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IAF gets highest number of job applications under Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has received the highest number of job applications under the new recruitment scheme Agnipath, compared to the earlier recruitment format after the completion of online registration…
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GVMC employees reach office on bicycles to curb air pollution
Visakhapatnam: Several employees of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation on Monday reached the office riding bicycles and denied entry to those commuting to the office via bikes or cars. GVMC Commissioner Dr G…
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Explosion at arms depot kills 6 people: Yemen officials
Sanaa: An explosion at an arms depot in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan on Tuesday killed six people and wounded 32, medical officials said. The cause of the early morning blast that…
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SC declines urgent listing of plea seeking Nupur Sharma’s arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to list urgently a petition seeking to arrest former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her alleged remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate.…
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Women’s hockey world cup: India eye win against New Zealand for quarterfinals spot
Amstelveen: The Indian women’s hockey team put up a spirited fight in their second match of the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022 as they drew 1-1 against Asian rivals China at…
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In over 110 years, Congress goes without representation in UP Legislative Council
Lucknow: For the first time in more than 110 years of Uttar Pradesh’s Legislative Council, the country’s oldest party Congress will have no representative as its only member in the state’s Upper…
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Ukraine’s economy to shrink by at least 35% in 2022
Beijing: Ukraine’s GDP will shrink at least 35 per cent this year due to the conflict with Russia, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. While addressing the…
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Telangana: 2 including minor held for possessing illegal weapons
Hyderabad: Two persons were detained for allegedly possessing two daggers (illegal possession of deadly weapons) on Tuesday at Shaheen Nagar by the Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) and the Balapur police. The…
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SpiceJet freighter returns to Kolkata after weather radar glitch
New Delhi: SpiceJet said its freighter aircraft, which was heading to Chongqing in China, returned to Kolkata on Tuesday as the pilots realised after take off that its weather radar was not…
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PM Modi calls up Tejashwi to enquire about Lalu Prasad’s health
Patna: With RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav currently admitted in a private hospital in Patna, PM Narendra Modi has called his younger son Tejashwi Yadav to enquire about his health status. The…
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Telangana records rise in COVID-19 cases with 552 fresh infections
Hyderabad: Telangana on Tuesday saw a substantial rise in new COVID-19 cases with 552 fresh infections being reported, pushing the statewide tally to 8,03,374. Hyderabad district registered the highest number of cases…
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Resolution in US Congress seeks independent probe into Stan Swamy’s death
New York: A resolution commemorating the life of Indian human rights defender Father Stan Swamy and seeking an independent investigation into the death of the Jesuit priest has been introduced in the…
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UK PM names new Health Secretary, Finance Minister after Javid, Sunak resign
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday named new UK Health Secretary and Finance Minister shortly after Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak tendered their resignation,…
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Police nabs assailants for stabbing Vastu expert Chandrashekhar Guruji to death
Hubballi: Karnataka Police nabbed the two assailants who stabbed Vastu expert Chandrashekhar Angadi popularly known as Chandrashekhar Guruji to death at a hotel in Hubballi on Tuesday. The two accused were detained…
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Assam: Cabinet approves identification of five Muslim sub-groups as indigenous communities
Dispur: Assam cabinet on Tuesday approved the identification of five Assamese Muslim sub-groups, Gorias, Moriyas, Jolhas, Deshis and Syeds as indigenous Assamese Muslim communities, tweeted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “At…
