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Happy Birthday: Adanis Commit Rs 60k Cr For Charity

NEW DELHI: One of the richest men in the world, Gautam Adani and his family have committed Rs 60k crores for social causes on the occasion of the centenary birth anniversary of his father Shantilal Adani and his 60th birthday. The corpus will be utilized in healthcare, education, and skill development and will be managed […]

Congress Accuses Central Govt Of Unsettling Maha Govt

NEW DELHI: Even as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is facing a litmus test in Maharashtra, the Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government of trying to destabilise a stable government in Maharashtra ahead of presidential polls. The Grand Old Party also said that all the three alliance partners will remain […]

Punjab Cop Dinkar Gupta Is New NIA Chief

NEW DELHI: The Central government on Thursday appointed senior IPS officer Dinkar Gupta as the new Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the appointment of Shri Dinkar Gupta, IPS (PB: 87) as Director-General, National Investigative Agency in […]

COVID Rising: Docs Say People Are ‘Self Doctoring’

NEW DELHI: While Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya directed officials to focus on surveillance and Genome Sequencing and to monitor hospitalisation amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, health experts feel that the actual numbers may be much more as people are self-doctoring. Dr Mandaviya held a high-level review meeting following an escalation […]

Ranji Trophy: Sarfaraz’s Journey From Prodigy To Giant

BENGALURU: After young Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan thumped a terrific 134 in the Ranji Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh, former Indian batsman Praveen Amre – who had scored a century on his Test debut – lavished rich plaudits on him in an exclusive interview with The New Indian. Amre was also a coach of the […]