For new borrowers, the rates might not go up proportionately as banks can revise their spreads to charge lower rates. As the cost of funds for banks has not gone up, lenders are likely to announce special offers for the festive season. Lenders said that while higher rates do have an impact on demand, the overall sentiment is positive. The sensex gained as the policy was on expected lines and the rupee also firmed up.
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Friday, September 30, 2022
Live: India abstains, Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegal
Russia vetoed a UN resolution Friday that would have condemned its 'illegal' referendums in four Ukrainian regions, declared that they have 'no validity' and urged all countries not to recognise any 'purported annexation' of the territory by Moscow. Stay with TOI for live updates --
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ONDC to Get Many More Apps Onboard in Coming Weeks as Beta Testing Begins
300 officials fail to track tiger in Valmiki Tiger Reserve
VTR director-cum-field director Nesamani K said the tiger is around three-years-old and is likely to have been forced away from the forest by other adult tigers in the VTR. He also claimed that the feeding habit of the tiger may also have changed owing to being near human habitation for long.
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Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro India Pre-Order Date Set to October 6 via Flipkart
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Air India discount for sr citizens, students halved
The discount on the base fare that Air India (AI) offers to senior citizens and students will be slashed from 50% to 25% for all bookings done from September 29, said an internal circular by the airline on Thursday, reports Manju V. The carrier will, however, continue to extend its 50% sop on base fare to other categories.
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US embassy to add staff to cut visa wait time
In a first, Supreme Court recognises concept of marital rape
For the first time, the Supreme Court on Thursday acknowledged the concept of ‘marital rape’, and held ‘rape’ under the MTP Act includes a husband’s act of sexual assault committed on his wife. Though another bench is to hear pleas on marital rape next February, Justice D Y Chandrachud’s observation can be seen by many as a pointer to the trajectory SC may take while deciding the prickly issue next year.
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Vivo Y73t With 6,000mAh Battery, Dimensity 700 SoC Launched: All Details
Fitbit Sense 2, Versa 4, Inspire 3 Wearables Launched in India: All Details
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Majority of women in WB married by 21, only 17% in Delhi
A majority of women in West Bengal and Jharkhand were married by the age of 21, while the proportion in Jammu and Kashmir was less than 10% in 2020. In Delhi, over 17% of women married before 21. In the country as a whole, nearly 30% of women married by the time they were 21, just released government data shows.
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Want condoms too? IAS officer rebukes girl seeking pads
A senior woman IAS officer in Bihar has kicked up a major controversy by publicly mocking a poor schoolgirl who asked if the government could provide sanitary napkins at lower prices, saying there was no end to such demands and asking if they would want 'condoms too.'
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Zarina Wahab: Sooraj Pancholi is innocent and Rabia Khan knows it - Exclusive
Yesterday a Court order was published which criticized late actress Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan for misusing the judicial machinery. The order stated that Rabia was trying to protract the trial by repeatedly filing applications in various courts despite the fact that the CBI had submitted a report confirming that Jiah's death was by suicide and not homicide, as alleged by Rabia. In light of this order, ETimes reached out to the main accused, Sooraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab. Here is the conversation that took place...
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Government Identifies 30 Illegal Telecom Set-Ups for Routing ISD Calls
Apple, YMTC's Deal Raises Alarm, US Lawmakers Call for Investigation: Report
Bihar court issues arrest warrant against Ekta Kapoor
A court in Bihar's Begusarai on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor, film producer and director, and her mother Shobha Kapoor on charges of insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their family members in her web series 'XXX' (Season-2). The court of judge Vikas Kumar issued the warrant on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and a resident of Begusarai.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Government Directs Registration of IMEI Number of Mobile Phones Before Sale
Elon Musk's Twitter Deposition Rescheduled for October 6-7
Elon Musk's, Twitter's Attorneys to Argue Over Information Exchange
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2022 Sale: Best Offers on Laptops
Intel 13th Gen 'Raptor Lake' Desktop CPUs Launched for Gamers, Creators
Army deploys more 'winterised' howitzers on China front
The Army will soon induct 'loitering munitions’ amid the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, while the force also cranks up long-range high-volume firepower with 'winterised' howitzers and advanced rockets backed by drones and weapon-locating radars along the northern borders.
