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November 23, 2022

Prepare draft on revised wards: Govt to corporations

The State Urban Development Department on Tuesday asked the Municipal Commissioners to prepare a draft on revised wards in the municipal corporations whose tenure has already ended or those whose term will be completed in the near future as per the provisions of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 and Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949. The revised ward formation will be done as per the census.

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Female killed by kith, kin every 11 minutes: U.N. chief

Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or family member, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that violence against them is the most pervasive \"human rights violation\" in the world and called on governments to implement national action plans to tackle this scourge.

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India condemns N Korea ICBM test

Kamboj said the launches constitute a violation of the resolutions of the Security Council relating to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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Rusted cables, loose bolts: Forensic report exposes renovation at Morbi

The oft-repeated charge of gross negligence in the Morbi bridge tragedy has found official confirmation with a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report submitted in a local court saying the Oreva Group sold over 3,000 tickets for the pedestrian suspension bridge, which could take only 125 people, on the day it collapsed.

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Australian parliament approves India FTA

Australia's Parliament on Tuesday approved the free trade agreement (FTA) inked with India in April, paving the way to roll out the pact, a move which would help double the two-way commerce to U.S. $50 billion in about five years.

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CAG begins probe into BMC's pandemic-era contracts

Team visits municipal chief, seeks documents from various departments; projects worth about ₹42,000 crore will be under the auditor’s scanner

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Special bench to hear tax cases from next week

The Supreme Court will have a special bench from next week solely to deal with matters related to direct and indirect tax, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said.

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38 perish in China plant fire

A massive fire at a cloth manufacturing plant in central China's Henan province has killed at least 38 people and injured two others.

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CRACKS IN SHIV SENA (UBT) AS GOVT PUSHES AHEAD WITH BARSU REFINERY

Local MLA backs project that is opposed by MP, says it will benefit the youth

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'300 terrorists active in J&K'

Around 300 terrorists are present in Jammu and Kashmir, while 160 are waiting in Pakistan for an opportunity to enter the Union Territory, an army commander said on Tuesday.

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SC to hear pleas on electoral bonds on Dec 6

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for Dec 6 a hearing on a fresh plea of a Congress leader challenging a recent notification about amendments in the electoral bonds scheme to allow their sale for 15 extra days during the year of elections to the legislative assemblies of states and Union Territories (UTS) with a legislature.

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Amid uproar, Koshyari summoned to Delhi

Following the uproar over his controversial statement that Chhatrapati Shivaji had become an old icon now, Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari has been summoned to the national capital.

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Adopted child has right to job on compassionate grounds: HC

The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that an adopted child has the same rights as a biological one and they cannot be discriminated against while being considered for their parents' job on compassionate grounds.

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6 killed on Assam, Meghalaya border

Six persons, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the disputed Assam-Meghalaya border in the early hours of Tuesday after a truck allegedly laden with illegally felled timber was intercepted by forest guards from Assam.

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Amid uproar, Koshyari summoned to Delhi

Following the uproar over his controversial statement that Chhatrapati Shivaji had become an old icon now, Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari has been summoned to the national capital.

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Assembly polls: Maha allows leave to Guj voters

The Maharashtra Government has declared holidays on December 1 and 5 for voters from Gujarat included in the voters list residing in Palghar, Nashik, Nandurbar and Dhule districts to cast their votes.

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Congress to fight for compensation for farmers: Patole

Days after party MP Rahul Gandhi blamed the BJP government for the farmers' distress, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Nana Patole on Tuesday announced that the party will launch a drive to get compensation to the farmers from the insurance companies.

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Purohit wasting court's time: Malegaon blast victim's father

The father of a victim in the 2008 Malegaon blast trial has opposed the plea by accused Lt Col Prasad Purohit that sought an in-camera trial and sought its rejection by imposing heavy costs. The plea said that the accused is wasting the court's time by filing repeated applications.

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SC to hear NIA plea against bail to Teltumbde on Friday

The HC had stayed its bail order for a week so that the NIA, the probe agency in the case, could approach the SC

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Aaditya to visit Bihar, meet Tejaswi Yadav

In a bid to lure the people from Bihar residing in Mumbai ahead of the Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.

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Two days in a row, city temp hovers at 17 degrees

The city has been witnessing rather nippy mornings two days in a row. On Tuesday morning as well, Mumbai recorded a minimum temperature of 17 degrees Celsius.

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City reports 10th measles death of 1-yr-old

A one-year-old child from Nallasopara succumbed to acute failure after respiratory measles and bronchopneumonia on Nov 21. The child was admitted to a private hospital after a month of suffering from cough and fever.

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Carnac demolition: BEST's cash days

The mega block undertaken to demolish Carnac bridge proved to be a money spinner for cash strapped BEST. During the block, BEST operated 471 additional bus services (trips) and earned Rs3.17 lakh by ferrying nearly 50,000 passengers.

