In chilling warning to LeT, HM in Kashmir, Islamic State affiliate warns it 'will feel no weakness in slaying these enemies of Islam'

A militant outfit linked to Islamic State has declared a war on pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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Leptospirosis prevention: With monsoon season upon us, here's everything you need to know to avoid 'rat fever'

Rat fever-causing bacteria can enter a healthy person through cuts & wounds exposed to contaminated water.

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SC dismisses plea filed by PFI leader Azim Sharief for relief against UAPA charges for allegedly murdering RSS activist

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a leader of the Popular Front of India (PFI), Azim Shareif, against framing of charges against him in the RSS activist Rudresh murder case, in Bengaluru

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Trains running 10-20 minutes slower on Central line; commuters in Kalyan, Sion and Kurla affected

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai and its neighbouring areas for the fourth consecutive day today, leaving the financial capital struggling with waterlogging, choked drains, traffic jams and cancellations and delays in trains. Commuters in the Central line have been affected due to delayed trains in Sion, Kurla and Kalyan.

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Twenty killed as minibus falls in to gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district; rescue operation underway

Bodies of 20 passengers have been recovered so far, IGP, Jammu, MK Sinha, told PTI. Earlier, police officials had said that 24 people have been killed in the accident.

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Intense rainfall likely to continue for next 2 hours, predicts IMD; commuters tweet waterlogged Sion, Dadar East videos

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Intense spells of rainfall likely to continue in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar during the next two hours, the India Meteorological Department has predicted. Twitter users shared vides and cautioned others on avoiding Lower Parel, Dadar and Sion stations at all costs.

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National Doctor's Day 2019: Initiative an attempt to raise awareness about issues ailing medical community

National Doctor's Day is a United Nations-mandated cause which is observed in India on 1 July every year. This occasion marks the birth and death anniversary of Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, who is also one of the most renowned Indian physicians.

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Amarnath Yatra begins amid tight security, second batch of pilgrims en route to Baltal base camp in Jammu and Kashmir

The first batch of pilgrims left for Amarnath cave shrine from Baltal base camp, in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning, while the second batch is underway

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Train tracks submerged in Sion, Matunga, Kurla; traffic situation bad in Andheri, Kurla, Bandra, Charni Road, Santa Cruz, BKC

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Mumbai has been witnessing relentless heavy downpour from Sunday night and many parts of the city are expected to continue to see good showers today, according to the weather department. Train tracks in Sion, Matunga and Kurla stations were submerged. The rains, which have been intense in many parts of the city including Andheri, Kurla, Bandra, Charni Road, Santa Cruz, BKC and others, has resulted in water logging on streets and railway tracks causing inconvenience to people.

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Local trains in Western, Central, Harbour lines running late; 100 mm rainfall recorded between 4-5 am on Monday

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Local trains in Mumbai are running late after waterlogging on railway tracks due to heavy overnight rain in the city. Several short and long-distance trains have also been delayed or cancelled. At least 100 mm of rainfall was recorded between 4 and 5 am on Monday, with more than 360 mm recorded overnight.

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Mumbai rains: Goods train derails between Karjat and Lonavala; inter-city, long-distance affected

A goods train derailed between Karjat and Lonavala in Maharashtra on Monday, affecting Mumbai-Pune intercity and long distance services, a railway official said

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Customs seize 532 kg heroin, 52 kg narcotics in major haul at Attari, biggest ever grab along India-Pakistan border by any Indian agency

In a major breakthrough, the Customs Preventive Commissionerate, Amritsar, seized 532 kg of suspected heroin and 52 kg of mixed narcotics worth Rs 2,700 crore from an import consignment, on Saturday

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: BMC diverts traffic in Sion and Bandra West; rains to continue for a few more hours, predicts Skymet

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Following incessant rains through the night and early morning on Monday, severe water-logging was reported in parts of Ghatkopar, Palghar and Sion. Several commuters also tweeted images of a flooded Palghar station. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has diverted traffic in following areas: Gandhi Market traffic diverted via Bhau Daji Road and Sulochana Shetty Road. Also, traffic from National College in SV Road Bandra West has been diverted via Link Road.

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Mumbai rains LIVE updates: It will rain for three more hours, says Skymet, predicts flooding for 3-5 July

Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai early on Monday causing havoc for office-goers. The rains showed little signs of abetting with the private weather forecaster Skymet recording 63 mm of rains within a span of six hours between 11.30 pm (Sunday) and 5.30 am (Monday).

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Daily Bulletin: Amarnath Yatra begins; Amit Shah to introduce J&K Reservation (Amendment) Act in Rajya Sabha today; day's top stories

Amarnath Yatra begins today in Jammu and Kashmir; Tamil Nadu DMK to raise questions on water crisis during state assembly session; day's top stories.

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Plea in Delhi HC seeks enforcement of mental health care law; matter likely to be heard tomorrow

Petitioner advocate and social activist Amit Sahni sought a direction to the Delhi government to constitute a state mental health authority and district mental health review boards, and to enforce the provisions of the Act with immediate effect.

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Tribal woman beaten up by family members in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar over 'affair' with Dalit man; four held

A 21-year-old tribal woman was assaulted with sticks by her family members in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly eloping with a Dalit man, police said on Sunday.

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TRS leaders led by party MLA attack police, forest guards at Asifabad; legislator alleges officials were 'terrorising adivasi farmers'

A team of police and forest guards were attacked allegedly by ruling party Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) supporters in Asifabad district on Sunday

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KCR, Jagan Mohan Reddy likely to meet in Andhra Pradesh in July over bifurcation, Godavari water issue

The meeting would be a follow up of the one that both KCR and Jagan Mohan Reddy held on water sharing and other issues in Hyderabad last week.

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PoK-based United Jihad Council breaks silence on killing of Adil Dass due to suspected infighting, calls for unity among militant groups

Syed Salahuddin, however, did not acknowledge or attempt to negate the allegations on Adil Ahmad Dass' killing, even as he called for punishing the guilty.

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Pune wall collapse: Court remands two builders to police custody till 2 July; developers face charges of culpable homicide

A Maharashtra court on Sunday remanded two builders, arrested in connection with the wall collapse in Kondhwa, in police custody till 2 July.

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Delhi govt extends summer holidays till 8 July for school students upto Class 8 due to heatwave

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday announced that summer holidays would be extended till 8 July for Delhi schools for students up to class eight. 'Due to weather conditions prevailing in Delhi, summer holidays have been extended by a week', he said. All India Weather Warning Bulletin said that the heat wave condition is likely to prevail over Delhi with minimum and maximum temperatures hovering around 32 degree Celsius and 43 degree Celsius, respectively with relative humidity of around 28 percent.

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India signs Rs 200-crore deal with Russia to acquire 'Strum Ataka' anti-tank missile for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers

The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200 crore and would give an added capability to the Mi-35 attack choppers to take out enemy tanks and other armoured elements.

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Harsh Vardhan dispatches central team to Assam to probe Japanese Encephalitis cases, says he is 'closely monitoring' situation

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday dispatched a central team to review health situation in Assam after Japanese Encephalitis cases reported in the state

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Amarnath Yatra 2019: First batch of devotees starts pilgrimage from Jammu base camp; authorities assure adequate security

Advisor to the Governor in Jammu and Kashmir, KK Sharma flagged off the first batch of devotees for the Amarnath Yatra after conducting a puja at the Jammu base camp on Sunday.

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Pakistan celebrates Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, pays tribute to Bhagat Singh; but India opposes Jinnah's portrait because of 'religious nationalism'

The question is why Pakistan thinks that these men are celebrated when India is going through a strong anti-Muslim phase. And it is because Pakistan also has a powerful Punjabi nationalism. More than half of Pakistan is Punjabi speaking.

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Fourteen-year-old Lucknow boy tortured in police custody on suspicion of theft; three officials suspended

A fourteen-year-old boy apprehended on suspicion of theft was allegedly tortured in police custody, said police on Saturday. Based on the medical reports of the boy, the Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani had suspended three personnels from Telibagh police station. 'The police officials were also asking me to accept that the e-rickshaw was stolen by me, since I denied accepting the same, I was beaten', said the victim.

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'Mann ki Baat' address: Narendra Modi urges people to conserve every drop as water crisis looms large over India

During Mann ki Baat, Narendra Modi also commented on his trip to the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand right before the counting day, and said that his secluded time in the cave allowed him to compensate for the emptiness caused by not being able to address the nation.

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'Faith is beyond attire': Nusrat Jahan slams religious 'hardliners' criticising her for sporting 'un-Islamic' look; Shazia Ilmi supports TMC MP

Nusrat Jahan was seen sporting sindoor - traditionally worn by Hindu and Jain women - and a pink and white saree during her oath-taking ceremony in Parliament on 25 June.

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Muslim boy in Kanpur thrashed for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' while returning from Friday prayers, FIR registered under Section 153A

A young Muslim boy was allegedly thrashed by unidentified men here for denying to chant 'Jai Shri Ram', police said here on Saturday. Circle Officer Manoj Kumar Gupta said that three to four unidentified motorcyclists stopped Taj for overtaking them and objected to him wearing the skull cap. A medical examination of the victim has been done and an FIR has been registered under the relevant sections of Indian Penal Code including Section 153A.

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G20 Osaka Summit: India stays firm on trade, terrorism and tariff talks; PM's bonhomie with world leaders carried weight of carefully crafted foreign policy

The US is neither the ogre that certain left-leaning liberals like to think it is nor is it - nor should be - in the business of charity. Yet it is probably one of our most useful levers or balances in the global power game.

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Budgam encounter: One militant killed during crossfire in central Kashmir's Chadoora; mobile services suspended

A militant was shot dead in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir during an encounter between terrorists and security forces in central Kashmir's Chadoora.

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Kartarpur Corridor: India suggests fresh round of talks with Pakistan in July after red flagging pro-Khalistani faces on panel

In November 2018, Pakistan agreed to set up the border-crossing linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.

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India and the Indian: Inequitable majority-minority relations no longer a fringe phenomenon

The minority is now officially reconfigured as an obstacle to development, a drain on resources, an alien and socially divisive element that weakens cultural cohesion; a primitive, non-modern and unassimilable remnant of the past.

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Budgam encounter: Militants engage in firing as security forces launch search operation in central Kashmir's Chadoora

Exchange of fire underway in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir after an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces.

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Amarnath Yatra 2019: First batch of devotees start pilgrimage from Jammu base camp; authorities assure of adequate security

Advisor to the Governor in Jammu and Kashmir, KK Sharma flagged off the first batch of devotees for the Amarnath Yatra after conducting a puja at the Jammu base camp on Sunday.

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Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' resumes today; India to take on England in ICC World Cup; day's top stories

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi returns with his 'Mann Ki Baat' address, thirty-six Uttar Pradesh office-bearers quit Congress following poll debacle, India take on England in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019; and more top stories of the day

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G20 Summit in Osaka: Ivanka terms Modi-Trump meet 'productive conversation with critical ally'

White House adviser, Ivanka Trump, described the meeting between the US President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "productive conversation" and also termed India a "critical ally".

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mann ki Baat returns from tomorrow; was on hiatus since March

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return with his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat' from 30 June.

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Pune wall collapse: Devendra Fadnavis announces Rs 5L for victims' kin; 3-member team to submit report in 24 hrs

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the people killed in the Pune wall collapse and ordered an inquiry into the incident.

