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08 Jun

Composing is more challenging: Singer Shaan

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Singer Shaan has always been vocal about the lack of freedom for playback singers due to the domination of tune labels and how unbiased track has been a blessing for creative expression. Treading the route of creative freedom, the singer transcended to a unique role a few months in the past when he started composing tracks below his own music label. His indie compositions Karpur Gauram, Jee Lenge Hum and Sun Le have been received properly by tune aficionados. Having experienced both singing and track making, what does he experience more? “I experience the creative process. Both singing and composing…

08 Jun

ET Consumer Freedom Conclave on World No Tobacco Day 2022

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The ET Consumer Freedom Conclave held on World No Tobacco Day 2022 saw an interactive thought leadership platform themed ‘Reframing societal view on harm reduction: A medical and scientific perspective’ with the objective of driving discussion and debate around consumer freedom and consumer choices & need for progressive regulations based on scientific methods of harm reduction rather than bans.The multi-stakeholder discussions witnessed participation from renowned subject matter experts across policymakers, science & medicine, legal, think tanks and consumer organizations. The first panel deliberated ‘Enabling the shift to less harmful alternatives – Evidence-based policy recommendation’. The second panel was on ‘Empowering…

08 Jun

Massive fire broke out in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar burns dozens of e-rickshaws to ashes

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A large blaze broke out at the electric motor parking in Delhi's Jamia Nagar on early Wednesday morning, engulfing dozens of e-rickshaws alongside with other vehicles. A call was received at 5.02am about fireplace in the parking at Main Tikona Part in Jamia Nagar, Delhi Fire Services said. A total of eleven hearth tenders have been rushed to the spot. The fireplace has been introduced underneath manage and no casualties have been reported so far, in accordance to furnace officials. A complete of 10 cars, one motorcycle, two scooty, 30 new e-rickshaws, and 50 old e-rickshaws had caught fire, burning…

08 Jun

Al-Qaeda issued a warning letter of suicide bombings over ‘insult to Prophet’

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Central intelligence corporations are on alert after the Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) issued a letter warning of suicide bombings in Indian cities and states to avenge the insult to the Prophet. In a hazard letter dated June 6, the AQIS said it would launch suicide assaults in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to “fight for the honour of the Prophet”. All the states have been knowledgeable by using the talent groups about the chance and they have been requested to be on high alert. “A few days ago, the propagators and flag bearers of Hindutva – a device…

08 Jun

Assam success rate in class 10 board exams dips down

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The Board of Secondary Education Assam (BESA) announced the results of the Class 10 board exams on Tuesday, with 56.49 percent passing out of 4,05,582 candidates, officials said. The pass percentage among boys was 58.80 per cent, while among girls it was 54.49 per cent, they said. A total of 2,29,131 candidates have cleared the exam. Dhemaji had the highest pass percentage of 85.46, while Chirang recorded the lowest of 34.27 per cent. Additionally, before 2021, the pass percentage was 93.10.

08 Jun

UP boy kills mother for stopping him to play PUBG

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A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother after she was prevented from playing the online game PUBG. Police said they recovered her half-decomposed body on Tuesday night and sent it for post-mortem. The boy was arrested. According to reports, the boy shot his mother on Saturday and kept the body in a room of their house for two days before informing his father. His 9year-old sister was also at home when the incident happened. Police said he threatened her not to divulge the incident and used a room freshener to mask the smell of the rotting corpse. Additional Deputy…

08 Jun

RBI allows credit cards to be linked with UPI platform

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The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed credit cards to be linked to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which will enable more people to make payments using the popular platform. "It is proposed to allow linking of credit cards to UPI," RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the regulatory measures, including the bi-monthly policy review. He said the facility will be enabled to begin with Rupay credit cards issued by the RBI-promoted National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and will be made available after the system is developed. Das said the new system is expected to provide more opportunities and…

08 Jun

India, Vietnam decide to expand defence & security ties

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India and Vietnam signed a vision document to widen the scope and scale of bilateral defense cooperation when Defense Minister Rajnath Singh done "fruitful" talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang. The defense minister arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday on a three-day visit. Singh tweeted, “Had an excellent meeting with General Phan Van Giang, the Defence Minister of Vietnam. We renewed interactions on expanding bilateral cooperation. Our close Defence and Security cooperation is an important factor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region,”. Officials said The joint vision document provides for significant expansion of defense ties in diverse areas…

08 Jun

CM Mamata Banerjee’s statement on division of Bengal

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On demand of some BJP leaders for a separate state from Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she was ready to shed her own blood, ifneeded, to thwart such attempts to make separate the state. “As elections approach, the BJP is pushing for a separate state… sometimes seeking Gorkhaland, sometimes a separate state for North Bengal. I am ready to give my blood but will never allow partition of the state," Banerjee said. “Some people are threatening me, I don't care. I am not afraid of such threats,” she added.

07 Jun

Kanpur DM Neha Sharma transferred days after violence

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Days after violence broke out in parts of Kanpur after Friday prayers, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday transferred district magistrate (DM) Neha Sharma, in a predominant bureaucratic reshuffle in the state. Sharma will be replaced by way of chief minister's office exclusive secretary Vishak G Iyer. Sharma has been posted as director of nearby bodies. The district magistrates of Ballia, Aligarh, Basti, Jalaun, Etawah, Firozabad and Gorakhpur have also been changed. According to reports, modern Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash has now been posted as secretary of the industrial department. Clashes had erupted on June three in components of Kanpur…