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2-yr-old boy gets liver from live donor at Wadia Hospital

A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with a rare liver condition called progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC2) successfully underwent a complex liver transplant surgery at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children. This was the first living donor liver transplant conducted by doctors at the hospital.

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Malad man caught in loan app trap

A 28-year-old graphic designer from Malad has lodged a complaint with the Kurar police against loan sharks who threatened him and shared obscenely morphed pictures of him with his contacts for not paying the money they were planning to extort from him.

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600 DISABLED PERSONS STILL AWAIT MBMC PENSION

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has neglected the well-being of physically challenged people who have been going from pillar to post to get their rightful pension for the past more than a month. Of the more than 1,700 physically challenged and people with other disabilities, 1,119 have received pensions for the current fiscal, while around 600 are still deprived.

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Sonam Kapoor tweets on traffic woes, finds support

Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja on Monday took to Twitter to complain about the traffic congestion between Juhu and Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). \"Do you think Bombay has the worst traffic in India? It's taken me 90 minutes from BKC to Juhu,\" the actor tweeted.

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Regular traffic jams making citizens opt for trains instead

The congested roads and mismanaged traffic in the city are causing several commuters who are bound to travel via roads to opt for trains instead.

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Petition to shut Diva dumpyard gains momentum

Local residents have started an online petition demanding the closure of the Diva dumping ground after receiving no response despite several complaints to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). The petition has received more than 100 signatures in just a few days.

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India to see strong revenues, debt stabilisation: Moody's

Says further improvement pace of fiscal consolidation with regard to fiscal situation and faster than expected would translate into a positive rating pressure on India

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SC stays proceedings between RIL, AEML before arbitral tribunal

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before the arbitral tribunal between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) as prayed by senior advocate Vikas Singh on behalf of RIL.

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Antitrust case filed against Dr Reddy's, other generic pharma companies in US

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd on Tuesday said it is among several generic pharmaceutical companies, including Celgene and Bristol Myers Squibb, against which an antitrust litigation has been filed in the US.

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Sensex rebounds after 3 days of fall, up 274 pts

Equity indices staged a pullback on Tuesday after three days of declines as investors scooped up IT, metal and consumption stocks amid a largely positive trend overseas.

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Deal value down 77% to $2.1 bn in October

India clocked 129 deals valued at $2.1 billion in the month of October, a 42 per cent fall in volumes and a significant 77 per cent decline in values as compared to October last year, a report showed on Tuesday.

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India to grow 13-fold to $40 trln in 25 yrs: Ambani

India is likely to become a $40 trillion economy by 2047 -- a 13-fold jump from its current size-driven primarily by a clean energy revolution and digitalisation, billionaire Mukesh Ambani said on Tuesday Ambani's estimate for the Indian economy, currently the fifth largest in the world behind only the US, China, Japan and Germany, is more optimistic than Asia's richest man Gautam Adani, who last week stated that India will become a $30 trillion economy by 2050 on back of rising consumption and socio-economic reforms.

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Top 500 NSE-listed cos have 18% women directors

Gender diversity in boardrooms is picking up, though at a slower pace, with women accounting for nearly 18 per cent of the directorships in the top 500 NSE-listed companies at the end of March this year, according to a study.

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India air pax traffic grows 27% in Oct

India's domestic airline passenger traffic rose 27% on year in October on the back of strong travel demand during the peak festival season, but remained below the pre-pandemic level.

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Sebi extends deadline for settlement scheme on illiquid stock options cases

Markets regulator Sebi has extended the deadline of the settlement scheme on illiquid stock options cases till January 21 for the entities who were involved in reversal trades in the stock options segment on BSE in 2014 and 2015.

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Govt bond prices recover as swap rates, US yields fall intraday

Government bond prices recovered from an early fall to end higher on Tuesday, as overnight indexed swap rates slid tracking a fall in the 10-year benchmark US Treasury yield during the day, dealers said.

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India among fastest growing economies in Asia: OECD

India, with a growth rate of 6.6 per cent in this financial year, is among the fastest growing economies in Asia amid a global slowdown triggered by a massive energy shock due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the OECD said on Tuesday.

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Research alternatives to coking coal, says union minister Goyal to steel industry

The availability of coking coal is a major challenge for the domestic steel sector and the industry should collaborate with eminent institutions like IITs to undertake research to find alternate solutions, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday The industry needs to become self-reliant on coking coal to remove India's dependency on a few countries for the key raw material for steel makers, he added.

