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In an address at an 'extraordinary meeting' of G20 foreign ministers, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also proposed developing protocols for the movement of people and quarantine procedures by the grouping.

With lack of power demand due to COVID-19, and difficulties in revenue collection, power distribution companies' overdues to generators have increased to Rs 114,733 crore, it pointed out.

The response came a day after India banned 118 mobile apps with Chinese links, including popular game PUBG, citing data privacy concerns and a threat to national security.

The closer monitoring of the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAIFU) comes at a time when India and China are locked in their most serious border dispute in more than half a century.

The victim, Durgesh Yadav, a history-sheeter from Gorakhpur, was found to be possessing a press card from 'Dabra Samachar'. The accused, Manish Yadav, was found to be in possession of a forged identity card in which he proclaimed himself as 'sub-inspector...

The coal ministry had earlier withdrawn Bander mine in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra from the list of 41 coal blocks put up for auction for commercial mining as the mine lies in the eco sensitive zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.

The General Manager of Hajipur division of the East Central Railway has written to the Jharkhand chief secretary to remove the people from the tracks immediately.

In a major crackdown, the Delhi government has suspended three motor licensing officers (MLOs) for "irregularities" in issuance of driving licences, officials said on Thursday. The action came after authorities witnessed an "abnormal rise" in issuance...

In April this year, the high court had set aside the order for government schools to convert the medium of instruction from Telugu to English

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Earlier this year, the administrator of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited obtained assistance from Grant Thornton to conduct investigation into the affairs of the mortgage firm.

Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the government has reduced the charges from Rs 1,000 to Rs 700, inclusive of the GST and other taxes.

These operations led to the detection of a huge amount of undisclosed income, seizure of unaccounted assets and incriminating evidence and involvement in benami transactions by these three groups.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India is a country which sees the highest number of mobile application downloads and now the government has started focussing on 'Made in India' apps.

As per LinkedIn Learning Data, in India, there has been an increase of 245 per cent in the number of hours spent on virtual learning from July 2019 to June 2020, compared to a year earlier.

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying around 6 per cent, followed by PowerGrid, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, HCL Tech, ONGC and Infosys.