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Libya: Thousands of migrants and refugees camp on UN's doorstep
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Mount Augustus: Preserving Australia's lesser-known sacred rock
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Bam Bus: Three women, one cheating ex and an adventure
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Climate change: The Indian village that could disappear under water
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Recipients, employers have footed Rs 5k crore of vaccine bill
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While free vaccination is available to everyone aged 18 and above who chooses to avail of it, back-of-the-envelope calculations show that about a fifth of the cost of vaccination or about Rs 5,000 crore has been borne by people out of their own pockets or by their employers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3nJG2dK via IFTTT
Aukus: French president says Australian PM lied over submarine deal
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Designer junks mangalsutra ad after row
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Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee on Sunday withdrew his controversial Mangalsutra ad campaign featuring models in “intimate apparel” following a BJP lawyer’s legal notice and a barrage of criticism, including MP home minister Narottam Mishra’s warning that the police would file an FIR and go after him if he didn’t scrap the “objectionable” content within 24 hours. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Bryrpb via IFTTT
Live: PM to meet DMs of 40 dists with low vax dose coverage
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Vienna Open: Alexander Zverev beats Frances Tiafoe for title
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Govt in talks to woo top makers of semiconductors
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India will roll out a mega multi-billion-dollar capital support and production-linked incentive plan to push manufacturing of semiconductors in the country, the move coming at a time when industries across sectors face massive production cuts due to global chip shortage, top sources have said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3GBn3e7 via IFTTT
In a first, personal loans beat credit to industry
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The share of personal loans in bank credit has for the first time overtaken overall loans to the industry sector during the second quarter of the current financial year. This has happened with loans to industry as of end-September 2021 shrinking by Rs 66,239 crore over March 2021 levels, while loans to individuals grew Rs 73,011 crore during the period. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mxeTLI via IFTTT
Climate change: Extreme weather events are 'the new norm'
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UK and France blame each other over fishing row stalemate
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Biden at G20: Russia and China 'didn't show up' on climate
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Mere WA chats not proof of drug supply: Court
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While granting bail to Aachit Kumar, a 22-year-old studying in London and an accused in the cruise liner drug bust case, a special NDPS court has held that merely on the basis of WhatsApp chats, it cannot be gathered that he used to supply contraband to Aryan Khan (23) and Arbaaz Merchant (26), especially when Khan, with with whom he chatted, has already been granted bail by the Bombay high court. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y1L24C via IFTTT
Govt, judiciary now in sync on IAS-like service for judges
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The idea of an All India Judicial Service on the lines of central services like IAS and IPS seems to be coming closer to fruition with the Centre building a broader consensus with the higher judiciary on the issue and setting the stage for consultations with states. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BwzpQZ via IFTTT
Need membership of NSG to give up coal: India at G20
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In a bold move, India on Sunday said that achieving its climate goals may be linked to issues like its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group — held up due to China's opposition — and availability of technology as it sought to push for the inclusion of differentiated responsibilities that seeks the developed West to fulfil its commitments. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3nMpZvS via IFTTT
Climate change: What's it like living in a place where it's 50C?
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COP26: What effect does methane have on climate change? And more questions
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How Iron Man launched India on its milky way
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India is the biggest milk producer in the world today but 75 years ago it made a small start on the ‘milky way’ when Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (KDCMPUL) collected 250 litres of milk from two villages in modern-day Anand. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3o12KhR via IFTTT
'Wankhede has drafted a private army to fix the innocent'
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Arbaaz, Munmun unable to get out as formalities incomplete
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Unlike Aryan Khan, the two other accused who got bail on the same day as him had to stay in jail for another night as they were unable to complete bail formalities despite a frantic effort by their lawyers, families and friends. Aryan’s friend Arbaaz Merchant (26) and model from Madhya Pradesh Munmun Dhamecha (28) had to spend their 27th night in Arthur Road jail and Byculla jail respectively. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mrFidW via IFTTT
Alec Baldwin makes first public comments on 'one in a trillion' shooting
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Israeli woman jailed three times for refusing to join the army
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The women reviving a vanishing legacy of Sufi music in Kashmir
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People must declare faith change: RSS
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The RSS said on Saturday that forced religious conversion should stop and those who change their faith should announce it. The Sangh also said it would welcome the passing of any anti-conversion bill. “People who are converted have to announce that they have converted. There are people who get converted and do not disclose that they have converted. They take double benefits,” RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said at a press conference. from Times of India https://ift.tt/31lJfJb via IFTTT
Sectors vulnerable to terrorist funding, laundering under lens
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First papal visit to India since 1999 likely after PM Modi’s invite
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, where Modi invited the head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit India and the two leaders discussed the future of a post-Covid world and climate change among other issues at a meeting that went on for an hour beyond the scheduled 20 minutes. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jPBbGK via IFTTT
5 more months to go, NREGS '21 fund already exhausted
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'Consensual sex with major girl not an offence, but unethical'
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Rejecting the bail plea of a person accused of raping his girlfriend along with other accused, the Allahabad high court has said that “having consensual sex with a major girl is not an offence, but is unethical, immoral and against established Indian norms”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BGB3jb via IFTTT
'Make SCs, STs active stakeholder in court proceedings'
