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Big steel, cement firms operating as a cartel; need to place regulator: Gadkari

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Big players in the steel and cement industry are indulging in cartelisation to jack-up prices, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, pitching to place a regulator for the sectors. It will be difficult to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making India a USD 5 trillion economy if the steel and cement prices keep going up, Gadkari said, pointing out the target of investing Rs 111 lakh crore on infrastructure projects in the next five years to aid the economy. It can be noted that allegations of…

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Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

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Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe they identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder the so-called black boxes because emergency signals transmitted by the devices were detected by a navy ship’s sonar system. We have determined…

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Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; test results of Delhi, Maharashtra samples awaited

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The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird flu) positive samples in poultry (two poultry farms) of Panchkula district of Haryana, the state government has deployed nine…

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Will introduce immigration bill ‘immediately’ after taking office, says Biden

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US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will introduce an immigration legislation “immediately” after taking office, reversing the Trump administration’s policies. Biden will taken the oath of office on January 20. “I will introduce an immigration bill immediately and have it sent to the appropriate committees to begin movement,” he told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday. Biden was responding to a question on what his administration would do first after his inauguration on January 20. He had also previously promised an immigration overhaul within 100 days of taking office.…

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World waiting for India’s vaccines, watching how it runs world’s biggest vaccination drive: PM

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India is ready with two made-in-India vaccines for the protection of humanity and the world is not only waiting for them but also watching as to how the country runs the globe’s biggest vaccination programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. In his address at the inauguration of the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, Modi also asserted that if democracy is most strong, vibrant and lively anywhere in the world, it is in India. “When India got Independence then it was said that such a poor and under-literate…

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Sensex, Nifty soar to fresh highs as bulls make a comeback; log weekly gains

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Domestic markets returned to winning ways on Friday after two days of declines as strong buying in IT stocks ahead of TCS’ results propelled benchmarks to fresh lifetime highs amid a bullish trend overseas. A recovering rupee and foreign fund inflows further buoyed sentiment, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex sprinted 689.19 points or 1.43 per cent to close at a record 48,782.51. It touched an all-time peak of 48,854.34 during the session. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rallied 209.90 points or 1.48 per cent to close at its new…

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Beant Singh assassination case: SC asks Centre to decide by Jan 26 Rajoana’s plea to commute death penalty

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The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to take a decision before January 26 on Balwant S Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of death penalty in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that the decision be taken before the Republic Day which is a “good date”. “We will give two-three weeks. You should complete the process before January 26. January 26 is a good day. It will be appropriate if you take a decision before that,” the bench said.…

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Ian McKellan is ‘happy’ Elliot Page came out as transgender

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Veteran actor Ian McKellan has praised his “X-Men” series co-star Elliot Page for coming out as a transgender, saying that he is happy for him. Page, the Oscar-nominated star of films such as “Juno” and “Inception”, had in December 2020 came out as a transgender in a statement posted on Twitter. Reflecting on his own experience as a gay man in Hollywood, McKellan told Attitude Magazine that Page’s decision to come out will be a huge personal boost for the actor. “Everything gets better when you come out because you…

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Being faster on feet, putting concerted pressure on Ashwin worked: Smith

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Faster footwork along with the tactic of attacking Ravichandran Ashwin straightaway worked wonders for him during his first century on home soil in three years, Australian batsman Steve Smith said on Friday. Having just managed to score only 10 runs in the first Two Tests, Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338, their first innings total, despite a middle-order failure. “I decided to be a bit more positive. I think early on, I hit him over his head, just put a bit of pressure…

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Ind-Aus Test series: K L Rahul out with sprained left wrist

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 India batsman K L Rahul was on Tuesday ruled out of the remaining two Tests against Australia after sustaining a wrist injury during training in Melbourne, the BCCI said. Rahul had not played any match of the ongoing series in which the third Test starts on Thursday here. “KL Rahul sprained his left wrist while batting in the nets at the MCG during Team India’s practice session on Saturday,” the BCCI said in a statement. “The wicketkeeper-batsman will not be available for the remaining two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy…

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