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Northern Railways' new service to ferry passenger luggage from train coach to home and vice versa

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Mute buttons and plexiglass: Inside the final presidential debate

While millions of people will be watching on television, only around 200 will be allowed inside the massive college arena in Nashville where President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, meet Thursday night for the final presidential debate of the 2020 election.

 

One of them will control a mute button.

1:02 AM

Huawei outhustles Trump by stockpiling chips needed for China 5G

Huawei Technologies quietly spent months racing to stockpile critical radio chips ahead of Trump administration sanctions, ensuring it can keep supplying Chinese carriers in their $170 billion roll-out of 5G technology through at least 2021.
 

Partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing began ramping up output in late 2019 of Huawei’s 7-nanometer Tiangang communications chips, the most crucial element in 5G base stations, people familiar with the matter said. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer eventually shipped more than 2 million units at Huawei’s behest ahead of the sanctions cutoff last month, one of the people said, asking not be identified discussing internal matters. The sheer magnitude of orders at one point got TSMC executives wondering whether they had underestimated global demand, the person said.

11:52 PM

Northern Railways new service to transport passenger luggage to home

Passengers travelling from Delhi, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon will be the first to avail the soon-to-begin 'Bags on Wheels' service of the Railways through which their luggage will be transported to their homes from the railway station upon their arrival in trains and vice versa.

11:27 PM

Guterres reiterates call on UN Day for global ceasefire to fight Covid-19 together

11:26 PM

India has taken up case of workers not paid end of service dues in Saudi: MEA

9:55 PM

RBI bars payment system operators from launching any new QR codes

9:43 PM

China, Germany heading for superpower status as US influence wanes: Putin

The era when the United States and Russia decided the world's most important questions is in the past, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status.

 

Addressing a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Putin suggested that the role of the United States had waned, along with that of Britain and France, while Beijing and Berlin - in terms of political and economic weight -- were heading for superpower status.

 

If Washington was not prepared to discuss global problems with Moscow, Russia stood ready to have that discussion with other nations, said Putin, who was speaking via video link.

9:34 PM

Goldman Sachs to pay nearly $3 billion to settle charges over 1MDB scandal role

9:30 PM

Air quality 'very poor' in Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad; Gurgaon relatively better

9:17 PM

Joint committee of Parliament issues summons to Facebook officials asking them to appear before it on Friday on Personal Data Protection Bill

8:59 PM

Mehbooba Mufti chairs first meeting with PDP leaders in Srinagar after release from detention

8:49 PM

RBI pegs minimum NOF for housing finance companies at Rs 25 crore

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday fixed the minimum Net Owned Fund (NOF) size for housing finance companies at Rs 25 crore.

 

The housing finance companies (HFCs) holding a Certificate of Registration (CoR) and having an NOF of less than Rs 25 crore will be required to achieve NOF of Rs 15 crore by March 31, 2022 and Rs 25 crore by March 31, 2023, the Reserve Bank said in a notification. The RBI has issued the revised regulatory framework for HFCs.

 

The RBI further said that it would be incumbent upon such HFCs whose NOF currently stands below Rs 20 crore to submit a statutory auditor's certificate to the central bank within a month evidencing compliance with the prescribed levels.

8:35 PM

Coronavirus pandemic LIVE: Tamil Nadu Covid-19 tally breaches 700,000-mark

8:31 PM

Latest News LIVE: Delhi reports 3,882 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

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Jammu and Kashmir's employees can now be retired after completing 22 years of service

Jammu and Kashmir's civil service regulation rules were amended on Thursday to allow the administration to retire government employees at any time after completing 22 years of service or attaining the age of 48 years, an official said.

 

The employees can be retired after being given three months notice or three months of pay and allowance in lieu of the notice, the official said.

 

On the orders of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the administration has introduced certain substitutes in 226(2) Article of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations, the official said. He said a notification was issued by Finance Department in this regard.

8:15 PM

Kalanithi Maran moves Delhi HC against non-payment of Rs 243 cr by SpiceJet

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Coronavirus LIVE: Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 tally nears 800,000-mark

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Govt eases entry restrictions for overseas Indians, business visitors

The government has eased restrictions to allow Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders from all countries to enter India.

