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LJP bats for postponement of Bihar Assembly elections
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), an NDA ally, on Friday said that conducting the Bihar Assembly elections during the ongoing coronavirus crisis would not be right for democracy and will increase the financial burden on the state's resources.
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Mamata urges Centre to ensure vital lessons on federalism, secularism not
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led government, saying that she was "shocked" to know that topics like citizenship, federalism, secularism and partition have been dropped in the name of reducing CBSE c
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With schools shut and no mid-day meals, children in Muzaffarpur return to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): The fight against hunger for children studying in government schools in Muzaffarpur has been a daily challenge. During this coronavirus lockdown, the burden has become heavier with the mid-day meals services in schools being stopped in the past few
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Finance Commission meets advisory council to assess Covid-19 impact on sta
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The 15th Finance Commission had virtual meetings with its advisory council on Friday and a day earlier to discuss adverse implications of constraints in the economy on tax revenue collections of the Central and state governments.
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Fitch revises India's outlook to negative, affirms IDR at BBB-minus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 18 (ANI): Fitch Ratings on Thursday revised the outlook on India's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) to negative from stable and affirmed the rating at BBB-minus.
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IATA issues criteria for COVID-19 testing in air travel process
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released criteria for the use of COVID-19 testing in the travel process.
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'Govt earning, burden being shifted on the poor': Kapil Sibal on rising fu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Central government over the rising fuel prices amid the coronavirus crisis, asserting that the government is "earning" and the "burden is being shifted on the poor".
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Researchers analyse economic burden on people due to consumption of alcoho
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], June 13 (ANI): Alcohol use disorders lead to various health and social problems, which cause an increase in the need and use of various services. However, recent research analysed the magnitude and reasons behind the economic burden alcohol use disorders have on society.
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Tata Power arm to sell ships for $212 million, reduce debt burden
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Singapore-based Trust Energy Resources Pte Ltd (TERPL), a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Power Company Ltd (TPCL), said on Friday it has entered into definitive agreements with German Oldendorff Carriers GmbH for the sale of three ships at an esti
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Researchers put a price tag on alcohol use
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], June 9 (ANI): Alcohol use disorders are associated with high social welfare and health care costs -- but what causes them? A new Finnish study looks at the magnitude and reasons behind the economic burden alcohol use disorders have on society.
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Airline sector unlikely to fully recover before 2023, faces deep structura
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, June 8 (ANI): Air passenger demand globally will remain severely depressed in 2021 and will not see a substantial recovery before 2023, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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George Floyd unrest may threaten jump in COVID-19 cases among minority gro
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Health officials have expressed distress that the ongoing protests against police brutality toward African-Americans and Latino populations, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, could result in another jump in coronavirus cases in the comi
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