Fact Check: Smartphone can be a health hazard, but it does not cause eye worms

Fact Check: Smartphone can be a health hazard, but it does not cause eye worms

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Lack of preparedness leaves urban and rural poor vulnerable to third Covid wave: Survey

Lack of preparedness leaves urban and rural poor vulnerable to third Covid wave: Survey

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42 children from Assam rescued in Sikkim, 2 arrested

42 children from Assam rescued in Sikkim, 2 arrested

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UP: Dalit student forced to shave off moustache by 'upper caste' men

UP: Dalit student forced to shave off moustache by 'upper caste' men

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Hyderabad: Osman Nagar remains inundated after heavy rain, residents slam officials

Hyderabad: Osman Nagar remains inundated after heavy rain, residents slam officials

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West Bengal: BSF detains three Bangladeshi nationals for illegally crossing border

West Bengal: BSF detains three Bangladeshi nationals for illegally crossing border

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3rd ODI: Avishka Fernando, Akila Dananjaya fire as Sri Lanka end losing streak, India clinch series 2-1

3rd ODI: Sri Lanka end losing streak with 3-wicket win but India clinch series 2-1

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Bharat Biotech terminates MoU with Brazilian partners after graft allegations

Bharat Biotech terminates MoU with Brazilian partners after graft allegations

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Tokyo Olympics: From Saurabh Chaudhary to Mirabai Chanu - Top athletes to watch out for on Saturday, July 24

India at Tokyo 2020: Indian athletes in action on Saturday, July 24

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3 die in heavy rains in Karnataka, thousands evacuated

3 die in heavy rains in Karnataka, thousands evacuated

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Fact Check: Video of 2011 Japan tsunami circulated as footage of China floods

Fact Check: Video of 2011 Japan tsunami circulated as footage of China floods

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US Secretary of State Blinken to visit India on July 27-28; focus to be on consolidating ties

US Secretary of State Blinken to visit India on July 27-28; focus to be on consolidating ties

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3rd ODI: SL bag consolation win; India clinch series 2-1

A rejigged Indian team promised a lot but delivered little as Sri Lanka finally managed to win an ODI on home soil after nine long years, beating the visitors by three wickets in the third and final match of the series on Friday.

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Shilpa resigned from Raj Kundra’s co, cops investigating

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra spent 6 long hours today evening as officials from Mumbai's Crime Branch searched through their sprawling home looking for key evidence. Sources close to the investigation have revealed that Shilpa’s involvement in the case is being probed into right now.

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Over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Some Delhi-based Kashmiri journalists and over 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets for surveillance between 2017 and mid-2019 by an yet unidentified government agency that is also believed to be a client of the Israeli company NSO Group, The Wire reported on Friday.

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YouTube removes Bengal BJP chief's videos

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Special Covid vaccination drive on July 25 for people in commercial activities: Gujarat Dy CM Nitin Patel

Special Covid vaccination drive on July 25 for people in commercial activities: Gujarat Dy CM Nitin Patel

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High positivity in some states could spur next wave: Govt

Even as the overall Covid positivity rate has been less than 3% for over a month now, states like Kerala, Manipur, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya still have large number of districts with weekly positivity significantly above 10%, causing concern in the Centre that this may trigger the next wave in the absence of stringent micro-level containment.

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'Pegasus row aimed at derailing data protection bill'

Junior external affairs minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said the Pegasus controversy was linked to a report of a parliamentary committee headed by her that examined the Personal Data Protection Bill, and was an attempt to prevent such a legislation.

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'Centre never sought oxygen death data'

Two Congress-led states on Thursday refuted the Centre’s statement in Parliament that “no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by the states” during the second wave of Covid-19. ​​The health ministers of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh claimed their states were never asked to submit the relevant data and hence did not report the number of Covid deaths medically attributed to oxygen shortage.

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Ready to go: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa gave enough indications on Thursday that his exit was imminent and said he would abide by the BJP central leadership’s decision about his political future.