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Observing that people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes continue to “face insurmountable hurdles in accessing justice from the stage of filing the complaint to the conclusion of the trial”, the Supreme Court on Friday said they must be made an active stakeholder in criminal proceedings and it is mandatory to keep victims of offences under the SC/ST Act informed about the court proceedings against accused and be allowed to be heard. from Times of India https://ift.tt/31iCO9B via IFTTT
2 decades of drought emptying out Andhra’s ‘blessed’ district
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Anantapur in Telugu means “blessed with many things”. It's an ironic name for a place that has come to be known for what it’s not blessed with — rainfall. This district in Andhra Pradesh has seen 18 droughts in the last 20 years (till 2020), making it a living example of creeping desertification and mass migration. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jRqG5K via IFTTT
Congress allowed namaz on national highway: Amit Shah
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Doc’s detention under NSA: SC slams MP govt
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Holding it mandatory for a government authority to expeditiously deal with and communicate its decision on a representation made by a person against preventive detention, the Supreme Court on Friday invalidated an order passed by Madhya Pradesh government against a doctor after noting that no decision was taken on his representation for two months. Rejection of his plea by the Centre was also not communicated to him in jail. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Butcos via IFTTT
Marshall 'Major' Taylor: The first black American world champion & his fight to the top
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Objectionable post on goddess must be junked: HC to Twitter
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Live: Bypolls to 3 LS, 30 Assembly seats to begin shortly
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Canada challenges compensation order for indigenous children
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The viral basketball star changing views on Muslim women in sport
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COP26: African climate activists' message to world leaders
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Biodiversity park to come up on Yamuna banks in Delhi
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Live: Delhi allows multiplexes, theatres to open fully from Nov 1
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India reported 14,348 Covid-19 new cases in the last 24 hours preceding Friday, the ministry of health and family welfare said. With this India's active caseload stood at 1,61,334. Active cases now account for less than 1% of total cases, at 0.47%, lowest since March 2020. The country also registered 13,198 new recoveries, taking the recovery rate to 98.19%. Stay with TOI for all updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/315gv76 via IFTTT
MP: Fake gang-rape complaint gets woman, son-in-law 10 years' jail
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Saudi Arabia expels Lebanon ambassador amid Yemen row
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California condors: Virgin births discovered in critically endangered birds
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After 11 months, Delhi border barricades start coming down
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'Some pray, others drink': SC won't shut bar near temple
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Palestinian groups branded terrorists by Israel say they are being silenced
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Dramatic footage shows tornado cut across Texas highway
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Mikheil Saakashvili: Hunger-striking ex-leader rattles Georgia from jail
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Ethiopia food crisis: Why does PM have a problem with wheat aid?
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Two US neo-Nazis from 'the Base' jailed for terrorist plot
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Cruise drug bust: NCB witness Gosavi held in Pune in 2018 cheating case
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India to push for climate justice at COP26: Environment minister
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SRK 'teary-eyed' as Aryan, 2 others get bail after 25 days
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The Bombay high court on Thursday granted bail to 23-year-old Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, a model from Madhya Pradesh, in the case of alleged seizure of drugs from a cruise liner on October 2. All of them have spent 25 days in custody. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3nGgpKO via IFTTT
Climate change: Major US oil companies face grilling by Congress
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T20 World Cup: How Team India can counter the dew
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It's not the first time that the dew factor has been spoken about. It certainly is not the first T20 World Cup which is in danger of getting heavily affected by it. The 2014 edition in Bangladesh had everyone in a fix. There were teams dipping balls in bucket-full of water during practice to get used to a wet ball. The ICC had imported a special anti-dew gel from India to spray on the outfield in Bangladesh. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2XROVcp via IFTTT
9 convicted of blasts at Modi's 2013 Patna rally
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A special NIA court on Wednesday held nine members of banned terror outfit Simi guilty of triggering the 2013 serial blasts that killed six people and injured 89 at then PM candidate Narendra Modi's "hunkar" rally in Patna's Gandhi Maidan. One of the 10 accused in the case, Fakkruddin, got the benefit of the doubt for lack of evidence. The court of additional district and sessions judge Gurvinder Singh Malhotra will pronounce the quantum of punishment on November 1. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jJ9hfC via IFTTT
Mere presence on cruise ship doesn't prove conspiracy theory, says court
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90% in Delhi have antibodies against coronavirus: 6th Sero
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India may face long heat waves, heavy flooding, in 15-20 yrs: Study
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Ruth Negga on her latest role – as a black woman passing as white
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NCB misled court in Aryan's remand application: Lawyer
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Mere presence on cruise ship doesn't prove conspiracy theory, says court
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US CDC eases norms to let in those jabbed with Covaxin
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Pope Francis to visit Canada for indigenous reconciliation
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SC calls govt denial 'vague', orders probe into alleged Pegasus snooping
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy by a three-member expert committee under the supervision of former SC judge R V Raveendran, holding that a "prima facie case" is made out for an investigation in the light of the Centre's "omnibus and vague denial" of the alleged surveillance and the need to uncover the truth of the accusations. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3ErGmol via IFTTT
Snooping can have chilling effect on press freedom: SC
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Avoid using new law to alter border areas: India to China
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Benin Bronzes: 'My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures'
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Double jabs, negative report must to fly to US from Nov 8
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Come November 8 and foreign travellers who are fully vaccinated with WHO-approved jabs and have a negative Covid report from a test taken within 72 hours of departure can enter the US. For travellers from India, it means the lifting of restrictions imposed on May 4 at the height of India's second Covid wave. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3pHVidM via IFTTT
8L income bar for EWS not over-inclusive, Centre tells SC
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Charlottesville: Why are the ‘Unite the Right’ organisers on trial?
