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SpiceJet said late on Friday that all its systems at airports, ticket bookings and call centres are up and running smoothly after a successful resolution of a Microsoft outage that impacted the aviation industry all through the day. The technical outage has been fully resolved, and all our...
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In view of the infiltration of highly trained Pakistani terrorists in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements. The Indian Army has deployed around 500 Para Special Forces commandos in the area to hunt down...
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When three-time Grammy Award winner Lonnie Park got to know that fellow Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej was composing an anthem for Bengaluru airport, he volunteered to sing it for free, said Kej at the launch of the 'Airport Anthem' at the Terminal 1 of the Kempegowda International Airport on July...
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The Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which will put Mizoram on the country's railway map, is likely to be commissioned by July next year, officials said on Friday. Nearly 93 percent of work for the 51.38-km line has already been completed, officers of the Northeast Frontier Railway told Governor...
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Ahead of the upcoming festival season, Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation Mayor Somya Gurjar said that only those who have a commercial license will get the license for a meat shop, and it will have to be indicated whether it is jhatka or halal so that no one's public sentiments are hurt. Mayor...
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Mumbai on Friday permitted out on bail former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, to travel to Europe but laid down some conditions. The court allowed Indrani Mukerjea to travel once to Europe...
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The Indian Railways cancelled the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday, an official said. The cancellations come amid violent protests in Bangladesh over demands for an end to a quota system in jobs in the country, affecting normal...
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Two flights were cancelled and all flight operations are experiencing delays at Vijayawada and Tirupati airports in Andhra Pradesh, following a global IT outage, officials said on Friday. The Vijayawada International Airport at Gannavaram witnessed a flight cancellation, a round trip IndiGo...
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The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that it was in touch with at least 50 Indian nationals who wished to end their employment in the Russian Army, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to Moscow. Prime...
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US ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on Friday asserted that India, which has strong ties with both Russia and Ukraine, can play a great role in resolving the conflict between the two countries, but maintained that it is for the world's largest democracy to decide on the matter.Welcoming...
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The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has sealed a company named ThermoVerita linked to Manorama Khedkar, mother of IAS Puja Khedkar located in Pune due to an alleged tax default of Rs 2.77 lakh. This development comes amidst controversy surrounding probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who...
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The ED on Friday said it has attached land in Gurugram, worth over Rs 300 crore, of real estate group M3M as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged land fraud case that also involves Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. A provisional order has...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a first-year MBBS student of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences for allegedly being part of a 'solver module' working with an engineer who had stolen the NEET-UG question papers, officials said. Surabhi Kumari was taken into...
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The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has topped the income chart among regional parties for the financial year 2022-23 with Rs 737.67 crore, 42.38 percent of the total, according to poll rights body ADR. The top five parties with the highest expenditure are All India Trinamool Congress which spent Rs...
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Controversial IAS officer Puja Khedkar on Friday moved out of Washim, shortly after the UPSC initiated a series of actions against her, including registration of a police case for availing attempts in the civil services exam by faking identity. Judiciary will take its course, Khedkar, accused of...
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India's forex reserves jumped by $9.699 billion to an all-time high of $666.854 billion for the week ended July 12, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had increased by $5.158 billion to $657.155 billion, surpassing the previous high of $655.817 billion for the week...
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Fate vs Free Will. Is destiny predetermined? What role does free will play in our lives? To mark the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima, Swami A Parthasarathy will deliver an online talk on the law of karma and the role it plays in our lives, on Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 7 pm IST. The...
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A wagon of a goods train derailed between Valsad and Surat stations in Gujarat on Friday but there were no reports anyone getting injured, a Western Railway official said. The traffic on the route, however, was affected due to the incident that took place near Dungri station around 3 pm, he said....
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Friday as investors preferred to book profits after four days of record-breaking rally and weak trends from global markets. Fall in blue-chip Reliance Industries also dragged the benchmarks lower. The 30-share BSE Sensex hit its new all-time...
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The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday directed the Indian nationals in Bangladesh to follow the advisory issued by the High Commission of India in Dhaka, which says they must avoid local travels amid violent quota protests. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, As you are aware, there are...
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The UK's airports and trains experienced delays, with the London Stock Exchange and the National Health Service among the other organisations in the country dealing with the fallout of a global IT outage on Friday that has grounded planes and caused chaos around the world. The outage, believed...
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Chirag Paswan
Union minister and BJP ally Chirag Paswan has unequivocally opposed the Muzaffarnagar police advisory asking the owners of eateries to display their names, saying he will absolutely never support or encourage any divide in the name of caste or religion. Asked if he supports the advisory, the...
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Amid a massive global outage that hit operations of airlines, banks and businesses across the globe, Microsoft on Friday said that it is aware of the issue affecting Windows devices due to an update from a third-party software platform. A Microsoft spokesperson said: We anticipate a resolution...
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Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Friday demanded Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre for infrastructure development, claiming the city government got nothing in return over the past year despite its income tax contribution of Rs 2 lakh crore. Delhi also provided Rs 25,000 crore as central GST to the...
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Airport and airline operations faced significant disruptions on Friday due to Microsoft outage, with airlines issuing advisories to passengers. IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa saw disruptions in their online check-in and boarding processes across their networks, forcing them to switch to manual...
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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday initiated a series of actions against probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, including registration of a police case against her for availing attempts in the civil services exam by faking identity. The Commission also issued a Show Cause...