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Delhi man arrested for blackmailing women for nude pics on app for depressed people

Delhi man arrested for blackmailing women for nude pics on app for depressed people

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TDP leader Nara Lokesh slams Jagan Reddy for suspending a teacher in Visakhapatnam

TDP leader Nara Lokesh slams Jagan Reddy for suspending a teacher in Visakhapatnam

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Phones of ex-CBI chief Alok Verma too on snoop list: Report

After the government decided to remove Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief, his three phone numbers were allegedly noted by an unnamed agency which was known to be a user of the Pegasus spyware, a web portal said in a report on Thursday.

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IT searches Dainik Bhaskar, oppn calls it attack on press

In a major action, income tax (I-T) officials on Thursday conducted searches on 30 premises across several cities, including Indore, Bhopal, Jaipur, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Korba and Ahmedabad, against the Bhaskar media group and its promoters in the Panama paper leak case.

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Anil Ambani may also have been surveilled: Report

Phone numbers that have been used by Anil Ambani and one other official of the Reliance ADA Group were added to the leaked list that was analysed by media partners of the Pegasus Project consortium, web portal The Wire said on Thursday.

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Pegasus row: MP snatches, tears IT min’s papers in Parl

High drama unfolded in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday afternoon when Trinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen snatched papers from IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw just as the minister stood up to make a statement on the Pegasus snooping row, setting off a heated exchange of words with BJP benches.

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Governor dalal of BJP, Modi and Amit Shah must be beaten with shoes: Congress MLA on Pegasus spying case

Modi, Amit Shah must be beaten with shoes: Congress MLA on Pegasus row

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DK Shivakumar slams Karnataka govt, says BJP leaders only want power

DK Shivakumar slams Karnataka govt, says BJP leaders only want power

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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to inspect many ongoing projects in Bengaluru on Friday

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to inspect many ongoing projects on Friday

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Opposition parties join forces in Parliament as govt struggles to get work done

Opposition parties join forces in Parliament as govt struggles to get work done

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PM Modi solely responsible: Jharkhand Health Minister on Covid-19 deaths due to lack of Oxygen

Jharkhand Health Minister blames PM Modi for Covid-19 deaths due to lack of Oxygen

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Shilpa Shetty's first post since Raj Kundra’s arrest

Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra has been arrested for creating pornography content for mobile applications. He has been sent to police custody till Friday. Also, the latest reports stated that Shilpa will not be served a summon in the Raj Kundra case which was being speculated in the last few days.

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Why SBI, Google & other websites were not working

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India vs County XI: Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara have decent hit on Day 3 as warm-up match ends in draw

India vs County XI: Mayank, Pujara have decent hit on Day 3 as tour match ends in draw

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Home Minister Amit Shah to meet CMs, chief secys of Northeast states in Shillong on July 24

Home Minister Amit Shah to meet CMs, chief secys of Northeast states in Shillong on July 24

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What Bombay HC said while dismissing petitions filed by Anil Deshmukh and Maharashtra govt

What Bombay HC said while dismissing petitions filed by Anil Deshmukh and Maharashtra govt

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Sushil Kumar's associate arrested, reveals how wrestler kidnapped Sagar Dhankhar before thrashing him

Sushil Kumar's associate arrested, narrates the infamous brawl at Chhatrasal Stadium

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'Anil Ambani, ex-CBI chief potential Pegasus spyware targets'

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India in extended troika on Af? Russia yet to decide

Even as it backs a stronger role for India in the Afghanistan peace process, Russia is yet to make up its mind on India’s participation in the extended troika format involving US, China, Russia and Pakistan.

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Big dip in J&K terror incidents in 2021

Jammu & Kashmir recorded a significant decline in terror-related incidents this year, which fell to 67 till July 16, 2021 from 105 till June 30 last year. Local terror recruitment too was lower at 57 cases till July 16 this year as compared to 73 in the first half of 2020.