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Govt: SCs/STs job quota must be proportionate to population
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Unvaxxed staf f could face jail term: Delhi govt dept
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No consumption, recovery, test or conscious possession: Aryan
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Arguing for actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s bail plea in the drug seizure case, former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi told the Bombay high court on Tuesday that Aryan was not in “conscious possession” of the contraband allegedly seized from a friend’s shoe. Questioning the finding by the judge of a special court handling drug cases that Aryan was in “conscious possession” of contraband found with a friend, Rohatgi said the surmise was “tenuous and farfetched”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jCTe2I via IFTTT
Navy commander among 5 held for leaking info
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A serving naval officer and two retired ones, along with two "private persons", have been arrested by the CBI in connection with the alleged leaking of confidential information about the modernisation of the Russian-origin Kilo-class conventional submarines in exchange for bribes. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Bj89W7 via IFTTT
Hundreds at Kheri rally, why only 23 eyewitnesses: SC
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned UP Police on why there were only 23 eyewitnesses in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case when hundreds of people were present at the rally and also directed the UP government to provide protection to all of them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2XN2utw via IFTTT
Covid: FDA officials back Pfizer jab for children over five in US
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Expedite coverage of 2nd dose, government to tell states
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Agnes Wanjiru murder: Kenya family's anger over UK army 'cover-up'
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Covaxin approval: WHO seeks additional clarifications for final 'risk-benefit assessment'
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Air India to add US nonstops post Nov 8 Uncle Sam reopening for fully jabbed
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This could be the last expansion of services by state-owned Air India before it transits to the Tata Group and the big bang expansion then. The Maharaja will be adding its highly popular US nonstops from next month as Uncle Sam reopens for fully vaccinated foreign travellers stating November 8. from Times of India https://ift.tt/30U6TvQ via IFTTT
Rust: Assistant director had been sacked before over gun safety
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PM launches 64k cr project to boost India's health infra
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Aiming to drive a major push to healthcare capacities in the country, PM Narendra Modi on Monday launched the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PMABHIM) from his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi with an outlay of Rs 64,000 crore. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2XNUVmu via IFTTT
Efficacy of vax shouldn't be doubted, says SC, junks plea
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Can't ride over 40kmph with kids below 4 on pillion: Draft rule
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Due to BJP 'threat', CPM may continue with Cong alignment
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Climate change: Pledge of $100bn annual aid slips to 2023
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Doctors wary of case spike overwhelming medical infra
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Finalise Amrapali funding in 2 weeks, SC directs banks
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As only SBI and UCO bank finalised proposal to invest Rs 450 cr in Amrapali projects Supreme Court on Monday directed other banks to take a final decision within two weeks even as the court was informed that 300 buyers will be given possession letters by Diwali. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mbljQz via IFTTT
Edible oil prices head north: Only UP has enforced limit on stocks
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With hardly any success in bringing down the prices of edible oils despite the recent major cut in import duty and agricultural cess, the government is now pinning its hopes on states and Union territories to fix the stock limits quickly and enforce it strictly. So far, only Uttar Pradesh has imposed a stock limit while Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan are in the final stages of fixing the limit. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jxU9kX via IFTTT
At Pulwama camp, Shah says J&K law & order on the mend
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Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission for all-round development of Jammu & Kashmir is realised, peace and normalcy will be established in the Union territory and "this shall happen in our lifetime itself". from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jziyGQ via IFTTT
Retd Pak personnel guiding terrorists' team in Poonch?
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Rajinikanth honoured with Phalke award
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Tamil superstar Rajinikanth and honoured a galaxy of personalities related to cinema, including Dhanush, Priyadarshan, Resul Pookutty, Manoj Bajpayee and Kangana Ranaut, with National Film Awards. The 67th National Film awards for 2019 were announced in March this year, and were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3CgRcN5 via IFTTT
Congress neta's sarcastic tweet after India's loss to Pakistan draws BJP flak
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Sudan coup: Seven protesters killed and dozens injured
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Covid: Biden sets new rules as air travel to the US reopens
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India improves infant mortality rate but gains slowing down
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India's infant mortality rate has dropped to 30, but the decline has slowed down in the last five years in most states, just released data from the sample registration system (SRS) shows. It also reveals the enormous differences between states with Kerala having an IMR equal to the US and Madhya Pradesh faring worse than even Yemen or Sudan. Worryingly, it is the worst-off states in which the slowdown in improvement is most marked, Bihar being an exception. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BgdSM2 via IFTTT
John Wayne Gacy murder victim named 45 years after vanishing
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Fitness trackers from OnePlus, Oppo, others under Rs 5K
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How China’s past shapes Xi's thinking - and his view of the world
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Tigray crisis: How the West has fallen out with Ethiopia's PM
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Tatas Motors to invest Rs 15,000 crore in electric vehicles
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Inside the Indonesian cave where oldest animal art was found
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China passes new land border law amid military standoff with India
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Asserting that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China are "sacred and inviolable", the country's national legislature has adopted a new law on the protection and exploitation of the land border areas, which could have a bearing on Beijing's border dispute with India. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Cbnv07 via IFTTT
Time of injustice to residents of Jammu region is over: Shah
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the “time of injustice to residents of Jammu is over now”, while pointing out that the region has borne the “brunt of discrimination” for years together. Addressing his maiden public rally in Jammu after the revocation of Article 370 in 2019, the home minister said the Centre wanted to wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir and ensure that no civilian gets killed. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Zk85rP via IFTTT
Witness’ PSO’s affidavit claims payoff, NCB denies charge
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The seizure of contraband from a cruise liner on October 2 night leading to the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan has become murkier with the personal bodyguard of a witness filing an affidavit levelling serious allegations of a payoff to a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Gl5X3R via IFTTT
Executive hirings up 30% over pre-Covid levels
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Executive hiring is back with a bang. And this is coming not only on the back of pent-up demand but also new opportunities opening up across sectors like green & renewable energy, electric vehicles, education, foodtech, aerospace, defence, consumer space and startups. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Eb3Gq7 via IFTTT
James Michael Tyler: 11 of Gunther's funniest Friends moments
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Ahead of Bihar bypolls, Lalu questions Cong utility as ally
