Women empowerment key to economic growth too: President

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said women empowerment was not just an issue of social justice but it was also crucial for economic development. Highlighting that the low participation of women in the workforce is a major hindrance in the overall development of the country, she said India, the fifth largest economy in the world, is now moving towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and a more active role for women would be helpful in achieving this goal.

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Govt in SC for open-court hearing of review of Benami law judgment

The SC agreed to consider the Centre’s submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. The court had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, and one of the provisions which provided for the punishment of a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both for those indulging in ‘benami’ transactions.

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Study: More cold wave days in India in recent decade

India may have seen a number of record-breaking warm years in the recent decades, but there has been no let-up in the extreme cold waves in the country despite global warming, an IITM study has indicated. The analysis, led by IITM scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, took into account the number of cold wave events in the last seven decades, 1951–2022, and found that more cold wave days are occurring in the recent decades than in the previous ones.

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President’s speech is like BJP manifesto for 2024: Opposition

Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the President’s address alleging that the speech was like the “first chapter” of BJP’s manifesto for 2024 and key issues related to controlling prices, communal harmony and women were “missing”.

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In a first, Andhra siblings study together in RIMC

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10,918 vs 10,340: Local patent filings beat overseas ones

Patent filings by Indian applications were estimated at 10,918 during the December quarter, compared with 10,340 applications lodged by non-domestic entities, marking the second time during 2022 when quarterly filings by domestic players were higher.

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High Court steps in, Telangana govt and governor reach a deal

After being at loggerheads for nearly two years, governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the state government arrived at a compromise on Monday thanks to the intervention of the Telangana high court. The state had approached the court over the governor not giving her consent to the upcoming budget, after which a bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji asked the two sides to find an amicable solution.

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'I understand pain of violence; Modi, Shah and Doval can’t'

Clubbing PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval and the RSS as “perpetrators of violence”, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said those who indulge in violence without suffering it personally cannot understand the pain it causes, projecting himself as the person who has witnessed killings in the family and carries the message of peace and amity.

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1/3rd of undergraduate students in India doing BA: Survey

Over 78.9% of 4.1 crore students in higher education are enrolled at the undergraduate level, and of the total enrolled students over one crore are pursuing BA. Another 17 lakh (4.2%) of the students are doing BA (Hons) from various higher education institutions. This was revealed in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released on Sunday by the ministry of education.

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Adani Group loses 29% market value in 3 days

The massive sell-off in Adani Group stocks continued for the third consecutive session on Monday, wiping out nearly Rs 1.4 lakh crore worth of investors’ wealth. In all, about 29% of the group’s market capitalisation, or about Rs 5.6 lakh crore, has been eroded in the last three trading sessions.

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Adani bets on big funds for Rs 20,000 cr FPO

Institutional investors are fully backing the Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO) for Adani Enterprises (AEL) even though the stock is below the offer price. However the company is not sure how retail investors will look at the issue at the current market price. However, it is confident some high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors (UHNIs) will participate in it.

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Rahul must thank PM for Lal Chowk flag feat: BJP

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For 100 days of NREGS jobs to all, Rs 1.8L cr will be needed

If the government were to actually provide 100 days of work to every household registered under MNREGS, it would need to allocate over Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the coming Budget assuming the number of households opting for the scheme remains at the current level. What has actually happened is a steady shrinking of the outlay after the Covid period boost to under half this amount.

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50,000 years on, 'green comet' comes visiting again

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), popularly known as the "green comet", which last visited Earth's neighbourhood 50,000 years ago when the Neanderthals were still roaming its surface, can now be viewed in India with a pair of binoculars from a dark location. It may further brighten in the next few days and become visible to the naked eye as it makes its closest pass of the Earth on February 2.

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Growth indicator: India's night lights up 43% in 10 yrs

Decadal Change of Night Time Light over India from Space (2012-2021), released by Isro’s National Remote Sensing Centre — shows that overall at the national level, normalised NTL radiance increased by 43% in 2021 compared to 2012. Significant increase was observed in Bihar (474%), Manipur (441%), Ladakh (280%) and Kerala (119%), while good increase was observed in Arunachal Pradesh (66%), MP (66%), UP (61%) and Gujarat (58%).

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FIR lodged over religious slogans in AMU on R-Day

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Centre set to integrate forensic probe with justice system: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50% currently. Shah said the conviction rate in Canada is 62%, Israel 93%, UK 80% and the US 90%. He was in Dharwad on Saturday to lay the foundation stone for the ninth off-campus facility of the National Forensic Sciences University.

