Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Covid live: Sept sees less than 1% death rate, 1st in 5 months
For the first time since April this year, India recorded less than 1% deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic during the period of a month. The case fatality rate (CFR or death rate) dropped to 0.97% in September from a high of 3.07% in June. Stay here for all live updates
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‘Gehlot trusts me,’ says PM, calls Cong CM ‘good friend’
When PM Modi attended a virtual ceremony on Thursday to lay the foundation stone of four medical colleges in Rajasthan, CM Ashok Gehlot put forward a list of development works he wanted for the state. “This shows he trusts me, despite our different political ideologies,” said Modi, calling Gehlot a “good friend”.
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Goalie gets drawn into political game
Amrinder Singh, goalkeeper of the Indian national football team and ATK Mohun Bagan FC in the Indian Super League, is a celebrity in his own right, but his name with one syllable less than the former CM has fortuitously invited a whole lot of unwanted political attention. After being repeatedly tagged by the media and others in heated discussions and speculation about the Punjab turmoil, Amrinder has stood up to protect his “identity” like he would the Indian and ATK goal.
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PC lends voice to G-23 protest on ‘orchestrated hooliganism’
The Congress dissident bloc G 23 Thursday condemned the protest outside the residence of senior colleague Kapil Sibal, calling it orchestrated and demanding party chief Sonia Gandhi take action against those responsible. While in a spate of tweets from the letter writers did not mention who was behind the protests that they called orchestrated, the allegation appeared to be pointing at the AICC managers.
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HC frowns on trial judge over quizzing of rape survivor
The Bombay high court has upheld the life term handed to three men for a 2010 gang rape of a young woman who “innocently took a lift from a man in a car’’ in Pune. However, it frowned on the trial court judge and public prosecutor for allowing the defence to put unnecessary questions to her involving graphic details during cross-examination.
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Road blockade by farmers inconveniencing commuters: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday cited its own ruling that barred protesters from blocking public roads and said farmers’ grievances could be addressed either by Parliament or judiciary but they cannot be seen to cause harassment to commuters through sit-in dharnas on highways, hindering traffic to and from Delhi to neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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Six turncoat MLAs put Congress in a spot in Rajasthan
Amid the pangs of its Punjab headache, Rajasthan has raised its hand to present Congress with a new problem to solve. Four of the six BSP-turned-Congress legislators from the desert state on Thursday reached New Delhi to seek "legal and political" support to save their places in the face of a Supreme Court petition challenging their assembly membership under the anti-defection law.
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Crisis brings relief for two Congress CMs
The unexpected crisis in its Punjab unit wrought by the leadership’s choice Navjot Sidhu and the renewed G23 aggression are likely to provide relief to Congress incumbents in the two other party-ruled states which have been rocked by demands for change in recent months. The twin events have created enough disturbance within Congress, that many believe is likely to dampen the leadership’s appetite for experiments.
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After agri boost, monsoon set to withdraw from Oct 6
The four-month summer monsoon, which ended as a ‘normal’ rainy season on Thursday and is set to withdraw from October 6, leaves India’s agriculture on a good footing with the levels of soil moisture sufficient to support the rabi or winter crop at a time when the economy is still recovering from Covid.
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Congress crisis peaks as Capt says will quit party, senior leaders back Sibal
The crisis in Congress escalated on Thursday with former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh saying he will quit Congress soon, and senior leader P Chidambaram joining veteran partymen Ghulam Nabi Azad, B S Hooda and Anand Sharma to criticise protests by a group of workers outside ‘G23’ leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal’s house.
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Adani’s wealth surges 261%, now Asia’s second richest
India has added five billionaires every month in the last 12 months as the value of businesses such as chemicals, software and pharmaceuticals soared. Among the traditional billionaires, Gautam Adani (59) and family, with Rs 5.1 lakh crore (a 261% surge), for the first time has become Asia’s second-richest. His family has added Rs 1,000 crore a day over the last year.
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69% adults have got at least one jab, 25% fully vaccinated: Govt
As many as 31 states and UTs have covered more than 60% of their adult population above 18 with at least one dose of Covid vaccines and 25% of this cohort has received the full two doses. Overall, 69% of the total adult population of the country has received at least one dose of vaccine. As a share of the entire population, the coverage works out to 46% and India has administered 889 million shots.
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Core sector grows 11.6% in August on low base effect
The eight core sectors grew for the sixth consecutive month in August led by robust expansion in cement, electricity, coal and natural gas segments, data showed on Thursday. The key infrastructure sector spanning coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity grew an annual 11.6% in August, higher than the 9.9% in July.
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SC seeks Adani Power’s response to Gujarat Urja’s curative plea
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Adani Power to respond within three weeks to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam’s curative plea seeking reversal of the SC’s 2019 judgment upholding Adani’s decision to terminate its Mundra plant’s power purchase agreement (PPA) with Urja.
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Musk, Bezos set to offer broadband in India
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the world’s two richest businessmen, are set to take on Airtel’s Sunil Mittal and Reliance Jio’s Mukesh Ambani in the high-speed broadband and internet space as they have approached the Indian government with separate plans to offer satellite-based internet connectivity.
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Good summer monsoon and prediction of normal winter rains raise hope for record output in 2021-22 crop year
The four-month summer monsoon ended as ‘normal’ rainy season on Thursday by bridging the earlier deficit and its withdrawal from northwest India will start from October 6 - the second most delayed withdrawal after 1960, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) while predicting ‘normal’ winter (October-December) monsoon rainfall that occurs in south Peninsular India.
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Dhoni finishes in style as Chennai sail into IPL play-offs
Chennai Super Kings produced a convincing performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad to maintain their remarkable consistency this season and sail into the Indian Premier League play-offs on Thursday. The CSK bowlers restricted SRH to 134/7 after MS Dhoni opted to bowl first on a slow surface. The three-time former champions then registered a convincing six-wicket win.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Poco C31 India Launch Today: Here's How to Watch, What to Expect
Bypolls live: Voting under way in Bengal's Bhabanipur
Voting is under way in 3 assembly constituencies - Bhabanipur, Jangipur and Samserganj- in West Bengal. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting from Bhabanipur. Banerjee has to win this bypoll to retain the chief minister's post. The counting of votes will take place on October 3. Stay with TOI for all updates
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'No player complained about Virat Kohli, written or verbal'
Putting a whole lot of two and twos together, sections of the media reported this week about Indian cricketers calling BCCI secretary Jay Shah to complain about Virat Kohli and his captaincy, and the BCCI decided to step in. The BCCI, once again for the record, had no role to play in Kohli resigning as captain of the T20 team. It was the cricketer's own decision.
