President accepts resignation of Sisodia, Jain; appoints Bharadwaj, Atishi as Delhi ministers

New Delhi, 7/3: President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendra Jain, both currently in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and money laundering cases respectively.     The president also appointed Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi Marlena as ministers in the Delhi government…

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Three elephants electrocuted in TN, farm owner arrested for illegal electric fence

Tamilnadu, 7/3:Three female elephants were electrocuted in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu during the early hours of Tuesday.     The elephants, according to forest department officials, were electrocuted after coming in contact with an illegal electric wire at a farmland at Marandahalli in the district.   The forest officials came to know of…

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6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines

Philippines, 7/3: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage.     The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality in the mountainous gold-mining province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao island….

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CBI questions personal assistant of Sisodia in excise policy case

New Delhi, 7/3: The CBI on Tuesday questioned former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s personal assistant Devender Sharma in connection with alleged corruption in formulating and implementing of the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22, officials said.     Sharma alias Rinku was summoned to the CBI headquarters where he was questioned by officials of…

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CM Condoles Death of Eminent Scientist Prafulla Jena

Bhubaneswar, 7/3: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep condolences at the passing away of eminent Odia Scientist Padmashree Professor Prafulla Kumar Jena.   In his message, the Chief Minister said that Dr Jena was a genius scientist who encouraged, inspired scientific research, especially in metallurgy. With his sustained research, he has pioneered new…

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Danish defence ministry bans TikTok on employee work phones

Denmark, 6/3: NATO-member Denmark’s Defence Ministry on Monday banned its employees from having video-sharing app TikTok on their work phones as a cybersecurity measure.     It’s the latest government-related ban over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.   In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian…

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India can become 3rd largest world economy by skilling youth, says PM Modi

New Delhi, 6/3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said skilling the youth holds the key to India becoming the third-largest economy in the world from the fifth now.     Virtually addressing a “Rozgar Mela”, or employment fair, organised by the Gujarat government at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre in Gandhinagar, Modi said nearly…

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