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05 Oct

CBI Raids Rs 50 Lakh From 14 Premises Of Congress Leader DK Shivakumar

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday raided the premises of senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar in connection with the alleged corruption case against him. Sources indicated that the CBI raided 14 premises of state Congress chief DK Shivakumar and his brother and MP DK Suresh, including the former’s residence at Doddalahalli, Kanakapura and Sadashiva Nagar, in Bengaluru. The CBI has recovered a total of Rs 50 lakh after the raids, according to news agency PTI. It may be noted that the CBI has registered a case against DK Shivakumar and others on allegations of acquisition of disproportionate assets.…

05 Oct

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Says “We Beat The Virus Once more”.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared on Monday New Zealand "beat the virus again" and announced restrictions in the country's largest city would be eased, after a second Covid-19 wave was contained.The virus was believed to have been eradicated in late May after a strict national lockdown led to New Zealanders enjoying 102 days without community transmission. But a new cluster emerged in Auckland in August, forcing the city of 1.5 million into lockdown for almost three weeks. With no new confirmed instances in Auckland for 12 days, Ardern stated Monday the virus was now beneath management and congratulated residents for…

03 Oct

Hathras gang-rape case : Village Border Reopened After 2 Days,Reporters Allowed In.

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On Saturday authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras reopened the borders and said that they will allow media to enter the village where a 19-year-old woman was gang-raped, said the official. The UP Police has set up the barricades roughly 2km from the village on the main road on early Thursday, blocked off all the access paths, and deployed the policemen on the mud tracks and in the fields to prevent any "outsiders" from accessing the village. The officials have also said that section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prohibits the assembly of four or more people.was camped…

03 Oct

Amid LAC faceoff, US military aircraft refuels at Port Blair.

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In a improvement that comes amidst India’s ongoing navy confrontation with China in jap Ladakh, long-range maritime patrol plane of the US appear to have begun refuelling from the strategically-located Andaman & Nicobar island archipelago. An American P-Eight Poseidon plane, armed with radars in addition to missiles and rockets to tackle enemy submarines and warships, landed at Port Blair for a number of hours on September 25 for logistics and refuelling assist, stated sources on Friday.Whereas India and US have been offering refuelling and operational turnaround amenities to one another’s warships beneath the reciprocal navy logistics pact inked in 2016,…

03 Oct

“Jungle Raj In Goa”: Congress Leaders stage Midnight Protest to meet Javedkar.

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Several Goa Congress leaders, including the pradesh committee vice president, were detained Friday night after they protested in the lobby of a hotel demanding they be allowed to meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. Javadekar is in Goa to attend a series of meetings on the new farm bills Saturday. The Congress leaders reached the hotel around midnight and demanded to meet the Union minister over the Mahadayi river water dispute with Karnataka. When the hotel management refused them permission, they sat on a protest in the lobby. Later, the leaders were detained and taken to a police station in…

03 Oct

“Our prayers are with them”: WHO after US First Lady Test positive for COVID-19.

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The World Health Organization on Friday wished US President Donald Trump a speedy recovery from Kovid-19 and avoided criticizing his disdain for advice on protecting against the virus. Trump has been a serious critic of dealing with the WHO and the coronovirus epidemic, accusing the United Nations health agency of responding to the crisis. The United States formally began its withdrawal from the WHO in July, making good on Trump’s threat to deprive the organization of its top donor. WHO Director General Tedros Adnom Ghebreyus congratulated Trump and his wife Melania, who are also infected, “a full and speedy recovery”,…

02 Oct

BRONZE STATUE OF MAHATMA GANDHI INAUGURATED IN UKRAINE ON GANDHI JAYANTI

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Globally, Gandhi’s birth anniversary is celebrated as theInternational Day of Non-Violence. Several events were held inIndia and across the world to mark the occasion.On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi, a bronze statue of Bapu was inaugurated in Kyiv,Ukraine.The statue was inaugurated jointly by Indian AmbassadorPartha Satpathy, First Deputy Foreign Minister of UkraineEmine Dzhaparova, Deputy Minister for Education andScience of Ukraine Andriy Vitrenko and Professor PetroBekh, Vice-Rector, Taras Shevchenko National University ofKyiv.

02 Oct

PM Modi to inaugurate ‘VAIBHAV’ Summit through video conferencing today.

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e Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'VAIBHAV Summit' -- a platform which brings together overseas and resident Indian researchers and academicians, today. The summit aims to bring our Indian-origin luminaries in academic institutes, research organisations across the world, and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and science and technology (S&T) base in India for global development, a Prime Minister's Office statement said. PM Modi will inaugurate Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit today at 6:30 pm via video conferencing. It is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian researchers and…

02 Oct

Political storm over Hathras gang-rape intensifies; AAP leaders to protest at India Gate.

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In view of growing protests over Hathras gang-rape, the Delhi Police on Friday (October 2) cautioned against any gathering around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC. Police also said that a gathering of up to 100 people is permissible at the Jantar Mantar, but with a prior permission of the competent authority. No gathering is permissible around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) which prohibits assembly of five or more people at a time, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) New Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said…

01 Oct

Brexit : EU to Start Legal Action Against U.K. on Internal Market.

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An EU deadline for the government to remove sections of the Internal Market Bill expired on Wednesday. The "letter of formal notice" could eventually lead to a court case against the UK at the European Court of Justice, the EU's top court. But the EU has not walked away from talks over a post-Brexit trade deal. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the UK would have until the end of November to respond to the EU's concerns over the draft legislation. UK-EU trade talks are continuing in Brussels this week. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said both sides…