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Baghel loyalists land in Delhi, crisis in state flares up again
Amid the frantic firefighting in Punjab, Congress found itself dragged into the Chhattisgarh power struggle on Wednesday when around 15 party MLAs — loyalists of CM Bhupesh Baghel — landed in Delhi in the evening, apparently to lobby against any change of guard in the state.
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Congress headless, no one knows who’s taking decisions: Sibal
Loyalists target Sibal, G-23, accuse them of betrayal
The turmoil in Punjab Congress and the G-23 offensive against the leadership has triggered a bitter war of words, with Congress leaders slamming Kapil Sibal and some others for raising concerns about “instability in Punjab”. Former MP and Delhi leader Ajay Maken said, “Sonia Gandhi had ensured that Sibal became a minister at the Centre despite not having an organisational background. Everyone in the party is being heard. Want to tell Sibal and others that they shouldn’t degrade the organization that gave them an identity.”
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Amarinder meets Shah, stokes buzz of move ahead of Punjab polls
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called on Union home minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence here. The two leaders had a meeting of over 50 minutes, boosting speculation about the Congress leader either joining BJP or allying with it for the Punjab polls.
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‘We’re G23, not Ji Huzoor’: Congress infighting out in open
Congress veteran and ‘G23’ leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the party brass to convene a CWC meeting to discuss the problems in Punjab. Another ‘G23’ leader, Kapil Sibal, said the party was “headless” and no one knew who was taking decisions. Leaders close to “them” (leadership) have left the party, while “we” (G23) are standing by them, he added. Suggesting they were loyal but not blind, Sibal said, “We are G23, not Ji Huzoor 23”.
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India set to take part in SCO anti-terror exercise in Pakistan
India is likely to send a three-member team to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) anti-terror exercise in Pakistan next week, TOI has learnt. The Pabbi anti-terror Exercise 2021 is being held at Pabbi in Pakistan’s Nowshera district from October 3 under the aegis of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which seeks to promote counter-terrorism cooperation between SCO member-states.
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Second wettest Sept in 27 years bridges monsoon deficit
Above-normal rainfall this month, which turned out to be the second wettest September in the past 27 years, has almost bridged the deficit of the monsoon season with the cumulative rainfall showing the gap to be narrowed down from 9% on August 31 to merely 1% on Wednesday, indicating the four-month season may finally be logged as ‘near normal’ monsoon.
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Sidhu blames choice of new AG, ‘tainted’ ministers for quitting
The curious case of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab PCC chief within 10 days of his bête noire Amarinder Singh’s exit as CM unravelled on Wednesday when he declared the new-look Congress government’s choice of advocate general and the re-entry of “tainted” ministers into the restructured cabinet forced his hand.
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Pre-primary kids to get midday meals too
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday scaled up the national mid-day meal scheme as ‘PM-POSHAN’ which will also cover students of ‘Balvatikas’ (pre-primary classes) and provide hot cooked meals to students of elementary classes in government and aided schools.
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HC: Breastfeeding inalienable constitutional right of a mom
Breastfeeding is an inalienable constitutional right of a lactating mother and the right of the infant needs to be assimilated with the mother’s right, the Karnataka high court observed on Wednesday. It was disposing a batch of petitions filed by the biological mother and foster parents of a toddler.
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Piramal acquires DHFL for Rs 34k cr
In the first insolvency resolution in the financial services space, Piramal Group has concluded payment of Rs 34,250 crore to take over Dewan Housing and Finance (DHFL). The deal is likely to help banks that had been hit by the company’s collapse. The payment will bolster the finances of banks that have written off loans to DHFL, whose promoters are accused of fraud.
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8k genetic testing can assess heart disease risk
More people are now undergoing a one-off genetic test costing Rs 8,000 to assess if they are born with a predisposition to heart diseases. The genomic risk score, also called polygenic score, currently prescribed for high-risk individuals — with family history of heart diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension or cholesterol levels — helps doctors assess risk, prevent or delay heart diseases, said senior cardiologist Dr S Ajit Mullasari at the Madras Medical Mission.
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SC seeks Tirupati response on ritual ‘irregularities’
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to a year-and-half old complaint by a devotee of Lord Balaji that irregularities have crept into the daily “puja and archana” in the temple causing consternation among devotees of the principal deity.
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Google Updating Search With New Capabilities, Google Lens Reaching New Users
IPL: All-round Bangalore thrash Rajasthan by 7 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore dished out a clinical display with both bat and ball to record a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday, boosting their prospects of a top-two finish. Chasing 150, RCB completed the task with as many as 17 balls to spare.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
In race to pip ICC, BCCI comes up with IPL media-rights tender
In a statement late Tuesday, the BCCI said: "IPL media rights tender for the cycle 2023-27 will be released immediately after the appointment of two new IPL teams". The two new teams will be finalized on October 25 and therefore, expect the BCCI to bring out the Invitation To Tender (ITT) for IPL's next media rights cycle by the time October spills into November.
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IPL: Mumbai keep playoff hopes alive with win over Punjab
Under fire for not playing, and then not bowling in the second leg of IPL-2021, ahead of the T20 World Cup, Pandya smashed an unbeaten 40 (30b, 4x4, 2x6) on Tuesday night to help MI chase down 136 in a do-or-die game against a spirited Punjab Kings at Abu Dhabi. MI's six-wicket win in a low scoring thriller helped them climb to the fifth spot in the table, even as Punjab are at sixth.
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US generals advised having 2.5k troops in Afghan, Biden said no
Top American generals on Tuesday told lawmakers that they had recommended having 2,500 troops in Afghanistan to which President Joe Biden disagreed. The White House, however, defended the presidential decision, acknowledging that it was a split recommendation from Biden's advisors and generals.
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Live: Govt extends Covid curbs till October 31
Gandhi siblings left red-faced amid efforts to rejig Congress
After the central leadership completely owned the Punjab restructuring and felt it had settled the chaotic unit, the surprise resignation by state president Navjot Singh Sidhu caught everyone by surprise and threatened to destabilise its stronghold and cast the Gandhi leadership in poor light.
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Most women in managerial posts in Northeast, AP & Punjab
The north-eastern states generally have the highest ratio of female workers in managerial positions, with Meghalaya topping the chart with 34.1%, followed by Sikkim and Mizoram, according to the annual bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
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Switchover buzz as Amarinder in Delhi to meet ‘friends’
Month after month, Covaxin missing production target
Homegrown Covaxin was to play a major role in vaccination against Covid-19. But eight months after the vaccination drive began, only one in 11 Indians has managed to get the first indigenous vaccine. Bharat Biotech, which manufactures it, has failed to ramp up production at the pace it had envisaged.
