Tuesday 31 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/N2tOmsg
PM Cares not govt fund or public authority: PMO
The PMO told the Delhi HC that the PM Cares Fund is not a “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution and does not constitute a “public authority” under RTI Act. The affidavit was filed in response to a petition filed by Samyak Gangwal, who sought declaration of the PM Cares Fund as a ‘State’. The petition also sought that PM Cares Fund should be restrained from using “PM” in its name, state emblem, domain name “gov” in its website and the PM's Office as its official address. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/N2tOmsg
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”. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/N2tOmsg
Shanti Bhushan, famed lawyer and ex-minister, dead
Nearly half a century ago, a 50-year old lean-framed lawyer appeared for veteran socialist leader Raj Narain, convincing Justice Jag Mohan Sinha of the Allahabad High Court to declare then PM Indira Gandhi's election void which hurt her ego so much that it triggered proclamation of the dreaded Emergency. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/N2tOmsg
Monday 30 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/lg8Ncob
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/lg8Ncob
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/lg8Ncob
Morbi collapse: Oreva accepts HC directive on compensation
Oreva Group company Ajanta Monday accepted the Gujarat high court’s directive to calculate compensation payable to the families of the 135 victims in the Morbi suspension footbridge collapse like it’s done for motor vehicle accident claims or follow the Supreme Court’s recompense formula in one such case involving the death of a family’s breadwinner. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/lg8Ncob
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/lg8Ncob
Sunday 29 January 2023
Sunak fires party chairman Zahawi over tax affairs
British PM Rishi Sunak fired the Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi from government on Sunday after an investigation found he'd been insufficiently open about a tax probe which he settled while finance minister. Zahawi has said the tax body ruled he had been "careless" with his declarations but hadn't deliberately made an error to pay less tax. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/z7jxU6s
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/z7jxU6s
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/z7jxU6s
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%). Via Times of India https://ift.tt/z7jxU6s
Saturday 28 January 2023
Maldives President Solih wins party primary in re-election bid
Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih won the presidential primary election of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on Saturday, reported avas.mv. Solih faced off against the party's President and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, and received 61 per cent of the votes cast. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MLqxuyW
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MLqxuyW
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MLqxuyW
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MLqxuyW
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MLqxuyW
Friday 27 January 2023
12 cheetahs from South Africa to land in India next month
A batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown to the country from South Africa next month. The translocation of additional 12 big cats will take the total number of re-introduced cheetahs in India to 20. Eight cheetahs - five female and three male - were brought in from Namibia to Kuno National Park (KNP) in MP in September 2022. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/6doCezh
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/6doCezh
India sends notice to Pak on Indus Waters Treaty amendment
Citing Pakistani "intransigence" and unilateral actions related to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India has sent a notice to Islamabad for its modification. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/6doCezh
Morbi bridge collapse: Chargesheet names Oreva promoter, 9 others
The sessions court here is scheduled to hear the anticipatory bail application of maintenance contractor and operator Oreva Group's promoter Jaysukh Patel on February 1 over the Morbi suspension footbridge collapse that claimed 135 lives. Nine others named in the chargesheet are already in custody. Patel has been named "absconder". Via Times of India https://ift.tt/6doCezh
J&K cops reject lapse charge as Rahul calls off 11km leg of Yatra
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Friday claimed that a security lapse forced him to abandon the 11km leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra. He had crossed the Jawahar Tunnel from Jammu’s Banihal in a bulletproof vehicle and walked less than a kilometre towards the gateway to Kashmir division when the alleged security lapse brought his march to a halt. J&K Police contested allegations of poor crowd management. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/6doCezh
Thursday 26 January 2023
Gender Gap Report should record women in local govt bodies: WEF
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/QxyA0Yz
SFI, ABVP clash at Pondi varsity over BBC docu screening
Screenings of the blocked BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi continued on campuses and public places in parts of southern India, with SFI organising its second show in a week at the central University of Hyderabad on Republic Day and taking on ABVP at Pondicherry University the night before after at least five students watching the film there were allegedly injured in an assault. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/QxyA0Yz
Wednesday 25 January 2023
Meta to restore Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts
Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will restore former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021. Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook and 23 million on Instagram. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ANP9Q61
Students plan to screen BBC docu at TISS Mum, Kol varsities
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PM Modi meets El-Sisi: Egypt supports India on cross-border terror fight
Counter-terrorism efforts, increasing radicalisation and cyber security were among the issues that dominated PM Modi's dialogue with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, with Modi saying in a media statement later that both leaders agreed concerted action is necessary to end cross-border terrorism. The summit also saw India and Egypt elevating their relationship to the level of strategic partnership in an effort to ramp up defence, political, energy and economic ties. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ANP9Q61
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ANP9Q61
Tuesday 24 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/OG2L5Xg
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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Monday 23 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/jiV68z0
Is Joshimath route only option for this year’s Badrinath yatra?
