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After the United States, France, South Korea, Singapore and Australia, India now seek to sign a military logistics pact with Japan | India News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

NEW DELHI: India is rapidly signing reciprocal military logistics pacts with like-minded countries to extend its strategic and naval operational reach throughout the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and beyond, with a firm eye on China’s expansionary behavior in the Indo-Pacific. After similar agreements with the EE. The US, France, South Korea and Singapore, it was…
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Anamika Shukla: Uttar Pradesh teacher “earns” 1 rupee in 13 months | India News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

LUCKNOW: A full-time science teacher employed at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), a residential facility for girls from weaker sectors of society, allegedly “worked” in 25 schools simultaneously, earning a total of more than Rs 1 million of rupees as salaries of these schools of more than 13 months until February 2020. The anomaly came…
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Opinion

Public servants of official service need not worry. They have adequate security guaranteed by law – analysis

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

On May 23, Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman announced that banks should automatically extend loans to eligible borrowers in the micro, small and medium-sized business sector without fear of 3Cs: CBI, CVC and CAG ( Central Investigation Office, Central Vigilance Commission, and Comptroller and Auditor General, respectively). The FM statement highlighted the widely perceived apprehension…
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Opinion

Focus on air, water and waste management: editorials

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

With callous planning that creates a false binary and prioritizes development over the environment, weak enforcement of green laws, inefficient and corrupt regulators, and irresponsible civic behavior, India’s list of environmental challenges is long. The most important thing, of course, is the climate crisis, which affects all sectors and has an impact on daily life….
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Rahul Gandhi: the ‘draconian blockade’ crushed the wrong curve ‘: Rajiv Bajaj

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

NEW DELHI: In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, industrialist Rajiv Bajaj said Thursday that regaining economic growth will not be an easy task. The discussion, broadcast on social media platforms, was largely based on the impact of the blockade on the Indian economy amid the Covid-19 crisis. The managing director of Bajaj Auto…
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India

Gujarat Congress: Two more MLA from Gujarat Congress resign before Rajya Sabha elections | Ahmedabad News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

GANDHINAGAR: two more Gujarat Congress lawmakers submitted their resignations earlier than scheduled Thursday Rajya Sabha Elections June 19 for four state seats. This has further reduced the party’s prospects for winning Rajya Sabha’s second two-seat seat that he could have won if none of his MLAs had resigned. Gujarat: MLA Congress Axsay Patel presents its…
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Mumbai Unlock 1.0 Guidelines: Mumbai Housing Societies write rules for a new normal | Mumbai News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

The days of stopping vendors and visitors at the door may be over MUMBAI: As Unlock 1.0 begins, housing societies across the city are taking their first tentative steps to open up. While restrictions on strangers remain in place, several companies allow technicians, plumbers, electricians, and delivery people to perform mandatory checks. Thermal detection and…
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Coronavirus news: India’s Covid-19 outbreak is turning into a rural health crisis | India News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Rural areas of India have begun to see an increase in new coronavirus infections as millions of migrant workers returning from big cities and industrial centers bring the virus to their homes, according to data collected from seven indian states. Authorities said the increase in cases was a new challenge for…
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Andhra Pradesh coronavirus news: in the eastern village of Godavari, the super-spreader transmits the coronavirus to 116 | Visakhapatnam News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

KAKINADA: About 20 kilometers from Kakinada, located between green fields and coconut trees, is the town of Gollala Mamidada. The now nondescript Pedapudi Mandal village in the East Godavari district is now in the headlines for earning the dubious distinction of being the first village in the country to have 116 confirmed cases of Covid-19…
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Andhra Pradesh High Court tells IPS official not to hinder investigation | Amaravati News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 5, 2020

Representative image HYDERABAD: setting aside his suspension order, the Andhra Pradesh High Court warned former state intelligence chief AB Venkateswara Rao not to interfere with the investigation Against him. In February 2020, the state suspended ABV Rao after a report by DGP Gautam Sawang He accused the former for his alleged involvement in irregularities in…
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