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4 December, 2021

India needs additional $1 trillion to achieve its climate goals: Govt to Rajya

New Delhi (TIP): India will require approximately $1 trillion by 2030 to achieve the India’s national goal on climate change…

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3 December, 2021

Amid Omicron scare, India to supply Covid-19 vacines to African countries

New Delhi (TIP): Amid concerns over the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus across the world, India will soon supply…

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3 December, 2021

Omicron scare: India puts on hold restart of regular international flights

New Delhi (TIP): The Centre has formally put on hold the resumption of scheduled international flights from December 15 in…

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3 December, 2021

India reports 9,216 infections; active caseload below 1 lakh

The Covid-19 tally in India was increased by 9,216 infections as the country battled the fresh threat of the Omicron…

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3 December, 2021

Bengaluru doc with no travel history infected with Omicron

Officials of the health department and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) remain clueless about how a person got infected with…

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26 November, 2021

Sex ratio: Number of women surpasses men for first time in India, shows survey

New Delhi (TIP): In welcome trends that signal a decline in adverse sex selection, the ratio of women to men…

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26 November, 2021

Cabinet approves bill to repeal farm laws; bill to be tabled in Parliament

New Delhi (TIP): Five days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision to repeal the three contentious farm laws…

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26 November, 2021

Key Bills likely to be tabled during winter session of Parliament

New Delhi (TIP): The government has listed 26 Bills for introduction in Parliament’s winter session starting on November 29. Here…

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26 November, 2021

New South Africa Covid variant triggers alert in India

Hours after South African authorities announced they had detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus with a “very unusual…

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26 November, 2021

Govt to review Rs 8 lakh cap for EWS quota

New Delhi (TIP) : Nudged by the Supreme Court to do a “high-level policy rethink”, the Union government has decided…

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19 November, 2021

‘Example of responsible govt’: BJP hails PM Modi’s decision to repeal farm laws

Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of three farm laws, reaction started pouring in. While the Opposition…

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19 November, 2021

Centre takes back 3 farm laws; ‘It’s a beginning’: Tikait says farmers won’t return until passed by Parliament

New Delhi (TIP): The Indian government on Friday, November 19, took back its three contentious farm laws. Prime Minister Narendra…

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19 November, 2021

India, China agree on early resolution of LAC issues

New Delhi (TIP): The Supreme Court today ruled that "skin to skin" contact is not necessary for a crime to…

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19 November, 2021

2 cops attack judge, point gun at him inside court

Two policemen allegedly attacked a judge inside a courtroom in Bihar's Madhubani district on Thursday, Nov 18, prompting the Patna…

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19 November, 2021

Ensure cryptocurrency doesn’t end up in wrong hands, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged the downside of critical technologies and said India with its strong democratic credentials, with…

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19 November, 2021

Sanity has prevailed.

On Prime Minister Narendra’s Announcement of repeal of farm laws   After remaining adamant for more than a year on…

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16 November, 2021

Air India denies 85-Year-Old Lady boarding despite a confirmed seat reservation

Family rejects offer of compensation; demands punishment to the guilty November 16, 2021 3.45 PM I.S. Saluja SAN FRANCISCO (TIP):…

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12 November, 2021

Punjab Assembly unanimously passes resolution rejecting Centre’s order on BSF jurisdiction

I.S. Saluja CHANDIGARH (TIP):The PunjabAssembly,on November11, unanimously passed a resolution rejecting Centre's order on BSF jurisdiction. The official resolution to…

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11 November, 2021

Padma Awards 2020: Kangana, Karan Johar among awardees, Swaraj, Jaitley honoured posthumously

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday, Nov 8,  bequeathed the prestigious Padma awards on recipients qualifying from all walks of…

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11 November, 2021

Nawab Malik’s allegations against Fadnavis, and the fake notes case he referred to

Mumbai (TIP): Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Wednesday, Nov 10, claimed that former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis…

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11 November, 2021

Working on nasal vaccine as booster: Bharat Biotech

Bharat Biotech chief and the developer of India’s first indigenously made Covid 19 vaccine, Covaxin, Krishna Ella on Wednesday said…

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11 November, 2021

Govt decides to resume MPLAD fund scheme

The Union Government on Wednesday announced it had decided to restore the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Scheme…

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11 November, 2021

Active Covid cases in country lowest in 9 months

New Delhi (TIP): India added 13,091 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours taking the country's total tally…

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11 November, 2021

‘But we’re tax-paying citizens’: Anger, desperation in flooded Chennai

Chennai (TIP): It's a mess inside Godwin Ebenezer's house, as he returns to check three days after Sunday's (Nov 7)…

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11 November, 2021

2002 Gujarat riots: SIT failed to probe properly, Zakia counsel tells SC

Zakia Jafri, wife of Congress MP Ahsan Jafri who was killed during 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, on Wednesday, November…

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6 November, 2021

Maharashtra: Nawab Malik, Devendra Fadnavis trade allegations over drug and underworld links

MUMBAI (TIP): The political slugfest over the working of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) took another turn on with allegations…

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6 November, 2021

Bypolls 2021: Setback for BJP

New Delhi (TIP): Of the 30 assembly bypoll results declared on November 2, the BJP won seven seats, the Congress…

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6 November, 2021

Aryan Khan case officer Sameer Wankhede removed from drugs-on-cruise probe

New Delhi (TIP): Six cases being investigated by NCB officer Sameer Wankhede - including the Aryan Khan drugs case -…

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6 November, 2021

BJP’s apex body to discuss 2022 poll strategy on November 7

On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) key decision-making body, the national executive committee (NEC), will congregate to discuss the…

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6 November, 2021

India adds 10,929 Covid cases, 392 deaths

India on Saturday, Nov 6,  recorded 10,929 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 3,43,44,683, while 392 more…

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