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. believes India stood out on its own in terms of how badly the economy had suffered as a result of the pandemic and lockdown. The former Chief Economic Advisor said that he expects the economy to shrink by around 12% this financial year.
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In a press conference, political leaders including , , and expressed their support for those arrested in the Elgar Parishad case and condemned the UAPA law.
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will urge supporters to vote early for in the general election at an outdoor drive-in rally in Pennsylvania's biggest city, Philadelphia.
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Congress governments in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan are looking at passing news Bills at the state-level to counter the “anti-farmer” Central laws which were passed by parliament amid protests from farmers and opposition parties.
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In a conversation with , Girish Menon who is the lead for Media and Entertainment at KPMG said there is huge growth opportunity for the market, however at this point the landscape consists largely of casual and hyper-casual players.
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Senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse will join the Nationalist Congress Party on Friday, Maharashtra minister and state party chief Jayant Patil said on Wednesday. “He will join NCP at 2pm on Friday…this will strengthen the NCP,” Patil told reporters.
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“The VC had called the principal, and scolded him. We had got an indication that day that we will have to face the wrath in some form."
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"People living in flood-affected areas are unhappy with the ruling govt and the sitting MLAs for their inaction towards providing relief in any manner," said , in conversation with alongside .
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath forayed into the Bihar campaign, where he asked people to vote the NDA back to power, drawing upon PM 's mass appeal and the BJP’s ability to “walk the talk on Ayodhya, Kashmir and Pakistan-sponsored terrorism”.
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A Mathura court has extended the judicial custody of a Kerala journalist and three others arrested on their way to a village in Hathras to meet the family of the gang rape victim who died of injuries inflicted on her by four upper caste accused.
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A Delhi court has dismissed the bail application of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, arrested in an espionage case under the Official Secrets Act, on the ground that sufficiently grave and incriminating material was available on record against him.
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The Calcutta high court has relaxed some of the conditions of its significant order on Durga Puja festivities. Pandals, however, still remain no-entry zones for people.
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The act of participating in a protest movement that seeks to re-establish the precept of natural justice transforms a citizen from a periodic voter into a political agent conscious of her rights. Neera Chandhoke writes.
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In an interview to Karan Thapar, said said that he expects the economy to shrink by around 12% this financial year. The former World Bank Chief Economist said that he is “extremely worried” about the state of the economy.
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India added 54,044 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, taking the country’s tally of confirmed cases to 76,51,107.
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90% of the mangrove habitat in Singapore has been lost over the past century. But now Singapore is looking to reverse this loss by mounting an ambitious reforestation campaign.
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The CBI has registered an FIR into alleged manipulation of television rating points (TRP) on the basis of a reference from the Uttar Pradesh police, officials said on Tuesday.
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A scientist at the institution said that the implementation of the proposal would sound “the death knell” for the organisation that employed 112 persons.
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India and Taiwan do not have direct diplomatic relations with each other, but have trade offices at each other’s capitals. Like most countries, India maintains commercial ties with Taiwan.
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Referring to the Khairlanji murders that took place in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, the report said, “After 14 years, on the same date, i.e., September 29th, we have witnessed the Hathras incident, rape and murder of another Dalit victim.”
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