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Priests divided people into Varnas, did not allow Shudras and women to study Vedas: Misleading claims about Brahmins removed in rationalised NCERT textbooks

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2024

The development comes a year after RTI activist Vivek Pandey filed a query with the NCERT, seeking written evidence for sweeping claims about Hindu priests, women and shudras in ancient India.

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Quality standards for 5 spices finalised at 7th session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs, 31 countries attended the meet in...

OpIndia Staff - 3 February, 2024

As per a statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs achieved excellent results

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Union Government to encourage human papillomavirus vaccination to prevent cervical cancer through price capping and other initiatives

ANI - 2 February, 2024

The central government, which announced plans to encourage vaccinations against the human papilloma virus (HPV) to prevent cervical cancer, is exploring options to cap prices

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Union govt institutes “Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak” by merging 4 Home Minister’s medals, to be awarded for successful significant operations

ANI - 2 February, 2024

Centre merges 4 Home Minister's medals into one medal named 'Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak'

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US clears sale of MQ-9B drones, Hellfire missiles, bombs, control stations and other equipment to India, The Wire had claimed deal was blocked over...

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2024

Defense Security Cooperation Agency under the United States Department announced the formal approval to sale 31 General Atomics MQ-9B drones along with a large number of missiles and other related components to India

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US State Department rubbishes The Wire claim that Predator drone sale has been blocked over alleged Pannun murder plot, says the deal offers significant...

Raju Das - 1 February, 2024

The Wire claims that US has blocked selling predator drones to India, US State Dept denies the report and says the deal is on

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Interim Budget 2024: FM announces white paper on economy comparing Congress era with Modi years, committee to study demographic changes and its impact

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2024

Finance Minister announced white paper on economy and committee to study poopulation explosion

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Indian Economy under PM Modi has witnessed profound transformation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman gives govt’s report card

ANI - 1 February, 2024

The Indian economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has witnessed a profound transformation in the last 10 years when the government took several pro-people reforms that were structural, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, as she rose to present the interim Budget for 2024-25.

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Tamil Nadu police say state govt not anti-Hindu, but court docs reveal how only 4 out of 288 permissions were given for 22nd Jan...

Nupur J Sharma - 30 January, 2024

On the 29th of January 2023, the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police filed a counter affidavit in the Madras High Court, responding to a petition which claimed that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had issued an oral order against granting permission to events surrounding Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha.

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