Understand India’s Ukraine position, Nehru’s doctrine sensible: Australia

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From Apr 8, AI to cut flights to crisis-hit Lanka as demand dips

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Covid deaths lowest since first week of lockdown

India reported just around 80 Covid-19 deaths in the seven days ending Sunday, the lowest toll from the pandemic recorded in the country since the week when PM Modi had announced a total lockdown in the country over two years ago. Fresh cases of the coronavirus continued to decline for the 10th consecutive week, with the current week's tally dropping below the 10,000 mark for the first time since April 13-19, 2020.

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Freebies unsustainable, say secretaries at meet with PM

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Govt to soon come out with a ‘good food’ guide

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Sri Lanka's cabinet resigns en masse amid worsening economic crisis

Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting on Sunday, the education minister Dinesh Gunawardena confirmed.All 26 ministers aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa submitted letters of resignation, education minister said.

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Imran gets House dissolved after dy speaker junks no-trust move

Pakistan's political slow burn over weeks culminated in President Dr Arif Alvi dissolving the National Assembly on Sunday on the recommendation of PM Imran Khan, who swiftly settled for the option of general elections within 90 days after the opposition's no-trust motion against him was no-balled as unconstitutional by the deputy speaker of parliament's Lower House. Earlier, Imran had claimed victory in his fight against the allegedly "foreign conspiracy" to oust his government.

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Pak PM Imran Khan delivers an 'inswinging yorker' as promised. Will SC declare it 'no ball'?

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IPL: Big-money Livingstone helps Punjab thrash Chennai

Liam Livingstone hit a superb half-century and then took two wickets as Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs. Invited to bat, Livingstone's 60 off 32 balls and useful contributions from Shikhar Dhawan (33) and Jitesh Sharma (26) helped PBKS post 180 for 8. The bowlers then returned to dismiss CSK for 126 in 18 overs. Rahul Chahar (3/25) took three, while Vaibhav Arora (2/21) also grabbed a couple of wickets for Punjab.

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Live: Ukraine regains control of whole Kyiv region

Ukraine's presidential adviser on Saturday said that heavy battles are coming for the east, the south and for Mariupol. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are holding the front line in the east, he added. Stay with TOI for more updates:

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Zoonotic diseases: NIV keeps eye out on ‘next big threat’

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J&K delimitation panel to hold public hearings on draft plan

The Delimitation Commission will visit Srinagar and Jammu on April 4 and 5 to hear members of the public and civil society groups who have submitted suggestions and objections on its draft delimitation proposal for the Union Territory. Sources said most of the representations received by the delimitation commission are from Jammu (60), Anantnag (40) and Kupwara (40).

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Modi & Deuba flag off first Indo-Nepal passenger train

PM Narendra Modi and Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday flagged off cross-border passenger train services between Jayanagar in India and Kurtha in Nepal through videoconferencing. The train chugged off with 150 passengers, who were mostly dignitaries from India and Nepal besides a team of railway officials.

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Malaika's interview just hours before her car accident

Bollywood actress Malaika Arora who walked the ramp for the prestigious Pune Time Fashion week, met with an accident on returning back to the city. Checkout this uncut and exclusive interview of her’s just a few hours before her accident.

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Live: Maharashtra records 130 Covid cases, 2 deaths

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Ferguson, Gill power Gujarat to second IPL win

Lockie Ferguson claimed four wickets and Shubman Gill hit 84 to help newcomers Gujarat Titans remain unbeaten in two IPL matches after a 14-run win over Delhi Capitals on Saturday. Ferguson returned figures of 4-28 with his express pace in Pune to keep Delhi down to 157 for nine while chasing 172 in the second match of the day. Gill set up victory for Gujarat with his 46-ball knock that guided the team to 171/6.

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India’s Tuberculosis fight may get a shot in the arm

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Pak PM Imran Khan praises India’s foreign policy again

Embattled Pakistan PM Imran Khan said on Friday that a powerful nation has been angered by his visit to Russia this February and he praised India again ahead of the no-confidence vote against him on April 3 for Delhi’s independent foreign policy, saying it was centred on its people. He noted that the unnamed country’s ally, India, was importing oil from Russia as the West was trying to impose sanctions on Moscow after it invaded Ukraine.