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Monday, September 26, 2022
Kolkata's Muslim-organised Pujas
BHU gets 3.5L applications, JNU sees 2.3L
Not fooling anybody: EAM slams Pakistan package
Foreign minister S Jaishankar publicly expressed India's displeasure over the $450 million sustainment package for Pakistan's F-16 fleet as he said Washington was "not fooling any- body" by claiming the fighter jets were meant for counter-terrorism purposes.
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Eye on China? US backs event on Arunachal tribes
Getting MLAs to switch was Maken's Pilot project: Gehlot loyalist Shanti Dhariwal
Sunday, September 25, 2022
At 844, sex ratio at birth worst in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala’s the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020. The report, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on September 22, stated that the country’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19.
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PFI used Abu Dhabi restaurant as hub for hawala deals: ED
Popular Front of India (PFI) officebearers, many of whom have been in detention, used Abu Dhabi’s Darbar restaurant as the den for all hawala transactions and their illegal transfer to India, ED has said. This is contrary to the claims made by PFI that most of the Rs 120 crore it had received came through petty cash donations in India.
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RBI may hike rates by 50bps at this week's policy meet
An increase of 50 basis points (100bps = 1 percentage point) in interest rates by the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the RBI is seen as inevitable by economists in the wake of the 75bps hike by the US Fed. The subsequent pressure on the rupee has made it more likely that the domestic central bank would increase rates too this Friday.
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'Can scale up output of Tejas fighters for exports, operational needs'
India can scale up production of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to meet operational requirements and export orders, defence ministry officials said. The single-engine Tejas fighter is already the frontrunner to bag a Malaysian order for 18 light twin-seat fighter trainers despite strong competition from Chinese JF-17, South Korean FA-50 and Russian MiG-35 and Yak-130 jets.
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Saturday, September 24, 2022
Pilot, Gehlot loyalist or a surprise choice? Rajasthan CLP to meet today, likely to pick new CM
Rajasthan CLP will meet on Sunday, in what appears to be an exercise to pick the successor of CM Ashok Gehlot, the putative AICC president. The core issue is if Gehlot will have to relinquish the CM’s post, and if Sachin Pilot will replace him. Pilot is also the choice of the leadership. But the party has to negotiate the CM’s preference, and the legislature party in which Gehlot has an absolute support.
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The Witcher Season 3 Is Set for a Summer 2023 Release
Watch the Trailer for Enola Holmes 2, Starring Millie Bobby Brown
Cong to hold key meeting at Gehlot's house in Jaipur
A Congress legislative party meeting will be held on Sunday in Jaipur at Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's residence. Gehlot is a frontrunner to become the next Congress president. However, the party's 'one-man, one-post' rule will not allow him to hold both posts. Sachin Pilot is scene as a possible candidate to replace Gehlot.
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3rd ODI: India whitewash England in Jhulan's last waltz
Petrol bombs hurled at local RSS functionary’s house in Madurai
Friday, September 23, 2022
Flipkart Big Billion Days 2022 Sale: Best Deals on Smartphones Under Rs. 20,000
PFI plotted to attack PM Modi in Bihar on July 12, says ED
The Enforcement Directorate has claimed that the Popular Front of India (PFI) had planned to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Patna on July 12 this year.. It was engaged in raising terror modules, collection of deadly weapons and explosives to simultaneously launch attacks on sensitive places and individuals in UP.
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Flipkart Big Billion Days 2022 Sale: Best Deals on Wearables
Rajasthan CM post: Gehlot says Cong brass to decide; Pilot meets Speaker, party MLAs
Former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot on Friday reached Jaipur from Kochi amid hectic lobbying in the Congress for the chief minister's post after Ashok Gehlot announced his decision to contest the Congress national president's election, and rushed to meet the Speaker and party MLAs. It is learnt that the party top brass has asked Pilot to stay put in Jaipur and meet MLAs till a final decision is taken.
