After free power, Congress vows Rs 2k sop to woo K’taka women

After promising 200 units of free electricity to all households, Congress has made another big pre-poll pledge: A monthly cash assistance of Rs 2,000 under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme to every woman head of household in the state if the party is voted to power in the assembly elections.

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Prominent Pakistan lawyer shot dead in Peshawar HC

Abdul Latif Afridi (79) was shot six times by a lone gunman when he was sitting with fellow lawyers in the bar room. The senior lawyer, who was also the former president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association, was moved to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

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After hotels, damaged homes in Joshimath colony to come down

This would be the second major demolition exercise after the administration a few days ago began to raze two of Joshimath's biggest hotels. There are over 30 houses in the colony, many of them with large cracks, which a resident said "seem to be getting bigger."

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Rajasthan govt to spend Rs 1,377 on 1,500 gaushalas

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday gave his consent for the construction of 1,500 gaushalas in 1,500 gram panchayats under the Public Participation Scheme of Gaushala in Gram Panchayats announced in budget 2022-23.

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Aware of middle class issues: FM Sitharaman ahead of Budget

Ahead of the Budget, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but also recalled that the government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.

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Govt writes to CJI, wants its representatives on SC collegium

Law minister Kiren Rijiju's letter to the CJI is the latest in the series of criticism by constitutional authorities, including the Vice-President and Lok Sabha Speaker, who have also accused the SC of often encroaching into the domain of the legislature.

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Most landslides on Joshimath road to Rishikesh ‘fresh’: Study

As many as 309 "fully or partially road-blocking landslides" were identified along the 247-km road between Rishikesh and Joshimath - an average of 1.25 landslides per km - according to a study by a team of Indian and foreign scientists, which was introduced for discussion at European Geosciences Union on January 10.

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Cold wave returns, chill likely to intensify for 2-3 days

Cold wave conditions returned to some parts of the capital on Sunday after a respite of five days, with a sharp drop in the minimum temperatures across Delhi-NCR and chilly northwesterly winds gusting through the day, which was clear and sunny.

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72 years on, India's oldest pending case finally settled

India's oldest litigation at 72 years was disposed of last week by a bench of the country's oldest high court, whose current Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born a full decade after the case had been filed in 1951.

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Popular Telugu-Tamil writer Bala murugan passes away

Recently we have seen several film stalwarts passing away one after the other such as Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Kaikala Sathyanarayana and Chalapathi Rao. Now, there is yet another tragedy in the southern film industry. Popular Tamil-Telugu story writer Shri. Balamurugan, who wrote several films in Tamil film Industry besides writing a few Telugu cinema has passed away today. He was 86 years old and was unwell.

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MP town may levy 'dog tax'

The civic corporation of Sagar city in MP has decided to levy a tax on dog owners to ensure "security and cleanliness". Officials are consulting with legal experts to frame the law, likely to be brougth in by April.

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Delhi cop dies in road mishap 15 days before retirement

Two weeks before he was scheduled to retire, a Delhi Police sub-inspector, Latoor Singh, lost his life after a car allegedly mowed him down in central Delhi's Daryaganj on Friday evening. The cop was on duty and was on his way to deliver a summons in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar when the incident took place. The driver of the errant vehicle has been arrested.

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Terror act: Police seize grenades from rented Jahangirpuri house

The two alleged terrorists arrested by Delhi Police's special cell on Thursday had murdered a man, chopped his body into pieces and filmed the act, including the beheading, the police have claimed. They also sent the video to their foreign-based handlers, including an ISI operative, to prove their worth, claimed sources.

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Arsenic in water raises risk of gallbladder cancer: Study

A two-year study carried out in large tertiary care hospital settings suggests that chronic arsenic exposure in drinking water even at low-moderate levels may be a potential risk factor for gallbladder cancer.

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UP constable 'molests' varsity student in train, sent to jail

A constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student of Allahabad University in a moving train as she was on her way to Pilibhit from Prayagraj Friday. The cop fled with her luggage.

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Muslim family razes crops to clear land for Hindu event

The gesture of a Muslim family from Parbhani district to allow use of their 60 acres of land for organising a five-day Hindu religious event is winning hearts.

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Parts of Joshimath may have sunk over 2ft: Ground survey

Parts of Joshimath may have sunk by nearly 2.2 feet (70cm), sources told TOI on Saturday on the basis of ground investigation of affected areas carried out recently in the picturesque town, which is facing aggravated land subsidence since the beginning of January.