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Alwar lynching victim Pehlu Khan, sons charged with cow smuggling; Ashok Gehlot blames BJP govt, assures re-investigation

55-year-old Pehlu Khan, a native of Nuh in Haryana, was allegedly beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on the Delhi-Alwar highway on 1 April, accusing him of smuggling cattle. He succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on 3 April.

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K Shanmugam appointed as Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, JK Tripathy is new police chief

The Tamil Nadu government named K Shanmugam as Chief Secretary with the incumbent Girija Vaidyanathan retiring tomorrow and JK Tripathy as the Director General of Police.

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Sushma Swaraj vacates official residence; Twitterati hails former external affairs minister for 'setting example'

Earlier on 10 June, Sushma Swaraj had denied reports suggesting that she was appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh after Union Minister Harsh Vardhan tweeted congratulating her for it.

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Day not far when potable water will be rationed resource, warns Jal Shakti Ministry; predicts 'Day Zero'-like situation for 17 states

'Day Zero' literally means a situation when the government is forced to shut off the taps and strictly ration water for public and industrial use

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Tamil Nadu water crisis: Madras HC asks govt to work with NGOs to conserve resource; says don't stop protests as they 'spread awareness'

The Madras High Court has said that the Tamil Nadu government should work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies and should allow protests highlighting the crucial issue.

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Alwar mob lynching: Victim Pehlu Khan, sons charged with cow smuggling; Owaisi slams Congress govt, says party a replica of BJP

55-year-old Pehlu Khan, a native of Nuh in Haryana, was allegedly beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes near Behror in Rajasthan on the Delhi-Alwar highway on 1 April, accusing him of smuggling cattle. He succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on 3 April.

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Three dead, 10 injured after speeding tempo rams into water tanker in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri

Three people were killed while ten others sustained injuries after a speeding tempo traveller rammed into a water tanker on NH24 near East Delhi's Kalyanpuri area.

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LIC ADO admit card 2019: LIC India releases hallticket for Apprentice Development Officer post on licindia.in

LIC ADO admit card 2019 | The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has released the admit card for Apprentice Development Officer (ADO) 2019 preliminary examination on Friday, 28 June.

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Devendra Fadnavis orders inquiry into Pune wall collapse, city mayor Mukta Tilak halts construction work at site

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed his condolences to families of those who lost their lives due to the wall collapse in Pune on Saturday.

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RedInk Awards 2019: Sonali Jain of Firstpost wins prize under women empowerment category

Former Tribune journalist, Rachna Khaira bagged the 'RedInk Journalist of the Year Award' for her far-reaching expose on the functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of Indian (UIDAI) and its Aadhar data cache, reported Outlook.

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Supreme Court to hear Ayodhya land dispute, Rafale case after re-opening on 1 July

Upon re-opening on 1 July after a six-week summer vacation, the Supreme Court will deal with sensitive cases including the Ayodhya land dispute, review pleas in the Rafale case and the contempt case against Rahul Gandhi.

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After NITI Aayog says UP healthcare worst in country, state minister takes stock of situation, suspends Azamgarh chief pharmacist

Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh inspected the functioning of medical services in Uttar Pradesh and took note of discrepancies in the health department.

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Pune rains kill 15 in wall collapse, 3 dead in Mumbai; heavy downpour expected to abate by Sunday, says IMD

Pune received its entire monthly average worth of rains between Thursday and Friday alone. Pune received 73.1 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours, the second highest rainfall in June since 2010. Total rainfall for June currently stands at 134.3 mm, IMD said.

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Maharashtra Rains: Wall collapse kills 17 in Pune, 3 dead in Mumbai; heavy downpour expected to abate by Sunday, says IMD

Pune received its entire monthly average worth of rains between Thursday and Friday alone. Pune received 73.1 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours, the second highest rainfall in June since 2010. Total rainfall for June currently stands at 134.3 mm, IMD said.

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Uttar Pradesh ranks first in building affordable housing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana; Andhra Pradesh slips to second spot

Uttar Pradesh raced ahead of Andhra Pradesh to clinch the first position in providing roofs to residents of the state under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY).

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RedInk Awards 2019: Sonali Jain of Firstpost wins prize under women empowerment category for reportage on virginity test amid Kanjarbhat community

Former Tribune journalist, Rachna Khaira bagged the 'RedInk Journalist of the Year Award' for her far-reaching expose on the functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of Indian (UIDAI) and its Aadhar data cache, reported Outlook.

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Jharkhand mob lynching: Social media, TV news and lack of faith in institutions eroding individual identities, morality

Last week in Jharkhand, Tabrez Ansari, a young man in his 20s who worked as a welder in Pune, was caught by a mob who suspected him of being a thief and beaten to within an inch of his life over a period of several hours.

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India and the Indian: The Remembered and the Forgotten, by Sunalini Kumar and Sarnath Banerjee

The nation takes your memory away in other ways. It makes your memories irrelevant, your stories ridiculous. It says the sky and sea are not yours to know, the soil is not yours to till, and the goddess is a fiction only illiterates recite.

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Daily Bulletin: All eyes on day two of G20 Summit as US-China trade showdown looms, rains to continue in Mumbai; day's top stories

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be engaged in back-to-back bilateral talks at G20 Summit - significantly with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.

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Daily Bulletin: All eyes at day two of G20 Summit as US-China trade showdown looms, rains to continue in Mumbai; day's top stories

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be engaged in back-to-back bilateral talks at G20 Summit - significantly with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.

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'Donald Trump has taught us good lesson,' says Farooq Abdullah after US president's remark on India's retaliatory tariff hike

Farooq Abdullah quipped that Donald Trump has taught India a "good lesson" while referring to Trump's recent comments asking India to withdraw "unacceptable" tariffs on American goods.

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: BMC says 43 mm rainfall in Island City, 142 mm in suburbs; Central, Western Railways running behind schedule

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: BMC said in the last five hours, Mumbai has recorded an average rainfall of 43.23 mm in the island city, 64.14 mm in eastern suburbs and 78.21 mm in western suburbs.

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Bandra receives 30 mm rainfall in an hour; commuters advised to avoid King's Circle, Dr Ambedkar Road

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Bandra has recorded the maximum rainfall of 30 mm between 10 am to 11 am on Friday. SkymetWeather said that Santa Cruz region has already received a "whopping" 96 mm rainfall in just three hours.

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Security forces kill militant at encounter in central Kashmir's Budgam, identity of terrorist yet to be ascertained

A militant was killed on Friday in an encounter with security forces in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

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Uttar Police guns down two alleged 'notorious criminals' who carried bounties on their heads in Suratganj town encounter

Two alleged notorious criminals were killed in an encounter with police in Suratganj township of the Mohdpur Khala area, a police officer said

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Santa Cruz records 96 mm rainfall in just three hours, SkymetWeather expects rains to be more intense

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: SkymetWeather said that Santa Cruz region has already received a "whopping" 96 mm rainfall in just three hours. It also predicted that there are high chances of a three digit rainfall in Mumbai today.

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8-year-old boy dies after being stuck by lighting amid heavy rains in Maharashtra's Palghar district

An eight-year-old boy died after being struck by lightning amid rains in a village near here in Maharashtra, an official said on Friday

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Flight operations normal, barring one diversion at around 9 am, says MIAL spokesperson

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Though the visibility at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has been recorded at 1500 metres, flight operations were not affected.

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Adil Ahmad Dass killing: Did Hizbul Mujahideen and LeT lure Islamic State militants into a trap?

On the morning of 27 June, security forces recovered the body of Adil Ahmad Dass from the orchards in the Bijbehara area. Adil was recruited by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba in July 2018, but had recently defected to an outfit that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State

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Parliament LIVE: Amit Shah tables his first Bill in Lok Sabha on extension of President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir

Parliament LIVE updates: Minister of Communications, Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday is to introduce a bill to further amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 and further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, which is to be taken into consideration. Prasad will also introduce a motion for the bill to be passed.

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Andheri subway waterlogged, partially shut; traffic diverted on SV Road near Bandra's National College

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Andheri subway is waterlogged and services are temporarily suspended for traffic. Commuters are taking hours to travel from Andheri West to the Eastern line.

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Two killed in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra's Nashik, as heavy rains continue to lash district for 4th consecutive day

Two people, including a teenage girl, were killed in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra's Nashik district which was lashed by heavy showers for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life, said officials

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Tabrez Ansari one of many victims of Jai Shri Ram obsession: Rundown of latest incidents of right-wing mobs targeting minorities

When the 17th Lok Sabha convened for the first time on 18 June, a curious and worrying phenomenon manifest itself in the House of People. The Members of Bharatiya Janata Party decided to celebrate their brute majority by heckling members of the Opposition, especially Muslims, with the slogan Jai Shri Ram.

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Parts of Juhu, Vile Parle, Mulund receive first heavy downpour; Dharavi, Vasai witness water-logging

Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Mumbai had experienced light showers in areas such as Santa Cruz and Andheri on Wednesday. As per Met department's prediction, the monsoon would gain strength with a forecast of widespread rainfall in Goa and Konkan including Mumbai for four days till 29 June.

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G20 Summit in Osaka: Donald Trump sounds conciliatory note, but his inconsistencies hamper progress in India-US ties

Donald Trump's posturing may even be counted as beneficial for bilateral ties because it lowers expectations and forces both parties to dive deep into negotiations.

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Parliament LIVE: Key Aadhaar-related bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha to see private member bill against manual scavenging

Parliament LIVE updates: Minister of Communications, Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday is to introduce a bill to further amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 and further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, which is to be taken into consideration. Prasad will also introduce a motion for the bill to be passed.

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Parts of Juhu, Vile Parle, Mulund in Mumbai receive first heavy downpour of monsoons; Dharavi, Vasai witness water logging

Mumbai had experienced light showers in areas such as Santa Cruz and Andheri on Wednesday. As per Met department's prediction, the monsoon would gain strength with a forecast of widespread rainfall in Goa and Konkan including Mumbai for four days till 29 June.

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Delhi University releases first admission list for Science, Arts, Commerce streams; 99% cut-off for Political Science Honours in Hindu College

DU announced its first cut-off list for admission to undergraduate courses late Thursday night, with Hindu College pegging the highest score of 99% for Political Science Honours

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TMC delegates claiming credit for restoring peace in Bhatpara will be welcomed with 'Jai Shri Ram' chants, says BJP MP Arjun Singh

BJP MP from Barrackpore, Arjun Singh, said Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation to Bhatpara will be welcomed with 'Jai Shri Ram' chants.

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Cab driver beaten, abused and forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in Thane; police arrest three accused

Thane police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said, "Based on the content of the complaint, we have registered an offence and have also included the section for insulting and hurting religious beliefs. The three accused have been arrested by the police and are in our custody. Further investigation is going on."

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India and the Indian: Will we never be able to achieve consensus on being legitimately Indian, writes Aakash Singh Rathore

Swept away by the exclusivistic sense of the nation, we, in our fear and weakness, are permitting it to define who gets to be a bona fide Indian - always with tragic consequences.

