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‘Where is your dignity now?’: Prashant Kishor’s latest jibe at Nitish Kumar has Kota connect
Election strategist Prashant Kishore has been constantly targeting Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over the plight of the people from the state stranded in other places during the lockdown to break the chain of coronavirus infections. Read more.
Centre opens job avenue for migrant workers, bars inter-state movement of labourers
The central government opened on Sunday an employment avenue for migrant labourers in states where they are stranded, while also making it clear that they will not have permission for interstate travel. Read more.
India takes up collapse of Kartarpur gurudwara domes with Pakistan
India has taken up with Pakistan the issue of collapse of domes of Sikh shrine Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, people aware of the development said. Read more.
IGNOU TEE June: Deadline extended to submit assignment till May 31, exam form till May 15
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the deadline to submit the assignment for term end exam (TEE- June) 2020 up to May 31. Earlier, the last date to submit the TEE June assignments was April 30. Read more.
‘MS was totally opposite’: Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Anil Kumble’s captaincy style decoded by Srikkanth
The rise of MS Dhoni is nothing short of a fairytale and in that dream story, a lot of former cricketers and coaches played their part. Former India opener and chief selector Kris Srikkanth was one of them. Read more.
Kangana Ranaut defends sister, targets Farah Khan Ali again: ‘Don’t twist words to suit your distorted narrative’
Kangana Ranaut has hit back at jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali’s claim that Rangoli Chandel’s tweet, which got her suspended from Twitter was “totally inappropriate, hateful and goes against the rule of law”. Read more.
Penguins wandering on street ‘wonder’ where the humans have gone
What were the penguins wandering around on a quiet Cape Town street wondering about? Probably they were thinking where all the humans went – or at least that is what netizens suggest. Read more.
Throwback fashion: Sridevi stunned in a maroon Benarasi silk saree, Janhvi shines in green
Dabboo Ratnani has been posting interesting and fun videos of himself getting “bored in his house”.Celebrating ‘25 years of Dabboo Ratnani, the photographer most recently posted a picture of King Khan, Shah Rukh Khan. Read more.
Zoom hack: We asked Microsoft, Google, AnyDesk about their encryption models
From getting hacked by Zoombombers to selling software exploits in the Dark Web, Zoom, the video conferencing app, has probably seen it all over the past few weeks. Read more.
Call centre running from Gurugram hotel busted amid lockdown, 7 arrested
To keep its business running even during lockdown, a call center company ran its operations illegally from 35 rooms it had booked in the luxurious Radisson Hotel in Gurugram’s Udyog Vihar. Police said the promoters of the company, Saburi TLC World Wide service Pvt Ltd , threatened their employees to work from the hotel and violated social distancing norms in effect in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch here.
Andhra Pradesh govt to bring gender, child budget from financial year 2021-22
- The Gender Budget Statement is proposed to be prepared in two parts. Part A- reflecting schemes that are 100% targeted towards women and girl beneficiaries; and Part B- reflecting Pro-women and girl schemes in which 30 to 99% allocations are towards women and girls.
Time to review 50% cap on quota? Supreme Court asks states
- If the Supreme Court's five-judge bench accepts that the judgment in Indra Sawhney case should be modified, the case will have to be referred to an 11-judge bench.
SC to examine whether to review 50% cap on quota: Key points
Toolkit case: Nikita Jacob, Shantanu Muluk’s bail plea to be heard today
Money laundering case: ED raids MLA Sukhpal Khaira's house in Chandigarh
Farmers' protest: India condemns false assertions in UK parliamentary debate
Indiscriminate mining has irreversibly damaged Aravallis, suggest documents
With 15,388 new cases, India's daily Covid-19 infections dip slightly
'India stands out in terms of its Covid-19 vaccine policy', says IMF's Gopinath
Kolkata fire tragedy: Centre orders high-level inquiry and other latest updates
- On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those killed in the fire.
Delhi HC to hear plea challenging new rules to regulate internet content
News updates from HT: IMD predicts rain, snow in western Himalayan region
Missing woman's body, chopped into pieces, found in Jharkhand
‘No lesson needed from Amit Shah’: Kerala CM’s retort to home minister
- Amit Shah had earlier hit out at Vijayan, saying the Kerala CM had no moral right to continue in power after ED pointed to a statement alleging his involvement in the gold smuggling case.