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RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday questioned the utility of Congress as an ally in assembly election and drew sharp reaction from the grand old party as well as the NDA leaders for calling AICC in-charge for Bihar, Bhakta Charan Das, a ‘Bhakchonhar’ (imprudent person). from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Caouh2 via IFTTT
Army, police no longer all-male bastions: Modi
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Lauding the rise in the number of women in police and central armed forces, which has more than doubled in the past six years, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Army and police are no longer meant only for men, and expressed hope that this trend will lead to “new age policing”, with the women in uniform becoming role models for “lakhs of daughters” of the country. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3b7wh36 via IFTTT
Cong ‘convinced’ Amarinder trying to wean away Hindu voters
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With Amarinder Singh finally announcing that he will launch a party and ally with BJP, Congress is convinced that he is angling to wean away Hindu voters in urban constituencies to dent the party in the Punjab assembly elections in early 2022. The idea behind the Congress renegade’s plan, as articulated by him, is what the party always suspected when it alleged that ‘Captain’ as Punjab chief minister was in league with BJP and Akali Dal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3CnnaHq via IFTTT
Priority list being drawn up of kids with comorbidities for vaccine rollout
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A comprehensive priority list of children with comorbidities is being worked out for the combined launch of ZyCoV-D and Covaxin in India, according to a senior official from the Centre’s Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI). from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vNPlgw via IFTTT
‘Treat users with small quantity of drugs as victims, not culprits’
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Canada: Evacuations as ship spews toxic gas off coast
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T20 World Cup: Pakistan hammer India by 10 wickets to claim famous win
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Hardik may play as specialist No. 6 batter: Kohli
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Virat Kohli has let the cat out of the bag: Hardik Pandya is not fit to bowl even as India begin their World T20 campaign. Out of form with the bat too during the IPL, Pandya, however, may not be in immediate danger of losing his place: the skipper believes Hardik has done enough in the past to hold his place purely as a specialist batter in the side at No. 6. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3B9ML5l via IFTTT
'India-made spray found to contain bacteria that sickened 4 in US'
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T20 WC: India aim to maintain all-win record against Pakistan
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Iran: The painful choices of being pregnant and unmarried
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Why Kenyan churches are banning politicians from pulpits
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Covid live: ‘More contagious mutant present in low numbers’
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Rising cases in Bengal, Assam, hint at post-festive Covid spike
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At least three states in the country, led by Bengal, have started showing signs of a spike in Covid-19 infections after Durga Puja/Dussehra celebrations last week, although in absolute terms the numbers are not big so far. Bengal reported 974 fresh cases of the virus on Saturday, the highest single-day count in the state in over three months since July 10 this year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3CdNgwD via IFTTT
Good judicial infra has always been an afterthought: CJI
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Holding that financial autonomy and adequate infrastructure for the judiciary are essential to make the system more effective, Chief Justice N V Ramana on Saturday urged the Centre to clear his proposal to set up a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority, a statutory body that will take care of the needs of the judiciary. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m7iDU0 via IFTTT
Plan to split Pakistan began in 1965: Senior Navy officer
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Soon, unborn child can be insured for birth defects
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In a move that is expected to reduce out of pocket expenditure for new parents, at least one major insurance company has agreed to insure the unborn child for birth defects and surgical problems during infancy. Around 1.7 million children are born with birth defects every year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3pBh6rD via IFTTT
Need to standardise pandemic best practices: PM to vaccine cos
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Two days after India crossed the landmark of 100-crore Covid jabs, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday met local vaccine manufacturers and exhorted the need to institutionalise the best practises learnt during the past one and a half years and also asked them to take ‘Brand India’ to the next level globally. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Zote4f via IFTTT
Indo-Bangla ties deeper than any strategic alliance: Shringla
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Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday said the ties between India and Bangladesh were deeper than any other strategic partnership, and that it was a role model for nations that share borders. “India-Bangladesh relations have matured over the years and the two pillars of Indian diplomacy — ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’ — find expression in our vibrant ties with Bangladesh,” he said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3B84ydo via IFTTT
SIT arrests 3 more in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case
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A special investigation team (SIT) on Saturday made three more arrests in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that took place on October 3, in which four farmers, one journalist, and three BJP workers lost their lives, while nearly a dozen were hurt. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Eebwzr via IFTTT
Fresh rain alert sparks fear in Uttarakhand
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Fresh rainfall and snow alert in Uttarakhand over the next 24 hours issued on Saturday has sparked concerns in the state which is still grappling with the damage caused by rain-triggered disasters this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of light rainfall and snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand in the next 24 hours. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3C8CjfK via IFTTT
NCB official’s charge of spying untrue: Mumbai cops
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A probe conducted by Mumbai police has revealed there is no truth in the complaint lodged by NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede that he was being spied upon by sleuths from the Oshiwara police station. Wankhede, who is probing the cruise liner drugs seizure case, had on October 11 called on director general of police Sanjay Pandey, saying his movements were being monitored by Oshiwara police during his daily visits to a cemetery where his mother has been buried. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3E0ZDwC via IFTTT
Joel Souza, filmmaker wounded in Alec Baldwin gun incident, 'gutted' at friend's death
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Kerala floods: Our son was buried by mud - we couldn't save him
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Scrap Consumer Protection Act if you don’t want tribunals: SC
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Don’t let guard down in festive season, warns PM Modi
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India's success in administering 100 crore doses of anti-Covid vaccines has generated a strong sense of optimism in all sections with experts upbeat about India's economy even as it was necessary to remember that having a strong "kavach (armour)" did not mean that people should let down their guard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m5v9mT via IFTTT
‘Ananya has denied she supplied drugs to Aryan'
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There are WhatsApp chats between actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and actor Ananya Panday discussing procurement and consumption of drugs, which is being investigated as part of the probe into the seizure of drugs on the cruise liner, NCB sources told TOI on Friday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZaNE0g via IFTTT
India won’t commit to ‘net zero’ goal at COP26
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India will not commit to the 2050 ‘net zero’ goal and the country will, along with China — despite intense friction over border issues — and other developing countries, tell the affluent nations to go for carbon neutrality much before mid-century keeping in view their own cumulative historical emissions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vCkK5d via IFTTT
U'khand toll rises to 67; 12 trekkers among dead
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The death toll in extreme weather-hit Uttarakhand touched 67 on Friday. Authorities said 12 trekkers have been confirmed dead. Kapkot (Bageshwar) subdivisional magistrate Paritosh Verma told TOI that the operation to recover the bodies had to be halted due to bad weather. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3E4XSyr via IFTTT
