Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:41:05
The Bombay High Court on Monday warned the Maharashtra government of stern action if there are any more deaths of children due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing a public interest litigation filed in 2007, highlighting the high number of deaths of children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in the
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:36:46
A 10-party delegation from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in support of a nationwide caste-based census.
Kumar was joined by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and representatives of many other parties, including the BJP, and both leaders made a strong push for counting the population on the basis of caste.
Kumar told reporters later that Modi h
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:34:47
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said she believes that Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific will dictate the future of the world as she held talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as part of her Southeast Asia visit aimed at bolstering America's engagement in the region.
Harris, at a press conference here with Lee, pointed out that the agreements the US has inked with Sing
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:27:37
Minister for Social and Backward Classes Welfare Kota Srinivasa Poojary on Monday said that the government will take a final decision on releasing the caste-based socio-economic census report once the report is submitted by the State Backward Classes Commission.
Speaking to media he said that earlier when in Opposition in the Legislative Council, he too had demanded release of the report.
Mr
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:22:48
Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha insisted on administering two vaccine doses to all senior citizens in the district.
Speaking at district-level Covid-19 experts’ committee meeting, the DC said people aged above 60 should be tracked and vaccine should be administered to them, if they hadn’t taken the jab.
The people who are waiting for the second dose in the same age group should be assisted
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:11:38
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday raised concerns over the continuing glitches in the nation's new electronic tax filing portal with the chief executive of Infosys Ltd, which had developed the website.
Sitharaman met Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, at her office here and sought to know the reasons for not resolving the snags in the portal even after two-and-a-half-months since its lau
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:02:32
Over 15,000 jewellers across Gujarat kept their businesses shut on Monday as they joined the nationwide strike against the implementation of Hallmarking Unique ID (HUID) system, industry stakeholders claimed.
The 'token strike' against HUID was called by the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) and supported by various associations across the country, including Gujarat.
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:58:50
The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has warned of a third COVID-19 wave peak in October in its recent report to the Prime Minister's Office.
The NIDM's report quoted the Reuters' opinion survey of 40 experts that forecasted that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to hit India between July 15 and October 13, 2021.
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:56:17
The government will brief parliamentary leaders of various political parties on the developments in war-torn Afghanistan.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)) to brief the floor leaders of the political parties.
'In view of developments in Afghanistan, PM @narendramodi has instructed that MEA brief Floor L
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