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UK PM Liz Truss appoints Jeremy Hunt as new Chancellor; announces U-turn in tax-cut plan
World | Oct 14, 2022, 10:30 PM ISTUK gets new finance minister: Truss addressed a press conference from 10 Downing Street to formally announce the changes, blaming them on her fiscal plan going “faster and further” than the financial markets could handle.
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Previous govts in India did not provide facilities available elsewhere even in 20th century: Modi
India | Oct 13, 2022, 12:10 PM ISTPM Modi in Una: He was addressing a public meeting at the Indira Gandhi stadium in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh's Una district. "We will provide you facilities of the 20th as well as the 21st centuries," Modi added.
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Our government carried out surgeries to change the old system, says Narendra Modi
India | Oct 11, 2022, 06:47 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government worked with care and sensitivity. Modi had been the chief minister of the state four times.
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2nd UNWGIC: Technology, talent two pillars of India’s development journey, says PM Modi
India | Oct 11, 2022, 12:32 PM IST2nd UNWGIC: The country has been working on a vision of Antyodaya, which means empowering the last person at the last mile in a mission mode, says PM Modi in a video message to the Second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress-2022
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Digital India has given every citizen a space: PM Modi at 5G services launch
India | Oct 01, 2022, 12:44 PM IST5G service launch: On the occasion, the three major telecom operators of the country will demonstrate one use case each in front of the Prime Minister to show the potential of 5G technology in India.
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Mayawati can join opposition alliance if projected as Prime Ministerial candidate
India | Sep 28, 2022, 09:44 AM ISTBSP national spokesperson Dharamveer Chaudhary said that the "ultimate decision, however, will be taken by Behenji (Mayawati)".
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Tense Japan holds funeral for assassinated ex-leader Abe
World | Sep 27, 2022, 11:36 AM ISTShinzo Abe funeral: Abe's widow, Akie Abe, in a black formal kimono, walked slowly into the Budokan hall venue carrying an urn containing her husband's ashes, placed in a wooden box and wrapped in a purple cloth with gold stripes.
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Madhya Pradesh: 16 wounded as bus heading for PM's function overturns
India | Sep 17, 2022, 09:20 PM ISTMadhya Pradesh: The group was going to attend a convention of self-help groups in the Karahal area, addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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PM Modi birthday: Delhi-based restaurant to launch '56 inch Modi Ji' Thali
India | Sep 16, 2022, 03:49 PM ISTPM Modi birthday: ARDOR 2.1 restaurant will be presenting the big-sized thali having 56 items with the customer having the choice of opting vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.
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Gaganyaan mission likely to be launched in 2024, first test-flight this year: Jitendra Singh
Science | Sep 13, 2022, 05:11 PM ISTThe first test flight will be followed by sending a female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot -- Vyom Mitra - into outer space likely next year. The Indian Air Force had identified four fighter pilots as the potential crew for the human space flight mission.
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Australian PM defends ban on Parliament due to royal's death
World | Sep 12, 2022, 04:03 PM ISTLawmakers will reconvene on Sept 23 to debate a condolence motion for Queen Elizabeth II, the earliest date that the protocol allows, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
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1,200 gifts received by PM to be auctioned, proceeds to go for Namami Ganga project
India | Sep 11, 2022, 07:48 PM ISTNamami Ganga Project: The auction will be conducted through web portal pmmementos.gov.in, and will conclude on October 2, said Adwaita Gadanayak, the Director General of National Gallery of Modern Art, where the gifts are displayed.
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Meet Rubber Girl Anvi, a pro at yoga and flexibility, who met PM Modi
India | Sep 10, 2022, 07:25 PM ISTA 14-year-old girl Anvi, suffering from down syndrome with 75 percent intellectual disability, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. She is popularly known as Rubber Girl, due to her flexibility despite her medical conditions.
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Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr scheme for development of over 14,000 PM-SHRI schools
Education | Sep 07, 2022, 05:48 PM ISTPM-SHRI schools: Under the scheme, over 14,000 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools run by state governments and local bodies, will be strengthened to emerge as PM-SHRI Schools.
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Why did Rishi Sunak lose UK PM race?
World | Sep 05, 2022, 09:04 PM ISTRishi Sunak loses UK PM race: Truss polled 81,326 votes, compared to Sunak's 60,399 in an election with a high turnout of 82.6 per cent, with 654 rejected ballots from a total of 172,437 eligible Tory voters.
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Who is Liz Truss, UK's next PM-designate
World | Sep 05, 2022, 07:06 PM ISTUK PM RACE: Newly-elected Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister-designate Liz Truss is among the senior British politicians known for championing deeper India-UK strategic and economic ties, describing them as a "sweet spot" of global trade dynamics.
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Nirmala pulls up Collector in Telangana for not replying on Centre, state share in PDS rice
India | Sep 02, 2022, 09:01 PM ISTFrom March-April 2020, the Centre has been providing rice, priced at Rs 30-Rs 35, free of cost without the state government and the beneficiaries having to contribute anything.
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Future needs flexible workplaces, work-from-home ecosystem, flexible work hours: PM Modi
India | Aug 25, 2022, 09:10 PM ISTAddressing the National Conference of Labour Ministers of all states through video conferencing in Tirupati, PM Modi reiterated the various efforts by the government like Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana among others.
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Australia to prevent prime ministers gaining secret powers
World | Aug 23, 2022, 05:16 PM ISTAustralian government will launch an inquiry aimed at preventing a prime minister from ever again secretly amassing new ministerial powers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.
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Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan booked under anti-terrorism charge, arrest imminent
World | Aug 21, 2022, 11:01 PM ISTImran Khan booked: The website reported that as per the first information report (FIR), the case was registered in Islamabad's Margalla police station areas on Saturday night on the complaint of magistrate Ali Javed.