Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:02:47
India's Covid tally rose to 3,44,66,598 on Wednesday with 10,197 fresh cases, while the active cases have declined to 1,28,555, the lowest in 527 days, according to the Union Health Ministry's data.
The death toll climbed to 4,64,153 after 301 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:57:58
There was a "stark collaboration" between the political class, bureaucracy, investigators and others during the 2002 Gujarat riots after the "national tragedy" of Sabarmati Express incident at Godhra and the SIT did not investigate these aspects, Zakia Jafri told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The apex court asked Zakia Jafri's counsel Kapil Sibal as to whether he was attributing motives to the
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:55:02
The Supreme Court Wednesday appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to supervise the Uttar Pradesh SIT's probe on day-to-day basis into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people including four farmers were killed on October 3.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli also took note of the names
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:39:59
Rains that lashed Uttara Kannada district caused huge loss to paddy crop grown in about 795-hectare area.
The paddy growers are struggling to save their crop which is getting damaged due to rains. Many farmers have started harvesting the paddy crop. However, rains caused damage to the crop that has been stocked in the fields for harvesting. As a result, the farmers are worried over saving the c
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:27:35
Debates on TV news channels are causing more pollution than anybody with statements made in the court being taken out of context, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said everyone has their own agenda and statements are taken out of context in these debates.
"You want to use some issue, make us observe and then make it controversial, and then only
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:23:10
The bureaucracy has developed "inertia" and does not want to take any decision, leaving it to the court to do everything, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while slamming it for inaction.
"It is apathy and just apathy," the apex court said.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:21:14
India and New Zealand on Wednesday agreed to work closely with each other in areas of cyber security, cyber crime and capacity building, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
The decision to expand bilateral cooperation in the cyber domain was taken at a two-day virtual dialogue that concluded on Wednesday.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:17:55
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the Chairman of the ICC men's Cricket Committee, the game's governing body said on Wednesday.
Ganguly will replace fellow Indian Anil Kumble, who stepped down after serving a maximum of three, three-year terms.
"I am delighted to welcome Sourav to the position of Chair of the ICC Men's Cricket Committee," ICC Chair Greg Barclay said in a re
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:16:07
In trouble for the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, four former ministers and three legislators have sent a joint resignation letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi saying they have not been provided an opportunity to be heard on party affairs in the union territory.
The leaders, who have quit, are close to senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and the resignations come days after his visit to Jamm
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