‘Foreign entity' WhatsApp cannot challenge Indian laws: Govt
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The Centre has opposed petitions by WhatsApp and its parent firm Facebook challenging the new IT Rules for social media by terming the global messaging platform as an “out and out foreign commercial entity”. In an affidavit filed before the Delhi high court, the Centre said being a foreign commercial entity, WhatsApp cannot challenge the constitutionality of an Indian law. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m8A2Md via IFTTT
Covid has cut life expectancy by 2 years in India: Study
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Life expectancy in India has dropped by roughly two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statistical analysis by scientists from the International Institute for Population Studies in the city. The IIPS study was conducted to look at the burden repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic on mortality patterns in the country. Across the world, Covid-19 has resulted in excess deaths in comparison to the previous years. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vA6DgO via IFTTT
Beachside Maharashtra village house goes for Rs 80cr
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Across the Mumbai harbour, the pandemic and the resultant lockdown have led to a property boom in the sleepy coastal town of Alibaug. In probably the biggest deal in the town, a 6-acre beachfront home has been sold for Rs 80 crore in Awas village of Alibaug. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Gc0vAk via IFTTT
Investing in coal unwise, says UN chief
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“To invest in coal for the future is building white elephants, building stranded assets. And I don’t think developing countries have enough resources to waste,” UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Friday, responding to a question raised by TOI on India’s continued investment in coal-fired power plants. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vDYec9 via IFTTT
Amarinder's Pak friend caught in Punjab political crossfire
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Covid live: 10cr second doses overdue, says Dr VK Paul
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India on Thursday achieved a major feat in its battle against Covid-19 as cumulative vaccinations in the country crossed the 100 crore mark. Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 taskforce chief Dr VK Paul said that the second dose is overdue in case of 10 crore people. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/3B5WxW2 via IFTTT
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100 crore shots in the arm: India's milestone in Covid vaccination
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India achieved a major milestone in its battle against Covid-19 as cumulative vaccinations in the country crossed the 100 crore mark on Thursday. After China, which has administered more than 200 crore doses, India is only the second country to have reached the landmark of 100 crore jabs. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3aZu8Xq via IFTTT
9 trekkers among dead as U'khand toll rises to 64
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With more bodies being recovered and many of those missing being declared dead, casualties in the Uttarakhand rain and floods stood at 64 on Thursday. Among those found dead or fear to have died were nine trekkers, five of them in Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3E33YiJ via IFTTT
Ananya questioned in drug case; SRK meets son, NCB visits his home
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing the case of drugs seizure on the cruise liner involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan questioned actor Chunky Pandey’s actor-daughter Ananya Pandey for around four hours on Thursday and seized her laptop and cell phone. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jptKG0 via IFTTT
SC reverses HC order, Gauri ‘killers’ to face stringent law
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The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a Karnataka HC decision and ruled that those accused in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh will face charges under the provisions of the stringent Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) apart from IPC Section 302 and arms and explosives laws. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m31UBm via IFTTT
Will have enough doses for booster shots: Poonawalla
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Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), exuded confidence in meeting the Centre’s goal of immunising all adults by yearend, while announcing that Covid-19 vaccine for children, Covavax, is readying for a February-March launch. The Pune-based company hopes to resume exports of its vaccine, Covishield to WHObacked global platform, Covax by November. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vAv7GE via IFTTT
Farmers have right to protest but can’t block roads indefinitely: SC
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The Supreme Court on Thursday said farmers have a right to protest against the three new farm laws even when their validity is under challenge before the apex court but was firm in its view that no one could be permitted to block roads indefinitely, impeding the right of citizens to commute without hindrance. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vAmko8 via IFTTT
Trade with China up 49%, Shringla red-flags deficit
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In the first nine months of this year, India’s trade with China touched $90 billion, an increase of 49% over last year, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said on Thursday. However, there is a large trade balance in favour of China, and India will continue to raise the issue of widening deficit with China, he added. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3nim49D via IFTTT
Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says
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Army ‘well-poised to hold the line’ against China in Arunachal Pradesh
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The big guns are ready to boom if required in this high-altitude region. Ahead of the artillery and air defence gun positions, companies of acclimatised and well-armed soldiers guard the forbidding terrain along the frontier, where temperatures have already dipped to minus 3 to 5 degree Celsius. from Times of India https://ift.tt/30Mpjib via IFTTT
Himalayan tragedy: U'khand toll tops 50
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The murderous rain hammering the lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand and north Bengal claimed more lives on Wednesday, taking the number of deaths caused by landslides and rising river levels in Uttarakhand to 52. Five people remain missing, according to officials. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3pj3gdd via IFTTT
‘WA chats show drugs nexus’: Aryan, 2 others denied bail
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A special NDPS court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, noting there is material in the form of incriminating WhatsApp chats that shows his nexus with suppliers and peddlers. The court also rejected the bail application of two others —Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha—who were arrested with Khan in the case of seizure of drugs from a cruise liner. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3AZYd3w via IFTTT
Pilot seeks cabinet rejig, Gehlot skips event by Sachin loyalist
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Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday demanded the inclusion of Dalits in the state cabinet as well as in political appointments pending in Rajasthan for a long time. This is the first time Pilot has made this demand in public. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jnXB1B via IFTTT
EPFO adds 14.8 lakh members in August
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The provisional payroll data of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) released on Wednesday showed that the retirement fund body added around 14.81 lakh net subscribers in August, reflecting a growing trend in net payroll for the first five months of this financial year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m1umDK via IFTTT
Kheri probe can’t be unending story, SC tells UP
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Not satisfied with the pace of the special investigation team’s (SIT) probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri killings, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take proactive steps, including recording statements of witnesses before a magistrate and giving protection to them, to dispel the impression that they are dragging their feet in the case. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3lZ5NHt via IFTTT
Ensure no safe havens anywhere for those who betray India: PM
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Got convictions in 65-70% of cases in last 10yrs : CBI in SC
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Norms for arrivals from non-risk nations eased
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India will follow new entry norms for international arrivals starting October 25, thanks to growing vaccination globally and changing nature of the pandemic. While everyone flying into the country will still require to undergo a Covid RT-PCR test, the quarantine requirements have been significantly relaxed. from Times of India https://ift.tt/30B3l1o via IFTTT
Can’t let off rape accused even if survivor is of ‘easy virtue’: HC
