Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:49:07
COVID-19 has devastated many lives and it is "heart wrenching" that the survival of children who lost either or both parents during the pandemic is at stake, the Supreme Court said, but expressed satisfaction over schemes announced by the Centre and states to provide succour to them.
The apex court said that "satisfactory progress" has been made by the Executive in identifying children who have
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:41:17
As many as 732 villages in 16 districts have been affected in Assam due to floods following heavy rainfall, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Sunday in its flood report.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:38:02
The journalists should give news and stories based on facts and proper details and they should not criticise someone just to take vengeance, advised Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar.
He was speaking after inaugurating Yallapur unit of the Karnataka Journalists Union at a programme held at APMC Raitha Sabhabhavana in Yallapur on Sunday.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:32:33
Beijing on Monday banned written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of sweeping education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in China's hyper-competitive school system.
China's exam-oriented system previously required students to take exams from first grade onwards, culminating in the feared university entrance exam at age 18 known as the gaokao, where a single s
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:26:06
BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad Manish Asija on Sunday claimed that over 40 children have succumbed to dengue in the district over the past week and blamed the state health department and the local civic body for the "tragedy".
However, Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh termed Asija's claims "wrong" and said no such reports have been received.
"More than 40 children have died in Firoza
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:20:54
The Allahabad High Court has declined to stay the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of a young woman in Hathras being conducted by a special court in the district or move it to elsewhere.
The Lucknow bench of the high court, however, kept it open for the CBI to seek transfer of the trial if it so wanted.
A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Jaspreet Singh passed the order on a P
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:08:16
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Sunday said the state government will shortly adopt 75 sportspersons for preparing them for the Paris Olympics.
"I must congratulate our sports minister. Within a few days of my announcement of the Amrit Sports Adoption Programme, he has become proactive. Selection process for adopting 75 sportspersons for Paris Olympics is underway under the scheme. Se
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:04:58
A decision on reopening primary schools will be taken on Monday in a meeting of experts chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai after they have been closed for nearly 18 months, due to COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
The state government had earlier reopened high schools and pre-university colleges on August 23.
On Sunday, Karnataka had recorded 1,262 new coronavirus cases with 17 deaths i
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:03:22
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivkumar on Sunday promised to waive off 50 per cent of property tax if Congress comes to power in Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Kalburgi corporations.
"Taxes have been waived off in Gujarat. 50% tax has been waived off in Telangana too. We have promised one thing to people in the manifesto.
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