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					Striving to transform the Naxal hotbed in the &#39;cut-off area&#39; of Odisha&#39;s Malkangiri district into one of the developed places of the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said smartphones will be provided free of cost to all households in the region.</div>
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				PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched India as the most attractive investment destination for those looking to invest in urbanisation, mobility, innovation and sustainable solutions. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, he said India and some African nations will witness the biggest wave of urbanisation over the next two decades.&nbsp;<br />
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				Terrorism is the biggest problem the world is facing at present, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at the BRICS Summit while adding that all countries need to ensure that the nations that support terrorists are held accountable.</div>
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		A day after taking oath for a new term along with his ministerial colleagues, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday allocated portfolios among them, keeping with himself home, general administration, vigilance and three more departments. Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad got finance, commercial tax, environment, forest and disaster management, urban development and information technology departments.</div>
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	The Delhi Police&#39;s Special Cell has arrested two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists from Sarai Kale Khan area in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday. Abdul Latif Mir (22), a resident of Doru village in Baramulla district and Mohd. Ashraf Khatana (20), a resident of Hat Mulla village in Jammu and Kashmir&#39;s Kupwara district, were nabbed on Monday night, they said.</div>
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		Speaking at the BRICS Summit. <a href="https://t.co/e2X66cZ5so">https://t.co/e2X66cZ5so</a></p>
	&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1328659980031913986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Colleges in Karnataka gear up to resume classes

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	Higher educational institutions in Karnataka have geared up to resume regular classes following government directions to reopen degree, engineering and diploma colleges from Tuesday after being closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown.</div>
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	Schools and colleges are shut since March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown across the country.</div>
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	While the primary and secondary education department is yet to take a call whether to open the schools and pre- university colleges, the higher education department has decided to open colleges from November 17.</div>

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