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Delhi University releases first admission list for UG courses, 99% cut-off for Political Science Honours in Hindu College

DU announced its first cut-off list for admission to undergraduate courses late Thursday night, with Hindu College pegging the highest score of 99% for Political Science Honours

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Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi meets Donald Trump in Osaka; Ravi Shankar Prasad to introduce Aadhaar-related bill in LS; day's top stories

Daily Bulletin: Modi holds bilateral talks with US President Donald Trump ahead of G20 summit opening;Amit Shah to introduce the amendment of Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, in LS today; day's top stories

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Bombay High Court likely to give verdict on 16% Maratha quota today; petitioners say move 'destroys concept of equality'

The Bombay High Court on Thursday is expected to announce its judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the Maharashtra government's decision to grant 16 percent quota to Maratha community

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Foreign minister Jaishankar's rebuttal to US report on religious freedom is hypocritical; rule of law is weakly articulated in India

Theoretically, the Constitution does protect the religious freedom of citizens and the rule of law protects fundamental rights. But anybody who follows public affairs even in the most cursory manner knows how weakly the rule of law is articulated in India and how easily constitutional guarantees can be violated

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Madhya Pradesh approves proposal for anti-cow vigilante law; draft bill proposes up to 5-yr jail term, Rs 50,000 fine

The punishment will be extended to a minimum of one-year and maximum five years in case a mob is involved in cow vigilantism.

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Opposition urges govt to rein in carriers, raises concern over steep airfares during calamities like cyclone, floods in Lok Sabha

Members of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Thursday flagged the issue of steep airfares especially during natural calamities like cyclones and riots

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Jharkhand mob lynching: AIMIM gives Rs 50,000 compensation to Tabrez Ansari's kin; appeals Narendra Modi to curb such incidents

Social activists have come forward to provide assistance to the kin of Tabrez Ansari, who died after allegedly being lynched by a mob on suspicion of theft in Jharkhand.

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G20 Osaka Summit: Narendra Modi meets Shinzo Abe first time after taking charge as prime minister in second stint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held talks on Thursday during which they discussed a range of issues of mutual interest. The prime minster said that President Ram Nath Kovind will participate in the coronation ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in October. The Prime Minister congratulated Abe and Japan's citizens for the start of the Reiwa era.

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Jharkhand mob lynching: Delhi Waqf board chairman steps in, announces ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh, job for Tabrez Ansari's wife

Delhi Waqf Board chairman and AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Thursday said that the panel will give Rs 5 lakhs and a job to the wife of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari who was lynched in Jharkhand

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G-20 Summit in Osaka kickstarts with climate change, trade war as top agenda; bilateral talks of India, US, China, Russia to remain in focus

Even as world leaders will endorse a deal on marine plastic waste and find common ground on climate change, Japan's own environmental record is under increasing scrutiny. Activists say Japan has fallen behind on reducing plastic consumption and is caving to US pressure to water down language on climate change to achieve a unanimous statement on the issue.

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Madras University Result 2019: MU to announce UG, PG April results today, check scores on unom.ac.in

Madras University Result 2019| The Madras University is expected to announce the Madras University semester results for its undergraduate and post graduate courses today (Thursday, 27 June). Once released, the students who appeared for the examinations will be able to check and download their result from the official website of the University at unom.ac.in.

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Amit Shah in Jammu and Kashmir: During maiden visit to state, home minister visits family of cop killed in Anantnag terror attack

Home minister Amit Shah visited the family of Jammu and Kashmir Police inspector Arshad Ahmed Khan, who was killed in a terror attack in Anantnag on 12 June.

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Congress issues whip to Rajya Sabha MPs day after Narendra Modi accused Opposition of not holding important discussions in House

The Congress on Thursday issued a three-line whip to its MPs to be present in Rajya Sabha

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G20 Osaka Summit: Indian tariffs unacceptable, tweets Donald Trump ahead of bilateral meet with Narendra Modi

Trump known for his whimsical outbursts on Twitter, just now took to the microblogging site to stress that India was wrong in mounting retaliatory tariffs on US imports after the latter dropped India from a list of 'preferred trade partners'

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IAF Jaguar pilot jettisons two fuel tanks, practice bombs after bird hit; lands safely at Ambala air base

Early reports have quoted IAF sources as saying that an Indian Air Force pilot jettisoned fuel tanks of his aircraft after one of the aircraft's engines failed after being hit by a bird

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Jharkhand mob lynching: Tabrez Ansari's family condemns media for 'false reports' claiming his father was also beaten to death

The family members of Tabrez Ansari who was allegedly lynched by a mob earlier this month, claimed that the reports of his father Maskoor Alam's death 15-years-ago due to mob lynching are false. They said that Tabrez's father was murdered over a dispute with friends. Tabrez Ansari was attacked by a mob in Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on the suspicion of theft on 18 June and succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital on 22 June.

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Indian tariffs unacceptable, says Donald Trump ahead of bilateral meet with Narendra Modi

The US president known for his whimsical outbursts on Twitter, just now took to the microblogging site to stress that India was wrong in mounting retaliatory tariffs on US imports after the latter dropped India from a list of 'preferred trade partners'

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Nirav Modi extradition case: Fugitive diamantaire to appear in UK court via video link from prison for routine hearing

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi is set to appear via video link from prison for a routine remand hearing before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Thursday

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India and the Indian: How a country treats its own is the nationalism to be proud of, writes Omair Ahmad

While there is a nationalism that measures India in the world, there is also another nationalism that measures itself of India versus India, which is no less potent, and no less important.

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Top agendas for Narendra Modi at G-20 Osaka Summit: Sustainable development, climate change, terrorism and women empowerment

In his departure statement ahead of his visit to Osaka in Japan for the G20 Summit, Modi said he looked forward to discussing major challenges and opportunities faced by the world with other global leaders.

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Jharkhand mob lynching: US body on religious freedom condemns 'brutal' murder of Tabrez Ansari, urges Modi govt to curb violence

The report detailed numerous concerns in Jharkhand, including its anti-conversion law and mob violence against religious minorities. In 2018, USCIRF released a special report on limitations on religious minorities in South Asia, including in India.

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G20 Osaka Summit: Narendra Modi receives warm welcome by Indian community, will meet world leaders, including Donald Trump

Modi said that the two-day Osaka summit will also be an important stepping stone for India towards hosting the G20 summit in 2022 'when we usher in a New India in the 75th anniversary year of our Independence'.

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Disability pension remains bone of contention amid defence ministry's unyielding attitude over ex-servicemen's appeals

The Central Board of Direct Taxes' (CBDT) 24 June circular bringing disability pension under the tax scanner is the latest bone of contention between the retired Armed Forces personnel and the government

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Daily Bulletin: Modi in Japan for G-20 Summit; verdict on Maratha quota expected, Amit Shah to review security situation in Kashmir; day's top stories

Modi reaches Japan for G-20 Summit; Indore BJP MLA arrested for beating official sent for judicial custody; HC verdict on Maratha quota to be out today; top stories for the day

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Panjab University BA LLB Result 2019: Panjab University to release relesult for BA LLB today, check scores on puchd.ac.in

Panjab University BA LLB Result 2019| Panjab University is expected to release the results for the PU BA LLB 2019 exam today (Wednesday, 26 June). Once declared the results will be available on the official website of the University at puchd.ac.in.

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Rajasthan Police register case after video of two Dalit men beaten up for attending birthday party with girl in Bundi goes viral

Rajasthan Police have registered a case after two Dalit men were allegedly beaten by a mob in Bundi for attending a birthday party with a female friend.

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Mike Pompeo meets Narendra Modi, S Jaishankar and Ajit Doval; terrorism, tarrifs and Russia deal on agenda at US-India talks

Jaishankar and Pompeo's meet is expected to set the ground for Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka later in June

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Key Balakot air strikes planner Samant Goel is new R&AW chief; Arvind Kumar takes over as Intelligence Bureau director

Before replacing Anil Dhasmana as R&AW chief, Samant Goel was heading operations for the external spy agency and was instrumental in planning the 26 February Balakot air strikes as well as the 2016 surgical strikes carried out in retaliation to the terror attack at Uri brigade.

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CCTV footage helps Delhi Crime Branch get hold of two suspects in Vasant Vihar triple murder case

The Delhi Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested the main suspects in the Vasant Vihar triple murder case.

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UPSEE Counselling 2019: UPSEE counselling begins today, check details of full schedule on upsee.nic.in

UPSEE Counselling 2019| The online process of Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Exam (UPSEE) 2019 counselling will commence from today (Wednesday, 26 June) on the official website. Students who qualified in the UPSEE 2019 are advised to register for the counselling process today by logging on to the website at upsee.nic.in.

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Additional Assam NRC draft exclusion list published, features names of over 1 lakh 'ineligible' people; check addnl.nrcdrafts.com

The NRC in Assam is being updated under the monitoring of the Supreme Court and the final list is scheduled to be released on 31 July.

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Jharkhand mob lynching: Social media, TV news and lack of faith in institutions eroding individual identities, morality

Last week in Jharkhand, Tabrez Ansari, a young man in his 20s who worked as a welder in Pune, was caught by a mob who suspected him of being a thief and beaten to within an inch of his life over a period of several hours.

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Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019 Declared: BA part I and II result announced; check details on uniraj.ac.in

Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019: The Rajasthan University or RU is announced the result for the Bachelor of Arts part I (BA first year) and BA part II (second year) on the official website uniraj.ac.in

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Andheri, Santacruz witness light showers; monsoon will gain strength with widespread rainfall in Mumbai, Goa, Konkan till June 29, predicts IMD

Light showers were witnessed in Mumbai on Wednesday morning in areas like Andheri and Santacruz, a day after onset of the south-west monsoon was announced in Maharashtra.

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India secures UNSC non-permanent membership for 2021-22 with support from Asia-Pacific group including Pakistan and China

In a highly significant diplomatic win for India and a testament to its growing global stature, India's candidature for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term was unanimously endorsed by the Asia-Pacific group of the world body, including Pakistan and China.

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Amit Shah to visit Jammu and Kashmir today; home minister will review security situation in view of Amarnath Yatra

Home Minister Amit Shah will fly to Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to review the overall security situation in the state and also discuss security arrangements for Amarnath Yatra, in particular.

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'Open your eyes... country is being torn apart': First-time TMC MP Mahua Moitra sets stage for Parliamentary debate in fiery, maiden Lok Sabha speech

In her maiden speech in Parliament, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra warned that prevalent signs suggest that India is moving towards fascism. During the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Lok Sabha, the Krishnanagar MP said, 'Only if you would open your eyes, you would see that there are signs everywhere, that this country is being torn apart.'

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Yogi Adityanath orders strict action against erring officials of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, says department is 'on ventilator'

Expressing dissatisfaction at the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, Yogi Adityanath sought to find a "substitute" for the department, saying that it is "on ventilator".

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Strained trade ties with US, H1-B visa, S-400 defence deal with Russia looms large over S Jaishankar-Mike Pompeo talks

Ahead of the strategically-important India-US talks, diplomatic sources on Tuesday said India meets the US waiver criteria for procuring the S-400 missile defence system from sanctions-hit Russia, and asserted that New Delhi cannot wish away its defence ties with Moscow.

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India and the Indian: We're lulled to think that citizens control the narrative, writes Palash Krishna Mehrotra

At present, the nationalism of pitting one against the other seems self-indulgent. Can a poor country afford the luxury of toying with an ideology which is neither taking us back to the intellectual positives nor leapfrogging us to a sky-scraping neon future?

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India and the Indian: We're lulled to think that citizens control the narrative, writes Palash Krishna Mehrotra

At present, the nationalism of pitting one against the other seems self-indulgent. Can a poor country afford the luxury of toying with an ideology which is neither taking us back to the intellectual positives nor leapfrogging us to a sky-scraping neon future?

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India, US natural allies, will extend cooperation in Indo-Pacific region, says Washington as Mike Pompeo visits New Delhi

The United States and India are moving quickly to achieve their shared vision for a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region by expanding cooperation in areas such as energy, aviation, and space, it added.