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Bombay HC fines co Rs 25 lakh for ‘wasting court’s time’
To ensure that those approaching courts in commercial disputes “understand that courts are not playgrounds, and litigation is not a pastime,” the Bombay HC recently directed a private company to pay Rs 25 lakh to a party against whom it was seeking orders.
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Adani loses out to Gujarat Gas on city gas distribution network
Govt’s online job exchange for elderly to start on Oct 1
Come October 1, senior citizens seeking work opportunities will be able to register themselves on a first-of-its-kind dedicated employment exchange portal for the elderly. The ‘Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (Sacred)’ portal, being steered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJ&E), will enable “virtual matching” of employable elderly of 60 years and above with employers who come forward and register on the platform.
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Switch hit: Sidhu quits as PCC chief; minister follows
In a switch hit that left Congress on a sticky wicket in Punjab again, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as PCC chief on Tuesday, followed by the resignation of new minister Razia Sultana “in solidarity” with him. Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal, who was made PCC treasurer soon after Sidhu took over, also put in his papers along with general secretary Yoginder Dhingra.
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Sebi fines Videocon’s Dhoot, two others for insider trading
Markets regulator Sebi has penalised promoters of Videocon Industries, Venugopal Dhoot and two of his investment companies, with a total fine of Rs 75 lakh for pledging Videocon shares without proper disclosure to shareholders and also for entering into off market transactions using inside information. The case relates to Sebi rule violations by these entities between April and September 2017.
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Congress to retire Kerala old warhorses?
It’s a season of open discontent in the Kerala unit of Congress but those in the know say that it is not likely to extend beyond a lot of sound and some fury. Reason: The Congress high command in Delhi wants the old guard sidelined and rampant factionalism neutralised, and to that purpose it will be willing to put up with KPCC president K Sudhakaran’s rather brash and authoritarian style of functioning.
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Sidhu not a stable man, resignation sheer drama: Amarinder Singh
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said Navjot Sidhu’s resignation as PPCC chief within two months of taking over the vital post had proved beyond doubt that the cricketer turned politician was an “unstable” man, who could not be relied upon to lead the ruling party, especially in a border state like Punjab.
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IPL: Hardik shows some form as MI beat PBKS by 6 wkts
Mumbai Indians won their first game after three defeats as they beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in Abu Dhabi. Punjab Kings managed a below-par 135 for 6 which MI surpassed in 19 over with Hardik Pandya scoring unbeaten 40 off 30 balls while Saurabh Tiwary top-scored with 45. With the victory, Mumbai climbed to the fifth spot in the points table while Punjab are now at 6th spot.
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Monday, September 27, 2021
Cyclone Gulab live: IMD issues red alert for 7 Maha districts
Cyclone Gulab has fizzled into a depression but the system’s westward movement has resulted in a red alert for seven districts in Maharashtra, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting extremely heavy/heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated locations on Tuesday. In the wake of heavy rains, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced that all government offices, schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the state would remain closed on Tuesday. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:
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RR couldn't score more in the last few overs: Sanju
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson on Monday rued that they could not finish their innings with a flourish from a strong position and lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets, making it tougher for themselves to make the cut for the IPL Play-offs.
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Samsung Galaxy M52 5G to Launch in India Today: Here's What to Expect
All citizens will get digital health ID: PM Modi
PM Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, envisaged as a complete digital health ecosystem with a ‘health ID’ for every citizen, digitised personal health records, as well as a registry of doctors and health facilities across the country.
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Community leaders turn ‘influencers’ to boost vaccination drive in tribal districts
Bombay HC bars open-court hearing of workplace sex harassment cases
Issuing guidelines for sexual harassment at workplace cases, the Bombay high court has directed that henceforth all such matters will be heard in-camera or in the judge’s chambers and not in open court, and the orders are not to be uploaded on the official website. The HC has also barred the media from publishing the proceedings without court permission.
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Rift in CPI over promotion may have resulted in Kanhaiya Kumar's exit
RSS-linked magazine calls Amazon ‘East India Co 2.0’
Bharat Bandh paralyses Punjab, has limited impact elsewhere
Farm groups in Punjab, which have been at the forefront of the struggle against the Central farm laws, brought the state to near standstill on Monday as the Bharat bandh paralysed rail and road traffic, and business establishments were shut in all towns and cities. While the impact was less severe in Haryana, the western part of Uttar Pradesh saw some toll plazas being blocked and trains cancelled due to protests on tracks.
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SC puts govt on notice, says ‘don’t play football with lives of young doctors’
The Supreme Court on Monday accused the National Medical Council, National Board of Examinations and the health ministry of “playing football” with the lives of young doctors aspiring to do their specialisation by changing the pattern of questions for the NEET-Super Speciality Examination more than a month after notifying the exam date.
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Pay closer attention to N-proliferation, India says at UNSC
India on Monday called for stepped up attention from the international community to check illicit proliferation of nuclear weapons. Addressing the UN security council meeting on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla said, “There is a need for the international community to pay closer attention to the illicit proliferation of networks of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, components and relevant technologies.”
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Amid global spurt, average height of Indians declined over 10 years
In the context of an increase in average heights worldwide, there was, alarmingly, a decline in the average height of adult men and women in India in the decade from 2005-06 to 2015-16 after a significant increase from 1998-99. Women from the poorest sections showed the steepest decline as did tribal women.
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IPL: Roy, Williamson star in SRH's 7-wicket win over Royals
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Social Democrats beat Merkel's bloc in German elections
The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany's national election, beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc in a closely fought race. Election officials said early Monday that a count of all 299 constituencies showed the Social Democrats won 25.9% of the vote, ahead of 24.1% for the Union bloc.
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IPL 2021: Harshal Patel the man for RCB, again
Harshal Patel is fast turning out to be Mumbai Indians’ nemesis. He’s a bowler Mumbai won’t forget in a hurry. For the second time this season, the seamer (4/17) turned out to be the game changer for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai. In the first leg of the competition in India, Harshal had returned 5/27 against the defending champions.
