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August 21, 2025 9:26 PM

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Railways to run 12k special trains during festival season to clear crowd

  Railways has decided to operate more than 12 thousand special trains for the convenience of passengers during Diwali and Chhath festivals. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also announced that passengers undertaking onward journeys between 13th to ...

August 21, 2025 4:20 PM

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NHAI clarifies no user fee on two-wheelers on national highways

  The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has clarified that no user fee is levied from two wheelers at the toll plazas on National Highways and National Expressways across the country. In a statement, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has provided clarification on fake news circu...

August 21, 2025 3:33 PM

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Parliament passes Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025

  Parliament has passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving it today. This Bill encourages e-sports and online social games while prohibiting harmful online money gaming services, advertisements, and financial transactions related to them. It has ...

August 21, 2025 4:03 PM

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Parliament adjourns sine die

  The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned sine die today. With this, Monsoon Session of Parliament which began on 21st of last month, concluded. In the Lok Sabha when the House assembled after the first adjournment at 12 Noon, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, during the session, 14 gov...

August 21, 2025 1:12 PM

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DHR, ICMR Organize International Meeting on Public Health Research in New Delhi

The Department of Health Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research-ICMR is organising a two-day international meeting, Health Research and Innovations in Public Health: Exchange of Good Practices across the RESEARCH Platform in New Delhi today. The meeting is part of the Regional Enabler f...

August 21, 2025 11:57 AM

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Misleading Promotions: CCPA Directs Immediate Withdrawal of Bike Taxi Ads

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has ordered a private bike taxi company to pay a penalty of 10 lakh rupees for publishing misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices. CCPA took cognisance of the misleading advertisements of the ride-hailing platform that promised consumers ...