Ananya Panday's ideal husband

Ananya Panday's father Chunky Pandey and mother Bhavana Pandey during an interview with Pinkvilla talked about the kind of man they want for their daughters.

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Gurugram: 2 feared dead as floor collapses at Chintels Paradiso

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Twin towers in Noida may be razed on May 22

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CBSE to conduct offline board exams from Apr 26

The Central Board of Secondary Education has said that the Term 2 exams for Classes 10 and 12 will begin from April 26. The exams will be held in offline mode and students will be allotted exam centres like earlier.

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Zeba Bakhtiar: I have never seen another singer like Lata Mangeshkar

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Beauty queen who went from skinny to plus-size on body positivity

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Boost to make in India: Govt bans import of foreign drones

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Breathtaking piccs from Mouni Roy and Suraj Nambiar's honeymoon

Breathtaking pictures from Mouni Roy and Suraj Nambiar's Kashmir honeymoon

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How Facebook and Instagram may have 'fake shopping' problem

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Will spend whatever is needed till Covid threat persists: PM

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AIMIM chief takes ‘beti bachao, beti padhao’ dig at PM Modi

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Omnibus dowry allegations don’t merit prosecution: SC

Supreme Court on Tuesday held that general and omnibus allegations cannot be a ground for prosecution and asked courts to be careful and cautious in dealing with such complaints. The court passed the order while quashing criminal proceedings lodged by a woman in Bihar against her husband and in-laws. As the husband, who was also made an accused did not challenge the FIR, the court refrained from dealing with the allegations against him and granted relief to his five relatives in the case.

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7 Elgar accused’s phones to be given to SC Pegasus panel

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PM Modi attacks Congress again: ‘In grip of urban Naxals’

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Arunachal avalanche: Bodies of 7 missing soldiers found

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CBI gave SC false info on Atal-era HZL sale: Centre

The Centre on Monday accused the CBI of presenting fundamentally wrong facts regarding PSU Hindustan Zinc’s disinvestment during the Vajpayee government’s tenure and said it had misled the Supreme Court to direct registration of a fresh FIR for probe into alleged irregularities. A bench of Justices Chandrachud and Surya Kant said the SC had carefully considered the documents and investigation reports submitted by the CBI came to the conclusion that the issue required a thorough investigation.

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Lata Mangeshkar refused Pahlaj Nihalani's song as 'objectionable'

We’ve heard Asha Bhosle's voice in the 'Kambal Na Hatao, Lagta Hai Mujhko Darr' song from 'Love Letter'. But we bet, you didn't know that Lata Mangeshkar was first offered to lend her voice to this song. Well, Lata ji even reached for the recording but yet didn't sing it.

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'Sri Lanka will not allow its territory to be used against India'

Sri Lankan foreign minister GL Peiris, who is on a visit to India, has said that Sri Lanka will never allow any part of its territory to be used in any way against the well-being of India. He also assured that there is no chance of Sri Lanka falling in a debt trap, or of not being able to service its loans taken from China. India has been concerned about China’s activities in Sri Lanka, particularly in the northern areas where the Chinese embassy has been reaching out to local communities, and the alleged Lankan pivot to Beijing under the Rajapaksas.

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After Hyundai, KFC and Pizza Hut face backlash over J&K tweets

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'I pulled myself back from going to Lata Mangeshkar's funeral'

"I was very uncomfortable and uneasy. I got ready not once but three times to go for Didi's last rites yesterday. But everytime, I pulled myself back. I didn't want to see her leaving us. I was feeling very uncomfortable and uneasy after hearing the news of Lata Mangeshkar's demise yesterday," said Dharmendra, talking to ETimes exclusively, when contacted this evening to say a few words about the departed legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who left for her heavenly abode yesterday morning.

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We have to ensure users are safe on social media.: Vaishnaw

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‘Railways eyeing high-speed trains on elevated tracks’

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Full attendance in government offices from today

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Lata Mangeshkar will live forever through her unforgettable songs

Lata Mangeshkar, India's nightingale whose countless melodies are fused with the country’s post-independence narrative, died following prolonged illness on Sunday morning. She was 92. Mangeshkar was admitted to Breach Candy hospital on January 8 and spent nearly a month in the ICU, battling Covid-19, pneumonia and age-related problems.