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Bharat bandh live: Farmers block highways in Punjab, Haryana
Mobilisation of farmers opposed to the new farm laws is in full swing for the Bharat bandh on Monday. Their presence at the Singhu protest site along the Delhi-Haryana border has considerably swelled. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called the nationwide strike and appealed to all organisations of workers, traders, transporters, businessmen, students, youth and women to voluntarily participate in it from 6am to 4pm. Stay with TOI for all updates
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PM Modi: UPI transactions making economy more transparent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said growing volume of UPI transactions was making the economy more transparent and helping boost fin-tech.In his monthly radio broadcast Mann ki Baat, he also nudged Indians to buy khadi, handloom and handicraft products during the festival season as part of his push for local items.
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1 dead, many evacuated as Gulab makes landfall
Covid live: At 2 lakh, India logs lowest weekly cases in 6 months
African, S American nations hail PM Modi's vaccine pitch at UNGA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vaccine pitch during his UNGA address on Saturday went down well with several heads of African and South American countries with many delegates thanking him for offering to make India the hub of global production of the anti -Covid shots and restoring supplies.
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Caste census need of hour, Centre should do a rethink: Nitish Kumar
China shows real intent, more PLA shelters come up on LAC
Ahead of polls, Yogi revamps team to give it caste balance
Last-minute drama over shortlist as 15 Punjab ministers take oath
A last-minute replacement, an abortive campaign to dislodge another from the shortlist and a public outburst by two disgruntled ex-ministers marked the swearing-in of new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s 15-member Cabinet on Sunday, mirroring the drama of his own selection a week ago.
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Singhu swells for today’s Bharat bandh
Shout, demand 50% quota in all spheres, CJI urges women
At a time when the Union government is still at the proposal stage for reserving 50% panchayat membership for women, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Sunday strongly batted for 50% quota for women in all spheres of activity, urging them to “shout and demand” for this right.
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IPL: Harshal hat-trick helps RCB crush MI by 54 runs
Glenn Maxwell justified his million dollar contract with an all-round performance before Harshal Patel took a hat-trick to ensure a thumping 54-run victory for RCB over MI. Maxwell (56 off 37 balls and 2/23) produced one of his better efforts in the IPL while Harshal (4/17 in 3.1 overs), the current Purple Cap holder removed Hardik, Pollard and Rahul off successive deliveries to defend a target of 165.
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Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 winner: Arjun Bijlani bags the trophy
After weeks of thrilling, spine-tingling and daredevil performances and a few emotional moments too, Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 has come to an end. Arjun Bijlani, who was hailed as one of the strongest contenders of Khatron Ke Khiladi 11, has emerged as the winner of the season.
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
Channi’s new team likely to have 7 new faces
After days of hectic discussions and uncertainty, the Congress leadership finally arrived at a consensus on who all will join the Punjab cabinet. The list was cleared during CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi that went on past Friday midnight.
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US bill seeks to save job-linkedgreen cards from going to waste
USCIS will also be enabled to award green cards to eligible applicants from the pool of unused employment-based immigrant green cards during the fiscal years 2020 and 2021. While a short summary of the bill is available, the entire text has not yet been issued in the public domain. If the bill is passed, it will greatly help the Indian diaspora stuck for decades in the green card backlog.
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No change in Covishield dose gap: NTAGI chief
Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), on Saturday ruled out any changes in the gap between two doses of Covishield citing scientific studies suggesting the vaccine’s higher efficacy when the interval between the shots was longer.
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‘Using terror as political tool dangerous’: PM Modi slams Pakistan at UNGA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expectedly had a message in his UN General Assembly address for Pakistan, as he slammed use of terrorism as a political tool, but equally significantly for China as he said the “reliability’’ of global institutions of governance, built over decades, had been hit by their handling of issues like Covid-19 origin and ‘ease of doing business’ rankings.
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Come, make in India: PM Modi woos global vaccine manufacturers
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday made an important effort to put India on the front-line of the global fight against Covid-19, by inviting global vaccine manufacturers to “come and make vaccines in India”. “I, today, invite vaccine manufacture around the world — come, make vaccines in India,” PM Modi said while addressing the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
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Cyclone Gulab set to hit Andhra Pradesh, Odisha today
In a rare occurrence during September, a cyclone is set to hit the north Andhra-south Odisha coast on Sunday evening with expected wind speeds gusting up to 95kmph, the IMD has warned. The cyclone, christened ‘Gulab’, intensified from a deep depression over north Bay of Bengal on Saturday afternoon and is expected to make landfall by Sunday around Kalingapatnam, between Vishakhapatnam and Gopalpur, the India Meteorological Department said.
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Channi’s new team likely to have 7 new faces
After days of hectic discussions and uncertainty, the Congress leadership finally arrived at a consensus on who all will join the Punjab cabinet. The list was cleared during CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi that went on past Friday midnight. On returning from Delhi, Channi met Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday, and 15 cabinet ministers will now be administered the oath of office at 4.30pm on Sunday.
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IPL: Bishnoi, Shami set up Punjab's 5-run win over SRH
Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi snared three wickets as Punjab Kings dished out a clinical bowling display to beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in a low-scoring but entertaining Indian Premier League match on Saturday. Chasing 126 for a win on a slow Sharjah Cricket Stadium track, SRH ended at 120 for 7 in 20 overs to end their hopes of making it to the play-offs.
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Friday, September 24, 2021
Pak is 'arsonist' disguising as 'fire-fighter': India at UNGA
Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an "arsonist" disguising itself as a "fire-fighter", and the entire world has suffered because of its policies as the country nurtures terrorists in its backyard, India has said in a blistering retort after Prime Minister Imran Khan raked up the issue of Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly.
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Our players have understood their roles: CSK captain Dhoni
Three-time winners CSK endured their worst outing last season when they finished seventh in the eight-team league, a far cry from the manner in which they are dominating in this edition, including their latest six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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Sachin Pilot-Rahul Gandhi meet sparks Raj rejig buzz
Congress leader Sachin Pilot was apparently called for discussions, in which Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra both were present. A cabinet reshuffle in the Gehlot government is pending for a while now. The state government is to be rejigged by including MLAs loyal to Pilot, while the party is also to appoint district presidents and chairmen of state corporations.
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IPL: Dhoni's CSK thump shoddy RCB to top table
On Friday night at the sandswept Sharjah Cricket Stadium, there was one thing in common between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. Their openers got them off to a good start. The similarity ended there and the differences thereafter were jarring.
