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Maharashtra reports 803 new Covid-19 cases and three death reported in the last 24 hours.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hits out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, says "if any crony capitalism is happening, it is happening in Congress-led governments, and Rahul Gandhi will not speak a word about it..."

Supreme Court says it will hear the case relating to Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque on April 14 and allows the Muslim side to file an application before it regarding their request to allow the practice of ablution inside the mosque premises.

Delhi High Court dismisses bail plea of Delhi's former cabinet minister Satyendar Jain in the money laundering case. The court also dismisses the bail pleas of co-accused Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain in the case.

Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi gets three back to back earthquakes within 12 hours.

All three earthquakes were of slight intensity.

CPI MP Binoy Viswam writes to Union Education Minister for changes in NCERT textbooks as part of "rationalising" exercise.

Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Thursday wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the drastic changes made to NCERT textbooks as part of "rationalising" exercise.

The letter further read that the omissions made are indeed of a very serious nature. Some of the changes evidently reek of an attempt to omit information about certain periods in Indian history and certain traditions of Indian thought. Most of these changes were brought in social sciences' books also indicate that the government is trying to curtail critical analysis of our society, polity and history.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address BJP workers on the occasion of the party's foundation day on Thursday. "Tomorrow, 6th April is an important day for @BJP4India as it is the Sthapana Diwas of the Party," Modi said on Twitter. At around 10 AM Thursday, will be addressing Party 'karyakartas', he said.

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Delhi reports 606 new Covid cases, 340 recoveries,1 death (primary cause of death is not Covid) in last 24 hrs

10:07 PM

South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin to visit India tomorrow

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PM Modi took a decision to open the space sector for private participation: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

Today because of this within 3 yrs, the number of startups has reached 150 in ISRO...Today Cabinet has approved Indian Space Policy 2023 which in brief would offer clarity to the role of each of these other components which have been set up to enhance the role of the space dept, to give a boost to the ISRO missions.

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If any crony capitalism is happening, it is happening in Congress-led govts: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to interact with health ministers of all states on Covid19 situation tomorrow

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North India major groundwater depletion hotspot with 95% of country's loss: IIT-GN study

North India accounts for 95 per cent of the country's groundwater depletion, according to a study which found that rainfall increase in the future will be insufficient to fully recover the already depleted resources, the PTI reported.

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Fire breaks out in slum area of Patna's Shastri Nagar in Bihar

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Supreme Court says it will hear Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque case on April 14

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Delhi HC issues notice to CBI on Manish Sisodia's bail plea in excise case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea moved by Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia challenging a trial court order denying bail to him in CBI case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Delhi Government, the ANI reported.

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