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Police to act against parents of kids using Chinese string in Punjab
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Sunday 22 January 2023
451 convicts who got Covid parole in Maha missing
As many as 451 convicts who were among those released on emergency parole during the Covid outbreak have still not returned to jails despite the state government issuing an order last May. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/HvECaL0
Mom played second fiddle, suffered: Netaji's daughter
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s love of his country spared little time for his wife Emilie Schenkl, said their daughter Anita Bose Pfaff, who too grew up like many children of war without the warmth and comfort of having a father near her. "His first and foremost, and almost only interest, was his fight for his country’s freedom. My mother had to suffer because of this as she always had to play second fiddle,” Anita told TOI on Sunday, a day before Neta-ji’s 126th birth anniversary. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/HvECaL0
How Gonda strongman’s career soared before wrestlers’ move
The footnote to six-time MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's political CV would be a long chronology of criminal cases — at one point totalling 30 FIRs, including one filed under the erstwhile Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/HvECaL0
‘Sane view’, says Rijiju of high court ex-judge’s collegium criticism
Amid the ongoing wrangle between the Centre and the judiciary over appointment of judges through the collegium system, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday cited in his Twitter handle an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi high court. Sodhi had remarked that the Supreme Court “has for the first time hijacked the Constitution” to such an extent that judges have decided to appoint judges, negating the role of the government. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/HvECaL0
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/HvECaL0
Saturday 21 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
Assam’s royal burial mounds in race for Unesco heritage site tag
India has nominated Charaideo’s royal burial mounds or tumulus called “moidam” of the Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam for six centuries from 1228 to 1826 for consideration as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Also known as the Pyramids of Assam, the moidams in Charaideo have been likened to the royal tombs of ancient China and the Egyptian pyramids. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
Violence erupts in heart of Kolkata as ISF protesters clash with cops
As many as 19 cops were injured in the brick batting while agitators were also injured in lathi charge. ISF MLA Naushad Siddique, who was leading the protest, was among 17 arrested, police commissioner Vineet Goyal said. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
No extra student visas for India in FTA: UK trade secretary
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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. The bombings happened just two days before the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu and ahead of next week’s Republic Day celebrations—a time when security agencies in the region are on high alert. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
Government blocks online links to ‘divisive’ BBC documentary on PM Modi
The government on Friday ordered the blocking of multiple YouTube videos and nearly 50 tweets that shared the first episode of the BBC documentary — “India: The Modi Question”— on grounds that senior officials of various ministries found it to be an attempt to “cast aspersions” on the authority of the Supreme Court and make “unsubstantiated allegations” regarding the actions of foreign governments in India. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MH5aSY0
Friday 20 January 2023
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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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ndDYa3E
Wrestlers end protest after getting assurances that grievances would be addressed
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ndDYa3E
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/ndDYa3E
Thursday 19 January 2023
BJP to go ‘solo’ in Meghalaya polls, retains Nagaland ally
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Let CMs recommend names to collegium for HC judge posts: Rijiju
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/oCF3GqI
Railways earnings jump 28%, set to cross budget target in weeks
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/oCF3GqI
Wednesday 18 January 2023
SC agrees to not involve judicial officers, collectors in ‘living will’ process
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Battle in the northeast: Three states go to polls next month
The Election Commission Wednesday announced assembly polls in 180 seats across three northeastern states, starting with BJP-governed Tripura on February 16 and followed by simultaneous polling on February 27 in Meghalaya and Nagaland, where the saffron party is second in the pecking order of coalitions headed by regional giants. Counting of votes is scheduled for March 2. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/siu24aw
