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United Nations: India constituted 6.4 per cent of the global population of children who did not receive a single dose of any vaccine in 2024, according to a United Nations report. The new national immunisation coverage data released on Monday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF also highlighted that “India accounted for 49.2% […]
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New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan has flagged the “perceived reluctance” among several senior central government officials to give appointments to people, saying such interactions can give insights into ground realities, and clarify misunderstandings about government policies or intentions. In a letter to the secretaries of all central government ministries and departments, the country’s […]
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Leh: Five persons were detained for creating a ruckus during a music show in Ladakh’s capital and an FIR was registered against them, the police said on Tuesday. Cross-examination of all the five is underway, the police added. A video has recently been circulating on social media showing a quarrel between a group of unidentified […]
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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid’s plea to attend the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 21. Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh reserved the order for July 21 on the plea of the Baramulla MP seeking either interim bail or custody parole to carry […]
Added on July 15, 2025
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Says competition should not turn into conflict Beijing/New Delhi: India and China should build on “good progress” in normalising the bilateral ties to address border-related issues including de-escalation, and it is essential to avoid “restrictive trade measures and roadblocks”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday during talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. […]
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Mumbai: Aviation watchdog DGCA on Monday directed airlines to inspect the fuel switch locking system in their Boeing 787 and 737 planes, two days after AAIB’s preliminary report said fuel switches were cut off before the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people last month. There are more than 150 Boeing 737s and 787s […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday held “secretly” recorded conversations of spouses to be evidence in matrimonial disputes, including divorce proceedings. A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, as a result, set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court’s verdict which referred to right to privacy and held such conversations […]
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Says will work together with everyone for development of the region Jammu: After holding several key positions including as Deputy Chief Minister and Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta, who is poised to start a new innings as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, on Monday said that it is […]
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Demand order rollback Jammu: The BJP legislative party on Monday staged a protest outside the Civil Secretariat and Assembly here, demanding the revocation of a government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for the Naib Tehsildar recruitment examination in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP has been opposing the move across Jammu for over three […]
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Conducts searches across states New Delhi: The Income Tax Department on Monday conducted a “large-scale” verification operation across 150 locations in the country as part of a tax evasion probe against individuals and entities facilitating fraudulent claims of deductions and exemptions in Income Tax Returns (ITRs). Official sources told PTI that the department undertook […]
