Day: January 8, 2020

Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team

Trump says no Americans harmed in attack by Iran, offers peace

11:21 pm January 8, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that no Americans were harmed in the attack by Iran on US bases in Iraq as he offered to embrace peace along with the Iranian leadership, in a significant move to de-escalate spiralling tensions in the Middle East. His remarks came hours after Iran launched over a dozen […]

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50 Shahberi homebuyers to stop paying bank loan EMIs

50 Shahberi homebuyers to stop paying bank loan EMIs

11:17 pm January 8, 2020

Noida (UP): Around 50 homebuyers in Greater Noida’s Shahberi area have decided to stop paying their monthly installments on bank loans over legality of construction of their flats. These homebuyers had in December 2018 written to RBI, Union Finance Ministry National Housing Board (NHB), Uttar Pradesh government and CBI, among others, urging them to intervene […]

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India's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant likely to be commissioned by early 2021: Sources

India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant likely to be commissioned by early 2021: Sources

11:04 pm January 8, 2020

New Delhi: The manufacturing of the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant is currently under phase three which involves setting to work of machinery and other equipment and it is likely to be commissioned by early 2021, sources said on Wednesday. The nearly 40,000-tonne carrier is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in […]

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Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Heavy rains cause traffic snarls in parts of Delhi, air quality remains ‘poor’

10:59 pm January 8, 2020

New Delhi: Rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday bringing the mercury down by a few notches and causing traffic snarls at several intersections. However despite the rains, the city’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category, though improvement is predicted due to rains and high-velocity winds. The national capital’s air quality index was 266 […]

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HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

Cartel of docs, pharma firms, labs fleecing patients: HC

10:38 pm January 8, 2020

Chennai: Asserting that a cartel of doctors, pharma firms and diagnostic labs are fleecing patients in the country, the Madras High court on Wednesday took notice of the practise of providing ‘commissions’ to doctors for promoting and prescribing their drugs. The court directed the Union health ministry, chemical and fertilizers ministry, National pharmaceutical pricing authority […]

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