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/siu24aw
Tuesday 17 January 2023
Chhattisgarh BJP neta out for morning walk found dead
The secretary of BJP's Jagdalpur district unit in Bastar was found dead under mysterious circumstances after going out for his daily morning walk on Tuesday. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/1v4KSP2
BJP beats AAP, gets mayor post in Chandigarh
The Bharatiya Janata Party won the Chandigarh municipal corporation's mayor seat for eight time in a row. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/1v4KSP2
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/1v4KSP2
First since March, 2020: Under 100 Covid cases in a day
No Covid death was reported in India for 4 days at a stretch, again a first since 2020. India reported 83 fresh cases on Monday, down from 114 on the previous day. India had first reported over 100 cases in a day on March 27, 2020, & the daily tally hadn't fallen to double digits since then. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/1v4KSP2
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/1v4KSP2
Monday 16 January 2023
Unnao convict gets bail for daughter's Feb 8 wedding
The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim bail to former BJP MLA, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, to attend his daughter's wedding. Sengar was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
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.” Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
Letter to CJI a follow-up of MoP: Rijiju to Kejriwal
Inclusion of a member of the government in collegiums for appointment of judges in SC and HCs flows from the new MoP as suggested by the constitution bench after it struck down the NJAC, law minister Kiren Rijiju said. Responding to a tweet of CM Kejriwal, who termed the minister's letter to CJI as dangerous, Rijiju said, "I hope you honour court's direction! This is a precise follow up action of the direction of SC constitution bench..." Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
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." Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
Sunday 15 January 2023
Rajasthan govt to spend Rs 1,377 on 1,500 gaushalas
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday gave his consent for the construction of 1,500 gaushalas in 1,500 gram panchayats under the Public Participation Scheme of Gaushala in Gram Panchayats announced in budget 2022-23. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bf6eZXD
Narrow escape for Surpiya Sule as saree catches fire
NCP MP Supriya Sule's saree accidentally caught fire during an event in Pune on Sunday. In a statement, Sule later said that she is safe and there was no reason to worry. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/JUP9hMb
Nepal plane crash: 3 victims on way home from funeral in Kerala
Three Nepali nationals - Raju Thakuri, Rabin Hamal and Anil Shahi - who had come to attend the funeral of Christian evangelist Mathew Philip in Pathanamthitta were among the 68 people who died in the crash. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/JUP9hMb
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/JUP9hMb
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/JUP9hMb
Saturday 14 January 2023
Man gets 3 years imprisonnment for sex assault on girl
Observing that the incident had left an impression that the house and the vicinity is not safe for children, a special Pocso court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old man to three years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 13-year-old neighbour on the pretext of adjusting her clothes while taking her pictures on the staircase of their building in 2017. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal disqualified
Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal of NCP has been disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction in an attempt to murder case. Faizal is among four people sentenced to 10 years in jail for trying to murder the son-in-law of late Congress leader PM Sayeed during the 2009 LS polls. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
Arsenic in water raises risk of gallbladder cancer: Study
A two-year study carried out in large tertiary care hospital settings suggests that chronic arsenic exposure in drinking water even at low-moderate levels may be a potential risk factor for gallbladder cancer. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
Congress suspends Bharat Jodo Yatra for a day after MP's death
Congress MP from Jalandhar, Chaudhary Santokh Singh (76), collapsed and died just as Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed Phillaur in Jalandhar district of Punjab on Saturday morning. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
Friday 13 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/GNz90XR
LG Saxena just refused to accept SC order on powers: Delhi CM
The much-awaited meeting between chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant governor V K Saxena on Friday failed to bring about a detente and only led to more acrimony. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/fZtV5S6