 

The move ahead of the festive season would enable persons of Indian origin to visit India and meet their friends and relatives. But the move will not have much impact on flight and hotel occupancies as restrictions continue on leisure travel.

 

The government clamped down on overseas air travel in March to curb the spread of Covid-19 but from subsequent months it has been gradually opening up entry for certain categories of OCI card holders and foreign nationals including business visitors, healthcare professionals, engineers and technical specialists among others. The purpose and urgency of travel had been crucial factor in issuance of visa.

 

Now the government has decided to ease the restrictions further to help contribute to economic growth. READ MORE...

7:46 PM

Maharashtra reports 7,539 new Covid-19 cases 198 deaths in last 24 hours

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Coronavirus LIVE: Winter, pollution may worsen Covid-19 risk, says Delhi AIIMS

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Himalayan arc poised for a sequence of great earthquakes, says study

The entire Himalayan arc is poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes, and the next big quake -- of the magnitude of 8 or above -- may occur during our lifetimes, according to a study reviewing geological, historical, and geophysical data. The human toll of such an event in the densely populated countries across the arc is likely to be unprecedented, the researchers said.

 

The study notes that the sequence of future Himalayan earthquakes could be similar to the great earthquakes that occurred in the twentieth century along the Aleutian subduction zone, which extends from the Gulf of Alaska to Kamchatka in Russian Far East.

 

The review, which appeared in the journal Seismological Research Letters in August, used basic geological principles --stratigraphic analysis, structural analysis, soils analysis, and radiocarbon analysis -- to estimate the size and timing of prehistoric earthquakes and evaluate future risk. READ MORE...

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Delhi violence: Court denies bail to former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain

The riots in north east Delhi in February this year was the worst communal riots since partition in the national capital and that it was a gaping wound in the conscience of a nation aspiring to be a major global power, observed a Delhi Court on Thursday.

 

The remarks by the court came while dismissing the bail pleas in three cases of former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, who allegedly abused his muscle power and political clout to foment communal violence.

 

It is common knowledge that the dreary day of February 24, 2020 saw parts of north-east Delhi gripped by a communal frenzy, reminiscent of carnage during the days of partition. Soon, the riots spread like wildfire across the smoke-grey skyline of Capital, engulfing new areas and snuffing out more and more innocent lives. READ MORE...

7:08 PM

Navy Chief Admiral today reviewed combat readiness and operational preparedness of Indian Navy

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AstraZeneca Covid volunteer dies, trials to continue: Report

Clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University will continue in Brazil despite the death of a volunteer, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said recently.

 

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Oxford University said it had carried out a careful assessment of the case in Brazil and found that there were no concerns about the safety of the trial. An independent assessment of the case did not present any concerns, AstraZeneca said. The volunteer was a man in his 20s from Rio de Janeiro. It was not immediately clear if the man received the vaccine or had been part of a placebo group.

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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate three projects in Gujarat on Saturday: PMO

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Bihar polls: Chhattisgarh CM Baghel hits out BJP over free vaccine promise

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday accused the BJP of politicising public health by promising free COVID-19 vaccine in its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

 

Baghel also said the poll promise implies that citizens of the states where elections are not being held will have to pay for the vaccine. Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo also slammed the BJP for its pollpromise and demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) take cognisance of the matter. READ MORE...

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Will act on corruption done by present govt, if voted to power: Tejashwi Yadav

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Yogi Adityanath government working on permanent solution to flood problem in UP

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is working on an action plan for a permanent solution to the problem of floods in the state.

 

The Chief Minister on Thursday said until a permanent solution to the problem is found, the standard flood control procedures will be in place at flood-sensitive points in the state.

 

"It is because of the proactive approach of the government towards the problem that no serious flood-related issues came up despite the fact that the rainfall was two to three times more than the average this year in the Terai regions," he said while distributing compensation to the tune of Rs 113.21 crore to 3,48,511 farmers in 19 flood-affected districts.