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What Are WhatsApp Channels And How To Subscribe To Them

September 21, 2023 admin

WhatsApp Channels offer users an enhanced directory based on their countries. New Delhi: Messaging platform WhatsApp launched its Telegram-like feature called ‘Channels’ – A one-way broadcast tool for users to follow celebrities and handles of their interest like news, cinema, sports, entertainment, technology and even memes etc. Meta founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark…

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Derek O’Brien On Women’s Quota

September 21, 2023 admin

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress’s Derek O Brien today gave two options to the Centre on quota for women in parliament and state assemblies. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the debate on the women’s quota bill, he said the government should bring the bill in 2024, or give women quota in Rajya Sabha. Tucked in it…

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Mumbai Teen Kidnapped, Raped In Moving Taxi, 2 Arrested: Cops

September 21, 2023 admin

The two have been sent to police custody till September 25 Mumbai: Mumbai Police have arrested two people and registered a case against them for kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl in a moving taxi. According to the police, the victim girl had a fight with her family members and decided to go to Malvani…

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India Wants Reduction In Canada Diplomats

September 21, 2023 admin

“There should be parity, their numbers are much higher,” said Foreign ministry. (File) New Delhi: The government today said it had asked Canada to downsize its diplomatic presence in India and cited the “interference of Canadian diplomats in Indian affairs”, as the diplomatic row over the killing of a Khalistani terrorist escalated sharply. This was…

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Anti-Terror Agency Seeks Info On ‘Khalistani’ Attack On Indian Consulate In US

September 21, 2023 admin

A team from the agency had visited San Francisco in August. (File) New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released pictures of 10 accused involved in attacking the Indian consulate in the USA’s San Francisco in March and has sought information about them from the public. In the three separate ‘request for identification and…

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India Unable To Process Visa Applications Of Canadians Due To “Security Situation”

September 21, 2023 admin

India is “temporarily unable to process visa applications” from Canada because of “security threats faced by our High Commissions and Consulates” in that country, the government said Thursday afternoon, as hostilities escalate over accusations that “agents of New Delhi” killed a Khalistani terrorist and Canadian national – Hardeep Singh Nijjar – on Canadian soil. The…

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On Women’s Quota Bill, M Kharge’s ‘Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar’ Jab At JP Nadda

September 21, 2023 admin

Mallikarjun Kharge is a Congress MP and the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was ‘alive with the sound of poetry’ Thursday after Congress boss Mallikarjun Kharge quoted Kabir’s iconic ‘kaal kare so aaj kar‘ couplet to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party over delays in implementing the women’s…

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Shivraj Chouhan Inaugurates Adi Shankaracharya Statue. All You Need To Know About It

September 21, 2023 admin

Adi Shankaracharya stands on a 54-foot-high pedestal. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday unveiled a 108-feet statue of Adi Shankaracharya, 8th-century Vedic scholar and teacher, in Omkareshwar. Here are 5 points on Adi Shankaracharya’s statue: It is situated on Mandhata mountain in Omkareshwar, the city on the banks of Narmada River. It…

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Justin Trudeau, India-Canada Ties, PM Narendra Modi: Red Carpet To Red Signal In 10 Days: How India-Canada Ties Soured

September 21, 2023 admin

Tensions between India and Canada have spiked significantly New Delhi: Tensions between India and Canada have spiked significantly over the past few days following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations linking Indian agents to the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has termed the charges “absurd”. The past couple of days have seen…

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PM Narendra Modi Thanks Lok Sabha Members For Passage Of Women’s Reservation Bill

September 21, 2023 admin

PM Modi expressed gratitude to all Lok Sabha members for the passage of women’s reservation bill. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all the Lok Sabha members on Thursday for their wholehearted support for the passage of the women’s reservation bill. At the beginning of the proceedings of the House,…

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