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Karnataka SSLC Results 2020: Pass percentage falls to 71.8%, girls outshine boys

The Karnataka state SSLC results for Class 10 students that were conducted earlier this year have been declared. Over 5.8 lakh students have cleared the examination this year.

Aug 10, 2020

India China relations

Deception, disinformation part of China's game plan with India

This was deduced by the Delhi Policy Group (DPG), one of India's oldest think tanks on strategic and international issues of critical national interest, from the statements from a series of meetings between senior Army commanders, foreign ministers and ministries and the special representatives on the border question of the two countries.

Aug 10, 2020

India's equity mutual funds show first outflows in more than four years

India's equity mutual funds show first outflows in more than four years

India's equity mutual funds had outflows last month for the first time in more than four years as investors, worried by a share price crash in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, took their money out as stock prices recovered.

Aug 10, 2020

BBMP waste collection Bengaluru

Bengaluru: How citizens can help BBMP in waste collection during COVID

On Monday, BBMP's Special Commissioner for Solid Waste Management shared a video of citizens helping in segregation of waste in the city and what are the precautions one can take during the pandemic.

Aug 10, 2020

Hapur rape case: Sketches of the accused

Hapur rape case: 6-yr-old 'extremely critical', police releases 3 sketches of accused

Based on the inputs received from eyewitnesses, the Uttar Pradesh police has released three sketches of a man who is accused of brutally raping a six-year-old girl in Hapur district.

Aug 10, 2020

Swapna Suresh

Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA court rejects Swapna Suresh's bail plea, cites evidence

The NIA court in Kerala has denied bail to Swapna Suresh accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case. The court has said that there's 'prima facie' evidence against her in the case.

Aug 10, 2020

pro-kannada protest 2017

Karnataka: Hindi imposition criticised, possibility of language test for non-Kannadigas spark debate

Ever since the NEP 2020 was announced, Tamil Nadu has protested the 3-language policy. Now, Karnataka has its own take on the matter. As a TOEFL-like language test is being considered, people are asking about the inclusivity in the state.

Aug 10, 2020

Pranab Mukherjee

Breaking: Former President Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for Coronavirus

India's former president and Congress politician Pranab Mukherjee has tested positive for COVID-19, he will be visiting the hospital for a separate procedure.

Aug 10, 2020

Abdul Hamid Najar

BJP worker attacked by terrorists in J&K's Budgam, dies; 4 party leaders resign

Abdul Hamid Najar is the third BJP worker targeted by terrorists within the past one week and the second one to get killed. Earlier, a BJP leader was killed and another injured in south Kashmir's Kulgam district.

Aug 10, 2020

SSI Pauldurai

Policeman, arrested in Jayaraj-Benicks custodial death case, dies due to COVID

SSI Pauldurai was one of the police officers who was arrested in Sathankulam twin custodial deaths case.He was lodged in Madurai Central Prison, tested positive for COVID on July 24 and shifted to the GRH for further treatment.

Aug 10, 2020

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

COVID scare in Tirupati: 743 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams staff test positive, 3 succumb

As many as 743 staff of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) including including some priests of the Lord Venkateswara shrine at Tirumala have tested positive for COVID-19 and three have succumbed to the virus since June 11.

Aug 10, 2020

narendra modi on NEP 2020

After 'Digital Andaman', PM Modi plans to make it hub of 'blue economy'

The Prime Minister interacted with the BJP workers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands through a video conference on Sunday, a day before dedicating the Submarine optical fibre cable project, connecting Chennai and Port Blair.

Aug 9, 2020

Shiva Temple, Kupwara

Fact Check: No, Shiva Temple wasn't vandalized in J&K's Kupwara

The claim that a Shiva Temple in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district has been vandalised is false as DM Anshul Garg clarified the damage was due to natural dilapidation.

Aug 9, 2020

Srinagar: Police personnels and others, recovered from COVID-19 voluntarily donated their plasma at Plasma Screening Camp organised at Kashmir Nursing Home by J&K Police and Dept of Health and Medical Education, in Srinagar on July 22, 2020. (Photo: IANS)

This 21-year-old plasma donor in Bengaluru saved six lives

One of the recipients of Ganna's plasma was B H Natesh, a cardiologist from Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.

Aug 9, 2020

Ammonium Nitrate

740 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to be moved to Hyderabad from Chennai

A consignment of 740 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in 37 containers was imported by the Amman Chemicals in 2015 as fertiliser from Korea.

Aug 9, 2020

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