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Delhi CM’s statements false, fabricated, twisted, says LG

In a stinging rebuttal to CM Arvind Kejriwal's statements at his press conference, LG V K Saxena has accused him of attributing to him "misleading, patently false and fabricated" statements.

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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir; avalanche warning

Fresh snowfall in various parts of Kashmir impacted flight operations and led to the closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Friday, cutting off the valley from the rest of the country. Jammu and Kashmir also saw widespread rains on Friday, while avalanche warnings were issued in 10 districts for the next 24 hours.

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CBI gets nod to prosecute Lalu Yadav in rail jobs scam

CBI has received sanction from the Centre to prosecute RJD chief and former Union railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the "land-for-job scam."

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Rajasthan twins die in similar manner 900km apart

A pair of 26-year-old twins from Rajasthan's Barmer living 900km apart in different states died within hours of each other in bizarrely similar circumstances - one falling to his death from the terrace of a house in Surat and the other fatally slipping into a water tank after being called home from Jaipur.

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Amid Joshimath evacuation, fresh snowfall in Auli adds to woes

Amid evacuations and demolitions, the residents had to endure a sudden drop in temperature following a fresh spell of snowfall in Auli, around 10km from the town, on Friday.

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U-turn by alleged 'urinator' in court: She peed on self

Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight, claimed in a Delhi court on Friday that the woman "urinated on herself" because she suffered from incontinence, which was common among Kathak dancers. The sudden twist in Mishra's defence came two days after his lawyer had submitted in court that his client had in fact unzipped his fly but the intent had not been sexual.

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Nirav Modi extradition ‘barred’ by legal issue

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, accused of carrying out the largest scale fraud on Punjab National Bank in its history, is not going back to India any time soon despite the fact he has lost all his UK court battles fighting extradition.

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1st op in Joshimath, govt starts razing 2 big hotels

Out of fear that one hotel is tilting dangerously and may collapse on the other, owners of the two establishments in Joshimath who had been protesting for three days against the planned demolition of the buildings finally agreed to it on Thursday. It set the stage for the first demolition in Joshimath, where hundreds of houses and roads have developed cracks and are crumbling.

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Anushka moves HC against Maha's 1.2cr tax demand

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In message to courts, presiding officers say respect boundaries

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J'khand HC cites ED findings, rejects bail plea of Soren aide

The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close associate of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money trail in alleged illegal mining worth Rs 1,000 crore.

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PM: Global South must create new world order

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted developing countries to work towards redesigning global political and financial governance to remove inequalities, enlarge opportunities, support growth and spread progress and prosperity. Modi called for creating a new world order to ensure welfare of citizens of the developing countries, as he emphasised the next phase of global growth will come from countries in the South.

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Hyderabad firm Franklin EV to double manufacturing capacity by 2023 end

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No amount of alcohol is safe for drinking, warns WHO

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Urination case: Court dismisses Mishra’s bail plea

Terming the alleged act of Shankar Mishra urinating on an elderly woman on board an Air India flight last November under the influence of alcohol “utterly disgusting and repulsive”, and “sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman”, a Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his bail plea.

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CBI books Amrapali MD, 6 others on murder charge

The CBI has filed an FIR against Anil Sharma, the managing director of the Amrapali Group, and six others on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with the killing of a former secretary of a reputed school in Bihar over eight years ago. The agency has also named a physician, Dr Praveen Sinha, businessman Rajendra Singhania, advocate Shambhu Sharan Singh and a few others as accused in the FIR.

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SC to govt: Pay gas leak victims from your pocket

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Centre is not prevented from increasing the amount of compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy and it can pay the amount from its pocket, not seek re-opening of its settlement with Union Carbide to increase a claim it accepted more than three decades ago.

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RBI grants in-principle approval for payment aggregator licence to EnKash

Fintech startup EnKash has got in-principle approval from RBI for payment aggregator's licence, the company said on Wednesday. The licence will enable EnKash to broaden its product offerings to millions of businesses for digital transactions.

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4 years after clean air mission, ‘marginal’ gain in some cities

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Covovax may get approval as heterologous booster

The government may decide on allowing Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covovax as a heterologous booster dose, meaning it can be used for people who have taken either Covishield or Covaxin for primary vaccination against Covid-19. Sources said a meeting of the subject expert committee is scheduled on Wednesday to deliberate on the issue.