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GOOGLE'S PARENT ALPHABET PLANS TO LAY OFF 10K EMPLOYEES

The tech company has targeted poor performing\" employees, or 6% of its workforce

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Biocon arm raises $1.2 bln debt to fund Viatris' biosimilars buy

Biocon Biologics Ltd and its subsidiaries have executed a debt agreement to raise $1.2 bln for funding the acquisition of Viatris Inc's biosimilars business and other acquisition-related expenses, the company said in an exchange filing.

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Nykaa CFO resigns, 2nd top exit in 3 months

Ventures Ltd FSN E-Commerce on Tuesday said that its Chief Financial Officer Arvind Agarwal has resigned effective Nov 25 to pursue opportunities in the digital economy and start-up space.

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HC dismisses Future's plea to terminate arbitral proceedings initiated by Amazon

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by Future Coupons Private Ltd (FCPL) seeking termination of arbitral proceedings initiated by US-based e-commerce giant Amazon before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

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Vi loses users as Jio, Airtel up tally in Sept, says Trai

India's total mobile subscriber base fell by 3.6 million in September, with Vodafone Idea suffering subscriber count decline even as larger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added users month-on-month, according to telecom regulator's data.

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AWS to invest $4.4 bn in Hyderabad data centre

Amazon Web Service (AWS) on Tuesday announced an investment of USD 4.4 billion (about Rs 36,300 crore) by 2030 in building in Hyderabad its second data center cluster in India.

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BHEL pays ₹88 cr as final dividend to govt in FY22

State-owned BHEL on Tuesday said it has paid a final dividend of Rs 88 crore to the government for the financial year 2021-22.

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India, UAE discuss energy, trade, ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Delhi on Tuesday and discussed cooperation in the areas of energy, food security, trade and defence, besides exchanging views on various \"regional hotspots\".

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Delhi woman was shot twice: Autopsy

The post-mortem of the young woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura revealed two shots were fired at her, police said on Tuesday The 21year-old Ayushi Yadav was allegedly killed by father as the parents were unhappy over her intercaste marriage.

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Congress left no stone unturned to insult Patel: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that the Congress did everything possible to \"insult\" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and it has started praising him only now in view of the Gujarat Assembly election.

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Aaftab moved belongings from Vasai to Delhi in June

Accused wanted to give impression she had si and he needed household items

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Modi reiterates double engine benefit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday handed out job appointment more than 71,000 letters to youngsters, saying similar campaigns have been held in NDA-ruled states and union territories in the past one month.

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Tharoor's Malabar tour upsets Kerala Congress

After getting the cold shoulder 3 in Delhi, Tharoor likely to focus on Kerala

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Musk holding off launch of Blue Verified

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has said the social me dia company is holding off the launch of a new system of issuing verified badges to users and could use different \"colour checks\" for authenticating organisations and individuals.

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Ukrainians brace for winter

WHO warns that millions face a 'life-threatening' winter in the country

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Harris underscores US support to Philippines

Vice President Kamala Harris called on countries Tuesday to stand up for territorial integrity and freedom of navigation in South China Sea, which has been challenged by China, and said Washington would press an international campaign against \"irresponsible behaviour\" in the disputed waters.

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China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact

Anti-virus controls that are confining millions of Chinese families to their homes and shut shops and offices are spurring fears of further damage to already weak global business and trade.

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Lanka ministers sacked by party ahead of crucial budget vote

At least two front-line ministers in the Sri Lankan government have been suspended by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for breach of party discipline, it was announced on Tuesday.

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If someone's hurt for not getting chance, doors are open for discussion: Pandya

Assuring that he is a people's person, Hardik Pandya is confident that he has the skills to take along players, who he is forced to bench due to combination compulsion.

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Maharashtra Govt to adopt Kerala model in education sector

Maharashtra School Education Minister. Mr Deepak Kesarkar on Tuesday announced that the state will adopt the Kerala model and also follow good initiatives of Punjab and Rajasthan in the education sector, and they will be scaled up in the state.

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Art exhibition is weapon of choice for protesting JJ students

The flair of fine art shall remain shroud this academic year, or so has been decided by the protesting students at JJ School of Arts. Fine arts students, on Friday, shunned their classrooms and carried their classwork to campus grounds, protesting the lack of infrastructure and permanent professors within the college.

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Party on my mind!

Amruta Khanvilkar opens up about her birthday resolution, plans forthe special day, and more

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UNEXPECTED TWIST

Actress Sumbul Touqeer Khan, who is currently a part of Bigg Boss 16, recently came under the scanner for her behaviour towards fellow contestant Shalin Bhanot.

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DISHA'S STEAMY SELFIE

Bollywood starlet Disha Patani makes sure to set the internet ablaze each time she posts a new picture on social media.

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Drishyam 3 gets a release date

Reports suggest Ajay Devgn's Hindi version to release on the same day as Mohanlal's Malayalam counterpart

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