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Live: Kerala cases fall below 18k, India tally under 30k
After two days of reporting 30,000-plus fresh cases of Covid-19, the country-wide tally fell below that mark on Friday as infection numbers in Kerala declined to under 18,000 on Friday. India recorded 29,595 fresh cases of the virus, down from 31,407 on Thursday and 32,028 on the day before. Stay with TOI for all updates --
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Sachin Pilot-Rahul Gandhi meet sparks Raj rejig buzz
Pilot was apparently called for discussions in which Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra both were present. A Cabinet reshuffle in the Gehlot government is pending for a while now. The state government is to be rejigged by including MLAs loyal to Pilot, while the party is also to appoint district presidents and chairmen of state corporations.
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SC: Convict’s right to raise juvenility plea at any time needs rethink
Nearly a decade after giving convicts the right to raise juvenility plea at any stage, the Supreme Court on Friday realised that its 2012 ruling has opened the floodgates for petitions where convicts, even more than a decade after dismissal of their final appeals, continue to raise the plea that they were juveniles at the time of the crime to seek reduction in sentence.
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MoD inks Rs 21k cr deal with Airbus for 56 IAF planes
The Union defence ministry on Friday inked the over Rs 21,000 crore (around $3 billion) contract with Airbus Defence and Space (Spain) to acquire 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft to replace the old Avro planes of the IAF. Airbus will deliver 16 of the twin-turboprop C-295MW aircraft in a flyaway condition within two years, with the remaining 40 being manufactured in India by the Tata Consortium under a joint industrial partnership within 10 years.
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Top gangster killed by rivals in court, both hitmen shot
In a brazen strike inside a courtroom in the Rohini district court complex on Friday afternoon, gangster Jitender Gogi was gunned down by two shooters alleged hired by his rival. The two assailants, dressed as lawyers, were killed on the spot in a calibrated response by men of Delhi Police’s special cell, who were accompanying Gogi.
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Huawei executive to be freed after deal with US prosecutors
Quad meet: Concert of four democracies stand up to China without mentioning it
Leaders from four diverse democratic nations, each country separated by thousands of miles of sea lanes, met at the White House on Friday for the first in-person Quad summit and said they would work together as only democracies can to address some of the most pressing challenges of the times.
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IPL: CSK humble RCB with all-round show, claim top spot
CSK produced a clinical all-round show to humble RCB by six wickets and claim the top spot in the IPL pecking order. Kohli (53) and Padikkal (70) struck brisk fifties in an impressive 111-run stand but CSK pulled the strings to restrict them to 156 for six after electing to bowl. In-form Gaikwad came good again with a quick 38 while Du Plessis made 31 as Chennai won the match with 11 balls to spare.
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Gabby Petito's disappearance captivated the world. Why?
US V-P Kamala Harris, PM Modi talk up Indo-US ties at first in-person meeting
Perceived ideological dissonance aside, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States Vice-President Kamala Harris presented a friendly front before cameras at their first in-person meeting, pledging that the two countries would work together on global health, climate and security issues.
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Iyer, Tripathi help Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians
After coming back superbly with the ball to restrict MI to a below-par 155 for six, KKR made a mockery of the chase, as Rahul Tripathi (74 not out, 42b, 3x6, 8x4) and their new star Venkatesh Iyer (53, 30b, 3x6, 4x4) powered them to a convincing seven-wicket win with their aggressive half-centuries, with 29 balls remaining.
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iPhone 13 Series to Go on Sale in India and Around the World Today
Game of Thrones in Space? Apple TV+'s Foundation Is Far From It
Two killed in police firing at Assam eviction site
Two civilians were killed and nine policemen injured at Dholpur in Assam’s Darrang district on Thursday as an eviction drive to reclaim government land from allegedly illegal settlers triggered mob fury and instant reprisal, including firing from all sides at a man charging at the cops with a stick before raining batons on him as he lay on the ground.
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PM Modi, US Vice-President Kamala Harris flower a new friendship
Perceived ideological dissonance aside, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States Vice-President Kamala Harris presented a friendly front before cameras at their first in-person meeting, pledging that the two countries would work together on global health, climate and security issues.
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‘At home’ vaccine for disabled, people with special needs gets govt nod
The Centre has allowed door-to-door inoculation for people with disability, special needs or any physical challenges that may be impeding accessibility to Covid vaccination centres. The Centre has asked states and UTs to facilitate vaccination for such people at home under supervision. Special needs will include persons who are bed-ridden or with restricted mobility. “We have written to all states on September 22.
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Key trial of 5,000-km ICBM Agni-V in October
India will soon conduct another test of its most formidable strategic missile, the over 5,000-km Agni-V, even as work is still in progress to develop multiple-warhead capability for ballistic missiles. The “user-trial in full operational configuration” of the Agni-V missile, which carries a single 1.5-tonne warhead, will be conducted by the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command (SFC) in October, said sources on Thursday.
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No OBC info in 2021 census as 2011 caste data unusable: Govt
The Centre Thursday told the Supreme Court it has decided not to enumerate Other Backward Castes as part of the 2021 Census as taking a headcount of castes other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be administratively extremely complex and cannot yield complete or accurate information.
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Fuming France cancels meet with Australia, India
A ministerial meeting of the India-France-Australia trilateral grouping scheduled on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session is now off the table, a fallout of AUKUS — a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK and the US that has left Paris fuming. The trilateral ministerial would have seen external affairs minister S Jaishankar holding deliberations with his counterparts from Australia (Marise Payne) and France (Jean-Yves Le Drian). But France pulled out on the back of the formation of AUKUS.
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Live: PM Modi and US Vice President Kamala Harris deliver a joint statement
PM Modi arrived in Washington DC for his visit to the United States of America at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. This is Prime Minister's first visit abroad beyond the neighbourhood since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. During his visit, he will address the UN General Assembly and attend the Quad leaders Summit as well as hold a bilateral meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House. Stay with TOI for the latest developments
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IPL: KKR steamroll Mumbai Indians to enter top four
Rookie Venkatesh Iyer left many in awe of his talent as Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical performance to tame the mighty Mumbai Indians by seven wickets and enter the top-four in the points table. Iyer (53 off 30) displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155/6 with as many as 29 balls to spare.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Why a Punjab may not happen in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh too soon
Though the supporters of Sachin Pilot and TS Singh Deo have started hoping for a change of guard in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh respectively after the leadership change in another Congress-ruled state of Punjab where Amarinder Singh gave way to Charanjit Singh Channi as chief minister, their wishes may not get fulfilled, at least not in the near future.
