India has underlined the need to distinguish between political ideologies that are part of a pluralistic democratic polity and the radical ideologies that subscribe to terrorism, emphasisng that any attempt to paint both of them with the same brush is “inaccurate” and “counterproductive”. Speaking at the Ambassador-level Annual Briefing...
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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday reiterated in Parliament that the bridge China is constructing on Pangong Lake is located in areas that have continued to be under China’s illegal occupation since 1962 and that India has never accepted this illegal occupation. Replying to a written question in Lok Sabha, junior minister...
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New Delhi: Days ahead of the state elections in Punjab, the Congress’s decision to drop two top leaders from its star campaigner list has drawn criticism. Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rahul Gandhi among others are on the list that does not name Manish Tewari and Ghulam Nabi Azad....
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New Delhi: India reported 1,27,952 new Covid cases today, 14% lower than yesterday. The positivity rate fell to 7.9%.The active cases constitute 3.16 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.64 per cent. Since December, the number of Covid cases has been rising...
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एक तरफ जहां देश कोरोना की तीसरी लहर की मार झेल रहा है वहीं दूसरी तरफ आगामी 5 राज्यों के विधानसभा चुनावों की वजह से इन राज्यों में राजनीतिक गतिविधियां तेज हो गई हैं. इसी क्रम में यूपी का चुनावी पारा भी गरमाया हुआ है. यहां भी बिना कोरोना...
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Punjab elections: The Congress state chief says anyone associated with corruption, liquor mafia, or sand mafia cannot bring change; maintains he is supporting his party unconditionally.
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Oxford researchers announced Thursday the discovery of a highly virulent strain of HIV that has been lurking in the Netherlands for decades, but because of the effectiveness of modern treatments, is “no cause for alarm. Their analysis, published Thursday in the journal “Science,” showed that patients infected with what...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth dropped as much as $31 billion, among the biggest one-day drops in wealth ever, after Meta Platforms Inc.’s fourth-quarter results fell short of analysts’ expectations. Meta is in the midst of a historic stock collapse after its earnings on Wednesday showed no growth in monthly Facebook...
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JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, whose tenure was marred by controversies, has been appointed as Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). According to the Ministry of Education, Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the higher education regulator for a period of five years. “The Central...
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High taxes hurting toursim sector: Parliamentary Panel Both the Houses will continue with the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address for the third consecutive day and are set to take up Private Members’ Legislative Business. Members express regret over “what happened yesterday”. All the parties say they will...
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