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Mumbai police gets cool electric scooters for patrolling

MUMBAI, JAN 2, 2021 Mumbai launched self-balancing electric scooters for police patrolling purposes. Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, Maharashtra state's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, and the state's Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray did the honors at Worli Sea-Face in the presence of...

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Sourav Ganguly recovering well after heart attack

OUR BUREAU Former Indian cricketer and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly, 48, suffered a mild heart attack on Saturday and was rushed to the hospital, where he is recovering well, doctors said. He is...

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India’s first Cultural Diplomat to the United States returns home

Moxraj was appointed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and served a three-year tenure teaching Sanskrit, Hindi, Yoga, and other Indian traditional practices in several American states. Dr Moxraj, India’s first cultural diplomat to the United States, returned home...

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US and India team up against China, thanks to NDAA

The Senate voted 81-13, and the House 322-87 to override Trump's veto earlier last week. SHASHIDHAR NANJUNDAIAH As the US Congress overrode President Donald Trump’s veto on the defense bill of $740 billion, it implied a condemnation of China’s aggression...

H1-B, L-1 freeze extended until March 31

President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the primary employment (H-1B) visas and other types of foreign work visas by three months to protect American workers, saying although therapeutics and Covid-19 vaccines are recently available, their effect on the...

Update: UK-India flights to partly resume next week

In a revision of its decision from last week (per our report here), the Government of India has said that beginning January 8 until January 23, it will permit 15 flights a week to the United Kingdom from Delhi, Mumbai,...

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Indian govt to act against US e-comm cos after complaints from local traders

Following complaints by the Confederation of All Traders for violating Foreign Direct Investment violations, the government of India directed its Enforcement Directorate and Revenue Bank of India to penalize Amazon and Flipkart. A dispute between e-commerce giants Amazon, Flipkart, and...

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Amazon to launch Future Engineer Program in India

The US e-commerce giant has stated plans to start its computer science program in India.  The e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to launch its computer science education program in India.  The program, called Future Engineer Program, aims to fund computer...