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25 Sep

GU Vice- Chancellor facilitates NSS Awarded Nipamoni Deka

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Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pratap Jyoti Handique facilitated NSS National Award winner for the session 2018-19 to Nipamoni Deka at Gauhati University VC conference hall today with a flower bouquet, gamosa and a cheque an amount of rupees ten thousand. In his speech he congratulated Nipamoni Deka for bringing glory to Gauhati University in National level. Prof. Handique has initiated a VC welfare fund after taking over charge as Vice –Chancellor of Gauhati University and she is first beneficiaries to achieve the amount. Vice Chancellor also congratulated Dr Ranjan Kr Kakati, DSW, GU for providing guidance to NSS volunteers and…

25 Sep

Farmers’ protest: Northern Railway cancels trains citing nationwide agitation.

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As farmers gear up for nationwide protests on Friday against the Centre's agriculture bills, rail and road transport will be affected due to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by the farmers' organisations. The 'Bharat Bandh' comes a day after farmers’ bodies in Punjab and Haryana began a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation to mark their protest against the farm bills. A total of 31 farmers’ organizations have extended their support to the call of a Bharat Bandh on Friday. Keeping in view the farmers' agitation in Punjab against agriculture bills, some trains operated by Northern Railway will remain cancelled or partially cancelled,…

25 Sep

Pandemic makes 90% Indians careful with expenses: Survey.

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Even as Indians increase their spending with the easing of lockdowns, over 90% of respondents in a survey said that the pandemic has made them more careful with expenditure as against 75% of global respondents.Indians are being increasingly careful with money despite many of them (56%) reporting a spike in spending in July compared to global peers (46%). According to a survey conducted by Standard Chartered Bank, 76% of survey respondents in India said that the economic impact of Covid-19 has made them more likely to track their spending. The examine of 12,000 adults throughout 12 markets — Hong Kong,…

25 Sep

WhatsApp’s Defence Secrecy Measures Amid Row Over Leaked Chats In Drugs Probe.

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Social community platform WhatsApp in the present day stated that its messages are protected and no third get together can entry them — an assertion that got here amid hypothesis about how the Narcotics Management Bureau managed to entry previous messages throughout its investigation into the Bollywood drug angle, an offshoot of the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The central company has summoned actors Deepika Padukone and Shraddha Kapoor on foundation of chats relationship again to 2017, accessed from the cellphone of expertise agent Jaya Saha, Jaya Saha was the expertise supervisor of Sushant Singh Rajput, who was discovered useless at…

24 Sep

Delhi has already peaked in coronavirus second-wave, its intensity will reduce in few days, says Kejriwal.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the national capital witnessed the second wave of COVID-19 and has now turned the corner. The sudden daily spike in cases crossing 4,000, which took place earlier this month, was the second wave of the disease, Mr Kejriwal indicated.This is the first time any state in the country claimed to have reached the second wave of the virus, which surfaced in Kerala in December. The total number of cases in Maharashtra, the epicenter of the disease, is 12,63,799 cases. Delhi stands at the fifth spot with 2,56,789 cases. “From July 1 to August…

24 Sep

Court sends Umar Khalid to judicial custody till Oct 22 in UAPA case.

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A Delhi court Thursday sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February, to judicial custody till October 22. Mr. Khalid was present before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat through video conferencing at the end of his police custody. Delhi Police has claimed in the FIR against Umar that the communal violence which erupted in Delhi in February was a "premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly planned by Umar and two others. He has also been booked for the…

24 Sep

CM distributes financial assistance under Arundhati Gold Scheme

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that marriage is an institution full of responsibilities and registration of marriage raises dignity of this institution besides safeguarding rights of the brides. The Chief Minister said this while ceremonially distributing financial assistance to beneficiaries under 'Arundhati Gold Scheme' at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati today. It may be mentioned that under this scheme, the State government provides financial assistance to the tune of Rs 40 thousand to newly married couples who have applied for the scheme. The beneficiaries are required to register their marriages under Special Marriage Act, 1954 before a competent authority apart…

24 Sep

TKM’s compact SUV – Toyota Urban Cruiser

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launched its youngest SUV, the all-new Toyota Urban Cruiser. The Toyota Urban Cruiser is the second model to be launched in India under the global Toyota-Suzuki alliance. The much-awaited compact SUV was launched in a stellar event graced by TKM Managing Director Mr. Masakazu Yoshimura, Mr. Naveen Soni, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Service and Mr. Tadashi Asazuma, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing and popular Indian superstar and singer Mr. Ayushmann Khurrana. The all-new Urban Cruiser will feature the new powerful K-Series 1.5 litre four-cylinder Petrol Engine and will be available in a choice of Manual Transmission (MT)…

24 Sep

Telangana : ACB unearths Rs 70 crore illegal assets of Malkajgiri ACP.

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Wednesday registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against Malkajgiri ACP Yelmakuri Narasimha Reddy after unearthing assets worth at least Rs 70 crore in market value, during searches at 25 properties linked to him across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The ACB said it carried out simultaneous search at 25 locations in Hyderabad and other towns in Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh following reliable information that the ACP acquired assets disproportionate to his lawful sources of income by indulging in corrupt practices and dubious means. "So far we have found disproportionate assets worth over Rs 50 crore. Searches…

24 Sep

Samsung Galaxy F41 to be launched in India on October 8.

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Samsung Galaxy F41 will launch in India on October 8. The phone is going to be the first in Samsung's newly announced ‘F series'. A dedicated Flipkart teaser page for the phone shows the Galaxy F41 will feature a massive 6,000mAh battery and a Super AMOLED display, and also mentions a couple other details. Last week, the Galaxy F41 was reportedly spotted in a Geekbench listing that hinted at the processor and RAM present in the phone. Additionally, the schematics of the first F series phone, now known to be the Galaxy F41, were also leaked recently. Samsung will unveil…