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Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019 Declared: BA part I and II result announced; check details on uniraj.ac.in

Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019: The Rajasthan University or RU is announced the result for the Bachelor of Arts part I (BA first year) and BA part II (second year) on the official website uniraj.ac.in

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Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019: BA part I and II result declared; check details on uniraj.ac.in

Rajasthan University Uniraj Result Arts 2019: The Rajasthan University or RU is announced the result for the Bachelor of Arts part I (BA first year) and BA part II (second year) on the official website uniraj.ac.in

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Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi to address Rajya Sabha today; Mike Pompeo arrives in India for 2-day visit; day's top stories

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in India, he will hold discussions with MEA S Jaishankar; Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir today to review security situation ahead of Amarnath Yatra; additional exclusion list of draft NRC expected to be out today; top stories for the day

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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: India among major hubs for illegal trading of narcotics

Over the last couple of decades, drug consumption has become one of the gravest problems affecting the children and youth of the country.

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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: Tackling criminal network key to sustainable development

The United Nations has sought to emphasise that tackling drug abuse leads directly to both health and justice, which are two sides of the same coin.

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PNB scam: Bombay HC seeks report from JJ Hospital doctors on Mehul Choksi's health; Antigua to revoke citizenship

Choksi, accused of money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate in the multi-crore PNB scam, is presently in Antigua and has told the high court that he is unable to travel to India due to ill health.

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Madras HC allows Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini to personally appear on 5 July to argue on plea for leave

The Madras HC granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on 5 July and argue on her plea for six months leave

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Odisha: Miffed over inter-caste relation, angry mob tonsures couple, parades them; police complaint filed against 21 accused

A couple in Odisha was tonsured and allegedly paraded around in the village by local after the man, allegedly the woman's lover, went to visit her at her home in Mandua village of Karanjia block in Mayurbhanj on Saturday

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44th anniversary of Emergency: Narendra Modi says democracy prevailed over authoritarianism, Rajnath terms period 'darkest chapters in Indian history'

BJP leaders on Monday remembered the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25 June, 1975 and paid homage to all those who resisted the Emergency.

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Harayana jail minister KL Panwar defends convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim's parole, asks media not to link hearing with elections

Coming to the defence of convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Haryana jail minister on Tuesday told the media not to link the parole hearing of the self-styled godman to elections

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On 44th anniversary of 1975 Emergency, Mamata Banerjee fires fresh salvo against Narendra Modi, says Centre has not learnt anything from history

Taking aim at the BJP-led central government, Mamata Banerjee asserted that the country went through a period of 'Super Emergency' in the last five years.

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Antigua to revoke Mehul Choksi's citizenship: PM says economic offender will be extradited to India after he 'exhausts all legal options'

Antigua and Barbuda has agreed to revoke the citizenship of economic offender Mehul Choksi, who is accused in the PNB scam along with nephew Nirav Modi.

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Kailash Mansarovar yatra: 44 pilgrims from Telangana stranded in Nepal's Hilsa after travel agency abandons them on return trip

Forty-four people from Telangana have been left stranded since the last four days near the Nepali town of Hilsa after a travel agency they were registered with abandoned them while returning from their pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar. One of the passengers said that the area, where they have been stranded, is completely surrounded by hills and a few of them are gradually falling sick. 'I request the state government to help us get back to our homes safely', he said.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Talks with Hurriyat despite governor's hope seem unlikely amid Pakistan factor, caveat from state BJP, house arrests of separatists

The Pakistani connection to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir rules out the possibility of a dialogue with the Hurriyat or any other group in the near future and also raises the question of whether the olive branch is a ploy or a mark of serious intent to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

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TUEE Result 2019: Tezpur University to declare result for TUEE 2019 today, check tezu.ernet.in for details

TUEE Result 2019| Tezpur University is expected to release the results for the Tezpur University Entrance Exam (TUEE) 2019 today (Tuesday, 25 June). TUEE result 2019 will be declared on tezu.ernet.in.

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Mumbai college admissions: High cut-offs worry aspirants as many institutes announce no third list for FYBA

The third and final cut off of degree colleges affiliated to Mumbai University has left many seeking admission to popular colleges in the city worried

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Digital India's response readiness against cyber attacks is frail, lack of cyber security awareness biggest weakness

A recent attack on systems of Riviera Beach caused the state to pay almost $600,000 ransom.

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Jharkhand mob lynching: 11 arrested for 'beating' 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari to death, 2 cops suspended; SIT formed to probe case

Eleven people were arrested on Monday in connection with the death of a 24-year-old man, who was thrashed by a mob here for alleged theft and is seen in a purported video being forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman', police said. A special investigation team has been set up to look into the death of Tabrez Ansari. Two police personnel were suspended in connection with the incident.

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Muslim youths stalking Adivasi girls will be beheaded, says Telangana BJP MP; minority group leaders seek action against Soyam Bapu Rao

BJP MP Soyam Bapu Rao stoked a controversy by saying that any Muslim youth who tries to stalk tribal girls will be 'beheaded'. A video of the Adilabad MP purportedly making the comments was widely shared on social media.

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Leh tourism drops by 50% in 2019; industry experts cite Lok Sabha polls, curtailed flight services, late highway openings as reasons

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India and the Indian: Watch Fat Mama, Rafeeq Ellias' poignant film on Chinese-Indian migrs

This is the story of Steven Wan, a Chinese-Indian. It is also the story of several thousand Chinese-Indians who were arbitrarily rounded up in Bengal, Assam and in the hill states of the Northeast and interned in Deoli in the aftermath of the India-China war in 1962.

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44th anniversary of Emergency: How love letters between Madhu and Pramila Dandavate in jail defied odds of authoritarian rule

The letters of the Dandavates are both a celebration of their love as well as defiance of the authoritarian rule, their refusal to bend and submit to it during the 1975 Emergency.

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DU admissions 2019: St Stephen's College announces cut-offs; 98.75% required to pursue BA (Honours) in English, Economics

For the Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme, candidates from the general category need to have at least 98 per cent as their 'best of four' marks if they are from commerce and science streams. Humanities students need to have a best-four percentage of 96.5. Commerce students need to have the best of four percentage of 98.75 for applying to the BA (Honours) in economics, while humanities and science students need to have 98.5 and 97.75 percent, respectively.

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Neither me nor my party interfered to settle rape case against Binoy, says CPM Kerala chief Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

The ruling CPI(M)'s state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, on Monday said nobody attempted to settle the rape allegation leveled against his son Binoy Kodiyeri by a Mumbai-based woman

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Rajasthan RSOS 10th Result 2019: Rajasthan State Open School Board to declare Class 10 results on rsosapp.rajsathan.gov.in

Rajasthan RSOS 10th Result 2019 | The Rajasthan State Open School Board is likely to announce the Class 10 results today on rsosapp.rajasthan.gov.in.

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Rains to officially reach Mumbai in next 24-48 hrs, predicts IMD; monsoon has now covered nearly half of India

The IMD has also predicted monsoon is set to reach Mumbai in next 24 to 48 hours. According to reports, the IMD forecast said that a minimum of 2.5 mm rainfall must be recorded over a span of 24 hours for the onset of monsoon to be declared.

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Kashmir University student accuses Engineer Rashid of intimidation after video of 26-year-old questioning ex-MLA's separatist politics goes viral

Aqib Malik, 26, a student at Kashmir University, claims he received intimidating messages from phone numbers known to be in use by former legislator Engineer Rashid after he student questioned Rashid's politics in a video

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Daily Bulletin: Mike Pompeo to arrive in India today; S Jaishankar to file his Rajya Sabha nomination from Gujarat; day's top stories

Today's top stories: US Secretary of Sate Mike Pompeo will arrive in India today; 11 people were arrested for the Jharkhand hate crime; S Jaishankar will file his Rajya Sabha nomination from Gujarat; and more.

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Payal Tadvi case: Court rejects bail pleas of three doctors arrested for 'abetting suicide' of junior colleague

A special court in Mumbai rejected the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Payal Tadvi at a civic body-run hospital.

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Union Cabinet approves amendments in UAPA and NIA acts giving more teeth to agency in probing terror cases

The Union Cabinet is learnt to have approved a proposal to amend two laws to give more teeth to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in probing terror cases in India and abroad

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US religious freedom report: Behind the rank hypocrisy lies evangelical zeal and a misplaced sense of moral superiority

The premise of the US state department's report on India is based on an assumption that banning religious conversion violates religious freedom.

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Monsoon Session of Parliament: Bill to ensure quotas for people living along International Border in J&K introduced in LS

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, will provide benefits to those living along the International Border in the state.

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Interim Budget 2019 PDF: Full text of Piyush Goyal's speech in Parliament; finance minister dangles pre-poll carrot for middle class ; download here

In a clear pre-poll sop for the middle class, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said that the government proposes to raise the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh, but left the implementation to the next government in the full-fledged budget. It has also proposed to raise the standard deduction to Rs 50,000.

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'Wuhan spirit' fails to break NSG deadlock as China continues to play hardball over India's entry into elite club

It was wishful thinking on India's part if it had hoped that China would change its position this time - given the projected bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping.

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India's Iran policy needs an intricate balancing act; New Delhi has Chabahar port, US ties at stake and China waiting on sidelines

Considering the downside in not acting proactively, one can hope India's foreign policy establishment is entrenched in discussions about Iran around the world.

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'Disrespect to our army': Mumbai lawyer files complaint against Rahul Gandhi over Yoga Day tweet

A Mumbai based lawyer Atal Bihari Dubey filed a complaint against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his tweet on the International Yoga Day on 21 June where Rahul has apparently mocked Army's Dog Squad performing Yoga. The complainant seeks an FIR against Rahul Gandhi under section 505 of IPC. Home Minister Amit Shah quoted the tweet and accused Congress of being negative.

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Encephalitis deaths: Harsh Vardhan, Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey face inquiry after Muzaffarpur Chief Jucidial Magistrate order

Encephalitis: The Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) has ordered a probe against Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Mangal Pandey in a negligence case.

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AgustaWestland case: SC to hear ED's appeal against Delhi HC order allowing Rajiv Saxena to travel abroad for treatment

The SC on Tuesday will hear the ED appeal challenging a Delhi HC order that allowed Rajiv Saxena, accused-turned-approver in a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland case, to travel abroad for medical treatment

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Tamil Nadu water crisis: DMK chief MK Stalin leads protest against state govt; party MP TR Baalu moves notice in Lok Sabha

DMK President MK Stalin and party workers protest against the Tamil Nadu government on Monday over water crisis in Chennai. DMK MP from Sriperumbudur, TR Baalu has given a notice in the Lok Sabha today over the water crisis issue in the state. Tamil Nadu has been reeling under acute water crisis stress for the past several months as Chennai's Porur Lake, one of the main sources of water has reached its lowest level.

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BJP leader files plea in Supreme Court seeking protection for rights of non-Nagas in Dimapur

BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed a petition in the apex court seeking direction to the Centre, the Nagaland government to not extend the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in new areas.

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Wildlife Fill Flash

Very often, direct light from the sun presents numerous problems with which photographers must deal. This is especially true when a wildlife subject is backlit, sidelit or photographed when the sun is high in the sky. The angle, cool blue color, contrast, quality or lack thereof can’t be changed, but it can be augmented. To know how to get the most out of a given condition contributes to the success of an image. This may mandate the use of a reflector or diffuser. Of all the options to help augment natural light, the tool to which I most often turn is flash.

