Air India discount for sr citizens, students halved

The discount on the base fare that Air India (AI) offers to senior citizens and students will be slashed from 50% to 25% for all bookings done from September 29, said an internal circular by the airline on Thursday, reports Manju V. The carrier will, however, continue to extend its 50% sop on base fare to other categories.

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US embassy to add staff to cut visa wait time

Attributing the inexorably long visa waiting period to the impact of Covid, the US embassy in Delhi said staffing should be back to 100% of pre-Covid level in less than a year.

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Deposit ₹5.2cr in 2 weeks for hartal damage: HC tells PFI

The Kerala HC Thursday directed the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) to deposit Rs 5.2 crore in two weeks to compensate for damage caused to assets of the state road transport corporation during an illegal flash strike. The division bench also ordered the state to make PFI state secretary Abdul Sattar an accused in all cases registered in the state.

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Gehlot out of Cong prez race, Sonia to take call on Raj CM

As the race was thrown open, Congress was finalising a replacement candidate for Gehlot, with Mallikarjun Kharge, a senior Dalit leader, as the lead contender.

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In a first, Supreme Court recognises concept of marital rape

For the first time, the Supreme Court on Thursday acknowledged the concept of ‘marital rape’, and held ‘rape’ under the MTP Act includes a husband’s act of sexual assault committed on his wife. Though another bench is to hear pleas on marital rape next February, Justice D Y Chandrachud’s observation can be seen by many as a pointer to the trajectory SC may take while deciding the prickly issue next year.

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Reliance launches first in-house premium fashion store

Reliance Industries' retail unit launched its first in-house premium fashion and lifestyle store on Thursday, as the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led company continues to grab a bigger slice of India's luxury market.

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IPO mop-up plunges 32% to Rs 35,456 crore in H1: Report

Just 14 companies raised Rs 35,456 crore through main-board primary share sales in the first half of the fiscal, down 32 per cent from the year-ago period when 25 issues had mopped up Rs 51,979 crore.

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Posing as patient, gunman kills Chinese man in Karachi

An unidentified assailant masquerading as a patient shot and killed a Chinese national and wounded two others in their seventies inside a dentist's clinic in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi on Wednesday, five months after a suicide attack there left three Chinese dead.

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Visa applications backlog to ease, US assures India

The US says it is considering all steps to reduce the backlog of visa applications by considering steps like interview waivers for those who previously had American visas and increasing staffing at its missions in India to their highest ever levels. The assurance came after foreign minister S Jaishankar raised the issue.

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Zarina Wahab: Sooraj Pancholi is innocent and Rabia Khan knows it - Exclusive

Yesterday a Court order was published which criticized late actress Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan for misusing the judicial machinery. The order stated that Rabia was trying to protract the trial by repeatedly filing applications in various courts despite the fact that the CBI had submitted a report confirming that Jiah's death was by suicide and not homicide, as alleged by Rabia. In light of this order, ETimes reached out to the main accused, Sooraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab. Here is the conversation that took place...

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RBI's card security deadline unlikely to be extended

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to extend a Friday deadline for businesses to set up an additional layer of security for consumers' credit card data even after some concerns remain over payments failing and revenue losses, say bankers and merchants.

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Bihar court issues arrest warrant against Ekta Kapoor

A court in Bihar's Begusarai on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor, film producer and director, and her mother Shobha Kapoor on charges of insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their family members in her web series 'XXX' (Season-2). The court of judge Vikas Kumar issued the warrant on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and a resident of Begusarai.

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Indus Towers asks Voda Idea to clear dues for business continuity

Mobile tower giant Indus Towers is learnt to have asked debt-ridden Vodafone Idea to clear outstanding dues and pay every month on time for continuity of business post-November, sources aware of the development said on Wednesday.

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Live: Kin of 28 Delhi Covid warriors to get Rs1 cr

India on Tuesday reported 3,230 fresh Covid cases and 4,255 recoveries. The country's active caseload currently stands at 42,358 and the daily positivity rate is 1.18 per cent. The country saw 32 Covid deaths. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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First govt job in 75 years, Bihar village erupts in joy

Sohagpur, a small village tucked away in Katra block of Bihar's Muzaffarpur's district, was in a celebratory mood on Tuesday. The cheering and dancing was to celebrate the achievement of Rakesh Kumar, 25, who has become the first in the village to land a government job since Independence, reports Manoj Chaurasia.

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For ₹500/night, Uttarakhand offers real 'jail experience'

The jail administration in Uttarakhand's Haldwani has come up with a unique idea to help people ward off "bad karma" - for a nominal fee of Rs 500 per night in prison.

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SC live streaming rare treat for students of law

Tuesday's streaming was smooth and glitch free, the credit for which goes to Justice D Y Chandrachud under whose leadership the e-committee of the Supreme Court has been striving hard to bring reform in the judicial sector by adoption of new technologies and the live streaming is one of them.

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'India has fairly large forex reserve to deal with current situation'

Economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth on Tuesday dismissed the concerns over depletion of forex reserve as "overblown" and said India has fairly large reserve to tide over the current situation.

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Investors lose 11L cr in two sessions

The Nifty followed a similar trajectory as the sensex and closed 311 points lower at 17,016. RIL, ICICI Bank and ITC led the day's slide while buying in IT stocks, which witnessed relentless selling in the previous few weeks, cushioned the fall marginally.

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Gehlot camp boycott 'gross indiscipline': Congress

Even as Congress termed the boycott by MLAs close to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot "gross indiscipline", it is learned that the party is scrambling to salvage the situation and has reached out to the state leadership. The party brass is in a dilemma owing to the AICC presidential election, for which Gehlot is the top contender.

