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February 07, 2023

Adani prepays $1.14 bn for release of pledged shares

IN a bid to salvage investor confidence amid huge market value erosion, billionaire Gautam Adani and family have prepaid $1.1 billion worth of loans that were taken by pledging shares of Adani group firms. The group had time till September 2024 to repay the loans.

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SC to hear plea against Victoria Gowri today

IN a rare move, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an urgent plea seeking to restrain advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri from taking oath as a judge of the Madras High Court, soon after the Centre notified her appointment.

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2,300 KILLED AND COUNTING

A monster 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the wee hours of Monday — followed by another 7.5 about 10 hours later — rocked Turkey and Syria toppling hundreds of buildings and killing over 2,300 people and leaving many others injured. The toll is expected to go up as hundreds are still trapped under rubble.

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PM lays out 4-pronged strategy to boost energy sector

IN a big push for India’s energy sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid out a four-pronged strategy while appealing to global and domestic investors from the exploration and production (E&P) sector to invest in the country.

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On the prowl! Thieves decamp with 2km train track in Bihar

THEY first stole the track. Then they covered their tracks well. And now the police is busy tracking the culprits who escaped with 2km long railway track and its scrap in Madhubani district, under Samastipur railway division in Bihar.

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MCD ruckus: AAP cries foul, to move SC

Party will file a petition to conduct court-monitored election for mayor’s post within 10 days

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Adani row: Cong holds protest at Jantar Mantar, seeks joint parliamentary probe

CONGRESS staged a protest at Jantar Mantar on Monday and demanded a joint parliamentary committee probe into the allegations of fraud made against the Adani group in the Hindenburg research report. Holding placards, the state unit protested outside SBI branches in all 14 districts in the capital.

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BJP instructed its councillors to stall mayor polls: AAP

AAP on Monday launched an all-out attack on BJP, accusing it of hatching a conspiracy to stall the mayoral election for the third time by disrupting the MCD House.

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File report on status of instruments at Jantar Mantar, HC tells ASI

The Delhi High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India ASI) to file a report regarding the status of the functionality of instruments at the Jantar Mantar.

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Celebrating visionary of modern art

BINOD BIHARI MUKHERJEE

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Hindu Rao docs suspend strike for 10 days

Hospital admin agrees to disburse part of pending salaries, but doctors say protest hasn't been called off

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We can't do it: Delhi HC says on one-nation, one-election

HEARING a plea moved by a BJP leader seeking feasibility of conducting the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies’ polls simultaneously in 2024, the Delhi High Court on Monday said the matter has to be decided by lawmakers’ while refusing to pass any directions.

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Man arrested for impersonating Vice-President

THE Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested an Indian national residing in Italy for allegedly seeking favours from senior bureaucrats after impersonating as the Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.

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Renewable energy: K'taka stands first, says CM Bommai

KARNATAKA stands first in the production of renewable energy, accounting for nearly 50 per cent of the country's renewable energy, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

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I'm against Hindutva, not Hindu religion, says Siddaramaiah

CONGRESS Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said that he is not anti-Hindu, but only anit-Hindutva.

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T'gana finance min presents ₹3Lcr Budget with optimism

State hopes to meet budgetary target by reaching its tax revenue target

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Oppn alleges BJD's involvement in Das murder

AMID the Opposition demand for a CBI probe into the murder of minister Naba Kishore Das, two Congress and BJP MLAs from western Odisha on Monday created a flutter alleging that an influential ruling party leader from coastal Odisha was involved in the conspiracy.

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PERVEZ MUSHARRAF AND HIS INDIA OBSESSION

What irked Musharraf greatly was that being from the Pakistan Army's SSG, he could do nothing to prevent Siachen from falling into Indian hands on April 13, 1984

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Govt to take a call after NDRF submits report on Joshimath: Yadav

AMID raging debates about the various development and infrastructure projects being carried out in the Himalayan region, sparked by the recent land subsidence in Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav said the National Disaster Response Force would come up with a detailed scientific study of the region.

