POLITICS
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Apr- 2025 -10 April
EPFO enables UAN generation, activation via face authentication on UMANG app
The contactless and secure service represents a significant advancement in delivering seamless and fully digital experiences to crores of EPFO members. Previously, UANs were primarily generated by employers based on the employee information submitted to the EPFO. New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday said its members can now generate a Universal Account Number (UAN) and activate it using Aadhaar Face Authentication Technology (FAT) through the UMANG mobile app. The contactless and secure service marks a major leap in providing hassle-free and fully digital experiences to crores of EPFO members. Earlier, UANs were largely generated by employers using employee data submitted to the EPFO. While Aadhaar details were validated, inaccuracies in fields such as father’s name, mobile number,…
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10 April
Karnataka Cop to face POCSO case over sexual exploitation of minor
A minor girl from Karnataka filed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against a police Constable, alleging two years of sexual exploitation Bengaluru: In a concerning development in Yadgir district, a minor girl filed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Wednesday against a police Constable, alleging two years of sexual exploitation by him. The incident was reported from the vicinity of the Sydapura police station near Gurumathkal taluk. The victim lodged her complaint against the Constable at the Yadgir Women’s Police Station. According to the police, the accused Constable, attached to the Sydapura police station, approached the victim when she was 16-years-old, claiming to be in love with her, and…
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10 April
Wife abandons man over water crisis in MP village; pipeline work starts after his complaint
The man, Jitendra Soni of Devra village, took his water-induced marital grievance to the district administration during the weekly ‘Jansunwai’ (a public outreach programme) on Tuesday Bhopal: A village in eastern Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district is hoping for an end to its water woes, courtesy of a woman who refused to put up with the water scarcity and left her husband in protest. The man, Jitendra Soni of Devra village, took his water-induced marital grievance to the district administration during the weekly ‘Jansunwai’ (a public outreach programme) on Tuesday. Acting on Soni’s complaint, the Dindori collector directed officials from the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department to resolve the water shortage in Devra, located just 3 km from the district headquarters. The…
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10 April
Woman, already married twice and mother of three, converts and marries class 12 student
A 30-year-old woman with three children converted to Hinduism and married a 12th-grade student in a temple ceremony Amroha: A 30-year-old woman with three children converted to Hinduism and married a 12th-grade student in a temple ceremony in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district on Wednesday, police officials said. According to Hasanpur Circle Officer Deep Kumar Pant, the woman, Shivani, was previously known as Shabnam. She has no living parents and has been married twice before. UP is a state which has an anti-conversion law in place. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 bars religious conversion through force, deceit or any other fraudulent means. Police said they are currently reviewing the circumstances surrounding the marriage, but no legal complaints have been filed so far. The circle officer said that Shivani first married a…
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10 April
Four held for fraudulently selling iPhones via social media
Gurugram Police has arrested four suspects for fraudulently selling an iPhone through social media Gurugram: A cybercrime police station team (east) of the Gurugram Police has arrested four suspects for fraudulently selling an iPhone through social media, police said. An official identified the accused as Sunny, Aniket, Hitesh Jangra, and Mukesh alias Rohit, all residents of Hisar district in Haryana. He said that the police team has recovered six mobile phones, one ATM card, two bank passbooks, and cash worth Rs 18,000 from the possession of the accused. The official pointed out that a complaint was received on January 29 at the said police station regarding cheating of about Rs 30,000 in the name of selling iPhones through social media. He…
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10 April
Rahul Gandhi calls for caste census, declares to break 50 percent reservation cap
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha reiterated his call for the caste-based census and declared that the Congress would break the wall of 50 per cent reservation cap Rahul Gandhi calls for caste census, slams 50 pc reservation cap Ahmedabad: The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday reiterated his call for the caste-based census and declared that the Congress would break the wall of 50 per cent reservation cap. In an address at the Congress convention in Ahmedabad, LoP Rahul Gandhi invoked the historical roots of the party and drew from the party’s rich legacy, highlighting two landmark milestones. “One hundred years ago, Mahatma Gandhi became Congress president. And 150 years ago,…
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10 April
‘Crores of Indians suffering in silence’: BRS working president KT Rama Rao demands rollback of fuel, LPG price hike
Calls move cruel assault on common man and betrayal of public trust, says Central government bleeding people’s pockets dry Hyderabad: Strongly opposing the Centre’s decision to hike the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder, BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded an immediate rollback of the price hikes, calling them a cruel assault on the common man and betrayal of public trust. He stated that the Centre was forcing crores of Indians to suffer in silence and bleeding their pockets dry. He also placed four other demands — reduction of Central excise duties and removal of cesses, transparent fuel pricing linked to global crude rates, white paper on fuel taxation and revenue sharing, and return to genuine cooperative federalism. “As…
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10 April
Strong quake shakes Taiwan, no damage reported
he Central Weather Administration measured the quake at 5.8 magnitude. The shaking in Taipei lasted only a few seconds Taipei: An earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning, setting off alarms in the capital, but no damage was immediately reported. The Central Weather Administration measured the quake at 5.8 magnitude. The shaking in Taipei lasted only a few seconds. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.0 quake was about 21 kilometres south-southeast of Yilan on the northeast coast. It was centered 69 kilometers (43 miles) below the Earth’s surface. Deeper quakes can be widely felt while generally causing less damage than shallow quakes. Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from…
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10 April
President Donald Trump’s new tariffs go into effect
Trump’s higher import tax rates on dozens of countries and territories took hold at midnight Washington: President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs went into full effect just after midnight on Wednesday. When Trump announced the latest round of tariffs on April 2, he declared that the US would now tax nearly all of America’s trading partners at a minimum of 10% — and impose steeper rates for countries that he says run trade surpluses with the US. The 10% baseline already went into effect on Saturday. Trump’s higher import tax rates on dozens of countries and territories took hold at midnight. The steeper levies run as high as 50% — with that biggest rate landing on small economies that trade little…
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10 April
Tahawwur Rana’s extradition will expose Pakistani’s role in 26/11 attacks: Sources
Rana has exhausted all his legal options available to such subjects in the US and would be brought back to India very soon New Delhi: Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana, who is expected to be extradited to India from the US very soon, would help probe agencies expose the role of Pakistani State actors behind the dastardly act that claimed 166 lives, sources said on Wednesday. Rana has exhausted all his legal options available to such subjects in the US and would be brought back to India very soon, they said, adding a multi-agency team is in the United States to bring the Pakistan-origin Canadian national to India. The significant development comes days after Rana’s last-ditch effort to stop his…
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