Parliament face-off: Centre, oppn clash as debate on no-confidence motion against Birla begins | India News

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a fiery showdown between the opposition and the treasury benches as the House took up the resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla.BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, who was in the Chair, granted permission for a 10-hour debate after Congress MP Mohammad Jawed read out the notice. The…

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Iran war: Strait of Hormuz crisis could choke global oil supply within a month, warns Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (local time) warned that the US-Israeli war on Iran has pushed global energy markets into crisis, saying oil flows linked to the Strait of Hormuz could face a complete halt in the coming weeks. He also said Russia remains open to restoring long-term energy cooperation with European nations if…

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‘Entire book withdrawn’: After SC rap, NCERT issues public apology over chapter on corruption in judiciary | India News

NEW DELHI: National Council of Educational Research on Tuesday issued a public apology for publishing a chapter on discussing “corruption” and “backlogs” in the judiciary.“National Council of Educational Research and Training [NCERT] has recently published a social science text book “Exploring Society: India and Beyond” Grade 8 (Part II) which contained Chapter IV titled The…

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Paradigm, a16z, Winklevoss Capital, Balaji Srinivasan among investors in ZODL

Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), a new development group formed by the former core team of the Electric Coin Company (ECC), has raised more than $25 million in seed funding to continue building the privacy-focused cryptocurrency ecosystem. The round drew support from Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Cypherpunk Technologies, Chapter One, Balaji Srinivasan…

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Special test to assess digital stress for TOI drive | India News

The Times of India’s ‘Let’s D-Stress’ campaign aims to initiate a nationwide conversation around digital stress, its consequences, and practical ways to address it. The objective of the initiative is to turn awareness of digital behaviour into action, leveraging science and technology to help individuals reclaim attention, productivity, and mental wellbeing in an increasingly distracted…

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Maritime regulator steps in to check ‘opportunistic pricing’ by shipping companies

NEW DELHI: Amid complaints over “predatory and unnecessary charging” by shipping lines, the maritime regulator has invoked power on Monday to seek transparency in pricing as part of efforts to ensure that there is no profiteering.In a circular, DG Shipping has asked the shipping companies and agents to “refrain from predatory, non-transparent and opportunistic pricing…

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