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Addressing the third Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit on the Fair Share for Children, Smriti Irani said the government is working diligently towards protection of children.

The Centre has also finalised Cadre Controlling Authorities for the existing railway services, with the first Chief Operating Officer of the Indian Railways being the cadre controlling officer responsible for HR with assistance from a DG(HR).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, his French counterpart Florence Parly, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar are among those who will attend the ceremony.

Now, one can bank from home with the finance minister launching the doorstep service initiative of PSBs, Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda said.

The promise was to finish coronavirus in 21 days, but instead crores of jobs and small industries were finished, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.

ACB officials were carrying out searches at the residence of the official and 11 other premises belonging to him and other employees who were working under him.

A case has been registered against him under sections of the Arms act since the arms license produced by him is valid only for the state of Gujarat, he said.

The Sri Lankan navy towed a stricken supertanker away from the Indian Ocean island's east coast on Wednesday, while an Indian Coast Guard plane sprayed chemical dispersants on a long oil slick that trailed in its wake.

The case pertains to the seizure of FICNs with a face value of Rs 7,39,300 from the possession of seven persons - Devendra Chandra, Manoj Sahu, Rohit Bhardwaz, Gyandas Kurre, Dilip Kumar Mahilange, Doman Miri and Nohar Sinha.

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Malaysia's labourreliant palm oil companies are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and prisoners to solve a severe shortage of foreign workers that has worsened due to a coronavirusdriven border closure.

Sri Lanka's navy said on Tuesday that an oil slick had been spotted a kilometre from a loaded supertanker off the country's east coast, as efforts to extinguish a fire on board continued.

According to the statement, this is the first time any PSU in the power sector will undertake asset recycling by monetising its assets through the InvIT model and using the proceeds to fund the new and under-construction capital projects.

Three people have been identified as key suspects in the episode, which the police said is linked to an old enmity between one of the deceased and a rival group that has claimed multiple lives.

It had earlier estimated that the economy of the country, which is now home to the second-largest number of COVID-19 infections, to contract by 11.8 per cent.

The announcement came a day after Metro services resumed in Delhi after being closed for over five months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The first line to be opened was the Yellow Line connecting Samaypur Badli and HUDA city centre in Gurgaon.