Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Good response to school adoption programme

The school adoption programme has received a good response with 189 legislators coming forward to adopt over 600 government schools in their constitue
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Free power scheme to be implemented from next fiscal

Energy Secretary N. Srikant issued the guidelines for the free power scheme on Tuesday.
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Demand to scrap CPS gets louder

NGOs urge govt. to restore old pension scheme
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JEE-Main begins across several centres in Kerala

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main), conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), for admissions to BTech/BE, BArch, and BPlanning courses in
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KC(M) district committees to act against rebels

Speaker to be approached seeking action against MLAs who defied whip
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‘₹316 cr. being spent on renovation of schools’

Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy said at least ₹316 crore is being spent on renovation of 1,372 government schools under the programme
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EIA 2020: Scientists, scholars write open letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The letter notes that the Draft Notification, in its current form, is likely to seriously threaten the country’s ecological and environmental security.
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Man jailed for sexual assault

The offence took place in April 2019 in the Begumpet police station limits, when the accused, Chandraiah (64), was sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.
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‘Consider other viable options for giving GST dues to States’

Kejriwal tells Modi that the two options given by Ministry of Finance will put onerous burden on govts.
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COVID-19 | Delhi records highest single-day spike in 59 days with 2,312 cases

Third sero-survey begins, West district to be covered today
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Pakistan blocks five dating apps including Tinder and Grindr

Action was taken against Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr and SayHi after they failed to take down the improper material, says Pakistan’s telecom authority.
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Rapper Akon plans $6 billion ‘Akon City’ in Senegal homeland

Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city back in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda.”
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Online meet of women’s groups on Constitution

A collective of around 500 women’s organisations from across the country will organise ‘If we do not rise’, an online get-together to protect constitu
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Morning Digest: Surveillance camera at Pangong Tso caught Chinese movement; Kafeel Khan released from Mathura jail, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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9 held on drunken brawl charge

A drunken celebration on the eve of Onam soon spiralled out of control and ended up in a mass brawl at a colony in Eloor on Sunday night. The Eloor po
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Chinese-born Australian CCTV journalist detained in China

Australian authorities have said they do not know why she was detained and declined to give further information, citing privacy concerns.
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Belarus protests: Scores detained as students march against President

At least 62 people were detained, including eight journalists, Viasna human rights center said
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Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terrorism'

He later added he felt “terribly” for anyone who suffered a loss, but otherwise only noted that the situation was “complicated” and “under investigation.”
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Rourkela Steel Plant creates records in production, dispatch

The monthly road dispatch of prime material at 54,183 tonne was also an all-time high
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Four cattle smugglers arrested in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga; 23 bovines rescued

Four suspected cattle smugglers were arrested in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Tuesday and 23 bovines rescued, police said here. The animals were
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72 new COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya; tally rises to 2,440

Of the new cases, 54 were reported from East Khasi Hills, seven from West Garo, five from Ri-Bhoi, four from East Garo and two from South Garo hills districts, Health Services Director Aman War said.
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China using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial, maritime claims: Pentagon

China has been using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial and maritime claims in the South and East China Seas, as well as along its border wit
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Facebook axes small Russian troll network ahead of election

The company said it started investigating the network based on information from the FBI about its off-Facebook activities
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