Cane prices: Farmers’ stir continues as meeting with ministers remains inconclusive

Cane prices: Farmers’ stir continues as meeting with ministers remains inconclusive

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Police seize 40,000 bottles of Codeine Phosphate syrup worth over Rs 2 crore in Assam's Karimganj

Police seize 40,000 bottles of Codeine Phosphate syrup worth over Rs 2 crore in Assam's Karimganj

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Talks between Taliban, Panjshir resistance break down as Afghans await formation of new government | 10 Developments

Afghans await formation of new government; Taliban counter resistance in Panjshir | 10 points

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Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,200, more than 300 still missing

Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,200, more than 300 still missing

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NIA submits 17 draft charges against accused in Elgar Parishad case. Here are the details

NIA submits 17 draft charges against accused in Elgar Parishad case. Details here

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Partially opened highways after talks with farmers: UP, Haryana govts tell SC

Partially opened highways after talks with farmers: UP, Haryana govts tell SC

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392 Indians return home, recall horrors in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

392 Indians return home, recall horrors in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

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Mizo bridge on Assamese soil, alleges Assam; Mizoram books Assam Police on charges of theft

Mizo bridge on Assamese soil, alleges Assam; Mizoram books Assam Police on charges of theft

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Premier League: Lukaku marks Chelsea return with goal as Arsenal slump to 0-2 defeat in London derby

Premier League: Lukaku fires Chelsea to 2-0 win over Arsenal in London derby

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India tour of England: Virat Kohli leads India's training session ahead of 3rd Test in Headingley

Virat Kohli leads training session as India gear up for Headingley Test vs England

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Haryana home minister Anil Vij hospitalised

Haryana's home and health minister Anil Vij was on Sunday admitted to the PGIMER here as his oxygen levels dipped.

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Shah Rukh-Shehnaaz Lala, Anushka-Karnesh, Priyanka-Siddharth: Celebs speak about siblings

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India's Rahul Rajasekharan wins Mister Supranational Asia

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US warns of security threat from IS near Kabul airport

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Why a Bengal village is losing its sleep over Afghanistan crisis

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Namibia's Chanique Rabe crowned Miss Supranational 2021

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India's largest floating solar power plant starts in Andhra

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Given a chance, women perform with gusto: Sitharaman

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For TN loss of 2 LS seats in '60s, HC moots 5,600cr in damages

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Afghanistan faces economic shock as sanctions replace aid

As the Taliban attempt the precarious shift from insurgent movement to functioning government, Afghanistan is facing the heightened risk of a financial collapse after being propped up for the past two decades by foreign aid that now accounts for nearly half its legal economy. United States and the international community are already shutting the flow of money, leaving Afghanistan in the stranglehold of sanctions that were designed to cut the Taliban off from the global financial system.

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Jantar Mantar sloganeering case: Hindu Army chief arrested by Delhi Police

Jantar Mantar sloganeering case: Hindu Army chief arrested by Delhi Police

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Over 150 Indians 'detained' in Afghanistan by Taliban, released later

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Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul to hammer out govt

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday to join negotiations with the Afghan and insurgent leaders. "Talks for an interim government have been going on between insurgents and Afghan politicians led by former president Hamid Karzai and former foreign minister and Afghanistan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah since the fall of Kabul after lightning advances by Taliban fighters. Negotiations are on," Ahmadullah Waseq, deputy, Taliban cultural affairs committee, said.

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Canine heroes retire after 10 years of service, CISF bids farewell

Canine heroes retire after 10 years of service, CISF bids farewell

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Dilip Ghosh makes U-turn, supports BJP MP John Barla's demand for bifurcation of West Bengal

Dilip Ghosh makes U-turn, supports BJP MP John Barla's demand for bifurcation of West Bengal

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Kalyan Singh, a wrestler and teacher who became BJP’s launch pad

Kalyan Singh, a wrestler and teacher who became BJP’s launch pad

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Live: 'India can operate 2 flights daily for Kabul evacuation'

Taliban denied the abduction of over 150 people, mostly Indians, from an area close to the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Saturday. Afghan media clarified that all Indian citizens were safe in Kabul and their documents were being processed for evacuation. Stay with TOI for all the latest developments --

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Live: Tamil Nadu extends lockdown by 2 weeks

India reported 34,457 new Covid cases and 540 deaths in last 24 hours, according to health ministry bulletin on Saturday. Meanwhile, the active caseload stands at 3,61,340; lowest in 151 days. Stay with TOI for all updates --

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Rakhi Wishes, Messages, Quotes, Images, Facebook & Whatsapp status

Raksha Bandhan also known as Rakhi will be observed on Sunday, August 22. Here is a look at some wishes, quotes, images, and Facebook and Whatsapp status to share with your brothers and sisters this Raksha Bandhan.