Rajasthan twins die in similar manner 900km apart
A pair of 26-year-old twins from Rajasthan's Barmer living 900km apart in different states died within hours of each other in bizarrely similar circumstances - one falling to his death from the terrace of a house in Surat and the other fatally slipping into a water tank after being called home from Jaipur. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/fZtV5S6
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/fZtV5S6
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/fZtV5S6
Thursday 12 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/fZtV5S6
In message to courts, presiding officers say respect boundaries
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DZpAazB
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DZpAazB
Wednesday 11 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/TS8jVC9
Tuesday 10 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/TS8jVC9
Golden Globe Awards 2023 live updates
The golden night of Hollywood is here – the Golden Globe Awards 2023 is on in full swing with Hollywood royalty and television’s greats coming together to celebrate the best in cinema. Glitz, glamour and grandeur are at its peak at this gala. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will be hosting the entertaining evening. This year the Golden Globe Awards are extra special for India with RRR bagging a nomination in Best Picture (Non-English language) and Best Song categories. Top contenders for the night also include 'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Elvis'. The Golden Globes also honours the best in television and are voted for by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Keep watching this space for more updates. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/TS8jVC9
4 years after clean air mission, ‘marginal’ gain in some cities
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/NvbdoWO
Don’t convert single units in Chandigarh into apartments: SC
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Monday 9 January 2023
Live: Zelenskyy says Ukraine resisting 'tougher assaults' in Soledar
Russia's bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbour. Stay with TOI for live updates- Via Times of India https://ift.tt/NvbdoWO
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/NvbdoWO
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”. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/QCbXKE1
Sunday 8 January 2023
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/QCbXKE1
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’. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/QCbXKE1
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/iFBCw2W
Saturday 7 January 2023
Joshimath sinking: Army base in town reports cracks
Not long ago, the Indian and US armies conducted the 18th edition of the ‘Yudh Abhyas’ bilateral exercise in Auli, just 6km from Joshimath, in November 2022. Moreover, Barahoti, which was in the news for a series of Chinese incursions in the past couple of years, is just under 50 km from Joshimath. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/iFBCw2W
India will be free from Maoist menace by 2024: Home minister Amit Shah
The strategy was to reach out to youths, who used to take up weapons, and provide them employment, roads, water, telephone, electricity and other basic facilities in the remote areas to help them join the mainstream of society, the Union minister said, adding that those who did not lay down their weapons were being given a befitting reply. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/iFBCw2W
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
Man who urinated on co-flyer held from B'luru guest house
Mishra was apprehended from a guest house in Bengaluru at 12.30am using internet tracking technology and information from sources about a red Jeep Compass SUV. He was brought to Delhi where a court sent him to judicial custody in Tihar jail for 14 days. The flight’s pilots have also been questioned and their statements recorded. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
Hanif Kureishi fears he may never be able to walk or write again following fall in Rome
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Friday 6 January 2023
Car owner, driver’s cousin held in Delhi's accident case
The Baleno owner has been identified as Ashutosh. The police said he has been captured on CCTV having a conversation on phone with the accused men in the car. He also arranged for an auto for the accused to escape after they returned the car to him around 5 am on Sunday. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
Live: US says strikes in Ukraine prove Russian ceasefire was 'cynical'
Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours for the Orthodox Christmas. The brief ceasefire declared by Putin earlier this week was supposed to begin at 0900 GMT Friday and would have been the first full pause since Moscow's invasion in February 2022. Stay with TOI for live updates- Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
Should you break pandemic FDs to earn higher returns?
