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28 Mar

International media banned in Afghanistan

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The Taliban in Afghanistan have decided to ban international media outlets from broadcasting over local media. The BBC first stopped broadcasting on Sunday night. The BBC has asked the Taliban to reverse its decision, saying it will affect more than 6 million viewers of its Farsi, Pashto and Uzbek language service programs. The BBC Persian TV channel can still be accessed, but only by 20 percent of Afghans with satellite TV. The Khaama Press quoted, “The BBC’s TV news bulletins in Pashto, Persian, and Uzbek have been taken off air in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered our TV partners to…

28 Mar

SS Rajamouli’s movie RRR breaks all records in first weekend

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Directed by S. S. Rajamouli, the film RRR featured Ram Charan and Jr NTR. The film breaks all the record at the box office in its first weekend. The film opened at a worldwide collection of Rs. 257 crore. It saw its Hindi version earned at the box office around Rs. 30 crore on its first Sunday. The film's first domestic weekend stands at around Rs. 73 crore which is slightly lower than Akshay Kumar featuring movie ‘Sooryavanshi’. Boxofficeindia.com reported that, “As the mass markets show huge jumps and were super strong, RRR has recorded fantastic collections of 30-31 crore…

28 Mar

The Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett tests Covid positive

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The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had invited Naftali Bennett to India. At his invitation Naftali Bennett had announced his first official visit to India. Bennett was supposed to meet PM Narendra Modi and other senior government officials during his visit to India. He will also about to visit the Jewish community in India. The PMO of Israel said that the purpose of the visit was to strengthen the strategic alliance and also to expand bilateral ties between the countries. Also the leaders will discuss the strengthening of cooperation in a variety of areas such as economy, innovation, agriculture,…

28 Mar

WB: Government offices to remain open on March 28, 29 amid Bharat Bandh

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Following central exchange unions' call for a two-day nationwide strike on 28-29 March, the West Bengal authorities has said that all workplaces will remain open on these days and mandated employees to report for duty. "In view of calls given by means of different trade unions and others for a forty eight hours' nationwide strike/bandh on March 28 and 29, 2022, it has been determined that all state government workplaces consisting of these provided with Grants-in-Aid by the country authorities shall continue to be open and all the employees shall record for obligation on those days," reads the Bengal government…

28 Mar

States can give Hindus minority status: Centre affidavit in Supreme Court

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The central authority directed the Supreme Court that affirmative states, where the number of Hindus or other communities is very small, may declare them as minorities in their own territories, allowing them to set up and operate private institutions. Placing the onus on the states, the central government has stated in an affidavit that state governments have the power to declare communities as minorities. "State governments can declare a religious or linguistic community within the state as a minority neighborhood," the affidavit filed in the apex court with the help of the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs said. States may…

27 Mar

Let’s Make Local “Global”, Raise Prestige Of Indian Products: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India's export target of US$ 400 billion this fiscal year indicates that demand for its gadgets is increasing across the world and stressed that when every Indian adopts a 'voice for the local', it does not take one. A whole lot of time for "local ends global". In his month-to-month Man Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi also mentioned that the authorities purchased items worth over Rs 1 lakh crore through the government e-market closed to 1.25 lakh small entrepreneurs and shopkeepers in the last one year. Immediately sold their products to the…

27 Mar

22 Accused Named By CBI In Birbhum Killings, Trinamool Leader Questioned

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The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 22 people as accused in the Birbhum massacre, in which eight people have been beaten and burnt alive beforehand this week, triggering political furore. The listing of accused is the identical as that of the nation police, sources said. The agency, however, has puzzled the ruling Trinamool Congress's block president Anarul Hossain, who, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had promised, will be arrested. Around 20 humans have been arrested after six women and two teenagers -- commonly of participants of a single family -- were locked in their residences and burnt alive through a…

27 Mar

Trade Unions Call For Bharat Bandh On March 28 & 29

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A nationwide shutdown has been called by means of a joint forum of central alternate unions for March 28 and 29 in protest in opposition to the "anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people, and anti-national policies" of the Centre. The call for the strike used to be taken after a meeting of the joint platform of central trade unions on March 22. The Congress and Left parties have determined to help the bandh. In its statement, the discussion board said that transport workers, electricity workers, and roadways workers have determined to join the protest. Banking and insurance plan services are additionally predicted to…

26 Mar

Prices of 800 essential medicines, including Paracetamol, set to rise by 10.7% from next month

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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India on Friday announced a 10.7 per cent trade in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the calendar 12 months 2021 over the corresponding length in 2020. This capability that the prices of almost 800 scheduled medicines on the National List of Essential Medicines, which are used to treat the majority of frequent ailments, will upward shove by using 10.7 percentage commencing April 1. "Based on the WPI information provided via the workplace of the Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the annual exchange in WPI works out as 10.76607% in the course…

26 Mar

Delhi Budget: 20 Lakh Jobs, Better Healthcare Among Top Announcements of Rozgaar Budget

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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia a “Rozgar Budget” in the Assembly on Saturday with an outlay of Rs 75,800 crore for the financial year 2022-23, focussing on developing 20 lakh jobs in 5 years by way of placing up an digital metropolis and advertising night time economy, retail and wholesale markets in the national capital. The budget measurement for the subsequent financial yr is 9.86 per cent higher than that of the previous year — Rs 69,000 crore — Sisodia said, including that Delhi’s financial system is convalescing regularly from the impact of COVID-19. “The Rozgar Budget will take…