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Judiciary: SC closes suo motu probe in case against ex-CJI Gogoi

February 18, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the suo motu proceedings to probe a ‘larger conspiracy’ to frame former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in an alleged sexual harassment case filed against him by a woman employee in 2019. The top court had registered the suo motu case to examine the alleged conspiracy against […]

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Social media: irked over govt plans, FB blocks sharing news in Australia

February 18, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Increasingly social media, which have enjoyed unfettered ‘freedom’ like a license for years, is facing intense scrutiny and heat in different countries that are trying to make them more responsible and follow the rules laid down in those nations. Recently, India forced micro-blogging platform Twitter to climb down and block hundreds […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump sees second life; may contest again in 2024

February 18, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Political thinkers have often seen politics as the ‘art of the possible. Former Indian Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh, who ran his short-lived government in 1989-90, like a trapeze artist balancing between the Right and the Left, had even said that politics is, after all, ‘management of contradictions’. Nobody, perhaps, personifies […]

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Logistics: Adanis to invest Rs.10k crores on Dighi port

February 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mumbai: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), which has completed the acquisition of Dighi Port Ltd (DPL) in Maharashtra for Rs. 705 crores, plan to invest Rs.10,000 crore in its further development. This would enable APSEZ to service customers in Maharashtra, which includes the highly industrial areas and development in the Mumbai and […]

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Global Indians: Over 200 desis now call the shots overseas

February 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hillary Rodham Clinton had all the right credentials. She was a former US President’s wife, a Senator, and a lawyer. But she was first defeated in her first presidential bid by her own Democratic party nominee Barack Obama and then by the Republican, Donald Trump. In 2020, she took over as […]

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Amid agitation, Maha farmers make more money by selling outside mandis!

February 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh, among others, are agitating for more than two months, demanding the repeal of the three reformist agri-laws, their counterparts in parts of Maharashtra are enriching themselves by selling their products outside the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs), or mandis, which the new […]

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Roving Periscope: Don’t misuse V-P’s name, WH warns niece Meena

February 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Some people are often found misusing their celebrity relatives’ names directly or indirectly to influence others and boost their own status in society. Meena Harris, the controversial niece of the new US Vice-President Kamala Harris, is one of them. Finding that she has been trying to punch above her weight, the […]

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SAARC Diary: Gandhi Scholarships awarded to 150 students in Sri Lanka

February 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Bengaluru: The coveted Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships have been awarded to 150 advanced level school students from all 25 districts of Sri Lanka. These scholarships were presented by Gopal Baglay, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, and G L Peiris, Minister of Education of the island nation, at a special ceremony held at the Ministry of […]

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Khalsa TV: UK watchdog fines 50k pounds for inciting violence

February 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Kingdom’s media watchdog has imposed a hefty fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd, owner of KTV, for broadcasting a music video and a discussion that carried a terror reference and was an indirect call for the British Sikh to commit violence. On Friday, the Office of Communications […]

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SAARC Diary: India to fund restoration of three heritage sites in Nepal

February 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Venkatesh Iyer New Delhi: India will provide funds for the restoration of three cultural heritage projects in Nepal as part of post-earthquake conservation and restoration assistance. For the redevelopment of these cultural heritage sites, three MoIs were signed between the two countries recently. The contract envisages restoration and refurbishment of the Seto Machindranath Temple, the […]