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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday assured the worried diaspora in Kuwait that the second wave of COVID-19 was receding in India and the government 'really moved mountains' to contain the pandemic.Jaishankar, who arrived here on his first bilateral visit to the oil-rich...
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The health ministry on Friday said it has regularly emphasised on the need for a robust reporting mechanism to monitor district-wise Covid cases and deaths on a daily basis, two days after Bihar revised its COVID-19 death toll by including 3,951 unreported fatalities.The COVID-19 death toll in...
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Protesting farmer unions on Friday announced they will organise dharnas at governor houses across the country on June 26 to mark the completion of seven months of their agitation against the three new Central agri-marketing laws.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of over 40 farmer...
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday instructed students to vacate the library they have 'unrightfully occupied', a day after a first information report was lodged by the varsity against them for alleging breaking into the facility and clashing with the staff there.The varsity had...
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The government on Friday said there is no need to panic on the need for an immediate change in the dosage interval of Covishield vaccine, underlining that reducing the time gap requires proper scientific study in the Indian scenario.In the context of some media reports quoting recent studies that...
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Mumbai reported 696 new coronavirus infections and 24 fatalities on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.The financial capital of the country recorded fewer than 1,000 cases for the 12th day in a row, though the daily spike and death figure rose slightly compared to...
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Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana, who was booked under sedition charges by Lakshadweep police on June 10, said on Friday that she will 'keep fighting' for her native land and her voice will 'grow louder' from now on. Lakshadweep Police had on Thursday booked Sulthana on sedition charges on a complaint...
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Amid heightened military activities by the Chinese military opposite eastern Ladakh on its side on the Line of Actual Control, top Indian Army leadership would be briefed about the force's operational preparedness at a high-level meeting to be held here next week.The preparedness of the Indian...
19:52
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat at the organisation's headquarters in Nagpur on Friday.This was Sarma's first visit to the RSS headquarters after becoming chief minister of Assam a month ago.Sarma spent more than an hour at the RSS...
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Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time in two months, a health official said on Friday. The veteran Congress leader had earlier tested positive for the disease on April 12. He is being treated at Indira Gandhi Medical...
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JUST IN: A meeting is underway between Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party national president J P Nadda and PM Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister's residence.
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MK Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday, June 17. On his first visit to the national capital since assuming office on May 7, Stalin will seek the Centre's intervention in releasing the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi...
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A 300-bed Covid hospital in Guwahati
The ICMR will start national-level sero surveys to assess the spread of COVID-19 and all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The ministry also said that the Covid...
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The country's foreign exchange reserves crossed the USD 600 billion mark for the first time after increasing by $6.842 billion in the week ended June 4, RBI data showed on Friday. The reserves surged to a record $605.008 billion in the reporting week, helped by a rise in foreign currency...
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In a blow to the saffron brigade, senior BJP leader Mukul Roy along with son Subranshu rejoined the TMC on Friday, with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other leaders of the state's ruling party welcoming him back to the fold. Roy, who held the position of the national vice president...
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Mukul Roy with his son Subhranshu at TMC Bhavan
Mukul Roy returns to his former party, the Trinamool Congress. He is sharing the stage with the West Bengal CM. I could not work in BJP, which is why I have returned to the TMC, Mukul Roy said. His son has also returned to the TMC. Mamata Banerjee said Mukul Roy's health was failing him in...
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Abhijit Mukherjee
Dispelling rumours, late President Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit Mukherjee, on Friday made it clear that he is not leaving the Congress unlike his friend Jitin Prasada. Television channels and a few newspapers had reported he would be joining the Trinamool Congress on Friday afternoon.I remain...
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Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday called on NCP president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in Mumbai and held talks with him for around three hours, setting tongues wagging in political circles. NCP sources said apart from discussing the prevailing political situation,...