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IPL 2022: Umesh, Russell fire KKR to big win over PBKS

Umesh Yadav continued his dream run with a four-wicket haul before Andre Russell returned to his brutal best to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to an easy 6-wicket win over Punjab Kings. Umesh (4/23) produced career-best T20 figures to help KKR dismiss Punjab for a below par 137 in 18.2 overs. Russell (70 not out off 31 balls) then came out and changed the game with his barrage of sixes, eight in total, to make it a cakewalk in just 14.3 overs.

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First audio recorded on Mars reveals two speeds of sound

The first audio recordings on Mars reveal a quiet planet with occasional gusts of wind where two different speeds of sound would have a strange delayed effect on hearing, scientists said Friday. The study confirmed for the first time that the speed of sound is slower on Mars, travelling at 240 metres per second, compared to Earth's 340 metres per second.

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Live: Russian forces leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure

Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses" of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. Stay with TOI for more updates:

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6th Planet Filmfare Marathi Awards: Complete winners’ list

The biggest night in Marathi cinema, the 6th edition of Planet Marathi presents Filmfare Awards Marathi 2021, held on March 31 at St. Andrews, Bandra, Mumbai.

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Live: Maharashtra lifts all Covid curbs from April 2

Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal to withdraw the disaster management and epidemic act for Covid-19 management in the state and lifted all Covid curbs. Active caseload in the country has fallen to 14,307. Stay with TOI for more updates

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Performance pictures from 6th Planet Filmfare Marathi Awards

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Dhoni achieves another milestone, crosses 7000-run mark in T20s

Former Chennai Super Kings captain and legendary wicketkeeper-cum batsman MS Dhoni achieved yet another milestone in his illustrious career on Thursday as he became the the sixth Indian to cross the 7000-run mark in T20 cricket during the IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

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Quick edit: India can’t compromise on principles if it wants to be a global power

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Day before Russian FM's visit, Jaishankar talks to Blinken over phone

A day ahead of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to India, external affairs minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with United States secretary of state Antony Blinken on Wednesday night when they discussed the global economy, Indo-Pacific and the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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Why was SIT plea to contest Ashish’s bail not heeded: SC

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Social media accounts can’t be arbitrarily suspended: Govt

The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that a citizen’s fundamental rights must be respected. In an affidavit filed on a plea by Twitter users Megh Bulletin and Wokeflix challenging the suspension of accounts by the platform, the government said a person’s liberty and freedom of expression cannot be “waylaid or jettisoned in the slipstream of social and technological advancement”, adding that suspension of accounts must be the last resort.

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Imran loses numbers game as key ally walks out ahead of vote

Pakistan’s embattled PM Imran Khan saw his majority in the National Assembly slip away on Wednesday after the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the key ally on whom depended the government's survival, walked out of the coalition to join the swelling opposition ranks ahead of the no-trust vote. MQM-P’s announcement followed Imran’s meeting with army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI boss Nadeem Anjum.

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IPL 2022: Hasaranga shines as RCB edge KKR in thriller

Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga returned figures of 4-20 to set up a three-wicket victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore in a low-scoring IPL thriller against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.

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Cabinet committee clears first deal for indigenous combat helicopters

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Didi taps non-NDA CMs, opposition netas for united front

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday made a renewed pitch for a united opposition in a bid to stall the saffron juggernaut, writing to her non-NDA counterparts and other senior political functionaries for a conclave to highlight BJP’s alleged “misuse of central agencies with the sole intent of suppressing opposition leaders” and attempts “to influence a certain section of the judiciary”.

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All PMs contributed, must acknowledge them: PM Modi

Announcing the inauguration of the expanded PM Museum on April 14, PM Narendra Modi told BJP MPs during the parliamentary party meeting that it is the only party in office which has recognised the contribution of every PM by building a museum to honour them. He shared details of the refurbished museum.

