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Rajya Sabha passes electoral reforms bill, Oppn stages walkout
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Rajya Sabha passes electoral reforms bill, Oppn stages walkout

New Delhi, Dec 21: Parliament passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, on Tuesday with Rajya Sabha approving it through voice vote amid a walkout by the Opposition. The Bill seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplication of voters and weed out fake...
Jhulan Goswami enters world of NFTs
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Jhulan Goswami enters world of NFTs

New Delhi, Dec 21: Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami is all set to storm the world of non-fungible token (NFT) with the Dubai-based CricFlix, in association with RevSportz and Fanatic Sports, launching its first-ever cricket NFT auction on December 24. Goswami's 2017 World Cup jersey has...
Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid Opposition protests
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Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid Opposition protests

New Delhi, Dec 21: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid protests by Opposition members on various issues including the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Opposition members stormed into the Well and began protesting, displaying...
200 Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19 cases
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200 Omicron cases reported in India so far, 5,326 new COVID-19 cases

New Delhi, Dec 21: Two hundred cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in India so far out of which 77 patients have recovered or migrated, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Maharashtra and Delhi have recorded 54 cases of Omicron variant each, while Telangana...
Centre considering moving review petition in SC to allow reservation of OBCs in local body polls
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Centre considering moving review petition in SC to allow reservation of OBCs in...

Delhi, Dec 21: The Centre has said it considering moving a review petition before the Supreme Court to allow political reservation of OBCs in local bodies and municipal corporations for the time being till the states comply with the triple test criteria set forth by the apex court. The...
Hitting back, Rahul Gandhi dares govt to hold debate in Parliament on issues raised by Oppn
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Hitting back, Rahul Gandhi dares govt to hold debate in Parliament on issues...

New Delhi, Dec 20: Asserting that it is the government's responsibility to run Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said if the Centre has the courage, it should allow debate on issues of public importance raised by the opposition. "They are attacking democracy. There is a non-stop...
Election Laws (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
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Election Laws (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 20: The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplication, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday. Introducing the bill, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the legislation will end bogus voting in the...
ICMR designs kit for omicron detection
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ICMR designs kit for omicron detection

New Delhi, Dec 20: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has designed a diagnostic kit for detection of Omicron variant of the coronavirus and has invited Expression of Interest from in vitro diagnostics (IVD) kit manufacturers for undertaking transfer of technology for its development and...
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 572 days
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Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 572 days

New Delhi, Dec 20: With 6,563 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,47,46,838, while the active cases declined to 82,267, the lowest in 572 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll...
No new engineering colleges to open in India till 2024
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No new engineering colleges to open in India till 2024

New Delhi, Dec 19: India will see no new engineering college till 2024, All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe has said. For its teacher's training programme, AICTE's name has been registered in the Guinness Book of World records, making it the...
India adds 7,081 more Covid cases, 264 deaths
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India adds 7,081 more Covid cases, 264 deaths

New Delhi, Dec 19: As many as 7,081 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours while 264 succumbed to the virus in the same period, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The new fatalities have mounted the death toll to 4,77,422.On a positive note, a total of 7,469 people were cured...
DRDE to set up advanced biological defence lab in Gwalior to research, fight dangerous viruses
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DRDE to set up advanced biological defence lab in Gwalior to research, fight...

Gwalior, Dec 18: A new laboratory to study viruses dangerous to humans will be set up at the Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE) in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh shortly, a senior official said. The proposed Advanced Biological Defence Research Centre (ABDRC) will focus on...
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