LIVE: Cremation of CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife to be held on Friday

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday

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Shocked to hear about the tragic crash of helicopter: Gadkari

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Hoping for the safety of CDS General Bipin Rawat: Rahul Gandhi

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Bodies recovered from the site of chopper crash taken to Military Hospital, Wellington

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Four bodies recovered, three injured persons rescued from IAF helicopter crash site

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Latest visuals from the spot where Army chopper crashed

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Army chopper crash: IAF confirms CDS Rawat was on board

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Army helicopter carrying senior Defence officials crashes in TN

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Govt offers to drop all cases against farmers: Report

All cases against farmers--in connection with the farm laws agitations and over stubble burning--will be suspended, the government said Wednesday, NDTV reported citing sources. The government’s offer is part of a revised proposal to make farmer unions end their protests against three agriculture laws that Parliament has repealed.

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Fitch Ratings cuts India's growth forecast to 8.4%

Fitch Ratings cuts India's economic growth forecast to 8.4% for the current fiscal year from 8.7% forecast in October, says PTI. 

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India's daily Covid-19 cases rise by 8,439

India's daily Covid-19 cases rise by 8,439 to reach total Of 34.66 mn, says Health Ministry. Deaths due to Covid-10 rise by 195 to reach total of 473,952.

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Malaysia court upholds ex-premier Najib's graft conviction

Malaysia's Appeal Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018. Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail after a high court ruled in July 2020 that he was guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, the AP reported.

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Samyukt Kisan Morcha to hold meeting at 10am

A five-member committee of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the collective of farmer unions, will hold an urgent meeting in Delhi at 10 am to decide the fate of its protests, reports ANI.

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Officer probed Nirbhaya case appointed as joint commissioner in Delhi Police

Police officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation in the brutal 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, has been appointed as the joint commissioner (Economic Offences Wing) in the Delhi Police, PTI reported citing a government order on Tuesday. The order issued by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal said seven Indian Police Service officers are being transferred with "immediate effect".

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Study suggests Pfizer vaccine may only partially protect against Omicron

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus can partially evade the protection from two doses of Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, the research head of a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa said on Tuesday. Still, the study showed that blood from people who had received two doses of the vaccine and had a prior infection were mostly able to neutralize the variant, suggesting that booster doses of the vaccine could help to fend off infection, Reuters reported.

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India is top food supplier to Arab nations after 15 years

India surpassed Brazil in food exports to the League of Arab States for the first time in 15 years as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted trade flows in 2020, according to data provided by the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce to Reuters on Tuesday.