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Leading bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday said it has not been impacted by the global outage of Microsoft systems amid reports of disruptions in functioning of stock exchanges in several countries. Microsoft users globally, several in India, have reported massive outages in...
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Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the Reserve Bank does not have any plan to allow business houses to promote banks at present. Allowing corporate houses to promote banks exposes one to conflict of interest risks and related-party transactions, Das said, speaking at an event organized by...
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Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan on Friday arrested a senior Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, describing him as a close aide of slain terrorist Osama bin Laden. A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police spokesperson said a significant breakthrough in the fight against terrorism has...
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The Centre has listed six new bills for introduction, including the one which seeks to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, to provide enabling provisions for ease of doing business in the aviation sector, in the upcoming Parliament session beginning Monday. Besides the Finance Bill, the...
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Microsoft users globally, several in India, have reported massive outages in services, with outage tracking website Downdetector showing users flagging disruptions across various services. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea of two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case challenging the January 8 verdict cancelling their remission. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar termed the plea as absolutely misconceived and said how can it sit in appeal...
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Households are choosing the capital markets over the banks to park or invest their savings, highlighted RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das during his address at FE Modern BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) Summit 2024 on Friday. Governor Das highlighted that traditionally, banks were...
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The India Meteorological Department on Friday said Kerala will receive heavy to very heavy rains in the next few days due to weather conditions and wind patterns prevailing over peninsular India. The IMD said that a low pressure trough located from north Kerala coast to south Gujarat coast,...
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the contours of Article 361 of the Constitution which grants blanket immunity to governors from any kind of criminal prosecution. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud also issued a notice to the West Bengal government on a plea of a...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, alias Landa, in a major terror network case involving the supply of deadly weapons, the agency said on Friday.Identified as Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai alias...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to attend the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi next week, an official said on Friday. She is likely to leave for the national capital on July 25, he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog's ninth Governing...
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On Friday, the Uttar Pradesh State Government announced several measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the Kanwar Yatra which will start on July 22. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mandated that food and beverage shops along Kanwar routes display the name and identity of the operator/owner to...
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In his first major public address since surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump gave a clarion call for unity as he accepted his Republican party's presidential nomination with a pledged to deliver a government that will begin four greatest years in American history if he is elected in...
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Heavy downpour since early morning hit railway and bus services in Mumbai on Friday, causing inconvenience to lakhs of office-goers. Incessant rain with intermittent heavy spells led to waterlogging on some roads and railway tracks, slowing down the public transport services. The suburban...
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President Biden may decide to drop out of the presidential race as early as this weekend, according to several top Democrats who believe the rising pressure will persuade the 81-year-old to bow out, say reports. Biden, 81, has been rocked by a Democratic rebellion. Concerns about whether he can...
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Retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan brought back his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) persona on stage on Friday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in support of former President Donald Trump.Before Trump accepted the Republican nomination, The WWE Hall of Fame wrestler...
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After former President Donald Trump concluded his GOP nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention early Friday morning, his wife, former First Lady Melania Trump, joined him onstage and took his hand.The impassioned crowd erupted in cheers and balloons was released from the...
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...Thrilled to have a new friend and partner fighting by my side, the next Vice President of the United States, the current Senator from Ohio - JD Vance and his incredible wife Usha.., says former US President and candidate for the upcoming US presidential elections, Donald Trump.Expressing his...
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Former President Donald Trump laid out his promises for a second term in his speech at the Republican National Convention, including lowering the cost of groceries and gas, bringing back jobs, and securing the border.He said the United States has incompetent leadership' and claimed the inflation...
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US President Joe Biden is experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms related to the COVID-19 infection and continues to receive Paxlovid according to Biden's physician the White House stated.Biden's physician, Dr Kevin O'Connor, said that US President does not have a fever and that his vital...
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Former US President and candidate for the upcoming US presidential elections, Donald Trump says, This election should be about the issues facing our country and how to make America successful, safe, free and great again. In an age when our politics too often divide us, now is the time to remember...
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Giving a clarion call to his countrymen to unite, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that it is time to start expecting and demanding the best leadership in the world, leadership that is bold, dynamic, relentless, and fearless.In his speech to accept the nomination to be the...
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Former United States President Donald Trump recounted the assassination attempt on him during a campaign rally on Saturday while addressing the Republican National Convention (RNC). Trump said there was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe, because I had God on my...
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Former United States President Donald Trump accepted the GOP's nomination for president of the United States at the Republican National Convention (RNC).We're going to do it right, he said.He then recounted. for the first time publicly the assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler,...
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US President Joe Biden is expected to make a major announcement on his re-election bid, with several senior Democratic leaders suggesting that he leave the race following his disastrous debate performance, a failed assassination attempt on his rival Donald Trump, his poor health, and falling poll...
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Melania Trump, former US President Donald Trump's wife, arrives at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the US.
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US presidential nominee Donald J Trump is given a rockstar-like welcome at the Republication National Convention 2024 as he walks into the convention centre in Milwaukee, with delegates giving him a standing ovation. Trump is shortly expected to give his speech ' his first public address since...
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A San Francisco-bound Air India flight from Delhi was diverted to Krasnoyarsk international airport in Russia on Thursday due to a technical issue, the airline said.In a post on X, Air India said the aircraft has landed safely after diversion and it is working with relevant authorities to ensure...
