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After three farm bills had been passed in Parliament, Krishak Sabha gave a call to block national highways at 92 places and state highways at 86 points across Bengal on  September 25. On that day, lakhs of people protested the legislations enacted by the Narendra Modi government, said Amal Halder, the secretary of the Bengal unit of the All India Krishak Sabha, the peasant wing of the CPM.“The spontaneous participation of people in the protests had come as a surprise for us,” said Ha...

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has tested positive for Covid-19, during a routine test, his office said in a tweet this evening. He is asymptomatic and in good health.  ...
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In a scathing attack on those opposing the new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they wanted only the middlemen to thrive and referred to t...

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A 19-year-old Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras died at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Tuesday morning, days after she was raped by fou...

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Amit Shah inaugurates ‘Destination North East 2020’ fest via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Sunday.

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Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi is the largest government hospital in Jharkhand

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Monday seemed to be so much like Sunday, but as they say, there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. So while Rajasthan Royals had pulled...

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A report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE produces economic and business databases) says that five million salaried employees lost th...

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I shall now discuss a major moment of dissent that helped to establish a free and democratic India. I have chosen this because it draws on some of the earlier strands of the Self and th...
Unlike in current times, Indian nationalism has largely meant the coming together of all citizens who claimed equal status and rights in an independent nation-state
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A gang rape took place earlier this month on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway. A woman was driving to Gujranwala from Lahore around 1 am when her car’s fuel ran out. She called the Motorway helpli...

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There will be no brick-and-mortar memorials for the victims of the novel coronavirus. Their lives will be commemorated online, on posthumous Facebook pages, stilled Twitter timelines, in the Google searches that dredge up their names and black-and-white class photos arranged in uniformed rows.
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With 41,281 tests, the total tests went past 31 lakh, to stop just short of 31.4 lakh on Monday
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Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said the organisation will contest the polls through its political front Azad Samaj Party, which he heads.
Around six ministers and even deputy Speaker Rajanikant Singh have been diagnosed with Covid-19 during the tests conducted ahead of the commencement of the session. The members who have tested positive will not be allowed to enter the Assembly premises.
Some 20-odd civil service aspirants have petitioned the court to postpone the exam – being held offline --- by at least two to three months lest thousands of candidates get infected by the coronavirus.
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“The judgment had given the government certain laxity, which Parliament did not want to give the government,” Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, who headed a three-judge bench, observed orally on Monday while adjourning the matter by two weeks.
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The Centre is exploring the possibility of reducing crude oil cess by half to 10 per cent in an effort to encourage investment and production in the sector Senior oil ministry officials said they wer...
Senior oil ministry officials said they were considering the industry’s demand to reduce the cess on domestic crude oil. 
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“The approach I would prefer is to have a large infrastructure stimulus over the next 12-18 months. This will boost aggregate demand, crowd in private investment, create jobs and help medium term growth,” said Chinoy at an event organised by the Bengal Chamber or Commerce and Industry.
“Due to the Indian government’s rejection, Lufthansa will now have to cancel all planned flights between Germany and India between 30 September and 20 October,” it added.
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