Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:16:45
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, asking him if the new National Education Policy sought to end the reservation policy in the educational institutions.
In the letter, Yechury highlighted how the NEP had no mention of reservations for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class communities, and the differently
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:15:08
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian on Monday said India is likely to post current account surplus in the current financial year as there is moderation in import due to under heating of the economy triggered by the COVID-19 crisis.
This crisis is different from what the world witnessed during the taper tantrum, he said while addressing a virtual conference organised by industry b
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:12:05
New Delhi: Expressing his anguish at the death of former on Monday described him as a popular leader and veteran administrator who had years of political experience in Assam as well as at the Centre.
Gogoi died in Guwahati on Monday while undergoing treatment for post-COVID-19 complications, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
He was 84 and is survived by wife Dolly, daughter Ch
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:08:49
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Monday launched the Project Based Learning and Customised Learning Achievement Path modules for the benefit of more than 18 lakh primary class students in state run schools.
Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar launched the modules, designed by Samagra Sikshana Foundation, through Cisco Webex.
More than 18 lakh government school c
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:07:05
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbhachiya, who were arrested after seizure of drugs from their house in Mumbai.
The magistrates court granted bail to the couple on a bond of Rs 15,000 each.
Singh was arrested on Saturday by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), while her husband was taken into custody on Sunday morning following s
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:04:59
Mumbai: West Indies great Brian Lara feels that a batsman of Suryakumar Yadav's calibre should have been in the Indian white-ball squad for the tour of Australia.
The Mumbai Indians batsman's non-inclusion, despite being seventh in the IPL run-getters' list with 480 runs at a strike-rate of 145 plus, has become a major talking point.
"I see no reason why, looking at the (Indian) squad, he c
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:03:08
Guwahati: Veteran Congress leader and a three-term former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi died here on Monday while undergoing treatment for post-COVID-19 complications, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
He was 84 and is survived by wife Dolly, daughter Chandrima and son Gaurav, a Lok Sabha member.
Gogoi, thrice chief minister of the state from 2001 to 2016, breathed his last
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:58:59
Mangaluru: Compensation cheques for Rs 10 lakh each were handed over to the families of the seven missing fishermen who were on the board Suvarna Tribhuja boat which had set sail from Malpe in December 2018 but never returned.
Those who went missing also included the owner of the fishing boat.
The compensation was handed over by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to the families on the World Fi
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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:57:28
New Delhi: The new labour rules will create unemployment and promote new forms of "slavery", the Congress alleged on Monday, demanding the rollback of the 'Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2020'.
The opposition party also claimed that the Modi government had brought the rules to benefit a few of its "crony capitalist friends".
Even though India abolished s
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