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Court sets aside order on summons to Shetty sisters

Observing that the order against them was not proper or legal, in a relief to actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty, a Mumbai court recently quashed and set aside a 2022 magistrate court order issuing summons to them in a Rs21 lakh cheating case. The court, however, said the proceedings will continue against their mother Sunanda after finding that a prima facie case was made out against her.

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HC: Merely naming caste not an offence under SC/ST Act

Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently.

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No change in FPO price, schedule: Adani Group

Amid speculation that Adani Enterprises may be forced to amend its Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer after a plunge in its stock price, the company clarified that its FPO remains on schedule at the set issue price. The flagship of the Adani Group had fixed the FPO at Rs 3,112-Rs 3,276 per share. However, on Friday, the first day of retail bidding for the FPO, the stock closed at Rs 2,762 on BSE.

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SJVN Recruitment 2023: Apply Online For 105 Jr. Field Engineer Posts, Check Eligibility And How To Apply

SJVN Recruitment 2023 Job Notification: SJVN Limited has published notice for the 105 Jr. Field Engineer Posts. Check Eligibility and other updates here. 

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EPFO to review cases of extra pension payment

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7 dead in shooting outside east Jerusalem synagogue

A gunman killed seven people at an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday, Israeli police said, in a dramatic escalation of violence that followed a deadly raid in the West Bank a day earlier. The shooting in the Neve Yaakov neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem came even as international calls for calm mounted after Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire earlier Friday.

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India modernising nuke arsenal with eye on China: US report

India continues to modernise its nuclear arsenal and operationalise its nascent triad, and the country's nuke strategy, traditionally focused on Pakistan, now appears to place increased emphasis on China, says a 2022 report of the Federation of American Scientists. At least four new weapon systems are under development to complement or replace the country's existing nuclear-capable aircraft, land-based delivery systems and submarine launched missiles, it said.

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India now home to 70% of world’s tigers, govt tells SC

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers.

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Adani Group stocks hammered, investors lose Rs 4.2L cr in 2 days

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Indus Waters Treaty amendment: India sends notice to Pakistan

Citing Pakistani "intransigence" and unilateral actions related to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India has sent a notice to Islamabad for its modification.

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Gender Gap Report should record women in local govt bodies: WEF

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Egypt plans to allot land to Indian industries in spl eco zone

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Monuments of national importance list needs rationalisation: EAC

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Telangana CM KCR, governor hold separate R-Day events

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao followed the high court's orders and ensured that the official Republic Day parade took place at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. But he did not turn up for the flag-hoisting nor send any of his cabinet colleagues for the event, further straining the relationship between him and governor Tamilisai Sounderarajan.

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No backchannel talks with India by Sharif govt: Pak minister

Pakistan had no backchannel diplomacy with India since PM Shehbaz Sharif's govt took office, junior foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said. PM Sharif had said last week that PM Modi should hold serious talks to address all "burning points", including Kashmir. A day later, the PM's office changed its position and stated that talks with India can happen only after it reverses its action of abrogating J&K's special status.

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Students plan to screen BBC docu at TISS Mum, Kol varsities

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Can't skip R-Day event, hold parade: HC to Telangana

Celebrating Republic Day in a befitting manner is the bounden duty of all constitutional authorities and it cannot be skipped by the state government, the Telangana high court said on Wednesday while directing the state administration to hold the ceremonial parade at any place of its choice. Following the HC order, the Telangana government has decided to hold a guard of honour, officials said.

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Google changes India app store policy after CCI order

Google has started to make changes to its policy dealing with apps and digital ecosystem, after it failed to get any immediate relief from the courts against the CCI order, which found it abusing dominance and engaging in anti-competitive practices in India. Now, the US tech giant will allow smartphone makers to license its apps individually, instead of the entire bouquet.

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Constitution source of unity, reflects spirit of India: President Murmu

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Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Dilip Mahalanabis among 6 Padma Vibhushan awardees

ORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other personalities across various walks of life will be awarded the Padma Shri.

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Rural folks have equal right to healthcare as city dwellers: SC

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India's first passenger drone to be showcased by Navy on Republic Day

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MCD House adjourns once again without electing mayor, deputy

Delhi may have given its verdict and elected a new corporation in the first few days of December but it seems set for an agonising wait before the corporators can get down to business. After the House was adjourned on January 6 amidst unprecedented scenes, it reconvened on Tuesday but once again failed to elect the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members.

