For tribal children of about 40 primary schools in Maoist infested Bastar district, Alexa is their new “teacher”. A teacher who answers every question, which tribal children ask out of curiosity- from the number of states in India to the weather condition in Bastar Division. “Alexa has changed everything in […]
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Indian connection to UK court order on Dubai princess
A British judge ruled on Thursday that Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his former wife. Judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted as proved a series of allegations made by Mohammed’s former wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, […]
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Colour-coded passes, restricted visiting hours: Parliament steps up against coronavirus
Parliament will restrict the movement of visitors and their entry when it reassembles after Holi on March 11 as a step to contain coronavirus, which has affected 31 people in India so far. It has also issued a health advisory in view of the outbreak of coronavirus, which causes a […]
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‘Who knows, FM may blame UPA’: Chidambaram jabs govt over Yes Bank crisis
Congress leader P Chidambaram attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre for the crisis in Yes Bank, India’s fifth-largest private lender, saying the government is living in ignorance. “I understand FM has made a statement blaming the UPA. That’s normal for a government living in ignorance. Does the FM know the numbers […]
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Govt wants to shoot the messenger, Supreme Court told on row over Harsh Mander speech
Activist Harsh Mander told the Supreme Court on Friday that his December 16, 2019 speech delivered at Jamia Milia, allegedly containing derogatory remarks against the Supreme Court, is neither objectionable nor contemptuous. Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for Mander told the court that the Delhi police had submitted a truncated […]
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‘No Yes Bank’: Rahul Gandhi aims at PM Modi over bank’s crisis
“No Yes Bank,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, taking a dig at the BJP-led government over the moratorium placed on Yes Bank, and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his “ideas” had destroyed the country’s economy. “No Yes Bank. Modi and his ideas have destroyed India’s economy,” […]
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Yes Bank crisis: Every depositor’s money is safe, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that there is no need to worry for the depositors of Yes Bank, which has been put under a moratorium by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). “We have been monitoring the situation. Now that RBI has come up with a plan, a resolution […]
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Indian student who came back from coronavirus epicentre Wuhan describes the ‘ghost town’
A student from Maharashtra, studying at a university near Wuhan in China, said on Thursday that initially there was no restriction on movement on people in the city, which was later placed under lockdown as the Covid-19 cases started mounting. Today, the streets are deserted, no private vehicles ply on […]
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Yes Bank problem bank-specific, not sectoral: SBI chief Rajnish Kumar
A day after the RBI superseded the board of India’s fourth-largest private sector lender Yes Bank, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Friday said the problem at hand is lender-specific and not sectoral. On Thursday, the SBI board gave its “in-principle” approval to exploring investment opportunities in […]
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Coronavirus: 13 Iranian tourists quarantined at Amritsar hotel
A 13-member group of tourists from Iran have been quarantined at a hotel in Amritsar and have been asked to not go out till their medical examination is completed, an official said. They reached Amritsar on Thursday night, the official added. “They have been quarantined at their hotel rooms,” Amritsar […]
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Amid coronavirus, no biometric attendance at Manipur govt offices
As a precautionary measure against coronavirus (COVID-19), the Manipur government has decided to do away with biometric attendance in all state offices and the secretariat with an immediate effect for a month. Conveying this during a press conference on Thursday, chief minister N Biren Singh said the government is closely […]
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Irish woman suspected to have coronavirus went missing, found in Odisha hotel
An Irish woman, suspected to be infected with coronavirus, who was reported missing from a government hospital in Odisha, has been found at a hotel in state capital Bhubaneswar. Officials in Bhubaneswar hospital where she was initially referred to refuted reports that the foreign national refused to get admitted in SCB […]
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Yes Bank shares fall 60%, crisis intensifies risk-off mood fuelled by coronavirus spread
Shares in India’s fourth-largest private lender Yes Bank plunged close to 60 per cent on Friday after the central bank seized control and imposed withdrawal limits. At 12:30 pm, the price was Rs 15.15 per share. Queues formed outside Yes Bank branches after the announcement late on Thursday that customers can only […]
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Rahul Gandhi, Cong leaders protest against Delhi violence, demand Amit Shah’s resignation
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of the party on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s answers and demanded the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah over last month’s communal violence in Delhi. Gandhi and a bunch of other Congress leaders shouted slogans near the statue of Mahatma […]
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Irish national suspected to have coronavirus, flees from Odisha hospital
An Irish national suspected to be infected with coronavirus and sent to the isolation ward of a government hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack city fled on Thursday night, officials said on Friday. The Irish national, who had flu-like symptoms, was on Thursday screened at the Biju Patnaik International airport in Bhubaneswar […]