NEW DELHI: The opposition came down hard on the Modi government following a New York Times (NYT) report that claimed that the government purchased the Pegasus spyware in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel. Union minister VK Singh however dismissed the report. The NYT report hinted that...
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With a strong Yadav population, Karhal has for three decades been an SP fortress. And while the BJP is yet to announce its candidate to take on Akhilesh, local party leaders told News18 that he shouldn’t assume a runaway win.
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Bengaluru: Night curfew will be withdrawn in Karnataka from Monday and schools and colleges in Bengaluru will reopen as well, the state government said today, with hospitalisation due to Covid now less than 2 per cent and the recovery rate going up. “From Monday, all classes will be operational...
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Yavoriv, Ukraine: Ukrainian troops in furry black-and-white winter camouflage trained on Friday firing anti-tank launchers delivered by Britain as part of Western efforts to help Ukraine defend itself from any Russian invasion. Russia has forced the West into talks on Moscow’s demands for new security guarantees in Europe by...
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New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary has raised concerns over what he claimed is the blurring of lines between the state and party, which he said can’t be the same, alluding to the BJP’s rule in Uttar Pradesh. “There is massive misuse being done by the government....
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New York: The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the “centerpieces” of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according to a report in The New York Times. A massive controversy erupted last year when the NSO...
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With the current level of under-penetration, the key task at hand is to make term insurance more affordable for the masses and lucrative for taxpayers. We, therefore, propose to ease off the tax burden of 18% on term insurance policies and bring down the GST rate in the range...
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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to State Bank of India for stopping women who are over three-month pregnant from joining work. State Bank of India, or SBI, has called these women “temporarily unfit”, the commission’s Chairperson Swati Maliwal tweeted. She said the bank’s...
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New Delhi: India’s daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement today as the country reported 2.35 lakh cases, which is around 6% lower than yesterday. The country reported 871 deaths which included the 258 backlog deaths from Kerala and 613 fresh casualties. Some 4.93 lakh people have died in the country...
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Fintech players have already shown willingness to work with the government to curb the menace of the illegal digital lending apps. Budget 2022 should introduce regulations that will help in greater credit access to MSMEs and curbing illegal activities while building trust in the digital lending process for the...
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