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On parole, Dera chief cuts cake with sword, says ‘should cut five’

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Rishi Sunak under pressure over BBC and party chairmen appointments

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No bail till charges filed: Gujarat HC to TMC’s Gokhale

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Want to quit, have told PM: Maharashtra governor Koshyari

Following a three-year tenure marked by controversies and a fractious relationship with the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday said he had conveyed his desire to step down to PM Narendra Modi during the latter's recent visit to Mumbai.

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Action against AI crew unusually harsh: Association

The All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) on Monday demanded that Air India roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York-Delhi flight where a male passenger allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger last November.

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Assam cops told to round up men who’ve married underage girls

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Many NCR projects in bankruptcy court, IBC changes key for homebuyers

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Police to act against parents of kids using Chinese string in Punjab

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30th India-Israel agri hub opens to mark 30 yrs of diplomatic ties

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India preparing for big leap in quantum tech: Jitendra Singh

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Pharmacists to become vaccinators, 12.5 lakh to get training from May

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How Gonda strongman’s career soared before wrestlers’ move

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Assam’s R-Day tableau to showcase Ahom legend

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Apologise for Pfizer ‘lie’, Congress tells minister

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Youth stabbed to death trying to stop duo, from snatching his mobile

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63 lakh cases pending in lower courts due to ‘lack of counsel’, says National Judicial Data Grid

Of the over four crore cases pending in lower courts in the country, about 63 lakh cases remain undecided because of non-availability of counsel, according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), as of January 20. At least 78% of such cases are criminal and the rest civil.

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9 hurt in twin blasts on Jammu outskirts

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday.

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9 hurt in twin blasts on Jammu outskirts

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday.

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‘Missing’ ponds responsible for Joshimath subsidence?

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Centre sacks WFI assistant secretary for backing chief

A day after brokering a peace deal and asking Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to ‘step aside’ pending inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against him, Union sports minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday dismissed WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar with immediate effect for his public remarks in Gonda defending Singh, a BJP strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP.

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Sports ministry suspends all ongoing activities of WFI

The sports ministry on Saturday decided to suspend all activities of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) until the Oversight Committee is formally appointed and takes over the day-to-day activities of the federation.

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Fraud in MBBS admissions: Bombay HC stays acquittal

The Bombay high court has granted interim stay on a magistrate's order of acquittal in a cheating case against former president of the Satara-based Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Education Society Mahadev Deshmukh and five others who allegedly defrauded around 350 students of Rs 29 crore by promising MBBS admissions. In November 2022, the magistrate had acquitted the accused after one of the 95 victims reached a compromise with them before the Lok Adalat.

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Cops call in divers to trace body of medic killed by Mumbai lifeguard

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Sena vs Sena: Uddhav’s term as prez ends before EC hearing

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Wrestlers end protest after assurances, WFI chief Sharan to step aside

The aggrieved grapplers called off their protest late on Friday night after getting assurances from the government that their grievances would be addressed, the first step of which was the stepping aside of under-fire Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, decided to end their protest after a breakthrough was achieved during a second round of talks with union sports minister Anurag Thakur.

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Cyber security, data theft new-age policing challenges: Amit Shah

Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said challenges to policing have now drastically transformed: from tackling geographical problems like terrorism and unrest in J&K, Left-wing extremism and unrest in the northeast to countering new-age “thematic” threats of cyber security and data theft, with problems becoming multi-dimensional as narco-terror and fourth-generation warfare catch on.

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More girl wrestlers are coming forward to report abuse: Vinesh Phogat

Vinesh, who is spearheading the campaign for Singh's removal as the WFI chief over charges of sexual harrasment, also alleged that several complaints of sexual abuse and mistreatment of boys wrestlers were reported to the federation's higher-ups but no action was taken on them.

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Pics - Australian Open: 'Warrior' Murray moves on

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Railways earnings jump 28%, set to cross budget target in weeks

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'$200 million worth of deals sealed between Big Tech and media outlets’

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TN guv files criminal defamation suit against DMK orator

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As EC announces polls, violence rocks Tripura

A 44-year-old worker of Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma’s tribal TIPRA Motha party was dragged out of his vehicle in Dhalai district late Wednesday and fatally assaulted, coinciding with the announcement of assembly polls on February 16 and the Election Commission’s warning of zero tolerance towards violence.

