PM Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak discussed the urgent need to deescalate tensions in West Asia and strongly condemned attacks by Hamas on Israel during a telephone conversation between the two leaders on Friday. A spokesperson for Downing Street said the leaders emphasised that Hamas did not represent the Palestinian people...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has encouraged companies to tap into India’s food diversity and meet the increasing demand for packaged food due to rapid urbanisation. He highlighted the growth of the food processing sector, which attracted Rs 50,000 crore in foreign direct investment over the last nine years and saw a 150% increase in...
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A 15-year-old girl studying in Class 9 died of cardiac arrest while entering the examination hall of her school in Amreli town, Gujarat, on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sakshi Rajosara, a native of Jasdan taluka in Rajkot. She collapsed in the classroom of Shantaba Gajera School in the morning.
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Quota activist Manoj Jarange said on Friday that the deadline to meet the demand for Maratha reservation was December 24, and not January 2 next year as announced by the Maharashtra government on Thursday. State housing minister Atul Save, who was part of the delegation that met Jarange-Patil before he withdrew his fast, said,...
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection to two journalists who were summoned by Gujarat police for their article alleging stock manipulation by the Adani group and directed the police not to take any coercive action against them.
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Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge has urged people to vote for the Congress in Chhattisgarh, dismissing claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Kharge highlighted the achievements of the Congress-led government, including no corruption during Bhupesh Baghel’s tenure and the fulfillment of promises made during the 2018 elections. He...
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A government schoolteacher in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, was suspended after he wrote a letter to the government complaining about his forced bachelorhood and demanding a bride. Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, a Sanskrit teacher, skipped election duty training and was issued a showcause notice. In his reply, Mishra demanded a dowry of Rs 3.5 lakh and...
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Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, has unabashedly championed the October 7 terror attack. And he has promised similar future assaults with the goal of annihilating Israel. The surprise attack “was just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth,” he told a Lebanese TV channel in...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that the BJP was not opposed to the idea of a caste census, but decisions regarding it have to be made thoughtfully. This comes in response to the Congress accusing the BJP of opposing a caste census in order to divide and rule. Shah mentioned that the BJP...
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