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November 29, 2022

In balancing act, Rahul says both Gehlot, Pilot are assets

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took the middle ground in the raging controversy over Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot calling his former deputy Sachin Pilot a traitor, saying both are assets for the party.

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Can't sit on picks as you don't like collegium: SC

Raps law minister’s comments; opposes cherry-picking of names

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No deadline to link Aadhaar, electricity minister clarifies

IN the wake of the recent confusion over people having to link their Aadhaar to consumer service numbers, Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji has said officials had not been directed to decline bill payments from those who haven't completed the linking. \"We did not give such instructions. In a few places, it (declining of payments) might have happened,\" the minister said in an interview with TNIE on Monday.

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Giant croc found dead with plastic trash in stomach

THE carcass of a 17-feet-long saltwater crocodile has been recovered with plastic trash inside its stomach from Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park, pointing at the alarming level of pollution in one of India's finest mangrove eco-systems.

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Religious freedom doesn't include fundamental right to convert, Centre tells SC

THE Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the right to freedom of religion enshrined under Article 25 of the Constitution does not include a fundamental right to convert people to a particular religion, not in the least if it is done through fraud, deception, coercion or allurement.

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NH compensation scam: HC warns of CBI probe

AUTHORITIES must recover money from people who fraudulently claimed compensation under the Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway project, or a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe will be ordered, the Madras High Court has warned.

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IIT-M students unveil electric formula race car

THE Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras students unveiled a first-of-its-kind electric formula race car on Monday. According to IIT-M, the car, RFR 23, was a result of yearlong efforts from Team Raftar, which consists of 45 students across disciplines.

1 min

India gets 1st pvt rocket launchpad at Sriharikota

Chennai firm makes cosmic’ leap in space sector, schedules maiden launch for Dec

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VIRAL AUDIO: Two booked for bid to instigate caste violence on social media

TIRUNELVELI rural police have booked one youth and arrested another in separate cases for allegedly attempting to instigate violence between people of two castes through WhatsApp and Instagram.

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Over 7.5K lakh seek inclusion in voters' list

AS many as 7.57 lakh voters have submitted applications to include their names in the electoral rolls. For the first time, forms for inclusion in the voters list are being accepted from those who will turn 18 on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 next year. The final voters list will be released in January next year.

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Expected Guv to give assent to Bill on online gaming by Sunday: Min

Inclusion of rummy as game of chance violates SC judgment, says e-gaming federation

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'Role of governors misunderstood'

\"GOVERNORS are supporting State governments, but chief ministers are misunderstanding the role of Governors,\" Telangana Governor and Lt. Governor of Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Monday, reacting to recent remarks made by chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala that Governors are running a parallel government. She said this while addressing media persons on Monday, after presiding over the graduation day ceremony at Suguna Engineering College.

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INDIAN POLITICS AND EMOTIONALISM

THE (mis)use of collective emotion vs public reason in the runup to elections is rife. Political parties routinely play them against each other, and this cynicality equally often leads to the privileging of irrationality over acumen. This often-subliminal impairing of the public mind becomes increasingly conspicuous and blatant the closer one gets to the elections. In the background are political strategists calculating which emotional triggers-fear, anger, yearning, hope will best serve the consolidation or expansion of their party.

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India's Intent On POK: The ISI Runs Scared

There is no doubt that the matter is complex, made even worse by the presence of Chinese strategic interests

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TRACK QUEEN USHA TO HEAD IOA, BALL NOW IN ATHLETES’ COURT

At first glance, the nominations for the IOA Executive Committee (EC) elections throw up two interesting facts. There is none from the previous executive committee, and sportspersons comprise nearly half the EC.

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Doval, Indonesia minister to address ulema meeting

NATIONAL Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Indonesian security affairs minister Mohammed Mahfud Mahmodin on Tuesday will address a meeting of ulema, or Muslim scholars, convened to focus on countering radicalisation and extremism. The Indonesian leader, known as Mahfud MD, will attend this and other meetings which includes talks on security cooperation with Doval.

1 min

'New Vande Bharat trains may not meet deadline'

Good scope of replacement of Shatabdi, Rajdhani, some more premium trains by Vande Bharat: Mani

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Intranasal vaccine iNCOVACC gets restricted use nod

INDIA'S first nasal Covid vaccine iNCOVACC has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under restricted use in an emergency for ages 18 and above, in India, for heterologous booster doses; Bharat Biotech announced on Monday.

