mark; currently at 55,126.13, up by 282.15 points. At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 229 points or 0.42 per cent at 55,073 while the Nifty 50 moved higher by 70 points or 0.43 per cent to 16,435. Except for Nifty pharma which dipped by 1.2 per cent and...
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Kangana Ranaut shares this image alongside on Instagram quoting Ghalibg: Mohabbat mein nahi hai farak jeene aur marne ka, usi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kafir pe dum nikle.
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A vehicle crushed in the landslide
The death toll in the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district has climbed to 15 with the recovery of one more body on Friday, a senior disaster management official said. Rescue operations resumed this morning to trace the 15 others still missing in the landslide that occurred near...
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The checks and balances that define a full democracy have been severely damaged in India, writes Shoaib Daniyal. Read the column here.
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A lookout notice has been issued against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in an alleged extortion case, said Mumbai Police on Friday.A lookout circular has been issued against Prambir Singh, Thane Police Commissioner, Jai Jeet Singh to ANI On July 23, a case of alleged extortion...
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The brutal killing of the journalist, Danish Siddiqui, in Kandahar brought home to India the escalated nature of the conflict in Afghanistan. The expedited withdrawal of troops by the United States of America has coincided with, and perhaps even catalyzed, a new intensity in the intra-Afghan...
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India reports 40,120 new COVID-19 cases, 42,295 recoveries and 585 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. Total cases: 3,21,17,826 Total recoveries: 3,13,02,345 Active cases: 3,85,227 Death toll: 4,30,254 Total vaccinated: 52,95,82,956 (57,31,574...
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At least 21 people were killed and four others remained missing as heavy rain lashed a township in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said on Friday.The Liulin Township in Suixian County saw the total precipitation reaching 503 mm from Wednesday to Thursday, causing an average...
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In a case related to the suspension of Gorakhpur pediatrician Kafeel Ahmad Khan, the Uttar Pradesh government informed the Allahabad high court that an independent disciplinary proceeding was initiated against him in another matter and an order of suspension was separately passed on...
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The Biden administration is deploying several thousands of its troops to the Kabul airport to support the orderly and safe reduction of civilian personnel mainly from its embassy, officials at the Pentagon and the State Department said Thursday.We are further reducing our civilian footprint in...
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The Taliban has taken over over Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-biggest city, Sputnik reported citing regional authorities.The city was reportedly seized on late Thursday as the Taliban continues to step up their offensive amid United States troops' withdrawal. The pullout was stipulated in the...
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The World Health Organization has said that the next step in the search of the origins of COVID-19 will be the creation of a new advisory group that will develop a global framework to study pathogens with pandemic potential.The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel...
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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of a petition moved by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, challenging the assembly poll results in Nandigram, till November 15.Adhikari's lawyers submitted before the court of Justice Shampa Sarkar that the legislator has approached...
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