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Narendra Giri died of asphyxia, says autopsy
Live: US CDC advisers could vote on Pfizer vaccine booster on Thursday
India on Wednesday reported 26,964 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, pushing the total coronavirus tally to 33,531,498, according to health ministry's updated data at 9 am. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom included AstraZeneca Covishield in its list of accepted vaccines against Covid-19. Stay with TOI for all updates --
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Six J&K govt employees sacked for terror links
Sources told TOI that the designated committee in J&K for scrutinising and recommending cases under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution of India has recommended dismissal of six employees from the government service for having terror links and working as overground worker (OGW). The termination orders will be issued soon.
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Will sacrifice anything to stop Sidhu from becoming CM: Captain
In a virtual revolt against the Congress leadership’s decision to prop up Punjab PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu as the face of the party in the 2022 election, former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday declared he would pit a strong candidate against his bête noire to “ensure his defeat” in the polls.
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Govt fixes Rs 50k ex- gratia for kin of Covid victims
Months after states took the lead in announcing financial assistance for the kin of Covid victims, and after being prodded by the Supreme Court, the Centre on Wednesday informed the SC that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has fixed an ex gratia of Rs 50,000 to be paid by the states from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
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Will focus on Covid, terror & climate crisis at UN: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he will focus on pressing global challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic, need to combat terrorism and climate change in his UNGA address on September 25. As he left for the US on Wednesday morning, Modi said in his departure statement that he will look to strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership in his bilateral summit with President Joe Biden and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
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Admit women to NDA from this year itself: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that a beginning, even though small, has to be made this year itself for the induction of female candidates into the National Defence Academy (NDA), and this could not be postponed till next year as sought by the Centre, which said it needed time till May 2022 to set up infrastructure and formulate a training module for female cadets.
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UK accepts Covishield, but Indians to quarantine
The United Kingdom has included AstraZeneca Covishield in its list of accepted vaccines against Covid-19. However, as of now, that does not translate into relief for quarantine for fully vaccinated (with WHO-approved Covishield) travellers from India under the relaxed rules that come into force from October 4.
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Fed signals bond-buying taper coming 'soon'
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cleared the way to reduce its monthly bond purchases "soon" and signaled interest rate increases may follow more quickly than expected, with nine of 18 US central bank policymakers projecting borrowing costs will need to rise in 2022.
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Gun-toting Taliban seek Afghanistan's UN seat; world says no, not yet
A hirsute bunch of unelected, gun-wielding militants who go by the name Taliban, and who have overrun Afghanistan and disenfranchised half its population, are seeking to represent Kabul at the United Nations. Early word from the global community: No. Not any time soon.
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'Traveling should be made easier via recognition of vaccine cert'
PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for recognition of vaccine certificates so that international travel could be made easier. He said this while virtually addressing the global Covid-19 summit. "We also need to focus on addressing the pandemic’s economic effects. To that end, international travel should be made easier, through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates," PM said.
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IPL 2021: Delhi pace aces Sunrisers, reclaim top spot
Live: UP govt recommends CBI probe in Narendra Giri's death
The mortal remains of Mahant Narendra Giri were placed in a 'samadhi' in the premises of the Baghambari Mutt on Wednesday. The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a CBI probe in seer's mysterious death. His disciple Anand Giri detained from Haridwar has been sent on 14-day judicial custody. The influential Hindu seer was found dead on Monday at Baghambari Math in Prayagraj. He was the president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the largest organisation of sadhus in India.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
How Yamaha improved R15 with exclusive features
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IPL: RR pull off a heist against Punjab Kings
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Afghan live: Taliban want to address UNGA, names rep
The expanded Taliban cabinet has accommodated several non-Pashtuns, but it still does not have a woman face. However a Taliban minister has not ruled out inducting women in the future. In a communique to the UN, Taliban said they want to address the UNGA, and also named an Afghan 'representative' to the world body. Stay with TOI for all updates
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Inducement missing in Kundra case, says court
Going by the statements of witnesses, the element of inducement, which is a prime ingredient of cheating, appears to be missing from the prosecution’s case, a magistrate’s court said while granting bail to businessman Raj Kundra on Monday in the pornography case. Kundra and Ryan Thorpe, the IT head of his company, who were both arrested on July 19, walked out of Arthur Road Jail on Tuesday.
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Govt estimates record kharif output
The agriculture ministry on Tuesday estimated record output of kharif foodgrain, including paddy, and pegged its target for the entire 2021-22 crop year closer to the all-time high production figures of 2020-21. Overall, for both kharif and rabi put together, it set the target of 307 MT of foodgrain for the current crop year which is merely a million tonne less than the record output in the previous year.
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Covid live: Daily cases drop in Kerala, Mizoram sees spurt
India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 82 crore landmark milestone on Tuesday, according to govt data. Stay with TOI for all updates. Kerala and Maharashtra have seen daily cases drop significantly, but Mizoram seems to be in the middle of a spurt. Stay with TOI for all updates.
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Channi govt set to quick-fix issues neglected by Captain
Taking a prompt from repeated surveys conducted by the party in Punjab, the new Congress government under chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is likely to prioritise reworking of power purchase agreements, resolving the sacrilege case and take action against drug and transport mafia in the state. The surveys commissioned by the party showed these issues remained uppermost in people’s minds.
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New travel rules: India warns UK of reciprocal steps over vaccine ‘discrimination’
“Covishield is a licensed product of the UK company, manufactured in India of which we have supplied five million doses to the UK,” said Shringla, pointing to the inconsistency in the rules announced by the British government. According to the new rules, Indian travellers who have received both doses of Covishield vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India will be considered unvaccinated and will have to self-isolate for 10 days.
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Taliban takeover forcing heroin surge into India?
International druglords are desperate to pump in prodigious quantities of heroin into India, officers of security and anti-smuggling agencies said. They said that the druglords fear confiscation of the heroin stock by the Taliban. Apart from staggering financial losses, the druglords also face the prospect of summary execution if caught by the Taliban.
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‘Blackmailed over morphed pic with girl': Giri’s ‘suicide note’
"I came to know that Anand Giri was going to share with the public a morphed photo that showed me with a girl. Anand asked me that once these allegations spread, how many people will you prove your innocence to? I have lived a life of dignity… and I can’t live with the humiliation that I will be subjected to…" said the suicide note, which was found in Bhagambari mutt along with Giri’s body on Monday.
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Macron dials Modi as French US, Oz ties plunge into crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron dialled PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday to talk about strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and also boost, as Macron’s office said in a statement, India’s strategic autonomy. The phone conversation with Modi and the French readout, was being seen as a message by an enraged France to the US and others who consider India one of their most important partners in the Indo-Pacific.