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Sidhu’s hopes crushed, Channi Cong’s CM face

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After Xi-Imran meet, China and Pak rake up J&K issue

China and Pakistan upped the ante on Jammu and Kashmir again as they brought up the issue in a joint statement, following President Xi Jinping’s meeting Sunday with PM Imran Khan in Beijing, with China saying it opposed any “unilateral actions” that complicates the situation.

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Poll round-up: Channi named Cong CM face; PM all praise for Yogi

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Karnataka bans clothes that disturb harmony, order

Seeking to end the raging hijab row in educational institutions in Karnataka, the state government, on Saturday, issued an order making it mandatory for students to wear uniform prescribed by the government and administrations of private schools and PU colleges claiming that such an act

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High Five: India win record-extending fifth U19 World Cup title, beat England by 4 wickets

India clinched the U19 Cricket World Cup title for the fifth time after beating England by four wickets in the summit clash, riding on a sensational all-round show from Chandigarh boy Raj Angad Bawa, in Antigua on Saturday. Bawa shone with the ball with a sensational fiver (5/31) to help India shot England out for 189 before hitting a valuable 35 down the order to help India chase down the target of 190. Shaik Rasheed and Nishant Sindhu also cracked fifties in the chase.

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Rahul trusts China more than our Army: Rajnath

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of “relying on Chinese media rather than trusting the valour of Indian soldiers over the death toll from the clashes in Galwan valley.” Singh made the remarks while addressing a public meeting in Mathura.

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24% of Indians vulnerable to cold waves: IMD

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India says fight violence against all religions

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Rahul backs hijab, BJP says he is communalising education

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Election Commission may further ease curbs today

the Election Commission is planning further relaxations of its curbs on physical campaigning, including allowing rallies with better attendance, ahead of the start of polling on February 10. The options being considered by the EC, according to sources, include doing away with the existing cap of 1,000 participants and instead allowing people up to a certain percentage of the capacity of the open ground on which physical rally is to be held.

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Govt orders 5 crore Corbevax doses, expected to arrive by end of January

The government has placed a purchase order with Biological E for five crore doses of its Covid vaccine Corbevax, which are expected to arrive by the end of February and boost the availability of jabs under its corona-immunisation programme. The government may also use the vaccine to expand its vaccination drive to cover adolescents below 15 years since most states are reopening schools, sources have said.

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NEET-PG will now be held on May 21

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Alia gives the 'best boyfriend ever' tag to Ranbir Kapoor

Alia Bhatt gives the 'best boyfriend ever' tag to Ranbir Kapoor as the latter gives a 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' pose for paparazzi.

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Haryana challenges HC’s job quota stay in top court

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Hrithik and rumoured ladylove Saba get clicked yet again!

Hrithik Roshan and his rumoured ladylove Saba Azad were snapped by the paparazzi at a cafe on Friday night. The actress tried to hide her face as the shutterbugs clicked her pictures. For the occasion, Hrithik wore a checkered shirt over a white t-shirt and beige coloured pants and shoes.

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People at top want a weak CM: Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Amazon surges, eyes Wall Street record gain in value

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It was in Nehru era: Rajnath Singh slams Rahul for Parl remark

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First entrance test for all central universities admissions in June-July

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10% who died of Omicron were vaccinated: Study

Only 10% deaths were recorded among fully vaccinated people who were hospitalised with Omicron infection, compared with nearly 22% fatalities among the unvaccinated or partially-vaccinated, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava said on Thursday, citing a study based on data from the national clinical registry of Covid-19, to stress that increase in vaccination has significantly helped reduce deaths during the present surge.

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'State can’t be party to harassment of woman'

The Supreme Court on Thursday accused the Punjab government of being complicit in harassment of a woman, who had lodged a sexual assault complaint against MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains, by registering multiple cases against her allegedly after she levelled rape charges against the Lok Insaf Party legislator.

