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Delhi HC warns Wikipedia over ANI defamation case, issues contempt notice
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC warns Wikipedia over ANI defamation case, issues contempt notice

Live Mint  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reprimanded Wikimedia Foundation Inc., the organization behind Wikipedia, for failing to comply with an order to disclose information regarding edits made to the Wikipedia page of Indian news agency, Asian News International. Read this | Mint Explainer: Significance of the sole dissenter in the mining tax ruling This response came after Wikipedia’s legal team …

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HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Pandit Ravi Shankar
4 months, 3 weeks ago

HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Pandit Ravi Shankar

Hindustan Times  

Manila: Famed sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar has won the Ramon Magsaysay award for journalism, literature and communication arts, the award foundation today said. HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Ravi Shankar Shankar was cited for “enriching India and the world with his sublime mastery of the sitar with music that colours the mind,” it said …

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Classroom to cubicle: filling the digital skill gap
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Classroom to cubicle: filling the digital skill gap

The Hindu  

In a residential patch at Puttanna Road in Basavanagudi, a building rumbles with excitement. The “ADVANTAGE INDIA” initiative, a part of Microsoft’s Skills for Jobs programme, will focus on training individuals in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Those institutions who have all the capability but just need skilling can use the job standards created by the Sector Skill Council …

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Isha Ambani Piramal Launches 'Being Breast-Aware: What Every Woman Must Know' Book at India Breast Meeting 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Isha Ambani Piramal Launches 'Being Breast-Aware: What Every Woman Must Know' Book at India Breast Meeting 2024

News 18  

Isha Ambani Piramal launched, “Being Breast-Aware: What Every Woman Must Know,” a book written by Dr. Vijay Haribhakti, Chair, Onco Sciences, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, in an effort to raise awareness about breast health. This book is part of the global breast cancer convention, India Breast Meeting 2024, which is being arranged by the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. …

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Congress and its allies losing sleep over rapid development under BJP, says PM Modi
9 months, 1 week ago

Congress and its allies losing sleep over rapid development under BJP, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Stating that the Congress and its “arrogant” coalition partners were perturbed by the pace of development during the Bharatiya Janata Party’s 10-year rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 11 accused the INDIA bloc parties of continuing to watch everything through the “lens of negativity”. Addressing a rally here to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 112 National Highway …

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‘Hai Taiyaar Hum’: Congress to Sound Lok Sabha Poll Bugle from Nagpur on Its Foundation Day on Dec 28
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Hai Taiyaar Hum’: Congress to Sound Lok Sabha Poll Bugle from Nagpur on Its Foundation Day on Dec 28

News 18  

The Congress is set to kick off its campaign for the next year’s Lok Sabha elections from Nagpur, Maharashtra, on the party’s foundation day on December 28. Interestingly, the party has named the venue as ‘Bharat Jodo Maidan’, where workers and leaders will be seen sloganeering – ‘Hain Taiyaar Hum’. Speaking to the media in Nagpur on Monday, Congress state …

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH | Are India’s liberal think tanks in trouble?
1 year, 2 months ago

FREEDOM OF SPEECH | Are India’s liberal think tanks in trouble?

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 03, 2023 18:54 IST - 5 MINS READ The Centre for Policy Research is one of India’s premier public policy think tanks. Chairman of the board of Amnesty International in India, Aakar Patel, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using the FCRA to suppress non-profits and civil society organisations. Independent journalist Jyoti Malhotra told DW …

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India is now a land of opportunities: Anand Ranganathan
1 year, 3 months ago

India is now a land of opportunities: Anand Ranganathan

The Hindu  

Scientist Anand Ranganathan on Sunday, said that India was a land of missed opportunities has now been transformed into a land of opportunities and continues to remain so. He was delivering a lecture on ‘India towards 2047 – A Land of Opportunities’, at the ‘Jijnasa-Sanathan Chintan Ganga’ lecture series on Indic Renaissance organised by Swachh Mangaluru Foundation in association with …

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Oppenheimer: Fresh Row Erupts Over Bhagavad Gita Scene in Christopher Nolan's Film
1 year, 5 months ago

Oppenheimer: Fresh Row Erupts Over Bhagavad Gita Scene in Christopher Nolan's Film

News 18  

One of Hollywood’s biggest movies hit theatres on July 21, Oppenheimer. On Saturday, Uday Mahurkar from Save Culture Save India Foundation issued a statement where he expressed that the said scene has hurt religious sentiments. His statement read, “It has come to the notice of Save Culture Save India Foundation that the movie Oppenheimer which was released on 21st July …

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Governor Organises West Bengal ‘Foundation Day’ Event Despite Objections from Mamata
1 year, 6 months ago

Governor Organises West Bengal ‘Foundation Day’ Event Despite Objections from Mamata

News 18  

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday organised the state’s ‘Foundation Day’ programme at Raj Bhavan here, despite objections raised by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. President Droupadi Murmu also on Monday congratulated the people of West Bengal on its foundation day. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter to Bose on Monday night expressed “shock” at his “unilateral” decision …

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First budget of \'amrit kaal\' lays foundation for developed India: PM Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

First budget of \'amrit kaal\' lays foundation for developed India: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the first Union Budget of the "Amrit Kaal" lays a strong foundation for the aspirations and resolutions of a developed India. Reacting to the Union Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Prime Minister said that this Budget gives priority to the deprived and strives to fulfil the dreams …

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ICAI CA Result 2022 For December Foundation Exam Likely Today At icai.nic.in
1 year, 10 months ago

ICAI CA Result 2022 For December Foundation Exam Likely Today At icai.nic.in

ABP News  

ICAI CA Foundation exam results are expected today, January 30. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will release the CA Foundation exam result between January 30 and February 6, 2023. ICAI CA Foundation December 2022 Result: How To Check? CA Inter, Final Result Released Recently, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India released the Chartered Accountancy Final and inter …

