Added on March 22, 2024
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New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday directed the Centre to immediately stop delivering bulk WhatsApp messages to people under the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” initiative to highlight the government’s achievements. The direction was issued to the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, after the Commission received complaints about the matter. “The move is a part […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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New Delhi: Government on Thursday cautioned all endorsers and social media influencers to refrain from promoting or advertising, including surrogate advertisements, of offshore online betting and gambling platforms. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in an advisory, said that these advertisements have significant financial and socio-economic implications of online betting and gambling on consumers, particularly […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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New Delhi: In a jolt to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Union government. The fact check unit was notified on March 20 under Information Technology Rules, 2021, by the Ministry of Electronics and […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday described global peace and security as fundamental to growth and asserted that peace is best secured from a position of strength. Highlighting that the “isolation approach is now a matter of the past” he pitched for the need for nations to engage in meaningful discourse in “these […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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Predicts further decline to 1.3 in 2050 New Delhi: India’s fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal. These numbers were found to […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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Srinagar: Jailed separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah daughter Sama Shabir and deceased Pakistan supporter Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s granddaughter Ruwa Shah have dissociated themselves from the separatist ideology and pledged their loyalty to the sovereignty of Union of India. In identical public notices published in local newspapers, they distanced themselves from separatist politics. Ruwa Shah, daughter […]
Added on March 22, 2024
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Jammu: Hundreds of workers on Thursday gave a rousing reception to former MP and former minister Lal Singh on his arrival here after rejoining the Congress and expressed confidence that the party will win both the seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh, 65, who hails from Kathua district, rejoined the Congress at its headquarters in […]
Added on March 21, 2024
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New Delhi: The nomination process for 102 parliamentary constituencies spread across 21 states and Union territories, where polling would be held in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19, began Wednesday with the issuance of a notification. In the first phase, polling will be held in Arunachal Pradesh (2 seats), Assam […]
Added on March 21, 2024
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Jammu: The notification for the Lok Sabha poll in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency on April 19 was issued on Wednesday, an election official said. The Udhampur-Kathua constituency is one of 102 segments across the country going to the polls in the first phase on April 19. Kathua District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas, who is also […]
Added on March 21, 2024
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Srinagar: It’s a riot of colours at Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden as Asia’s largest tulip garden is ready to welcome tourists from this weekend. The garden, formerly known as Siraj Bagh, is ensconced between Dal Lake and Zabarwan Hills. It will be opened to the public on Saturday as tulips of different colours have […]
