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Like vaccine, BJP in UP will provide double dose ration every month: Adityanath
Ghaziabad: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while addressing a rally in Ghaziabad, promised that the BJP government in UP would provide double dose ration every month…
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Amnesty says Israel imposing apartheid against Palestinians
Amnesty International has said that Israel is subjecting Palestinians to an apartheid system based on “segregation, dispossession, and exclusion” practices that amounted to crimes against humanity. According to the London-based rights group,…
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Covid-19: AP logs 6,213 fresh infections
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh witnessed a marked drop in Covid-19 cases as 35,035 sample tests yielded 6,213 fresh infections in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday. The daily positivity rate dipped…
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Pakistan reports 5,327 new COVID cases, 32 more deaths
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 5,327 new COVID-19 cases and 32 more deaths on Monday, said the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). The active cases have increased to 105,675, including 1,500 patients who…
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Pak: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari refuses to accept Gilani’s resignation
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday has refused to accept PPP leader Yousaf Raza Gillani’s resignation as the leader of the Opposition in the Senate terming his services…
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Taliban’s former captive who converted to Islam longs to return to Afghanistan
Timothy Weeks, now Jibra’il Omar, an Australian teacher, in Afghanistan, was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2016 while returning from work with his colleague Kevin. They were long-time captives under the Taliban…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about rising fear of war
Paris: A series of high level talks are in the works on Tuesday to avert the threat of war as Russian troops mass by the tens of thousands on the borders of…
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Key takeaways from the Union Budget 2022
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Monday that focused on four pillars of development inclusive development, productivity enhancement, energy transition, and climate action. Sitharaman had laid down PM Gati…
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AIMIM leader Waris Pathan’s face blackened by man in Indore
Indore: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan’s face was blackened by a man in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place when Pathan, the party’s…
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Union Budget 2022-23: What is in it for the education sector?
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Tuesday released the budget for the financial year 2022-23, the education sector has been allocated a budget of Rs 1,04,278 crore. There is an increase of…
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Rs 45K cr for Ken-Betwa interlinking of rivers project
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced Rs 44,605 crore for the implementation of Ken-Betwa river link project which is necessary for irrigation of Bundelkhand region, prompting critical remarks from…
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People will reject this ‘capitalist Budget’, says P Chidambaram
New Delhi: The “capitalist” Union Budget 2022-23 is “obdurate” and “callous” as there is no cash assistance to the very poor who have been pushed into extreme poverty and suffered immensely during…
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Dubai Expo 2020: Kerala week to be held at Indian Pavilion
Kerala Week will begin on February 4 in the Indian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The special week, aimed at expanding economic possibilities in the state, will be inaugurated at 5 p.m.…
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Rs 60K cr allotted for ‘Har Ghar Jal’, 3.8 cr households to benefit
New Delhi: The central government has allotted Rs 60,000 crore to cover 3.8 crore households in FY 2022-23 under ‘Har Ghar Jal’, ‘Nal Se Jal Scheme’, launched in August 2019. She said,…
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Wait for Indian masses to use 5G smartphones gets longer
New Delhi: India, which is the third-largest 5G smartphone market globally, is yet to use the 5G technology and the wait only got longer with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing on Tuesday…