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Tesla rival Fisker to Sell Electric SUV in India Starting July Next Year
China using 'coercive' economic tools in Indian Ocean: US
China is using “coercive economic tools” to achieve its security aims in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while also not adhering to international laws and displaying a lack of transparency in its ongoing efforts to establish overseas military bases, a senior US defence official said.
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
1 lakh cases pending in lower courts for more than 30 years
There are more than a lakh cases in district and taluka courts pending for over 30 years. With 41,210 such cases, Uttar Pradesh leads the list and is followed by Maharashtra with 23,483, West Bengal with 14,345 and Bihar with 11,713 cases. That’s a total of nearly 91,000 between just these four states.
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Cong set to lose chairmanship of Rajya Sabha panel on home
The govt is unwilling to accommodate Congress' request to let it retain the helmsmanship of the department-related standing committee (DRSC) on home affairs in Rajya Sabha. The decision to withdraw Congress' leadership of the DRSC on home affairs in the RS and IT and communications in LS is being done "as per the existing strength of the parties" and in light of its numbers in RS coming down since 2019, sources said.
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Nothing Ear Stick TWS Earphones Teased at the Spring Summer 2023 Fashion Show
Gehlot agrees to run for Cong president, step down as Raj CM
Ashok Gehlot is likely to be the next president of Congress but will have to step down as chief minister of Rajasthan. Gehlot, who had on Wednesday declared his intent to continue as Rajasthan CM even if he was elected as Congress chief, gave up his insistence after Rahul Gandhi declared that the new party chief would have to adhere to the “one man one post” principle.
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Singtel Arm Sells 1.59 Percent Stake in Bharti Airtel for Rs. 7,300 Crore
Astronomers Spot Hot Gas Bubble Spinning Around Milky Way Black Hole
Redmi Note 11 Pro 2023 Gets FCC, EEC Certifications, Launch Imminent: Report
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Hijab, like Eid cow slaughter, not an Article 25 right: K'taka in SC
The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that enforcement of uniforms may prevent students from wearing any kind of religious clothing, including hijab, but it would not amount to stifling one's rights to freedom of religion or expression. Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and students are free to wear it outside their schools, it said.
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Savarkar on Rahul's yatra banner, Cong draws taunts
A photo of Hindu Mahasabha founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar appeared on a banner at Athani near Kochi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, landing Congress in a spot on Wednesday as it faced a howl of taunts on social media and from BJP and CPM for the faux pas. The banner featuring freedom fighters was put up by a group from the Chengamanad panchayat.
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Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2022 Begins for Plus Members: All Details
Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2022 Goes Live for Prime Members: All Details
Is LinkedIn Down? Users Report Issue Across Globe, Including India
Government to Offer 50 Percent Incentive for Chip Manufacturing in India
US Fed delivers big rate hike, sees another large move this year
The US Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% on Wednesday and signaled more large increases to come in new projections showing its policy rate rising to 4.40% by the end of this year before topping out at 4.60% in 2023 to battle continued strong inflation.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
'Chhello Show' director on how film edged out 'The Kashmir Files', 'RRR'
Gujarati film 'Last Film Show' ('Chhello Show') is India’s official entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards. The announcement has surprised one and all. There was a strong undercurrent in the country that 'The Kashmir Files' or 'RRR' will make it.
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Kabaddi players served food kept on toilet floor, 1 suspended
84% of principal posts in Delhi govt schools vacant
From principals to teachers, government schools in the city are facing an acute shortage of manpower, according to Directorate of Education (DoE) data. Of a total of 950 sanctioned posts for principals, only 154 have been filled while 796, or 83.7%, are lying vacant. Most of the schools are being run by vice-principals. Even in the case of vice-principals, of 1,670 sanctioned posts, 565 (about 34%) lie unfilled.
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Uniform order secular, bans hijab & saffron shawls: Karnataka
he Karnataka government on Tuesday argued that its February 5 order asking educational institutions to enforce prescribed uniforms was secular in nature as it banned all additional religious clothing by students irrespective of their religious affiliation, be it hijab or saffron shawls.
