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Philippine prisons chief charged in journalist's killing

Philippine authorities filed murder complaints on Monday against the top prisons official and an aide, accusing them of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator in an elaborate crime they said showed that the country’s prisons system had been turned into a “criminal organization.”

Taliban reveals burial site of Mullah Omar

The Taliban has disclosed the burial site of Mullah Omar, the elusive and reclusive one-eyed founder of the terror group, in Afghansitan's Zabul province, chief spokesman of the government in Kabul Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday.

Missile tests practiced to attack South, US: N Korea

The North's announcementunderscored leader Kim Jong Un’s determination not to back down inthe face of his rivals’ push to expand their military exercises

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Reliance Industries among World's Best Employers: Forbes

Reliance Industries has emerged in the 20th position among the list of Forbes' sixth annual World's Best Employers, which was done in partnership with market research company Statista.

FM lauds state-owned banks for recording profits

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday lauded all 12 public sector banks for recording combined net profits worth Rs 25,685 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal.

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw condemns Twitter layoffs in India

Twitter employees in India last week lost access to their official emails and internal Slack and group chats. Those who are still with Twitter India are tweeted.living in constant fear about losing their jobs in the next round, which they think will happen sooner keeping Musk's intentions in mind. Regarding Twitter's reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over 4M/day,\" Musk

Piyush Goyal asks export promotion bodies.to maintain healthy growth momentum

He appealed to the industry to strive to retain export markets even if the stakeholders were to make temporary changes in their pricing structure to accommodate shortterm challenges. He encouraged exporters to explore unique products with good export potential such as castor and instructed officials of the ministry to proactively promote these products.

Customer protection lies at core of microfinance regulation, says RBI Deputy Governor

Customer protection lies at the core of microfinance regulation, and it has been the Reserve Bank of India's guiding light while revamping the regulatory regime for the sector, said the central bank's Deputy Governor M. Rajeshwar Rao.

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Centre releases revenue deficit grant of over ₹7,000 cr to 14 states

The granthas been released as per the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission

Will Nepal save itself from gerontocrats?

There is an interesting parallel between the upcoming general election in Nepal and the mid-term one in the United States—the unprecedented uncertainty of what the outcom will be.

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India finally gets moving

Threats never reduced nor did attitudes of our neighbours change. Nor did we learn from history.

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Condescension

SIR, Reading a letter in today's newspaper confirmed a sad reality yet again, the ordinary Bengali still sees the Singur agitation as a mishap which happened due to the allegedly unintelligent decision of the farmers to sell their land.

Hope for Humanity

At a time when nature is declining globally at an unprecedented rate, stopping and reversing deforestation, limiting pollution and emission of greenhouse gases, transformation of food and land use systems, and protecting ocean and river ecosystems are some of the major global challenges. Therefore, in addition to financial issues, COP 27 would focus on solutions for climate adaptation, strategies for managing climate risks while meeting our growing food demand, address water scarcity, and build climate-resilient cities

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Rajasthan to start 'Chess in Schools' from Indira Gandhi Jayanti day'

The Government of Rajasthan will start 'Chess in Schools' on every third saturday of a month from the day of Indira Gandhi Jayanti, November 19.

CPM rule in Kerala weakening public institutions: Governor

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday came out against the CPI-M-led LDF government in the state saying that it is weakening public institutions in the state by appointing unqualified and inefficient cadre members to top posts.

Muslim women in Kerala burn hijabin solidarity with Iranian protesters

The burning of the hijab was held under the auspices of the islamic Free Thinkers Organization

Storm as Minister uses foul words against Supriya Sule

A political storm erupted in Maharashtra on Monday as ruling Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) Minister Abdul Sattar allegedly used foul words against Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, the daughter of veteran leader Sharad Pawar.

K'taka Lingayat mutt sex scandal: Accused seer drugged, abused girls

Rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murthy Murugha Sharanaru allegedly drugged minor girls residing in the Chitradurga Murugha Mutt before violating them, police investigation has revealed.

SAD expels Bibi Jagir Kaur from primary membership of party

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday expelled senior leader Bibi Jagir Kaur from the primary membership of the party for “indulging in antiparty activities, including becoming party to a conspiracy to break the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)”.

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KTR seeks apology from PM Modi

‘Demonetization was one of the major policy failures of Modigovernment’

WBSSC scam: Justice Gangopadhyay unhappy with functioning of some CBI officers

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court while hearing a matter related to the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) scam on Monday, observed that he was unhappy with the functioning of some members of the special investigation team (SIT) formed by the CBI probing the case.

VP Dhankhar to represent India at ASEAN meets in Cambodia

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will visit Cambodia from 11-13 November to represent India at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit.

Assembly polls: BJP way ahead of Cong in Himachal

Cong banking on OPS, while BJP opens vault for women

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Free flats approved for threec crore poor citizens: Hardeep Puri

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday that the Central government has so far sanctioned houses to more than 3 crore underprivileged people while 1.22 crore houses have been approved in several urban areas, including Delhi.

CAQM mandates all C&D projects in NCR to deploy adequate number of anti-smog guns

In a move to mitigate dust arising out of Construction and Demolition (C&D) activities sites and intensify actions to further ameliorate the overall air quality of the National Capital Region (NCR), the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas has mandated all C&D projects in the NCR to deploy adequate numbers of anti-smog guns, in proportion to the total area of construction for the project.

Delhi Excise Policy scam: Sisodia’s aide Dinesh Arora set to turn approver

Fresh trouble seems to be on cards for Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as Dinesh Arora -- his close aide and an accused in the Delhi's Excise Policy scam case -- has decided to turn approver in the case.