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Premier League: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp relishes dream atmosphere at packed Anfield during Burnley win

Premier League: Jurgen Klopp relishes dream atmopshere at packed Anfield

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Chiefs of Army, Navy, Air Force visit their alma mater, NDA Khadakwasla

Chiefs of Army, Navy, Air Force visit their alma mater, NDA Khadakwasla

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Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal arrives in Guwahati for Jan Ashirwad Yatra

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal arrives in Guwahati for Jan Ashirwad Yatra

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Anxious parents of Patna kid write to PM, Bihar CM again as crowdfunding for son loses pace

Anxious parents of Patna kid write to PM, Bihar CM again as crowdfunding for son loses pace

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The Hundred: Marizanne Kapp's all-round show helps Oval Invincibles win maiden women's crown

The Hundred: Marizanne Kapp fires Oval Invincibles to women's title in inaugural edition

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17 Govinda-David Dhawan movies to watch right now

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Mohsin Khan to bid adieu to Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai?

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Odisha CM Patnaik begins distribution of BSKY smart health cards in Malkangiri, 3.5 crore people to benefit

Odisha CM Patnaik begins distribution of BSKY smart health cards in Malkangiri, 3.5 crore people to benefit

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Assam govt decides to replace diesel buses with electric and CNG ones to reduce carbon emissions

Assam govt decides to replace diesel buses with electric and CNG ones to reduce carbon emissions

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GMR to transform Nagpur airport into a modern aviation hub

GMR to transform Nagpur airport into a modern aviation hub

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Centre stockpiling drugs to fight another Covid wave

The government has kickstarted an exercise to create a national stockpile of critical medicines for Covid-19 to tide over the challenges around affordability and accessibility as it prepares for a possible third wave. To begin with, buffer stocks of 15-odd medicines, including anti-viral Remdesivir, key antibiotics Tocilizumab, and black fungus drug Amphotericin B will be maintained, after supplies are procured through the tendering process, sources told TOI

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Taxes on fuel trigger worry at RBI policy panel’s meet

The government's move to pass on increases in global crude oil price to consumers, but prevent corrections through higher taxes, has raised concerns on inflation among RBI's monetary policy committee members. The minutes of the MPC meeting released on Friday reveal that, worried by inflation, one member had voted to raise the reverse repo, the rate at which banks lend to the RBI. This rate is outside the remit of the MPC, which votes only on the repo rate.

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Delhi Police Commissioner Asthana holds first Open House to address grievances of police personnel

Delhi Police Commissioner Asthana holds first Open House to address grievances of police personnel

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To mark 100 days in office, Assam govt hands out appointment letters to 767 candidates

To mark 100 days in office, Assam govt hands out appointment letters to 767 candidates

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Cannot promise what final outcome will be in Afghanistan, says Biden

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Empires founded on terror don't last: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said destructive forces and people following the ideology of creating empires using terror as a tool have an ephemeral dominance and they cannot suppress humanity forever. The Prime Minister's comments come in the wake of Taliban's stunningly rapid takeover of Afghanistan.

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Reports of reprisals, targeted killings by Taliban fuel Af fears

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Families clash outside Chennai temple for performing wedding rituals first

Families clash outside Chennai temple for performing wedding rituals first

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When Afghan ruler Habibullah Khan visited Agra in 1907

When Afghan ruler Habibullah Khan visited Agra in 1907

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Bengal post-poll violence: 2 caveats filed at SC after Calcutta HC's CBI probe order

Bengal post-poll violence: 2 caveats filed at SC after Calcutta HC's CBI probe order

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Delhi Police busts interstate drug racket, 1 kg of heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore seized

Delhi Police busts interstate drug racket, 1 kg of heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore seized

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US President Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul: 'We will get you home'

Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul: 'We will get you home'

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I am being made scapegoat: IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to Bombay HC in phone tapping case

I am being made scapegoat: IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to Bombay HC in phone tapping case

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Resistance forces capture 3 districts in Afghanistan, several Taliban fighters killed: Report