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ED can now take possession of mill linked to Ajit Pawar

The Adjudicating Authority, appointed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act or PMLA, on Tuesday confirmed the attachment of Satara's Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sugar Karkhana (cooperative sugar mill) worth over Rs 65 crore linked to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

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'If accident victim disabled 100%, be liberal with damages'

Remarking that courts should take a liberal view in awarding compensation to victims who are left 100% disabled and also suffer mental disabilities after road accidents, the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its helping hand to one such child and awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation with 7.5% interest per annum. The total amount could come to about Rs 1 crore as the accident took place in 12 years ago.

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Maths not must for 1/3rd of engineering courses

Maths in Class XII is no more mandatory to apply for one-third of engineering courses, including architecture, bio-technology and fashion technology, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced on Tuesday. In its new guidelines for 2022-23, the AICTE also made chemistry in Class XII optional for studying computer science, electrical engineering and electronics engineering.

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Live: FDA approves 2nd booster dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

Delhi on Tuesday reported 95 Covid-19 cases and no fresh fatality due to the infection, while the positivity rate declined to 0.45 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With these fresh cases, the national capital's tally increased to 18,64,734. The death toll stands at 26,151, it stated.

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IPL 2022: New-look RR crush SRH by 61 runs, start campaign on a rousing note

A new-look and re-energised Rajasthan Royals attacked from the outset and inflicted on Sunrisers Hyderabad a 61-run hammering to begin their campaign in IPL 15 on a rousing note on Tuesday.

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Biden open to meeting Putin despite calling him war criminal

Amid signs of a drawdown in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has indicated he is open to meeting President Vladimir Putin for talks despite calling him a "war criminal" and a "butcher" and calling for his ouster.

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Delhi hits 40°C, ‘severe’ heatwave likely today

The mercury shot past 40 degrees Celsius at several weather stations in Delhi-NCR on Monday as heatwave-like conditions gripped the region, ringing in an early onset of summer in the capital and surrounding places that have been seeing a prolonged dry spell since the beginning of March.

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Amid hijab row, peaceful start to Karnataka exams

Amid the ongoing hijab row, the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations began on a smooth note on Monday with Karnataka recording the presence of nearly 97.6% of the total students. Of the nearly 8.7 lakh students who were to attend the exams, over 8.4 lakh students attended on Monday while 20,994 students skipped the test.

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Bengal House brawl leaves MLA with bleeding nose

BJP and Trinamool MLAs traded blows in the Bengal assembly on Monday over the Bogtui killings, following which a TMC lawmaker had to be rushed to hospital with a bleeding nose, prompting the speaker to suspend five BJP members.

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Strike hits transport, bank services in some states

Public dealings at banks and public transport services were hit in several states, including in West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which were impacted by the all-India strike called by central trade unions to protest the government’s labour and economic policies, including disinvestment and privatisation of public sector entities.

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'Centre blocked ration plan in Delhi, but can’t stop in Punjab'

On a day when Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced doorstep delivery of ration in Punjab so that the poor don’t have to stand in queues, AAP’s national convener and chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said “no force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”

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US eases Covid-19 travel advisory for India

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department eased government Covid-19 travel ratings for India and some other countries on Monday. The CDC said had changed its Covid-19 travel recommendation for India to "Level 1: Low" from "Level 3: High," which urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid travel to those locations.

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IPL 2022: Gujarat win thriller against Lucknow in battle of debutants

All-round Gujarat Titans defeated fellow IPL newcomers Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in a thrilling clash at Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Rahul Tewatia 40*, Matthew Wade 30, Hardik Pandya 33, and David Miller 30 played inspiring knocks for Gujarat as they chased the target of 159 with two balls to spare in the battle of debutants against Lucknow.

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UP portfolios: Adityanath keeps home, Khanna gets finance

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Security breach: Man attacks Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

In the video that went viral on the internet, the youth can be seen approaching Nitish Kumar and trying to hit him from behind.