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1st-time MLA reminds Gehlot camp of history

First-time Congress MLA Divya Maderna, scion of the Maderna political family, on Monday said that the condition put forth for the CLP resolution by Gehlot-loyalist MLAs was tantamount to party indiscipline.

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Live: Pro-Pilot posters in Rajasthan CM hometown

From being the ultimate loyalist and putative national president, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, in the matter of a day, went to being a rebel who defied the leadership. His red line that antagonist Sachin Pilot could not be his replacement triggered a crisis because Congress did not believe that a mild Gandhian who untiringly swears loyalty to the brass could challenge its authority. Stay with TOI for live updates --

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Why things are falling apart in Congress and centre can't hold

Amid the crisis in Rajasthan, the rebuff from the Gehlot camp stands in stark contrast to the ease with which Congress replaced Amarinder Singh as the chief minister of Punjab last year, underscoring the growing belief that an ever-weakening Congress would leave the leadership vulnerable to state satraps with hold over local units.

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55 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus reach Delhi by special flight

As 55 men, women and children landed in Delhi, the number of those from the Sikh community remaining in Afghanistan number just a little over 40 with most of them staying back to protect and care for the "Guru Granth Sahib" amid the ongoing impasse with the Taliban regime which has refused to allow the religious scriptures to be taken out citing them to be the heritage of Afghanistan.

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At 844, sex ratio at birth worst in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala’s the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020. The report, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on September 22, stated that the country’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19.

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PFI used Abu Dhabi restaurant as hub for hawala deals: ED

Popular Front of India (PFI) officebearers, many of whom have been in detention, used Abu Dhabi’s Darbar restaurant as the den for all hawala transactions and their illegal transfer to India, ED has said. This is contrary to the claims made by PFI that most of the Rs 120 crore it had received came through petty cash donations in India.

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Nitish, Pawar, Badal at Haryana rally, but many skip

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'Can scale up output of Tejas fighters for exports, operational needs'

India can scale up production of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to meet operational requirements and export orders, defence ministry officials said. The single-engine Tejas fighter is already the frontrunner to bag a Malaysian order for 18 light twin-seat fighter trainers despite strong competition from Chinese JF-17, South Korean FA-50 and Russian MiG-35 and Yak-130 jets.

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HC order gets mysteriously altered, SC orders probe

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Step up border vigilance to check infiltration: Amit Shah

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U'khand resort torched after murdered girl's body recovered

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Terrorists in J&K attack migrants again, injure two in Pulwama

Two migrant labourers were shot at and injured by terrorists in Kharbhatpora locality of Ratnipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday evening.

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Sharif lying to obfuscate Pak's misdeeds, India tells UNGA

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Pilot, Gehlot loyalist or a surprise choice? Rajasthan CLP to meet today, likely to pick new CM

Rajasthan CLP will meet on Sunday, in what appears to be an exercise to pick the successor of CM Ashok Gehlot, the putative AICC president. The core issue is if Gehlot will have to relinquish the CM’s post, and if Sachin Pilot will replace him. Pilot is also the choice of the leadership. But the party has to negotiate the CM’s preference, and the legislature party in which Gehlot has an absolute support.

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Fuel price cut held hostage by volatile oil, rupee fall and inflation

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Rs 627cr plan in offing to supply grid power to Ladakh LAC villages

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2nd T20I: Rohit guides India to series-levelling win over Australia

Rohit Sharma displayed his six-hitting prowess with an unbeaten 46 after Axar Patel snapped two wickets in a fiery spell as India notched up a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in a rain hit second T20I here on Friday.

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China using 'coercive' economic tools in Indian Ocean: US

China is using “coercive economic tools” to achieve its security aims in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while also not adhering to international laws and displaying a lack of transparency in its ongoing efforts to establish overseas military bases, a senior US defence official said.

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar backs moonlighting, says captive model could fail

The days when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job are long gone, minister of state for Electronics and IT and Skill Development, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday, weighing in on the issue of moonlighting.

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Economists see RBI delivering another 50 bps hike next week

Economists are unanimous in forecasting that the central bank has no other option but to deliver a 50 bps rate hike next week and take the terminal rate to 6.25 per cent by December.

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Plea seeks carbon dating of Gyanvapi ‘shivling’

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Live: Protests, rush to leave Russia amid conscription call

Some draft-age Russians rushed to leave the country on Thursday to escape their country's biggest conscription drive since World War Two, as world powers at the United Nations demanded Moscow be held accountable for alleged atrocities in Ukraine. Stay with TOI for all updates

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Only NRI seats will be on offer for OCI & PIO students

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NIA raids on PFI in 15 states: 'Aims to enforce Taliban brand of Islam'

PFI has assiduously followed a multi-pronged operational strategy that aims to communalise the nation's polity, encourage and enforce Taliban brand of Islam, heighten existing social divisions, dislodge moderate mainstream Muslim organisations from the collective mind of the community and maintain a trained band of volunteers for physical actions, according to a dossier on PFI prepared by the NIA in 2017.

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Cong set to lose chairmanship of Rajya Sabha panel on home

The govt is unwilling to accommodate Congress' request to let it retain the helmsmanship of the department-related standing committee (DRSC) on home affairs in Rajya Sabha. The decision to withdraw Congress' leadership of the DRSC on home affairs in the RS and IT and communications in LS is being done "as per the existing strength of the parties" and in light of its numbers in RS coming down since 2019, sources said.

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Gehlot agrees to run for Congress president, step down as Rajasthan CM

Ashok Gehlot is likely to be the next president of Congress but will have to step down as chief minister of Rajasthan. Gehlot, who had on Wednesday declared his intent to continue as Rajasthan CM even if he was elected as Congress chief, gave up his insistence after Rahul Gandhi declared that the new party chief would have to adhere to the “one man one post” principle.

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Government says domestic rice prices may continue to rise

Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said on Thursday.

