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SC refuses to entertain pleas of Amazon, Flipkart against CCI probe

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 strong

The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain pleas of e-commerce firms, Amazon and Flipkart, challenging an order permitting the Competition Commission of India to carry out a preliminary investigation into the alleged violation of the competition law. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said that challenging the enquiry is like wanting a notice before the registration of an FIR under the criminal law and asked the e-commerce giants to submit themselves to the probe by the CCI. We expect big organisations like Amazon and Flipkart to…

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UP To Consider Partial Relaxation In Weekly Closure Of Shops, Markets

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 strong

At a high-level meeting with senior officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, however, stressed that the Covid protocols should be followed everywhere. With the COVID-19 situation improving in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Wednesday to consider a partial relaxation in the two-day weekly closure of shops and business establishments and asked the home department to present detailed guidelines in this regard. At a high-level meeting with senior officials, the chief minister, however, stressed that the Covid protocols should be followed everywhere and there should not…

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Panel Gives Nod For Erecting Entry Gate At Delhi Border Points

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 strong

The Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) has given its nod to a proposal to construct an entry gate at the Tikri Border. Soon, people coming to Delhi from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh by road will be able to witness the city’s cultural heritage and its glory when they enter the national capital. The Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) has given its nod to a proposal to construct an entry gate at the Tikri Border – Delhi’s entry point from Haryana – and beautify a 200 metre stretch at the entry…

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What Happened When Farah Khan Met Sania Mirza And Friends After Over A Year

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 strong

“The OG gang after so long… Few missing,” wrote Sania Mirza Farah Khan met her friends after more than a year and she didn’t forget to document it on her social media. The choreographer-filmmaker shared a picture with her friends on her Instagram profile on Wednesday. The picture features Farah with tennis star Sania Mirza, filmmaker Punit Malhotra and stylist Anam Mirza (Sania Mirza’s sister). An excited Farah Khan shared a picture from the get-together and she wrote: “When you meet after a year and a half… And it seems like…

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

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 strong

“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

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 strong

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

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 strong

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

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 strong

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!

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 strong

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

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 strong

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…