At the peak of the pandemic, rates had dropped to as low as 5.5% due to excess liquidity in the banking system and many had locked into 2-3-year deposits to make the best in a depressed market. Now with some private banks offering 8% and public sector banks giving over 7.5%, savvy elders are looking at premature withdrawals to make fresh deposits at higher rates. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Bs8DnPJ
SC puts on hold HC order on Assam-Meghalaya border pact
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, arguing the Meghalaya government’s appeal against the HC order, told a three-judge bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud that it is a sovereign act between the states to demarcate the boundaries in a fair and transparent manner which could not be interfered with by the HC while entertaining petition. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DF3uQI5
Akshata Murty's vision is to open up Downing Street to public to draw a line under Johnson 'fiefdom era'
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Thursday 5 January 2023
SC slams UP for delay in releasing life-term convicts in jail for 16 years
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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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DF3uQI5
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DF3uQI5
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DF3uQI5
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DF3uQI5
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
Wednesday 4 January 2023
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- Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
'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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
FIR against bizman who peed on AI female co-passenger
The FIR was filed on Wednesday on the complaint of the woman which she had earlier submitted to the airline. Cops claimed they were informed about the incident in brief on December 28 by the airline, after which they had contacted the victim and the airline seeking details of the passenger and a complaint. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/tWcAZin
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Minister says PSUs to be roped in to build N-plants
The Modi government is also expected to make a big announcement in the atomic energy sector in the coming days on the lines of the “unlocking of the space sector in 2020”. However, keeping in view the criticality of nuclear fuel and its potential misuse, the government will tread a very cautious path in tune with IAEA guidelines and conventions of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a ministry source told TOI. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
Minor raped in MP, accused BJP member on run
Infuriated, the girl’s relatives and around 200 neighbours marched to Gulhane’s house. Seeing the mob outside, the BJP leader fled through the rear door, Betul additional SP Neeraj Soni told TOI. While the child’s parents went to file a police complaint, teams from several police stations sped to Gulhane’s house to tackle the mob. The protesters torched his car. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
Drunk man pees on woman in biz class of US flight, goes home
The incident occurred on November 26 on board Air India flight AI-102, which departed New York-JFK airport around 1pm, local time. “Shortly after lunch was served and the lights were switched off, ...another passenger walked to my seat, completely inebriated. He unzipped his pants, relieved himself and continued to expose me to his private parts,” said the letter. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
All conversions cannot be illegal, says SC on MP law
The SG said that the law in question did not prohibit either marriage or conversion, its ambit restricted to requiring people to inform district magistrate 60 days in advance about their decision to convert. He said that provision for prior notice was there in also in the 1968 Act also that was upheld by a constitution bench of the apex court. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
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- Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/joHv051
Monday 2 January 2023
Congress leader Rahul, opposition should now apologise: BJP after SC verdict on demonetisation
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Delhi hit & run: Girl on scooty was with friend who fled in fear
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2 kids killed in IED blast in Rajouri, day after Jan 1 massacre
A four-year-old boy and a teenage girl were killed in an IED explosion Monday in a sinister continuation of the targeted terrorist attack on three Hindu homes in the mountainside village of Upper Dhangri in Jammu’s Rajouri district that were sprayed with bullets on New Year’s Day, leaving four villagers dead and six gravely wounded. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/DmeaZ5R
Sunday 1 January 2023
'No foul play in Russian deaths'
Odisha crime branch has found no indication of foul play in the deaths of Putin-critic Pavel Antov and his friend Vladimir Bydanov in a Rayagada hotel. It will take Interpol's help, if required, said the Odisha DGP. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Z4Fi9Dt
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Z4Fi9Dt
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. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/Z4Fi9Dt
Live: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake in West Karbi Anglong, Assam
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