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This State Decides To Check Social Media Behaviour Of Passport Applicants
This State Decides To Check Social Media Behaviour Of Passport Applicants

Fri Feb 05 2021

The Uttarakhand Police has decided to scrutinise social media behaviour before giving their clearance for people applying for passports. Uttarakhand...

Key Lending Rate Unchanged At 4%; RBI Says "Need Of Hour To Back Growth"
Key Lending Rate Unchanged At 4%; RBI Says "Need Of Hour To Back Growth"

Fri Feb 05 2021

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain key policy...

Two years imprisonment, fine for online gambling in Tamil Nadu
Two years imprisonment, fine for online gambling in Tamil Nadu

Fri Feb 05 2021

Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs...

Essential supplies cut, protest sites fenced like Berlin Wall, says Congress
Essential supplies cut, protest sites fenced like Berlin Wall, says Congress

Fri Feb 05 2021

On day 6 of the Budget Session in Rajya Sabha Friday, several opposition party members highlighted the lack of progress...

Peaceful Protests, Internet Access Democracy's Hallmark: US On Farm Row
Peaceful Protests, Internet Access Democracy's Hallmark: US On Farm Row

Thu Feb 04 2021

Unhindered access to information, including the Internet, and peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US said...

Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar
Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar

Thu Feb 04 2021

Mizoram's top students' body staged a sit-in on Wednesday, protesting the recent military coup in Mynamar and the human rights...

Priyanka Gandhi To Meet Family In UP Of Farmer Who Died In R-Day Violence
Priyanka Gandhi To Meet Family In UP Of Farmer Who Died In R-Day Violence

Thu Feb 04 2021

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will visit Rampur today to meet the family of Navreet Singh who was killed during...

Greta Thunberg Tweets Toolkit On Farmers' Protest, Deletes, Shares Update
Greta Thunberg Tweets Toolkit On Farmers' Protest, Deletes, Shares Update

Thu Feb 04 2021

Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has shared a toolkit to...

With Bezos Out As Amazon CEO, Is This End Of His Question-Mark Emails?
With Bezos Out As Amazon CEO, Is This End Of His Question-Mark Emails?

Thu Feb 04 2021

For staff at Amazon.com Inc, the departure of CEO Jeff Bezos may spell the end of one of the company's...

'Sensationalist': Govt on foreign entities backing farm protests
'Sensationalist': Govt on foreign entities backing farm protests

Wed Feb 03 2021

Slamming foreign individuals and entities for comments on the ongoing farmer protests, the Ministry of External Affairs Wednesday said it...

Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over FIRs on ‘misleading’ tweets
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over FIRs on ‘misleading’ tweets

Wed Feb 03 2021

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court over the multiple FIRs filed...

"Farm Laws Withdrawn During British Rule Too": Opposition In Parliament
"Farm Laws Withdrawn During British Rule Too": Opposition In Parliament

Wed Feb 03 2021

Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today urged Prime Minster Narendra Modi to repeal the...

Rihanna's Tweet Takes Farmers' Protest Global, Spurs Support
Rihanna's Tweet Takes Farmers' Protest Global, Spurs Support

Wed Feb 03 2021

Farmers' protest against the centre's three controversial laws, which they say will leave them at the mercy of corporates, has...

Before Coup, IMF Sent Myanmar $350 Million, Refund A Concern
Before Coup, IMF Sent Myanmar $350 Million, Refund A Concern

Wed Feb 03 2021

The International Monetary Fund last week sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government, part of a no-strings-attached emergency...

For aspirants IPS officer posts his UPSC CSE notes online
For aspirants IPS officer posts his UPSC CSE notes online

Wed Feb 03 2021

IPS officer Akash Tomar who secured an All India Rank of 138 in the UPSC Civil Service Examination (CSE) of...

'Give Diesel, Will Search': UP Woman, Looking for Daughter, Accuses Cops
'Give Diesel, Will Search': UP Woman, Looking for Daughter, Accuses Cops

Tue Feb 02 2021

A differently abled woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district has alleged that she paid between Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 to local...

Farmer Leaders Say Will Block Roads Across The Country On Saturday
Farmer Leaders Say Will Block Roads Across The Country On Saturday

Tue Feb 02 2021

Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have called for a countrywide "chakka jam" protest on Saturday. The duration...

12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra
12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra

Tue Feb 02 2021

n a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village...

Heard in Parliament during Budget speech: ‘Adani, Adani’
Heard in Parliament during Budget speech: ‘Adani, Adani’

Tue Feb 02 2021

India’s first Covid-era budget was delivered from a tablet. The MPs were scattered across the two Houses and the visitors’...

Centre prompts, Twitter blocks accounts using farmer genocide hashtag
Centre prompts, Twitter blocks accounts using farmer genocide hashtag

Tue Feb 02 2021

Twitter on Monday blocked nearly 250 accounts and tweets after the Narendra Modi government asked it to act against those...