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SCs Pegasus probe stalls as few come forward to depose

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58% of 683 crore spent from Beti Bachao was on media advocacy

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Railways gets nine bids for manufacture of 58 new Vande Bharat trains

Nine players including Bombardier, Siemens, BHEL, Titagarh Wagons and Medha Engineering have bid for manufacturing of 58 new Vande Bharat trains, TOI has learnt. Currently, 44 such trains are being manufactured by Medha Engineering at three production units of Indian Railways.

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Prez debate: BJP fields UP MPs; oppn attacks govt on jobs, inflation

With an eye on the upcoming polls in UP, BJP on Wednesday fielded two of its MPs from the state to initiate the debate in Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address while in Rajya Sabha, opposition parties took on the government on a range of issues, including unemployment and inflation, after BJP member Geeta said the Modi government had got a repeat mandate in 2019 based on its performance in the preceding five years.

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Exclusive! Ashok Saraf on the demise of Ramesh Deo: I started my career with him, lost my elder brother today

Veteran star Ramesh Deo who had made a mark in Bollywood and Marathi cinema with his sheer hard work and choices of films, breathed his last today, February 2, 2022.

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From roads & rail to ropeways, FM gives thrust to rational integration in budget

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Lt Gen Pande takes over as Army vice-chief

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Pfizer asks FDA to allow Covid-19 vaccine for kids under 5

Pfizer on Wednesday asked the US to authorize extra-low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply earlier than the companies had planned.

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'It's a conservative Budget, but estimates realistic'

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Relief for Future: SC sets aside HC’s orders, asks for relook

In a major relief to Future Group, which is locked in a bitter litigation with multinational Amazon, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside three orders of the Delhi HC, which had restrained Future Retail from going ahead with its deal with Reliance Retail, imposed cost of Rs 20 lakh on Future Group, and ordered attachment of its properties.

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Follow law or leave, Andhra HC tells Twitter

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BJP pits Union minister, an ex-SP neta, against Akhilesh

Springing a surprise, BJP has fielded former SP leader and party's Dalit MP from Agra, Satya Pal Singh Baghel, again-st former CM and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in "family bastion" Karhal. Baghel, who is presently the minister of state for law and justice at the centre, filed his nomination papers soon after Akhilesh completed the formality in the constituency, which comes under Mainpuri.

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SP promotes fake socialism, says PM at virtual rally

PM Narendra Modi lashed out at the Samajwadi Party in his first virtual rally for poll-bound UP on Monday, addressing 21 constituencies in the western part of the state that vote in the initial phase on February 10, and said that the SP has been promoting “nakli samajwad (fake socialism)".

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Taliban keeps ex-Afghan president Karzai, former chief executive Abdullah under virtual house arrest

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EC rally curbs, raises cap for outdoor meetings

Allowing a physical poll campaign to begin across the five poll-bound states from Tuesday in view of the flattening curve of Covid infections, the Election Commission on Monday allowed in-person public meetings in open spaces subject to a cap of 1,000 participants, up from 500 earlier, while also raising the attendance ceiling for indoor meetings to 500 persons from 300. The relaxations will apply uniformly to all the seven phases.

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75% of adults in India are now fully vaccinated

Over 75% of adults in the country are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with two doses of the jabs, heralding a major achievement in the mass immunisation drive that played a crucial role in keeping disease severity, hospitalisation and deaths low during the present surge powered by Omicron variant of SARS-CoV2.

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Congress leaning towards making Channi CM face for the Punjab elections

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Akhilesh accepts Shah dare to debate on law and order

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'Make-in-India, Vocal for Local new icons of Bapu’s Swadeshi idea'

Mahatma Gandhi was the greatest person to have lived in the past millennium, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, adding that the Centre’s schemes like Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and Vocal for Local are the new definitions of Swadeshi movement propagated by Gandhi. Shah unveiled a mural of the Mahatma at the Sabarmati riverfront on the occasion of Martyrs’ Day.

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Bigg Boss 15 winner: Tejasswi Prakash lifts the trophy

Tejasswi Prakash is the winner of Bigg Boss 15. After completing grueling tasks, several fights, emotional ups and downs and spending 120 days in the house, the ultimate title holder of the season is Tejasswi. She defeated co-contestant Pratik Sehajpal.