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Def min approves 4k cr capital procurement proposals

The defence ministry on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to three indigenous capital acquisition proposals, involving Helina anti-tank guided missiles to arm advanced light helicopters, worth Rs 4,276 crore. The Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) also accorded AoN (acceptance of necessity) for procurement of infra-red homing VSHORADS (very short range air defence systems) missiles under design and development by DRDO at a cost of Rs 1,920 crore

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Govt to set up micro seismic observatories

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Collegium sends names to govt for appointment as HC judges

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre names of eight persons for appointment as judges in five different high courts. The names included that of judicial officer Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui who, if cleared by the Centre, would be the first woman from the ST community to become a judge of Manipur HC. The collegium comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph on Monday also recommended the names of two other women.

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Don’t convert single units in Chandigarh into apartments: SC

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Sebi allows bourses to launch future contracts on corp bond indices

In order to enhance liquidity in the bond market and to provide opportunity to the investors to hedge their positions, Sebi on Tuesday allowed stock exchanges to launch future contracts on corporate bond indices.

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‘CBI’s reasons for arrest casual, flout law’: HC gives Kochhars bail

The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the release of Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar on bail after holding that their arrest by the CBI four years following an FIR in a loan-fraud case was “unacceptable”.

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Conversion a serious issue, shouldn’t be politicised: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday sought attorney general R Venkataramani’s assistance in framing measures to curb religious conversions through deception, fraud, force or allurement and cautioned the states and interested parties to desist from politicising a serious legal issue.

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World listens to India, it can be global skill capital: PM

The world listens to India and the country has what it takes to become the global skill capital, PM Narendra Modi said Monday while inaugurating the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in Indore. “Today, the world listens to India. It can become the engine of development of the world,” he said. “India taking over the G20 presidency this year gives a great opportunity to make the world aware of India’s experiences to attain a sustainable future and learn from these experiences.”

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Supreme Court: No bar on states to set up panel for UCC

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia -EMSC

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Paytm says loan disbursal jumps 4-fold in December 2022

Paytm, India's digital payments and financial services company, saw a four-fold jump in loan disbursals in December 2022, and the average monthly transacting number of users soared.

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PM dials Dhami, promises ‘all financial & technical support’

PM Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday morning. Dhami informed the PM about the situation in Joshimath as well as plans for rehabilitation and arrangements being made in light of several houses developing cracks amid fears that the town is ‘sinking’.

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Govt to disband telecom body DCC, finance ministry's DoE to step in

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Oldest cases started before current SC judges were born

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Govt to disband telecom body DCC

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1.9°C at main city station as Delhi faces extended cold wave

Delhi suffered its fourth consecutive cold wave day on Sunday, with the minimum at the city’s base station Safdarjung falling below 2 degrees Celsius for the first time in two years and the city experiencing one of its worst fog spells of the season with nine hours of lower than 200m visibility. Over 100 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to dense fog and 42 trains were running late.

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IOC likely to see board level tweaks

The board of IndianOil appears set for some rejig, the second flagship public sector company after ONGC to witness structural changes at the top, to align the management functioning with new initiatives in a changing energy landscape.

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‘Law, not public pressure, is key’: Mishra sent to judicial custody

Advocate Manu Sharma, representing Mishra, submitted that as per the FIR, only one of the sections invoked is non-bailable and rest are bailable. Mishra was booked under IPC Sections 354, 294, 509 and 510, and Section 23 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. Mishra moved a bail plea in court, which scheduled it for hearing on January 11.

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Average work hours per week longest in South and East Asia: ILO

The occupational group with longest average hours of work was plant and machine operators and assemblers, who worked 48.2 hours per week on an average, followed by service and sales workers at 47.0 hours per week.

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UP ex-minister, son arrested in city over illegal slaughterhouse

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Average work hours per week longest in S&E Asia: ILO

The occupational group with longest average hours of work was plant and machine operators and assemblers, who worked 48.2 hours per week on an average, followed by service and sales workers at 47.0 hours per week.

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Man who urinated on co-flyer held from B'luru guest house

Mishra was apprehended from a guest house in Bengaluru at 12.30am using internet tracking technology and information from sources about a red Jeep Compass SUV. He was brought to Delhi where a court sent him to judicial custody in Tihar jail for 14 days. The flight’s pilots have also been questioned and their statements recorded.

