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People with Mental Illness Can't be Denied Equal Opportunity, HC for Judgeship to Bipolar Person

A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Sanjeev Narula set aside the May 21, 2019 notice/result published by the Delhi High Court Registrar General rejecting the candidature of a person.




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Coronavirus: Migrant Worker Found Dead in Quarantine Centre in Odisha

A police team rushed to the quarantine centre and launched an inquiry into the death of the migrant worker while the body was sent for post-mortem.




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Coronavirus: India Sending Medicines to 25 African Countries

The government said medicines included hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol and other drugs which are immediately required to fight the pandemic.




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Punjab to Promote Students of Classes V, VII, X to Next Academic Session

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said the students of Class X will be promoted on the basis of pre-board results.




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698 Indians Stranded in Maldives Sail Back Home under Operation Samudra Setu

An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.




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Delhi Government’s Unique Solution To Prevent Overcrowding in Liquor Shops

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi launched an e-token system on Thursday for sale of liquor in Delhi.




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Chhattisgarh Gas Leak: Paper Mill Operator Arrested, Owner on the Run

The gas leak took place in Shakti Pulp and Papers when an open recycling chamber was being cleaned and seven people, including the arrested person, had to be hospitalised.




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Covid-19: PM Modi Speaks With His Italian Counterpart, Expresses Condolences

India and Italy will work together for addressing the challenges of the post-COVID world, including through our consecutive presidencies of the G20, Modi wrote on Twitter.




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Delhi Covid-19 Tally Mounts to 6,318 with 338 Fresh Cases, Death Toll Rises to 68

On Thursday, the city had recorded its largest single-day spike of 448 new COVID-19 cases.




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Lockdown Period Not to be Counted for Determining Residency Status of NRIs, Foreign Nationals: CBDT

The nationwide lockdown since March 25 and cancellation of international flights to contain the spread of COVID-19 has forced non-resident Indians (NRI) and foreign nationals to prolong their stay in India.




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'Bois Locker Room': Experts Say Youngsters Need Rehabilitative Measures, Not Just Punitive Action

A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts.




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Punjab Drug Kingpin Wanted for 532 Kilo Heroin Haul Arrested, Cops Probe Pak Route

The police said that the duo is suspected to have smuggled heroin in and other drugs from Pakistan by camouflaging as many as six rock salt consignments through the Indo-Pak border at Attari in Amritsar between 2018 and 2019.




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Chhattisgarh Cop Among 5 Killed in Encounter With Maoists in Rajnandgaon District

Four Maoists were also killed in the encounter that took place at Pardhauni village late on Friday




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Vizag Gas Leak: Hundreds Protest at Chemical Plant With Dead Bodies, Demand Immediate Closure

The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a sit-in protest near the factory gate.




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BJP Corporators in Thane Refuse to Contribute to Virus Relief Fund Citing Lack of Transparency

In a letter to the Mayor, BJP leader Sanjay Waghule alleged that there was no transparency in the civic body's coronavirus relief activities, which is why party corporators would not make any contribution to the fund.




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Locked under Blue Skies: Air Quality and the Pandemic

With the lockdown in effect, and construction, industrial and vehicular activity (which cumulatively contribute 75% of Delhi’s PM 2.5 levels) down to a crawl, the capital has been experiencing record levels of clean air.




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CISF Reports 13 Fresh Covid-19 Cases; Maximum in Delhi Metro Unit

Among the 48 active cases, maximum 31 are in the unit that guards the Delhi Metro followed by 13 in the Mumbai international airport guarding unit.




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No Proposal From Bengal to Run Special Trains, Says Railways Amid TMC-Amit Shah Tug of War Over Migrants

The Indian Railways reaction came minutes after the TMC said they planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana over the next three days.




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CBSE Announces Class 10, 12 Board Exam Dates at cbse.nic.in, Here’s a Subject-wise List

CBSE students can check the press release on the official website of CBSE at cbse.nic.in.




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JNU Students Set to Return to Campus by June 25, Varsity Releases New Academic Calendar

The resumption of the classes are planned so that students can complete their remaining academic components. Examinations will be completed by July 31, said the JNU.




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RPSC Declares Result for Junior Legal Officer Written Exam 2019, Check Merit List at rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in

The RPSC Junior Legal Officer examination was held on December 26 and 27 last year. The answer key of the written exam was released on the website of RPSC on January 24.




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302 Shramik Special Trains Run So Far, Around 3.4 Lakh Migrants Ferried: Railways

The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, officials said.




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Delhi HC Extends by 45 Days Interim Bail of 2,177 Under-trial Prisoners amid Covid-19 Pandemic

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high.




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After Ahmedabad and Surat, Now Total Lockdown in Gandhinagar from Sunday to Curb Covid-19 Spread

The lockdown order will be in effect from May 9, 6 PM in Kalol and 6 AM on Sunday in Gandhinagar.




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Naval Ship From Maldives With Over 600 Stranded Indians to Arrive on Sunday

INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, has departed from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board on Friday night.




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Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

Tripura has reported 118 cases, Assam 59, Meghalaya 12 cases, Manipur two while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each till Saturday morning 8 AM.




