INDIA

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

MP: NSUI functionary, 2 others booked for hitting man

11:52 pm June 8, 2021

Jabalpur : A functionary of the Congress- affiliated National Students Union of India and two others were booked for allegedly hitting a man in the premises of a police station in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, a video of which went viral on social media. A Civil Line police station official said the incident took place […]

Ladakh L-G holds meeting to redress tele-connectivity issues in UT

11:47 pm June 8, 2021

Leh: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur on Tuesday held a meeting to redress tele-connectivity issues in the union territory, an official spokesman said. Mathur also reviewed the progress made by the commerce & industries and the wildlife departments, the spokesman said. He said Ladakh Information Technology Secretary Saugat Biswas gave a detailed presentation on the work done in […]

NCLT approves Anil Agarwals Twin Star Technologies Rs 3,000 cr bid for Videocon Industries

11:39 pm June 8, 2021

New Delhi : Bankruptcy court NCLT on Tuesday allowed billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Twin Star Technologies to take over Videocon Industries Ltd for about Rs 3,000 crore. Twin Star, a part of Vedanta Group, will pay around Rs 500 crore within 90 days as upfront payment and the rest as non-convertible debentures over a period of time. A two-member Mumbai bench of the NCLT comprising […]

Top DRDO prize for Noida varsity scientist’s concept to recognize person’s identity in dark

11:34 pm June 8, 2021

Noida: A scientist of a private university in Noida has bagged the first prize in a DRDO contest for her concept that could help detect a person’s identity based on physiological parameters even if the face is covered or is in dark space, her varsity said on Tuesday. Dr Shivani Verma of the Amity Institute of Space Science […]

COVID-19: Noida’s active cases down to 324, Ghaziabad’s at 471

11:30 pm June 8, 2021

New Delhi : The number of active coronavirus cases reached 471 in Ghaziabad and came down to 324 in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday, official data showed. No death linked to Covid was reported in Ghaziabad while one more person succumbed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, according to Uttar Pradesh’s Health Department data for a 24-hour period. The death toll in Ghaziabad stood at 453 and in Gautam Buddh Nagar at 462, it showed. Meanwhile, Gautam Buddh Nagar […]