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A 21-year-old Bengaluru activist arrested for posting the ‘toolkit’ of Greta Thunberg

A 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru has been arrested for supposedly being involved in sharing the ‘toolkit’ which was about the protests of farmers on social media, revealed the police officials on Sunday. The 21-year-old, Disha Ravi, was arrested from a Bemgaluru by a Cyber Cell Team from the Delhi Police on Saturday, a senior…

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PM Modi appreciates TN farmers over record food grain production, appeals them to adhere to ‘per drop per crop’ mantra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated on Sunday the Tamil Nadu farmers over record food grain production and recommended them to remember the mantra of ‘per drop more crop’ iterating about how it will be a help to the future generations. Modi laid the foundation stone of several key projects in Tamil Nadu. While addressing the…

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Labour Ministry decides the final rules structure to be under four codes

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has decided the rules sectioned under the four labour codes carving the route towards making the reforms a reality by notifying these for implementation at the earliest. The four broad codes pertaining to wages, industrial relations, social security along with occupational safety, health, and working conditions (OSH) have priorly…

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Karnataka CM acknowledges the Union Budget 2021-22 presented by FM

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has acknowledged the Union Budget 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) released a statement which talks about the list of benefits which will be provided to Karnataka from the Central Budget. The statement reveals that Karnataka has been the beneficiary of the Union Budget…

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Govt took up reforms for making India one of the top economies despite Covid-19: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday spoke about the measures taken bybthd Central government despite Covid-19 and made the necessary reforms for sustaining the long-term growth of India. With the ongoing discussion in the Lok Sabha about the Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman iterated that the reforms will be carve the path to help India…

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Bengaluru to have eight special police stations for cybercrime

The Karnataka government has proposed to establish eight cybercrime police stations among the city locations to meet the technology driven security challenges of the future. While inaugurating the annual conference for the senior police officials on Friday, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa spoke about the commitment of the government for strengthening and updating the police department…

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Inadequate manpower for the committed R&D projects: Parliamentary panel on DRDO

The current manpower for the DRDO’s already committed research and development projects has been found to be grossly inadequate in number and for that the Defence Ministry needs to take effective measures to increase the workforce, according to the report released on Friday by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. While replying to the Committee,…

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