Resistance forces capture 3 districts in Afghanistan, several Taliban fighters killed: Report 

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Double-jabbed Israel battles new wave as protection from Delta wanes over time

Double-jabbed Israel battles new wave as protection from Delta wanes over time

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Taliban took Afghanistan but face cash squeeze

Taliban took Afghanistan but face cash squeeze

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PM Boris Johnson says UK will work with Taliban if necessary

PM Boris Johnson says UK will work with Taliban if necessary

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Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan's Gwadar city

Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan's Gwadar city

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Why state should do like this, Bombay HC asks Maha govt in Anil Deshmukh case

Why state should do like this, Bombay HC asks Maha govt in Anil Deshmukh case

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Delhi Police arrests sharpshooter planning to kill Tihar official with AK-47 rifle

Delhi Police arrests sharpshooter planning to kill Tihar official with AK-47 rifle

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Amid Af concerns, India slams Pak’s ‘state hospitality’ for terror groups

With concerns mounting about the possibility that Afghanistan could now be used as a terror launch pad, India said at the UN Security Council Thursday the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country since the Taliban takeover would only embolden terror groups active in the region, including Pakistan-based LeT and JeM, which continued to enjoy “state hospitality”.

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SC: Arrest shouldn’t be done as routine

Holding personal liberty as an important aspect of constitutional mandate, the Supreme Court has said that arrests should not be done in a routine manner when the accused is cooperating in a probe and there is no reason to believe that s/he will abscond or influence the investigation.

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Gujarat HC stays some sections of ‘anti-love jihad’ law

The Gujarat high court on Thursday stayed six amended provisions in the anti-conversion law covering interfaith marriages, popularly known as “anti-love jihad law”. The court clarified that the amended sections would not apply in cases of inter-religious marriages, which take place without force, allurement or fraudulent means.

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Apni Party member shot dead in J&K

Terrorists shot dead a senior Apni Party member outside his residence at Devsar in south Kashmir's Kulgam on Thursday, making him the fourth political functionary to be killed in J&K since last week after a husband-wife panchayat duo and a constituency in-charge of BJP.​

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‘No instigation, no cruelty by Shashi Tharoor’

There is nothing, even prima facie, to suggest that there was any wilful conduct on the part of Shashi Tharoor that was likely to drive his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, to suicide or to cause injury or danger to life, limb or health. Making this observation, a Delhi court has discharged him in the case of death of his wife. The court said that Pushkar might have felt distressed or mentally disturbed over the alleged extra-marital relation of Tharoor, but mental disturbance does not amount to the offence of abetment.

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It’s same scene ‘bees saal baad’: IC814 pilot

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Covid-19: Breakthrough infection common due to Delta, report says

Breakthrough infections of SARS-CoV2 after vaccination against Covid-19 are common across the globe during Delta outbreaks and genome sequencing of such cases in India currently also shows high proportion of Delta variant, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) says in its latest report.​

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Covid vaccination for kids may start only by March ’22

Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, is expected to get an emergency use authorisation for the 12-18 cohort by end of August, whereas Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin – the world’s only vaccine being tested for use in the age group of 2-18 yrs - is also likely to get a go-ahead by September.

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Afghan crisis: Shortage drives up dry fruit prices

With the Taliban sealing Afghanistan’s land border trade routes, resulting in the stoppage of import-export transactions with India, prices of dry fruits have gone up by 15-20% in India.

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Answer queries in English in same language: HC to Centre

The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Central government to respond in English to a representation in English, and follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963, strictly. “Once a representation is given in English, it is the duty of the Union government to reply in English only,” it said.​

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Here’s how an Afghan journalist managed to escape Taliban on US plane

Here’s how an Afghan journalist managed to escape Taliban on US plane

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J&K govt issues order to protect properties of Kashmiri Pandits

J&K govt issues order to protect properties of Kashmiri Pandits

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Meghalaya govt relaxes curfew in Shillong for 12 hours on Aug 20

Meghalaya govt relaxes curfew in Shillong for 12 hours on Aug 20

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Yogi Adityanath meets BJP chief Nadda, Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss UP elections

Yogi Adityanath meets BJP chief Nadda, Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss UP elections

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MEA's Afghan Cell works 24x7; ascertaining assistance sought by stranded Indians

MEA's Afghan Cell works 24x7; ascertaining assistance sought by stranded Indians

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CBI constitutes 4 special teams to probe post-poll violence in West Bengal

