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Political parties misusing WhatsApp to woo voters in the run-up to Assembly polls
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Political parties misusing WhatsApp to woo voters in the run-up to Assembly...

New Delhi, Jan 30: As India prepares for the Assembly elections in five states, including the all-crucial Uttar Pradesh, Meta-owned WhatsApp is being heavily misused by various political parties as well as individual candidates to woo millions of voters via the automated bulk messaging route. IT...
India reports over 2.34 lakh Covid cases, 893 fatalities
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India reports over 2.34 lakh Covid cases, 893 fatalities

New Delhi, Jan 30: With 2,34,281 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.10 crore, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,94,091 with 893 fatalities reported during the...
India gets first ever export order for BrahMos missiles; Philippines signs USD 374 million contract
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India gets first ever export order for BrahMos missiles; Philippines signs USD...

New Delhi, Jan 29: India got its first ever export order for BrahMos missiles on Friday when the Philippines' Defence Ministry signed USD 374 million contract with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited to supply an undisclosed number of missiles, military officials said.The BrahMos Aerospace Private...
SBI draws flak over recruitment of pregnant women
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SBI draws flak over recruitment of pregnant women

New Delhi, Jan 29: After facing criticism from various quarters, the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday decided to suspend its circular on recruitment of pregnant women. SBI recently reviewed its 'Fitness Standards for Recruitment in the Bank', including norms...
Risk persists even though Covid cases starting to plateau in parts of India: WHO
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Risk persists even though Covid cases starting to plateau in parts of India: WHO

New Delhi, Jan 29: Even though some cities or states in India may be beginning to see plateauing of COVID-19 cases, the risk persists and focus must be on reducing transmission and implementing situation-specific measures, senior WHO official Poonam Khetrapal Singh said.The Health Ministry said on...
Maha: Fire erupts in Gandhidham-Puri Superfast Express, no casualties
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Maha: Fire erupts in Gandhidham-Puri Superfast Express, no casualties

Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Jan 29: A fire broke out in the pantry car of the Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Superfast Express near Nandurbar around 10.30 a.m., here on Saturday. There are no passenger casualties in the incident, said the Western Railway. WR Chief Spokesperson Sumit Thakur said that the...
Pegasus and a missile system were
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Pegasus and a missile system were 'centerpieces' of USD 2 bn deal between India...

New York, Jan 29: The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according to a report in The New York Times. A massive controversy erupted last year when the...
India reports over 2.35 lakh Covid cases, 871 fatalities
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India reports over 2.35 lakh Covid cases, 871 fatalities

New Delhi, Jan 29: With 2,35,532 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.08 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 4,93,198 with 871 fatalities reported during...
Bharat Biotech gets nod for COVID-19 intra-nasal vaccine phase-3 trials
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Bharat Biotech gets nod for COVID-19 intra-nasal vaccine phase-3 trials

Hyderabad, Jan. 28: Bharat Biotech has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India to conduct phase-3 trials for its COVID-19 intra-nasal vaccine (BBV154), sources in the company said on Friday.The trials would evaluate the nasal vaccine for both the two-dose primary schedule and...
Centre mulling to revisit precaution dose policy
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Centre mulling to revisit precaution dose policy

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Centre is mulling over the relevance of the precaution dose which is currently being administered to the frontline and healthcare workers along with 60 plus population as some experts are sceptical about the benefits of the third dose.The National Technical Advisory Group on...
States to collect data: SC refuses to dilute criteria on reservation in promotion
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'States to collect data': SC refuses to dilute criteria on reservation in...

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court on Friday said the state governments are obligated to collect quantifiable data, on inadequacy of representation, before granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees in government jobs.A bench headed by Justice...
Comforting to know China returned Arunachal teen: Rahul
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Comforting to know China returned Arunachal teen: Rahul

New Delhi, Jan 28: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi when will India's land "occupied by China" be returned.His tweet came after China returned missing Arunachal teen Miram Taron to India."It was comforting to know that China has returned Miram Taron. When...
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