India’s joblessness soars to 7.14%
India’s unemployment rate stood at 7.14 per cent in the week ending July 25, a rise of 1.16 per cent from the previous week ending July 18, as joblessness increased both in urban areas and the hinterland. Fresh data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on Monday showed the...
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After Punjab PCC change of guard, Cabinet rejig likely
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CBI raids 40 locations in fake arms licence case
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My phones tapped, IB people tell me: Rahul
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Cabinet nod for Central University in Ladakh
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Sink your differences to overthrow saffron regime: Didi to Opp
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Kundra ‘key conspirator’ in porn app case, say cops
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Af Army chief to visit India on July 27 to discuss security
20 July 2021 | PNS
Corona playing spoilsport! 2 athletes at Olympic Village test +ve
Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for Covid-19, the Games Organising Committee announced on Sunday, the development adding to the scepticism around the troubled event which opens on July 23. It is the first instance of athletes staying at the village catching the infection....
Registrations for UG courses at DU to start on August 2
Registrations for undergraduate courses at Delhi University will start on August 2 and registrations for Master’s and doctorate programmes will begin from July 26, Delhi University (DU) authorities confirmed it on Saturday. DU is likely to announce the first cut-off list between September 7 and 10, acting Vice Chancellor PC Joshi...
SC takes note of delay in release of prisoners after bail
The Supreme Court on Friday took a serious view of inordinate delay in the release of prisoners after they were granted bail by the court. It said it would set up a “secure, credible and authentic channel” for transmission of the orders for execution, saying in the digital age, “we are...
Intense political churning shakes Punjab Congress
The crisis in Punjab Congress has worsened. At a time when the internal strife was heading for a resolution, unconfirmed reports of the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu being made the State party president and Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh threatening to resign in protest surfaced, resulting in political turmoil in...
In a first, PMO to decide Ministers’ PS’ appointments
Mins to have no say, non-IAS officers to be considered too Junking conventional practice, the Modi Government has decided that all appointments of Private Secretaries (PS) to the Ministers will now be done by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). This means, the existing practice of Ministers selecting their own PS’ will...
Now nimesulide a pain for white-rumped vultures
After Diclofenac-like painkillers, nimesulide drug is becoming a major scourge for white-rumped vultures in the country, threatening to wipe out the critically endangered birds which are categorised under Schedule I of Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Researchers have now sought a ban on the use of nimesulide for veterinary purposes. Like...
Tharoor may replace Adhir as Congress leader in Lok Sabha
Sonia to discuss party’s strategy in forthcoming Monsoon Session Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called the party’s Parliamentary Strategy Group on Wednesday to discuss the party’s strategy in the forthcoming Monsoon Session and decide on naming a new leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, most likely Shashi Tharoor. According to...