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IPL: Tyagi scripts incredible two-run win for Royals against Punjab
Fast bowler Kartik Tyagi bowled a sensational last over as Rajasthan Royals pulled off an incredible two-run win over Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller on Tuesday. Punjab required four runs off the last six balls but Tyagi dismissed Nicholas Pooran (32) and Deepak Hooda (0) and gave away only one run to snatch the win for his team from the jaws of defeat.
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Mahant Narendra Giri death: SIT formed; disciple booked
"Truth will eventually prevail but by then my image would have been tarnished...So I am going to commit suicide and Anand Giri, Adya Tewari and his son Sandeep Tiwari will be responsible for it," he has further explained the reason for his extreme step. There were reports of his 'video' message which he had recorded just before his death as well, but police didn't officially confirm its existence.
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Monday, September 20, 2021
Karnataka tops country in child marriages
Karnataka has reported the highest number of child marriages — 185 — in the country in 2020 and it’s 66% more than 111 cases recorded in 2019, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Assam came a distant second with 138 child marriages in 2020, West Bengal 98, Tamil Nadu 77 and Telangana 62.
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Kochi auto driver wins Rs 12 crore lottery
Muslim man, born Hindu, gets last rites of both worlds
IPL 2021: KKR ride on mystery spin to beat RCB
KKR, who need to win all their remaining seven matches to have some chance of making the playoffs, notched up a comfortable 9-wicket win against RCB as Shubman Gill (48) and debutant Venkatesh Iyer (41 not out off 27 balls) gave them a flying start to seal the issue quickly.
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RCB's heavy defeat a wake-up call, says Virat Kohli
More Americans lost to Covid than 1918 flu pandemic
Average hike in 2022 to be 8.6%: Survey
The average salary increment in India is expected to be 8.6% in 2022, buoyed by improved business confidence. The increments match the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. A quarter of the companies in a latest survey have projected a double-digit hike. The survey found that 92% of companies gave an average hike of 8% in 2021, compared with only 4.4% in 2020.
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Dilip Ghosh replaced as Bengal BJP chief
Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar was on Monday appointed West Bengal BJP president, replacing Dilip Ghosh who has been elevated as national vice-president of the party. Ghosh’s tenure was to last till the end of next year and his premature exit comes in the wake of reports of internal differences within the state unit.
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Cong made Channi ‘stopgap’ CM to tap Dalit votes: BJP
Citing Congress leader Sunil Jakhar’s remarks on the statement of AICC Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat that the state polls will be fought under Sidhu, BJP leader Amit Malviya tweeted, “This is a huge insult to the entire Dalit community if Charanjit Singh Channi has been made the CM, only to hold the seat for Navjot Singh Sidhu.” He said, “This completely undermines the Dalit empowerment narrative being peddled by Congress.”
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Amazon probing bribery complaint in India: Report
Amazon is said to have launched a probe after a whistleblower raised a complaint against its legal representatives for their role in allegedly bribing Indian officials., a report said. It also said an independent advocate in Delhi, who works with Amazon as an outside counsel, was the one who funnelled the money paid by Amazon to bribe government officials.
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Under fire, Congress says will fight Punjab polls under both Channi, Sidhu
A row erupted in Punjab Congress on Monday after senior leader Sunil Jakhar slammed AICC state in-charge Harish Rawat for purportedly saying the party would go to the 2022 polls under the leadership of state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Opposition BJP promptly latched on to Jakhar’s statement to question the Congress claiming credit for installing a Dalit Sikh CM, saying Channi would only be keeping the seat warm for a few months.
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Pandemic study reveals lack of trained health personnel
A report by the World Health Organisation and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) underlines India's skewed skill-mix ratio in the health workforce with wide variations across states and the report estimating the overall nurse to doctor ratio at 1.7:1 and that of allied health workers to doctors at 1:1. These estimates further deteriorate if qualifications are considered and given weightage.
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‘Racist, biased’: Indians slam new UK travel curbs
The UK government’s new travel rules, which do not recognise people vaccinated in India as being “fully vaccinated”, have been blasted as “offensive”, “bizarre” and “racist”. The new rules mean people vaccinated in India will still have to home quarantine for 10 days in the UK when those vaccinated in scores of other countries will not.
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AUKUS won’t impact Quad, US tells India
The US on Monday briefed India on its new trilateral AUKUS military pact with the UK and Australia, stressing it will not detract from either the bilateral cooperation with New Delhi or multilateral ones like the ‘Quad’. There are some concerns that AUKUS could dilute the strategic cooperation envisaged under the Quad, relegating the quadrilateral grouping to just issues like climate change, Covid-19 vaccines and the like.
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Canada resumes direct flights to & from India after 5 months
Air Canada has restarted Delhi-Toronto non-stops with a new protocol where WHO-approved vaccinated passengers must undergo an RT-PCR or a rapid PCR test within 18 hours of boarding its flights from the Covid-19 Testing Centre and Lounge at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3.
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Pornography case: Court grants bail to Raj Kundra
Sunday, September 19, 2021
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Punjab: Rahul Gandhi behind shake-up that started 4 months back
Rahul Gandhi has been in the thick of a political shakeup in Punjab that started around four months ago. The elevation of maverick Navjot Sidhu as the state unit chief followed by unceasing attacks on Amarinder Singh and then his ouster, are widely seen to have the backing of the Gandhi siblings-Rahul and Priyanka Vadra.
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Will continue to play for RCB till my last game in IPL: Kohli
From a rookie player who joined the team for the inaugural edition fresh from the success of the U-19 World Cup in 2008 to taking over captaincy midway through the 2012 season from Daniel Vettori, the journey with RCB has been a long one for Virat Kohli.
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PM's US visit: Meeting with Harris, Cook on cards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the United States this week where he will be following a marathon schedule and will hold a series of back to back high-level meetings. PM Modi will be arriving in Washington DC on September 22 and the next morning he will be meeting with the top US CEO's.
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Live: Charanjit Channi to take oath as Punjab CM at 11am
Charanjit Singh Channi will be sworn in as new Punjab chief minister at 11am today in Chandigarh. The 58-year-old would be the first dalit chief minister of the state. The three-time MLA from Chamkaur Sahib emerged as the unanimous choice for the CM’s post following hectic discussions on Sunday. Stay with TOI for all live updates:
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Marriage valid if minor doesn’t call it void at 18: HC
Afghan live: Women protest in Kabul demanding right to work
Delhi posts India’s most civilian injuries in cop action
Civilians injured in police operations across Delhi constituted over 29% of the all-India figure of 226. In J&K, a hub of civilian protests in the past, 43 people were injured in police operations last year, just about one-fifth of the 201 hurt in 2019. The all-India count of police personnel killed on duty during 2020 was 24% higher than in 2019, even though the number of injured personnel fell by the same margin.