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Plane scoots leaving behind 32 flyers

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Government slams BBC documentary for ‘bias, colonial mindset’

India on Thursday slammed the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots, saying it lacked objectivity and betrayed a colonial mindset. While noting that the documentary had not been screened in India, the foreign ministry said it was a propaganda piece designed to push a particular "discredited" narrative.

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Pics: India fail to book direct berth in quarters

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SIMI cadre active via jihadi fronts, Supreme Court told

The Centre on Wednesday justified continuance of the two decade-old ban on Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) and informed the Supreme Court that despite the ban, the core intention of SIMI to replace the democratic set up in the country with an Islamic Caliphate through jihad is kept alive through numerous splinter groups formed by ex-cadre of the banned association.

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Wrestlers accuse WFI head of exploiting many women at camps

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Apple’s Chinese vendors get OK for India entry

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Couple’s romance on scooter lands them in trouble

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8 cold wave days this January, highest in 15 years

The city recorded its third consecutive cold wave day on Wednesday and the eighth so far this month, which is the highest during January in 15 years and the second highest in records going back 31 years, according to India Meteorological Department data.

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Steepest drop in reading skills in Kerala, HP, Haryana

Children’s basic reading ability has dropped to pre-2012 levels, reversing the slow improvement achieved in the intervening years, while the basic maths skills have declined to 2018 levels nationally. This emerged in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 released on Wednesday, according to which the decline in learning outcome has reversed to the levels of a decade ago.

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Fearing ‘water war’ by China, govt puts Arunachal dams on fast track

Fearing a Chinese threat of “water wars”, India has initiated its biggest hydroelectric project of 11,000 megawatt (MW) in Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh. Responding to Chinese dams coming up close to its borders in the north-east, India is also expediting three stalled projects for possible allocation to NHPC after recommendations of an evaluation committee and in-principle approval by ministry of power.

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JP Nadda to remain BJP chief till 2024 June

Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday exuded confidence that BJP will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2019 margin even as the party extended the term of current chief J P Nadda till June next year, beyond the Lok Sabha polls due next year.

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IIM-Ranchi student found hanging with hands tied

Jharkhand Police have registered a murder case after a 22-year-old student of IIM-Ranchi was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his hostel room, allegedly with his hands tied.

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As China lifts hold, UNSC lists Makki as global terrorist

Pakistan-based leader of UN proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki, who is also the brother-in-law of most wanted Hafiz Saeed, was designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council after China dropped its technical hold over a proposal to list him under the UNSC's ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee.

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Joshimath sinking: Question mark hangs over Badrinath yatra

Joshimath is regarded as the gateway and the only route to the holy town of Badrinath. But after several places in Joshimath were put under the "danger zone" category, questions are now being raised on the road to be taken to the popular shrine. The state had recently said the yatra would not be affected. Under the Char Dham road project, authorities are preparing a "by-pass to Badrinath" but the project is still halfway through.

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India No. 1 ? China's population dips for first time in 60 years

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of roughly 850,000 people for a population of 1.41175 billion in 2022, the first dip since 1961, the last year of China's great famine. That possibly makes India the world's most populous nation.

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'RRR' actor Jr NTR to star in a Marvel film? Here's what we know

We all know that 'RRR' star Jr NTR was present at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in the US recently. During an interaction with international media there, Jr NTR said that Iron Man is his all-time favourite character when asked what kind of Hollywood movies he would star in if he gets a chance. He also said that he would love to do a Marvel film and is awaiting a call from Marvel Entertainment.

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Delhi, Gujarat cops 'seized' Banga Bhavan footage: Didi

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Delhi and Gujarat police on Monday of entering Banga Bhavan, the primary accommodation of state seniors and guests in Delhi, on Saturday and taking away CCTV footage.

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BBC under fire from PIOs over series attacking Modi

The series description states: “A look at the tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, investigating claims about his role in 2002 riots that left over a thousand dead.”

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Russia is fourth biggest source of imports for India

Imports from Russia have jumped five times to $32.9 billion in Apr-Dec, making it India's fourth largest trading partner. Russia moved up from 20th place last financial year due to the surge in crude inflows. Overall, India's imports fell 3% to $58.2bn, exports fell 12% to $34.5bn in December 2022.

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Plane crash: Kin leave for Nepal to identify charred bodies

A family member each of the four young men from UP's Ghazipur killed in Sunday's plane crash in Nepal's Pokhara left for Kathmandu by road on Monday, hoping to quickly bring back their loved ones' bodies for cremation after a possibly difficult identification process that could require DNA sampling.

