Mind n Metrics

Punjab police find only CCTV grabs, not Amritpal Singh

Fugitive Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh took Punjab Police on a wild goose chase through the state’s countryside for the fifth day, leaving behind fragmented traces of his escape route and snatches of CCTV footage, including one of him and an associate taking a ride on a “jugaad rehri’ – or improvised goods cart – with a suspected getaway bike in the middle.

March 23, 2023 at 02:28AM

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Five things you could do before March 31 to save on income tax

March 23, 2023 at 06:29AM

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44 Indian courses make it to Top 100 QS World University Rankings

Several Indian universities have made it to the world’s top places to pursue popular subjects, especially in the STEM fields. A total of 44 programmes — last year it was 35 — from various campuses made it to the global top 100, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 released on Wednesday.

March 23, 2023 at 01:15AM

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Famed cartoonist Laxman my favourite newsperson, says CJI

The Times of India’s legendary cartoonist R K Laxman is Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud’s favourite journalist because the widely followed caricaturist succeeded in accomplishing the core of a journalist’s mission by holding a mirror up to the powers that be.

March 23, 2023 at 02:17AM

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Fed delivers small rate hike, says 'some additional' tightening possible

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, but indicated it was on the verge of pausing further increases in borrowing costs amid recent turmoil in financial markets spurred by the collapse of two US banks.

March 22, 2023 at 11:44PM

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Rajasthan becomes first state to guarantee right to health

Rajasthan on Tuesday passed a landmark Right to Health (RTH) Bill under which private hospitals will not be able to charge emergency patients and will be compensated by the state — a “controversial” provision according to such hospitals and doctors who continued protests against the move for the second day and were later joined by government doctors.

March 22, 2023 at 02:03AM

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On eve of SC hearing, EPFO’s higher pension form ‘missing’

March 22, 2023 at 01:38AM

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SC slams trial courts for seeking needless custody

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed shock over some trial courts not complying with its July 2022 order to be liberal and grant bail to accused in cases when custody is not needed. Asking the courts not to pass detention orders in a routine and mechanical way and thus deny liberty to the accused, the SC said such judges needed to be sent to academies for “upgrading their knowledge”.

March 22, 2023 at 12:55AM

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UIDAI tightens processes to secure Aadhaar

March 22, 2023 at 03:22AM

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Porn movie beamed on TV screens at Patna Junction, 2 FIRs lodged

The railway timetable turned risqué as video screens on crowded platforms of Patna Junction briefly displayed a pornographic movie instead of broadcasting train timings Sunday morning to the utter shock of hundreds of commuters waiting there.

March 21, 2023 at 12:52AM

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