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01 Sep

Mahindra First Choice Wheels launches 75 new car stores across India

editor0 CommentsBusinessBusiness, mahindra

Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd (MFCWL), India’s leading multi-brand pre-owned cars retailer, launched 75 new state-of-the-art franchise stores across Tier I/II/III cities of India. The addition of these new stores has now strengthened MFCWL’s market leadership in the organized used car segment. MFCWL has now a strong network of over 1100 stores pan India.The newly launched store is Mahabir Enterprises in Nalbari. Theis new Mahindra First Choice store will offer all the facilities and services that the MFCWL brand represents including certified used-car sales, warranty on Mahindra Certified used cars, easy finance, hassle-free RTO transfer and superlative customer experience.MFCWL has…

01 Sep

Schools reopen in Delhi, UP, MP, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka today

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Education, IndiaSchools reopen, Telangana

The schools, colleges, and other educational institutions across several states, including Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and many more will reopen today i.e. on September 1. A few special protocols are meant to adhere to the government-necessitated coronavirus disease (Covid-19) guidelines. SOPs have been released to ensure the safety of students which include staggered lunch breaks, minimum seating capacity in class, masking and sanitization protocols, etc. The decision to reopen schools was taken after a significant drop in the number of COVID-19 cases was seen in the country. For most of the states, attendance has been made voluntary. While…

01 Sep

Non-subsidised LPG cylinder gets costlier by Rs 25

editor0 CommentsBusinessLPG cylinder

In another hit to the wallet of the common man, oil marketing companies have raised the prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders by Rs 25. In Delhi, the 14.2-kilogram non-subsidised cylinder will now cost Rs 884.50. Price in Kolkata is the highest among the four metro cities at Rs 911 per cylinder, while that in Chennai and Mumbai stood at Rs 900.5 and Rs 884.50 per cylinder. This is the second hike in 15 days. The previous hike was of Rs 25 on August 18. Further, the price of a 19 kg commercial cylinder has also been increased by Rs 75,…

01 Sep

Delhi HC issues notice on plea challenging Asthana’s appointment as top cop

editor0 CommentsIndiaDelhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea challenging the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as Commissioner of Delhi Police. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), submitted before a bench comprising chief justice D.N. Patel and justice Jyoti Singh that the petitioner has directly copy pasted from its plea filed at the top court. He stressed that this is violation of the Delhi High Court Rules. The counsel for the petitioner denied any copy paste job. The high court allowed Bhushan’s intervention application and issued notice in the matter. The matter is scheduled for…

01 Sep

Al Qaeda congratulates Taliban; calls on to ‘liberate Kashmir from enemies of Islam’

editor0 CommentsNorth EastAl Qaeda

Soon after the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan, terror group Al Qaeda has congratulated the former and has even talked of Kashmir liberation. This came soon after the withdrawal of US troops from the war-ravaged Afghanistan late on Monday. The letter by Al Qaeda was shared on Twitter by a journalist. "Allah! Liberate the Levant, Somalia, Yemen, Kashmir and the rest of the Islamic lands from the clutches of the enemies of Islam," read a statement in the letter addressed to Taliban. In the letter, Al Qaeda also spoke of the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan and said, "We praise…

01 Sep

Sri Lanka declares food emergency as forex crisis worsens

editor0 CommentsInternationalECONOMY

Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. Rajapaksa has named a top army officer as "Commissioner General of Essential Services to coordinate the supply of paddy, rice, sugar and other consumer goods". The move followed sharp price rises for sugar, rice, onions and potatoes, while long queues have formed outside stores because of shortages of milk powder,…

01 Sep

UNSC resolution addresses ‘key concerns’ on Afghanistan: India

editor0 CommentsIndia, InternationalAfghanistan, Taliban

Despite the abstention of two “P-5” countries, Russia and China, from the India-led United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2593, the Government of India said it was a “matter of satisfaction” that the resolution, addressed India's “key concerns” on Afghanistan. According official sources, the resolution, which called on the Taliban to keep its commitments on preventing terror groups in Afghanistan and urged them to assist the safe evacuations of all Afghan nationals wishing to leave the country, was the result of careful coordination and “high-level official contacts with UNSC members, including a call to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,…

31 Aug

Supertech`s 40 storey Noida twin towers to be demolished, flat buyers will get a refund

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered demolition of two 40-floor towers built by real estate company Supertech in one of its housing projects in Noida for violation of building by-laws. SC said that construction of Supertech's twin 40 storey towers Supertech's Emerald Court project having 915 flats and shops was done in collusion with NOIDA authority and Supertech. In its verdict, Supreme Court said that construction of the twin towers containing around 1,000 flats in Supertech Emerald Court in Noida were done in violation of the rules and must be razed within a period of three months by Supertech at…

31 Aug

Assam government to constitute seven committees for upliftment of tea tribes community

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that to draw up short, medium and long term action plans for uplifting the Tea Tribes community, 7 sub-groups would be formed for in depth study on various critical issues concerning the community He attended an interactive programme titled "Humder Moner Kotha" with intellectuals and leading citizens of the Tea Tribes community with a view to prepare a roadmap for all round development of the community along with his Council of Ministers at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati. The committees will comprise members of the tea community and will make recommendations on…

31 Aug

New JNU course calls Islamic Jihadi terrorism the only form of religious terrorism, sparks controversy

editor0 CommentsEducationIslamic Jihad

Jawaharlal Nehru University’s academic council has approved a counter-terrorism course that links Islamist and communist terror while staying silent on terrorism by members of other faiths or groups. The course content document describes “jihadi terrorism” as the only form of “fundamentalist-religious inspired terrorism” and connects it to “State-sponsored terrorism” exclusively by communist China and the former Soviet Union. An academic council member said the proposal was passed on August 17 without discussion, as has been the trend under current vice-chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar. Sources suggested that a final approval from the executive council was a formality. The optional course, titled…