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Gabby Petito: Items found in search for missing fiancé Brian Laundrie
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India offered humanitarian aid: Taliban at Moscow meet
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T20 WC: Sri Lanka thrash Ireland to reach Super 12s
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Wanindu Hasaranga's rearguard fifty was beautifully complemented by a clinical bowling display as Sri Lanka sealed their place in Super 12s with a massive 70-run win over Ireland in a group A first round match of the ICC T20 World Cup. Asked to bat first, Sri Lanka recovered from 8 for 3 to make 171 for 7 in 20 overs and then returned to dismiss Ireland for 101 in 18.3 overs to grab the top position in Group A with four points from two matches. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jkIdTT via IFTTT
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SIT releases photos of suspects who ‘lynched’ BJP men in Kheri
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The special investigation team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence released six photographs of suspects who had allegedly “lynched” three BJP workers after the convoy of junior home minister Ajay Mishra’s son’s allegedly mowed down farmers at a protest site there on October 3. It has also announced cash rewards — without mentioning the amount — for information about the suspects. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3ph1k4K via IFTTT
Inclusive Afghan govt on agenda of talks in Russia; India to attend
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The ‘Moscow Format’ talks on Wednesday, which will see the participation of the Taliban and 10 countries including India, will underline the need for an inclusive government in Afghanistan and seek consolidated international efforts to fend off a humanitarian crisis in the country. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3n9mNdj via IFTTT
Govt revisits proposal of 2014 panel on new umbrella green law
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Exploring ways to draft a new umbrella green law subsuming all existing environmental legislations, the government has revisited recommendations of the sevenyear old high-level committee that had suggested clubbing Air Act and Water Act with the Environment Protection Act of 1986 while treating laws on forests and wildlife separately. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3B19MY6 via IFTTT
North Korea confirms 'successful' submarine-launched missile test
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The US suburban couple accused of a bungled treason plot
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34 dead as record rains lash Uttarakhand, trigger floods
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Covid live: India to reach 100cr vax doses soon, says minister
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India will soon create history by achieving the target of vaccinating over 100 crore people against Covid-19, Union minister of state for health Bharati Pawar said here on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Pawar said vaccination is going on on a war footing in the country. She attributed the fast pace of inoculation to teamwork. Stay with TOI for all updates on coronavirus from India and around the world from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vr6hJr via IFTTT
Amarinder to launch new party, open to alliance with BJP
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Bangladesh stay alive in T20 WC with win over Oman
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Bangladesh kept their hopes of advancing to Super 12s stage alive with a nervy 26-run win over co-hosts Oman in their Group B match of the T20 World Cup. Opener Mohammad Naim struck a fine half-century to help Bangladesh set a 154-run target before bowlers led by star pacer Mustafizur Rahman (4/36) restricted Oman to 127 for 9. While Oman will take on Scotland, Bangladesh next play Papua New Guinea. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3phRboH via IFTTT
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Covid: Australia's Flying Doctors take vaccines to vast remote areas
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Major upgrade in weapons, surveillance and infrastructure in east to counter China
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Afghanistan in food crisis, India plans to send 50,000MT of wheat
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36 lakh, highest ever, to take CBSE Boards from Nov 16
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Power, water sops in poll-bound Punjab
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The Punjab cabinet on Monday decided to waive arrears of water supply charges in urban areas and pending electricity bills of rural water supply schemes in villages. The cabinet also announced a fixed monthly water user charge of Rs 50 across rural and urban parts of the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BVjFbg via IFTTT
Uttarakhand landslides kill 6, cuts off Nainital road links
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No end to communal unrest in Bangladesh as houses are torched
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Shah reviews internal security, discusses J&K targeted killings
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India and Israel agree on vaccine certificate recognition, FTA talks
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ndia and Israel agreed in principle to recognise each other’s vaccine certifications and restart talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) from November. These were the key outcomes after foreign minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on Monday. Israel also signed up as the latest member of the International Solar Alliance. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jeIffH via IFTTT
J&K government signs MoU with Dubai government
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Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday signed an MoU with the government of Dubai for development projects including real estate, industrial parks, IT towers, multipurpose towers, logistics, medical college and super specialty hospital, said J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3aRauMW via IFTTT
Tigray: Ethiopian government admits Mekelle airstrike
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Farmers' rail roko stir halts 210 trains, North India hit hardest
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'No new Covid variant of concern in last 6 months'
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No new coronavirus variant of concern emerged in the last six months, but constant vigil is a must, member of the national task force and chairman of Covid working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr NK Arora, told TOI.“However, there should be strict Covid discipline ahead of and during festivals,” he said, adding that the way forward was to effectively follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get every adult vaccinated. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3j9V5Mk via IFTTT
Kerala floods: Couple sail to wedding in large cooking pot
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Mastermind of deadly 2016 Baghdad bombing caught, Iraq says
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Hungary: Mayor Marki-Zay wins run-off to challenge Orban
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Covid: Thousands of children left without parents in Iran
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Songhaï: A 'zero waste' agricultural system to increase food security in Africa
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SKM to hold ‘rail roko’ today to seek Teni’s arrest, ouster
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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM will hold ‘rail roko’ protests scross the country on October 18 to demand the dismissal and arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. In a statement, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three agri laws, said “protests will only be intensified until justice is secured” in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2YVW5wV via IFTTT
Belarus: French ambassador leaves Minsk after Minsk expels him
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Nitish expresses concern over killing of Biharis in J&K
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Rains till October 21 due to low pressure systems: IMD
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A western disturbance and formation of two lower pressure systems — one over Arabian Sea and the other over the Bay of Bengal — will continue to cause rainfall in different parts of the country till October 21, the India Meteorological Department said in its latest weather updates on Sunday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jc22N0 via IFTTT
Onion & tomato prices rise in festive season, oil rates stable
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The average prices of pulses and major edible oils have remained almost same as a month back, the prices of onion and tomatoes have gone up due to increased fuel prices and damage to summer crops. The government data, which compiles the prices reported from over 100 centres, show that the average price of onions as on Sunday increased to Rs 39 a kg compared to Rs 28 a month back. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BTSZYh via IFTTT
Drones in check-in bags, batteries in hand baggage allowed
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India, US, Israel & UAE coming together to form a 2nd Quad?
