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Pak Supreme Court resumes hearing to decide fate of PM Imran Khan

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday resumed the crucial hearing on the dismissal of a no-confidence vote against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan through a controversial ruling by the deputy speaker of the National Assembly and the subsequent dissolution of Parliament by the president. A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel took up the case in the morning. Bandial questioned President Arif Alvi’s lawyer, Senator Ali Zafar, where the constitutional…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Ensure disaster alerts reach remote areas timely; engage all agencies: Shah

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Agencies involved in disaster management should ensure that alerts generated for calamities should timely reach the remotest panchayat location in the country and organisations like NCC, women groups and home guards should be brought on board for this task, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday He asked the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the federal agency to train and undertake operations during such emergencies, to take a leadership role in this context so that whenever such an emergency strikes, a trained personnel can work as a “stop gap…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Want to break the trend, do something different, challenge myself: Shahid Kapoor on his OTT debut

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Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor, who is set to make his digital debut with a series by The Family Man creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, says he wanted to challenge himself as an actor with his foray in streaming. Dubbed as a quirky crime drama series, the show is created and written by Nidimoru and DK for Prime Video. It is co-written by Sita R Menon, Suman Kumar and Hussain Dalal. “The choice to go on to the OTT platform was to break the trend, was to do something different…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Govt should have financial impact in mind while coming up with schemes: SC

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 The Supreme Court Wednesday said the government should always have the financial impact in mind while coming up with any scheme and referred to the Right to Education Act by observing that it is a classic example where a right has been created but where are the schools . The observation was made by a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit which was hearing a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

India, Australia should look at USD 100 bln bilateral trade by 2030: Goyal

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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that India and Australia should look at boosting the bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030 from the current level of around USD 27.5 billion. Goyal, who is in Australia on a three-day visit, said that both the countries are already at an advanced stage of entering into an agreement for greater collaboration in the education sector. On April 2, India and Australia signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) under which both the countries are providing duty…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Biden orders push on long COVID, pandemic’s shadowy mystery

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Confronting the pandemic’s lasting shadow, President Joe Biden has ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition. Biden assigned the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday to coordinate an urgent new initiative across federal agencies, building on research already under way at the National Institutes of Health. He also directed federal agencies to support patients and doctors by providing science-based best practices for treating long COVID, maintaining access to insurance coverage, and protecting…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

If India has chosen side, it is side of peace: Jaishankar on Ukraine

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Asserting that India is strongly against the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said if New Delhi has chosen a side, it is the side of peace and for an immediate end to violence. Replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the situation in Ukraine, Jaishankar said all members would agree that India’s approach should be guided by its national beliefs and values, national interest and by its national strategy. Elaborating on what India is advocating in Ukraine, Jaishankar said, “We are strongly against the…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Audience loves larger-than-life characters, says Sanjay Dutt

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Sanjay Dutt’s most memorable performances are the ones where he has played morally complex characters, and looking back, the actor says it was his 1993 movie “Khal Nayak” that helped him step out of his comfort zone and take on larger-than-life characters. Dutt made a spectacular entry in Hindi cinema with 1981 film “Rocky” and later headlined films such as “Vidhaata”, “Imaandaar”, “Jeete Hain Shaan Se”, “Ilaaka”, “Taaqatwar” and “Thaanedar”. But playing Ballu in Subhash Ghai’s super hit “Khal Nayak” gave him an opportunity to experiment with his choices, instead…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC to hear PIL challenging electoral bond scheme

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list for hearing a PIL challenging laws permitting funding of political parties through the electoral bond scheme. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for PIL petitioner NGO, ‘Association for Democratic Reforms’, that the issue was critical and needed an urgent hearing. It has been reported today morning that a Calcutta-based company paid Rs 40 crores through electoral bonds to ensure that there was no…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Govt orders blocking of 18 Indian, four Pakistani YouTube-based news channels

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers. This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, 2021 in February last year, it said. In an official statement, the ministry said that it issued an order on Monday to block 22 YouTube channels, three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news website. With this…

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