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Realme 10 Gets CB Test Certification, May Feature 4,880mAh Battery: Report
Draft standards for rear seat-belt reminders mandates alerts for unbuckled seats
The road transport ministry has put draft standards for rear seatbelt reminders, which would be a mandatory feature in all new cars in the next six months. As per the proposed automotive standard, the audio seatbelt reminder will alert the driver and occupants even if any passenger, including on the rear seat, removes the safety-belt buckle later.
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Monday, September 19, 2022
OnePlus 10R 5G Prime Blue Edition to Launch in India on September 22
Lured to Thailand, 300 Indians forced into cybercrime in Myanmar
More than 300 Indians, including at least 60 from Tamil Nadu, have been held hostage by a gang at Myawaddy in Myanmar where they are forced to do cybercrime activities, multiple sources told TOI. People from some other countries were also being held by the racket. The victims are held captive in the Myawaddy region which is not under the control of the Myanmar government and is dominated by ethnic armed groups.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Its First Images of Mars: Details
SC wants constitution bench to set norms for death sentences
Emphasising lack of uniformity in approach and differences of opinion on how to proceed and analyse mitigating circumstances, while awarding death sentence to a convict by courts, the Supreme Court on Monday referred the issue to a five-judge bench Constitution bench for a comprehensive and authoritative adjudication.
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Nothing Phone 1 to Be Available on Flipkart for Rs. 28,999 on September 20
Sunday, September 18, 2022
India’s weekly cases rise as Kerala Covid count up 50%
Fresh cases of Covid-19 surged by more than 50% in Kerala in the week following the Onam festival, leading to a marginal increase in India's case count in the week ending Sunday, breaking a trend of declining cases that had held for the previous seven weeks.
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It’s showtime in Kashmir once again... after 32 yrs
Cinema halls have made a comeback in Kashmir after they died out in the decades of separatist terrorism. J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated a multipurpose theatre each in the south Kashmir districts of Shopian and Pulwama on Sunday, while Srinagar’s first multiplex will open on Tuesday with Aamir Khan’s latest release ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’.
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50 death sentences in 8 months: Most since Gujarat was formed
Trial courts in Gujarat have sentenced to death 50 persons in 11 cases over eight months this year, the highest for any year since the formation of the state in 1960. Court documents show that this large number is made up mainly of the record 38 convicts ordered to be hanged by a special court in February over the 2008 serial blasts case. The rest involve rape and murder.
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$968m in 4 months: India pips China to be top Lanka lender
With a total of $968 million in loans in four months of 2022, India has emerged as Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender, overtaking China in the process, a media report said. In the past five years from 2017-2021, China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka as China disbursed $947 million, out of which $809 million was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank.
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Direct tax kitty swells by 30% till September, over 2x asking rate
Gross direct tax collections rose 30% to a little under Rs 8.4 lakh crore during the fiscal year up to September 17, when the second instalment of advance tax had been paid. The current growth rate is more than twice the asking rate to meet the full year direct tax target of Rs 14.2 lakh crore. With around a fortnight to go for the half year of FY23 to end, direct tax collections are estimated at around 58% of the full year target.
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Discounted Russia crude gives India Rs 35k crore gain
India is estimated to have gained Rs 35,000 crore by importing Russian crude at discounts since the Ukraine conflict began in February, people in the know said. India went on bargain hunting for Russian crude as the conflict prompted Moscow’s traditional buyers to shun those barrels and traders, stuck with shipments, started offering big discounts. India has opted to import crude from Russia despite pressure from developed nations to shun shipments.
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1st WODI: Mandhana helps India beat England by 7 wickets
Saturday, September 17, 2022
'26-week MTP only if docs say baby won’t be born alive'
In an unusual and conditional order, the Bombay HC permitted a woman to medically terminate her 26 weeks pregnancy only if the doctors confirm that the baby may not be born alive after the procedure. “In case the doctors are of the opinion that the baby may not be born alive at the time of terminating pregnancy, the petitioner is permitted to terminate the pregnancy,” the bench directed on Friday.