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SIT cites 90 witnesses to back charges against Setalvad, others

The SIT filed a chargesheet on Wednesday against social activist Teesta Setalvad, former DGP RB Sreekumar and ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt, citing 90 witnesses in support of charges of fabricating evidence to frame 63 persons for a purported "larger conspiracy behind the 2002 riots". Sreekumar and Bhatt are behind bars, while Setalvad has been granted interim bail by the SC in this case.

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No criminality in 5.8k intercepted calls in Radia tapes: CBI to SC

Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI inquiry into the 'Radia tapes' conversations revealed no criminality. This amounted to giving a clean chit to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, whose intercepted telephonic conversations had purportedly ranged from fixing individual problems to appointment of ministers in the Cabinet to dictating journalists what is to be written.

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No criminality in 5.8k intercepted calls in Radia tapes: CBI to SC

Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI inquiry into the 'Radia tapes' conversations revealed no criminality. This amounted to giving a clean chit to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, whose intercepted telephonic conversations had purportedly ranged from fixing individual problems to appointment of ministers in the Cabinet to dictating journalists what is to be written.

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Hijab, like Eid cow slaughter, not an Article 25 right: K'taka in SC

The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that enforcement of uniforms may prevent students from wearing any kind of religious clothing, including hijab, but it would not amount to stifling one's rights to freedom of religion or expression. Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and students are free to wear it outside their schools, it said.

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US Fed delivers big rate hike, sees another large move this year

The US Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% on Wednesday and signaled more large increases to come in new projections showing its policy rate rising to 4.40% by the end of this year before topping out at 4.60% in 2023 to battle continued strong inflation.

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Rs 19,500 crore PLI bonanza cleared for solar module units

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) of Rs Rs 19,500 crore for high-efficiency solar module manufacturing, a move the government said will substitute imports worth Rs 1.4 lakh crore a year and create 9,75,000 direct and indirect jobs, the government said.

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Raze illegal parts of Union minister Narayan Rane house: HC

The Bombay HC on Tuesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demolish unauthorised portions of Union minister Narayan Rane’s Juhu residence ‘Aadhish’ within two weeks and imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Kaalkaa Real Estates Pvt Ltd, a Rane family concern, which had applied for regularisation of those parts.

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'Chhello Show' director on how film edged out 'The Kashmir Files', 'RRR'

Gujarati film 'Last Film Show' ('Chhello Show') is India’s official entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards. The announcement has surprised one and all. There was a strong undercurrent in the country that 'The Kashmir Files' or 'RRR' will make it.

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84% of principal posts in Delhi govt schools vacant

From principals to teachers, government schools in the city are facing an acute shortage of manpower, according to Directorate of Education (DoE) data. Of a total of 950 sanctioned posts for principals, only 154 have been filled while 796, or 83.7%, are lying vacant. Most of the schools are being run by vice-principals. Even in the case of vice-principals, of 1,670 sanctioned posts, 565 (about 34%) lie unfilled.

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Draft standards for rear seat-belt reminders mandates alerts for unbuckled seats

The road transport ministry has put draft standards for rear seatbelt reminders, which would be a mandatory feature in all new cars in the next six months. As per the proposed automotive standard, the audio seatbelt reminder will alert the driver and occupants even if any passenger, including on the rear seat, removes the safety-belt buckle later.

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New foreign trade policy likely to be announced on Sept 29

The commerce ministry is likely to release the new five-year foreign trade policy (FTP) on September 29, with a view to promoting the country's outbound shipments, an official said.

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Vietjet flight denies boarding to sports body chief in wheelchair

Wheelchair-bound Arvind Prabhoo, chairperson of the All India Pickleball Association, was unable to accompany the 16 players representing India at the 2022 World Pickleball Championship between September 20 and 24 in Bali as he was not allowed to board a Vietjet flight from Mumbai on Saturday night.

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Cyrus death: Forensics point o speeding, 2 dud airbags

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No talks at cost of food security: India to international community

India on Monday ruled out any negotiations at the cost of food security and asked the global community to keep the interests of farmers, indigenous communities and tribal population in mind while contemplating any amendment or revision to international treaties.

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Now, Congress units in TN, Maha, Bihar want Rahul as chief

Congress pradesh committees in three more states — Maharashtra, TN and Bihar — passed “unanimous” resolutions on Monday backing Rahul Gandhi for the post of party president, adding heft to a campaign that started in contender Ashok Gehlot’s backyard, Rajasthan, over the weekend and spread to Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.

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Hiring, expansions: Businesses gear up for festive sales free of Covid curbs

Indian companies are hiring thousands of temporary workers, expanding to smaller cities and launching new products as the country prepares to celebrate its peak festive season without Covid restrictions for the first time in three years.

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India’s curbs on broken rice export face criticism at WTO

After wheat, India’s decision to ban the export of broken rice and also impose 20% export duty on some varieties of the cereal, has come under attack from Senegal, a large importer, as well as the United States and the European Union.

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‘Megalomaniac’ who glorifies graft: BJP attacks Kejriwal

Dubbing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal a “megalomaniac” who considers himself God after winning assembly polls in two states, BJP on Sunday took a swipe at him saying it was a matter of “surprise” that the AAP leader did not say US President Joe Biden was also afraid of him.

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50 death sentences in 8 months: Most since Gujarat was formed

Trial courts in Gujarat have sentenced to death 50 persons in 11 cases over eight months this year, the highest for any year since the formation of the state in 1960. Court documents show that this large number is made up mainly of the record 38 convicts ordered to be hanged by a special court in February over the 2008 serial blasts case. The rest involve rape and murder.