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Hanif Kureishi fears he may never be able to walk or write again following fall in Rome

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Ahead of Bharat Jodo entering J&K, 17 Azad loyalists rejoin Cong

The 17 leaders, led by ex-deputy CM Tara Chand and former state Congress chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, joined the party in the presence of AICC state incharge Rajani Patil at a press conference attended by party leaders KC Vengopal and Jairam Ramesh.

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Should you break pandemic FDs to earn higher returns?

At the peak of the pandemic, rates had dropped to as low as 5.5% due to excess liquidity in the banking system and many had locked into 2-3-year deposits to make the best in a depressed market. Now with some private banks offering 8% and public sector banks giving over 7.5%, savvy elders are looking at premature withdrawals to make fresh deposits at higher rates.

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Senior citizens relieved as bank fixed deposit rates touch 8% after 3 years

At the peak of the pandemic, rates had dropped to as low as 5.5% due to excess liquidity in the banking system and many had locked into 2-3-year deposits to make the best in a depressed market. Now with some private banks offering 8% and public sector banks giving over 7.5%, savvy elders are looking at premature withdrawals to make fresh deposits at higher rates.

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SC pushes for e-monitoring to check over-speeding

Cause-wise analysis of road accidents revealed 55.9% (87,050 out of 1,55,622 deaths) and 27.5% (42,853 out of 1,55,622 deaths) of fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous/careless driving or overtaking, respectively, in 2021.

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Akshata Murty's vision is to open up Downing Street to public to draw a line under Johnson 'fiefdom era'

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AI gets DGCA notice over peeing incident

Air India officials will have to respond within two weeks, said Arun Kumar, director general, civil aviation. The airline’s accountable manager and director, inflight services, too got the notices. TOI was the first to report the incident on January 4, following which the DGCA sought a report from the Tata Group-owned airline.

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AI gets DGCA notice over peeing incident

Air India officials will have to respond within two weeks, said Arun Kumar, director general, civil aviation. The airline’s accountable manager and director, inflight services, too got the notices. TOI was the first to report the incident on January 4, following which the DGCA sought a report from the Tata Group-owned airline.

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No home food for Kochhars & Dhoot: CBI court

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Sticking to border pacts essential for bilateral relationship: India to China

“You are aware of our long standing position that ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas is essential for the development of our relationship. So too is the observance of bilateral agreements and refraining from unilateral attempts to change status quo,” said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

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11 ‘O’ sub-variants found in flyers in 11 days

India started random screening of 2% of international passengers arriving in the country from December 24 onwards. in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in several countries, especially China, Japan and South Korea among others.

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacts with Bollywood members, pushes UP as film-making destination

Presenting Uttar Pradesh as a film-friendly state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday invited prominent members from the entertainment industry to explore his state as a film-making destination.

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Sebi allows govt stake in IDBI Bank to be reclassified as public post sale

India's market regulator has allowed the government's shareholding in IDBI Bank to be reclassified as "public" after its stake sale on condition that its voting rights do not exceed 15%, the lender said on Thursday.

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Families evacuated from ‘sinking’ Joshimath as fresh aquifer bursts

Nearly 26 families were shifted out of their houses; more are in line. Compounding the anxiety of panicky locals, who have been petitioning the government to stop all constructions in their “sinking” town, an aquifer burst in an area around the JP residential colony in Marwari, leading to fresh anxiety that the hillside on which the town is situated is going to collapse.

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Semen quality of Covid patients takes a hit: Study

The study is based on semen analysis, also known as sperm count test, of 30 men between 19 and 43 years admitted for Covid-19 treatment at AIIMS Patna between October 2020 and April 2021. The first analysis was done immediately after the infection and a second test carried out on semen collected after a gap of two and a half months.

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Can minors be tried as adults for heinous crimes?

The draft guidelines, which have been made in compliance with the Supreme Court directive issued on the matter last year, have been placed in the public domain by NCPCR for comments and a response has been sought by January 20.

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VHP, Bajrang Dal activists tear posters of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' at Ahmedabad mall

Members of the right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday created a ruckus at a mall in Vastrapur area here and tore up posters and other publicity material of the upcoming film "Pathaan" starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

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Big tariff relief for imported coal-fired power plants

The Central power tariff regulator has ordered full payment of higher fuel costs along with “reasonable margin of profit” to imported coal-fired generation units that were forced by the government in May last year to avoid widespread blackouts amid a surge in demand.

