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Lok Sabha passes Anti-maritime Piracy Bill to promote India's trade securi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Anti-maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 that seeks to provide an effective legal instrument to combat piracy not only in territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but also on the high seas.
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"Khajurbani victims got Rs 4L, why not Saran's...?": Sushil Modi clams Nit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Sushil Modi said, "In 2018, as per media reports, CM Nitish Kumar said compensation will be given if liquor proved to be cause of death. He promised Rs 4 Lakhs to the kin of hooch victims. In Khajurbani hooch tragedy, compensation was given to the victims' kin. Why not in Saran tragedy?"<
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U'khand SI recruitment scam: Vigilance seeks list of 340 sub-inspectors re
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Vigilance is trying to find out how many people have become sub-inspectors in Uttarakhand Police by rigging the system in 2015.
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Andhra Govt failed to implement 'Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme, alleges BJP
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
BJP leader Lanka Dinakar said that the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission -Har Ghar Jal in Andhra Pradesh has not been adequate ever since the mission was launched in 2019.
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Era of peace started in the Northeast after 2014: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
"The era of peace started in the northeast after 2014. 80 per cent reduction in insurgency violence, 89 per cent reduction in civilian deaths and 6000 militants surrendered after 2014. 265 per cent reduction in left-wing extremism," said Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
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Erdogan uses the weaponised judiciary to block Imamoglu, his strongest riv
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the main opposition Republican's Peoples' Party (CHP), to two years and seven months in prison on charges of insulting members of the Supreme Electoral Board following his big victory in Istanbul's controve
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India jumped from 7th to 3rd global ranking in scientific publications: Ji
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Union Minister informed that as per the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Science and Engineering Indicators 2022 report of the United States, India's position globally in scientific publications, has improved from 7th position in 2010 to 3rd position in 2020.
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Rape cases have increased three-fold in the last 10 years, says Asha Devi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, said on Saturday that rape incidents have increased three-fold in the last 10 years.
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Poland's Szymon Marciniak to referee 2022 FIFA World Cup final
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
FIFA has employed Marciniak, 41, as a referee since 2011. He has presided over three matches at Qatar 2022, including France's 2-1 victory over Denmark in the group stage and the finalists' 2-1 victory over Australia in the pre-quarters.
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Meet Kashmiris 'Newton' who created automated respirator in 2019 to aid cr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ismail claimed that the automated respirator was accepted by the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. "I acquired a recognition certificate from Harvard Medical School and a money prize of Rs. 5,000 for constructing this automated respirator model," he said.
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Manoj Tiwary hints at retirement at end of ongoing season, wants "to give
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengal has won two Ranji Trophy titles, back in 1938-39 and then in 1989-90. Tiwary made his first-class cricket debut in 2004-05 season. He has been a part of Ranji final thrice, in 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2019-20. Manoj Tiwari has represented India in 12 ODIs, in which he has scored 287 runs
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SC dismisses plea against Rahul Gandhi's win from Wayanad in 2019 LS Polls
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
In 2020, the apex court dismissed a similar petition filed by Nair against Gandhi's electoral win. At that time, the hearing was virtual and the court dismissed the plea as it couldn't get in touch with her lawyer despite trying repeatedly.
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