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🔍Roads, transit, internet: What’s in the infrastructure bill

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At least 11 Covid-19 patients, most of them elderly, died after fire swept through an intensive care unit (ICU) of the district government hospital in Ahmednagar town of Maharashtra Saturday morning. There were 17 patients in the ICU, which was opened last year, when the blaze broke out.

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The Fire Brigade said the hospital ignored shortcomings it had pointed out during two fire audits in the last six years. Shankar Misal, chief of the Ahmednagar civic fire brigade, said fire sprinklers, hydrants and even smoke detectors were missing.

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Former Union minister P Chidambaram writes: "A decisive vote for change alone will unseat the BJP in the next LS election. Such a change of government is necessary if the voters are concerned about the sluggish growth rate, soaring prices, high unemployment, divisive and discriminatory laws, misuse of law enforcement agencies and pervasive sense of fear."

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Tripura Police have invoked UAPA against 102 social media handles and served notices to US-based Internet companies seeking detailed information on the owners of these accounts. Police wanted these accounts blocked as they had allegedly posted fake or fabricated photos and statements online that had “potential to flare up communal tension”.

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The ongoing search operation in J&K's Poonch district for militants who have likely crossed over the LoC has raised several red flags for security forces. Among them is that this is the first time in a long while that security forces are battling what appear to be well trained and armed militants, who seem to be prepared for the long haul.

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A Special Investigation Team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reached Mumbai yesterday to take over six cases including the alleged Cordelia drug bust case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested. Sources in NCB suggested that the Aryan Khan case may be looked at afresh given the corruption allegations made by NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik against NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit director Sameer Wankhede, who was previously probing the case.

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Mandatory vaccination, daily testing, limited and spread-out seating arrangements, frequent sanitisation, regular appeals to participants to attend events online if they can — Glasgow is masked and shielded as it hosts the climate change conference. But it hasn’t been easy. Part of the reason, ironically, is the surprisingly big interest in this COP-26. Glasgow received the largest number of registrations for participation, close to 40,000 – making it the largest-ever conference in the UK.

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Over the last three days, the death toll in the biggest hooch tragedy in Bihar since the imposition of prohibition in April 2016 has reached 30. Residents and police in both districts in Bihar’s northwestern corner suspect a common source for the poisonous liquor, possibly supplied by traders operating in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Now, fingers are being pointed at the police for not keeping a check on the flourishing illegal trade in liquor in the area.

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More than two decades after the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, India has finally registered the logos of the iconic ‘Toy Train’ internationally as its intellectual property. The DHR, which started operations in 1880, more than 140 years ago, has two logos, both of which have been patented. Both logos are over a century old, and popular in world heritage circuits

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With the UP 2022 elections just around the corner, we see how political parties are preparing for the upcoming polls in Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Gonda and finally, CM Yogi Adityanath’s home district of Gorakhpur. Along the way are familiar fault lines that are widening ahead of the crucial Assembly election. While the pandemic is seen as a receding crisis, the urgent refrain is about rising prices, especially of petrol and diesel, and about rice selling below MSP and the sugarcane dues still unpaid. There is also talk of unemployment.

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⌛ *And Finally...*

Somnath Hore was an artist with a deep understanding of history. The image of the “wound” was his metaphor that reflected impermanence. As we mark Hore’s centenary, here’s a look at how his life and work testified to his intense understanding of history without, and the irreparable ruptures within.

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🔍Explained: Why Chennai received ‘heaviest rainfall’ since 2015

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🔍Explained: What caused Earth’s first mass extinction

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🔍Explained: At boxing worlds, a military-grade artificial intelligence tool weeds out corrupt officials

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🔍Explained: Two new oral drugs and the treatment of Covid-19

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🔍Simply Put: What links oil and food prices

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🔍Explained: PM’s climate promises, and how far India is on track to meet them

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The 18-point political resolution moved by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the first BJP National Executive meeting in two years was largely devoted to lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership over a range of issues, from Covid to his stand on climate change, as well as reduction of the excise duty on petrol and diesel. However, the resolution was silent on the contentious farm laws, as well as on the CAA and the border dispute with China.

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In this edition of the Idea Exchange, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Shekhawat says Captain Amarinder Singh alone can’t be faulted over Punjab government’s problems, stresses the farm laws issue will be resolved before Punjab polls, and explains Jal Jeevan Mission’s thrust on managing demand.

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A fisherman from Palghar, Maharashtra, was killed and another wounded in the high seas off the Gujarat coast after personnel of Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency allegedly opened fire at an Indian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea, official sources said on Sunday. “We have taken serious note of this incident. We are going to take up this issue diplomatically with the Pakistan side,” a government source said in New Delhi on Sunday.

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As the first week of the Glasgow climate conference drew to a close, NGOs and civil society organisations were complaining about the lack of any progress in the negotiations, particularly on difficult issues like finance. Developed nations are under an obligation to provide money to developing countries to help them fight climate change — India has reinforced this saying developed countries can’t get a free pass.

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Officials of three state cricket associations, a suspected match-fixer, a former convenor of selectors of Delhi cricket, a one-time IPL cricketer, a Bengal under-19 player and the operators of a sports management company that brought all of them together. This is the cast of characters so far in an alleged “cash for selection” scam to dupe aspiring cricketers around the country.

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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope denied the charge that no fire safety audit had been conducted at the District Government Hospital in Ahmednagar, where 11 people died in a blaze on Saturday, while hinting that there was delay on the part of the PWD to provide technical sanction for safety works. Tope, however, refused to answer when asked if the PWD should be held responsible for the fire that left 11 Covid patients admitted in the ICU dead.

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In 2020, a year of pandemic-induced economic distress, suicides among “tradesmen” increased by 50 per cent — the highest across categories — compared to 2019, even as the broader business community recorded more such deaths than farmers. According to the latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau, as many as 11,716 businessmen died by suicide in 2020 compared to 10,677 farmers in the same year.

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While the queue of companies planning to raise money through initial public offerings is getting longer, investors who put funds in many of the IPOs launched earlier this year are sitting on notional losses. Investments in almost 40 per cent of the issues are going at lower than the issue price. “Around 23 per cent have outperformed. Overall, around half have given returns of above 10 per cent so far. Therefore, it has not been a uniform story across the board,” a Care Ratings study showed.

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⌛ *And Finally...*

The International Amateur Boxing Association has employed military-approved artificial intelligence voice analysis and cyber technology systems to analyse judges and referees at the recently-concluded men’s World Championships in Belgrade. Two individuals were also removed from the officiating pool after being questioned by an automated phone questionnaire, which has been dubbed a tool to put AIBA’s “house in order”.

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🔍ExplainSpeaking: A brief history of India’s poverty levels

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🔍Paytm IPO Expalined: Here’s what retail investors must know before applying

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🔍Telling numbers: A ranking of countries on drug policies and implementation

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🔍Explained: Why Pakistan’s ‘no’ to airspace for Srinagar-Sharjah flight could be breach of freedom of air rules

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🔍Explained: Here’s why almost all MSRTC depots are shut in protest across Maharashtra

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🔍Explained: Why is India hosting an NSAs’ meeting on Afghanistan with regional players?

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