Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:37:38
Asserting that 'Neighbourhood First' must deliver in difficult times, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said this is a time for India to step up its support to its neighbours by understanding their problems and help out.
Speaking at the Asia Economic Dialogue via video conferencing, he cited the Indian government's efforts to deal with the Covid pandemic, saying free rations w
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:36:34
Chief Justice N V Ramana on Wednesday said that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a silent killer and it takes a long time to recover from the strain.
The remark came after the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and senior advocate Vikas Singh urged the apex court to revert to a full physical hearing.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:35:34
The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of offline board examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by the CBSE and several other boards this year.
A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar observed that such a petition creates 'false hope' and 'confusion' all over.
"This creates not only false hopes, it creates confusion all over to students who
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:33:21
Ukraine's security council on Wednesday approved plans to declare a state of national emergency, in response to the growing threat of a Russian invasion.
The measure, which must be formally approved by parliament, requires stepped-up document and vehicle checks, among other measures, the council's secretary Oleksiy Danilov said.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:31:48
Farmers' organisation Rashtriya Kisan Manch on Wednesday announced its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
In a letter written to the SP President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, Shekhar Dixit, the national president of the Manch, said his organisation has decided to extend full support to the SP.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:29:43
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Wednesday in a money-laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, officials said.
The 62-year-old NCP leader was taken into custody after he was questioned for about five hours at the ED office in south Mumbai's Ballard Estate area since around 8 AM.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:04:07
The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically Tuesday, with Russian lawmakers authorising President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and US President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:02:15
After Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday alleged that the "Central government has let out ED" behind the NCP leader because "he has been constantly speaking the truth".
Raut further said that from now on the state government will hand over all the cases against BJP leaders to the ED in order to gauge whether t
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:01:39
India and France are working together to uphold international law, said External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and emphasised that the two nations were seeking to deepen their partnership.
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