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Israel wants India, with its transformed relationship with the Arab world, to play a greater role in the Middle East’s emerging strategic landscape.Jaishankar’s visit will be India’s first high-level engagement with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government, therefore closely watched in Israel.India, particularly Narendra Modi, enjoyed an unprecedented relationship with former PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3pdzSoC via IFTTT
Priyanka to be party’s face in Uttar Pradesh polls: Cong
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be the Congress face in Uttar Pradesh elections next year, the party said on Sunday in a statement of intent ahead of the crucial polls. It also said that Priyanka was the most popular face in UP and that Congress was in a direct contest with BJP, while Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have fallen behind in the race. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3FOslT0 via IFTTT
Mishra blames UP cops for BJP man’s snatching, killing
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Haiti kidnap: 400 Mawozo accused of US missionary kidnap
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SC collegium bats for 12 despite govt objection
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espite the Centre repeatedly expressing its reservations, the Supreme Court collegium has reiterated at least 12 names for appointment as high court judges — nine advocates for judgeship of the J&K, Calcutta and Karnataka HCs, and three district judges for the Allahabad HC. Some of the collegium’s recommendations have been repeated twice since 2018 and have been pending with the government because of “adverse” reports — some reportedly lack eligibility criteria — against them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3FWaauz via IFTTT
At Congress helm for now, Sonia Gandhi faces host of challenges
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2nd Nihang Sikh held in Singhu murder case
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A Nihang Sikh surrendered to Punjab Police on Saturday in the case related to the killing of a farm labourer near the farmers’ protest site at the Singhu border on Friday, becoming the second to be arrested for the grisly murder. Narayan Singh of Rakh Devidaspura village in Amritsar district confessed to the cops that he had chopped off the leg of Lakhbir Singh and that he wasn’t remorseful about what he had done. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3aJP8RB via IFTTT
Venezuelan President Maduro's close aide extradited to US
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Kheri violence: SIT recovers 2 weapons from house of accused
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The special investigation team (SIT), probing the October 3 incidents in Lakhimpur Kheri in which four farmers were mowed down by a jeep belonging to the son of Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra, on Sunday recovered a pistol and a gun from the Lucknow apartment of one the arrested accused Ankit Das. While the pistol is registered in the name of Ankit himself, the gun’s licence is in the name of his bodyguard, Latif. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3p7kry7 via IFTTT
The Chinese film beating Bond and Marvel at the box office
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Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse?
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Macron condemns 'unforgivable' 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris
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Robert Durst: US millionaire hospitalised with Covid after life sentence
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5 killed as heavy rain triggers landslides, flash floods in Kerala
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New song to highlight India’s 100-crore jabs landmark
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n the run-up to its efforts to reach the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid vaccine doses and to counter hestiancy, the central government on Saturday launched an audio-visual song produced and sung by renowned singer Kailash Kher. The song emphasises how vaccination has saved the country and its people from Covid-19 and that it’s the only way to defeat the virus. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3pdYi1d via IFTTT
Sudan: Protesters demand military coup as crisis deepens
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BJP mocks Cong with ‘Parivar bachao working committee’ jibe
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BJP on Saturday dubbed the Congress Working Committee meeting as “parivar bachao working committee”, alleging that it offered no answers to the issues of the party’s internal rift and its leadership’s failures, and instead indulged in spreading lies. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also criticised the CWC for not reacting to the brutal murder of a Dalit man at the Singhu border, one of the sites for the farmers’ protests, and questioned if the opposition party stood with the “Talibani mindset” behind the killing. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DKHxig via IFTTT
Pak NSA invited for India's Afghanistan conference
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Russia and Pakistan are among the countries India has invited for a meeting of the NSAs on the Afghanistan situation that India has proposed to host next month. China, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are also said to have been invited for the regional conference that will look to address the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country, along with the security situation and the need for the Taliban to uphold human rights. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3lNKMzj via IFTTT
Deadline misses to earn NH contractors ‘non-performer’ tag
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Every region in India is ‘mainland’: Shah in Port Blair
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India & US kick off military drill ‘Yudh Abhyas’ in Alaska
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India and the US have kicked off their ‘Yudh Abhyas’ military exercise in the snow-clad mountains of Alaska, with over 300 soldiers from each side taking part in combat manoeuvres. The joint exercise will facilitate both armies to know each other better, share their wide-ranging tactical experiences and enhance their situational awareness through information exchange. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jaSB09 via IFTTT
2nd Nihang Sikh held in Singhu murder case
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A Nihang Sikh surrendered to Punjab Police on Saturday in the case related to the killing of a farm labourer near the farmers’ protest site at the Singhu border on Friday, becoming the second to be arrested for the grisly murder. Narayan Singh of Rakh Devidaspura village in Amritsar district confessed to the cops that he had chopped off the leg of Lakhbir Singh and that he wasn’t remorseful about what he had done. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DMXBjE via IFTTT
Rahul may take over Congress reins from Sonia next year
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Rahul Gandhi appears to be getting ready to retake the reins of Congress, though only around August-September 2022, ruling out dissident G-23 call for early internal polls. The assumption of the party chief’s position is expected to potentially place Rahul Gandhi in a position to lead the party into the 2024 parliamentary elections. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2YTzQr0 via IFTTT
Pooja Hegde nails ultimate bridal look of season at BTFW
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Texas abortion law: Biden administration to request block on abortion ban
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Norway attack: Killer held in medical custody amid mental health investigation
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India plans own conference on Afghanistan in Nov