I find flash to be extremely useful when photographing animals. It’s hard enough to deal with an animal’s personality and obstinance in regard to where it decides to wander, stand or display behavior. This often results in the animal positioning itself in a location where the light is contrasty or not very appealing. Through the use of flash, contrasty light can be tamed and turn a difficult lighting situation into a very usable one. The are limitations as to how much a flash attachment can help. The size of the subject, its distance from the flash, the strength of the sun and overall contrast ratio all dictate how much impact the flash may have. Whether your animal photography brings you to a wildlife rescue or the wild, fill flash can enhance the final result. 

The amount of fill is dictated by contrast ratios. The greater the contrast, the greater the need for a strong strobe. There are attachments one can add to the flash to modify its intensity. The two I most often use are MagMod and Better Beamer. Both incorporate the use of a Fresnel lens that sits in front of the flash head. The Fresnel magnifies the light output, which in turn throws a narrow beam of light a greater distance. I use the MagMod modifier quite often when I run my safaris to Tanzania. Depending on the ambient light and if I’m close enough to the animal, I use flash as my main light. I dial in a small minus compensation on the camera body and a slight plus compensation on the flash. The purpose is to slightly underexpose the ambient light and have the flash provide the main light. The result is a saturated background with a properly exposed and more evenly lit animal.

For example, let’s say the ambient light gives me a reading of ƒ/8 at 1/125th but the light on the animal is contrasty. I dial in a minus one-stop compensation on the camera body so the ambient light is underexposed but the animal will be properly exposed by the flash. The contrast is reduced because the light from the flash fills in the shadows on the subject which in turn, tames the highlights. Additionally, by darkening the background one stop, the animal becomes more prominent.

Automatic fill flash is very sophisticated yet easy to use. Dialing in a specific amount of fill on the back provides a given ratio of illumination between the ambient light and the fill. If thin clouds dominate the sky and the natural light is soft, I find that minus 1 2/3 stops of flash fill works well. When I encounter full sun, I opt for just a small amount of compensation—somewhere in the neighborhood of -1/3.  In very contrasty light, I dial in none at all or even go plus. Different lighting situations require different amounts. Run some tests varying the amount of fill to see what appeals to you. Check the LCD on the back of your camera and make the necessary adjustments.

Animals that are backlit can produce dramatic silhouettes at sunrise and sunset, but there are times when it would be nice to see detail in the subject. When backlight is the only source, an overexposed background is the price you’ll pay if you want to reveal detail in the subject. Fill flash can remedy this and add detail to the subject to help balance the contrast.

The goal of fill flash is to make the end result look natural. Too much added illumination gives the image an artificial look, while too little gives the impression nothing was augmented. Ideally, the look should go undetected. The contrast between the light and dark areas should be lessened, not appear evident.

Visit www.russburdenphotography.com for information about his nature photography tours and safari to Tanzania.

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Siddipet civic body in Telangana kills 40 stray dogs, dumps some bodies in landfill; four officials suspended

The civic body suspended four of its officials on Sunday after at least 40 stray dogs have been allegedly killed by the Municipal staff in Siddipet, Telangana

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'Deaths of children can't go on in Bihar,' says SC on encephalitis outbreak in Muzaffarpur; state says 'under control' after nearly 130 kids die

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Bihar government, seeking an explanation on the death of some 130 children due to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur.

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44th anniversary of Emergency: How letters of love between Madhu and Pramila Dandavate in jail defied odds of authoritarian rule

The letters of the Dandavates are both a celebration of their love as well as defiance of the authoritarian rule, their refusal to bend and submit to it.

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Lack of gender diversity in Indian science and tech universities perpetrates a toxic bro-culture

A modern education institute is not truly revolutionary if it still supports and practices the regressive systemic inequalities.

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Report on religious freedom exposes bias of some in US against Modi govt, writes BJP's foreign affairs in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale

According to Vijay Chauthaiwale, US state department's special adviser on minority affairs Knox Thames' visit to India was aimed at defaming the BJP, the Modi government and the Hindu society at large.

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Jharkhand man dies after locals allegedly beat him up on suspicion of theft; relatives claim attackers forced him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

A 22-year-old man died on Sunday after he was beaten up by locals and later arrested on suspicion of theft in Saraikela Kharsawanand, in Jharkhand

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NEET 2019: Registration for first round of counselling for UG admissions closes today; apply at mcc.nic.in before 5 pm

Those applicants who successfully register will be allowed to chose their prefered institute and course and lock the choice. The process will only start on 25 June. Based on the choices and merit, seat allocation list will be released on 26 June, 2019 and the final result will be available on 27 June.

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Daily Bulletin: SC to take up Muzaffarpur encephalitis outbreak; MK Stalin to lead DMK protest over water crisis in Chennai; day's top stories

A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant on Wednesday agreed to hear the plea after the petitioner's counsel sought an urgent listing of the encephalitis situation in Bihar.

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Journalist shot at while driving in East Delhi; Attackers pelt car with eggs, police suspect family dispute

A woman journalist was shot at allegedly by two masked men in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar area in a suspected case of a family dispute, police said Sunday

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India and the Indian: New nationalism has put inclusive Hindutva on offer, writes Makarand Paranjape

The new nationalism of the Modi era is actually quite far from trying to foist the idea of a Hindu Rashtra upon an uncompromisingly and explicitly defined secular by the Constitution.

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Man who shot dead Uttar Pradesh Bar Council chief Darvesh Yadav dies at hospital in Gurugram

Manish Sharma, who shot himself after killing Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darvesh Kumari Yadav, died during treatment at Gurugram.

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Around three lakh CCTV cameras will be installed in New Delhi to ensure safety of women: Manish Sisodia

The AAP government has already begun work on installation of 1.4 CCTV cameras.

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Four militants killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian; deceased were linked with Al Qaeda affiliate group

Four local militants were Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district,

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Cabinet approval for wage code bill likely next week in a bid to bring in a fresh wave of labour reforms

The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 10 August 2017.

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Delhi's ambitious 24x7 water supply scheme may turn out to be pipe dream as pilot project reveals challenges

The Delhi Jal Board first discussed the ambitious idea of continuous water supply in 2009 and started a pilot project.

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Pakistan sets conditions to operate Kartarpur Corridor, opposes all of Indian proposals, says official

Pakistan has set a host of terms and conditions for the operationalisation of the Kartarpur Corridor and opposed India's proposals to make it open throughout the year to facilitate travel to one of the holiest pilgrimage sites of the Sikhs, officials said Saturday.

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US has no plans to cap H-1B visas, Mike Pompeo will assure India during his visit, says State Department official

The H-1B visas is the main vehicle through which US employers can sponsor skilled foreign workers for admission. The Senior State Department Official appreciated the steps India has taken to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran.

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Situation in Kashmir improved over past year, Hurriyat Conference now ready for talks with govt, says Governor Satya Pal Malik

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik said on Saturday that the situation in the Valley had vastly improved over the past year and the Hurriyat Conference was willing to enter into a dialogue with the government.

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Journalist Mitalli Chandola injured in Delhi after attackers shoot at her car; police investigating personal enmity, robbery angles

Journalist Mitalli Chandola was injured in East Delhi's Ashok Nagar late on Saturday after two assailants intercepted her car and opened fire on her.

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Four prisoners escape from jail in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch; police suspect outsider support, declare bounty of Rs 50,000

Four prisoners, including two convicted for smuggling drugs and others facing trials in murder and rape cases, escaped from a jail in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the police said.

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Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari gets death threat; in Hindi SMS, sender says will eliminate prime minister 'if need be'

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari has received a death threat through an SMS on his personal phone number, in which the sender said he is under "extreme compulsion" to eliminate the leader.

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US has 'no locus standi' to comment on religious freedom in India: MEA on report alleging attacks by Hindu groups on minorities

India's reaction was to an annual International Religious Freedom Report by the US, which alleged that mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities continued in India in 2018.

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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee death anniversary: Narendra Modi, Amit Shah pay tribute to Jana Sangh founder on 66th 'Balidan Diwas'

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda and many BJP leaders paidhomage to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder, on his 66th death anniversary.

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Couple found stabbed to death in Delhi's Dwarka area; police find no signs of forceful entry, theft

A 51-year-old man and his wife were stabbed to death allegedly by some unidentified persons in Dwarka's Mohan Garden

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Autopsy of Class 10 student found dead in Kolkata school confirms suicide; probe suggests she was suffering from acute depression

The autopsy of the Class 10 student, who was found dead in GD Birla school, confirmed that she had committed suicide. The Kolkata Police are trying to find out the identity of the people she had addressed in her suicide note.

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Encephalitis outbreak in Bihar: Toll mounts to 129; resident doctor deployed at Muzaffarpur's SKMCH suspended for negligence

As the toll continues to rise due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, senior resident doctor deployed at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) was suspended on Saturday over alleged negligence of duty.

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Main accused in Bargari sacrilege case murdered in Nabha prison; Punjab Police tighten security, set up cordon near Patiala

The prime accused in the Bargari sacrilege case Mahinderpal Bittu was killed by inmates in Nabha prison on Saturday near Patiala, the Punjab Police said.

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Shopian encounter: Four militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Daramdora Keegam area

Four militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Daramdora Keegam area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

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Toll in encephalitis cases rises to 129 in Bihar; SKMCH in Muzaffarpur accounts for 109 of these deaths

The toll in encephalitis cases at SKMCH has touched 109, while 20 children died at Kejriwal hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.

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India and the Indian: Hindu nationalism is an inherently secular notion, not a theocratic concept, writes Sreemoy Talukdar

For Hindus, respect for different customs, faiths and religion is not a value to strive for. It is not an inalienable concept to be discussed and adopted with rigour. Pluralism, for Hindus, is a way of life.

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Pakistan accuses India of 'politicising' talks at FATF meeting after terror watchdog decides to keep Islamabad on grey list

Pakistan managed to garner the support of Turkey, China and Malaysia to avoid being placed on the FATF blacklist at the meeting, a media report said on Friday.

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Two militants killed in Shopian encounter; gunfight with security forces underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Daramdora Keegam area

Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in Daramdora Keegam area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

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Daily Bulletin: Clashes in Bengal's Bhatpara after BJP delegation's visit; autopsy of Kolkata student found dead in school confirms suicide; day's top stories

Bhatpara had witnessed clashes between groups suspected to be affiliated to the TMC and BJP on Thursday in which two persons were killed and 11 others injured.

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Delhi CET Result 2019 Date: DTTE announces results, check score on cetdelhi.nic.in

Delhi CET Result 2019 : Delhi's Department of Training and Technical Education is set to announce the results for Delhi CET 2019 today (Saturday, 22 June, 2019). Candidates will be able to check their scores by visiting cetdelhi.nic.in

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Halwa ceremony held at finance ministry to mark printing of Union Budget 2019 documents

The traditional 'halwa ceremony' was held at the finance ministry in the North Block in New Delhi on Saturday.

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ED offers to provide air ambulance, team of medical experts to bring back Mehul Choksi from Antigua

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has offered to provide an air ambulance and a team of medical experts to bring back fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi.

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Three-member BJP delegation visits West Bengal's Bhatpara, claims police firing killed two people

A three-member BJP delegation visited the trouble-torn Bhatpara area in West Bengal on Saturday.

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Narendra Modi deliberates on employment, agriculture with economists and experts ahead of Union Budget

It said the prime minister thanked participants for their suggestions and observations on various aspects of the economy.

