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One of the farmers, while being taken away by cops, said their democratic right of free speech was being bulldozed. “None of us has raised any slogan.. We are only three people and Article 19 of the Constitution gives us the right to express our opinion. We are only standing here. What’s the violation in that? You [Police] are finishing democracy,” he said. … [Read more...] about Farm laws: 3 people detained in Shimla

The government on Tuesday nominated 28 non-official members including Byju's founder and CEO Byju Raveendran and Kris Gopalakrishnan from Axilor Ventures on the National Startup Advisory Council.The council was set up last year to advise the government on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country.“The Central Government has now decided to nominate the non-official members on the National Startup Advisory Council representing various stakeholders,” the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said in a statement.It said these include founders of successful startups, veterans who have grown and scaled companies in India, persons capable of representing the interest of investors into startups, persons capable of representing interests of incubators and accelerators, representatives of associations of stakeholders of startups and representatives of industry associations.The term of the non-official … [Read more...] about 28 non-official members nominated to National Startup Advisory Council

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl and attempting to kill her in a village in Vaiyampatti police station limits in the district on Monday. The accused, Suresh, who escaped from the spot, was later caught by the public and handed over to the police. … [Read more...] about Two detained under POCSO Act

The State Civil Supplies Corporation has surpassed the record set by itself in the procurement paddy in the kharif marketing season this year compared to the last year by procuring 47.87 lakh tonnes so far against 47.8 lakh tonnes procured last year. Chairman of the corporation Mareddy Srinivas Reddy stated here on Monday that the paddy procurement was done by opening 6,505 purchase centres across the State and the farm produce worth over ₹9,000 crore was procured from about 11 lakh farmers. Of the total amount, ₹8,375 crore was already credited into the bank accounts of farmers directly. Speaking after releasing the new year diary and calendar of the corporation employees, he stated that 1.75 lakh tonnes of rice is being supplied to about 87.54 lakh households at 6 kg of rice per person per month at a nominal price of ₹1 a kg under the public distribution system. Besides, another 1.2 lakh tonnes is being supplied to welfare hostels and for mid-day meal scheme in … [Read more...] about Kharif paddy procurement reaches new milestone

On Monday, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said in a statement that Navalny's detention "appears to be deeply politicized" and "the international community will be observing Mr. Navalny's treatment closely." … [Read more...] about Russia rejects foreign interference in Navalny case