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$968m in 4 months: India pips China to be top Lanka lender

With a total of $968 million in loans in four months of 2022, India has emerged as Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender, overtaking China in the process, a media report said. In the past five years from 2017-2021, China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka as China disbursed $947 million, out of which $809 million was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank.

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Direct tax kitty swells by 30% till September, over 2x asking rate

Gross direct tax collections rose 30% to a little under Rs 8.4 lakh crore during the fiscal year up to September 17, when the second instalment of advance tax had been paid. The current growth rate is more than twice the asking rate to meet the full year direct tax target of Rs 14.2 lakh crore. With around a fortnight to go for the half year of FY23 to end, direct tax collections are estimated at around 58% of the full year target.

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Direct tax kitty swells by 30% till September, over 2x asking rate

Gross direct tax collections rose 30% to a little under Rs 8.4 lakh crore during the fiscal year up to September 17, when the second instalment of advance tax had been paid. The current growth rate is more than twice the asking rate to meet the full year direct tax target of Rs 14.2 lakh crore. With around a fortnight to go for the half year of FY23 to end, direct tax collections are estimated at around 58% of the full year target.

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Discounted Russia crude gives India Rs 35k crore gain

India is estimated to have gained Rs 35,000 crore by importing Russian crude at discounts since the Ukraine conflict began in February, people in the know said. India went on bargain hunting for Russian crude as the conflict prompted Moscow’s traditional buyers to shun those barrels and traders, stuck with shipments, started offering big discounts. India has opted to import crude from Russia despite pressure from developed nations to shun shipments.

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EAM Jaishankar to pay 11-day visit to US from today

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Rajasthan Cong passes resolution seeking Rahul at party helm

With a week to go for the start of the nomination process for the Congress president’s election, the party’s Rajasthan unit passed a resolution that Rahul Gandhi should become the AICC president. The resolution was passed in a meeting attended by the PCC delegates who vote in the President’s election, including chief minister Ashok Gehlot (who proposed the resolution), AICC state in-charge Ajay Maken, senior leaders and Sachin Pilot.

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Inflationary pressures appear to be declining: Govt report

Overall inflationary pressures in India appear to be on a decline in the wake of the government taking pre-emptive administrative measures, initiating an agile monetary policy, and the easing of international commodity prices and supply-chain bottlenecks, a finance ministry report said on Saturday.

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'26-week MTP only if docs say baby won’t be born alive'

In an unusual and conditional order, the Bombay HC permitted a woman to medically terminate her 26 weeks pregnancy only if the doctors confirm that the baby may not be born alive after the procedure. “In case the doctors are of the opinion that the baby may not be born alive at the time of terminating pregnancy, the petitioner is permitted to terminate the pregnancy,” the bench directed on Friday.

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Order choking funds for research reversed

The Union ministry of finance has revised the procedure for flow of funds for research under various Central sectoral schemes. The ministry “examined” the issue that earlier mandated that STEM researchers must open a zero-balance account for every project and on Friday reversed its March 2022 order.

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7 decades after extinction, cheetahs land in India’s heart

Seven decades after the last cheetah was hunted to extinction in India, its cousins from Africa are here to take their spot in the Indian sun. On Saturday, PM Modi operated a lever to open a gate and release eight cheetahs into a special enclosure. Jet-lagged after a 9,000-km overnight flight from Namibia to Gwalior, and then to the Kuno helipad, the cheetahs looked at their new surroundings a bit tentatively at first, but were soon sprinting about.

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Uttarakhand: Parts of Joshimath sinking, finds study

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Flying to non-metro for festival? Prepare for sky-high fares

Domestic airfares for travel around the Diwali weekend are expectedly high, but the people bearing the brunt are those living in the metros and flying home to non-metros to be with their families. For them, fares are almost double that of metro to-metro routes.

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Live: UK gears up for a near-total shutdown

Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates --

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Kerala bus shed that saw unique sit-on-lap protest by students razed

The city corporation authorities on Friday morning demolished the controversial bus waiting shed in front of the CET at Sreekaryam where students had protested — by sitting on each other’s laps — against the residents who damaged the shed in an apparent attempt to stop boys and girls from being there together.

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At SCO meet, PM calls for better supply chains, full transit rights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for deepening cooperation and mutual trust among SCO member-states at the summit in Samarkand on Friday, urging the Eurasian security group to work together to develop reliable, resilient, and diversified supply chains in the region at a time when the pandemic and Ukraine conflict had caused an “unprecedented food and energy crisis".

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SC seeks govt reply on marital rape pleas

After a split verdict by the Delhi high court on whether marital rape could be brought within the ambit of the offence of rape, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the issue and sought a response from the Centre. A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar of the had HC differed in their reading of the exception under IPC Section 375 that shields husbands from a rape charge by wives.

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'Spl status for backward states if oppn alliance forms govt in 2024'

ihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday promised special category status for all backward states if the opposition alliance manages to form a government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “If we get a chance to form the next government at the Centre, all the backward states will be granted special status. There is no reason why this can’t be done,” Nitish said. This is the first major announcement by Nitish in the past one month since he quit the NDA.

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Wait for US visitor visa now stretches beyond 2 years

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Centre, Assam and adivasi militant outfits sign pact

Achieving yet another milestone in efforts to establish “permanent peace” in Assam by inking settlements with various armed insurgent outfits active in the state, the Centre, Assam government and eight armed adivasi groups signed a tripartite agreement in the presence of home minister Amit Shah and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, to end the “decades-old crisis of adivasis and tea garden workers”.

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Bombay high court issues contempt notice 3 months in advance

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Adani Ports enters Bengal with Rs 298 crore Haldia project

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) subsidiary HDC Bulk Terminal Ltd will modernise the Haldia port in West Bengal at an estimated cost of Rs 298 crore, marking the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate’s entry in the state’s ports sector.