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'Damage to Himalayas can have severe impact'

Environmental degradation can have far-reaching impacts on every aspect of life, says environmentalist Anjal Prakash

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Rahul ups ante, says Modi govt won't allow discussion on Adani

UPPING the ante on Modi government's alleged silence' on Hindenburg report on Adani Group, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the BJP government will try its best to avoid a discussion on the issue.

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Hillary announces $50 mn fund for women empowerment, climate change

FORMER US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a $50 million Global Climate Resilience Fund for women to combat climate change on Monday.

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Cong leaders agree to disagree on CM face in election-bound MP

Even before 2023 set in, the hoardings and posters reading 'Naya Saal Nayi Sarkar' (New Year New Government) and 'Bhavi Mukyamantri' Kamal Nath (Future CM Kamal Nath) were put by opposition Congress workers across Bhopal.

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'If govt can talk to Hurriyat & NSCN, why not to us?'

TRIPURA'S royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma is keeping his cards close to his chest even as he puts up TIPRA Motha, the tribe-based party he heads, against the ruling BJP and makes no attempt to hide that there is no love lost between him and the Congress, now that he has parted ways.

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Tipra Motha has tacit ties with Left, Cong, says Shah

Highlights BJP govt's achievements on building infra & ensuring peace

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Worse than years of war, Syrian survivors lament

AT a hospital in Syria, Osama Abdel Hamid was holding back tears as he recalled on Monday the powerful earthquake that toppled his home and killed his neighbours, along with hundreds of his compatriots.

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Indian-origin Ricky Kej wins his third Grammy

MUSIC composer Ricky Kej, based out of Bengaluru, has won his third Grammy Award for the album Divine Tides and dedicated the honour to his home country, India.

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Harvard Law Review gets its first Indian-origin head

A second-year Indian-American student at Harvard Law School has been elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review, becoming the first woman from the community to be named to the position in the prestigious publication's 136-year history.

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THOUSANDS HOMELESS AMID BITING COLD

Winter blizzards and snow-covered roads hamper rescue works in Turkey; three major airports inoperable due to bad weather, Syrian hospitals, already in bad shape due to years of civil war, struggle to dispense care to injured; appeal for foreign assistance

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Beyonce breaks Grammy record, but misses Album of the Year yet again

POP queen Beyonce on Sunday reigned supreme at the Grammys, breaking the all time record for wins with her 32nd prize and fourth of the night but the Album of the Year prize that's long eluded her slipped from her fingers once again, going instead to Brit Harry Styles.

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Adani Group loses about ₹10 lakh cr in 8 trading session

ADANI GROUP continues to face heat on Dalal Street, with its listed stocks falling up to 10% on Monday. This is the eighth straight session fall following the Hindenburg Research report.

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IL&FS to pay ₹3,200 crore to IFIN creditors as per NCLAT framework

IL&FS Group, in its largest interim distribution pay-out till date, will pay ₹3,200 crore to the creditors of IL&FS Financial Services Limited IFIN).

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Automobile retail sales grow 14% in Jan on low base

AUTOMOBILE retail sales grew 14% in January 2023 year-on-year over last year's low base (due to covid-19 pandemic) as festivals and wedding season helped boosting demand.

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SKY can disrupt Oz on spinning track: Shastri

SURYAKUMAR Yadav has made a name for himself in white-ball cricket. Since his T20I debut, he is second in the run-scoring chart, with eleven fifties and three centuries at an average of 47 while striking at 176.

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Deepti's rise in stature bodes well for India

2022 was the year Deepti Sharma saw it all. For the all-rounder, the year started with some return-to-form show against New Zealand, a crucial role with the ball in the ODI World Cup before the heartbreak against South Africa in the final moments.

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Man City charged by Premier League after more than 100 alleged rule breaches

MANCHESTER CITY could be docked points or even expelled from the Premier League after the English champions were charged with more than 100 breaches of financial rules on Monday.

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