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The Honourable PM Narendra Modi has introduced 137 special welfare schemes with the aim to benefit the poor in the country. The schemes are directly implemented nationwide from his office.

SP has alleged that BJP is not concerned with getting justice for victim but interested in using the issue as a political tool while the Congress has alleged that the issue is deviation from core issues like unemployment and law and order.

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On BSE, Lakshmi Vilas Bank shares plunged 9.55 per cent to hit lower circuit limit of Rs 9. On NSE, the scrip was locked in the lower circuit of Rs 9 by declining 10 per cent.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,04,365 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,162 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 584 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country.

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Wednesday had started random testing for people coming to Noida from Delhi in view of the spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital.

The prime ministers of the two countries had jointly launched PhaseI of the project during Modi's state visit to Bhutan in August last year.

The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal against the Kerala HC order which had said AYUSH practitioners can prescribe government-approved mixtures and tablets only as immunity booster for COVID-19.

Hugo Pereira, 32 and his wife Stella Souza, 33, were spending a day on the Rio Grande do Norte beach in Brazil with their seven-month-old son when the cliff collapsed, killing all three.

Addressing the summit, held through videoconferencing, Modi also talked about the common values like democracy, rule of law and freedom which have strengthened the bilateral ties.

Power Minister RK Singh said the 3rd RE-INVEST will build upon the success of the first two editions held in 2015 and 2018 and provide an international forum for investment promotion in renewable energy.

The flow of gold from east to west triggered by the coronavirus pandemic eased in October as Switzerland's imports of bullion from Asia fell and it exported more to India than in any month since May 2019, Swiss customs data showed on Thursday.

The Calcutta High Court had earlier disallowed Chhath Puja ceremonies at the sprawling lake in addition to upholding a ban on such activities at Rabindra Sarobar, another waterbody in south Kolkata.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Parigam village of Pulwama following information about presence of militants there, a police official said.

As per the notification, Odisha won in the marine state category and Assam in the hilly states and north-eastern region category.