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Supreme Court Asks MP Education Department To Compile Details Of Compliance Of High Court Order

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The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Director of School Education of Madhya Pradesh to compile details regarding compliance of directions given by the state High Court last year that schools can recover only tuition fees from students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Director of School Education of Madhya Pradesh to compile details regarding compliance of directions given by the state High Court last year that schools can recover only tuition fees from students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had also said…

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Demand for resumption of chartered flights to Goa to be taken up with Centre: Sawant

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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government will put forth before the Centre the demand of industry bodies here to resume international chartered flights to the coastal state from October this year. The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) submitted a memorandum to the CM on Tuesday, seeking the resumption of chartered flights to provide a boost to the tourism sector, which is reeling under the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent curbs. While domestic tourists…

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Centre to make all efforts to bring back Indians from Afghanistan: Scindia

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Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the central government will make all efforts, like it did in the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, to bring back Indian citizens from Afghanistan, which has witnessed re-emergence of the militant group Taliban. The Vande Bharat Mission was carried out last year to bring back Indians stranded in foreign countries after the suspension of regular international flights following the oubreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian government will bring its citizens back to their homes from Afghanistan, like we did in the Vande Bharat Mission,…

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“Lashkar, Jaish Still Operate With Impunity”: S Jaishankar At UN Briefing

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“Whether Afghanistan or against India, terror groups like Lashkar e Taiba and Jaish e Mohammed continue to operate with impunity,” Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said. Foreign minister S Jaishankar detailed India’s concerns about terror for the first time since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, naming specific groups in another first. “Whether in Afghanistan or against India, groups like Lashkar-e Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed continue to operate with impunity and encouragement… Heightened activities of the proscribed Haqqani network justify growing anxiety,” he said in an address to the United Nations Security Council…

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Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra meets Haryana CM

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Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday met Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and said he would continue to work hard to make the state and the country proud by his achievements. Chopra, who could not attend a felicitation function organized by the state government on August 13 due to illness, said only sports-related topics were discussed during his meeting with Khattar. “It is a great feeling that today I am meeting the Chief Minister. I will try my level best to make Haryana and the nation proud in the…

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Hindi cinema prefers to maintain a conspicuous silence on caste issues: Amol Palekar

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Caste as an issue is rarely commented on in Hindi cinema as it is not conventionally entertaining, believes veteran actor Amol Palekar, who is returning to films after a considerable gap of 12 years with 200 – Halla Ho , a true story of Dalit women who attacked a rapist in an open court. The film, directed by Sarthak Dasgupta and co-written by Dasgupta and Gaurav Sharma, touches upon the issues of sexual violence, caste oppression, corruption, and legal loopholes through the eyes of 200 Dalit women. Palekar, known for…

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HC seeks report from Delhi Police, jail authority on death of inmate Ankit Gujjar in Tihar

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 The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought status reports from the police and jail authorities on a plea concerning the alleged murder of an inmate Ankit Gujjar in Tihar Jail earlier this month. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice to Delhi Police, the jail authority, the Centre and CBI on the petition by Gujjar’s family members and ordered the preservation of CCTV footage of the time of the incident as well as before and after. The petition seeks the transfer of the investigation from Delhi Police to the CBI and adequate, round-the-clock-security…

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RBI issues revised norms for hiring of bank lockers

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 The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with revised guidelines for the hiring of lockers under which the liability of banks will be limited to 100 times its annual rent in case of fire, theft, building collapse or frauds by bank employees. As per the revised guidelines, which shall come into effect from January 1, 2022, banks will be required to incorporate a clause in the locker agreement prohibiting the hirer from keeping anything illegal or hazardous in lockers. The RBI said it has reviewed the ‘Deposit Locker/Safe Custody Article…

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Jaishankar discusses Afghan situation in bilateral meetings with UNSG, counterparts

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in Kabul in his bilateral meetings here, including with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Jaishankar arrived in New York Monday as the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the second time in just over the 10 days that the powerful UN body met under India’s Presidency for the month of August to discuss the unravelling situation in the war-torn country. Following his meeting with Guterres in the UN headquarters…

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Delhi court clears Shashi Tharoor in death of wife Sunanda Pushkar

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More than seven years after businesswoman Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel here, a Delhi court on Wednesday cleared her husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of all charges in the case. Tharoor, who was present when Special Judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in a virtual hearing, thanked the judge and said it had been absolute torture for last seven-and-a-half years . The detailed order in the high-profile case — which had grabbed national headlines and led to furious debate across various circles, political and others…

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