India fully supports the priority areas chosen by Italy for its G20 presidency which include recovery from the pandemic, strengthening global health governance, economic recovery and resilience, climate change and food security, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday. Addressing a special briefing here ahead of Prime Minister’s Modi’s visit to Europe, […]
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PM Modi underlines ASEAN’s centrality in India’s vision of Indo-Pacific
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 18th ASEAN-India summit underlined the bloc’s centrality in India’s vision of the Indo-Pacific and noted that partnership with the grouping is a key pillar of India’s Act East Policy, said Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary-East, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Speaking after the conclusion of […]
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Sameer Wankhede’s wife writes to Maharashtra CM urging justice over ‘attack on her family’s personal life
Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s Mumbai unit Sameer Wankhede’s wife Kranti Redkar Wankhede on Thursday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urging justice, citing the “continued attack into her family’s personal life”. Kranti Redkar has also sought time from the Maharashtra CM to meet him but has not received any response yet. In […]
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Mumbai Police move Sessions Court to issue non-bailable warrant against Param Bir Singh
The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has moved an application in the Sessions Court to issue a non-bailable warrant against former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, said the Mumbai Police on Thursday. The Crime branch claimed that the former IPS officer is untraceable. The court has scheduled a hearing on October 29. A case of extortion was registered […]
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New Quad between India, Israel, UAE, US has no military component: Envoy Gilon
Israel’s new Ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Thursday said that the new quadrilateral economic forum between India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the US has no military component and the emphasis in only economy and infrastructure. In the first four-nations virtual meeting earlier this month, the Foreign […]
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Delhi Police Sub-Inspector arrested by CBI while accepting bribe
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Delhi Police Sub-Inspector Bhojraj while he was allegedly accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe from an accused in a case, local police said. Bhojraj was arrested from a mall in the Saket area of the national capital, Delhi police said The SI was posted at the Maidan Garhi Police Station. […]
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Cruise drug case: NCB witness Kiran Gosavi arrested by Pune Police in 2018 cheating case
Pune City police on Thursday arrested Kiran Gosavi who is a witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case, in connection with a cheating case lodged in 2018. Gosavi was arrested by Faraskhana Police station in Maharashtra’s Pune. According to the police, he will be produced before the Pune Court at 2 […]
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ITBP traces 3 missing trekkers’ bodies near Barua Pass in Himachal Pradesh
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Thursday traced the bodies of three missing trekkers near Barua Pass in Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of 15,000 feet. The mountaineering paramilitary force said the bodies are being extricated from snow and being carried by the personnel of the 17th Battalion of ITBP and expected to reach the road head by […]
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PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of J-K bus mishap
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each from PM National Relief Fund to the next of kin of those killed in the bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Thatri. Eight people were killed and several others injured after a mini bus travelling from Thathri to […]
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Australia’s Victoria state sees deadliest day of Covid-19 ahead of new freedom
The Australian state of Victoria recorded its deadliest day since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on Thursday with 25 deaths reported. The state also reported 1,923 new local infections on the day. Some 746 infected Victorians are in hospital, including 137 patients in ICU and 85 people on ventilators. Despite high case numbers, most indoor settings in […]
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BCC Group reformatting as a full-fledged realty firm
Diversification is nothing but entering new markets with new products. A company’s diversification strategy can be either in its related business or unrelated fresh domain. However, related diversification makes more sense as chances of success is more and helps the firm go full circle. The young and enterprising CEO of […]
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Cruise drugs case: NCB witness Kiran Gosavi wants call, chat details of Prabhakar Sail to be released
Kiran Gosavi, the NCB’s witness in the Mumbai cruise drugs case, on Thursday asked the officials to release the call and chat detail records of Prabhakar Sail. Sail, who is the personal bodyguard of Kiran Gosavi and also a witness in the Mumbai cruise ship raid case, has alleged that Gosavi took Rs 50 lakh from an […]
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India successfully launches surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5
India has successfully launched the surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Agni-5 that can strike targets at ranges up to 5,000 km with a very high degree of accuracy. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence, the launch was carried out on Wednesday at approximately 7:30 pm from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. The missile, which […]
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Iran agrees to start negotiations on 2015 nuclear deal before November end
Iran has agreed to start negotiations on the abandoned 2015 nuclear deal before the end of this November. IRNA reported on Wednesday that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani said that “we agree to start negotiations before the end of November”. “Had a very serious & constructive dialogue with @enriquemora on the essential elements for […]
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India reports 16,156 new Covid-19 cases, 733 deaths in last 24 hours
India reported 16,156 new COVID-19 cases and 733 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. The country also reported 17,095 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate at 98.20 percent, which is the highest since March 2020. The […]