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Rajasthan Cong passes resolution seeking Rahul at party helm
With a week to go for the start of the nomination process for the Congress president’s election, the party’s Rajasthan unit passed a resolution that Rahul Gandhi should become the AICC president. The resolution was passed in a meeting attended by the PCC delegates who vote in the President’s election, including chief minister Ashok Gehlot (who proposed the resolution), AICC state in-charge Ajay Maken, senior leaders and Sachin Pilot.
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CBDT makes some offences under I-T Act compoundable
The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Saturday unveiled revised guidelines for compounding of offences under the Income Tax Act, aimed at facilitating ease of doing business and decriminalisation of violations. Some of the major changes made for the benefit of taxpayers include making offence punishable under Section 276 of the Act as compoundable. This would mean that the taxpayer will have the option of avoiding prosecution or jail term by paying a fine subject to fulfilling certain conditions.
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Shah marks Hyd Liberation Day, lashes out at vote-bank politics
Union minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will celebrate September 17 as “Liberation Day” and will do so with pride every year to mark the day Indian forces entered the city ruled by the Nizam in 1948. His statement was viewed as a riposte to Telangana CM KCR and his TRS government as well as those who insist that Hyderabad had “integrated” into the Indian Union and was not “liberated” by Operation Polo — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s codename for the military action.
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How Bulbul, Octopus blocked funds, choked Naxal activities
As security forces consolidate their presence in parts of Jharkhand — Bura Pahar, Latehar, Gumla and Chakrabanda — that were in the grip of Maoists for the past several decades but have now been “reclaimed” through sustained anti-Naxal operations over the past one-and-half years, sources here attributed the “success story” to a major shift in strategy, including reorientation of the CRPF’s CoBRA battalions and choking of funds supply to Maoists from the local mining industry.
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Live: Prez Murmu reaches London to attend Queen's funeral
Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates --
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Order choking funds for research reversed
The Union ministry of finance has revised the procedure for flow of funds for research under various Central sectoral schemes. The ministry “examined” the issue that earlier mandated that STEM researchers must open a zero-balance account for every project and on Friday reversed its March 2022 order.
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7 decades after extinction, cheetahs land in India’s heart
Seven decades after the last cheetah was hunted to extinction in India, its cousins from Africa are here to take their spot in the Indian sun. On Saturday, PM Modi operated a lever to open a gate and release eight cheetahs into a special enclosure. Jet-lagged after a 9,000-km overnight flight from Namibia to Gwalior, and then to the Kuno helipad, the cheetahs looked at their new surroundings a bit tentatively at first, but were soon sprinting about.
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Friday, September 16, 2022
Live: Entry to queue for queen's coffin reopens
Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates --
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Kerala bus shed that saw unique sit-on-lap protest by students razed
The city corporation authorities on Friday morning demolished the controversial bus waiting shed in front of the CET at Sreekaryam where students had protested — by sitting on each other’s laps — against the residents who damaged the shed in an apparent attempt to stop boys and girls from being there together.
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At SCO meet, PM calls for better supply chains, full transit rights
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for deepening cooperation and mutual trust among SCO member-states at the summit in Samarkand on Friday, urging the Eurasian security group to work together to develop reliable, resilient, and diversified supply chains in the region at a time when the pandemic and Ukraine conflict had caused an “unprecedented food and energy crisis".
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AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan held in Waqf case
SC seeks govt reply on marital rape pleas
After a split verdict by the Delhi high court on whether marital rape could be brought within the ambit of the offence of rape, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the issue and sought a response from the Centre. A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar of the had HC differed in their reading of the exception under IPC Section 375 that shields husbands from a rape charge by wives.
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Honor Pad 8 Teased to Launch in India Soon: Report
Blinkit Partners With Apple Reseller to Deliver iPhone 14 in Delhi, Mumbai
IAF to kick off induction of indigenous light combat helicopter next month
The IAF will induct the first indigenous light combat helicopter (LCH), which is capable of offensive operations in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region and eastern Ladakh, at its Jodhpur airbase in the presence of defence minister Rajnath Singh on October 3. The phased induction of these 5.8-tonne choppers will boost IAF’s capabilities in high-altitude areas as well as in other terrains.
