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RBI stops Paytm Payments Bank from accepting deposits after Feb 29
Mumbai: The RBI on Wednesday barred Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from accepting deposits or top-ups in any customer account, prepaid instruments, wallets, and FASTags, among others after February 29, 2024. The Reserve…
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WHO honours Saudi Arabia for eliminating trans fats from foods
Riyadh: The World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) by awarding a certificate for ensuring the absence of industrially produced trans fatty acids in its food. WHO…
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Soren lodges FIR against ED sleuths over agency’s searches in Delhi house
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has lodged an FIR against senior ED personnel at the SC/ST police station here, an official said on Wednesday. The police complaint was registered in connection…
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Amartya Sen vs Visva-Bharati: Lower court rules in favour of economist
Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Wednesday won the first round of legal battle against the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, with a district court in West Bengal’s Birbhum dismissing the notice…
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LS polls: Youth Congress to focus on unemployment, inflation
New Delhi: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) will raise issues such as unemployment, inflation, violence, and corruption in its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, its president Srinivas BV said on…
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Centuries-old desire of Ram temple now a reality: President Murmu
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the centuries-old desire to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya has been fulfilled, as she lauded the work done by the Modi government in…
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SC adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a bail plea filed by former JNU scholar and student activist Umar Khalid who is behind bars under the Unlawful Activities Prevention…
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DMK govt will never allow CAA implementation in TN: CM M K Stalin
Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin asserted on Wednesday that the DMK government would never allow the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to be implemented in Tamil Nadu, as it discriminates against certain…
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Telangana: 7 students fall ill after eating at BC welfare school
Hyderabad: Seven students from BC Social Welfare School in Pragathi Dharmaram village, Ramayampet mandal, fell ill on Tuesday after having their meal at the boys’ hostel. Sources reported that out of 25…
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Legal team studying summons: AAP on Kejriwal’s ED notice
New Delhi: After the Enforcement Directorate issued a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said its legal team is studying the notice and…
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Authorities launch survey of ‘enemy properties’ in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) has initiated a survey of 24 properties identified as ‘enemy property’ in Karnataka, offering the state government the first opportunity to acquire them…
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Telangana: BRS supremo KCR to take oath as MLA on Feb 1
Hyderabad: BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is set to be sworn in as MLA on February 1. He was unable to take the oath with the rest of…
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Allahabad HC notice to Gyanvapi mosque on plea seeking survey of ‘wazukhana’
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, January 31, issued a notice to the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, on a plea challenging a Varanasi court’s refusal to direct the Archaeological…
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10K Indian construction workers to reach Israel starting next week
Jerusalem: With Israel’s construction sector suffering a severe manpower crisis post the October 7 conflict with Hamas, some 10,000 workers from India are to make their way here starting next week, industry…
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SC refuses to allow woman to terminate over 32-week pregnancy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow a 26-year-old woman, who had lost her husband in October last year, to terminate her over 32-week pregnancy, saying the medical board…
