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The outgoing Biden administration on Friday slapped sanctions on two Indian companies for allegedly violating the American sanctions on Russia by involving in the transportation of LNG from the warring country.The two Indian companies Skyhart Management Services and Avision Management Services...
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Opening its doors for augmenting public engagement and awareness, the Supreme Court has allowed guided tours for people on designated days.The drive allows people to put to rest their curiosities on the court's mystique, and stroll through its majestic corridors every working Saturday -- except...
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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a podcast that he is human and not god and can commit mistakes, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Friday took a swipe at him saying he is doing damage control now after he proclaimed himself as 'non-biological'.Modi in his first podcast hosted by Zerodha...
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In the wake of controversy over the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) council's proposal to name a stretch of road in the city after him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he never asked for it, and made it clear that it should not be proceeded with if the road already has a name.The...
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A man who works at an eatery in Ghaziabad was arrested on Friday for spitting in customer's food, police said.The accused, Irfan (20) was arrested after a video of him spitting on a roti before placing it in the tandoor was shared on social media on Thursday, a police officer said.He is a native...
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United States President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday in his hush money case, but the judge opted not to impose any punishment, the Associated Press reported.This decision finalises Trump's conviction while allowing him to return to the White House without the shadow of...
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said no controversial structure should be referred to as 'a mosque', asserting that tenets of Islam are 'against constructing a mosque-like structure' at disputed sites.Adityanath made the remarks while referring to the Shahi Jama Masjid dispute in Sambhal...
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The rupee declined 18 paise to breach the 86-mark against the US dollar for the first time on Friday as it failed to resist pressure from a stronger American currency and huge outflow of foreign funds.The local unit settled at 86.04 against the US currency.Surging crude oil prices overseas and...
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From the Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Power Grid, Adani Ports and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the major laggards.Tata Consultancy Services jumped nearly 6 per cent after the IT services company reported an 11.95 per...
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Equity benchmark index Sensex nursed losses for the third consecutive session on Friday, in lockstep with a weak trend in global equities as concerns over economic growth and quarterly earnings sapped risk appetite. Surging crude oil prices and a strengthening dollar index also hit investor...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $5.693 billion to $634.585 billion in the week ended January 3, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had declined by $4.112 billion to $640.279 billion.The reserves have been on a declining trend for the last...
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The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on Friday organised a special darshan for the devotees injured in the recent stampede.As promised by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, TTD, arranged the Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam on Mukkoti Ekadasi, an auspicious occasion believed to guarantee entry to...
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A special court in Pune on Friday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case related to his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar.The MP/MLA court granted bail to the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha on a surety bond of Rs 25,000 after he...
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Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, who is under fire over the Beed sarpanch murder, on Friday met his party colleague, senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal in Mumbai.In a post on X, Munde said Bhujbal held the Food and Civil Supplies portfolio -- which is now with Munde --...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will come to know 'in a few days' if his Nationalist Congress Party and cabinet colleague Dhananjay Munde has any link to the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, claimed Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Suresh Dhas on Friday.Massajog sarpanch Deshmukh was...
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As many as 258 Pakistanis were deported from seven countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and China in the last 24 hours, officials said.A spokesperson of the Immigration department at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport said, among them, 14 had Pakistani passports,...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said it was the responsibility of the Congress to keep the INDIA bloc intact as it was the largest party in the opposition alliance.Raut's statement came in the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remarks expressing dismay over...
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Friday criticised former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his remark fake voters from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and wondered whether the Aam Aadmi Party wanted a dual citizenship system in the national capital.Speaking to reporters, the Lok Janshakti Party...
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Ahead of the beginning of the Maha Kumbh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday inaugurated 'Maa Ki Rasoi,' a community kitchen initiative, offering a full meal for just Rs 9.The community kitchen is operated by the Nandi Sewa Sansthan at Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital and for...
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Underworld don Chhota Rajan was taken to AIIMS here for a medical surgery, prison officials said on Friday.Sharing details, the officials said that he was taken to AIIMS on Thursday for a minor nose operation.The surgery was advised by the doctors and he is likely to be brought back to Tihar Jail...
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Aligarh Muslim University received a threat email to blow up the campus, following which the security arrangements have been intensified, police said on Friday. Superintendent of Police (City) Mrigank Shekhar Pathak said that checking at all sensitive areas in and around the campus...