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Channi or Sidhu? Congress begins talks on CM face in Punjab

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Best time to set new goals for India-Israel ties, says PM Modi

With the world witnessing significant changes, India’s ties with Israel have become even more significant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, Modi said it was the best possible time now to set new goals in the relationship.

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Impact of pandemic? Women jobseekers fell by 34% in 2021

Not only have more women lost jobs compared to men during the pandemic, but also fewer women are returning to work. The number of women actively looking for work each month reduced by three million between 2019 and 2021, says the latest bulletin from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) and Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA).

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Budget may unveil more semi-high-speed trains

Besides significant increase in budgetary allocation, the government is also likely to announce the introduction of more semi-high-speed trains that can run at 180-200 kmph on Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) routes in the Union Budget that will be presented on Tuesday.

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SBI suspends circular on hiring pregnant women candidates

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ICC U19 WC: India beat Bangladesh to enter semis

Left-arm seamer Ravi Kumar bowled a sensational opening spell as India's 'class of 2022' exacted a sweet revenge, ousting defending champions Bangladesh by 5 wickets to enter the semi-final of ICC U-19 World Cup. India will meet Australia in the semis on Feb 2, having won an unprecedented 7 out of 9 U-19 World Cup QFs. Chasing a lowly 112 for victory, India crossed the finish line with 115 balls to spare.

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Vote against Palestinian NGO my decision alone: Akbaruddin

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Covid-19: Boosters will be untimely now, says expert

Epidemiologist Dr JP Mulayil, member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI), on Tuesday said booster dose against Covid-19 in the current time would be untimely, two days after another NTAGI member told TOI that benefits of a third shot might not merit expansion of the coverage to all age groups.

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V Anantha Nageswaran to be govt’s next chief economic adviser

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India reports over 600 Covid deaths, 103 in Maharashtra

Maharashtra recorded more than 100 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday while the toll in Kerala was over 90 as daily fatalities from the virus in India crossed 600 for the first time during the current wave of the pandemic. Meanwhile, fresh cases of the coronavirus continued to fall, indicating that the third wave may have peaked in the country, although testing remained lower than the previous week’s numbers. India reported 2,35,396 new cases on Friday, the lowest in 11 days, with data from one state awaited.

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PM Modi to address his 1st UP virtual rally on January 31

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SC revokes 1-year suspension of 12 Maha BJP MLAs

Holding that suspension of a member from any assembly beyond one session is grossly violative of “basic democratic values” and worse than expulsion, the Supreme Court Friday held the July 2021 resolution passed by the Maharashtra assembly to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer of the House as “unconstitutional, grossly illegal and irrational” as the period of suspension extended beyond the remainder of the session concerned.

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US warns of war if Russia invades Ukraine

The United States on Friday virtually threatened to impose war on Russia if it invaded Ukraine, which Washington considers imminent and Kyiv insists is not.

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Congress will go to Punjab polls with CM face: Rahul Gandhi

Congress’s CM face in Punjab will be decided soon on the basis of feedback from party workers, Rahul Gandhi declared at a virtual election rally in Jalandhar Cantt on Thursday after admittedly telling incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi and contender Navjot Singh Sidhu that “two people can't lead”.

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Covaxin, Covishield get regular market nod, with some riders

Drug regulator DCGI on Thursday granted regular marketing authorisation to the two commonly used Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — for use in adults with certain conditions. However, the vaccines will be available only under “programmatic setting” and all vaccinations have to be recorded on CoWIN.

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Mathura wants mandir, but without violence

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‘Election virus’ causes targeting of rivals, says SC

In the midst of a disruptive pandemic caused by the coronavirus, the Supreme Court on Thursday detected another one, the ‘election virus’, and diagnosed that during poll-eve, this virus often afflicts the ruling parties of states, which resort to vengeful actions against political opponents.

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FAQ: Railway recruitment controversy

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Love this phase of being married, says Ankita Lokhande

The actress in an exclusive chat with ETimes TV shared that she's enjoying this new phase in her life and reveals that her husband often keeps telling her that she got married to be like the nayi naveli dulhan.