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Firstpost Editor's Picks: China's Taliban shuffle, Chennai water crisis, Vande Mataram; today's must-read stories

China's growing political and diplomatic profile at the international level requires it to assume a more assertive role.

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Photo Of The Day By Theresa Ditson

Smriti Irani, Pramod Sawant visit Amethi village adopted by late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar

Union minister Smriti Irani and Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant visited the village that was adopted by late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday in Amethi.

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Indian airlines to avoid 'affected part' of Iranian airspace, will re-route flights, says DGCA

Aviation regulator DGCA Saturday said Indian airlines have decided to avoid the "affected part of the Iranian airspace" and reroute their flight "suitably"

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Water crisis in Chennai: Ministers and officials say there is no problem even as four major reservoirs run dry

Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami blamed the media for creating this 'hype' of a water crisis.

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Bihar: Human skeletons found lying near Muzaffarpur's SKMCH hospital, where 108 people died of Encephalitis

SKMCH hospital in Muzaffarpur is currently battling with an influx of cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). The toll due to the vector borne disease mounted to 128 on Saturday.

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Pilatus aircraft deal: CBI has fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, bureaucrats in its crosshairs

Firstpost on 9 April reported that two senior officers of Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) who joined Sanjay Bhandari's firm after retirement, were under the scanner of investigating agencies in the basic trainer aircraft deal.

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Pilatus aircraft deal: CBI has fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, ex-bureaucrats in its crosshairs

Firstpost on 9 April reported that two senior officers of Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) who joined Sanjay Bhandari's firm after retirement, were under the scanner of investigating agencies in the basic trainer aircraft deal.

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China, Malaysia, Turkey bail out Pakistan at FATF; Islamabad might use it to gather support, buy time till it's Beijing's turn to head body

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Class 10 girl found dead with wrist slit, plastic bag around head in Kolkata School; initial probe suggests child was struggling with depression

Incidentally, in December 2017, two physical training instructors of the same Kolkata school were arrested following allegations of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl inside its premises, which led to a massive agitation by the guardians.

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AN-32 crash: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces Rs 1 crore ex-gratia for kin of deceased IAF personnel Rajesh Kumar

The AN-32, a Russian-made aircraft, went missing on 3 June, around 30 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh.

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India and the Indian: At the heart of resistance to Vande Mataram is the context of its writer's opinions, writes Pragya Singh

Demands that Indian Muslims should chant Vande Mataram put them in exactly the same situation as Indians who'd be asked to consider awarding Rudyard Kipling, the man who wrote The White Man's Burden, a poem advocating racial superiority as the justification for colonialism.

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Delhi CET Result 2019 Date: Scores set to be released today by 4 pm; check updates on cetdelhi.nic.in

Delhi CET Result 2019 : Delhi's Department of Training and Technical Education is set to announce the results for Delhi CET 2019 today (Saturday, 22 June, 2019). Candidates will be able to check their scores by visiting cetdelhi.nic.in

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Tyranny of terrain: How hunters, climbers and military united to locate missing IAF AN-32 in Arunachal, retrieve those perished

The 13 IAF personnel who flew to Mechuka advanced landing ground, around 29 kilometres from India-China border, returned in coffins at air force station at Jorhat in Assam on Thursday late evening, 18 days after Indian Air Force An 32 transport aircraft went missing on 3 June.

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Student bodies protest, stage one-day hunger strike against Delhi University's 'astronomical' fee hike

Students expressed their anger towards the Delhi University (DU) administration for increasing the tuition fees for several courses.

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Daily Bulletin: DMK to launch statewide protests over Tamil Nadu water crisis; Modi to chair NITI Aayog meet; day's top stories

The DMK, which is the principal opposition in Tamil Nadu, alleged that several restaurants were shut and schools reeled under the impact of water shortage. Information technology firms have asked their employees to work from home.

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Mumbai University Merit List 2019: Second merit list with cut-off percentages released for UG courses; check details on mu.ac.in

Mumbai University Merit List 2019| Mumbai University has released the second merit list for first year undergraduate courses on mu.ac.in. Students can log on to the official website of colleges affiliated with Mumbai University to view the merit list and cut off percentages.

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Yoga Day 2019: Narendra Modi urges people to embrace yoga; says the ancient Indian philosophy 'belongs to everyone'

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the world to embrace yoga and to make it an integral part of one's daily routine.

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SSC GD Constable Result 2019 declared: Staff Selection Commission releases Constable General Duty post results; check at ssc.nic.in

SSC GD Constable Result 2019 declared: The SSC Constable General Duty result 2019 was declared today. The Staff Selection Commission will release and host the SSC Constable GD result 2019 for the General Duty posts in forces like CAPFs, NIA, SSF and also for Riflemen (Assam) on its official website: www.ssc.nic.in.

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Ahead of India visit, Mike Pompeo congratulates S Jaishankar on new position, reaffirms 'strong commitment' towards US-India partnership

In addition, Pompeo's visit will further prepare grounds for a summit meeting between US president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Osaka, Japan, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting scheduled to be held later in June.

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Maharashtra Assembly approves, passes bill proposing 16 percent quota for Maratha students in PG medical and dental admissions

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment in SEBC Act 2018, providing reservation to Maratha students PG medical and dental admissions. The Maharashtra Legislature had on 29 November last year passed a bill proposing 16 percent reservation in education and government jobs for Marathas. Last month, the state government had received permission from the EC to promulgate an ordinance for Maratha reservation.

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West Bengal doctors' stir brings into focus India's habit of embracing empty gestures rather than substantial solutions

Incidents of assaults on doctors at government hospitals, which are horribly overcrowded and frightening places for patients, have unfortunately been common across the country for many years.

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Muslims assaulted in Assam's Barpeta, forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Pakistan murdabad' by members of Right-wing group

Complaints were filed against a little-known right-wing organisation on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a group of people from the minority community in Assam. The victims were then forced to utter slogans like 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Pakistan Murdabad'. Congress MP from Barpeta, Abdul Khaleque, said he has asked the superintendent of police to take action in the incident.

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Yoga Day 2019: Amit Shah credits Narendra Modi for taking ancient practice to the world, says yoga 'ambassador of Indian culture'

Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking yoga to the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the ancient Indian practice has become ambassador of the country's culture around the globe.

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CHSE Odisha 12th Result 2019: Odisha Board to announce Class 12 Arts and Commerce results at 3.30 pm on orissaresults.nic.in, chseodisha.nic.in

CHSE Odisha 12th Result 2019: Apart from the Odisha Board's official portal, the CHSE +2 results for Arts and Commerce stream will also available on alternative websites - examresults.net and indiaresults.com.

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Encephalitis deaths in Bihar: Clinical ambiguity, delayed access to medical care raise questions about steps taken to prevent disease

As Muzaffarpur and adjoining districts of Bihar continue to grapple with the deadly Encephalitis outbreak, questions arise as to whether adequate steps have been taken to identify the cause of the disease and prevent it from spreading further.

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CHSE Odisha 12th Result 2019: Odisha Board to announce Class 12 Arts and Commerce results at 3.30 pm on orissaresults.nic.in, chseodisha.nic.in

CHSE Odisha 12th Result 2019: Apart from the Odisha Board's official portal, the CHSE +2 results for Arts and Commerce stream will also available on alternative websites - examresults.net and indiaresults.com.

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SSC GD Constable Result 2019: Staff Selection Commission to release Constable General Duty post results today; check at ssc.nic.in

SSC GD Constable Result 2019: The SSC Constable General Duty result 2019 is likely to be declared today, 21 June. The Staff Selection Commission will release and host the SSC Constable GD result 2019 for the General Duty posts in forces like CAPFs, NIA, SSF and also for Riflemen (Assam) on its official website: www.ssc.nic.in.

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Encephalitis fever in Bihar: Toll rises to 136 with 117 deaths reported from Muzaffarpur alone; 626 cases registered across state

Brain fever has afflicted more than 600 children across 16 districts of Bihar of which 136 have lost their lives

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Yoga day 2019: From Line of Control, high-security prisons to Himalayan peaks, India celebrates ancient fitness with enthusiasm

From the Himalayas to the Line of Control, Yoga was performed at the most unusual places in India to mark the international yoga day.

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Kullu bus accident : Toll in Himachal crash rises to 44; overloading, negligent driving may have caused accident

At least 44 people were killed and 34 others injured when an overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh

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Magenta Line services in New Delhi halted temporarily after major fire breaks out near furniture market in Kalindi Kunj Metro

Metro train services on the Magenta Line were halted temporarily after a fire broke out at a furniture market near the Kalindi Kunj metro station in New Delhi on Friday morning

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International Yoga day 2019: Practicing yoga can help combat mental, physical illness

Yoga is helpful because it can be adapted to your daily mood, is easily available and can be done on your own.

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India and the Indian: I hope my daughter inherits a country unbound by caste, linguistic strictures, writes Pa Ranjith

Nationalism cannot be sustained by identities like that of the Hindu or the Tamilian. It is about how you can still be united, despite the elements that keep you divided. It is a measure of basic democratic structures

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Yoga Day 2019: World celebrates ancient practice; Ashtang, Karma, Jnana are some of traditional forms; Vinyasa, power are modern

International Day of Yoga, celebrated annually on 21 June, is when the nation unites to celebrate an ancient and traditional practice that retains global importance even in modern times.

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Daily Bulletin: Modi leads Yoga Day celebrations in Ranchi; Sitharaman to chair first GST council meet as finance minister; day's top stories

The world celebrates the fourth international yoga day on Friday, the 21st of June; The Lok Sabha will debate today the contentious triple talaq bill; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair her first meeting of the GST Council; day's top stories

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Yoga Day 2019: 'To perform every action artfully is yoga'; from BKS Iyengar to Swami Vivekananda, here's how stalwarts described ancient practice

Yoga, a traditional practice which aims at bringing together physical and mental well-being, has got global recognition in recent times.

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International Yoga Day 2019: Here's what five eminent people had to say about the ancient health practice

Yoga, a traditional practice which aims at bringing together physical and mental well-being, has got global recognition in recent times.

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International Day of Yoga: As world commemorates ancient practice, here are its traditional and modern forms

International Day of Yoga, celebrated annually on 21 June, is when the nation unites to celebrate an ancient and traditional practice that retains global importance even in modern times.

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Why Arvind Subramanian's claim on overestimation of GDP should not be taken seriously

It was expected that the EAC-PM would rebut the conclusions drawn by the former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian

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SC seeks response from Maharashtra govt on plea against Maratha reservation; court to hear petition on 24 June

SC sought response from the Maharashtra government on a plea challenging an order of the Bombay High Court dismissing a petition against Maratha reservation in PG medical and dental courses. The bench said the petitioners had earlier approached the apex court and were asked to move the high court for the relief. Petitioner Sameer challenged the Bombay High Court order of 13 June.

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New Education Policy: Misguided review ignores universality of learning that RTE ensures, focuses on autonomy of private schools

The review should be asking why several states have failed to implement RTE, an over nine-year-old constitutional mandate and why nearly 80 percent of schools required to implement it are still not doing it.

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CVC seeks sanction to prosecute ex-NITI Aayog CEO, former MSME secretary, serving IAS officer in INX Media case

INX Media case: The CVC has advised the Department of Economic Affairs to issue a sanction to prosecute former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, ex-secretary of MSME ministry Anup K Pujari and principal secretary in the Himachal government Prabodh Saxena.

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TNEA Rank List 2019: Tamil Nadu Directorate of Technical Education to release TNEA rank list today on tndte.gov.in

TNEA Rank List 2019: As per a release from the Department of Public Relations, the TNEA rank list will be available till 23 June.