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After hotels, damaged homes in Joshimath colony to come down

This would be the second major demolition exercise after the administration a few days ago began to raze two of Joshimath's biggest hotels. There are over 30 houses in the colony, many of them with large cracks, which a resident said "seem to be getting bigger."

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PMO team in town; 2 more hotels tilting

A team from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), led by deputy secretary Mangesh Ghildiyal, reached Joshimath on Sunday and inspected affected areas around the town.

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Aware of middle class issues: FM Sitharaman ahead of Budget

Ahead of the Budget, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but also recalled that the government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.

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Hordes of rodents invade Puri shrine, servitors raise alarm

The famous Jagannath temple in Puri has been invaded by hordes of rodents - nibbling away at the attires of sibling gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and goddess Subhadra - worrying shrine officials, who have raised an alarm.

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72 years on, India's oldest pending case finally settled

India's oldest litigation at 72 years was disposed of last week by a bench of the country's oldest high court, whose current Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born a full decade after the case had been filed in 1951.

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Most landslides on Joshimath road to Rishikesh ‘fresh’: Study

As many as 309 "fully or partially road-blocking landslides" were identified along the 247-km road between Rishikesh and Joshimath - an average of 1.25 landslides per km - according to a study by a team of Indian and foreign scientists, which was introduced for discussion at European Geosciences Union on January 10.

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Popular Telugu-Tamil writer Bala murugan passes away

Recently we have seen several film stalwarts passing away one after the other such as Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Kaikala Sathyanarayana and Chalapathi Rao. Now, there is yet another tragedy in the southern film industry. Popular Tamil-Telugu story writer Shri. Balamurugan, who wrote several films in Tamil film Industry besides writing a few Telugu cinema has passed away today. He was 86 years old and was unwell.

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Life term for man who killed wife, chopped body

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UP constable 'molests' varsity student in train, sent to jail

A constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student of Allahabad University in a moving train as she was on her way to Pilibhit from Prayagraj Friday. The cop fled with her luggage.

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Terror act: Police seize grenades from rented Jahangirpuri house

The two alleged terrorists arrested by Delhi Police's special cell on Thursday had murdered a man, chopped his body into pieces and filmed the act, including the beheading, the police have claimed. They also sent the video to their foreign-based handlers, including an ISI operative, to prove their worth, claimed sources.

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Joshimath: After Isro report, NDMA gags govt organisations

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has directed government officials and institutions not to "interact with media and share data on social media regarding ground subsidence at Joshimath", reports Gaurav Talwar.

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Parts of Joshimath may have sunk over 2ft: Ground survey

Parts of Joshimath may have sunk by nearly 2.2 feet (70cm), sources told TOI on Saturday on the basis of ground investigation of affected areas carried out recently in the picturesque town, which is facing aggravated land subsidence since the beginning of January.

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10 killed as bus to Shirdi collides with truck

Ten people, including four women and four children, were killed and 23 others were injured in a head-on collision between a luxury bus and a truck on the Sinnar-Shirdi highway (NH-160) at 6.30am on Friday.

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Lawyer carries polio-hit client to courtroom

The judiciary bears an onerous responsibility on its shoulders - Kerala lawyer Rayin KR believes he does so too, taking the proverb to its literal heights by carrying a physically challenged plaintiff to the first floor of a Kottayam court

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Amid Joshimath evacuation, fresh snowfall in Auli adds to woes

Amid evacuations and demolitions, the residents had to endure a sudden drop in temperature following a fresh spell of snowfall in Auli, around 10km from the town, on Friday.

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Himachal fourth state to restore old pension scheme

Hundreds of employees shouted "Sukhu Zindabad" and danced to drum beats in the freezing cold as word got out that the cabinet meeting, which was still underway in the secretariat, had cleared the return of their pension scheme of choice after 20 years.

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Gay rights voice Onir Dhar's lit fest talk scrapped

Onir was due to speak on "Making Literature LGBTQ Neutral" on Friday. Onir told TOI he was quite upset that his session was "arbitrarily cancelled". "I'm appalled that no official reason has yet been given," he said.

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Supreme Court: Why no arrest in '21 Delhi hate speech case?

Petitioner Tushar Gandhi said there was an explicit call for violence at the Dharam Sansad and yet in flagrant violation of the SC's Tehseen Poonawala judgment directing expeditious action against hate-mongers, police has taken virtually no action.

