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October 21, 2024
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Vikram Dev Dutt takes charge as coal secretary at a critical juncture for energy use

New Delhi: Vikram Dev Dutt, a senior civil servant, on Monday assumed charge as secretary to the Union ministry of coal. A 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, Dutt was till recently the director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). He succeeds V.L. […]

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October 21, 2024
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India leading global climate action despite contributing marginally to climate change: Modi

New Delhi: India is leading the global movement against climate change despite contributing marginally to the problem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, citing its plans for growth focused on “stability, sustainability and solutions.” The greening of industries as well as green jobs are the future, Modi said, adding that green transition is the […]

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October 21, 2024
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'Like a spoilt kid': BJP slams SP's Ram Gopal Yadav for using 'abusive language against CJI Chandrachud’

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav stirred a massive controversy on Monday as he allegedly made objectionable remarks during an on-camera interview. He seemingly used an “abusive language” while speaking about Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s latest comments on the Ayodhya verdict. A video clip of the interview was widely circulated on […]

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October 21, 2024
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CM Omar Abdullah vacates Budgam Assembly seat, retains family bastion Ganderbal

Jammu and Kashmir news: In a significant political move, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has vacated the Budgam assembly seat while retaining the Ganderbal constituency, as announced by Pro-tem Speaker Mubarak Gul in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday. CM Omar Abdullah successfully secured both seats – Ganderbal and Budgam – in the recent assembly […]

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October 21, 2024
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The foreigners fighting and dying for Vladimir Putin

A Nepali, a Slovak and a Brazilian sit in a room in a prisoner-of-war camp and explain that they had never signed up to fight in the Russian army but that they were tricked into doing so. The Ukrainian authorities do not give any official figures for the number of foreign fighters they have captured, […]

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October 21, 2024
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India-China border row: Jaishankar announces disengagement process ‘completed’, says ‘will be able to do patrolling’

India-China Row: After four years and multiple diplomatic and military talks to end the standoff since the India-China skirmishes began in 2020, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced on Monday that ‘disengagement process with China has been completed’. Jaishankar said, “…We can say that the disengagement process with China has been completed…We will be able […]

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October 21, 2024
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Political toilet trouble: The TOTO row surrounding Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi bungalow explained

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that crores of rupees were spent on state-of-the-art household goods including a ‘missing; hi-tech toilet seat in the 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow which was occupied for over nine years by the former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The saffron party cited an unverified inventory puportedly prepared by the Public […]

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October 21, 2024
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BIS tightens screws on food hygiene standards as global food trade, foreign travel grow

This development comes as growing global food trade and foreign travel are changing consumption patterns and increasing the risk of food-borne illnesses spreading across borders. The effort to ensure that Indian food products meet the highest hygiene standards, both domestically and internationally, arises against the backdrop of increasing cases of Indian food consignments being rejected. […]

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October 21, 2024
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Charles, ‘you’re not our king’: British king accused of ‘genocide’, gets confronted by Australian senator | Watch

King Charles faced a confrontation from Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe during his visit to Australia. On October 21, Thorpe told him that he was “not her king” and demanded a treaty between Australia’s First Nations and its government. After King Charles delivered a significant speech at Australia’s Parliament House, Thorpe confronted him, accusing the Commonwealth […]