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Delhi schools prepare to open for classes 10, 12 students after closures
Shorter class hours and entry and exit through multiple gates are among various new ways adopted by schools in Delhi as they prepare to welcome students of classes 10 and 12 back on Monday
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Kumaraswamy accuses Home Minister Amit Shah of ignoring Kannada language
Accusing Amit Shah of an anti-Kannada attitude, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy asked him to clarify regarding the local language not finding place on the foundation stone plaque of the RAF unit
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Smart toilets to rockets: Startups pitch innovations to PM Modi at Prarambh
Apps that improve lives of the visually impaired, mobile brick making machines, jackfruit flour that helps control diabetes and biodegradable PPE kits were other innovations on display
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Excise duty collection jump 48 % this fiscal on record hike in taxes on petrol, diesel
With this, the total incidence of excise duty on petrol rose to ₹ 32.98 per litre and that on diesel to ₹ 31.83 a litre.
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Demand to rationalise GST on food delivery biz to 5 %
Customers taking food delivery at their home or office are paying 13% higher price on the same food and beverages compared to customers who are walking down to restaurants as the dine-in tax rate is 5%, they claimed.
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Farm laws will help farmers increase their income manifold: Amit Shah
Amit Shah asserted that the three farm laws enacted by the Centre recently would enable farmers to increase their income manifold, as they will be able to sell their produce anywhere in the country
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10 new large-scale coronavirus vaccination centres to open up across UK
Ten new large-scale centres, including a rugby ground, racecourse, food court and a cathedral, will open up next week across Britain to join the seven already delivering Covid-19 vaccine
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Iran asks watchdog to not publish unnecessary Tehran nuke program details
Iran urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to avoid publishing unnecessary details on Tehran's nuclear program, state TV reported on Sunday
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Interview| Online gold loan business is gaining traction and NBFCs want to make the most of it: Indel Money CEO
The Kerala-based gold loan company is the first NBFC in the country to offer a two-year old gold loan product and mostly cater to the rural areas.
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Plea in Delhi High Court against Lakshmi Vilas Bank and DBS merger
A plea in the Delhi High Court has challenged the scheme of amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), contending that its shareholders have been "left in the lurch"
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Boris Johnson invites PM Narendra Modi to UK for G7 summit in June
UK PM Boris Johnson invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain between June 11 and 13
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ITC retains its holding in East India Hotels, subscribes to rights issue
An ITC spokesperson says EIH issue was attractively priced, and that ITC holding in EIH was part of its treasury investment portfolio
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Franklin Templeton MF's 6 shut schemes generate Rs 13,789 cr since closure
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund on Sunday said its six shut schemes have received Rs 13,789 crore from maturities, pre-payments and coupon payments since closing down in April
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China to surpass US to become world's largest IoT market in 2024: Report
China will surpass the US to become the world's largest Internet of Things (IoT) market in 2024
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Bank credit grows 3.2% to Rs 107.05 lakh crore in first nine months of FY21
Bank deposits rose 8.5 percent to Rs 147.27 lakh crore in the April-December 2020 period as against an increase of 5.1 percent a year ago, according to the recent data released by the Reserve Bank of India.
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Parents of road accident victims entitled to compensation: Delhi HC
Parents are dependent on their children at some stage of life and it would be inequitable to deny compensation to those who lost their ward in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has said
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Indian economy may contract 25% in current fiscal: Economist Arun Kumar
The Indian economy is not recovering as fast as the government claims and the country's economy may contract 25 per cent in the current financial year, noted economist Arun Kumar said on Sunday
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Most Indian IT firms to post high single-digit growth in 2021: Balakrishnan
The year 2021 will be good for India's information technology sector and most of the companies in the space are expected to clock high single digit growth, said industry veteran V Balakrishnan
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India's active Covid cases fall below 2% of total caseload for first time
The share of India's active Covid-19 cases, which stand at 208,826, has fallen below 2 per cent of the total caseload for the first time, the Union health ministry said on Sunday
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Common symptoms for Covaxin and Covishield
A test that can be altered to 'identify mutant strains', 'nanobodies' to fight novel coronavirus, role of nutrition in immune response-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19
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