NOIDA / LUCKNOW: In seven months, the corner of the classroom where they huddled to discuss chemistry notes had changed. They could no longer whisper to each other behind the teacher’s back, they were sitting far apart and would have to speak through a mask. The familiar “guard uncle”, who …
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WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. Google Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law by using his market power to defend himself against rivals. The lawsuit marks the largest antitrust case in a generation, comparable to the 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft …
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NEW DELHI / GENEVA: India on Tuesday reacted strongly to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s concern about restrictions on NGOs and the arrest of activists, saying that violations of the law cannot be tolerated under the pretext of human rights and a more informed view of …
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NEW DELHI: There has never been an oxygen shortage in the country in the last 10 months and there has been no shortage today, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. At a press conference, the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that daily production capacity increased to 6,862 metric tons in …
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NEW DELHI: The military said Tuesday it will take another “few days” to free the Chinese soldier who was detained after he inadvertently crossed into Indian territory in the eastern Demchok sector Ladakh Monday. An Army official said there is an “established protocol and due process” that is followed in …
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NEW DELHI: Australia will participate in a large-scale military drill, Exercise Malabar, off the coast of India next month that will bring together a quartet of countries concerned about growing Chinese influence. It is the first time that all the ‘Quad’ countries, an informal security forum that includes India, the …
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NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress Rahul gandhi Tuesday said that Kamal NathMadhya Pradesh Minister Imarti Devi’s mockery of the “item” was “unfortunate” and he does not appreciate the kind of language used by the former prime minister. Rahul’s statement comes in the context of intense criticism facing Congress for alleged …
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CHANDIGARH: Saying that you are not afraid of the removal of your government, Prime Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday he moved three bills in the Punjab Assembly to counter the Center agricultural laws, which have sparked protests by farmers and opposition parties in different parts of the country, including Punjab. …
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MUMBAI: Hearing a petition to quash the FIR in the TRP scam brought by Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the Bombay high court said on Monday that the police will first have to issue a “subpoena” as they did with eight Republic TV employees. The HC observed in its request …
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NEW DELHI: The number of new coronavirus infections reported daily in India fell below 50,000 for the first time in nearly three months, bringing the number of Covid-19 cases to 75,97,063 on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry of the Union. A total of 46,790 new infections were reported in …
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