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Drama in Himachal as Congress Legislature Party meeting rescheduled for third time

Shimla, December 9 (IANS): High drama continued ahead of the crucial meeting of newly- elected 40 Congress legislators of Himachal Pradesh to nominate the legislature party leader as it was delayed till Friday

India / 9th December 2022
May include provisions to prevent shadow banning in proposed Digital India Act: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): Amid disturbing disclosures about microblogging site Twitter blacklisting content and preventing disfavoured tweets from trending, the Indian government on Friday said that it may

India / 9th December 2022
Liberation Tigers of Tribals member arrested in Assam

Silchar, December 9 (IANS): Assam Police have arrested a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tribals (LTT) terror outfit in Cachar district, a top official said on Friday. Superintendent of Police Numal Mahat

North-East / 9th December 2022
3 more students arrested over Dibrugarh University ragging incident

Guwahati/Dibrugarh, December 9 (IANS): Three more students of the Dibrugarh University have been arrested for their alleged role in ragging a student who eventually jumped off a two-storey building of a hostel

North-East / 9th December 2022
India, B'desh border guarding forces reiterate to jointly deal with crimes

Agartala, December 9 (IANS): Border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh on Friday reiterated to jointly deal with crimes, trans-issues and illegal activities along the frontiers. From Wednesday to Friday

India / 9th December 2022
'Collegium discussions can't be put out in public domain through RTI', says SC

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to disclose details under the Right to Information (RTI) of a collegium meeting in which decisions were taken regarding the ele

India / 9th December 2022
'Don't portray all religious processions as source of riot', SC junks plea for regulating 'shobhayatras'

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL by NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace seeking strict regulation of religious processions or "shobhayatras" where p

India / 9th December 2022
1,83,741 Indians gave up citizenship in last 5 years

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): The number of Indians renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last few years. The number of Indians, who renounced the citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and afte

India / 9th December 2022
Convention on the Law of the Sea more relevant than ever: UN chief

United Nations, December 9 (IANS): As the ocean is "in dire straits," the landmark UN Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted 40 years ago is more relevant than ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Gut

World / 9th December 2022
Indian-origin Sushmita Shukla named First VP of Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York, December 9 (IANS): The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin insurance veteran Sushmita Shukla as First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. As First Vice President, S

Business / 9th December 2022
9 dead in Indonesia coal mine explosion

Jakarta, December 9 (IANS): A coal mine explosion in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Friday, leaving nine workers dead, two others injured and one missing, an official said. The explosion in the min

World / 9th December 2022
UN Security Council hails signing of political framework deal in Sudan

United Nations, December 9 (IANS): The UN Security Council has welcomed the signing of a framework deal in Sudan to end political stalemate, and called on key political forces in the country to join the po

World / 9th December 2022
Malaria cases, deaths remain stable in 2021: WHO

Geneva, December 9 (IANS): The global number of malaria cases and deaths generally remained stable in 2021, thanks to redoubled efforts by affected countries, the WHO said. According to the WHO's latest

Health / 9th December 2022
M23 kills 131 civilians in eastern Congo: UN

United Nations, December 9 (IANS): In eastern Congo last week, M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians, including 17 women and 12 children, a UN spokesman said. "An additional 8 people were shot and wo

World / 9th December 2022
Many marine species may go extinct before discovered: Scientists at COP15

Montreal, December 9 (IANS): More than 90 per cent of marine species are undescribed and many may go extinct due to human activity before they are discovered -- the loss of unique, potentially valuable genetic

Environment / 9th December 2022
India's Marico acquires Vietnamese Beauty X Corp for Rs 172 cr

Chennai, December 9 (IANS): India's consumer goods major Rs 95 billion turnover Marico Ltd's subsidiary Marico South-East Asia Corporation (MSEA) has inked an agreement to acquire Vietnamese Beauty X Co

Business / 9th December 2022
BSNL's total net loss Rs 57,671 crore since inception

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): Since inception, the total net loss of BSNL is Rs 57,671 crore while that of MTNL is Rs 14,989 crore as on March 31, 2022, the Parliament was told on Friday. As per the Ministry

Business / 9th December 2022
Parliamentary panel studying electricity amendment bill, seeks comments within 15 days

New Delhi, December 9 (IANS): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy on Friday sought stakeholders' comments on the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2022, which it is currently scrutinising, within the n

Business / 9th December 2022
Dawn of a new era

S Phangnon Konyak MP, Rajya Sabha (Nagaland) There has or rather, there has never been a more evasive word in India than 'peace' itself. Some use it sparingly, some overuse it. For a country s

Public Space / 9th December 2022
Assembly polls: BJP scripts historic win in Gujarat but loses Himachal to Cong

Gandhinagar/Shimla (MExN): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today scripted a historic win in Gujarat Assembly elections, almost wiping out the opposition in the State but suffered a setback as the Congress gain

India / 9th December 2022