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'7 Russian generals dead, one of them run over by own men’

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2crore paid to 'Matoshree', Sena neta claims it was for his mom

Shiv Sena corporator in the BMC House that recently ended its term and chairperson of the civic body's powerful standing committee Yashwant Jadhav made a payment of around Rs 10 crore in cash to acquire tenancy rights in his residential building and another Rs 2 crore to his mother and entered it in a diary as 'Matoshree' on Gudi Padwa last year, which the Income-Tax department has found suspicious.

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Court sentences Digvijaya Singh, five others to 1 year in jail in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha case

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NEET tail-enders jump queue, grab med seats

MBBS aspirants who missed out in the initial rounds of seat allotment and pinned their hopes on vacant NRI quota seats have been bested by students at the tail end of the NEET qualifying list helped by NRI sponsors.

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First gender-neutral institute in India soon

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) is set to become India's first fully gender-neutral educational institution. It has introduced a policy of inclusive education for gender and sexual minorities. Nalsar officials said most Indian universities don't have gender-neutral spaces such as hostels and washrooms.

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IPL 2022: KKR beat CSK by six wickets in season opener

A clinically all-round Kolkata Knight Riders beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's first tournament fifty in three years went in vain in the IPL lung opener in Mumbai on Saturday. KKR, who lost to CSK in the last season summit clash, chased down the 132 target with nine balls to spare, with out of favour India batter Ajinkya Rahane top-scoring with a 34-ball 44.

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Hope China follows independent India policy: Jaishankar to Wang

The Jaishankar-Wang meeting also saw India and China discussing a range of regional and global issues with Beijing saying that they had expressed serious concerns about the impact of unilateral sanctions on the global economy and supply chain security in a clear reference to the US and EU sanctions on Russia.

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Supreme Court reserves order on review plea in Sidhu road-rage case

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved verdict on a petition seeking harsher punishment to Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was let off with a meagre fine of Rs 1,000 in a road rage case 33 years ago, in which the victim died in hospital.

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BJP misusing central agencies: Uddhav Thackeray

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Before new school session,1cr kids aged 12-14 get 1st Covid shot

Ahead of the new academic session that is set to begin from April, Covid vaccination among adolescents of 12-14 years picked up pace this week with over one crore youngsters in this age group initiating immunisation in the last 10 days. The government lowered the eligible age for Covid vaccination to 12 years from March 16 to bring adolescents of 12-14 years under the span of the programme.

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Live: Experts worry about how US will see next Covid surge coming

As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new Covid-19 surge in the US and wondering how long it will take to detect. Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don't bode well. Stay with TOI for latest updates

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US calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising

A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.

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Samson miffed at Royals' post, social media team sacked

IPL side Rajasthan Royals on Friday sacked its social media team after captain Sanju Samson expressed displeasure on a post depicting him in a way he did not like. In a now-deleted post, the Royals' Twitter handle had an edited picture of Samson sitting in the team bus with sunglasses and a towel wrapped on his head. It had a caption "Kya khoob lagte ho" with a laughing emoji. But, the post did not go down well with Samson, who took to Twitter to express his disappointment.

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Live: Huge mandate spells new challenges, says Yogi

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Parl panel: Govt far from goal of doubling farmers’ income

parliamentary panel on agriculture in its report, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, noted that the government is far from its 2022 goal of doubling the income of farmers which the Centre had announced six years ago. The panel recommended that the ministry should formulate a "special team" to figure out the reasons for falling farmers' income in those states and take some "course corrective measures" so that the goal of doubling farmers' income is not lost sight of.

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High court collegiums not naming judges for 233 slots: Govt

Various high court collegiums have not recommended any name for as many as 233 vacancies of judges, the law ministry has said. Currently, 404 judges’ posts are vacant in 25 high courts. Lack of candidates recommended for judgeship of high courts has resulted in vacancies mostly remaining above 400 for several years now.

