Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:36:58
As Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump, staple foods have become unaffordable, severe malnutrition is among the highest in the region and it is the poorest, most vulnerable girls and boys who are paying the steepest price, UNICEF has warned.
UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei said nascent food insecurity has compounded the social issues already plag
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:35:06
A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad pinned the blame for the party's 2014 Lok Sabha poll debacle largely on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Sachin Pilot dubbed it on Saturday as "targeted personal vilification" of the former party chief and said it was wrong to hold one individual responsible for the electoral loss.
Pilot also said the timing of Azad's letter was "very unfortunate", when the party is p
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:31:27
Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, former president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and author of more than two dozen books passed away at Al Shifa Hospital in New Delhi at around 8.30 pm today. He was 87 years of old and is survived by two sons and two daughters. His funeral prayer will be held at 10:00 am tomorrow(Saturday, 27th Aug 2022) at the JIH Markaz mosque (Masjid Ishat-e-I
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:27:05
Chief pontiff of a Chitradurga-based prominent mutt is among the five people booked by the police under the 'Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for allegedly sexually abusing high school girls, police sources said on Saturday.
The case has been booked at the Nazarbad Police Station here, based on the complaint by an officer of the District Child Protection Unit.
Warden
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:25:54
A chief justice of India will now get a domestic help, a chauffeur and a secretarial assistant for lifetime from the day he or she demits office, according to the latest post-retirement benefits notified by the government.
In a fresh notification issued on Friday, the Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry said the Supreme Court Judges Rules have been amended again to extend more post-
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:24:34
The Goa Police on Saturday arrested a North Goa restaurant owner and a peddler, who had allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused held earlier in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sonali Phogat murder case, a senior officer said.
With the fresh arrests, the number of persons in police custody so far rose to four.
The drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, and Edwin Nunes, who owns Curlie
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:08:53
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has asked the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, which it is supporting from outside, to use bulldozers against leaders of the BJP in the state.
CPI national secretary Atul Anjan also demanded that a "white paper" on the "ill-gotten" wealth of BJP leaders in the state be brought out to debunk the notion that "only other parties are corrupt".
"Let (CM) Nit
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:07:29
A bomb threat call received to a Dubai-bound private carrier on Saturday turned out to be a hoax, authorities said.
Following the anonymous call received at the police control room, a thorough check was undertaken by the security agencies to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the Indigo aircraft, airport officials said.
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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:05:40
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India.
President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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