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September 16, 2022

PEACE PACT WITH EIGHT ASSAM TRIBAL GROUPS

TEN years after a peace process began with eight Assam rebel adivasi groups, the Centre signed a tripartite agreement with the outfits, including the Birsa Commando Force (BCF), Adivasi People's Army (APA) and All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), here on Thursday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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TN has 282 swine flu cases: MaSu

Ma Subramanian on Thursday said 282 people were undergoing treatment for H1N1 influenza in the State currently. Of these, 13 were in various government hospitals, 215 in private ones, and 54 were under treatment at home. As for dengue, the State had 243 cases as of Thursday and three deaths since January. He was speaking to reporters after inspecting the fever ward at Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Children's Hospital.

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TNEA: 11,595 students allotted seats in first round

THE first provisional allotment list of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) was released on Thursday. Out of the total 14,546 students eligible for admissions in the first round, tentative seat allotment was done for 11,595.

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Union govt trying to rule through Governors: CM

URGING the DMK cadre to work towards garnering the party's alliance victory in all 40 Lok Sabha seats (including Puducherry) in the upcoming elections, Chief Minister and party president MK Stalin on Thursday said this will be essential in keeping the party strong and fulfilling its goals.

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AZAD'S EXIT A BIG LOSS FOR CONGRESS

The departure of Azad will have lasting repercussions, which bodes ill for the Congress party and for democracy itself because it weakens the idea of a credible opposition

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Peace talks stuck over autonomy to Naga areas, says former interlocutor

THE Union government's former interlocutor R S Pandey, a former Nagaland chief secretary, has said that the Naga peace talks are stuck in the final stage over the issue of autonomy in the Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

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Nitish Pledges Special Status To Backward States If Voted To Power

AMID speculations of attempting, albeit indirectly, to get projected as the Opposition's face for Prime Minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday promised special category status, which he has been demanding for his state, to "all backward states" in the country if an united opposition comes to power in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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IT staffing industry grew 20.3% in first quarter of FY23: Report

IT staffing industry demand remains cautious but employment in fintech, IT infra, cloud, cybersecurity and data analytics are witnessing promising growth, says Flexi Staffing Industry Employment growth report for Q1 FY2023.

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Is Byiu's widening losses sign of trouble?

EDTECH major Byju's, which released its financial results for FY21 on Wednesday, is yet to make final payments for the billion-dollar tuition chain Aakash Educational Services deal. It has to pay nearly ₹2,000 crore to sellers by September 23.

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Tata-owned Air India aims to increase domestic market share to 30% in 5 years

TATA GROUP-owned Air India aims to increase its market share to at least 30% in the domestic market and significantly grow in the international routes from the present market share over the next 5 years under its comprehensive transformation plan "Vihaan.AI".

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Jio adds 29.4 lakh mobile users in July

INDIA’S largest telecom operator Reliance Jio gained a whooping 29.4 lakh mobile subscribers in July 2022, as per data released by telecom sector regular on Thursday.

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Chennai Open hopes for positive feedback

ON Tuesday, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), via a statement, announced that China is set to host events next year. The statement added that the year-ending Finals would be held in Shenzhen in 2023.

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