Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy passes away at 69

New Delhi, 1/11:Β  Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away this morning, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS. Debroy (69) was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics; and Trinity College, Cambridge.    

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Firecracker ban defiance makes New Delhi world’s most polluted city

New Delhi,1/11: New Delhi topped charts on Friday as the world’s most polluted city after revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, helped drive air quality to hazardous levels. Thick smog wreathed the Indian capital, shrouding the presidential palace in the central district and the surrounding gardens popular…

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Firecrackers being transported on two-wheeler explode in Andhra Pradesh, 1 killed

Eluru , 31/10: A man died after the firecrackers he was carrying on a two-wheeler exploded in Eluru town on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred when two persons were transporting a bag of firecrackers bought for Diwali celebrations. The bag containing “onion bombs” and other crackers exploded after falling on the road, resulting in…

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge pulls up Karnataka Dy CM D K Shivakumar over review Shakti scheme comment

Bengaluru, 31/10: The Congress government was forced to clarify that the flagship ‘guarantee’ schemes will be not be axed even as the party’s supremo Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday publicly pulled up Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar for saying that thethe popular β€˜Shakti’ programme will be revisited. Looking at your (Karnataka’s) five guarantees, I have…

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Forces outside and inside working to destabilise India: Modi amid Canada tensions

New Delhi, 31/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on Thursday said, ‘forces outside India and inside are working to destabilise the country’, reported ANI. His statement comes amid the ongoing tensions between India and Canada after India withdrew its High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, and five of his…

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Next Maharashtra CM will be from BJP and MNS will be part of govt: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai, 30/10: Even before the vote is cast, the post-poll posturing has started in Maharashtra with Raj Thackeray saying that MNS would be part of the next BJP-led Maha Yuti government headed by a chief minister from BJP party. Raj’s statement came minutes after Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that his party will fully…

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Delhi court orders fresh probe against Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir in cheating case

New Delhi, 30/10: Directing a fresh investigation, a Delhi court has set aside the discharge of former cricketer and current head coach of the Indian cricket team Gautam Gambhir, and others in a case where flat buyers were reportedly cheated. Special Judge Vishal Gogne set aside a magisterial court order, saying it reflected “inadequate expression…

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Donald Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge: Kamala Harris

Washington, 30/10: US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris launched a fierce attack on her Republican rival Donald Trump, describing him as β€œunstable” and β€œobsessed with revenge” while urging Americans to reject his chaos and division. Making a passionate appeal to her countrymen, Vice President Harris used the last major speech of her campaign to present…

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