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Chinese court rules that a university book describing homosexuality as a mental disorder is correct

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The court upheld the ruling of a lower court that termed the description of homosexuality as a perceptual difference.
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News Reports

Income Tax raids conducted at around 22 locations linked to Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl in tax evasion case

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Simultaneous raids are being conducted at the homes and linked properties in Mumbai, Pune and some other locations of Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap and others
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News Reports

PM Modi and his mother abused live on air by a caller on a BBC radio show on Sikhs in the UK

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BBC edited the program and the host offered apology after caller abused PM Modi and his mother during a live radio show
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS, compares schools run by them with madarsas operated by radical Islamists in Pakistan

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Rahul Gandhi alleged that RSS is doing something "fundamentally different" to destroy the education system of India.
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Social Media

Ahmedabad netizens trend #WeWantKarnavati to get city name changed, this is why

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Ahmedabad residents said that the city was not 'established' by Mughal emperor Ahmed Shah but it was developed by King Karna Dev and hence it should be named after him.
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Editor's picks

Hours before the model code of conduct set in, Mamata Banerjee grants Rs 2.60 crore for Furfura Sharif shrine

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Furfura Sharif's cleric Abbas Siddiqui has forged an alliance with the Congress and the Left after floating his own political party named Indian Secular Front.
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News Reports

Ex Maha CM and Congress leader spreads misinformation about COVID vaccination. Here are the facts about pricing

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Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan spreads misinformation about Covid-19 vaccine pricing and allocation.
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News Reports

Take a shot every time Rahul Gandhi says ‘strategy’ and get drunk before noon: Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre monologue goes viral

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Rahul Gandhi thinks China has a 'vision' of 'modern Silk Road' with a 'nervous system' - we have no idea what he means by that.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Minor girl missing for 22 days, family accuses TMC leader and 5 others of abduction

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Faced with police inaction in recovering the victim and the barrage of incoming threats, the family members sat on a hunger strike on Monday night in the Fuara More area of Malda.
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Opinions

‘Standing up for the national anthem is enforced nationalism’: Here’s how The Wire is fanning separatism in J and K

Jinit Jain -
In essence, The Wire, in its article, has toed the separatists and terrorists' line in blaming the university for "enforcing" nationalism on students by simply asking them to comply with the university protocols, which include standing up for the national anthem, among other activities.
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World

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rips into NYPD for employing $75,000 robotic dog named Digidog, implies the move is ‘racist’

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AOC termed NYPD's move to use the robot dog, Digidog, as racist in a series of tweets on Thursday.
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Editor's picks

Central government gives nod to ‘Maryada Purushottam Sriram Airport’ in Ayodhya, sanctions Rs 250 crores: Details

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The UP government has set the December 2021 deadline for completion of the Maryada Purushottam Sriram Airport in Ayodhya
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News Reports

Kerala: Health Minister Shailaja mocked on social media for Covid-19 vaccination photo

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Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja is being mocked on social media after she shared a photograph of herself receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
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News Reports

‘Unauthorised access’: Lawyer sent behind bars for downloading Facebook photo of judge and sending birthday wish

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According to the complaint filed in the case, the lawyer had downloaded the Judicial Magistrate's picture from Facebook.
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Crime

Her husband used to talk vulgar to girlfriend in front of her: Here is what the lawyer of Ayesha, who jumped into Sabarmati river,...

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Ayesha, who committed suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati River in Gujarat on March 1, had a disquiet marital life
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Social Media

Twitter forces user to delete tweet highlighting Hindu victims of Godhra massacre, days after it refused to block fake news

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Users have accused the platform of deliberately censoring posts that highlight the Hindu victims of the Godhra Massacre.
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News Reports

Delhi Court takes cognizance of offences under sedition, promoting enmity between groups against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Saifi and others

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A Delhi Court has taken cognizance of offences under sections 124A and 153A against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Saifi and others.
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Politics

As Congress allies with rabid Islamist in Bengal, sympathetic journalists try to shift focus to Assam Congress

