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In an exclusive interview to PTI, PM Modi said that spread of ‘deep fakes’ can cause chaos and loss of credibility of news sources. “Fake news and deep fakes can be used to fuel social unrest. It is of concern to every group, every nation, and every family,” PM Modi said.

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There is also an acute shortage of specialist doctors, vaccines, they say

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Among others, NIA officials raided the house of rights activist Seema Azad in Prayagraj and the office of the Bhagat Singh Students Morcha (BSM), an independent student forum in the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.

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In jail since September 2020, Khalid’s bail plea was adjourned until next week on Tuesday.

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Saha, and later Narlikar, studied Sanskrit texts and debunked claims that are now being popularised by the linked of ISRO helmsman S. Somanath.

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FDI is falling as companies still find competitors like Vietnam more attractive

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A review by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog is underway and an impression that regulators are ignorant or unwilling to act on charges of illegal money flows could be detrimental to India’s credibility.

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The rupee witnessed its highest decline in a month as it was dragged lower by a strengthened US dollar and a sharp increase in crude oil prices. The rupee fell by 29 paise to end at Rs 83.04 against the dollar on Tuesday, according to data from Bloomberg. Similarly, it had fallen by 33 paise on August 2.

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A day ago, the Guild had released a statement criticising Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh's move to term it as "anti-national" after it released a fact-finding report indicting the state government's partisan role in the ethnic violence.

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The benefit of these low prices has not been passed to average Indian, so who is profiteering from these low prices - union govt or chosen corporates?

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Voters often lament that they only see politicians before elections. Elections held at different times nationally keep at least the federal govt and Opposition parties on their toes

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The drill came just a day after Delhi police’s announcement that it will not spring any traffic surprises on residents.

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Movement of persons belonging to essential services such as health, electricity, PHED, petrol pumps, schools/colleges, municipality, media, functioning of courts and flight passengers shall be exempted from the curfew

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Riots were planned as per fresh probe evidence. Gang '0011' of over 60 members played key role in Nuh violence .

While it is widely believed that the Nuh violence was a spontaneous outburst of communal tension, the ongoing police investigation continues to come up with new evidence that the rioters had allegedly come with a clear intention to attack.

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The PUCL is one of India’s leading human rights organisations.

Early in the morning yesterday, the Uttar Pradesh police carried out a series of raids across cities on the residences of certain members of the Public Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) .

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In both Himachal & Uttarakhand, the blasting of hills has changed the hyd­ro-flow pattern. Earlier, rain­water used to replenish the aquifers and flowed thro­ugh hundreds of natural paths

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Asked if there was any call to boycott the session, sources said no party even made such a suggestion. The consensus was to 'deliberate and debate'

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The closure of some these funds—two Mauritius-based funds were shuttered last year, and a third is in the process of winding up—follows the initiation of an investigation by Sebi into offshore entities’ holdings in Adani Group firms in 2020

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The RBI refused the Modi government’s proposal to extract Rs 2-3 lakh crore from its balance sheet in 2018 for pre-election expenditure ahead of Lok Sabha polls in the following year: Former central bank deputy governor Viral Acharya reveals.

This, according to Acharya's updated edition of his 2020 book, had led to the differences between RBI and the Centre. He'd first flagged this issue in late 2018.

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Government has been busy portraying Jammu & Kashmir as a region that it has brought from militancy and corruption to peace and stability. Yet, in many ways, it’s the peace of the graveyard

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GENEVA (4 September 2023) – UN experts* today raised the alarm about reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Northeast State of Manipur in India, including alleged acts of sexual violence, extrajudicial killings, home destruction, forced displacement, torture and ill-treatment.

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Two of the offshore shell companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, named by the reports as vehicles that invested in Adani stocks, are in fact linked to the Adani Group according to records of offshore corporate service provider Trident Trust, The Indian Express reported.

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Kovind was requested by Amit Shah to begin studying simultaneous poll plan on June 2; panel’s report could be tabled during the special Parliament session this month.

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Narendra Modi is a democratically elected leader, but his image is that of a leader who decimated opposition and dissent — in Parliament or on university campuses.

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A shocking and horrifying incident has recently come to light in Adilabad, where two young individuals, one of whom is from the SC community, were subjected to a brutal ordeal by the owner of a goat farm

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