NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Saturday he made a strong pitch in favor of government-legislated agricultural reforms saying they increase marketing options for farmers without taking away the option of trading through mandis. Addressing the annual general meeting of the FICCI, the prime minister said that while mandis are being …
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NEW DELHI: Minister for Foreign Affairs S Jaishankar said Saturday india was being tested in the LAC showdown with China in eastern Ladakh, even as he expressed confidence that India will face the challenge of national security. The minister also said that the LAC situation is of no interest to …
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NEW DELHI: India is not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement goals, but to exceed them beyond expectations, Prime Minister Modi said. He was heading to Climate Ambition Summit, which marks five years since the historic Paris Agreement. “Today, as we seek to set our sights even higher, …
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NEW DELHI: It was learned that the Indian intelligence establishment has intercepted crucial financial transactions with ties to wanted Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, suggesting that a Malaysia-based Rohingya group may be in an advanced stage of orchestrating a terrorist attack in the country by a group led by a woman. …
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NEW DELHI: The Center has told the Supreme Court that India is about to achieve a replacement level of the fertility rate of 2.1 through various voluntary birth control measures and rejected suggestions to adopt the coercive model of birth control. China’s population, saying such methods cause demographic distortions. Presentations …
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NEW DELHI / CALCUTTA: In what will be seen as an escalation of the BJP’s political confrontation with the Trinamool Congress, the Interior Ministry has summoned three IPS officers from the West Bengal cadre to the central delegation, as part of a exercise to establish responsibility for the alleged lapses …
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LUCK: In an attempt to check the depletion number of specialists from the Provincial Health and Medicine Services (PMHS), the UP government has forced government doctors seek the NOC to undertake postgraduate courses to serve in the picture for at least 10 years, Shailvee Sharda reports. Those who fail to …
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NEW DELHI: Farmers prevented the collection of fees at toll plazas in Haryana and parts of western UP on Saturday, the 17th day of protest at the Delhi borders, even as they announced they would intensify their agitation by observing a one-day hunger strike on December 14th. While the heads …
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NEW DELHI: Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine may be available in the country from the first half of next year, AstraZeneca Country President Gagandeep Singh said on Saturday. Speaking at the 93rd annual FICCI chamber of industry convention, he said that in the current pandemic, the vaccine must be available widely, equitably …
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NEW DELHI: With at least three candidate vaccines under regulatory review for emergency use, India has begun preparing for a mega vaccination campaign to immunize millions of vulnerable people in the next six to eight months. The government has said it will deploy its vast electoral machinery to deliver 60 …
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