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Minister says PSUs to be roped in to build N-plants

The Modi government is also expected to make a big announcement in the atomic energy sector in the coming days on the lines of the “unlocking of the space sector in 2020”. However, keeping in view the criticality of nuclear fuel and its potential misuse, the government will tread a very cautious path in tune with IAEA guidelines and conventions of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a ministry source told TOI.

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1.4 cr fewer Indians have jobs as against Jan ’20, finds study

By October 2022, around 20% fewer people in the 15-39 age group were employed compared to January 2020. That is a decline of 36.5 million. However, employment of people in the older age groups (40-59 years) rose by 12%. An additional 25 million individuals in this age group were employed in October 2022 as compared to January 2020.

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Minor raped in MP, accused BJP member on run

Infuriated, the girl’s relatives and around 200 neighbours marched to Gulhane’s house. Seeing the mob outside, the BJP leader fled through the rear door, Betul additional SP Neeraj Soni told TOI. While the child’s parents went to file a police complaint, teams from several police stations sped to Gulhane’s house to tackle the mob. The protesters torched his car.

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Right to free speech cannot be curtailed further: Supreme Court

The reference of “curbing free speech of public functionaries” to a Constitution bench was prompted by the statement of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who, as urban development minister in UP government, had termed the horrific 2016 gang-rape incident on Noida-Saharanpur Highway as an “opposition conspiracy” because the “elections were near, and that the desperate opposition could stoop to any level to defame the government”.

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Sonam Kapoor Ahuja sells BKC flat for 32.5 crores

The real estate market is booming with celebrity activity. Everyone from Vivek Agnihotri to Janhvi Kapoor have acquired plush properties in recent months in Mumbai. But this time, it's a big sale. Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has sold her prime property nestled in the heart of Mumbai for a hefty price.

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For 2nd week, India sees slight rise in Covid cases

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Delhi had fewer hours of 'severe' air in 2022: Panel

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Student stabs girl to death in B’luru college, tries to kill self

A 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her friend inside the classroom at a private college in Bengaluru on Monday afternoon.

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Cricketer to play Ranji tie in stadium built by dad and named after him

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2 kids killed in IED blast in Rajouri, day after Jan 1 massacre

A four-year-old boy and a teenage girl were killed in an IED explosion Monday in a sinister continuation of the targeted terrorist attack on three Hindu homes in the mountainside village of Upper Dhangri in Jammu’s Rajouri district that were sprayed with bullets on New Year’s Day, leaving four villagers dead and six gravely wounded.

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Centre empowered to demonetise 'all' series of bank notes under RBI Act: SC

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer, which upheld the Centre's 2016 demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes by a 4:1 majority verdict, said a statute must be construed having regard to the legislative intent.

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Woman found dead, live-in partner on run

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Popn mustn't be sole delimitation criterion: Assam chief minister

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India eyes MacBook production, may boost incentive scheme

After the success of iPhone production in India, the government is set to sweeten the deal to kickstart the coveted manufacturing of MacBooks and iPads in the country, looking to broad-base the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to nearly Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,350 crore which failed to receive much response from the industry.

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Earthquake of magnitude 3.2 strikes Meghalaya

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India eyes MacBook production, may boost incentive scheme

After the success of iPhone production in India, the government is set to sweeten the deal to kickstart the coveted manufacturing of MacBooks and iPads in the country, looking to broad-base the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to nearly Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,350 crore which failed to receive much response from the industry.

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Live: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake in West Karbi Anglong, Assam

Stay with TOI for the latest updates on news across India and world.

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German vet flies to Mumbai to help with dog's open heart surgery

The pet's heart condition was discovered by chance. The tiny ball of fur came as a surprise gift to Juhu resident Rani Raj Wankawalla.

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German vet flies to Mumbai to help with dog's open heart surgery

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Shah didn’t heed Rahul security breach complaint, says Congress

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China trying to destroy Buddhism: Dalai Lama

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Live: Magnitude-3.8 earthquake in Haryana

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Live: In his New Year address, Putin pledges victory over Ukraine

Russian President Putin devoted his annual New Year's address to rallying the people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian "neo-Nazis" and a West supposedly intent on "destroying Russia". Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said victory for Russia over Ukraine was "inevitable" as he hailed Russian soldiers' heroism in a New Year's video message. Stay with TOI for latest updates.

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