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State Bank opening rupee accounts for trade with Russia

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is opening special rupee accounts to handle Russia-related trade settlements in the local currency but is not the main bank for such business.

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IMF sees further global economic slowdown in third quarter

Downside risks continue to dominate the global economic outlook and some countries are expected to slip into recession in 2023, but it is too early to say if there will be a widespread global recession, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday.

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Bengal govt has crossed all levels of brutality: BJP

BJP on Wednesday said the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has crossed all limits of brutality, repression and police torture to deny its party workers of their political right to raise their voice in a democratic and peaceful manner. Senior BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Mamata ji, all your reactions in West Bengal are contrary to your personal evolution and suffering. This is not your normal behaviour."

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SC bench order criticises CJI’s listing system

In a rare instance of open criticism of the Supreme Court’s new case listing method introduced by new CJI U U Lalit, a bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has in a judicial order said that the new listing system gave inadequate time to the judges to take up the matters. It said, “The new listing system is not giving an adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing like the present case as there are a number of matters within the span of ‘Afternoon’ session.”

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Bail pleas must be decided as expeditiously as possible: SC

Disapproving the practice of high courts not giving early hearing in bail matters, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said pleas seeking pre-arrest or post-arrest bail must be decided by courts as expeditiously as possible as they involve the liberty of a person.

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Rajnath protests $450m package for Pak’s F-16s

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Gen Pande: Nepal must decide soon on Agnipath enlistment

India may be forced to withdraw vacancies for enlisting soldiers from Nepal under its new Agnipath scheme in the ongoing recruitment cycle if the landlocked country does not take a decision in time, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Wednesday. Such a move by India, if it comes to that, could have adverse implications for the already delicately poised relationship with Nepal, where China has systematically made huge strategic inroads over the years.

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2 dalit sisters found hanging from tree in Lakhimpur Kheri

Bringing back chilling memories of the Budaun dalit sisters' death case in 2014, two minor sisters, also dalit and aged 14 and 17 years, were found hanging from a tree outside a village in Nighasan area of UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Wednesday evening.

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12 dead, 18 hurt in Poonch accident

As many as 12 people died while 18 others were injured after the minibus they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Sawjian Nallah in J&K’s Poonch district on Wednesday morning. Among the deceased were two minor boys, aged five and 14, as well as three women, two of them teenagers. “The accident took place near Barari Ballah Sawjian around 8.35am when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle near a bridge. The bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge,” said an official.

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Byju's fiscal 2021 loss swells to $574 million, pushes listing plans

Tiger Global-backed Byju's on Wednesday reported a loss of Rs 4,564 crore ($574.06 million) for the 2021 fiscal year as promotion and employee expenses rose, with the edtech startup pushing listing plans to next year due to uncertain global conditions.

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Amid drill with Japan, Indian ships also in Aus for war game

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Key cancer drugs, antibiotics set to become cheaper

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Karnataka brings in job quota in police for transgenders

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Vedanta, Foxconn to jointly invest 1.5L crore in Gujarat

Oil, gas and metals conglomerate Vedanta Limited, along with its joint-venture partner Foxconn, a Taiwan-based multinational contract electronics manufacturer, will jointly invest $20 billion (approximately Rs 1.5 lakh crore) in Gujarat. Vedanta-Foxconn signed an MoU with the Gujarat government on Tuesday to set up a semiconductor fabrication unit, a display fabrication unit, and a semiconductor assembling and testing unit in Ahmedabad district.

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J&K recruitment scam: CBI searches 36 locations

CBI sleuths on Tuesday conducted searches at 36 locations across the country, including in Jammu & Kashmir, in an ongoing investigation related to recruitment of sub-inspectors in J&K Police. According to police sources, searches were carried out in Jammu, Srinagar (both in J&K), Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari (in Haryana), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Delhi, Ghaziabad (UP) and Bangalore (Karnataka), among other places.

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Foreign investors snap up bonds set for inclusion in global indexes

Foreign investors have stepped up purchases in a clutch of Indian government bonds that have no limits on foreign investments ahead of an anticipated inclusion of Indian debt in global bond indexes, analysts said.

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NIA targets narco-terror, searches 50 sites in 4 states

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Retail inflation up in August to 7%, IIP slows sharply

Retail inflation accelerated in August on the back of high food prices, reversing a three-month downward trend and remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6% for the eighth consecutive month, which may prompt the central bank to raise interest rates again. The retail inflation data showed cereal and product prices rose 9.6% in August while vegetable prices shot up 13.2% during the month.

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India calls out Lanka at UNHRC on Tamil issue

India called Sri Lanka out at UNHRC on Monday for lack of “measurable progress” on the latter’s commitments for a political solution to the ethnic Tamil minority issue through “full implementation of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution”. The government urged Sri Lanka to take immediate and credible action to fulfil its commitments.

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SC fast-tracks CAA hearing, to set up a 3-judge bench

As a clutch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and subsequent Rules has been pending for over two-and-half years with no effective hearing, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to fast-track the proceedings and asked the counsel appearing for both the sides to come out with a “road map” for conducting the hearing on over 250 petitions.

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SC ill-equipped to determine hijab’s essentiality: Muslim side

The Muslim side on Monday said the Supreme Court, not being sufficiently proficient in Arabic, is ill-equipped to interpret the Quran. It argued that instead of determining the essentiality of hijab to Islam by attempting to interpret the holy book, the court should view hijab as an individual woman’s right to choose a piece of cloth to protect her privacy, dignity and identity.

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Retail inflation up in August to 7%, IIP slows sharply

Retail inflation accelerated in August on the back of high food prices, reversing a three-month downward trend and remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6% for the eighth consecutive month, which may prompt the central bank to raise interest rates again. The retail inflation data showed cereal and product prices rose 9.6% in August while vegetable prices shot up 13.2% during the month.