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Kashmir Files a propaganda movie: IFFI jury head

THE movie The Kashmir Files was called 'propaganda' by Israeli filmmaker and IFFI jury head Nadav Lepid at the closing ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India on Monday.

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Koshyari ready to quit over Shivaji remarks: BJP leaders

THE speculations are rife that Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will be removed or he himelf will step down after the controversy erupted over his \"controversial and defamatory\" remarks against Chhatapati Shivaji Maharaj. He made the objectionable remarks on November 18.

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Jolt to BJP in local body polls, Independents win most seats

THE outcome of the Haryana Zila Parishad elections has come as a wake-up call for the BJP ahead of the 2024 Assembly polls. The party has won only 22 of the 102 seats it contested, while the AAP bagged 15 and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) got 12 seats.

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Mehbooba vacates Gupkar residence, moves to sister's home

NEARLY a month after being served eviction notice by authorities, PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday vacated her Fairview residence at highly-secured Gupkar Road in Srinagar and moved to her sister's residence in the Srinagar outskirts.

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Guj hunt for Oppn: AAP fills Cong vacuum in BJP citadel

It may be too far-fetched to see any change in the ruling party, but the state is certainly keen to have a strong alternative opposition

2 mins

Shanghai blanketed by heavy police presence

Nervy atmosphere as hundreds of officers patrol the city, search people’s phones for incendiary items and foreign apps

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Leaders of Nepal's five-party ruling alliance hold talks on power sharing

TOP leaders of the five-party ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress on Monday held several rounds of intense meetings on forming a new government and power-sharing mechanism as the results of the November 20 general elections are expected to be announced soon.

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U.K. MUST STRONGLY DEFEND ITS VALUES: RISHI

BRITAIN must do more to defend its values of freedom and openness on the world stage, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will argue on Monday in his first major foreign policy speech since taking office a month ago.

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Keeping army apolitical will help boost Pak's democratic culture: Bajwa

A day ahead of his retirement, Pakistan's Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that his decision to keep the military establishment \"apolitical\" will shield it from the \"vagaries of politics\" in the coup-prone country.

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Sensex may touch 80K by Dec 2023: Morgan Stanley

INDIA'S equity market continues to hit new highs despite various global concerns, including a civil unrest in China that led to noticeable decline in key Asian markets.

1 min

Amazon to shut wholesale distribution unit in India

E-commerce giant Amazon is shutting down its wholesale ecommerce website for neighbourhood stores - Amazon Distribution.

1 min

Bank credit up 17.2% in Q2; deposits grow 9.8%

RBI says credit growth remained broad-based as all population groups, bank groups recorded double-digit growth

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S&P cuts India's GDP growth to 7% for FY23; SBI sees Q2 growth at 5.8%

S&P GLOBAL RATINGS has further slashed India's economic growth projection to 7% for FY23 due to global slowdown, geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine and inflationary pressure.

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Instant messaging platform WhatsApp denies 'data leak'

META-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday denied data breach and said that there is no evidence of a 'data leak' from the platform.

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Cryptocurrency: WazirX Blocked Over 700 Accounts In April-Sept 2022

OVER 700 accounts were blocked in the April-September 2022 period by crypto exchange WazirX. The exchange on Monday released the third edition of its transparency report that said the majority of the accounts blocked were due to requests that came in from users.

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LIONS SHARE OF PASSION

EVEN in the vivid, vibrant world of African football, Cameroon are an outlier. The stories are endless. The heroes evoke an awe, some of their feats etched in the sands of time.

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Not your Riyan of the mill cricketer

WHEN Riyan Parag walked out to the middle, with Assam reduced to 45/2 while chasing 351 against Jammu & Kashmir in the quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Ahmedabad on Monday, not many were sure how the end result would be. Not even Riyan's father Parag Das. But Das knew one thing. Riyan had to do well for them to have a chance of getting over the line.

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CASEMIRO THE HERO

Neymar’s absence felt as five-time champions labour to a 1-O win

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Dhanush-Sekhar Kammula film officially launched

We had reported last year that Dhanush was set to join hands with ace Telugu filmmaker Sekhar Kammula for a project. The makers officially launched the film on Monday.

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Ram Charan's next to be a pan-India project

Actor Ram Charan, who is still enjoying the success of RRR, will team up with director Buchi Babu Sana, for a new film, the makers announced on social media on Monday.

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