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Parliament panel examining Marriage Bill gets another 3 months extension
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has granted another extension to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports examining the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the m
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8 arrested in multi-crore rupees forged bills scam in Guwahati Municipal C
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 21 (ANI): Special Vigilance Cell of Assam on Friday arrested eight persons including the OSD of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, six Executive Engineers in connection with a multi-crore rupees forged bills scam in Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC).
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Ed Sheeran reveals he was "hurt" when his James Bond theme was shelved for
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sheeran has revealed that he had "already started" writing the theme song for James Bond when suddenly he was replaced by Billie Eilish, who is a 7-time Grammy-winning teen superstar.
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Cordis to acquire MedAlliance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI/ATK): MedAlliance, a Swiss-based med-tech company, has announced that the company is going to be acquired by Cordis with a USD 35 million starting investment, a USD 200 million upfront closing payment, regulatory achievement milestones of up to USD 125 mill
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Scientists discover swirling galaxies unite around red quasar in 'monster'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity
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Elon Musk to lay off 75 per cent of staff if he takes over Twitter?
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce once his USD 44 billion deal for the social network goes through.
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US policy on Tibet has lost its way, say US lawmakers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): The US policy on Tibet has lost its way and two prominent lawmakers --- Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern, and Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul --- wish to change that.
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Tamil Nadu passes bill to ban hookah bars in state
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 20 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a bill to ban hookah bars in the state.
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Number of petrol pumps selling biofuels jumped threefold in five years: Ha
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep S Puri on Wednesday said that the number of petrol pumps selling biofuels has increased threefold from 29,897 in 2016-17 to 67,641 in 2021-22. India's ethanol demand is poised to grow to 10.16 billion litres by 2025, he no
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Combined wealth of India's 100 richest on Forbes list rises to USD 800 bil
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, October 19 (ANI): The collective wealth of tycoons on the 2022 Forbes list of India's 100 Richest grew USD 25 billion to USD 800 billion, according to a Forbes Asia.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly passes bill to ban online gambling games
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 19 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Law Minister S Regupathy on Wednesday introduced a bill in the state assembly to ban online gambling games.
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Imarticus Learning is set to bridge the skills gap in the analytics sector
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India's Analytics industry is expected to be worth $201.0 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 26.9 per cent.
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