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August 09, 2022

India May Soon Ban Low-End Chinese Smartphones

After the recent Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) action against duty evasion by Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, the Government of India is reportedly planning to restrict them from selling low-end smartphones (cheaper than Rs 12,000; $150) here.

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And a day of reckoning in Bihar

Tuesday will be crucial for Bihar as a series of legislature party meetings will decide whether the so-called double engine government of the National Democratic Alliance led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar continues or grinds to a halt.

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STATE GOVT'S D-DAY CABINET EXPANSION TODAY

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to expand cabinet after almost 38 days of his swearing-in ceremony Induction of 18 ministers expected, 9 each from BJP and Shinde camp

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Shinde camp MLA Sattar under attack

The names of three daughters and a son appeared in the list of the 7,880 candidates who were disqualified and banned in connection with the alleged rigging of the Teachers' Eligibility Test

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All prisons in Maha bursting at their seams

All the prisons and correctional centres in the state are bursting at their seams and exceeding the maximum occupancy rates at more than double capacity leading to fights amongst the inmates for space. Maharashtra has nine central prisons, 31 district prisons, 19 open prisons, an open colony and 172 sub-jails which has double the sanctioned occupancy creating a major challenge for jail officials to maintain law and order in the jails.

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SC notice to Maha govt over devpt of Lavasa as hill station

The HC, in February, refused to interfere with permissions granted

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TADA convict held for threatening Kangana Ranaut's yoga guru

The Mumbai police has arrested absconding Dawood aide, Arif Lakhani, for allegedly assaulting and threatening actress Kangana Ranaut's yoga guru. Convicted under the stringent TADA law in 1992 Mumbai blasts case, Lakhani was terrorising the residents of posh Versova area to forcibly evict their properties.

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NTA announces JEE Advanced cutoffs

The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the JEE Main result 2022 for session 2 on Monday. The score cards along with the names of the toppers were made available on NTA's website. The cutoffs for JEE Advanced 2022 have been released for students falling under various categories. IIT Bombay has commenced the registrations for the JEE Advanced 2022 which is to be held on August 28.

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Mr. Perfectionist's perfect choice

Amitabh Bachchan returned as A the 14th season of Kaun Banega Crorepati. The premiere episode, the 233rd in the quiz based reality show's history, was called Azadi Ke Garv Ka Mahaparv.

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Indore inks success, tops State in JEE Main 2022

ATHARVA BAGS STATE TOPPER'S BADGE, SIYA TOPS AMONG GIRLS

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The Free Press Journal is one of the oldest English Daily newspapers from Mumbai with a heritage of more than 90 years. And yet, The Free Press Journal is a contemporary paper and rooted in current urban realities.

In keeping with the international trend, it has reinvented itself in terms of design, get up and content. It means different thing to different people – a platform for the articulate, a trendsetter for the young and a chronicle for the old.

It was at the forefront of freedom struggle against the British and continues with the free and fearless journalism till date. Indeed, the history of The Free Press Journalism mirrors that of Indian independence.

Swaminath Sadanand, a 30-year-old idealist from Madras trudged his way to Bombay and with a vision that was to prove uncomfortably ahead of his day, brought out a newspaper as unorthodox in character as it was innovative in concept. For Swaminath Sadanand, the Free Press Journal was not so much a business venture as a cause.

The spirit with which he launched the paper and ran it for almost three decades helped it make it an integral part of two great Indian movements — the struggle for independence and the evolution of Indian publishing.