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The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant Indian nationality to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

If Gurgaon has poisonous air, Bangalore has gridlock — the number of vehicles in the city has gone from around 1.4 million in 2000 to more than 8 million this year.

The US House of Representatives' approval of a bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims could deal another setback to the trade negotiations.

The NGO, which has been supplying midday meals in 30 schools in the district, has been blacklisted and food samples have been sent to a laboratory for testing, officials said.

Tuesday's gathering in London was marked by testy exchanges between Trump and Macron over the future of transatlantic ties, while the U.S. leader reiterated his criticism of Germany for not spending enough on defence.

The student groups from Assam are believed to have conveyed to Home Minister Amit Shah their concerns on the Citizenship Amendment Bill and how it could affect the indigenous people of the Northeast.

Ali Akbar, a "declared foreigner" from Assam's Bongaigaon district, does not wish to return to the detention camp again – he was recently released from the Goalpara detention centre after a "traumatic" ordeal lasting four years.

The study, published in the Journal of Physiology, found that ice baths are particularly ineffective for the latter, adaptation.

The opposition BJP and Congress demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the surge in crime against women in the state, while the ruling BJD urges other parties not to politicise the 'sensitive case'.

Nithyananda, who is learnt to have fled India last year and has a number of rape cases to his name, has bought an island in Ecuador in central Latin America. The "new nation" is named Kailaasa.

Power Minister RK Singh attributed the losses in discoms to theft, inefficiencies in billing and collection by distribution companies, and government departments not paying their dues on time.

Participating in a debate on Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019, a few members demanded that the government ensure adequate measures are taken to mitigate the impact of ship-breaking on the environment.

With the indiscriminate use of fertilizers post the Green Revolution, soil health in India declined rapidly over the years. Indian farmers have been reported to be using around 66 million tonnes of fertilizers ever year.

The man was installing a lift in the building where the minor girl stayed with her family in 2011, entered her house while she was alone and sexually assaulted her.

The government has taken various steps, including reduction in corporate tax, she said at the India-Sweden Business Summit here.

The Congress wanted to protest inside the Parliament over revoking the Gandhis' SPG cover as Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha that adequate alternate security will be given to the Gandhi family.