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June unemployment rate 6.5% against 11% nationally

Data suggests Bengal better off on jobs: CM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday lauded Bengal’s unemployment rate for being lower than the national average, attributing it to the “robust” economic strategies of her government in the wake of Covid-19 and Amphan crises. Her tweet cited the June data of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a private research and busi...

China: follow Nehru, says Cong

The Congress has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unambiguously declare that Chinese occupation of Indian territory is not acceptable and contrasted his actions with...

Ambush: mole stink in Kanpur

A caller had got power authorities to switch off electricity to a Rural Kanpur village shortly before eight policemen were killed there during a raid to catch a gangster,...
'No one expects a vaccine to become available for routine public use anywhere before at least the end of 2020 or early 2021.'

ICMR faces flak on trials

India’s health research agency on Saturday said that clinical trials on its candidate Covid-19 vaccine would follow “best practices and rigour”, prompting sc...
With Mercedes-Benz launching the new GLE LWB and the all-new GLS, your dream now becomes your living reality.

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Workers wait at Vishnugarh in Hazaribagh to board a bus that will take them to Mumbai on Friday evening

Air ticket in hand and back to work

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China: trade the only way forward

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a morale-boosting speech, told troops in Ladakh that India’s “enemies have seen your fire and fury”...

Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal argued that spectacle and rhetoric cannot override the central issue of Chinese incursions.

Speech: row over research invite

Covid: Nitish seen with suspect

Samples of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, several of his secretaries and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi were sent for Covid-19&nb...

Basant Rath has urged the chief secretary to hold an enquiry and recommend the matter to higher authorities.

New chapter in cop vs cop

A house on fire at Maipith in Kultali, South 24-Parganas, on Saturday

TMC leader killed over Amphan dole fury

The stretch on Mudiali where the woman boarded the vehicle.

Murder in car, cabbie claims debt distress

Meghalaya director of health services Dr Aman Warr addresses a news conference on Saturday in Shillong

8 new Covid cases in Meghalaya

A security man explains to a couple on a bike that the Jusco billing section had been sealed after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus in Jamshedpur on Saturday

Steel city records first Covid death

Culture War: Trump's warnings

Standing in a packed amphitheatre in front of Mount Rushmore for an Independence Day celebration, President Trump delivered a dark and divisive speech...

According to the company website, JioMeet supports HD audio and video call quality with up to 100 participants and offers features such as screen sharing, meeting schedule and more.

Reliance's Jio in another rate war

Assam tea sets record

The three-day e-auction at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC)  has fetched a record average price amid the ongoing lockdown. GTAC secre...

As an NRI, it’s more important now than ever before, to invest in a home in India

Best time for NRIs to invest in Calcutta

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Pulitzer: win for Andrew Greer

Andrew Sean Greer knew he wanted to be a writer when he was 10 years old, writing a self-illustrated book for a class assignment. In 2018, he came out...

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Maps of a world in flux

At a time when physical journeys have been rendered impossible by the pandemic, maps, much like books, can take the armchair-bound traveller on unexpl...

Kumar’s ensembles have always been a fine balance between the classic and the edgy, catering to women across age groups and varied tastes

Ritu Kumar: Voice of fashion

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In this stay-at-home limbo, we had to remind ourselves that we still had courses to complete, assignments to write and correct and examinations to fret about.
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Ambush: mole stink in Kanpur

Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal argued that spectacle and rhetoric cannot override the central issue of Chinese incursions.
Basant Rath has urged the chief secretary to hold an enquiry and recommend the matter to higher authorities.
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First instalment of this levy is due on July 7. Challan also seeks mandatory PAN.
Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) conducts three-day e-auction.
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In 2018-19, India imported Rs 71,000 crore of power equipment. Imports from China were at Rs 21,000cr
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