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1st op in Joshimath, govt starts razing 2 big hotels

Out of fear that one hotel is tilting dangerously and may collapse on the other, owners of the two establishments in Joshimath who had been protesting for three days against the planned demolition of the buildings finally agreed to it on Thursday. It set the stage for the first demolition in Joshimath, where hundreds of houses and roads have developed cracks and are crumbling.

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In message to courts, presiding officers say respect boundaries

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Congress slams Dhankhar’s ‘attack on judiciary’

Terming them as “warning to the Constitution loving citizens” and “extraordinary attack on the judiciary”, Congress on Thursday condemned vice president Jagdeep Dhankar’s remarks on the Constitution’s “basic structure doctrine”, arguing that the Supreme Court judgment in Keshavananda Bharati case has been held as a landmark ruling by all including the BJP luminaries for decades.

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J'khand HC cites ED findings, rejects bail plea of Soren aide

The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close associate of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money trail in alleged illegal mining worth Rs 1,000 crore.

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PM: Global South must create new world order

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted developing countries to work towards redesigning global political and financial governance to remove inequalities, enlarge opportunities, support growth and spread progress and prosperity. Modi called for creating a new world order to ensure welfare of citizens of the developing countries, as he emphasised the next phase of global growth will come from countries in the South.

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U'khand increases Joshimath aid 30x to 1.5L per family

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Road accidents linked to fog claimed 13k lives in 2021

Road accidents caused due to foggy and misty weather conditions claimed 13,372 lives in 2021 and another 25,360 were left injured — more than half were grievously injured. Among states and UTs, Uttar Pradesh recorded a maximum of 3,782 fatalities, followed by Bihar (1,800) and Madhya Pradesh (1,233) on this account. Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep did not report any road death due to this reason.

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Trial in Kheri case may take 5 years: Judge to SC

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No amount of alcohol is safe for drinking, warns WHO

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Urination case: Court dismisses Mishra’s bail plea

Terming the alleged act of Shankar Mishra urinating on an elderly woman on board an Air India flight last November under the influence of alcohol “utterly disgusting and repulsive”, and “sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman”, a Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his bail plea.

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Dhankhar, Birla oppose ‘overstep by judiciary’

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Govt to set up micro seismic observatories

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‘Multiple mistakes’: DGCA issues Go First show-cause

Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday slapped a show-cause on domestic carrier Go First, citing “multiple mistakes” that led to a Delhi-bound flight taking off from Bengaluru the previous morning without 55 passengers who had been waiting in a bus for their turn to board. The notice to the chief operating officer and a manager of the airline listed “lack of proper communication, coordination, reconciliation and confirmation” among the lapses ahead of flight departing at 5.45am on Monday.

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Moscow-Goa flight bomb threat a ‘hoax’

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Stir against TN governor spreads, BJP springs to his defence

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Bengaluru metro structure falls; techie, kid killed

A 28-year-old woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old son were killed, while her husband and daughter sustained injuries, when an under-construction Metro pillar in Bengaluru came crashing down on them on Tuesday. The bike-borne family was passing through the stretch on Outer Ring Road around 10am when the reinforcement cage made of iron rods for the construction of an 18-metre-tall pillar of Namma Metro’s Blue Line corridor collapsed on them.

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Collegium sends names to govt for appointment as HC judges

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre names of eight persons for appointment as judges in five different high courts. The names included that of judicial officer Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui who, if cleared by the Centre, would be the first woman from the ST community to become a judge of Manipur HC. The collegium comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph on Monday also recommended the names of two other women.

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Don’t convert single units in Chandigarh into apartments: SC

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All Omicron variants in air, but no rise in mortality: Survey

A community-based surveillance conducted by the government has found that all Omicron variants - from BA.2 and XBB to BQ.1 and their respective sub-lineages — are circulating in the country. However, on the brighter side, the surveillance report suggests that the presence of these variants has not led to any increase in either mortality or transmission of Covid-1.

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DGCA issues notice to AI over unruly flyers on Paris flight

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‘CBI’s reasons for arrest casual’: HC gives Kochhars bail

The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the release of Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar on bail after holding that their arrest by the CBI four years following an FIR in a loan-fraud case was “unacceptable”.

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Supreme Court: No bar on states to set up panel for UCC

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5 days and counting: Delhi suffers longest cold wave in 10 years

he capital continued to reel under severe weather, recording its fifth consecutive day of cold wave on Monday — the longest in 10 years — even as the city suffered its worst fog episode of the season with visibility remaining hampered for over 20 hours beginning Sunday evening. The met department expects dense fog to continue till Wednesday although its intensity and span are expected to decrease by Tuesday night.

