Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:26:59
India is ranked 122nd on a new Global Youth Development Index measuring the condition of young people across 181 countries, released by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London on Tuesday.
The triennial rankings of youth development found India among the top five risers on the index between 2010 and 2018, alongside Afghanistan and Russia, advancing their score on average by 15.74 per cent across
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:24:26
The Rajasthan government has introduced a scheme to provide interest-free loan up to Rs 50,000 to street vendors, people in the age group of 18-40 years working in the service sector and unemployed of urban areas hit by Covid-19-induced financial crisis.
In compliance with the budget announcement made by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the finance department issued a circular regarding the Indira
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:22:48
The government has not taken any decision on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) for the whole country, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Parliament on Tuesday.
He, however, said the government has decided to update the National Population Register (NPR) under the Citizenship Act, 1955, along with the first phase of Census 2021.
"Till now, the government has not taken
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:18:42
Bengaluru: As all efforts to assuage the disgruntled leaders upset over the cabinet portfolio allocation seems to be failing, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is preparing to visit New Delhi to find a solution to quell the dissidence in the party.
Bommai has already announced that he would be making a Delhi trip over the issue of Mekedatu in the coming week. The party insiders said tha
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:16:44
Farmers will oust the BJP government if it does not repeal the contentious agricultural laws and enacts a legislation guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) for crops, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said here on Monday.
Tikait, the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, made the remarks as he held a meeting with the BKU's office-bearers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and H
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:13:59
The state government will take a call on resuming physical classes for lower grades by month-end.
Though the experts and members of Technical Advisory Committee for Covid-19 were in favour of resuming offline classes for primary grades, the state government has put it on hold considering the parents’ feelings and difficulties in maintaining Covid-appropriate behaviour among students.
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:11:09
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested six people, including advocate and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, in connection with the anti-Muslim slogans allegedly raised during a protest at the Jantar Mantar here, officials said on Tuesday.
"Six people have been arrested after an FIR was registered at the Connaught Place Police Station related to provocative sloganeering at a programme
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:09:30
An industrialists' body here has launched a new political party and named Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni as the outfit's chief ministerial face for the 2022 Punjab assembly elections.
The new party -- Bharatiya Aarthik Party -- claims to represent farmers, traders and labourers, Representatives of various trade organisations met under the chairmanship of Chaduni, a f
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:07:49
The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered that public prosecutors cannot withdraw criminal cases against lawmakers accused under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) without sanction from high courts.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also said that it was mulling setting up of a special bench at the top court to monitor the cases against politicians.
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