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Don’t treat young doctors as football in power game: SC on changes in syllabus

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 Don’t treat young doctors as football in the game of power, the Supreme Court said on Monday, warning the Centre that it may pass strictures if it is not satisfied with justification for last minute changes to the NEET Super Speciality Examination 2021 syllabus. The apex court said it will not allow these young doctors to be placed in the hands of some insensitive bureaucrats , and asked the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), National Medical Commission (NMC) and National Board of Examination (NBE) to put their house…

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Existing foreign trade policy to be extended till March next: Goyal

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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the existing foreign trade policy (FTP) will be extended for six months till March 31 next year. The government had earlier extended the FTP 2015-20 until September 30 this year due to the Covid-19 crisis. The FTP provides guidelines for enhancing exports to push economic growth and create jobs. “We are notifying it today evening or tomorrow…We have decided to extend the policy (2015-20) until March 31 (2022)…and in the (new) financial year, we can start with the new policy,” he…

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Important to incentivise Taliban so that they fulfil promises, says Pak PM

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said it is important to incentivise the Taliban so that the new rulers of Afghanistan fulfil the promises they made after they seized power in Kabul last month. The Taliban are yet to get international recognition. The heavily armed group have promised an inclusive government, a more moderate form of Islamic rule than that of their previous regime from 1996 to 2001, including respecting women’s rights. However, their recent moves indicate that they are returning to their repressive policies, particularly toward women. According to…

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Bharat Bandh against farm laws disrupts lives in pockets, highway blockades and train ‘rokos’ in places

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Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre’s three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north. The 6 am to 4 pm Bharat Bandh, which saw demonstrations and rallies in many places, passed off relatively peacefully with no reports of injuries or serious clashes. The impact was felt the most around Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, the centre of the farm protests, and also in large…

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Chennai boy Varun Chakravarthy pose biggest threat for Chennai Super Kings

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Varun Chakravarthy’s extra bounce and unpredictable angles will keep the Chennai Super Kings batsmen on tenterhooks as they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-octane Indian Premier League encounter here on Sunday. On a roll post IPL’s resumption, both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders would look to continue their winning streak when the two most impressive sides of the tournament’s second phase lock horns against each other in the second double header. Both CSK and KKR have registered two wins out of as many games post IPL’s…

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Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi’ to release worldwide theatrically on Diwali

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 Akshay Kumar-starrer cop drama “Sooryavanshi” is set to open worldwide theatrically on Diwali, director Rohit Shetty announced on Saturday. The 48-year-old director took to social media to share the new release date of the film hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the reopening of cinema halls in the state from October 22. Thanks to our Honourable Chief Minister, Shri Uddhav Thackeray, theatres in Maharashtra to reopen from 22nd October. And FINALLY!!! we can say, This DIWALI AA RAHI HAI POLICE , Shetty wrote. Earlier in the day, a…

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Rohini shootout: Pleas in SC, HC seek immediate measures for safety in subordinate courts

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An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the states to take immediate steps for security in subordinate courts in wake of the shootout inside a district court in Delhi on Friday that left three gangsters dead and a law intern injured. It said that gangsters and hardcore criminals may be produced from jails through video-conferencing before the trial court instead of producing them physically. The application was filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari even as another lawyer, Deepa Joseph, moved the Delhi High…

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Centre to soon announce new cooperative policy: Amit Shah

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Asserting that cooperatives will also play a crucial role in making India a USD 5 trillion economy, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will soon come out with a new cooperative policy and work in tandem with states to strengthen the cooperative movement. Shah, who is also the Union Home Minister, also announced that the number of primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACs) will be increased to 3 lakh in the next five years. At present, there are about active 65,000 PACs. Further, the government is working…

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Witness: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square

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The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, a witness said Saturday, in a gruesome display that signalled a return to some of the Taliban’s methods of the past. Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy on the side of the square, told The Associated Press that four bodies were brought to the square and three bodies were moved to other squares in the city to be displayed. Seddiqi said the Taliban announced in the square that the four…

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Cong backs Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmer unions

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The Congress on Saturday extended support to the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer unions against the Centre’s three agri laws and demanded that discussions be initiated with the protesters. Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said the Congress party and all its workers will support the “peaceful Bharat Bandh on September 27, called by farmer unions and farmers”. “We demand that the due process of discussion with the farmers should be initiated because they are sitting on the borders of Delhi for last more than nine months. We demand that these…

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