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New Delhi, Dec 15: A month before its scheduled release, former President Pranab Mukherjee's memoir 'The Presidential Years' has run into a controversy. The publisher, Rupa Publication, has announced that the memoir will be out in January. However, Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit Mukherjee has objected to it and has alleged that the publisher has leaked certain "motivated excerpts". Taking to

New Delhi, Dec 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that his government is addressing the concerns of farmers over the new farm laws and accused the opposition parties of misguiding them. Modi was speaking after laying foundation stones of a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant in his home state Gujarat. "Farmers

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have virtually unveiled a new digital payment app 'DakPay', an official statement said here on Tuesday. "The App is launched as part of its ongoing efforts to provide Digital Financial inclusion at the last mile across India," the statement said. DakPay is not just a digital payment app but a suite of digital

Mumbai, Dec 15: The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday extended time for the privileges committee to submit its report on breach of privilege notices against Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and actress Kangana Ranaut till the last day of the next Legislature session. Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik submitted the breach of privilege notices against Goswami and Ranaut to the office of the

New Delhi, Dec 15: From vaccinating 100-200 people during each session per day, to monitoring them for 30 minutes for any adverse event, using Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network to track beneficiaries, the Central government has released a set of detailed guidelines for the mass vaccination drive, which will commence once the vaccines get emergency use approval form the drug regulator. The Health

New Delhi, Dec 14: As the farmer protests entered the 19th day on Monday and farmer leaders are on hunger strike, famous Punjabi singers - the Nooran sisters - also came out in support of the farmers. The Nooran sisters visited the Singhu border in Delhi to extend their support and show solidarity with the farmers. They met the protesting farmers and also got on to the stage to sing a song for the

New Delhi, Dec 14: Messaging service WhatsApp on Monday refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that it's payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software 'Pegasus'. The 'Pegasus' issue was referred by senior advocate Krishnan Venugopal, appearing for Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam, who has filed a plea alleging breach of financial data security of

New Delhi, Dec 14: Tata Group is seeking to board Air India again after nearly seven decades, with the salt-to-software conglomerate set to participate in the bidding process for the national carrier, sources said on Monday. The last date for submission of Expression of Interest (EoI) for Air India is Monday. At present, the Tata group is operating two airlines -- the full service carrier Visatara

New Delhi, Dec 14: Even as farmers went on a day-long hunger strike to press for repeal of the three farm laws, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar discussed their demands and related issues for the second consecutive day here on Monday. As the farmers' agitation continued for the 19th day, both Ministers discussed the ways to resolve their demands to end

Chennai, Dec 14: The State Bank of India (SBI) in Tamil Nadu is at it again in naming and shaming of students who have taken education loans. This time around, the Arakkonam branch of SBI has named and shamed the students who have taken education loans and the farmer borrowers. "It is shocking to see the Arakkonam branch of SBI displaying the photos of students who have taken education loans and