Month: September 2024

Digital Bharat Nidhi to fund provisioning of telecom services in urban areas now

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Image for representation | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan The ₹80,000 crore Digital Bharat Nidhi will now support provisioning of telecommunication services in urban areas with additional benchmarks, such as making such services affordable and enhancing their security, an official statement said on Monday. The scheme under the Telecommunications Act 2023 was notified last week. “The…

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Business

PM Narendra Modi’s Singapore Visit To Bilateral Take Ties To An “Entirely New Level”: Foreign Ministry

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PM Modi will be on visit Singapore on September 4, 5 to further strengthen bilateral ties. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to Singapore on September 4, 5 to further strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations. The prime minister’s visit comes a fortnight after the high-level roundtable between…

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World

India’s 156.7 Kmph Pace Sensation Mayank Yadav Receives Massive ‘Rolls Royce’ Praise

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Former South Africa cricketer and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fielding coach Jonty Rhodes called IPL 2024 spearhead pacer Mayank Yadav “Rolls Royce” of the IPL franchise. The pacer, a product of Delhi’s Sonnet Cricket Club, gained the attention of the cricket fraternity with his raw pace in his debut match against Punjab Kings…

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Sports

Sumit Nagal Pulls Out Of Davis Cup Tie Against Sweden Due To Back Injury

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Sumit Nagal in action© AFP India’s top singles player Sumit Nagal on Monday pulled out of the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Sweden due to a back injury. Nagal recently lost his first round singles contest to Tallon Griekspoor at the US Open. The indoor hard-court contest in Stockholm will be played on…

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Sports

Germany’s Scholz worried by far-right surge in regional elections

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Solingen, Germany, on September 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: via Reuters The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to win a state legislature election in Germany since World War Two German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the…

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World

Explained: Controversy Surrounding Netflix’s ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’

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‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’, directed by Anubhav Sinha, was released on Netflix on August 29. New Delhi: Netflix’s latest web series, ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’, has sparked a controversy. The show, which is based on the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight by terrorists, has been accused of distorting facts, whitewashing terrorism,…

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Nation

Top Court Forms Committee To Settle Grievances Of Protesting Farmers

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The Supreme Court said farmers will be free to shift their peaceful agitations to alternative sites. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border. A bench of Justices Surya…

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Nation

Weaponised Drones Arrive In Crisis-Hit Manipur In Major Escalation

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Manipur Police said weaponised drones were used to attack civilians on Sunday Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: For the first time, crisis-hit Manipur saw the use of drones to drop bombs, signalling a major escalation in the state hit by ethnic violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes. Until yesterday, drones were used only for reconnaissance….

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Yuvraj Singh’s Father Yograj Attacks Kapil Dev, Says “Told Him, World Would Spit On You”

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Yograj Singh, the father of former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, often finds a way to make headlines with his explosive comments. Having belittled the legendary MS Dhoni for years, Yograj targeted India’s 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev. Born in 1958, Yograj earned his only Test cap in 1981 and made his ODI…

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