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4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Maharashtra's Satara district on Thursday morning, no casualties reported

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred around 7.47 am, was recorded at a depth of 10 km, the official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) centre said.

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Vietnam reaffirms support for India's bid for permanent membership at UN Security Council

Vietnam on Wednesday reaffirmed its support for India's bid for permanent membership at the UN Security Council.

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Heckling Asaduddin Owaisi in Parliament with chants of Jai Shri Ram smacks of an age-old idea of muscular, divisive Hindutva

This is not the first time Jai Shri Ram was used as a rallying call to assert the idea of a muscular Hindu Rashtra. The chant has long been used to create a divisive politics of hate, starting with the violence in Ayodhya and the destruction of the Babri Masjid.

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Encephalitis outbreak in Bihar's Muzaffarpur: Toll rises to 117; more doctors deputed from Darbhanga, Supaul, Madhubani, Samastipur and Sitamarhi districts

The death toll due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) touched 117 on Thursday morning in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, with 98 deaths at government-run SKMCH and 19 deaths at Kejriwal hospital.

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Parliament LIVE Updates: President Kovind says fight against corruption to continue full throttle, lays out roadmap for NDA II

Parliament LIVE Updates: Speaking at the Parliament's Central Hall, President Kovind laid out the roadmap for the Centre in the next five years. Amid number of topics the president touched upon, agriculture and water resource management were among the key topics he stressed upon.

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'It is a matter of privilege': Newly appointed BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda on meeting former party chiefs Murli Joshi, LK Advani

Two days after his appointment as Bharatiya Janata Party working president, BJP leader Jagat Prakash Nadda called on former party chiefs Murli Manohar Joshi and Lal Krishna Advani

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Parliament LIVE Updates: In joint address to Parliament, President Kovind praises Narendra Modi's last term, says govt committed to herald new India

Parliament LIVE Updates: Recalling his previous address in the Central hall of Parliament, just before the commencement of the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha, the president said that the government had worked hard to help people out of their hardships arising from years of misrule. He also said that the Modi government was further committed to take the country forward on path of development.

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India's metro cities will run out of groundwater in next 10 yrs, claims NITI Ayog report; 40% populace will have no access to drinking water by 2030

The recent report of NITI Ayog on groundwater level says 21 Indian cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad - will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting around 100 million people. It also says that 40 percent of India's population will have no access to drinking water by 2030.

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Parliament LIVE Updates: President Ram Nath Kovind begins address, says India has given a definitive mandate in 2019

Parliament LIVE Updates: President Ram Nath Kovind began his address by congratulating the new MPs and also mentioned that the higher number of women MPs in Parliament is good for democracy.

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Parliament LIVE Updates: Accompanied by horse-mounted elite force PBG, President Kovind arrives at Parliament building

Parliament LIVE Updates: The President of India addresses both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha at the beginning of the first Session after each general election when the reconstituted lower house meets for the first time.

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Parliament LIVE Updates: President Kovind to jointly address both Houses marking commencement of 17th Lok Sabha

Parliament LIVE Updates: The President of India addresses both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha at the beginning of the first Session after each general election when the reconstituted lower house meets for the first time.

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Yoga day 2019; all you need to know: India-backed initiative turned into global event recognised by the United Nations

On 21 June, millions of people across the world will celebrate International Yoga Day

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Encephalitis deaths in Bihar: Lychees can trigger brain fever infection, but the main cause is malnutrition, says expert

In undernourished kids, litchis can trigger a sharp drop in sugar levels, fever, convulsions & loss of consciousness in a non-infectious disease condition.

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India and the Indian: Hinduism, caste act as unifying forces in the country, writes Shrikanth Krishnamachary

The Hindu nationalist argument transcends mere constitutional patriotism. This view, with its roots in 19th century Hindu renaissance, is keen to personify the Indian nation as "Bharat Mata".

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New govt proposal lets future electric vehicle owners skip on registration fees

The proposal comes at a time when the country plans high penetration of such vehicles by 2030.

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2020 QS World University Rankings: IIT Bombay emerges as best institution in India followed by IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore

IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc-Bangalore, have found a place among the top 200 in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings released on Wednesday

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Daily Bulletin: President to address joint Parliament session; PIL in HC against Bihar govt over encephalitis deaths; today's top stories

President of India willo address the joint of Parliament today; PIL in Bihar HC seeking directions to Bihar government over encephalitis deaths; Modi to host all MPs for dinner; today's top stories

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World Refugee Day: India needs to formulate national framework for just and uniform treatment of refugees

Each year, 20 June is celebrated as World Refugee Day across the globe. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the precarious condition of refugees

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NIFT Hyderabad fires 56 housekeepers who accused professor of sexual harassment; women allege inaction by institute, police

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Hyderabad has fired 56 housekeeping staff. They had accused professor D Srinivas Reddy of sexual harassment for around a year.

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West Bengal doctors' stir brings into focus India's habit of embracing empty gestures rather than substantial solutions

Incidents of assaults on doctors at government hospitals, which are horribly overcrowded and frightening places for patients, have unfortunately been common across the country for many years.

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Encephalitis in Bihar: Lack of proper preventive measures make brain fever recurrent disease, but causative agents continue to elude doctors

Despite efforts of the Government of India, the burden and mortality of AES cases have not decreased, and definitive causative agents are yet to be pinned down.

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Union Budget 2019: Purchasing power parity helps compare economies in terms of cost of living

Simply put, the purchasing power parity is equalising the purchasing power of two currencies by taking into account the cost of living and inflation differences.

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Lok Sabha LIVE updates: You are more answerable than ever, Speaker Om Birla tells Centre, assures Opposition he'll be unbiased

Lok Sabha LIVE updates: Speaker Om Birla, in his thank you note to the House, said that the Narendra Modi government, which will be serving its second term is more answerable to the people of India than ever. He thanked the prime minister, his party and all the other members of the House for putting their faith in him.

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Centre reverses 2017 order, restores provision of daily rations for military officers stationed in peace areas

Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh on Tuesday announced the restoration of the 'Ration in Kind' for military officers posted in peace areas.

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Encephalitis fever in Bihar: Supreme Court to hear plea seeking formation of team of experts for treatment of children on 24 June

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to urgently constitute a team of medical experts for the treatment of the children suffering from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur

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Lok Sabha LIVE updates: 'Be unbiased, let House be multilateral,' Congress spins-off Modi's 'nishpaksh' speech to greet Speaker Om Birla

Lok Sabha LIVE updates: Speaking after Om Birla's election as Speaker, Modi said that the Speaker has the duty to guide the House through tough moments of logjam and acute differences. He told the Speaker that he will be free to even scold him or people from the Treasury Benches if ever they misbehave.

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Anantnag encounter: Yogi Adityanath announces ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh, assures govt job to family of slain army major

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh and promised a government job to a family member of Army Major Ketan Sharma who lost his life in the Anantnag encounter on 17 June

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CTET Admit Card 2019: CBSE to release admit cards for teacher eligibility test soon; download from cbse.nic.in

CTET Admit Card 2019: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the admit cards for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2019 soon. Candidates who had applied for the examination can download their admit cards from the board's official website www.cbse.nic.in.

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Lok Sabha LIVE updates: Narendra Modi's message to Speaker Om Birla; 'chide us if we misbehave, guide House through impasse'

Parliament LIVE updates: Speaking after Om Birla's election as Speaker, Modi said that the Speaker has the duty to guide the House through tough moments of logjam and acute differences. He told the Speaker that he will be free to even scold him or people from the Treasury Benches if ever they misbehave.

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Lok Sabha LIVE updates: Narendra Modi hails Om Birla for Kota's development, says Speaker a long-time humanitarian

Parliament LIVE updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Om Birla for the development of his Lok Sabha constituency Kota. He said that from helping the poor to assisting the homeless, Birla has always played the role of a humanitarian before politician

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Parliament LIVE updates: Om Birla unanimously elected as Speaker of Lok Sabha; Narendra Modi escorts him to Chair

Parliament LIVE updates: Om Birla was elected speaker of the Lok Sabha unanimously amid chants of Bharat Mata ki Jai. The prime minister escorted him to his chair

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In Russia, CJI Ranjan Gogoi says independence of judiciary not one-time pill, touches upon rise of populist forces

Gogoi's talk when taken in the national context was reminiscent of the divide between the judiciary and executive over the National Judicial Appointments Commission

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Seven arrested after model-actor Ushoshi Sengupta files complaint against bikers harassing, beating Uber driver in Kolkata

In a Faccebook post on the harassment she faced in Kolkata, Ushoshi Sengupta also alleged that officers at a number of police stations refused to lodge her complaint.

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Narendra Modi's wishes Rahul Gandhi 'good health and long life' on Congress chief's 49th birthday

Congress workers, supporters and well-wishers also took to Twitter to wish Rahul Gandhi as #HappyBirthdayRahulGandhi began to trend on Twitter.

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Amid reports claiming encephalitis is caused due to lychees, Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das orders testing of fruit in state

Amid the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das has directed officials to ascertain toxic content in lychee fruit being sold in the state.

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Parliament LIVE updates: Lok Sabha set to elect NDA candidate Om Birla as Speaker, two-time Kota MP stands unopposed

Parliament LIVE updates: The BJP's surprise pick --Om Birla-- is all set to become next Lok Sabha Speaker after his candidature on Tuesday was backed by all NDA allies as also by the YSR Congress Party, the Biju Janata Dal and key opposition parties, including the Congress

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CBI books Indira Jaising's NGO Lawyers Collective, founder Anand Grover for foreign funds irregularities

The CBI has booked noted lawyer Anand Grover and his Mumbai-based voluntary organisation, Lawyers Collective, for alleged violation of rules in receiving foreign aid, officials said on Tuesday. The agency has filed an FIR on the basis of a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has alleged several discrepancies in the utilisation of foreign aid received by the NGO.

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'CBI FIR baseless, filed to silence organisation': Lawyers Collective on agency's action against NGO, founder Anand Grover

After the CBI filed an FIR against founder Anand Grover and Indira Jaising, Lawyers Collective said the agency was trying to silence them as they pursue sensitive cases.

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India and the Indian: Western theories of nationhood don't capture country's complex realities, writes Samrat

The Indian of today includes the unknown woman from the uncontacted tribe of the Sentinelese in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands but it also includes the actress Kalki Koechlin, who is an Indian of French origin. Neither of them is the stereotypical Indian, but both of them are equally Indian

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Daily Bulletin: Om Birla set to be elected LS Speaker, PM to chair all-party meet on simultaneous polls; day's top stories

Om Birla is set to be elected LS Speaker, Modi to chair all-party meet on simultaneous polls, Bihar encephalitis death toll mounts to 111; day's top stories

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Encephalitis may not be real cause of children's deaths in Muzaffarpur; investigation necessary into possible toxins in lychees

Currently, the investigation of the 'encephalitis' outbreak in India looks like five blind people describing an elephant.

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Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi rejects government direction to review award for cartoon about bishop accused of rape

KK Subhash was awarded by the Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi for his caricature of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of rape. The award led to protests and suggestion of reviewing their decision, which the Akademi rejected.