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India TB cases up 19%, Delhi tops prevalence

India saw a sharp 19% rise in tuberculosis cases in 2021 over the previous year, even as 64% of the surveyed symptomatic population did not seek healthcare services between 2019 and 2021, the India TB report 2022 and National TB Prevalence Survey shows. Over 19.3 lakh new and relapsed TB patients were notified in 2021 against 16.3 lakh in 2020, the TB report 2022 released by health minister Mansukh Mandaviya shows.

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Wang Yi cites J&K at OIC, MEA snubs China’s locus standi

Even as speculation mounted about the date of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s reported visit to India this week, the government on Wednesday hit out at Wang for referring to Jammu & Kashmir in his speech before OIC foreign ministers in Islamabad, saying China has no locus standi to talk about India’s Union Territory.

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ED eyes bookkeeper in Uddhav Thackeray's kin’s case

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Will bring culprits of Birbhum mass murders to justice: PM Modi

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CUET on Class 12 subjects, but no bar on any course

The Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2022, to be conducted by NTA, will be the basis for admission to close to 1.8 lakh seats across 45 central universities and their affiliated/constituent colleges. ​​The application process and the test and admission criteria need to be understood to let you choose your preferred course and college across the country. Ahead of NTA’s own announcement over a week later, TOI simplifies things for you.

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With 80 new ones, govt aims to have 220 airports by 2025

The government has set a target of increasing the number of airports from 140 to 220 by 2025, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, as he expected that the revival of the sector, scarred by the Covid-19 pandemic, may lead to a substantial jump in passenger traffic.

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Rape is rape even if perpetrated by husband, says court

An act of sexual assault on the wife, albeit by the husband, cannot but be termed a rape, the Karnataka HC observed on Wednesday. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man, the ‘husband’, on the woman, the ‘wife’,” the court held while refusing to interfere with the proceedings initiated against the accused husband vis-a-vis charges of rape, cruelty, criminal intimidation and also offences under Pocso Act in connection with alleged sexual acts.

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Covid-19 vaccines not mandatory: Centre to SC

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NDA to train girls on a par with boys

The National Defence Academy (NDA) said on Tuesday that a majority of military training activities of boy and girl cadets would be conducted together, and it was “geared up” for training the first batch of girl cadets in an absolutely gender-neutral manner from June 2022. The move was crucial keeping their employability in mind, wherein the women officers are required to command the troops of men, the NDA said in a press release.

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Modi, UK PM discuss 'grave situation' in Ukraine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK PM Boris Johnson spoke over the phone on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. "The leaders agreed that Ukraine's integrity and territorial sovereignty must be respected, and that Russia must adhere to the United Nations Charter," read a statement by Johnson's office.

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ED attaches Uddhav kin’s assets; MVA cries vendetta

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 6.45 crore, including 11 residential flats at Thane, belonging to a company controlled and owned by Shridhar Madhav Patankar, brother-in-law of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Patankar is brother of Rashmi Thackeray, wife of the CM and editor of Saamna newspaper.

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Court summons Salman Khan for allegedly misbehaving with a journalist

Amid several court cases, with the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, still ongoing, Bollywood actor Salman Khan faces another fresh legal battle.

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Central univ colleges won’t consider board results for UG seats

No weightage will be given to board exam performances in undergraduate admissions in all central universities and their affiliated colleges in the 2022-23 academic session. The University Grants Commission on Monday announced that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) score will be the basis for admission this year. However, the universities will be allowed to set a minimum eligibility on board exams marks.

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SC to order scrutiny of Covid certificates to nail fakes

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to order random scrutiny of Covid death claim applications to identify those who got compensation with forged documents after the issue was flagged by the Centre which received complaints from several states. A bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna reserved its order on Centre’s plea for random checking of documents and said it will pass order on March 23 when it will also decide which agency will carry out scrutiny.

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China airliner crashes with 132 on board; no sign of survivors

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday after a sudden descent from cruising altitude. The jet was carrying 123 flyers and nine crew members. The airline said it deeply mourned the death of passengers and crew, without specifying how many were killed. Media said there were no signs of survivors.

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Australia & India: Can’t allow a Ukraine in the Indo-Pacific

While Australian PM Scott Morrison called for holding Russia to account for its Ukraine offensive in the virtual summit with PM Narendra Modi, Australia also expressed understanding of India's position on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said after the meeting on Monday.