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
19.8k score 100 percentile in CUET, highest in English
A total of 19,865 candidates scored 100 percentile across 30 subjects in the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2022. English had the highest number of 100-percentilers at 8,236, followed by Political Science (2,065) and Business Studies (1,669). The other subjects which recorded over 1,000 candidates with 100 percentile were Biology, Economics and Psychology, indicating that the cutoffs for college admissions in these six subjects are likely to be high.
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Can’t give MBBS students from Ukraine seats in India: Govt
The Union government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that Indian students pursuing MBBS in Ukraine whose studies were disrupted because of war and subsequent evacuation would not be admitted to medical colleges in India as that would amount to giving ‘backdoor entry’ to less meritorious students.
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Statute not static, why can’t it provide for EWS quota: SC
As the petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment entitling economically weaker sections (EWS) to reservation contended that economic status cannot be the basis for granting preferential treatment, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the Constitution is not a static but a living document and raised questions on why quota could not be given to the poor.
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‘One can ban miniskirt, not hijab on grounds of morality’
n the ongoing hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka high court’s judgment that upheld the ban on wearing hijab by students in educational institutions, the Muslim side on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a girl student can be barred from wearing a miniskirt to an educational institution but not a hijab by applying the restrictions of public order, decency and morality to the freedom of expression under Article 19(2).
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Pendency in SC dips by 4k in 13 days under new CJI
After Chief Justice U U Lalit took charge and introduced a new system for listing of cases, the Supreme Court witnessed record performance in terms of deciding cases and in the last 13 working days, 5,200 cases were disposed of in comparison to 1,135 fresh cases being filed in the apex court that means that pendency had reduced by over 4,000 during this short span of time.
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RBI Enables Bharat Bill Payment System to Let Cross-Border Inbound Payments
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Hijab appellants claim a trend
After arguing for lifting of the hijab ban in educational institutions citing its essentiality to Islam and women’s right to choice of dress as part of right to freedom of expression and privacy, the Muslim side on Wednesday told the SC that it has become a trend with the majority community to target Islamic religious practices, customs and places of worship.
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Bengal govt has crossed all levels of brutality: BJP
BJP on Wednesday said the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has crossed all limits of brutality, repression and police torture to deny its party workers of their political right to raise their voice in a democratic and peaceful manner. Senior BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Mamata ji, all your reactions in West Bengal are contrary to your personal evolution and suffering. This is not your normal behaviour."
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Gen Pande: Nepal must decide soon on Agnipath enlistment
India may be forced to withdraw vacancies for enlisting soldiers from Nepal under its new Agnipath scheme in the ongoing recruitment cycle if the landlocked country does not take a decision in time, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Wednesday. Such a move by India, if it comes to that, could have adverse implications for the already delicately poised relationship with Nepal, where China has systematically made huge strategic inroads over the years.
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iPhone 13 Series Flipkart Big Billion Days 2022 Sale Prices Teased: Details
12 dead, 18 hurt in Poonch accident
As many as 12 people died while 18 others were injured after the minibus they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Sawjian Nallah in J&K’s Poonch district on Wednesday morning. Among the deceased were two minor boys, aged five and 14, as well as three women, two of them teenagers. “The accident took place near Barari Ballah Sawjian around 8.35am when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle near a bridge. The bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge,” said an official.
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Karnataka to Convert 35,000 Buses Into EVs by 2030: State Transport Minister
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Poll panel delists 86 non-existent parties
Continuing its crackdown on registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) found to be non-existent or repeatedly defaulting on the statutory requirements as per the Representation of the People Act, the Election Commission on Tuesday deleted 86 more RUPPs from the list of registered parties after a physical verification did not find them at their registered addresses.
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Twitter Shareholders Vote in Favour of Elon Musk Takeover Deal: Details
Officer who probed Ishrat Jahan case dismissed, moves SC
Satish Chandra Verma, a senior IPS officer who had assisted the CBI in its investigation into the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan in Gujarat, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Union home ministry's decision, taken on August 30, to dismiss him a month before his scheduled retirement on September 30.