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In a first on R-Day, fleet of 75 aircraft dominates skies

The flypast of the Indian Air Force on Wednesday was the grandest ever in the history of the Republic Day parade as the largest-ever fleet of 75 aircraft, including newly-acquired Rafale fighters, participated in the air show of the country’s aerial assets over Rajpath.

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For 1st time, tricolour flies atop Lal Chowk before R-Day crowd

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'Girls worst hit in access to education in pandemic'

As the surging third wave puts the focus back on the pandemic’s impact on children’s education, the findings of a parliamentary committee highlights how the Covid crisis has disproportionately affected girls, especially their education.

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Shah woos west UP Jat leaders ahead of polls

Anxious to assuage the sullenness of sections of the Jat community in Western UP, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wooed a group of community influencers by stressing similarity of “nationalist” outlook, recalling communal riots of 2013 and promising resolution of their grievances and consideration of demands.

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Ravi Bishnoi gets maiden call-up for Windies series

After a marathon meeting on Wednesday, the Chetan Sharma-led national selection committee has decided to bring back Kuldeep Yadav in India’s white-ball scheme of things. The selectors have also decided to try out up and coming right-arm wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for the home series against West Indies beginning from Feb 6 in Ahmedabad.

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Can promises of freebies on poll eve be curbed, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said political parties competing with each other to announce freebies and doles during electioneering has the potential to upset states’ finances and vitiate free and fair polls and asked the Centre and the Election Commission to respond to a PIL seeking measures to curb this infectious poll-eve tendency.

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SAT to be shorter, cover more topics and allow calculator

The redesigned SAT will be shorter, cover a more diverse range of topics and calculators will now be allowed for the entire math section. The College Board on Tuesday also announced that its SAT Suite of Assessments will be offered digitally. International students will now be allowed seven opportunities instead of five.

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Kerala all set to clip Lokayukta’s powers

The Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala is set to amend the state Lokayukta Act through an ordinance amid stirrings of protest by the opposition over what legal experts see as an attempt to prevent any verdict of the anti-corruption agency being binding on the administration.

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'India showed unmatched resolve in Covid war'

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that India is better poised now to meet challenges of the future and hailed the country’s vaccination drive against Covid-19. Addressing the nation on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day, he said India showed an “unmatched resolve” when faced by the pandemic.

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Hazel Keech and Yuvraj Singh blessed with baby boy

Former Indian cricket Yuvraj Singh along with wife Hazel Keech have welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday.

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Share your Republic Day greetings

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Singer Darshanam Mogulaiah to receive Padma Shri

The Padma awards are announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. Artist and singer Darshanam Mogulaiah was on Tuesday awarded the Padma Shri Award, the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.

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86% students think that access to digital content brought a change

86% of Indian students think that access to digital content has changed the way they learn and 56% think that the way they study will not go back to how it was pre-pandemic. According to a survey, globally 44% of Gen Y and Gen Z respondents expect changes brought in by Covid-19 to become permanent.

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'India’s vax strides impressive, but reaching next billion can be a challenge'

India has made extraordinary progress on Covid-19 vaccination in a short period of time but vaccinating the next billion will require reaching a poorer segment of the population, for whom the main barriers to vaccine access may include knowledge, awareness, proximity and convenience, the World Bank has said.

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Female voters up 5.1%, male 3.6% since 2019 LS polls: CEC

The number of female electors in the country has witnessed a sharper rise of 5.1% over the past three years, from 43.8 crore in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to 46.1 crore now, as compared to the 3.6% increase in male voters from 47.3 crore to 49 crore during the same period. CEC Sushil Chandra, in a televised address on the eve of National Voters Day celebrated each year on January 25, said the strength of the total electorate in the country, as of today, stood at 95.1 crore.

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No more rain, but colder days ahead, predicts IMD

The northwest and central India may not face any more wet days this week after Tuesday but the region, including Delhi-NCR, will continue to face chilly weather as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted “gradual fall in minimum temperatures by 3-5 degree Celsius” over most parts of these areas during the next five days.

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