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Mamata Banerjee considering alliance without Congress: Sanjay Rout

Mumbai, 5/12:Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is considering an alliance without the Congress. Raut also claimed in his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana that Banerjee has said that her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will not conduct political trials in Maharashtra.   Notably,…

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Puducherry makes Covid-19 vaccination compulsory across Union Territory

Puducherry, 5/12: In a major development, amid the looming threat from the Omicron variant in India, the government of Puducherry on Sunday made Covid-19 vaccination compulsory across the Union Territory with immediate effect. Those violating the directive will be liable for penal action, the order said.   Currently India has identified 4 persons in the…

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Cyclone Jawad weakens to deep depression, heavy rain expected

Bhubaneswar, 5/12: Because of the cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’, incessant showers have been battering the coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha since yesterday. While the rainfall is expected to go on unabated across eastern India, the strength of the system in terms of wind speed has dropped sharply on Saturday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)…

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Vedanta Jharsuguda conducts week long AIDS awareness program

Jharsuguda, 4th December, 2021: Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products,is observing World AIDS Day with a weeklong awareness program. The program aims to sensitize its employees and business partners and the local community on HIV/AIDS prevention, in line with the theme‘End inequalities, End AIDS, End the Pandemic’. As part of this campaign,…

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IMF’s Gopinath warns Covid variants could derail economic recovery

Washington DC, 4/12: The International Monetary Fund sees “downside risks” to the global economic rebound it forecast for this year and next, and is concerned that new coronavirus variants may hinder the recovery, its chief economist said.   “Most of the overall risks are to the downside,” Gita Gopinath said in a virtual speech to…

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