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J&K recruitment scam: CBI searches 36 locations
CBI sleuths on Tuesday conducted searches at 36 locations across the country, including in Jammu & Kashmir, in an ongoing investigation related to recruitment of sub-inspectors in J&K Police. According to police sources, searches were carried out in Jammu, Srinagar (both in J&K), Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari (in Haryana), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Delhi, Ghaziabad (UP) and Bangalore (Karnataka), among other places.
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Oppo K10x to Launch on September 16: Details
Monday, September 12, 2022
India, China disengage troops at PP-15, final verification awaited
India and China on Monday ‘virtually’ completed the troop disengagement at Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area of eastern Ladakh, which India hopes will set the stage for further negotiations on the more crucial face-offs at the strategically-located Depsang Plains and Demchok. Sources, however, said there has been “a slight delay” in the overall disengagement process because the final physical verification is still to be carried out by the two sides.
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SC fast-tracks CAA hearing, to set up a 3-judge bench
As a clutch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and subsequent Rules has been pending for over two-and-half years with no effective hearing, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to fast-track the proceedings and asked the counsel appearing for both the sides to come out with a “road map” for conducting the hearing on over 250 petitions.
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Retail inflation up in August to 7%, IIP slows sharply
Retail inflation accelerated in August on the back of high food prices, reversing a three-month downward trend and remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6% for the eighth consecutive month, which may prompt the central bank to raise interest rates again. The retail inflation data showed cereal and product prices rose 9.6% in August while vegetable prices shot up 13.2% during the month.
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Shringar Gauri worship hearing to go on, Gyanvapi plea rejected
The court of the Varanasi district judge on Monday held as maintainable a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to daily worship of the Goddess Shringar Gauri and other “visible and invisible” deities in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. It said the 1991 Places of Worship Act cited by the custodians of the shrine to challenge the plea wasn't a bar in this case as the plaintiffs never asked for the mosque to be converted into a temple.
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B'luru: Anti-encroachment drive kicks off as govt talks tough
Sunday, September 11, 2022
NCP: Pawar not claimant to PM job, suited to act as oppn bridge
NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar has never been a prime ministerial aspirant but is best suited to serve as a bridge between opposition parties since he commands respect from all, his party said on Sunday even as the veteran Rajya Sabha MP told party leaders that NCP will never “surrender” before the “rulers in Delhi”. The assertion was made by party MP Praful Patel amid renewed activity within the opposition camp to unite all non-BJP outfits.
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KCR, HDK agree on need for anti-BJP front for 2024 polls
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao and former Karnataka CM and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday arrived at a consensus that an alternative political front at the national level should be stitched to achieve ‘BJP-Mukt Bharat’ in 2024 general elections. Kumaraswamy, who had come to Hyderabad on an invitation from KCR, pledged support to his plan.
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
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India protests US move to upgrade Pak’s F-16 fleet
The package for Pakistan, which reversed the Trump administration's decision in 2018 to suspend such assistance to Islamabad, was announced while India was hosting top US officials, including US assistant secretary of state for south and central Asian affairs Donald Lu , for a US-India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting.
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38% of superbug-infected ICU patients die in 14 days: Study
Watch the First Trailer for The Mandalorian Season 3, Coming in 2023
Star Wars Unveils Release Dates for Bad Batch 2, Tales of the Jedi
Queen Elizabeth's funeral to be held on September 19
Friday, September 9, 2022
Bombay HC says even convicts have right to best medical treatment
In its order on Thursday, a division bench of justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare said, “Conviction does not dilute either the constitutional right under Article 21 or the basic human rights, one of the facets of which is that the convict received appropriate treatment.”
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Hit by poor rains, kharif area dips
While paddy and pulses showed higher decline of 20 LH and 6 LH respectively, oilseeds reported a decline of over 1 LH (nearly 1%). Deficit is, however, bridged to an extent by the higher acreage of millets and cotton that showed an increase of nearly 8 LH (over 4%) and 9 LH (over 7%), respectively, over the last year’s figures.
