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Attacks on NCERT by academicians unwarranted: UGC Chief
New Delhi: Hitting back at the academicians who expressed their displeasure over frequent revision of school textbooks in an “illogical manner”, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday…
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Axing chapter on Hindutva ideologue to have opposite effect: Savarkar’s grandson
Panaji: The decision of the Congress government in Karnataka to drop a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar from school textbooks will have a reverse effect, said his grandson Ranjit Savarkar…
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Xi meets Bill Gates, calls him ‘American friend’
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates here on Friday, and said the latter was his “first American friend I’ve met in Beijing this year”. Xi…
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China withholds indicator of COVID-19 deaths as cremation data not released
Hong Kong: China has dropped the number of cremations held last winter from a quarterly report, withholding a key indicator of the pandemic death toll during the countrys largest Covid wave, the…
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Finance executive in US drugged, raped teen after targeting her on Instagram
New York: A finance executive in the US who is facing 17 charges, including five counts of rape in the second degree, kept screenshots of the Instagram accounts of teenage girls on…
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Judicial custody of 6 accused in Viveka murder case extended
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Friday extended judicial custody of six accused in former Andhra Pradesh minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) produced the…
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UAE extends deadline to register for mandatory unemployment insurance
Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has extended the deadline to register for the mandatory unemployment insurance scheme from June 30 to September 30. The extension allows more…
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Gujarat Cyclone Biparjoy: 1,000 villages without electricity
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Biparjoy, which lashed the Kutch-Saurashtra region, has left a trail of destruction as it damaged 5,120 electricity poles and rendered 4,600 villages without power even as the authorities said that…
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BJP asks Uddhav to clarify stand on Karnataka dropping lessons on Savarkar, Hedgewar
Mumbai: Senior BJP leaders from Maharashtra on Friday described the Karnataka government’s move to revise school textbooks as minority appeasement and asked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to clarify his stand…
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Nitish aims to woo Mahadalits with Ratnesh Sada as Cabinet minister
Patna: Inclusion of Ratnesh Sada, who hails from Musahar community, as a cabinet minister by JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is being seen as a move to woo Mahadalit…
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No lives lost after Biparjoy landfall in Gujarat: NDRF DG
New Delhi: No lives were lost after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat, however, 23 people were injured and electricity supply was disrupted in about 1,000 villages in the state, NDRF Director General…
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Jamun arrives in Hyderabad; here’s how much a kg costs
Hyderabad: The much-awaited jamun or black plum fruit began arriving in the city from local and other state suppliers at the beginning of the month of June and will continue till the…
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‘Nehru’ dropped; NMML renamed Prime Ministers’ Memorial Museum & Library
New Delhi: The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society housed in Teen Murti Bhavan premises here has been renamed by the government as Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society, prompting sharp reactions…
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Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters dupe software engineer of Rs 43L
Hyderabad: A software engineer was duped Rs 43 lakh by cyber fraudsters under the guise of earning enormous profits with small investments in a scheme. According to the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police, the…
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Egypt executes man accused of murdering univ student who refused to marry him
Cairo: The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed a man after finding him guilty of killing a female student near Mansoura University in Dakahlia Governorate after she refused to marry him. In June…