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'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates
2 years, 2 months ago

'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates

News 18  

In a much-awaited and expected move, the Narendra Modi government finally banned the Popular Front of India and its affiliates for five years with a notification issued late on Tuesday night. “PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section …

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Centre for Policy Research, Oxfam India, Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation face tax ‘survey’
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre for Policy Research, Oxfam India, Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation face tax ‘survey’

The Hindu  

The Income Tax Department on Wednesday conducted surveys on two think tanks and a charity organisation on suspicion of irregularities related to financial transactions. In Delhi, the department carried out the operation at the offices of the Centre for Policy Research in Chanakyapuri and Oxfam India in Okhla Industrial Estate. | In Focus / repeat shuffle Highlighting the difference between …

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Gujarat Prohibits Cruel Gestation and Farrowing Crates Used to Confine Pigs
2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat Prohibits Cruel Gestation and Farrowing Crates Used to Confine Pigs

News 18  

Gujarat government’s Animal Husbandry department issued a circular prohibiting the production, sale, and use of gestation and farrowing crates. “Pregnant and nursing mother pigs confined in gestation and farrowing crates don’t have enough space to even turn around,” said Nikunj Sharma, CEO of Mercy For Animals India Foundation in a statement. Upon learning about the plight of pigs confined in …

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Karnataka HC To Hear Objection To Maintainability of Petition Filed By Google India On July 8
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka HC To Hear Objection To Maintainability of Petition Filed By Google India On July 8

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said it would on July 8, hear the application filed by Alliance of Digital India Foundation questioning the maintainability of the petition filed by Google India Pvt Ltd seeking to restrain the Competition Commission of India from divulging confidential information of the company to the complainant Alliance Of Digital India Foundation. Google India Private …

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Jungle Crows Foundation: Rugby for a better world
3 years ago

Jungle Crows Foundation: Rugby for a better world

The Hindu  

The Maidan in Kolkata is a scrapbook of multiple sports photographs in motion. A teensy corner of the largest urban park in Asia belongs to Jungle Crows Foundation – the rugby club. It is about making rugby exciting to young people to drive them towards better things in life.” — Paul Walsh An odd job at a furniture company that …

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Google India launches GNI in partnership with leftist media outfit Digipub
3 years, 3 months ago

Google India launches GNI in partnership with leftist media outfit Digipub

Op India  

Google has announced that it has launched the Google News Initiative Startups Lab India in partnership with the Digipub News India Foundation, a member of which is under the scanner for money laundering. Google said that GNI is “an accelerator program tailored to the needs of content startups in India, to help 10 businesses achieve sustainability.” Source: Twitter Google India …

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New India Foundation to award translation fellowships in 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

New India Foundation to award translation fellowships in 2022

Live Mint  

Over the last decade, translations from Indian languages have become the mainstay of English-language fiction publishing in the country, making their presence felt among major literary prizes and travelling to other parts of the world through foreign publishers. Bengaluru-based cultural organization New India Foundation is aiming to redress the situation with a brand-new translations fellowship, to be awarded to three …

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China's non observance of border agreements 'disturbed' foundation of bilateral ties: MEA Jaishankar
3 years, 5 months ago

China's non observance of border agreements 'disturbed' foundation of bilateral ties: MEA Jaishankar

India Today  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that there has been a lot of concern about the India-China relationship since last year because Beijing has not observed agreements on the border issue which has 'disturbed' the foundation of the bilateral ties. “I would say for the last 40 years we had a very stable relation with ChinaChina emerged as …

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Covid-19 pandemic: Honda India Foundation opens isolation centres in Haryana, Rajasthan
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: Honda India Foundation opens isolation centres in Haryana, Rajasthan

India Today  

Honda India Foundation -- the CSR arm of all Honda group companies in the country -- today announced that it has opened a Covid isolation centre each in Naurangpur and Tapukara. In May 2021, Honda India Foundation had earmarked Rs 6.50 crore for the Covid-19 relief efforts in Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Besides, Honda India Foundation is …

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Covid-19 pandemic: Honda India Foundation earmarks Rs 6.50 crore for relief measures
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: Honda India Foundation earmarks Rs 6.50 crore for relief measures

India Today  

As the country battles the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CSR arm of all Honda group companies in India -- Honda India Foundation -- today announced that it has earmarked Rs 6.50 crore for the relief measures, which include setting up of isolation centres and oxygen production plants, and distribution of PPE kits and medical equipment. According …

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Hyundai Motor India Foundation commences 'Mobile Chikitsa' health initiative in Rajasthan
3 years, 10 months ago

Hyundai Motor India Foundation commences 'Mobile Chikitsa' health initiative in Rajasthan

India Today  

Hyundai Motor India's CSR arm Hyundai Motor India Foundation today commenced the Mobile Chikitsa health initiative in Rajasthan under its Sparsh Sanjeevani public health programme to support healthcare services in rural areas of the country. The Mobile Chikitsa health initiative includes a mobile primary healthcare clinic having various spot diagnostic test facilities and an MBBS doctor on-board. The Mobile Chikitsa …

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Hyundai Motor India Foundation signs pact with FITT-IIT Delhi
3 years, 11 months ago

Hyundai Motor India Foundation signs pact with FITT-IIT Delhi

India Today  

Hyundai Motor India Foundation today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with FITT-IIT Delhi to help students in studying alternate energy powered vehicles and emerging technologies for innovating new-age mobility solutions. As part of the MoU, Hyundai Motor India Foundation also donated a Kona Electric to FITT-IIT Delhi for NVH and battery technology research. "We are glad to collaborate with FITT-IIT …

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