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Shringar Gauri worship hearing to go on, Gyanvapi plea rejected

The court of the Varanasi district judge on Monday held as maintainable a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to daily worship of the Goddess Shringar Gauri and other “visible and invisible” deities in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. It said the 1991 Places of Worship Act cited by the custodians of the shrine to challenge the plea wasn't a bar in this case as the plaintiffs never asked for the mosque to be converted into a temple.

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'Steps to check prices will be felt more significantly in coming months'

The finance ministry on Monday attributed the rise in inflation to base effect and increase in food and fuel prices, and stressed that initiatives taken by the government to curb price rise will be felt more significantly in the coming months.

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KCR, HDK agree on need for anti-BJP front for 2024 polls

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao and former Karnataka CM and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday arrived at a consensus that an alternative political front at the national level should be stitched to achieve ‘BJP-Mukt Bharat’ in 2024 general elections. Kumaraswamy, who had come to Hyderabad on an invitation from KCR, pledged support to his plan.

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Kashmir’s gift for new Parl building

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'Granting EWS quota to upper castes mockery of reservation'

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NCP: Pawar not claimant to PM job, suited to act as oppn bridge

NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar has never been a prime ministerial aspirant but is best suited to serve as a bridge between opposition parties since he commands respect from all, his party said on Sunday even as the veteran Rajya Sabha MP told party leaders that NCP will never “surrender” before the “rulers in Delhi”. The assertion was made by party MP Praful Patel amid renewed activity within the opposition camp to unite all non-BJP outfits.

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Azad: J&K won’t get special status back

Political parties claiming to be fighting for restoration of J&K's special status are chasing votes rather than an achievable goal, former CM Ghulam Nabi Azad declared in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Sunday to set the tone for his second coming in the Valley's politics within weeks of quitting Congress. "I openly voted against the bill (to nullify articles 370 and 35A) in Parliament, but some people are creating a false narrative for vote politics," Azad said.

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New system of R&D allocation chokes flow of research funds

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, geneticist at IIT Kanpur, said, “No funds have come in so far since the new process was announced. There seems to be confusion all around about how to manage the zero-balance accounts."

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Main Omicron subvariant now mutating further: Insacog

BA.2.75 has spawned what has been designated as BA.2.75.2, which recently drew the attention of experts tracking mutations in SARS-CoV-2. Yunlong Richard Cao, an immunologist at Peking University, tweeted, “BA.2.75.2 is currently the most immune evasive strain we have tested so far.”

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Rahul out to unite country in a foreign T-shirt: Shah

Amit Shah said: “I want to remind Rahul baba and other Congress members about his speech given in Parliament. Rahul baba had said India is not a nation. Rahul baba, in which book have you read this? This is the nation for which lakhs and lakhs of people have sacrificed their lives.”

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Now, governor also mum on EC letter on Soren brother

The second letter refuelled a political joust between BJP and the JMM-led coalition government on Saturday, although a Raj Bhavan source said the EC letter came on Friday in a “sealed envelope” and “it is still to be opened”.

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BJP slams Rahul Gandhi meet with ‘hate speech’ pastor

In the video which went viral, pastor P George Ponnaiah is seen responding to the Congress leader’s question about whether Jesus was a form of God, saying, “Jesus is the real God. God reveals him(self) as a man, a real person...not like Shakti...so we see a human person.”

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22% rise in number of mentally ill jail inmates: NCRB

Last year, 7,524 inmates were reported to be suffering from mental illness. Percentage wise, those suffering from mental illness accounted for 1.5% of the 4.88 lakh inmates lodged in various prisons as on December 2020.

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38% of superbug-infected ICU patients die in 14 days: Study

Most doctors know that ICU patients in India who stay for longer periods get infected by gram-negative micro-organisms, which are more difficult to treat than gram-positive organisms found in western world ICUs.

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36% surge in direct tax collections to nearly Rs 6.5 lakh crore

“Refunds amounting to Rs 1.19 lakh crore have been issued during 1st April, 2022 to 8th September, 2022, which are 65.3% higher than refunds issued during the same period in the preceding year,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement.

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File Bilkis Bano case remission docus in 2 weeks, Gujarat told

In the Bilkis Bano case, the bench of Justices Rastogi and Nagarathna while seeking response from the convicts, asked Malhotra to take instruction whether he would represent all of them before the SC.

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India stays out of Indo-Pacific trade pillar

Piyush Goyal said after the IPEF ministerial meeting, “We were very comfortable with the final outcome and text and I've joined the ministerial declarations on three pillars related to supply chains, tax and anti corruption and clean energy. On trade, a broader consensus is yet to emerge among nations. "

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UP youth turns thela into mobile cyber cafe

Shivam and his cafe on wheels — an out-of-the-box idea appreciated by many — can be spotted near the regional transport office (RTO) in the Naini area of Prayagraj. It’s a go-to point for people who go to the RTO for their driving licence and need printouts of documents.

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Tatas in talks with Wistron for iPhones

The discussions with Wistron are aimed at making Tatas a force in technology manufacturing, and the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate wants to tap the Taiwanese company’s expertise in product development, supply chain and assembly, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Why India opted out of joining trade pillar of IPEF for now

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National interest: India remains out of IPEF trade pillar for now

India has for now opted to remain out of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s (IPEF) trade pillar. Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal had on Thursday said all decisions will be taken keeping “national interest” in mind.

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Mamata names Nitish, Soren, Akhilesh as 2024 poll allies

“Nitishji, Akhilesh and Hemant...We are together. Politics is a battlefield. We have fought for 34 years,” Mamata declared at a Trinamool preparatory meeting for the 2023 rural polls. Much of the CM’s speech pitted BJP’s alleged use of central agencies to go after rivals .