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While Rohini Singh desperately tried to sideline G23 rebel Congress leader Anand Sharma and promote Gaurav Gogoi, it must be pointed out that the latter, who is supposedly 'not entitled', is the son of the late Congress leader and former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi.
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Politics

Assam elections: Priyanka Gandhi wants to give taxpayers’ money to housewives for free, law to nullify CAA

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Priyanka Gandhi has also promised to bring in a law to nullify the effect of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam.
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Opinions

Brown Sahib’s colonial hangover: How Congressis are perpetually in awe of Gandhi siblings mingling with gareeb Indians

Jinit Jain -
The Congress sympathisers and leaders have displayed unwavering support in building a cult around the Gandhi siblings
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News Reports

Watch: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav lashes out at journalist when questioned about his party leader’s involvement in Hathras murder

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SP leader Gaurav Sharma alias Gaurav Songra is the prime accused is the murder of a man on March 1. Songra was accused by the victim's daughter in a molestation case filed in 2018.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: BJP alleges evangelists built a Christian cross-shaped structure at Hindu holy site, police ‘clarifies’, leaves crucial question unanswered

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BJP leaders have alleged that the huge Christian Cross symbol was put up illegally in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh where Hindus believed Sita Maa's footprints existed
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Law

Special Prosecutor in Delhi Riots case shows court a Newslaundry article that created a false narrative against the investigation

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Special Public Prosecutor slammed Newslaundry in court, said they reported false information under his name in Delhi riots reportage
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Politics

Sourav Ganguly may attend PM Modi’s Brigade Ground rally in Kolkata on 7th March: Local media

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Sourav Ganguly may attend PM Modi's rally at Brigade Ground in Kolkata on March 7, according to reports in local media.
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News Reports

Remember Agra kidnapping case where a girl was shrouded in Burqa? Here is why she planned the abduction herself

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On Monday night, the police recovered the girl from a PG in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area. On being asked about the abduction, she claimed to have gone to Delhi to prepare for NEET examination.
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Entertainment

Aamir Khan shelves Mahabharat amidst controversies because ‘now is not the right time’: Reports

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Aamir Khan has shelved his 'Mahabharat' project amidst controversies because the 'timing' is not right, reports say.
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News Reports

Miami-based art collector sells 10-second video artwork for $6.6 million, brings focus on NFTs and the value of ‘digital assets’

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NFT-authenticated 10-second video artwork by Beeple sold for $6.6 million and it made people wonder if NFTs are the next big thing in tech world.
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News Reports

New book documents the journey of three men who created history by becoming the first gay ‘throuple’ to become legal parents: Details

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'Three Dads and a Baby', set to release on the 9th of March, has been written by one of her fathers, Dr. Ian Jenkins.
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News Reports

Watch: Pakistani teacher tells students not to play sports, but to join Jihad in Kashmir or Palestine, kill ‘blasphemers’

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While quoting from Islamic texts, the cleric said, "...Anyone who dares to speak about any of our Prophets, it is your duty to cut them into pieces. "
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Cricket

Mohali won’t see IPL matches in 2021, Punjab CM requests BCCI to change their decision: Details

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Captain Amarinder Singh has expressed his 'surprise' at the exclusion of the Mohali Cricket Stadium from IPL 2021 venues.
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News Reports

Dr B R Ambedkar’s grandson claims PM Modi took vaccination from Christian nurse as he does not ‘believe in Hindu nurses’

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Prime Minister Modi on Monday took the first dose of coronavirus vaccine in Delhi's AIIMS. He was administered the dose of made-in-India Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi has made his choice: He prefers street power to political power

Nupur J Sharma -
Congress, the Left and ISF have now formed a 'secular' alliance to fight the Bengal polls and are in the process of finalising their seat-sharing formula
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World

Former CIA Director, who supported torture and lied about civilian deaths in drone strikes, says he is embarrassed to be a ‘white male’

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John Brennan appeared on MSNBC on Monday where he proudly declared that he was embarrassed to be a White Male.
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Crime

A woman molested, a father murdered, a Samajwadi Party leader accused: Here is all you need to know about the Hathras case

