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IIT Kanpur to launch haptic smartwatch for blind, visually impaired
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Friday announced to launch “haptic smartwatch for the blind and visually impaired” in association with Ambrane India Private Limited for mass manufacturing…
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Chad opens embassy in Israel 5 yrs after ties renewal
The Republic of Chad on Thursday opened an embassy in the city of Ramat Gan near Israeli Tel Aviv, after the resumption of relations between the two countries in 2018, and Chad…
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Saudi executions doubled under rule of King Salman, Crown Prince: Report
The annual rate of executions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has almost doubled since King Salman and Crown prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, came to power in 2015. This came…
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Calcutta HC upholds life sentence to Pakistani terrorist held in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the life sentence of a Pakistani terrorist arrested in Kolkata with explosives in 2009. A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Shabbar Rashidi…
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Coal production rises 13% to 90 mn tonnes in Jan 2023
New Delhi: Domestic coal production rose 13 percent to 89.96 million tonnes during January 2023 against 79.65 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year. According to official data, during January…
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Protest if works undertaken in forest areas without nod of gram sabha: Soren to people
Dumka: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday asked the people to protest if any activity was undertaken in forest areas without the permission of gram sabhas, alleging that Centre was trying…
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‘IMF giving us tough time’, Pakistan rupee plunges after Shehbaz’s comments
Karachi: The Pakistani rupee on Friday plunged to a historic low against the US dollar after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is giving Pakistan “a tough…
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Hyderabad: School teacher killed by husband at Langer Houz; arrested
Hyderabad: A school teacher was murdered allegedly by her husband at Langer Houz on Friday morning. Kareem Begum, a resident of Hashamnagar Langer Houz has married to Mohd Yousuf seven years ago…
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Kerala HC asks CBI to file report on probe in Palakkad twin sisters rape-murder case
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit, in a sealed cover, a report on their ongoing probe into the 2017 rape and ‘murder’…
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Man arrested in Goa for possessing amphetamine
Panaji: Police in Goa on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing recreational drug amphetamine worth Rs 1,20,000. According to police, the man, identified as Vinod Kayalvarath, was arrested during a raid…
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Telangana: Four nabbed for illegally blasting rocks with explosives in Yadadri
Hyderabad: Four persons were arrested on charges of carrying out unauthorized blasting using explosives in the JSR Sun City venture at Kandigatla of Alair mandal in Yadadri district. Police seized 57 gelatin…
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Telangana: Applications invited for Help Desk, Project Coordinator for transgenders
Hyderabad: Applications are invited for eligible transgender candidates for running the Help Desk and Project Coordinator in the Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Transgender (WDSC) in Malakpet. According to a press…
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Two Bengaluru cops suspended for extorting couple
Bengaluru: Two police personnel were suspended on Friday for allegedly extorting money from a couple here. Head Constable Rajesh and Constable Nagesh were patrolling staff attached to Sampigehalli police station in the…
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Congress suspends Captain Amarinder Singh’s wife MP Preneet Kaur for anti-party activities
New Delhi: Congress on Friday suspended Lok Sabha MP from Patiala and wife of former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Preneet Kaur, for indulging in anti-party activities and was helping the…