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Noida DM Suhas Yathiraj bags silver after losing to top seed Lucas Mazur

September 6, 2021

Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L Yathiraj bagged the silver medal the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday after going down fighting in the final of the men’s singles SL4 event against France’s Lucas Mazur. Lucas won by 15-21, 21-17, 21-15 in 1 hour and 2 minutes at Court 1...

BURNS, HAMEED HOLD FORT AS ENGLAND NEED 291 MORE RUNS TO WIN

September 6, 2021

England might be chasing 368 to win, but openers Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns provided the hosts a solid start in the final session of Day Four on the ongoing fourth Test here at the Kennington Oval on Sunday. At stumps, England’s score read 77/0 still needing 291 runs for...

Legal profession still has to welcome women into its fold: CJI Ramana

September 6, 2021

Even after 75 years of Independence, the judiciary in India has achieved a mere 11 per cent representation of women on the bench of the Supreme Court, said Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday. Speaking during a felicitation ceremony organised by the Bar Council of India (BCI), CJI...

Dengue outbreak in UP’s Firozabad, death toll rises to 51

September 6, 2021

The death toll due to dengue fever in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district rose to 51 as more people lost their lives in the viral fever outbreak. “With another person’s death, the total death tally has been reached to 51,” district Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dinesh Kumar Premi said on Sunday....

WON’T ALLOW SCREENING OF HIS FILMS: BJP ON AKHTAR COMPARING RSS, VHP WITH TALIBAN

September 6, 2021

MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday staged a protest against noted lyricist Javed Akhtar outside his residence in Mumbai, alleging that he compared Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) with the Taliban. The protest came a day after the poet-lyricist, during an interaction with a...

A good teacher is a society builder and nation builder: President Kovind

September 6, 2021

In his address on Teachers’ Day this Sunday, President Ram Nath Kovind said that a good teacher is a personality-builder, a society-builder, and a nation-builder. “The primary responsibility of combining the inherent talents of the students lies with the teachers; a good teacher is a personality-builder, a society-builder, and a...

PRESIDENT KOVIND ON THREE-DAY VISIT TO GOA

September 6, 2021

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind is on a three-day visit to Goa. Upon arrival, he was received by Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Goa Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar, Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. In a tweet, the Chief...

AS JNU REOPENS IN PHASES FROM MONDAY, RESEARCH SCHOLARS DEMAND LIBRARY BE OPENED TOO

September 6, 2021

As Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) gears up phased reopening from Monday, many research students have demanded that the administration resume library facilities. The campus will reopen for PhD research scholars, PhD (PWD) and 9B students specifically for those who are to submit their papers by December 31 this year. These...

Modi government farmer friendly, Centre open to talks with farmers: Anurag Thakur

September 6, 2021

Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government is farmer-friendly, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that the Central government not only increased the MSP and procurement but also build more mandis and is working towards increasing the income of the farmers, adding that the government is always open...

WHEN AMITABH AND JAYA WORKED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

September 6, 2021

MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, on Sunday, took a stroll down memory lane and reminisced about pairing opposite his wife Jaya Bachchan for the first time in movies. “Our first film together .. ‘Bansi aur Birju’ .. released Sept 1, 1970 .. that’s 49 years ago,” he wrote on Instagram. Directed...

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