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'CUET-UG results to be declared by September 15'
The debut edition of the CUET-UG, a gateway to undergraduate admissions, began in July and concluded on August 30. “The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the CUET-UG results by September 15 or if possible, even a couple of days earlier,” said M Jagadesh Kumar.
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36% surge in direct tax collections to nearly Rs 6.5 lakh crore
Supreme Court Asks MeitY if 'Protocol' for Internet Shutdowns Exists: Report
EU to Announce Cyber Resilience Act Aimed at Smart Devices on September 13
Thursday, September 8, 2022
NASA May Launch Artemis I Moon Rocket on September 23, Official Says
Apple Got These Five Things Right With The iPhone 14 Pro Series
Operation Unicorn: The plan for Queen's death in Scotland
The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland and forms part of the royal coat of arms, along with the lion of England. The 96-year-old monarch passed away at her remote Highlands residence, Balmoral, with all her immediate family flying in to be at her side.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max Slightly Faster Than iPhone 13 Pro Max: Details
Angela Kelly: The woman who dressed late Queen Elizabeth II
Mary Angela Kelly, a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II since 2002. Her official title was that of a Personal Assistant, Adviser and Curator to Her Majesty The Queen and she took care of her majesty's jewellery, insignias and wardrobe).
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro Series Announced: All You Need to Know
Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch (2nd Generation) Launched: Details
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) With Updated H2 Chip, Better ANC Launched
Rahul Gandhi talks opposition unity as he flags off Bharat yatra
Apple Watch Ultra With Rugged Design, Night Mode Launched: All Details
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Hotel tariffs in flood-affected Bengaluru double
Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Elon Musk Goes on Wild Rant Against The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
Asia Cup: India lose to Lanka, stare at elimination
Defending champions India went perilously close to elimination after a 6-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their super four stage match of the Asia Cup. The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a chance of making it to the final. It also meant that India skipper Rohit Sharma's scintillating 41-ball 72 went in vain, as the islanders completed a chase of 174 with a ball to spare. India will be out of the tournament if Pakistan beat Afghanistan on Wednesday.
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Monday, September 5, 2022
All barricades will be manned: Delhi cops to HC
Tories one family, time to unite behind PM Truss, says Sunak
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Envious, woman poisons & kills topper classmate of daughter
Bangla PM may seek India's help on Rohingya
Winners of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
The state government of Tamil Nadu on September 2 announced the list of winners under various categories for the State Film Awards for the year 2009 to 2014. The event for the same is held today, September 4 in Chennai at 5 pm. The statement issued by the government has the list of three selected movies, actors, actresses, musicians, and lyricists for every year from 2009 to 2014.
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Saturday, September 3, 2022
Gujarat HC orders return of confiscated passport
Friday, September 2, 2022
Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore's GIC: Details
Karnataka seer remanded to custody, then cops take him to hospital
The chief pontiff of Murugha Mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga, Shivamurthy Swami, accused of sexually assaulting two schoolgirls, was Friday remanded in police custody till September 5 amid high drama. He was initially sent to 14-day judicial custody and lodged in Chitradurga prison, where he developed health complications.
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Apple in Top 3 Brands in Vehicle Owners' Survey, Without an Actual Car
Samsung Discloses July US Data Breach That Exposed Users' Personal Data
Thursday, September 1, 2022
HC says UP government accountable for hooch death compensation
The Allahabad high court has held that the government is accountable for compensation in cases of death due to consumption of spurious liquor and directed the state government and other respondents to file their reply in the case of a petition on the Azamgarh hooch tragedy in which 10 persons died.
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Power Grid to Gain Greater Protection From Cyberattacks, Minister Says
Sea Said to Cut Jobs at Garena Unit, Halt Livestream Platform Plans: Report
Asia Cup: SL make Super 4s after two-wicket win over Bangladesh
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh went into Thursday's virtual knockout game, having dealt cheap shops at each other in the buildup. The two teams, nicknamed The Lions and The Tigers, were probably venting out their frustration after the 'newbies' of world cricket Afghanistan pushed them to a corner in the last five days.
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