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Pradhan calls upon US institutions to partner India in boosting education

Dharmendra Pradhan also called for strengthening collaboration in the areas of research and skill development between the two countries. “India is taking great efforts in skilling, re-skilling and up skilling its youth.

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11% of Class 3 kids lack basic maths skills: NCERT study

More than a quarter of class III students in Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir lack foundational numeracy skills. Overall, compared to the global benchmark proficiency level, 11% of Indian kids in Class III lack basic mathematics skills.

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Queen Elizabeth II passes away: Life & times of UK's longest-serving monarch

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Must move quickly to save small businesses and jobs, says US commerce secretary

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Angela Kelly: The woman who dressed late Queen Elizabeth II

Mary Angela Kelly, a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II since 2002. Her official title was that of a Personal Assistant, Adviser and Curator to Her Majesty The Queen and she took care of her majesty's jewellery, insignias and wardrobe).

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Centre-Delhi dispute to be SC’s 1st green case

On May 10, 2017, then Chief Justice J S Khehar had set July 3, 2017, deadline for making the Supreme Court paperless by restricting the filing of petitions and appeals to soft copies. “It will save tons of paper used in filing of appeals and greatly help the environment,” he had said.

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Setback for Yediyurappa as Karnataka HC restores graft complaint

A special court for cases pertaining to elected representatives had rejected Abraham’s complaint on the ground that the governor had refused to sanction Yediyurappa’s prosecution on an application filed by the complainant. Abraham challenged the said order.

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Cabinet OKs Rs 27,000 crore scheme for 14,500 PM-SHRI schools

Under the scheme, over 14,500 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as those run by state governments and local bodies, will be strengthened to emerge as PM-SHRI Schools, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.

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Framework to regulate social media coming: Government

The Centre said this before Justice Yashwant Varma, who was hearing petitions against the suspension of accounts of several social media users, including those using Twitter. Counsel for the government assured the court that an amendment to the law will be made at some point in time.

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Study impact of deficient rains in UP districts: Yogi

UP CM Yogi Adityanath said monsoon deficiency has impacted the sowing of the kharif crop. To assess the loss and understand the impact of the deficiency on agriculture, he has said one team should be constituted for every district.

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Apple has introduced its most expensive iPhones of 2022

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Govt to offload about 50k tonnes of onions from buffer stock

The government will offload about 50,000 tonnes of onions from its buffer stocks to a few cities like Delhi and Guwahati, where retail prices are a little higher than the all-India average rates.

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Nitish, Mamata, Akhilesh to star in opposition Haryana rally

The decision to invite all Opposition leaders from across the country on Devi Lal’s birth anniversary was taken during an hour-long meeting between Nitish and INLD chief and former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala at the latter’s residence in Gurugram on Tuesday, JD(U) national secretary general KC Tyagi told TOI.

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Must jointly fight forces out to wreck ties, PM Narendra Modi tells Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh assured India it remained committed to ensuring security for its minority communities and the two sides also agreed to remain mindful of each other's security concerns and “strategic priorities”. PM Modi said in his remarks after the meeting that the two countries will soon start discussions for a free trade agreement.

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Ex-NSE CEO Ravi Narain arrested in laundering case

Ravi Narain is being investigated in the NSE co-location scam and the alleged illegal phone tapping case in which former bourse head Chitra Ramakrishnan, former group operating officer Anand Subramanian, and former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey have already been arrested.

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ED chief’s tenure extended for probe continuity: Govt

It said a newly appointed director would take considerable time to take stock and acclimatise to the new office and the working of the ED and could find it difficult to operate at an optimal level of efficiency. The Centre said the amendment has not tinkered with the minimum tenure of two years.

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Withdraw Section 66A cases in 3 weeks: SC

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Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced

A shortlist of six books for the Booker Prize 2022 was announced in the wee hours of September 7, 2022 (India time). Read more details about the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist here.

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IT firms resort to work-from-home amid Bengaluru rain fury

India's best-known IT firms and startups have asked staff to work from home as torrential rains brought chaos to the streets of the technology hub, marooning roads and snapping water and electricity supplies.

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6-airbag feature in fewer than 10% of cars on Indian roads

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7 in 10 Indians in rear seats do not wear seat belts: Poll

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Service sector activity gains steam, job growth rise max in 14 years

Activity in the country’s crucial services sector remained robust in August on the back of new business while employment witnessed the sharpest rise in 14 years, a survey showed on Monday.

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Tories one family, time to unite behind PM Truss, says Sunak

Rishi Sunak on Monday asked Tory members to unite behind newly appointed British Prime Minister Liz Truss, minutes after she defeated him in the leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson, to steer the country through difficult times.

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Jharkhand CM Soren wins trust vote 48-0 amid BJP walkout

Staring at the prospect of disqualification as an MLA in the office-of-profit case for almost two weeks, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Monday sought and won a cakewalk 48-0 trust vote in the 81-member assembly amid a BJP walkout and the forced absence of three Congress MLAs barred from leaving Bengal since their arrest there with a pile of cash.

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Rishi loses Truss vote, Liz wins Tory leadership race 57.4-42.6% to become next UK prime minister

Liz Truss has won the Conservative leadership race and will become the next UK prime minister on Tuesday after defeating Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law, Rishi Sunak, in the contest.

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India's coal output remains below estimate at 58 MT in August

India produced 58.33 million tonnes of coal in August, missing its target of 67.94 MT for the month, according to the government data. The coal production target for August was 67.94 million tonnes (MT), according to the government's monthly statistics (provisional).