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An eight-year-old boy from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district has contracted human metapneumovirus infection, taking the number of HMPV cases in the state to three, an official said on Friday.The boy, who belongs to a family of farm labourers from Prantij taluka, was found positive for HMPV in a test...
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the tree authority of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation not to allow any further tree felling in Mumbai's Aarey colony without its permission. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Aravind Kumar said the authority could process the...
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A case has been registered against a deceased person for allegedly cheating investors of Rs 82.5 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.Investors lodged a complaint with the city police's economic offences wing (EOW), and the accused died on December 4, 2024, while the...
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on a plea by the Sambhal's Jama Masjid management committee, and ordered status quo with regard to a private well located near the entrance of the mosque. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar directed that no...
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Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal in a poll promise on Friday said the RWAs will be provided financial assistance to hire private security guards after his party returns to power in Delhi. Making the announcement in a press conference, Kejriwal said the guidelines for the amount...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recorded his first podcast which is likely to be released on Friday. In the trailer released by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, who hosts the podcast, Modi recalls that in a speech as Gujarat chief minister, he said that mistakes happen and he too...
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Ishita Ayan Dutt/Business StandardConsumer firm Emami on Thursday announced its rebranding of Fair and Handsome' to 'Smart and Handsome'. This comes almost two decades since its launch in 2005.The new brand will expand its product portfolio from face cream and face wash to become a complete male...
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Nagpur's Maharajbagh Zoo has temporarily stopped feeding chicken to wild animals at the facility after three tigers and a leopard died at a wildlife rescue centre in the city, an official has said.Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Thursday that the big cats died of avian influenza,...
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The United States Supreme Court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump's bid to halt criminal proceedings in his New York hush money case, allowing a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday to proceed. In a 5-4 decision, with four conservative justices dissenting, the...
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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that security forces and forest officials have destroyed poppy plantation on 90 acres of land in Ukhrul district.The operation was carried out in Phalee hill range in Lungchong Maiphei police station area on Thursday.In another successful mission under...
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After two consecutive quarters of headcount growth, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported a fall of over 5,000 in total employees for the third quarter of the current financial year (Q3FY25). The company, however, said that FY26 hiring will be better than FY25's.TCS, India's...
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Days after a string of bomb hoaxes triggered panic at many of schools in Delhi, the police has detained a Class 12 student The Delhi police has detained a Class 12 student for sending bomb threat mails to multiple city schools.According to media reports, the minor did not want to...
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Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat said the Left parties have decided to contest six seats in the Delhi assembly polls, and support the strongest candidates fighting against the BJP in other constituencies.She said the CPI-M would contest two out of the six seats, and...
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Not in person, of course. Mr Roshan and Ms Ranaut are said to have had something going after they made two movies together -- Krish 2 and Kites -- though Hrithik never confirmed it, and Kangana's views on the alleged matter amour have been reported. Now in one of those bizarre...
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The year 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with a global average temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, European climate agency Copernicus confirmed on Friday. Every month from January to June 2024 was the warmest ever recorded for those...
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Surajeet Das Gupta/Business StandardThe ministry of electronics and information and technology (Meity) has received offers for 20,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) from companies that bid under the Rs 10,370 crore IndiaAI Mission nearly double of what it is seeking through a request for...
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Canada's Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya has announced that he will run for the Liberal leadership with a campaign promising to make the country a sovereign republic, increasing the retirement age, introducing a citizenship-based tax system and recognising the state of Palestine. The...
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Harsh Kumar/Business StandardThe All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) on Thursday announced a two-day nationwide strike, tentatively scheduled for February 24 and 25, in response to pressing concerns affecting its members and the broader banking industry.The trade union represents the...
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More than 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Friday morning as low visibility conditions due to dense fog impacted operations. IndiGo, in a post on X at 5.04 am, asked passengers to stay updated on flight status before heading to the airport. Due to dense fog, there...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday blamed Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, police and revenue officials for the Tirupati stampede in which six people were killed and dozens injured. Entire police force was deployed for Chandrababu's Kuppam tour for three days...
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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman S N Subrahmanyan sparked an online outrage with his comments advocating a 90-hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up Sundays.Now, actor Deepika Padukone, who is also a big mental health advocate, has weighed in on the debate.Posting...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday asked police to take strict action in a case in which a minor boy was stripped by a mob that barged into his house in Indore.The police have registered an FIR and nine accused have been identified on the basis of CCTV footage and...
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