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"Aatankwadi hain woh", Hathras victim Pooja exclaimed, expressing her angst against the SP leader for killing her father
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News Reports

Ajay Maken becomes one of the first party leaders to take COVID-19 jab even as Congress maintains silence over vaccination drive

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Congress leader Ajay Maken, along with his wife, mother and mother-in-law took the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine this morning at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Delhi
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News Reports

NYT’s claims on Mumbai grid failure: Chinese cyber attack theory was floated earlier too, but committee including IIT experts had denied. Details

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Presence of dormant or inactive malware is not evidence of sabotage. Malware has to be activated to cause disruption in services.
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News Reports

FIR against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Abdul Rehman for molestation, assault, was earlier booked for anti-CAA violence

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Abdul Rehman, who is a legislator from the Seelampur constituency, claimed that the allegations against him are 'false' and 'baseless'.
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News Reports

Dissenting Congress leaders plan to hold another event in Haryana, question party’s election strategy in West Bengal

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Hitting out at the Congress, G-23 leader Anand Sharma questioned the decision of the party to forge an alliance with radical cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF).
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News Reports

‘Go drink urine’: Pro-Khalistani elements attack ‘Tiranga and Maple rally’ organised by Canadian Indians, insult the Tricolour

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Pro-Khalistani elements attack a 'Tiranga and Maple' rally organised by Indian Canadians to celebrate the co-ordination between the two countries.
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News Reports

COVID vaccination: 17 lakh people registered on the CoWin platform on the first day of the second phase

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In the second phase of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive starting today, age-appropriate people are expected to register themselves on CoWin platform or on Aarogya Setu app for vaccination.
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News Reports

After Khalistanis, Akali Dal and Sikh religious body extend support to Deep Sidhu who desecrated Red Fort during Republic Day riots

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Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa revealed that Delhi Sikh Gurudwara body has extended legal support to Deep Sidhu.
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Cricket

Confusion about Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi’s birthdate intensifies as he claims he turned 44 in 2021: Details

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The precise birthdate of former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has been shrouded in mystery for the longest time.
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Sports

Barcagate Scandal: Former FC Barcelona president Bartomeu arrested following raids at club offices

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Former president of FC Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu has been arrested following a raid at the club's offices.
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Fact-Check

The Hindu ‘journalist’ Suhasini Haidar puts out misinformation about ISRO satellite launch: Read details

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Suhasini Haidar, National Editor of 'The Hindu', put out false information on social media in attempt to mislead the public.
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News Reports

‘Review Varavara Rao’s bail order, probe Justice Shinde for allegedly possessing illicit assets’: Dalit and Tribal Body writes to SC and Bombay HC

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The Committee, representing the Dalit and Tribal victims of Naxal violence, have raised questions over Justice Shinde's decision of granting bail to Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence accused Varavara Rao
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News Reports

Watch: ‘Replace those who are not actively participating’ Union Minister Piyush Goyal disciplines irregular babus

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Piyush Goyal was unhappy with members of governing council of Indian standards as their videos were switched off.
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Politics

Ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections in 2022, CM Amarinder Singh ropes in Prashant Kishor

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Four years after helping the Congress party come to power in Punjab, Prashant Kishor is returning to the state
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World

Individuals identifying as LGBT sees sharp rise in USA as Transgender and Bisexual population registers high growth, poll shows

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Gender has become an extremely politicized matter in western countries with the ascendency of Gender Identity politics.
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Law

‘If you want to marry, we can help you’ CJI SA Bobde tells Maha Govt employee accused of raping a minor while granting him...

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CJI SA Bobde was hearing a plea seeking protection from arrest by a now Maharashtra Government servant in a 2014-15 rape case
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News Reports

After PM Modi took a COVAXIN jab, Asaduddin Owaisi raises aspersions on the efficacy of Serum Institute’s COVISHIELD vaccine

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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi fuelled apprehensions over the effective of Serum Institute's COVISHIELD vaccine after Germany restricted its use to people within the age group of 18-64
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