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PM Modi, Vladimir Putin discuss Afghanistan; set up bilateral channel
Both the countries agreed on a ‘bilateral channel’ for consultations as the two sides shared assessments and sought to coordinate actions to ensure regional security. In a tweet, PM Modi said that he had a “detailed and useful” conversation with Vladimir Putin on recent developments in Afghanistan.
Poster war in Congress party in Kerala intensifies
By now those who have come under severe attack include Oommen Chandy, Ramesh Chennithala, Shashi Tharoor and a few others. The latest attack against Satheesan came when State party chief K. Sudhakaran reached Delhi for the last round of consultation with the party high command and also AICC organisational general secretary K.C. Venugopal.
IAF chief reviews progress of air power projects
He visited Air Force units and flight test establishments and facilities of Defence Research and Development Organisation and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited at Bengaluru on August 23 and August 24, officials said. During his visit to Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria was given an overview of ongoing projects and briefed on progress of operational trials.
India records sharp single-day surge with 37,593 new Covid cases
This is a sharp increase in the numbers as on Tuesday the country had registered 25,467 new Covid cases and 354 deaths in the last 24 hours. India's recovery rate from the Covid infection stands at 97.67 per cent. The total active caseload has seen a marginal growth of 2,776 in the last 24 hours and currently stands at 3,22,327. At 0.99 per cent, active cases presently form less than one per cent of the country's total positive cases, as per the bulletin released by the health ministry.
Caste census necessary in the country, says Nitish Kumar
"The earlier caste-based census was conducted 90 years ago in 1931 during the British period and we have been following the same since then. This is not right. We should have to conduct a fresh caste census," said Nitish Kumar, who returned in the afternoon after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with 10 leaders of different political parties, on Monday to the demand.
'Those who sold off country's assets levelling false allegations'
In a statement, Irani criticised Gandhi and Chidambaram for holding fake and highly misleading press conferences on the issue of National Monetisation Pipeline. "When there was the Congress party's government in Maharashtra they had done Rs 8,000 crore monetisation in the Mumbai-Pune Expressway project. So, is Rahul Gandhi saying that the Congress government in Maharashtra sold off the Mumbai - Pune Expressway to the private sector?" Irani questioned.
States can't use annual income as sole criterion for creamy layer: SC
Citing the top court's judgment in Indra Sawhney case (Mandal Commission case) (1992), a bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose observed that "this Court directed state governments to identify 'creamy layer' amongst the backward classes and exclude them from the purview of reservation".
Govt committed to protect people and their religious scriptures: BJP
Amid the ongoing chaos and unrest in Afghanistan, the Indian government is continuously engaged in evacuating Indian as well as Afghan nationals from the war-torn nation. Accordingly, a special Air India flight from Kabul landed at the IGi airport here on Tuesday carrying 44 Afghan Sikhs, who brought three copies of Guru Granth Sahib with them.
India committed to working with US on clean energy: Env Min
Both sides agreed that India and the US will engage in a constructive engagement under the partnership. Yadav stated that these platforms provide greater opportunities for working together for climate actions and emphasised that India stands committed to working with the US on clean energy. Kerry cited the launch of CAFMD as a part of the partnership to enhance actions in the current decade.
Odisha MLA finally clears Class 10 board exams - at 49 yrs
Swain, the member of the ruling Biju Janata Dal from Surada, passed the examination with B2 grade, securing 340 out of 500 marks in the State Open School Certificate Examination. He had appeared at the exam at the SB High School at Surada in Ganjam district. The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has announced the results of the matriculation examinations, which was conducted in offline mode last month.
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