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia -EMSC

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1.9°C at main city station as Delhi faces extended cold wave

Delhi suffered its fourth consecutive cold wave day on Sunday, with the minimum at the city’s base station Safdarjung falling below 2 degrees Celsius for the first time in two years and the city experiencing one of its worst fog spells of the season with nine hours of lower than 200m visibility. Over 100 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to dense fog and 42 trains were running late.

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Over 6,900 domestic violence plaints filed by women in 2022

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PM dials Dhami, promises ‘all financial & technical support’

PM Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday morning. Dhami informed the PM about the situation in Joshimath as well as plans for rehabilitation and arrangements being made in light of several houses developing cracks amid fears that the town is ‘sinking’.

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Govt to disband telecom body DCC

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1.9°C at main city station as Delhi faces extended cold wave

Delhi suffered its fourth consecutive cold wave day on Sunday, with the minimum at the city’s base station Safdarjung falling below 2 degrees Celsius for the first time in two years and the city experiencing one of its worst fog spells of the season with nine hours of lower than 200m visibility. Over 100 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to dense fog and 42 trains were running late.

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‘Foreign univs in India must employ regular inter'l faculty’

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‘Law, not public pressure, is key’: Mishra sent to judicial custody

Advocate Manu Sharma, representing Mishra, submitted that as per the FIR, only one of the sections invoked is non-bailable and rest are bailable. Mishra was booked under IPC Sections 354, 294, 509 and 510, and Section 23 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. Mishra moved a bail plea in court, which scheduled it for hearing on January 11.

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UP ex-minister, son arrested in city over illegal slaughterhouse

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Average work hours per week longest in S&E Asia: ILO

The occupational group with longest average hours of work was plant and machine operators and assemblers, who worked 48.2 hours per week on an average, followed by service and sales workers at 47.0 hours per week.

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Hanif Kureishi fears he may never be able to walk or write again following fall in Rome

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Maha won’t charge premium for devpt of int’l airport land in Mum

The state urban development department has decided not to charge Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) a premium for the commercial development of the international airport land around Sahar.

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Centre: Will honour SC timeline for judge appts

Entrusted by the apex court to persuade the Centre to “follow the law” by complying with its verdicts on appointment of judges, attorney general R Venkataramani, at the outset , told a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka that all efforts were being made to conform to the timelines and names sent to the government by collegiums would be cleared expeditiously with decision on 44 out of 104 names decided in the coming two days.

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Ahead of Bharat Jodo entering J&K, 17 Azad loyalists rejoin Cong

The 17 leaders, led by ex-deputy CM Tara Chand and former state Congress chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, joined the party in the presence of AICC state incharge Rajani Patil at a press conference attended by party leaders KC Vengopal and Jairam Ramesh.

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SC pushes for e-monitoring to check over-speeding

Cause-wise analysis of road accidents revealed 55.9% (87,050 out of 1,55,622 deaths) and 27.5% (42,853 out of 1,55,622 deaths) of fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous/careless driving or overtaking, respectively, in 2021.

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Akshata Murty's vision is to open up Downing Street to public to draw a line under Johnson 'fiefdom era'

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Cracks in houses, jittery locals block NH for 8 hrs

The district administration will earmark the land where the prefabricated houses will come up, a government order issued by additional district magistrate (ADM) Abhishek Tripathi said. Meanwhile, the situation in Joshimath is worsening every passing day with families leaving their houses and being shifted to identified buildings. Till date, 38 families have been shifted and relocated to safer places, officials said.

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Autonomous college, univ rating norms out

As TOI had reported on November 14, this is the first time that the NAAC has declared the highest marks called benchmarks that it has set aside for each of the parameters it grades institutes on, thus allowing every higher education institute to know the maximum achievable marks.

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AI gets DGCA notice over peeing incident

Air India officials will have to respond within two weeks, said Arun Kumar, director general, civil aviation. The airline’s accountable manager and director, inflight services, too got the notices. TOI was the first to report the incident on January 4, following which the DGCA sought a report from the Tata Group-owned airline.

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11 ‘O’ sub-variants found in flyers in 11 days

India started random screening of 2% of international passengers arriving in the country from December 24 onwards. in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in several countries, especially China, Japan and South Korea among others.

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No-ball in any format is a crime: Hardik Pandya

Having suffered a narrow two-run defeat in the first T20I, Sri Lanka fought back brilliantly to draw level in the series with 16-run victory over India in the second match on Thursday in Pune.