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Bareilly cousins Sajid-Wajid arrested for drug trafficking in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 2 crore recovered

Bareilly cousins Sajid-Wajid arrested for drug trafficking in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 2 crore recovered

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CID keeps eye on MLAs who met new Punjab Congress president Sidhu on Wednesday

Punjab CID keeps eye on MLAs who met Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday

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Israeli ministers to look into NSO spyware charges

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to look into growing allegations that the Pegasus spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused in India, France, Mexico, Morocco and Iraq, an Israeli source said on Wednesday.

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Delta causing most post-vaccine infections

Genome sequencing of recent samples from across the country shows that the Delta variant continues to be the dominant lineage causing new Covid-19 cases though there is strong evidence that vaccination offers a high level of protection, the Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said.

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China woos young Tibetans to join PLA

China has further cranked up efforts to recruit young Tibetans in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and local militias as well as to act as guides along the border, even as it continues to consolidate its military positions and upgrade its airbases facing India.

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Khela Hobe 2.0: Is Mamata eyeing a bigger role in national politics?

Khela Hobe 2.0: Is Mamata eyeing a bigger role in national politics?

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Didi tries to rally opposition for 2024 but says no PM aspirations

“We have to unite, for our people, for our country. People will never forgive us if we don’t,” said Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, using the “July 21 Martyrs’ Day” platform to pitch for a united “front” of opposition parties to take on BJP in the 2024 general election.

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India, Pakistan forces exchange Eid sweets

The Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday exchanged sweets and pleasantries with their Pakistani counterparts on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha at different border posts in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab for the first time since the Pulwama attack in 2019.

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Sidhu hosts '62 MLAs' in show of strength

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s meeting with “62 MLAs” at his residence on Wednesday, followed by a trip to the Golden Temple to pray, MLAs in tow, was seen as a major show of strength by the newly appointed Punjab Congress chief in his running feud with chief minister Amarinder Singh.

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UP seeks SC okay to install statues in public places

Keen to install statues of saints, religious leaders, political figures, freedom fighters and martyrs in public places, the Yogi Adityanath government has moved the Supreme Court seeking relaxation of its eight-year-old order banning such activities.

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Fact Check: These are not 5,000-year-old Hindu idols found in the sea off Indonesia

Fact Check: These are not 5,000-year-old Hindu idols found in the sea off Indonesia

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Supreme Court strikes down part of Constitution Amendment on cooperative societies

Supreme Court strikes down part of Constitution Amendment on cooperative societies 

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BJP takes dig at Mamata Banerjee's ambition to go national, calls her 'bohiragoto'

BJP takes dig at Mamata Banerjee's ambition to go national, calls her 'bohiragoto'

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Honour to serve BJP: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa urges supporters not to 'indulge in protests' amid exit rumours

Yediyurappa urges supporters to follow party ethics amid exit rumours

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Drones spotted near Jammu Air Force station

Drone activity was detected near the Jammu Air Force station once again on Wednesday morning, less than a week after a flying machine was spotted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwala area of Akhnoor.

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Nirav states he is suicidal and won’t get fair trial in India

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India vs Sri Lanka: Shikhar Dhawan, Rahul Dravid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar enjoy dinner 'with amazing company'

India vs Sri Lanka: Dhawan, Dravid, Bhuvneshwar enjoy dinner 'with amazing company'

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Amarinder Singh likely to speed up investigation in cases against Congress MLAs siding with Navjot Singh Sidhu

Captain likely to expedite probe against Cong MLAs supporting Sidhu

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Tokyo Olympics: 'Drastic measures' by organisers hurting young mothers, says Spanish athlete

Tokyo Olympics: 'Drastic measures' hurting young mothers, says Spanish athlete

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2 TMC workers shot dead on way back from party's '21st July' virtual event

2 TMC workers shot dead on way back from party's '21st July' virtual event

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Wrong entries in health App raise Covid alarm in Indian camp

Wrong entries in the health status application caused a COVID-19 scare in the Indian camp at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

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Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens: sources

Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens: sources

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Over 45,000 cases of mucormycosis reported in country

Over 45,000 cases of mucormycosis reported in country

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Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's speech on Covid-19 insightful: PM Modi

Health Minister's speech on Covid-19 insightful: PM Modi

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NCP leader Eknath Khadse's son-in-law files bail plea in money laundering case, alleges political scapegoating

NCP leader Eknath Khadse's son-in-law files bail plea in money laundering case, alleges political scapegoating

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India vs Sri Lanka: Tremendous knocks under pressure - Virat Kohli praises Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav

Kohli doffs his hat to Chahar and Suryakumar after India win Colombo thriller

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68% of Indians have Covid-19 antibodies, 1/3rd vulnerable

At least one-third of Indians are still vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, health officials have said, while sharing the findings of the fourth national sero survey, which shows 67.6% of the general population have antibodies against the SARS-CoV2 virus.