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Maharashtra to invest Rs 20,000 cr-Rs 25,000 cr for Marathwada water grid, Devendra Fadnavis informs Assembly

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said his government was planning to ensure piped drinking water supply in every village of the parched Marathwada region through a water grid

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Shiv Sena wants Centre to end 'exile of Lord Ram', use majority of 350 MPs to build temple in Ayodhya

In an article in Saamana, the Shiv Sena said the verdict of the Lok Sabha polls was against those who opposed the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

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Shiv Sena wants the Centre to end 'exile of Lord Ram', build temple in says "the majority of 350 MP's is a mandate of Ram temple"

In an article in Saamana, the Shiv Sena said the verdict of the Lok Sabha polls was against those who opposed the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

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Kerala honours 21 school dropout transgenders for passing class 10, 12 exams

As many as 21 school dropouts transgenders were honoured by the Kerala government for passing examinations equivalent to class 10 and 12, in Kerala, and they were facilitated by the education minister Prof C Ravindranath at an event organised by Kerala Saksharath mission.

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Pre-monsoon showers in Delhi bring much-needed relief, improves air quality; IMD predicts rain, thunderstorm for two days

Moderate to heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the NCR on Tuesday and brought the much-awaited relief from the sweltering heat. The maximum and minimum temperatures of the Delhi hovered around 31 degree celsius and 28 degree celsius with relative humidity of 48 percent. The rains have also improved the overall air quality of Delhi with an Air Quality Index of 114, which falls in the moderate category.

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Two soldiers succumb to injuries from Pulwama IED on patrol party; army earlier termed blast 'failed attempt'

Two army personnel who were injured in a terrorist attack on a military convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district have succumbed to their injuries

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Watch: Kriti Sanon teaches marketing lessons to Arjun Patiala co-satrs Diljit Dosanjh, Varun Sharma

Arjun Patiala, produced by Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films, went on floors in February last year and is scheduled to open in theatres on 19 July.

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Two solidiers succumb to injuries from Pulwama IED on patrol party; army earlier termed blast 'failed attempt'

Two army personnel who were injured in a terrorist attack on a military convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district have succumbed to their injuries

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Bihar encephalitis deaths: Harsh Vardhan constitutes high-level multi-disciplinary team to monitor patients, find cause of viral disease

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said one more high-level multi-disciplinary team has been sent to Bihar for immediately undertaking the necessary groundwork to set up a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre at Muzaffarpur.

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Book excerpt: Deepali Gupta's Tata vs Mistry is an insider look at one of India's biggest corporate wars

An excerpt from Tata vs Mistry: The Battle for India's Greatest Business Empire, written by Deepali Gupta, reproduced here with kind permission from the publisher, Juggernaut Books.

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Hike in autorickshaw fares in Delhi to be in effect from today; commuters will have to pay Rs 25 for first 1.5 kms

Commuters in Delhi have to shell out more for auto rides from Tuesday onward as the hike in auto-rickshaw fares comes into force. The revised auto-rickshaw fares comes with an 18.75 percent hike on existing rates in the city. Under revised rates, the metre-down charge will be Rs 25 for the first 1.5 kilometres.

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India to overtake China as most populous country in 8 years, says UN report: 'World population to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050'

The report titled 'The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights' estimated that the world's population is expected to increase by two million by 2050. India along with eight other countries will constitute half of the population. The population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to practically double by 2050, says the UN report.

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India and the Indian: Genes are the root of nationalism but don't determine our destiny, writes Praveen Swami

Animal impulses drive powerful nationalism, but their triumph is far from inevitable if humans are willing to carefully reflect on why we behave in the ways we do.

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Monsoon Session of Parliament: Sonia Gandhi to chair Congress meet to chalk out strategy; common agenda to ensure better floor coordination

Sonia Gandhi will chair a meeting of her party's Parliament strategy group to chalk out an approach for the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

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SCO far from becoming India-Russia-China triangle, though it leaves New Delhi's ties with US in awkward spot

India's entry into the SCO with Russia's backing carried a calculus of strengthening a weakened Moscow's hand, while hedging against China's rising presence in Central and South Asia.

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IBPS RRB 2019: Application process for filling of 8,400 posts in rural banks begins today; apply on www.ibps.in before 4 July

IBPS RRB 2019: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, IBPS has opened the application process for IBPS RRB exam 2019. The online application process will begin from 18 June and candidates can visit the official website of IBPS, www.ibps.in to apply.

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Srinagar SSP Haseeb Mughal breaks down as he carries son of cop killed in Anantnag terror attack during wreath-laying ceremony

Pictures of a senior police officer breaking down at the wreath-laying ceremony of a Jammu and Kashmir policeman killed after a terrorist attack went viral on social media.

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Most students know of social media, but lag in computer skills; study reveals major gap between privileged, disadvantaged groups

In the current environment, where fake news and disinformation proliferate easily, 42 percent of students believe that all information on the internet is accurate, said a study by CCDS, revealing the poor quality of computer education in schools

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Daily Bulletin: JP Nadda takes over as BJP working prez, 3 cops suspended after Delhi street brawl, encephalitis kills 103 in Bihar; day's top stories

NHRC issues notice to Bihar govt after Encephalitis claims more than 100 lives in Bihar, Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as tensions mounts in West Asia, JP Nadda appointed BJP working president; day's top stories

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Daily Bulletin: JP Nadda appointed BJP working president; toll in encephalitis cases rises to 103 in Bihar; day's top stories

NHRC issues notice to Bihar govt after Encephalitis claims more than 100 lives in Bihar, Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as tensions mounts in West Asia, JP Nadda appointed BJP working president; day's top stories

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Encephalitis deaths in Bihar: Lack of trained doctors, drinking water woes pose challenges in preventing spread of virus

Cases of encephalitis have been reported throughout the year from Siwan, Gopalganj, East Champaran, Barauni and Gaya districts.

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Six more children fall prey to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur as toll rises to 103; Bihar govt to provide Rs 4 lakh to family of victims

Six children died on Monday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll to a suspected case of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) to 103.

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: Leaves of all Central govt doctors cancelled, health ministry asks them to return to work immediately

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: Due to the ongoing countrywide doctors' strike, the government has cancelled the leaves of all doctors employed at Central government hospitals and asked them to return to duty immediately. The Central government doctors have been asked to come back to work to deal with the crisis, reports said.

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Budget 2019: Six ways new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can overhaul India's tricky direct tax system

With central excise and local sales tax accounting for roughly 50 percent of the petrol bunk prices, its migration to the GST regime brooks no delay

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: Medicos reject Mamata Banerjee's request for closed-door meeting, demand media's presence

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: The junior doctors on strike in West Bengal have rejected Mamata Banerjee's request for a closed-door meeting at state Secretariat Nabanna. At the general body meeting of junior doctors of Kolkata's NRS hospital, they decided to not attend the meeting with the chief minister at 3 pm.

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: PIL in SC seeks directions to health, home ministries to deploy security at govt hospitals

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: The PIL the Supreme Court will hear tomorrow seeks directions to the Union ministries of home affairs and health and the West Bengal administration to depute government-appointed security personnel at all state-run hospitals in India to ensure safety and security of doctors.

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: PIL in Supreme Court demands protection for medicos, court to hear case tomorrow

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL tomorrow (Tuesday) on the ongoing doctors' strike across the country. The plea seeks legal protection for doctors against assaults.

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'Another strike on Pakistan': India's World Cup win had social media buzzing; Amit Shah, Mehbooba Mufti add to humour

The whole of India was ecstatic with the victory against Pakistan at the World Cup. Social media was abuzz with witty catchphrases, and even political leaders chipped in.

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India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan

Our political life, lived around only village panchayats before 1950, is now connected to a larger constitutional democracy. In the future, this nationalist view will gain more prominence. The RSS nationalism will slowly but surely wither away.

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: Mamata Banerjee 'not comfortable' with media presence at meeting with medicos

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: The contention between the protesting doctors in West Bengal and Mamata Banerjee is now on the presence of media at the planned meeting. Medicos want the meeting to be held in the presence of media, but the chief minister is "not comfortable" with it.

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IMD says Cyclone Vayu centred over northeast Arabian Sea as it moves away from Gujarat coast

On Monday morning, the IMD said that cyclone Vayu lay centred over the northeast Arabian Sea.

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West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: IMA holds nationwide protest, seeks law to protect medicos from assaults

West Bengal doctors' strike LIVE updates: The IMA will hold a nationwide protest today against the assault on doctors in Mamata Banerjee's state.

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Rupee slips 9 paise to 69.89 against dollar in early trade on weak opening in equities, rising crude prices

Forex traders said rising crude oil prices, foreign fund outflows and heavy selling in domestic equities kept pressure on the Indian rupee.

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Heatwave claims 61 lives in Bihar, Nitish Kumar announces Rs 4 lakh compensation for kin of deceased

At least 61 people have died in three districts of Bihar as a blistering heatwave swept several places in the state.

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Sensex drops over 150 points, Nifty slips below 11,800-mark in early trade; Vedanta, Tata Steel, Coal India among top losers

Sensex was trading 175.29 points or 0.44 percent lower at 39,276.78 at 0930 hours

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Indian-origin family of four found dead inside house in US' Iowa with gunshot wounds; motive of crime not known

Four members of a family with Indian origin hailing from Andhra Pradesh, including two teenagers, were found dead inside their home in West Des Moines, United States's Iowa state on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Chandrasekhar Sunkara, 44; Lavanya Sunkara, 41; and two boys, ages 15 and 10.

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ADB approves Rs 1,650 cr infra projects in 7 districts in Tripura; first of its kind aid to modernise towns, boost tourism and trade

The ADB will provide Rs 1,650 crore, out of which 80 percent will be grant-in-aid and the state will have to repay 20 percent loan in due course of time

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CERC allows Power Grid to offer towers to telecos for BTS installation; move to address deficiency of telecom coverage

The power utility had approached the commission to "engage in other business for optimum utilisation of the assets".

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West Bengal doctors' strike: Medicos soften stand, agree to meet Mamata Banerjee, but CM 'not comfortable' with media presence

Agitating doctors in West Bengal softened their stand on Sunday, leaving it to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to decide the meeting venue with them.

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Bihar Encephalitis: Toll rises to 93 in Muzaffarpur; state govt officials say majority died due to very low level of blood sugar, electrolyte imbalance

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday visited the families of the children suffering from suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) even as the death toll rose to 93 in Muzaffarpur.

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Bihar: Encephalitis kills three more in Muzaffarpur, raising toll to 80; doctors claim excessive heat, humidity as causes

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan arrived in Bihar capital Patna on Sunday to review measures taken to contain the spread of encephalitis cases in Muzaffarpur.

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Daily Bulletin: 1st session of 17th Lok Sabha begins today; IMA to protest in support of Bengal doctors; day's top stories

Today's top stories: The first Parliament session of the 17th Lok Sabha will commence today; 93 children died of encephalitis in Bihar; the IMA has called for a nationwide strike in solidarity with the striking doctors of West Bengal; and more.

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Large-screen TV sales soar up to 100% as World Cup fever grips fans, smaller cities post robust numbers

Consumer electronics makers as Sony, Samsung, LG, and Panasonic have reported up to 100 percent jump in sales of large-screen TVs (55-inch and above) compared to the same period last year.

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Jhelum Fables: A workshop in Srinagar familiarises young Kashmiris with the river, the life it sustains

Everyday, thousands pass by the Jhelum, which snakes through the Valley, but few notice the river. Jhelum Fables is changing that by encouraging young people to understand the spirit of the river and the relationship it shares with the people who are dependent on it

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FinMin assessing capital needs of PSU banks; Budget 2019-20 may make provision for Rs 30,000 cr

Five weak banks under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) too need capital to maintain minimum regulatory capital ratios as per the Basel III norms.

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