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January 28, 2023

Investors lose ₹11 lakh crore as markets fall

INDIA’s equity markets fell sharply on Friday with both the Sensex and Nifty hitting a three-month low. At close, the Sensex was down 874.16 points or 1.45% at 59,330.90, while Nifty was down 287.70 points or 1.61% at 17,604.30.

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Protests over BBC docu on DU campus

HEATED exchanges with police personnel posted inside and around Delhi University’s Arts Faculty over the screening of the controversial BBC docuseries on 2002 Godhra riots led to the detention of at least two dozen students on Friday.

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Mayor poll: SC to hear AAP plea on Feb 3

THE Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for February 3 AAP’s Shelly Oberoi’s plea seeking directions for conduct of mayor election of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in a time-bound manner. Oberoi is AAP’s mayor candidate.

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No salary for teachers of DU colleges for months

MORE than a dozen Delhi University colleges have not paid salaries to the teaching and non-teaching staff for more than a month, leading to resentment on the campus and protests outside.

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AI TO SORT COIN OFFERINGS AT SABARIMALA

THE Travancore Devaswom Board is considering employing artificial intelligence (AI) to deal with the huge volume of coins received as offerings at the Sabarimala temple.

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Notice to Pak to review & modify Indus water pact

Islamabad has three months to open talks

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Rahul halts Yatra in J&K, cites breach of security

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday suspended his Bharat Jodo Yatra after it entered the militancy-hit south Kashmir, alleging collapse of security arrangements.

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MCD Mayor election may hang fire till April

If elected now, mayor will get a month to work as re-election is due

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Garbage recycle: L-G inaugurates facility for waste segregation

ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY

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Ad hoc teachers being 'displaced': Sisodia to DU V-C

DEPUTY Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Fridy wrote a letter to Delhi University ViceChancellor Yogesh Singh, expressing concern over reports stating that 70 per cent of its ad hoc and temporary teachers are being “displaced” during the ongoing interviews for assistant professors.

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Chinese syndicate of cyber crooks unearthed

DELHI Police has unearthed an international syndicate of cyber fraudsters who have cheated more than 11,000 people on the pretext of providing work from home jobs in Amazon.

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Deported journo depicted India negatively in docu: Centre to HC

THE Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that US-based VICE news journalist Angad Singh had depicted India in a “negative manner” in the “India Burning” documentary.

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Jacqueline gets court nod for travelling to Dubai

OBSERVING that “unnecessary restrictions” should not be imposed in the ED case against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, whose film ‘Tell It Like a Woman’ has been nominated for the Oscars, a Delhi Court on Friday allowed her to travel to Dubai for attending the PepsiCo India Conference.

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AI peegate: Delhi court adjourns bail plea of Shankar Mishra to January 30

A Delhi Court on Friday adjourned to January 30 the bail application of Shankar Mishra, who was arrested for allegedly peeing on his co-passenger, a septuagenarian woman, on board an Air India flight in an inebriated condition.

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Tossed and dragged to death

Kanjhawala rerun: Victim got stuck between windshield and bonnet for more than 350 meters

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Measles vax: Health dept pushes for 100% coverage

FOR the successful rollout of the special Measles & Rubella (MR) immunisation campaign, the Health Department has asked all medical officers to escalate the human resources needed in the vaccination exercise.

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Techie dies as a wall crashes on her during demolition

A 23-year-old woman techie walking on the footpath of Anna Salai was killed on Friday after a part of the wall of an old building crashed on her during demolition. No safety procedures were followed during the demolition of the 60year-old building, police said.

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Kerala sculptor gets granite to tell Gandhi's life, India's freedom struggle

HISTORY IN STONE

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K'taka revenue intelligence sleuths smash wildlife smuggling racket

THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Bengaluru, has busted an international wildlife syndicate which trafficked endangered wildlife species though mobile apps, in a massive operation codenamed 'Kalki'.

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Tamil Nadu first to make equity funding in startup

State govt had earmarked ₹30 cr in the 2022-23 budget for SC/ST startup Fund

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INVESTMENT AND CONSUMPTION NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION

The economy is resilient amid a bleak global growth outlook, but faces risks from geopolitical spillovers

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Judiciary comprises largely upper caste, heterosexual men, says Kirpal

SENIOR advocate Saurabh Kirpal, whose name was recommended for elevation as Delhi HC judge but it has met with objections from the Centre due to his sexual preference, has opined that judiciary is composed largely of “upper caste, heterosexual men who also have certain biases”.