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Covid live: Weekly cases drop 15%, lowest in 6 months
India recorded a 15% drop in fresh Covid-19 detected in the week ending Sunday, the lowest weekly count in more than six months, with Kerala numbers declining by a steep 21%. The sharp fall in infections were mainly due to numbers dropping in Kerala, which still accounted for 62% of all cases in the country. Stay with TOI for all updates.
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Rice with zinc, wheat with protein to fight malnutrition
Rice having excess zinc and wheat enriched with protein and iron, are among 17 new biofortified varieties of crops that have been developed and released for cultivation. These new varieties of 16 different crops seek to reduce malnutrition as they are a source of staple diet rich in micronutrients. These are 1.5 to 3 times more nutritious than the traditional varieties.
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Taliban mustn’t allow terror safe haven: Saudi minister
The Taliban have a responsibility to deliver stable inclusive, governance in Afghanistan, said Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, on his first visit to India. They have to fulfill the commitments they have made to the international community and not allow transnational terror groups to take root, he added.
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SIIMA 2021 Telugu winners' full list
Punjab: Congress replaces Captain, but will it win the test?
Clinching the political process in Punjab within two days by putting a Dalit in the chief minister's post is a bold move that will face the test of ousted chief minister Amarinder Singh's angst and whether a "stop gap" choice can help prepare Congress for the assembly elections next year. The state Congress remains a hub of conflicting egoes and searing ambitions, and it would be up to chief Navjot Sidhu to put the house in order.
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Kohli to step down as RCB skipper after IPL 2021
IPL: Ruturaj's 88 and bowlers power CSK to 20-run win over MI
Treasure hunt at Odisha's Jagannath Temple for lost hoard
SIIMA awards: Rakshit, Rashmika, Darshan, top winners
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Assam on way to becoming next Kashmir: Himanta Biswa Sarma
11-yr-old becomes Ahmedabad dist collector for a day
She is 11 years old and is battling brain tumour. But Flora Asodiya has let neither her age nor her condition pull back her ambition. Flora’s wish to become a collector came true on Saturday as she held the position of the Ahmedabad district collector for a day.
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Delhi woman in UP offered lift, gang-raped by 3
How Amarinder Singh lost perception battle
From “Punjab da Captain” and “Congress captain” in 2017 to his resignation on Saturday, how did Captain Amarinder Singh lose the battle of perception? While Congress led by him had lost in 2007 and 2012, he was seen as the only face in Punjab Congress who could lead the party to victory. His win over BJP’s big gun Arun Jaitley in the 2014 parliament election boosted his stature at the national level.
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How to Find Lost Apple Products Using Siri
IPL 2021: Dry run in the desert ahead of the T20 WC
A two-phase Indian Premier League (IPL) was the dream of some top Indian administrators who ruled world cricket over the last decade. That dream is coming true with the second phase of the 14th edition starting with the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians match in Dubai on Sunday, but the circumstances that led up to it have not been ideal.
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IPL 2021: Where the teams stand as UAE leg begins
The second leg of IPL 2021 begins in the UAE with the match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. TOI takes a look at which team did what in the first phase before IPL hit the pause button following multiple Covid outbreaks earlier this year.
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First all-civilian space crew returns to Earth
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, parachuted into the sea around 7pm EDT, shortly before sunset, after an automated re-entry descent, SpaceX said.
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Feb polls will decide if Cong’s Punjab gambit was shrewd
Navjot Sidhu's shrewd decision to use the powerful perch to amplify grievances of MLAs with incessant targeting of bete noire Singh, which reeked of reverse vendetta, ended with the change of the CM. Now, it is for Punjab Congress led by Sidhu to prove that the rocking of the ship was a smart move to douse the percieved popular anger against Singh.
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States with tourism links got priority in vax drive, says PM
PM Modi on Saturday said India prioritised tourist destinations in its vaccination efforts and that the government had taken several steps to attract foreign tourists. "Initially we did not say so much about it because politics would have started happening on this too. However, the central government has also recently taken several steps to encourage foreign tourists," he said.
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Need to Indianise judiciary, make it litigant-friendly: CJI
After 70 years, the Indian judiciary is readying itself to break from the colonial and foreign procedural and jurisprudential influence as CJI N V Ramana laid emphasis on effecting radical changes to enable courts and its stakeholders create a friendly atmosphere and use a language familiar to litigants from rural areas. "The working and the style of courts do not sit well with the complexities of India," he said.
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'Prominent actor' evaded Rs 20cr tax, violated FCRA: I-T
Income tax searches on the premises of a "prominent actor in Mumbai" has revealed tax evasion to the tune of more than Rs 20 crore, the income tax department claimed on Saturday without naming the actor. The reference is believed to be to the I-T searches conducted on premises of Sonu Sood and his associates last week.
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Punjab: ‘Humiliated’ Captain retires hurt, Sidhu in race to take crease
"I had made a decision in the morning. I had a word with the Congress president (Sonia Gandhi), and I conveyed it to her that I will resign today. 'I am sorry, Amarinder," said Sonia Gandhi when I spoke with her," Amarinder Singh told the media after handing his resignation to Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit. While several names were doing the rounds, Congress sources said there was a strong possibility of Sidhu replacing Captain.
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CBSE Class X & XII Term 1 Board exams from Nov
The first of the two-part CBSE board exams for Classes X and XII will begin from mid-November. CBSE said a student's final score would be calculated on the basis of his/her performance in both the Terms. As per the new scheme, Term 1 will be an objective type exam while Term 2 will be subjective and also have practical components.
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Kabul bomber was held in Delhi 5 yrs ago: IS mag
Islamic State Khorasan Province has claimed that the Afghan suicide bomber who carried out the Kabul airport blast that killed around 170 people, including 13 US Marines, in August, was caught in Delhi five years ago. The suspect, who was assembling IEDs for carrying out what could have been the first suicide bombing by IS in the country, was flown back to Afghanistan after being captured in a covert operation.
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Divya Agarwal wins Bigg Boss OTT Finale
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
Friday, September 17, 2021
Disappointed to not be in T20 WC team: Shardul
Like most youngsters in Team India these days, Shardul Thakur has taken to international cricket like duck to water. Twice in the space of nine months now, the ‘Palghar Express,’ now fondly known as ‘Lord Thakur’ has been at the heart of India’s greatest Test triumphs.
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