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BJP’s Sushil Modi Accuses Congress Of Not Doing Enough For Deprived Sections

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“No one else except (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi will work for the SCs, STs and OBCs,” senior BJP leader Sushil Modi said. The ruling BJP tried to corner the Congress in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday for allegedly not doing enough for the SCs, STs and OBCs despite ruling the country for decades, and claimed that it was only the governments of which the Jan Sangh or the Bharatiya Janata Party was a part that actually worked for the uplift of the deprived sections of the society. The Upper House…

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UNSC meeting on Afghan galvanised members to call for end to violence: India’s envoy Tirumurti

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The crucial UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, held within the first week of India’s Presidency of the powerful global body, galvanised members to call for an end to the violence and hostilities, and helped reveal to the outside world the dire situation facing the war-torn country, India’s envoy here has said. India assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month on August 1 and wrapped up a hectic first week with discussions on Afghanistan on August 6 amidst a deteriorating security situation in the country as…

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Messi’s arrival at PSG would give coach tactical headache

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If Lionel Messi does become the latest star to help Paris Saint-Germain’s quest to win the elusive Champions League, coach Mauricio Pochettino must work out the best way to accommodate him in a top-heavy attack. Messi bid a tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday. At the same time, PSG was in talks with his team trying to finalize a deal to sign him amid reports Messi had flown to Paris on Sunday for a meeting. Talk of Messi’s imminent arrival led several hundred PSG fans to wait outside Le Bourget…

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SC seeks action taken report from Centre on recommendations of National Task Force on Oxygen

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The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre to submit within two weeks the action taken report (ATR) on implementing the suggestions of of the court-appointed National Task Force (NTF) on allocation of oxygen to states and Union Territories amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The top court said that since the NTF consists of senior doctors and experts from all over the country, it is imperative for the Centre to take steps to ensure that its recommendations are duly implemented at the policy level to meet any exigencies in present and foreseeable…

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When Big B ‘fluffed’ his lines during a college play!

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Amitabh Bachchan “fluffed his lines” while performing a play during his Delhi University days and had among others his mother Teji as audience that day. Veteran theatre personality Dolly Thakore recalls this in her memoir “Regrets, None”, which looks at the worlds of glamour, fashion, theatre, film and advertising from the 1960s till today. Thakore, who studied at Miranda House, says she remembers Bachchan, an alumnus of Kirori Mal College, as “being shy and laconic, a well-mannered, very tall and very thin young man”. During the annual play once, they…

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Monsoon session of MP Assembly from Aug 9

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The four-day monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin here from Monday, an official said. Vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory for entry into the Assembly during the session, Vidhan Sabha secretariat’s principal secretary A P Singh said in a statement on Sunday. A total of four sittings will take place during the session, which will conclude on August 12, he said. Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Girish Gautam convened an all-party meeting on Sunday to ensure smooth functioning of the session. Singh said the Assembly secretariat had received 1,184…

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Olympic gold in his pocket, Chopra targets 90m throw now

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A history-scripting Olympic gold medal in his pocket, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s next target is breaching the 90m mark soon in the coming events. In fact, Chopra, who clinched the country’s maiden athletics medal to become only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, went for it while trying for the Games record (90.57m) on Saturday but could not accomplish it. “Javelin throw is a very technical event and a lot depends on the day’s form. Anything can happen. So, my next target is to…

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Nimrat Kaur wraps shoot of ‘Dasvi’

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Actor Nimrat Kaur has finished shooting for her upcoming social-comedy “Dasvi” and says the journey which began 10 months ago has finally come to its “joyous culmination”. Directed by newcomer Tushar Jalota, “Dasvi” is written by Ritesh Shah, known for films like “Pink” and “Batla House”. Kaur took to Instagram Saturday evening and posted pictures from the film’s set. Without divulging details, the actor — known for acclaimed dramas “The Lunchbox” and “Airlift” — called her character Bimla Devi Choudhary as one of her most cherished roles. “There are unforgettable…

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Earnings, macro data, global trends to dictate markets this week: Analysts

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Markets this week would be guided by the ongoing quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends, analysts said. The government will release industrial production data for June and inflation data for July this week. The RBI has revised its retail inflation forecast to 5.7 per cent, up from the earlier 5.1 per cent due to price pressure on account of supply constraints and high crude oil prices. With the ebbing of the second COVID wave, the RBI has retained its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year ending…

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Once lagging, Europe catches up to the US in vaccinations

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Despite a sluggish start, the European Union’s COVID-19 vaccination drive has caught up to that of the United States, where the slowdown of the country’s once-vaunted campaign has contributed to the virus’s deadly comeback. In mid-February, less than 4 per cent of people living in the 27-nation EU were at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus, compared with nearly 12 per cent in the US, according to Our World in Data, an online science publication connected to the University of Oxford. Now the EU has surpassed the US by that…

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