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Regulators should be well advanced to deal with digitisation: Sitharaman

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 Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said regulators and other entities should be well advanced and ahead of the curve in understanding digitisation to ensure that there is no misuse of technologies. Sitharaman, who is in charge of finance and corporate affairs ministries, also emphasised the need to have firewall mechanisms in the context of digitisation. The decade from 2020 and upwards will be infused with digital methods, she added. Sitharaman was speaking at the event to flag off Iconic Day celebrations of the corporate affairs ministry as part of…

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US official vows ‘forceful response’ if N Korea tests nuke

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US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Tuesday warned of a forceful response if North Korea carries out its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years as she travelled to Seoul to meet with South Korean and Japanese allies and discuss the escalating standoff. US and South Korean officials have said North Korea is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri, which last hosted a test in September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear…

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Modi govt brought number of LWE-affected districts down by 70 pc: Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government has brought the number of districts affected by Left-wing extremism in the country down by 70 per cent. The government also lifted the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from more than 66 per cent area in the Northeast, he said after inaugurating the National Tribal Research Institute in Delhi. The Union Home Minister said the northeast and Left-wing extremism-affected areas of the country are tribal-dominated regions and security is a precursor to development there. “Secured Northeast and…

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Armaan Malik to collaborate with Ed Sheeran on new ‘2Step’ version

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Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik on Monday said he is set to team up with Ed Sheeran on a brand new version of the popular British singer’s latest single “2Step”. In a Twitter post, Malik also shared that the song will be released Tuesday on all music streaming platforms. “Out tomorrow,” he captioned the cover art of the song and tagged Sheeran on the microblogging site. “2Step” marks Malik’s second international collaboration following “Echo”, for which he had joined hands with Eric Nam, an American singer of Korean descent, and American musician-producer…

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SC irked over mining activities continuing without forest clearance in Odisha

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 The Supreme Court on Monday took strong note of continuing illegal mining of minerals by some firms in Odisha without obtaining forest clearance (FCs) from authorities under the garb of status quo orders, and asked the state high court to dispose of such matters in six months. The top court was irked over the fact that the mining companies, which have not been granted FCs by the Centre and other authorities, are continuing with the illegal excavation of minerals on grounds that the high court has passed the status quo…

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Sensex slides 227 points in early trade; Nifty falls to 16,517 level

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Benchmark indices continued to fall on Monday, with the Sensex declining 227 points in early trade as investors remained cautious amid unabated selling by foreign funds and elevated crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 226.7 points lower at 55,542.53 points. The broader NSE Nifty fell by 67.05 points to 16,517.25 points. From the Sensex pack, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints, Wipro, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, Tata Steel and Titan were the biggest laggards. In contrast, M&M and Axis Bank were the gainers. Elsewhere in Asia, markets…

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UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-confidence vote over partygate scandal

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UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party on Monday, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced, days after more details of the partygate scandal at Downing Street emerged. Sir Graham Brady, who is in-charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received by the 1922 Committee, said the threshold of 15 per cent of the Tory parliamentary party, or 54 MPs, seeking such a vote has been met and it will take place on Monday evening in the…

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Govt, opposition may differ on ideology, but there shouldn’t be animosity: Kovind

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 President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said there can be differences of ideology between the ruling party and the opposition but there should not be any animosity between both the sides. Addressing a joint sitting of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and the Assembly, Kovind said the UP Legislature has a glorious history of dignified amicability between the ruling party and the opposition. “Sometimes, there have been undignified incidents which are contrary to this rich tradition. You have to make an effort to forget them by considering those as an…

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“They Were Shown Dreams, But…”: Uddhav Thackeray On Kashmiri Pandits

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, “They were shown dreams of returning home, but on their return home, the Pandits are being picked and killed.” Maharashtra stands firmly behind the Kashmiri Pandits and will do everything possible to help them, assured Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday. “For the last few days, targeted killing of Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus has been going on in Kashmir Valley. Within a month, nine Kashmiri Pandits were assassinated. Hundreds of frightened Kashmiri Pandits have started fleeing. The whole country is outraged,” stated a…

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Hyderabad Gang-Rape: Fourth Accused, A Minor, Taken Into Custody

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Hyderabad Gang-Rape: Police had detained two teenagers yesterday, while another accused, identified as Saduddin Malik, was arrested on Friday. A teenager, the fourth accused in the Hyderabad gangrape case, has been taken into custody, the police said today. The Hyderabad Police said the fifth accused is still on the run, and a search is on to trace him.  This comes a day after two teenagers were taken into custody for allegedly raping the girl. One of them is the son of a local leader of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s…

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