Predicting a win for the NDA in the Assembly elections to four States and Puducherry, BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the situation of the Congress in the Union Territory was reflected when its former Chief Minister Narayansamy has been denied a ticket.“I could see a wave in all the four States and one UT. The situation in Puducherry is unique,” he said citing the denial of ticket of Mr Narayansamy. “It reflects the condition of Congress. He was denied ticket despite being a loyalist (to Gandhi family) for so many years,” he said addressing a…
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Some 10 job roles were hot in India as per December 2020 data released by Microsoft-owned professional platform, LinkedIn.These positions included: Software Engineer, System Engineer, Business Development Executive, Sales Manager, Business Analyst, Human Resource Executive, Content Writer, Campus Ambassador, Recruiter and Business Development Manager.When it comes to most sought after skill sets in India, LinkedIn identified diverse capabilities such as SQL, JavaScript, Sales Management, Teaching, Business Analysis, Adobe Illustrator, Recruiting (all aspects online recruiting), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Team Leadership and Employee Relations.LinkedIn now has a fresh mandate to help 250,000 companies globally make skills-based hires this year through new…
Promoters accused of diverting ₹2,000 cr. to Cyprus and Cayman Islands The Enforcement Directorate has attached 12 land parcels, with a registered value of ₹152.48 crore, owned allegedly by the promoters of the Unitech Group through proxy entities.The promoters have been accused of diverting more than ₹2,000 crore to Cyprus and the Cayman Islands. “It is highly likely that this ‘benami’ investment is part of the same funds,” said an agency official.The land parcels measuring 48.56 acres are located in Gurugram, Haryana. They are owned by the promoters through three entities named Crown Infra Projects Private Limited, Kore Communities India…
It also demands probe into “tractor march” violence on January 26 in New Delhi The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) — the body responsible for the management of the gurdwaras — on Tuesday condemned the farm laws and urged the Central government to revoke them immediately. At a general house meeting held in Amritsar, a resolution among several others was passed condemning the laws. According to an official statement, the resolution said the three laws are not in the farmers’ interest and would prove to be disastrous to the farming community. The SGPC said it would stand firmly with all…
Narendra Modi was in Bangladesh to attend the country’s Golden Jubilee celebrations of independence. At least 11 people were killed in Bangladesh over the weekend as protesters clashes with police during demonstrations called by Islamist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit. Mr. Modi was in Bangladesh to attend the country’s Golden Jubilee celebrations of independence. After Mr. Modi’s visit, violence spread across the country with protesters attacking a train in the eastern district of Brahmanbaria and targeting several Hindu temples. The main group behind the violent protests was Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an umbrella organisation of radical Islamists that had…
With State reporting more patients daily, availability of critical beds is a dire problem: Rajesh Tope Amid huge rise in COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said a lockdown over the State would only be imposed as a last resort. He said neither the public desired nor Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the ruling parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) wished to impose a lockdown. Mr. Tope nevertheless said the government would be left with no option if the number of critical patients rapidly exceeded available critical health facilities, putting a heavy strain on the medical…
It requires harmonising the interests of all, both within and around that country,” Mr. Jaishankar told the conference attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others. Voicing “grave concern” over violence and bloodshed in Afghanistan, India said on Tuesday that there is a need for a genuine “double peace” in and around the war-torn country and asked the negotiating parties to engage in good faith, with a serious commitment towards reaching a political solution.Addressing the 9th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Dushanbe in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also said…
The President will announce parts of his “Build Back Better” package on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. President Joe Biden is aiming for summer passage of an infrastructure plan that is expected to cost more than $3 trillion, and the White House hopes to take a more deliberate and collaborative approach with the contentious Congress than it did on the COVID-19 rescue package, officials said.The President will announce parts of his “Build Back Better” package on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Sweeping in scope, the ambitious plan aims to make generational investments in infrastructure, revive domestic manufacturing, combat climate change and keep the United…
Sources in the CBI said Anup Majhi, over the past four months, had been evading the agency’s notices and a look-out circular issued against him The officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday questioned Anup Majhi, the alleged mastermind of illegal coal mining in Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in West Bengal’s Asansol, in connection with the coal pilferage scam, officials said.Also read: CBI serves notice to wife, sister-in-law of Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek BanerjeeThe Supreme Court had restrained the agency from arresting Majhi till April 6.”The petitioner shall not be arrested until April 6. This order has been passed…
The litigation began after Nokia said in March 2019 it had alerted regulators to “compliance issues” at Alcatel-Lucent. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia of defrauding shareholders by concealing problems in integrating the former Alcatel-Lucent and in its readiness to become a leader in 5G technology.In a decision on Monday night, U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said Clyde Waite, the plaintiff leading the proposed class action, failed to identify any statements…