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Congress MLA Hemaram Choudhary, who had sent his resignation to the Rajasthan assembly speaker, met former deputy CM Sachin Pilot at the latter's residence in Jaipur on Friday. The MLA from Barmer's Gudhamalani constituency was among 19 legislators who had rebelled against Chief Minister Ashok...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP national vice president Mukul Roy have both reached the Trinamool Congress headquarters in Kolkata and are likely to hold discussions amid speculations of the saffron party leader's possible return to the ruling party in the state.Other senior...
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A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar till June 25 in connection with the alleged brawl at Chhatrasal Stadium in which a young wrestler died. Sushil Kumar was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Reetika Jain at the end of the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukul Roy arrives at Trinamool Bhawan.
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Bharatiya Janata Party national vice-president Mukul Roy is likely to return to Trinamool Congress, news agency ANI reported. The final decision regarding Roy's joining will only be taken after his meeting today with the TMC top brass in Kolkata, the agency added.Roy, who was once considered...
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Sachin Pilot
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Friday refuted claims made by BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi that she had spoken to him about joining the saffron camp. Rita Bahuguna Joshi claimed that she had spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She does...
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Jab we met
In setback that could potentially delay the launch of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin in USA, the Food and Drug Administration there has recommended Ocugen Inc, the US partner of the Indian vaccine maker, to go for Biologics Licence Application (BLA) route with additional data, nixing...
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Passenger vehicle wholesales in India declined by 66 per cent to 88,045 units in May as compared to April this year as lockdowns across various states impacted dispatches to dealers, auto industry body SIAM said on Friday. Passenger vehicle wholesales in April stood at 2,61,633 units....
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Boys will be boys on a rainy day. Pic Sahil Salvi
After two days of continuous showers, the residents of Mumbai got some respite on Friday morning as rains took a break in the city and its suburbs, civic officials said. The transport services in the city, including the suburban trains and buses, are running as per their normal schedule,...
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The UP CM and the PM this morning
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives at the residence of BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi.Adityanath had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this morning. Adityanath met Modi at his residence, a day after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The...
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Filmmaker Aisha Sultana
Lakshadweep police registered a case against filmmaker Aisha Sultana with charges of sedition and hate speech on Thursday.The FIR was registered against the filmmaker on the complaint of BJP Lashadweep wing president C Abdul Khader Haji. According to the complaint, Aisha Sultana during a news...
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The Supreme Court refuses to entertain former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's plea seeking transfer of all inquiries against him to an independent agency outside Maharashtra.You've been in the police force for 30 years. You can't now say you want your inquiries outside the state. You...
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The Central govt tells the Supreme Court that it has deposited Rs 10 crores with the top court paid by Italy as compensation to the families of two Kerala fishermen who were shot dead by two Italian Marines in 2012, in lieu of closure of criminal cases against them in India.The Supreme Court...
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The Mumbai Police has arrested Ramzan Sheikh, the contractor who constructed the building in Malvani which collapsed on Wednesday night, killing at least 11 people The police has booked building owner Rafeeq Siddiqui.Eight children were among those killed and seven others injured after two...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reaches 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister's official residence, to meet PM Narendra Modi. Yogi will also be meeting BJP president JP Nadda today. On Thursday, Yogi Adityanath held a 90-minute long meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. With less...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a virtual high-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought at the United Nations convened by the President of the General Assembly next week.Modi, President of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...
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India reports 91,702 COVID-19 cases and 3,403 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per the Union health ministry.Total cases: 2,92,74,823Total discharges: 2,77,90,073 Death toll: 3,63,079Active cases: 11,21,671 Total vaccination: 24,60,85,649
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Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has said that donating 500 million doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine to the world, as promised by President Joe Biden, was not enough and the United States should do more in the global fight against the pandemic.Before attending a G-7 summit in...
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Describing China as a pacing challenge, United States Defence Secretary Llyod Austin said Beijing's aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific could spark a crisis in the region.Responding to questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congressional hearing on the annual...
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A day after actor-MP Nusrat Jahan claimed that her marriage in Turkey with businessman Nikhil Jain in 2019 is not valid under Indian laws, her estranged husband alleged that she had avoided always his requests to get the marriage registered.He claimed that Jahan's behaviour started changing...
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