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'Respect Cong chief's views': Tharoor declines CPM's invite

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Harnaaz Sandhu’s welcome party in pictures

Pictures: Harnaaz Sandhu’s welcome party

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No Class 12 re-exam for hijab protesters: Karnataka govt

Hundreds of pre-university (PU) II students in Karnataka who had participated in hijab protests will not be given a second chance to appear for their practical examinations, which they boycotted in February-March. In Karnataka, Class 12 is called PU II. Two days after hinting at a re-exam, the government on Sunday categorically ruled out that option for students who were “absent” for the practicals conducted as part of the board examinations.

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Sen's impressive run ends in agony at All England final

Lakshya Sen's dream run at the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss against world number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles final, continuing India's 21-year-long agonising wait for the coveted trophy. After four days of sensational badminton, the 20-year-old Sen faltered on the cusp of history as he committed too many errors to go down 10-21, 15-21 to former champion Axelsen in a lop-sided summit clash that lasted 53 minutes.

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Live: Zelenskyy presses Israel for missile defence help

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Israeli members of the Knesset (Parliament) that the Russian invasion is an all-out war aimed at destroying the Ukrainian people and this is why it resembles what the Nazis did to the Jewish people during the Holocaust. Stay with TOI for all updates:

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PM Modi, Morrison to hold second virtual summit today

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Live: Weekly Covid deaths in India lowest in two years

India's apex body on immunisation NTAGI has recommended administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield between eight and 16 weeks after the first dose, official sources said on Sunday. Presently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy. Stay with TOI for all updates:

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Former Afghanistan finance minister now an Uber driver in US

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Super Singer season 3 winner : Suchismita bags the trophy

Popular singing reality show ‘Super Singer Season 3’, hosted by Jisshu U Sengupta, has found its winner. Leaving all other contestants behind, Suchismita Chakraborty has won the title of ‘Super Singer Season 3’, while Manasi Ghosh won the second spot. Kumar Gourab and Pranay Majumder jointly bagged the third prize. Soumi Ghosh was declared the 'Popular Choice Winner'.

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CJI: Trust Indian judiciary for absolute independence

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PM, Shah to attend Yogi’s swearing-in on March 25

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Covid-19: 'We can’t live in fear over surge elsewhere'

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Strategic Zoji La reopens ahead of schedule amid LAC tension

With Indian soldiers remaining forward-deployed in the continuing 22-month-long military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, the BRO on Saturday reopened the forbidding Zoji La on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh road much ahead of schedule. The pass, key to maintaining operational preparedness of the armed forces, usually remains closed from end-November to mid-April due to heavy snow, leaving the Ladakh region cut off.

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2 held for 'death threats' to judges over hijab verdict

Tamil Nadu police arrested two men on Saturday on the charge of issuing death threats to Karnataka high court judges who delivered the 'hijab verdict' on March 15 that upheld a ban on students wearing the Islamic headscarf in class. Kovai Rahmathullah was arrested in Tirunelveli, while S Jamal Mohammed Usmani, 44, was taken into custody in Thanjavur.

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What’s wrong with saffron education, asks VP Naidu

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu called for Indians to “give up their colonial mindset” and instead “take pride in their own identity.” “Education in English-medium schools has given rise to a small class of aristocrats. We are accused of saffronising education, but then what is wrong with saffron? We have believed in the welfare of all and considered the whole world as one family” he said.

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Media has key role in achieving social transformation: PM Modi

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70%-80% parents fear learning loss in children: NCEE survey

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UAPA: 7-day limit is non-negotiable, says Kerala HC

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HC: Courts can't force parties to implement poll manifestos

The Allahabad high court has observed that there is no penal provision under any statute to bring political parties within the clutches of enforcement authorities, if they fail to fulfil their promises made in the election manifesto. The court's verdict came while hearing a petition that had sought registration of criminal cases against BJP for not fulfilling promises in 2014 LS poll manifesto.

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