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09 Aug

8 Crore Farmers Get Rs 6,000 Each Under Centre’s PM-KISAN Scheme , launched by Govt.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday transferred Rs 17,000 crore directly into the bank accounts of 8.5 crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme. He said the scheme has been successful in its objective to provide financial support to farmers without any involvement of middlemen. The Centre provides Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme that was launched in December 2018. The prime minister "released the 6th installment under the PM-KISAN scheme of Rs 17,000 crore to nearly 8.5 crore farmers. The cash benefit was transferred directly to their Aadhaar verified…

09 Aug

Anuj Pandit Sharma played a role of a cute little sardar in Koi… Mil Gaya, the first film in Rakesh Roshan’s sci-fi film.

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Anuj Pandit Sharma played a role of a cute little sardar in Koi… Mil Gaya, the first film in Rakesh Roshan's sci-fi film. The film starred Hrithik Roshan as a mentally challenged kid whose life changes after an encounter with an alien. The film released 17 years ago, on August 8. Anuj is a grown up actor now, starring in television shows. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, he said, "It's a special feeling and also strange in a way that Koi… Mil Gaya has completed 17 years. Even today, kids come to me in public places and say that…

09 Aug

Saudi Arabia has halted the provision of oil on loan for Pakistan after the Imran Khan government threatened to split the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir.

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Saudi Arabia has halted the provision of oil on loan for Pakistan after the Imran Khan government threatened to split the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir. Hit by a severe economic crisis, Pakistan had borrowed a $6.2 billion loan from Saudi Arabia in 2018.The loan package included a provision under which Saudi Arabia granted Pakistan $3.2 billion worth of oil, a year on deferred payments. Pakistani media on Saturday said that the provision meant for Islamabad expired two months ago and has not been renewed by Riyadh.Instead, Islamabad has prematurely returned $1 billion Saudi loan, four months ahead…

09 Aug

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation she had with boyfriend

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Actor Rhea Chakraborty has shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation she had with boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, in which he’d expressed concerns about his sister Priyanka’s behaviour with Rhea. Sushant died by suicide on June 14, and his family has accused Rhea of abetting it. In the conversations, shared by Rhea with India Today, the actor said that he believed his sister was manipulating his friend and roommate Siddharth Pithani. The conversations begin with Sushant praising Rhea and her brother Showik. ”Your family is very epic. Showik is compassionate and you too who are mine, you are a sufficient cause…

08 Aug

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Gamaleya centre will be registered on August 12

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Amid the high number of coronavirus cases across the world, Russia is all set to register world's first COVID-19 vaccine next week, according to reports. The vaccine was developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defence Ministry. The vaccine will be registered on August 12. "The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Gamaleya centre will be registered on August 12. At the moment, the last, third, stage is underway. The trials are extremely important. We have to understand that the vaccine must be safe. Medical professionals and senior citizens will be the first to get vaccinated," Gridnev told reporters, according…

08 Aug

Rapper Badshah was grilled by the Mumbai Police

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Rapper Badshah was grilled by the Mumbai Police for over nine hours on Friday in connection with probe into a racket which creates and sells fake social media followers and `likes', an official said. Badshah reached the office of the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) around 12.30 pm. He stepped out of the CIU office around 9.45 at night, said the official. He has been summoned for questioning on Saturday afternoon too, the official added. Stating that he has been cooperating with Mumbai police in the investigations, the rapper denied the allegations against him. "I was never involved in such practices,"…

08 Aug

Simon Cowell Had Doubts About London School Of Bollywood On ‘BGT’

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Simon Cowell Had Doubts About London School Of Bollywood On ‘BGT’The London School of Bollywood group featured dancers from the ages of 18-26 as they auditioned for season 11. “We’ve seen a lot of these groups before and they’re pretty much the same thing,” Simon said once they announced they were a Bollywood dance group. One group member spoke up and said “we don’t think there’s anyone quite like us.” Midway through their performance, a voiceover replaced the music and talked about how it’s always the same story about a boy meeting a girl. The dancers switched it up with…

08 Aug

Gauhati University is all set to restart regular classes for final semester students

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Gauhati University is all set to restart regular classes for final semester students as per proposed Government guidelines issued by the Commissioner and Secretary of Higher Education, Assam for reopening of degree colleges from 1st of September, 2020. As per a notice from Gauhati University Registrar’s Office, 4th-semester students pursuing Post Graduation courses and 6th-semester students in their Undergrads along with 6th semester LLB students and 10th-semester students of BBA LLB, BA LLB and BCom LLB will return to the university from September 1. Hostels of the University will also reopen on September 1 and UG exams will begin from…

08 Aug

Yogi Adityanath to be invited to lay foundation stone for public facilities on land for mosque in Ayodhya’.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be invited to inaugurate the public utility facilities coming up next to the mosque in Dhannipur village in Ayodhya. But there will be no ritual for laying the foundation stone of the religious structure itself, the Trust mandated to construct the mosque has said. Mr. Adityanath would be invited as the head of Uttar Pradesh. "On the five-acre land in Dhannipur village, which has been given for the construction of a mosque on the Supreme Court's directive, a hospital, a library, a community kitchen and a research centre will also be built. To…

08 Aug

Nagpur Police offers grammar lessons to scammers in Epic tweet.

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We are all aware of the fake and fraud messages that one gets. More than often, the language of these SMS or Whatsapp messages is wrong. Further, incorrect spellings are a way of identifying fake messages. Responding to complaints by citizens about spammers and fake SMSes, Nagpur City Police, in a tongue-in-cheek tweet, offered classes to all spammers sending out a bunch of text messages. In its tweet, Nagpur City Police attached a couple of screenshots of fake and error-ridden messages that people received asking them to update their KYC for Paytm. The Nagpur police in a tweet shared screenshots…