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacts with Bollywood members, pushes UP as film-making destination

Presenting Uttar Pradesh as a film-friendly state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday invited prominent members from the entertainment industry to explore his state as a film-making destination.

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China stats 'under-represent' true impact of Covid outbreak: WHO

There is growing concern over China's steep rise in Covid infections since Beijing last month abruptly lifted years of hardline restrictions, with hospitals and crematoriums quickly overwhelmed.

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Live: Biden says Bradley Fighting Vehicles are on table for Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts. Stay with TOI for live updates-

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With old rifle, this man saved villagers from total annihilation

Known as Bala by fellow villagers, Krishan has been hailed as the local hero for stopping a total annihilation of the families living in an isolated cluster of three homes that came under attack. The terrorists killed four people that night and two kids died the next morning in an explosion triggered by an IED that the assailants had left behind. In all, 15 people were wounded—all of them recuperating and said to be stable now.

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'Will conduct 6 test launches before manned mission': Isro chief

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three will be conducted next year. And if all are successful, the final crew mission will be launched next year itself,” he said.

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Semen quality of Covid patients takes a hit: Study

The study is based on semen analysis, also known as sperm count test, of 30 men between 19 and 43 years admitted for Covid-19 treatment at AIIMS Patna between October 2020 and April 2021. The first analysis was done immediately after the infection and a second test carried out on semen collected after a gap of two and a half months.

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VHP, Bajrang Dal activists tear posters of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' at Ahmedabad mall

Members of the right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday created a ruckus at a mall in Vastrapur area here and tore up posters and other publicity material of the upcoming film "Pathaan" starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

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Live: Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective

International measures on travellers from China will likely have little effect on containing Covid, health experts said, pointing to a surging variant in the United States that may pose a larger threat. More than a dozen countries have imposed testing requirements on visitors from China, citing concerns about a lack of transparency in Beijing's infection data and the risk of a new variant of the virus emerging. Stay with TOI for live updates-

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Sonam Kapoor Ahuja sells BKC flat for 32.5 crores

The real estate market is booming with celebrity activity. Everyone from Vivek Agnihotri to Janhvi Kapoor have acquired plush properties in recent months in Mumbai. But this time, it's a big sale. Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has sold her prime property nestled in the heart of Mumbai for a hefty price.

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'Unique' Ronaldo says he wants to break records in Saudi stint

Cristiano Ronaldo described himself as a "unique player" and insisted his career was not over as he arrived at his new club Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

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Pics: Paceman Shivam Mavi shines on T20I debut

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Bill for NMC-like regulator for dentists likely in

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Student stabs girl to death in B’luru college, tries to kill self

A 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her friend inside the classroom at a private college in Bengaluru on Monday afternoon.

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'No pothole on road where Pant's car met with accident'

There were no potholes on the road where cricketer Rishabh Pant's car met with a near-fatal accident, a National Highways Authority of India official said on Monday. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after meeting the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had said Pant told him that his car crashed while he was trying to avoid a pothole on the highway.

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SBI Clerk Result 2022: Direct Link to Check Junior Associate Prelims Result, Cut Off & Merit List

SBI Clerk Result 2022 has been released by the State Bank of India on the official website (sbi.co.in). Candidates can check Direct Download Link, Cut-Off, Mains Exam Date and Other Details Below.

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Army to boost 'tooth-to-tail' ratio, shed flab

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With 3.8m units sold, best year for carmakers

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UPI transactions hit record 782 crore in December

Transactions on the UPI platform hit a record of 782 crore in December 2022, with the value touching a new high of Rs 12.8 lakh crore. In terms of number of transactions, the December figure is 7% higher than November's.

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Popn mustn't be sole delimitation criterion: Assam chief minister

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India eyes MacBook production, may boost incentive scheme

After the success of iPhone production in India, the government is set to sweeten the deal to kickstart the coveted manufacturing of MacBooks and iPads in the country, looking to broad-base the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to nearly Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,350 crore which failed to receive much response from the industry.

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Delhi air improved in 2022, was 2nd cleanest in 6 years

The annual average PM2.5 concentration of Delhi in 2022 fell below 100 micrograms per cubic metre for only the second time since 2017, making the year gone by the second cleanest in the last six years. However, the 2022 average was still 2.5 times higher than the annual national ambient air quality standard of 40 micrograms/cubic metre and 20 times higher than WHO’s safe limit of 5.

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Live: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake in West Karbi Anglong, Assam

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