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With Disciplined Approach to Lockdown, this MP Village Close to Indore Puts Unruly Cities to Shame

With a population of around 25,000, the gram panchayat is a hub of potato chips (dry & raw) manufacturing units and attracts potato suppliers, traders and workers who find employment here.




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Punjab Govt Advances Paddy Sowing, Transplantation Dates by 10 Days

Farmers had raised concerns about labour shortage resulting from migrant labourers returning to their homes in view of the Covid-19 crisis.




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Pune Man Kills His 5-month-old Daughter after Fight with Wife, Arrested

The accused strangled the infant to death, said a police official.




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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Warns Pak Against Attempts to Spread 'Narco Terrorism'

Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing, Singh said, hours after the NIA arrested a "notorious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups.




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Bengal Governor Accuses Mamata Banerjee of 'Explicitly Appeasing' Minority Community

Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal.




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'Put Out of Work Lawyer Under Lockdown': In Centre-Bengal Feud, Mahua Moitra Aims Dart at Governor

In a five-page letter, Dhankhar responded to the CM, who accused him of 'forgetting' that she was the elected head of government in the state and he was merely a 'nominated' one.




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Telangana BJP Chief Stages Hunger Protest in Support of Farmers, Demand MSP be Paid to Them

Taking a dig at the TRS-led state government, Sanjay asked ministers to make a field visit to know the ground reality and the problems faced by the farmers.




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Kerala Under Severe Financial Crisis Amid Coronavirus, Says State Finance Minister

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that while aimed to collect Rs 2,000 crores, the state government could raise only Rs 250 crores in April.




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Sitaram Yechury Slams PM Modi, Says Democratic Accountability Grossly Missing in His Governance

In a letter to the prime minister, Yechury said the political executive in the country is proving its "incompetence by knee-jerk reactions" and suggested measures that need to be put in place to fight coronavirus.




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‘Anti-India’ Twitter Blocked My Account With Prejudiced Intentions: BJP’s Anantkumar Hegde

The MP from Uttara Kannada has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the 'Digital colonisation' by a a corporate entity.




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Shouldn't Alienate a Community for Mistake, Says Bhagwat, Adds Warning on Covid Misuse by ‘Anti-India Forces’

The RSS chief said there are 'anti-India forces' who are waiting to use the pandemic to break the country.




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Tablighi Jamaat’s Conduct Criminal, but Muslim Community Can’t be Held Responsible for it, Says Abbas Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Jamaat does not represent the community and one can neither 'punish' nor hold the entire Muslim community 'responsible' for the Nizamuddin incident.




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Chidambaram Welcomes RBI's Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday lauded the RBI's prompt action in announcing a Rs 50,000 crore special liquidity facility for mutual funds.




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Ex-PM Manmohan Singh to Guide Group of Experts For Post-Covid-19 Revival Strategy For Punjab

On Saturday, the state government had constituted the group of experts, headed by noted economist and former deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia to revive the state's economy.




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Maha Cabinet Again Asks Governor Koshyari to Name CM Uddhav Thackeray as Member of Legislative Council

With Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari yet to give his nod to appoint Thackeray to the Legislative Council, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut targeted the BJP central leadership for the delay.




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MVA Leaders Meet Governor, Request Him for Uddhav Thackeray's Entry Into Maha Legislative Council

On Monday, the cabinet made a fresh recommendation proposing Chief Minister Thackeray's nomination to one of the two vacant seats in the Council in the governor's quota.




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After 'Immunity Booster Kadha' for Covid-19 Patients, MP CM Now Recommends Bhajans as Morale-lifters

As the deadly virus continues to claim lives, people not just in India but outside too, are looking for additional methods, especially in connection with age-old traditions, to help fight the pandemic.




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Vijayvargiya Shoots off Letter to Mamata, Alleges TMC of Fudging up Covid-19 Death Count

The letter comes days after Mamata Banerjee tried to block the inter ministerial team sent by the Centre to the state to assess the ground situation as far as tackling the Coronavirus is concerned.




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P Chidambaram Suggests Running Sanitised Trains to Help Move Stranded Migrant Workers, Students

Indian government decided to allow migrant workers, tourists, students stranded in different parts of the country to move to their respective destinations.




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'Dismayed' By White House Unfollowing PM on Twitter: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take note of the reports of the White House 'unfollowing PM Modi on Twitter.




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After Uddhav's Call to PM Modi, Maharashtra Governor Asks EC to Hold Legislative Council Polls

In his letter to the poll panel, the Governor said the elections should be held ‘at the earliest’ with a view to end the current uncertainty in the state.




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RBI Should Ask Banks to Show Unrecovered Loans of Fugitives as 'Outstanding', Says Chidambaram

His remarks came a day after a slugfest between the BJP and Congress over loan write-offs of the top 50 bank-loan defaulters in the country.




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Anti-Muslim Incidents are Bound to Attract Negative Attention Abroad, Warns Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also demanded that in these difficult times of the pandemic, the Centre must give the state governments their dues.




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MVA Welcomes Council Polls, Thorat Claims it Can Win Six Seats

In a tweet, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut thanked the central government and the ECI for allowing the elections, which were earlier postponed to due to coronavirus outbreak