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JSPL Foundations Serves Devotees in Rath Yatra Festival at Puri

Bhubaneswar, : JSPL Foundation, the CSR Arm of Jindal Steel & Power serviced more than 330,000 devotees during the Rath Yatra festival at Puri. In coordination with the District Administration, the Foundation provided freshly cooked traditional Odia meals (Rice, Dalma, Khajur Khata), Chilled drinking water, and glucose packets during the grand festival. The services by…

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Tata Steel Meramandali celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Dhenknal : Tata Steel Meramandali (TSM) celebrated the ongoingAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsavat its Narendrapur plant in Dhenkanal district from July 4 to July 10, 2022. To commemorate the 75thAnniversary of India’s Independence, TSM organised an awareness session and tree plantation drive, engaging with the broader community and students from schools located around the plant. The…

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Vedanta Aluminium signs MOU with TÜV SÜD for Roadmap to become Water Positive

New Delhi : Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium,has embarked on its ambitious commitment to turnnet water positive, by partnering withTÜV SÜD, a global leader in safety, security & sustainability solutions. Under this partnership, Vedanta Aluminium and TÜV will chart the roadmap for the company’s water positivity goal by working in the areas of…

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Uttar Pradesh court sends Alt News Co-founder Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

UP, 11/7:A court here sent Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a case lodged against him for allegedly promoting enmity.     Zubair was produced in the court of the Mohammadi additional chief judicial magistrate through video conferencing, Assistant Prosecuting Officer Avadhesh Yadav said.   The prosecution had sought…

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SC imposes 4-month sentence, Rs 2K fine on Vijay Mallya for contempt of court

New Delhi, 11/7:The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced a four-month sentence against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a contempt case, according to PTI. In 2017, the top court had held Mallya guilty of contempt of court for withholding information from the court about transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the court’s order….

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It’s money power, not democracy: Digvijaya on speculation about some Goa Cong MLAs joining BJP

Goa, 11/7: Amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP in Goa, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that it is not democracy, but “money power” of the saffron party.     He was speaking to reporters in Pune after offering his prayers to Lord Vitthal in the…

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PM Modi writes to Islamic nations on Eid weeks after Nupur Sharma controversy

New Delhi, 10/7:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his counterparts in several nations in South, South-East and West Asia, greeting them on the occasion of the Eid-al-Adha and personally reached out to them weeks after comments made by two BJP leaders on Prophet Mohammed, which triggered international outrage. Modi mentioned in his letters to…

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NIA arrests seventh person in connection with Udaipur tailor’s killing

Udaipur, 10/7: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a seventh person in connection with the brutal killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur last month, a spokesperson said on Sunday.     The spokesperson said Farhad Mohammad Sheikh, alias Babla, was arrested on Saturday evening.   He was a “close criminal associate” of…

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