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NEW DELHI: India's industrial production slipped to an 18-month low, contracting by 0.8 per cent in August, mainly due to a decline in output of the manufacturing and mining sectors, according to official data released on Wednesday. The…
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Army decided to procure electric vehicles (EV) for select units and formations in sync with the government's overall policy of reducing the carbon emissions, officials said on Wednesday. As per the plan, around 25…
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NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday formed a four-member panel of experts to examine the details and adverse event reports received from the WHO on the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia being linked potentially to the four…
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DWARKA (GUJARAT): Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda on Wednesday said his was the only national party left in the country and that it was committed to ideology from top to bottom, while the Congress was reduced to a "party of a…
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MUMBAI: An unidentified person got access to the log-in ID and password of a Mumbai police officer in the passport branch and cleared three applications pending verification, an official said on Wednesday. A First Information Report…
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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Wednesday framed charges against Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and 17 others in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case, setting the stage for their trial. Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand framed…
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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the project to develop the container terminal at Tuna-Tekra, Deendayal Port in Gujarat under the public private partnership mode. The estimated cost of Rs 4,243.64 crore will be on the…
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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the payment of productivity linked bonus (PLB) to railway employees for the financial year 2021-22, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said…
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CHANDIGARH: The BSF is alive to the threat of drones in Punjab from across the border with Pakistan and is working to counter it, the force's Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh said here on Wednesday. He was interacting with reporters…
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New Delhi: India logged 2,139 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,46,18,533, while the active cases dipped to 26,292, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll…
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