CBI constitutes 4 special teams to probe post-poll violence in West Bengal

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Fact Check: Video from Iran shared as Afghan women protesting against Taliban in Kabul

Fact Check: Video from Iran shared as Afghan women protesting against Taliban in Kabul 

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Air India disinvestment is on track: Scindia

Air India disinvestment is on track: Scindia

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Afghan delegation visiting Pakistan pitches for inclusive govt in Afghanistan

Afghan delegation visiting Pakistan pitches for inclusive govt in Afghanistan

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Taliban all over Afghanistan now, must engage them: Hamid Mir | Interview

Taliban all over Afghanistan now, must engage them: Hamid Mir | Interview

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Taliban face pockets of resistance on Afghanistan's I-Day; IMF cuts access to funds | Top 10 Developments

Taliban face protests in parts of Afghanistan; IMF cuts access to funds | Top Developments

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Delhi Police arrests member of Mewat-based gang wanted in ATM robbery cases

Delhi Police arrests member of Mewat-based gang wanted in ATM robbery cases

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'Afghan footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul airport'

An Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on Monday, the Afghan news agency Ariana said on Thursday.

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Kolkata: Sex workers of Sonagachi battle pandemic with hope of rebuilding their lives

Kolkata: Sex workers of Sonagachi battle pandemic with hope of rebuilding their lives 

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India, US seek inclusive govt in Afghanistan with no place for terror

India and the US, along with some other countries that participated on Wednesday in a briefing-cum-conversation with US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman, agreed that it is important to work for as representative and as inclusive a government as possible in Afghanistan, reports Sachin Parashar. Another sentiment to emerge from the talks was that no part of Afghanistan should be allowed to turn into a terror safe haven.

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Tharoor cleared of charges in wife Sunanda’s death case

A Delhi court on Wednesday gave a clean chit to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the case of the death of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar. Special judge Geetanjali Goel discharged Tharoor of all charges in a hearing conducted through video-conferencing. A detailed copy of the order spelling out the reasons has not yet been released. After the judge pronounced the verdict, Tharoor said he was "grateful" and it has been "seven and a half years of absolute torture".

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Covid vaccine for kids likely in Sept or soon after: Expert

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Voda Idea falls Rs 150cr short on payment of licence fee

As it fights a desperate survival battle amidst heavy losses and mounting debt, Vodafone Idea has failed to pay the full licence fee to the government for the first quarter of this fiscal, with a shortfall of nearly Rs 150 crore.

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Women save more in Jan Dhan Yojana accounts

Average balances maintained by women in Jan Dhan Yojana accounts are 30% more than men according to an industry report. The study published by Women’s World Banking and Bank of Baroda estimates that by serving 10 crore low-income women public sector banks could attract Rs 25,000 crore in deposits and empower 40 crore low-income Indians.

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Cabinet okays HFC phase-down from 2032 plan

The Centre on Wednesday approved India's ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on phasing down climate-damaging refrigerant Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs). The Amendment to gradually reduce use of HFCs by the late 2040s was adopted by 197 countries in Rwanda in October 2016.

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US blocks Taliban access to Afghan central bank assets

The Biden administration has blocked access to Afghan central bank assets in the US to ensure that they are not available to the Taliban, an administration official said on Tuesday.

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Taliban destroy statue of Shia foe from 1990s civil war

The Taliban have blown up the statue of a Shia militia leader who had fought against them during Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s, according to photos circulating on social media Wednesday. The statue depicted Abdul Ali Mazari, a militia leader killed by the Taliban in 1996, when the Islamic militants seized power from rival warlords. Mazari was a champion of Afghanistan's ethnic Hazara minority, Shia who were persecuted under the Sunni Taliban's earlier rule.

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Sedition charge on 91-year-old Samajwadi Party MP

Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Dr Shafiqur Rahman Barq, has been booked for equating the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan with India's freedom struggle.

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Women seek right to worship deities inside Kashi mosque

A Varanasi court on Wednesday sought response from the UP government, Gyanvapi mosque management committee and Kashi Vishwanath temple trust on a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking restoration of worship rights of goddess and other deities inside the old temple complex, which was allegedly converted into a mosque during Mughal rule.

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Panjshir can resist Taliban: Afghan envoy

The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan on Wednesday rejected Taliban rule of his country and said Panjshir province, north of Kabul, would serve as a stronghold for resistance led by self-proclaimed acting president Amrullah Saleh.

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