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30% Joshimath can collapse, warn scientists

Disaster mgmt officials say a huge amount of soil washed away, cracks have developed inside ground at 460 places

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Rlys to roll out mini Vande Bharat trains with 8 coaches for short trips

AFTER the successful launch of semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train, the Ministry of Railways is planning to roll out its mini version with just eight cars on pilot basis.

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New scheme to fix 'Monument Mitra' lapses

IN the absence of desired results from the ‘Monument Mitra’ (Adopt a Heritage) scheme of the tourism ministry, the ministry of culture is now ready with its own version the initiative for better maintenance of centrally-protected heritage properties, creation of basic amenities and world-class additions like the recently launched Sound and Light Show at Delhi’s Red Fort.

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British MPs talk about 'genocide' of Kashmiri pandits

THE All Party Parliamentary Group for British Hindus, the Kashmiri Pandit diaspora and allies held an event to commemorate “33 years of Kashmiri Pandits genocide” on Wednesday.

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Kushwaha says won't quit even if Nitish asks him

THE verbal duel is unabated between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his party’s parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha.

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BJP ready to go solo in Tripura poll

Party’s central election committee meets to finalise candidates for 60-member House

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80-year-old Kashmiri santoor maker says the award came a bit too late

FEELING elated over being conferred the Padma Shri award on Republic Day, the 80-year-old Kashmiri santoor craftsman Ghulam Mohammad Zaz said that he would have been happier had the award came to him much earlier when his grandfather, father and uncles were alive.

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Capt likely to replace Koshyari as Maha Guv after Budget session

FORMER Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh could be the next Governor of Maharashtra replacing Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

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Memphis braces for video release in Nichols' arrest

THE southern Unite States city of Memphis braced itself for unrest on Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim’s mother said, “beat him to a pulp.”

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Sunak's govt resists Tory demand for tax cut, says focus on cutting inflation

BRITAIN’S Treasury chief said on Friday that taming inflation is more important than cutting taxes, resisting calls from some in the governing Conservative Party for immediate tax breaks for businesses and voters.

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Phosphorus weapons used in latest strikes, ten killed

Ukrainian officials said towns in the east and south suffered most

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Smartphone shipment in India declines 9%, premium segment sees growth

INDIA’S smartphone shipments declined 9% year-on-year (YoY) to reach over 152 million units in 2022, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service.

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India's financial system robust, current account deficit manageable: RBI Guv

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said India’s current account deficit is ‘eminently manageable’.

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Adani slips to 7th spot on rich list, net worth below $100 bn

INDIA’S and Asia’s richest billionaire Gautam Adani’s fortune fell sharply on Friday and his ranking in the global rich list came down to seventh spot.

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Adani stocks slump post Hindenburg report

Group’s point by point rebuttal of Hindenburg’s questions has provided little relief from aggressive sell-off

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German challenge for Belgium

THE Germans are coming and you can’t do anything about it. Well, you can try and stop them but it feels like the world’s worst job now.

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MAJOR IMPACT: SANIA MAKES GRAND EXIT

Despite missing out on a title in her last Grand Slam tournament, tennis star’s massive contribution to Indian sports, both on and off the court, will always be remembered

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Kiwis taste 1st win, take 1-0 lead

DEVON Conway and Daryl Mitchell conjured up fluent and fiery half-centuries before the spinners choked the hosts as New Zealand outplayed India by 21 runs in the opening T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Friday. It was also their first win of the tour.

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Rampant Djokovic surges into final

A RAMPANT Novak Djokovic surged into a 10th Australian Open final Friday to close in on a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam crown, with only Stefanos Tsitsipas now standing in his way.

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TN win but Saurashtra, Andhra enter quarters

DESPITE a loss in the final league match against Tamil Nadu here at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Saurashtra advanced to the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy from Group B.

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BV Dosh The Architect, The Artist 1927-2023

With the passing of Dr BV Doshi on Tuesday, India has lost a visionary in the world of art and architecture. Artist Jitha Karthikeyan remembers him through his works

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge to develop Sign Here for Amazon Studios

ACTOR, screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge, known for Fleabag has renewed her overall deal with Amazon Studios, confirming that she will continue doing business with them.

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