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India is likely to host its own conference on the developing situation in the country next month. The government is in touch with Russia, China, US and several regional countries for the conference which is likely to take place here in the second week of November. According to sources, India has proposed that the conference be held on November 10 or 11. While there are no plans yet to invite the Taliban for the conference, an invite to Pakistan is not ruled out. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3veQq0x via IFTTT
Meghan Markle's donation a 'lifesaver' for community kitchen users
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Issues sorted out, says Sidhu after Rahul meet
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Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu met Rahul Gandhi on Friday evening, a day after he held a meeting with AICC managers and said that he will abide by the decision of the party leadership on the issue of his resignation. Sidhu told reporters that he had shared his concerns with Rahul and “everything had been sorted out”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DCtLOG via IFTTT
Had no dynasty, caste backing, but got chance to lead: PM
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Intel gets info on new ISI-backed terrorist front
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The Indian intelligence establishment has been alerted about Pakistan-based groups floating a new tanzeem (terror organisation) that would claim responsibility for future attacks on security forces, their sources, mediapersons seen close to the government, non-locals in the Valley, Kashmiri Pandits, ruling party politicians, and industrialists, intelligence sources said. A hit list of 200 entities and their vehicle details has been prepared by ISI-backed groups, the intelligence suggests. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3p7ZSlm via IFTTT
Centre says methodology of Hunger survey unscientific
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Bhagwat: RSS concern at ‘rising Muslim share’ in popn
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday called for a reformulation of the national population policy to ensure demographic balance while reiterating the Sangh’s concerns about the rising share of Muslims in the country’s population. Speaking at the annual Vijayadashami event here to mark Sangh’s foundation day, Bhagwat also raised the issue of targeted killings of the minorities in Kashmir at the event. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DHzDWX via IFTTT
Singhu horror: Mob chops off man’s hand, lynches him; 1 held
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In a gruesome incident that has cast a shadow over the farmers’ protest at Singhu border, a 35-year-old man was beaten up by a mob, allegedly led by Nihangs, his left hand chopped off and both legs broken with a blunt object early on Friday morning. After he died of his injuries, his body was tied to an overturned police barricade in a version of medieval justice even as the mob exulted over their action. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3aFAqv5 via IFTTT
Electric guitar, violin & accessories at up to 60% off
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Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs to clinch fourth IPL title
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IPL: Ruturaj wins Orange Cap, Harshal takes Purple
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Chennai Super Kings batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad held the Orange Cap, while Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Harshal Patel took the Purple Cap in the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League. The 24-year-old Gaikwad registered a total of 635 runs in 16 matches. On the other hand, the 30-year-old Harshal scalped 32 wickets in 15 matches of this IPL season. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BNmsmM via IFTTT
Top Maoist carrying 1 cr bounty said to be dead in Bastar
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Top CPI (Maoist) central committee leader Akkiraju Haragopal alias Ramakrishna is believed to have died in the forests of Chhattisgarh, according to sources. He carried a combined reward of Rs 1 crore on his head. RK led the Naxal team from the Nallamala forest for peace talks with the AP government in September 2004. The 66-year-old hailed from Tumrupeta in Guntur district and became a target for security forces in AP and Odisha. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3vffqon via IFTTT
Aryan now in general cell, has video call with parents
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SCO meet: Rajnath cites Indira as nari shakti example
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India to attend Moscow talks on Afg involving Taliban
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Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder
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Agnes Tirop: Husband arrested in Kenya after athlete's death
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Steve Bannon: Congress plots criminal charge for former Trump aide
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100 cr vaccination mark: Govt plans big outreach
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Announcements will be made at airports, seaports, railway, bus and metro stations when India reaches the 100 crore vaccinations, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday as he shared plans of marking the moment with an impactful outreach to encourage more people to come forward and take the anti-Covid shot at the earliest. The 100 crore dose target is expected to be achieved by October 18 or 19, he said while launching a coffee table book on Covid warriors. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DE7NuH via IFTTT
Gandhis supreme, says Sidhu; he’ll remain PCC chief: Cong
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India now SUV market, sales outstrip hatches plus sedans
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India is no longer a small car market, and the country is in love with SUVs. More than half the passenger vehicles sold in September, as well as the July-September quarter, were SUVs that commanded more volumes than the cumulative might of hatchbacks and sedans. With sales of 87,720 units in September 2021, SUVs outnumbered the passenger cars category –– comprising hatchbacks and sedans — by a large distance as the latter could only sell 64,235 units in the same month. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3DIrqSh via IFTTT
With a new Michelin guide, Moscow's best-kept culinary secrets are out
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Father charged after toddler fatally shot mother during Zoom call
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‘Rail roko’ on Oct 18 if minister isn’t sacked: Farmers
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For six hours on October 18, farmers in “every district” will be out on railway tracks, staging a blockade in protest against “no action” being taken against Union minister Ajay Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, farmer leaders under the aegis of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Thursday. The minister has been accused of criminal conspiracy by farmers and his son has been arrested after being booked for killing four farmers and a journalist. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2YUe6LG via IFTTT
Shah warns enemies against ‘flirting’ with India’s borders
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Recalling the surgical strikes India carried out inside Pakistan-controlled territory to retaliate against a terror attack on an Army camp in Uri, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday sounded a stern warning to India’s enemies against “flirting” with the country’s borders and said every such act will be responded with befitting retaliatory moves by India. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3AJ8EYU via IFTTT