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Delhi HC dismisses 2006 Mumbai train blasts convict’s plea for govt reports
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday said that intelligence agencies’ reports and dossiers cannot be made public under the RTI Act, especially if doing so will jeopardise the sovereignty or…
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‘Armchair liberals’ stayed away from BJY but pontificated on it: Ramesh’s swipe at ‘Cong bashers’
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday took a swipe at “arm-chair liberals” and “professional Congress bashers” who stayed away from the Bharat Jodo Yatra while continuing to pontificate on…
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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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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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No proposal to use remote voting machine in ‘upcoming election’ in country: Rijiju in LS
New Delhi: There is no proposal to use the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) in the “upcoming election” in the country and it is also not proposed for the use of Non-Resident…
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Adani group stocks rout ‘storm in a tea cup’: Fin Secy
New Delhi: The stock market turmoil created by rout in Adani group shares is a “storm in a tea cup” from a macroeconomic point of view, finance secretary T V Somanathan said…
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Mumbai: SC asks for ‘no hate speech’ guarantee if Hindu Jan Aakrosh rally is permitted
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that there are no hate speeches if the Hindu Jan Aakrosh rally is permitted in Mumbai on February 5.…
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AgustaWestland scam: SC to hear bail pleas of Christian Michel James on February 7
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on February 7 the bail pleas of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam in which the…
- Business
BYJU’s slashes around 15% roles, mostly in engineering, as phased layoffs on
New Delhi: Edtech major BYJU has laid off a further 15 percent of its employees from its engineering teams, as the company continues phased layoffs to remain growth-oriented in a global economic…
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Gold rallies Rs 770 amid strong global trends
New Delhi: Gold price rallied Rs 770 to a record high of Rs 58,680 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid a jump in precious metal prices internationally, according…
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Budget 2023-24 has very little to offer for marginalised, say rights groups
New Delhi: Various rights groups Thursday alleged that the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 has very little to offer for the marginalized the vulnerable children, the disabled, and the elderly.…
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GOBARdhan scheme to promote circular economy with investment of Rs 10,000 cr: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said 500 new waste-to-wealth plants under GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme will be established to promote a circular economy. These will include…
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Govt targeting 5 MT of green hydrogen production by 2030: FM
New Delhi: The government is targeting 5 million tonnes (MT) of green hydrogen production by 2030, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday in her Budget speech. She also said that the…
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FM announces scheme to improve socio-economic condition of vulnerable tribes
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to launch a scheme to improve the socio-economic condition of particularly vulnerable primitive tribal groups. An amount of Rs 15,000 crore will be…
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Highest-ever capital outlay of Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways in budget
New Delhi: The capital outlay for the railways has been increased to the highest-ever Rs 2.40 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Presenting…