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Individuals borrow more, corporates deleverage

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Rahul's speech 'immature, full of hate & anger': BJP

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UP move to bypass HC order on quotas

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No one except MSD messaged me after I quit Test captaincy: Kohli

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Winners of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

The state government of Tamil Nadu on September 2 announced the list of winners under various categories for the State Film Awards for the year 2009 to 2014. The event for the same is held today, September 4 in Chennai at 5 pm. The statement issued by the government has the list of three selected movies, actors, actresses, musicians, and lyricists for every year from 2009 to 2014.

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Live: Germany pledges $199 million in aid for displaced people in Ukraine

Germany will provide Ukraine with an additional 200 million euros ($199.02 million) to fund aid programmes for those internally displaced as a result of Russia's invasion, Development Minister Svenja Schulze told Funke Media group. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will visit Berlin on Monday where he will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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Shabana, Javed, Naseer part of 'tukde tukde' gang sleeper cell: MP minister

Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Friday called actor Shabana Azmi, her husband and lyricist Javed Akhtar and actor Naseeruddin Shah "sleeper cells of the tukde-tukde gang". He was responding to a query on Shabana breaking down during a TV interview on 11 convicts walking free in the Bilkis Bano rape case.

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BJP backs FM on Modi picture at PDS shop, takes dig at Congress

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Gujarat HC orders return of confiscated passport

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Security forces arrest Pakistani spy in J&K's Kishtwar

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In 75th year of freedom, India overtakes UK as 5th largest economy

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In 75th year of freedom, India overtakes UK as 5th largest economy

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Sweet September: Delhi slum dwellers due to shift to Kathputli, Kalkaji

The Delhi Development Authority plans to hand over the first batch of flats built under in situ slum redevelopment projects at Kalkaji Extension and Kathputli Colony this month.

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'60-day maternity leave for stillbirth or loss of newborn'

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Karnataka seer remanded to custody, then cops take him to hospital

The chief pontiff of Murugha Mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga, Shivamurthy Swami, accused of sexually assaulting two schoolgirls, was Friday remanded in police custody till September 5 amid high drama. He was initially sent to 14-day judicial custody and lodged in Chitradurga prison, where he developed health complications.

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Supertech: Will build homes on twin towers land

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Rahul may relent, take part in poll for Congress chief's post

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20 years, no remission: Delhi HC enhances punishment in rape-murder

Saying the accused showed a "depraved and evil" mentality, Delhi HC enhanced the punishment of two men, who had challenged the trial court verdict in a brutal 2012 gang rape and murder case, to a minimum of 20 years in jail without remission.

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We believe in a free, open & inclusive Indo-Pacific... Vikrant will be key: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inducted into the Navy its first fully made-in-India aircraft carrier INS Vikrant — also the largest warship to be built in country — and unveiled a new Shivaji-inspired Naval Ensign to go with it, terming the first “a tribute to the rising spirits of India on the global horizon” and the second a symbolic shedding of “the burden of slavery”.

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Cost of cervical cancer vaccine set to be Rs 200-400

Cervavac, India's first indigenously developed vaccine for preventing cervical cancer caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), is likely to be priced between Rs 200-400 per dose, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala said on Thursday.

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Dirty Yamuna: NGT pulls up Delhi, UP, Haryana

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an explanation from the chief secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on the worsening condition of the Yamuna flowing through the capital.

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Uttarakhand HC: No resorts in jumbo corridor near Corbett

The Uttarakhand high court has directed the state government to provide an "eco-sensitive zone" status to the elephant corridor adjoining Corbett Tiger Reserve and disallow "construction of any hotels, resorts, or restaurants there". The court sought adequate arrangements for night guards so that "jumbos can move freely in the dark".

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Jharkhand governor will clear air on Soren’s status in 4 days: JMM

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Not everyone in RSS is bad, says West Bengal CM Mamata; draws criticism

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‘Rishimania’ takes hold in London’s Wembley at final hustings of hopefuls

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Govt puts in place stringent testing, checking norms for EV batteries

The road transport ministry has put in place stringent testing and checking norms for cells, battery packs and the battery management system (BMS) to prevent fires in electric vehicles.

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Three PSU blue chips get interim heads in one day

For the first time, reins of three public sector blue chip companies passed on to interim heads in a day on Thursday, underlining the lack of timely succession planning and the lengthy appointment process for state-run entities.

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Gyanvapi case of national importance: Allahabad HC

Emphasising that the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath dispute was a "matter of national importance", the Allahabad HC on Tuesday directed the Archeological Survey of India DG and UP's additional chief secretary (home) to file their personal affidavits in the case within 10 days.

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Sonia bereaved; Prez Murmu, PM & others offer condolences

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's mother Paola Maino died on Saturday, the party said on Wednesday. She was in her 90s and living in her home in Italy. When the Gandhi family left for travel abroad last week, Congress announced that it was for Sonia's annual medical check-up, and that the family will also visit her home town to see her ailing mother.

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Muslim wrestler gave Baroda 1st public Ganesha celebration

One of the earliest public celebrations of Ganeshotsav was initiated by a 107-year-old Muslim wrestler some 120 years ago. Jumma Dada, a famed wrestler in the erstwhile princely state of Baroda, started Sarvajanik Ganesh Mahotsav at his akhada in 1901 to instil a sense of patriotism and brotherhood in the youth.

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India Inc's foreign investment declines over 50% in July

As per the RBI data, on Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI), the domestic companies had invested over $2.56 billion in July 2021 in the form of equity, loan and issuances of guarantees.

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Economy likely to grow at 7-7.4% in FY23, says finance secretary

The government is expecting the economy to grow at 7-7.5 per cent in 2022-23, in line with its projections made at the beginning of this financial year. India registered a growth of 8.7 per cent in 2021-22.

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Unemployment rate dips to 7.6% in April-June 2022: NSO survey

The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 7.6 per cent during April-June 2022 from 12.6 per cent a year ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said on Wednesday.

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