Day: February 11, 2021

First India Toy Fair to be held virtually from Feb 27 to Mar 2: Govt

11:56 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: The first India Toy Fair will be held virtually from February 27 to March 2, the government announced on Thursday. The website for the India Toy Fair 2021 which was launched on Thursday will enable children, parents, teachers, exhibitors, etc. to register themselves to participate in the virtual fair which will showcase various facets of the Indian toy ecosphere. […]

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BJP leaders seek probe into suspected suicide of woman in Pune

11:51 pm February 11, 2021

Pune: A 23-year-old woman from Beed district of Maharashtra has died in the city under suspicious circumstances, with BJP leaders seeking probe into the death. The woman, who hailed from Parli in Beed district,fell down from the third floor of a building in Mohammadwadi A of suburban Hadapsar here in the wee hours of Monday. […]

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Unable to pay school fees, class X girl student ends life in Hyderabad: Police

11:45 pm February 11, 2021

Hyderabad: A 16-year-old student, daughter of a labourer couple, on thursday died by ‘suicide’ here after she was allegedly turned away from her private school over fees due, police said. A class tenth student, the girl hanged herself in her house, they said adding her parents were labourers and had paid part of the around […]

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Biden conveys to Xi concerns over China’s unfair economic practices, assertive actions

11:37 pm February 11, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden has expressed his ”fundamental concerns” about China‘s coercive and unfair economic practices, its crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and increasingly assertive actions in the region, as he spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time since taking office. The phone call between the two leaders came hours after the Pentagon announced a task force […]

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College student rescued after being abducted, ‘raped’ in Hyderabad

11:33 pm February 11, 2021

Hyderabad: A college girl was rescued after she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an auto-rickshaw driver and a few others near here, while returning home,police said on Thursday. The BPharm student, with head injuries, was found at an isolated place in Yamnampet area on the city outskirts on Wednesday evening in a semi-unconscious state, […]

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