India

02 Aug

E-RUPI Launch by PM Modi : e-RUPI voucher can be used for medical purposes, education instead of providing cash to help someone, PM Modi

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaIndia, PM modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches e-RUPI, an e-voucher-based digital payment solution, on August 2, Monday, via video conferencing. The e-RUPI initiative will be one of the programmes launched over the years to limit touch points between the government and the beneficiary and "ensure that the benefits reach its intended beneficiaries in a targeted and leak-proof manner", the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. PM also said that among the benefits of e-RUPI are cashless and contactless digital payment, connecting service sponsors and beneficiaries digitally and ensuring leak-proof delivery of several welfare services. According to a statement issued by the…

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02 Aug

Anu Malik gets trolled for copying Israel’s national anthem

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsAnu Malik, Israel’s national anthem

Anu Malik had been trending on top of Twitter charts after Israel won its first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020. During the felicitation ceremony, when Artem Dolgopyat was presented his medal, the country’s national anthem, Hatikvah was played, and a few Twitter users realised that the anthem sounded similar to Diljale’s song Mera Mulk Mera Desh. The patriotic song was released in 1996 and was composed by Anu Malik. The song was crooned by Kumar Sanu and Aditya Narayan. The video featured Ajay Devgn.  Netizens blamed Anu Malik for copying other country’s national anthems and shared memes on…

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01 Aug

Yuvraj Singh’s viral Friendship Day post is the best ever. Sania Mirza is ‘quite offended’ though

editor0 CommentsIndia, Sportssachin tendulkar, Sania Mirza

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh occupied the top spot on the trends list soon after he shared a heartwarming post on Instagram to celebrate Friendship Day on August 1. “To a lifetime of friendship. #HappyFriendshipDay,” Yuvraj said in the caption of his post which has gone crazy viral on social media. Yuvraj, in his post, shared a short clip featuring pictures and videos of his friends including Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan as well as Chris Gayle. The images are from the field as well as from their outings.One of the pictures also…

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01 Aug

A 10-Year-Old Boy Passed The Class 10th Board Examination With 79 Percent Marks

editor0 CommentsEducation, IndiaUP Board of Secondary Education

In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a 10 year old child has passed the class 10th examination of the UP Board. The student name is Aditya Krishna. His family is very happy with Aditya’s success. Aditya has scored 83 marks in English, 82 marks in Hindi, 76 marks in Science, 64 marks in Mathematics, 86 marks in Art and 84 marks in Social Science. In view of Aditya’s extraordinary talent, the UP Board of Secondary Education had given him special permission in 2019, after which he was admitted in class 9 at MD Shukla Inter College, Lucknow. This is the second time…

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01 Aug

PM Modi is expected to preside over the meeting of the UN Security Council on August 9

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalPrime Minister Narendra Modi

Syed Akbaruddin, India's former envoy to UN, said that For  the first time in over 75 years,  Indian political leadership has invested in presiding over an event of the 15-member UN body and this depicts that the country's leadership wants to lead from the front. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM to preside over a meeting during India's presidency of the United Nations Security Council. According to sources Akbaruddin, who is a former permanent representative of India to UN, said, "Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister, who has decided to preside over…

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31 Jul

BJP leader Babul Supriyo quits politics

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsBabul Supriyo, BJP

BJP leader from West Bengal, Babul Supriyo, has hinted at quitting active politics. Calling himself a team player, the MP from Asansol in his Facebook post said that one doesn’t have to be in politics to do social work. “If you want to do social work, you can do it without being in politics,” he wrote. Clearing the air that he may join any other party, mainly the Trinamool Congress which is the arch-rival of the BJP in WestBengal, the banker-turned-singer-turned-politician said, “Alvida. Am not going to any other party – TMC, Congress, CPIM, nowhere. I am confirming that nobody…

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31 Jul

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu in semifinals, to fight for bronze now

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsPV Sindhu, Tokyo Olympics

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu’s hopes of securing India’s first-ever Olympic gold in badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game defeat against world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles semifinals here on Saturday. However, the 26-year-old silver-medallist from the Rio Games remained in the hunt for bronze and will be competing against China’s He Bing Jiao in the third-place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday. One of the most consistent players, who has claimed medals in all big-ticket events in the last five years, Sindhu couldn’t counter Tai Tzu’s deception…

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30 Jul

Mamata Banerjee wants Javed Akhtar to write a song on ‘Khela Hobe

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalJaved Akhtar, mamata banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday requested noted lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar to write a song on "Khela Hobe," her poll slogan. Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi today met Banerjee who is on a four-day visit to Delhi. After meeting Banerjee, the poet said there should be a parivartan (change) in the country and it is the history of Bengal that the state had led the revolutionary movements. Briefing media persons after his meeting Akhtar said, "It was a courteous meeting. This is the history of Bengal that it had led the revolutionary movements. Artists and intellectuals of Bengal…

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30 Jul

CCTV Of Jharkhand Judge’s Murder Spurs Outrage, Raised In Supreme Court

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A Jharkhand additonal district judge, who had been hearing some “sensitive cases”, was killed in an apparent road accident during his morning walk in Dhanbad on Wednesday. The Jharkhand high court on Thursday pulled up the state government over “delay” in filing of the FIR and said this incident and another — the alleged murder of an advocate in the Tamar area of Ranchi recently — were a direct attack on the “justice dispensation system.” Bar associations of the Supreme Court, the HC and Dhanbad courts demanded a CBI probe into the case. CCTV footage that has surfaced online shows…

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30 Jul

“Just A Minute Before Bout…”: Mary Kom Questions Change Of Ring Dress At Tokyo Olympics

editor0 CommentsIndiaMary Kom, Tokyo Olympics

India's boxing legend MC Mary Kom revealed that she was asked to change her ring dress just a minute before her quarter-final bout at Tokyo Olympics 2020. Taking to her official Twitter handle, Kom on Friday (July 30) wrote that she was surprised after the incident and appealed for an explanation. She even tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, current sports minister Anurag Thakur, former sports minister Kiren Rijiju, the International Olympics Committee also the official handle of Olympics. Boxing great MC Mary Kom made a heart-breaking exit from Tokyo Olympics after losing to Ingrit Victoria Valencia of Colombia in the…

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