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France launches probe into Pegasus spying row

The cellphones of French President Emmanuel Macron and 15 members of the French government may have been among potential targets in 2019 of surveillance by spyware made by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday.

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No deaths due to lack of oxygen reported by states: Centre

The government on Tuesday told Parliament that there were no deaths due to lack of oxygen specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave of Covid-19. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted that the data was based on reports from the states and UTs. He also said, during a discussion on the pandemic in the Rajya Sabha, that the states had been urged to report all cases and deaths.

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International conspiracy to 'defame India', Congress has doctorate in snooping: Assam CM on Pegasus row

International conspiracy to 'defame India', Congress has doctorate in snooping: Assam CM on Pegasus row

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Muslim man in Kolkata goes on 72-hour fast on Eid in protest against animal sacrifice

Muslim man in Kolkata goes on 72-hour fast on Eid in protest against animal sacrifice

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No record of deaths during ongoing agitation against farm laws: Centre to Lok Sabha

No record of deaths during ongoing agitation against farm laws: Centre to Lok Sabha

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Sri Lanka vs India: Deepak Chahar recalls Rahul Dravid's motivational words after heroic 69 in 2nd ODI

2nd ODI: Dravid told me I am a good enough batsman, says Chahar after heroic 69

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Upon return from space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces $100 million 'Courage and Civility' award

Upon return from space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces $100 million 'Courage and Civility' award

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Eid Mubarak: Share your greetings here

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2nd ODI: Deepak Chahar 69 not out helps India pull off heist, take 2-0 unassailable lead over Sri Lanka

2nd ODI: Chahar emerges unlikely batting hero as India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets

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Militants open fire at wife, daughter of J&K cop in Anantnag on eve of Eid

Militants open fire at wife, daughter of J&K cop in Anantnag on eve of Eid

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Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi thank fans for their love after second baby announcement

Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi thank fans for their love after second baby announcement

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Fact Check: Morphed image circulated as anti-Sharia signboard by Indian Army

Fact Check: Morphed image circulated as anti-Sharia signboard by Indian Army

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Tour Match: KL Rahul 101, Ravindra Jadeja 75 bail India out of trouble vs County Select XI on Day 1

Tour Match: Rahul hundred saves India the blushes on Day 1 vs County Select XI

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2nd ODI: Chahar scripts India's series-sealing win over SL

Tail-ender Deepak Chahar brought India back from the dead with a steely 69 off 82 balls and script the visiting team's series-sealing victory in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.​ Chasing 276, India were down and out at 193 for seven before Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out off 28) forged an unbeaten 84-run stand to seal a memorable win for the visitors

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'Centre, states should work as team to combat Covid pandemic'

With some opposition parties including the Congress skipping an all-party meeting on the COVID-19 management, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for the Centre and states to work together as a team and rise above politics to combat the pandemic.

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Raj Kundra, kin 'masterminded' porn racket: Police

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday made a shocking revelation that arrested businessman Raj Kundra and his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi are the alleged masterminds of an international porn films racket perpetrated through their content production companies based in India and the United Kingdom.

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'No deaths due to lack of oxygen during second wave'

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Two Union ministers, Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor on Pegasus list: Report

The names are part of a cache of around 1,000 numbers from India of which around 300 have been verified, according to the report. The Wire, which is part of the ‘Pegasus Project’, involving media outfits across several countries, reported that at least two phone accounts used by Gandhi as well as numbers used by his aides and friends were on the leaked database.

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