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Transgender persons to get composite healthcare services under Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY: Govt
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Transgender persons to get composite healthcare services under Ayushman...

New Delhi, Aug 24: Transgender persons will now get composite healthcare services under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY with a MoU being signed between the National Health Authority and the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday hailed the MoU...
PIL at Calcutta HC against state govt
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PIL at Calcutta HC against state govt's dole for community Puja committees

Kolkata, Aug 24: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday against the West Bengal government's decision of granting Rs 60,000 each to the registered communities for the upcoming festive season. In the PIL filed by an association of lawyers at the division...
Hostile takeover: Cong on Adani group
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Hostile takeover: Cong on Adani group's buying of stake in NDTV

New Delhi, Aug 24: The Congress on Wednesday termed the Adani group's buying of 29.18 per cent stake in media group NDTV a "hostile takeover". Taking to Twitter, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said: "The news of a deeply over-leveraged company owned by the PM's 'khaas dost' making a...
First list on Sep 15, campaign launch soon: Cong on Guj Assembly polls
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First list on Sep 15, campaign launch soon: Cong on Guj Assembly polls

Ahmedabad, Aug 24: The Congress on Wednesday said that it will launch its campaign for the Gujarat Assembly elections from September 5 and its first list of candidates will be out on September 15. Addressing a press conference here, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, "There is a clear cut...
Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,442
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Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,442

New Delhi, Aug 24: India logged 10,649 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,68,195, while the active cases declined to 96,442, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,452 with 36 fatalities which...
Assam court summons Manish Sisodia in defamation case
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Assam court summons Manish Sisodia in defamation case

Guwahati, Aug 23: The Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on September 29, in a defamation case filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Earlier, in July, Assam CM filed a criminal defamation case...
BJP leader Sonali Phogat passes away in Goa
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BJP leader Sonali Phogat passes away in Goa

Panaji, Aug 23: Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat passed away in Goa after complaining of uneasiness. The leader, who complained of uneasiness on Monday night, was taken to hospital at around 8 a.m. this morning, where she was declared brought dead, Goa DGP Jaspal Singh told IANS. ...
Cong launches website, tagline of Bharat Jodo Yatra
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Cong launches website, tagline of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Congress on Tuesday officially launched the website and tagline for the pan-India 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' scheduled to begin on September 7 from Kanyakumari. It said that the aim of the yatra is to unite India; to come together and get the country back on its feet. Veteran...
UGC allows universities to hire experts as Professor of Practice; degree, publications not mandatory
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UGC allows universities to hire experts as 'Professor of Practice'; degree,...

New Delhi, Aug 23: Universities and higher education institutions will soon be able to hire distinguished experts as faculty members under a new category for which formal academic qualification and publication requirements will not be mandatory.The decision was taken by the University Grants...
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts
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Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea challenging the remission granted to the 11 who were convicted for the rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. The plea was mentioned by advocate Aparna Bhat and senior advocate Kapil Sibal before a bench headed by Chief...
Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,506
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Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,506

New Delhi, Aug 23: India logged 8,586 new coronavirus infections taking total tally of cases to 4,43,57,546 while the active cases have declined to 96,506, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,27,416 with 48 fatalities which includes six...
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India's first observatory to monitor space activity to come up in Uttarakhand

New Delhi, Aug 22: India's first commercial space situational awareness observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up. The space situational awareness (SSA) observatory will...
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