Новости за 12.01.2020

More than 200 academicians have written to PM Modi blaming a “small coterie of Left-wing activists” for the deteriorating academic environment in the country. The statement by 208 academicians is being seen as part of the ruling dispensation's efforts to mobilise support in academia after it faced flak from a section of the intelligentsia over protests in certain universities over a host of issues.

Highlighting the vulnerability of girls and women within their homes, neighbourhoods and workplaces, the report said of the 33,356 rape cases in 2018, the offender was a family member in 2,780 cases. The highest number of such cases were reported from MP (5,209), Rajasthan (3,748) and Uttar Pradesh (3,718). Only in 2,036 cases were the offenders either unknown or unidentified.

Opposition leader in Assam assembly Debabrata Saikia on Saturday asked CM Sarbananda Sonowal to quit BJP and form an alternate govt in the state with Congress support. "In view of the current situation in Assam, Sonowal should leave BJP and come out with just 30 of his MLAs as Independents. We will support him to form a new anti-CAA and anti-BJP govt in Assam. He will be made CM again," Saikia said.

Improved affordability of stents has resulted in a 30-40% increase in usage and local manufacturers have gained market share at the expense of imports with a jump in volume to over 60% from 35% in 2016-17, industry data showed. Price regulation has also allowed better margins to Indian companies even as locally made, lower-priced products gain in the market, helping local players increase revenues.

Rannvijay Singha says it is a good thing that he gets to visit NCR often.

PM Narendra Modi said in Kolkata on Sunday that it was because of the Citizenship Amendment Act that the whole world knew about Pakistan's "persecution" of minorities.

Several Republicans in the US have publicly backed India's decision to revoke the special status of what was the state of J&K. Many 'moderate' Democrat Congressmen too have reached out to the Indian government and have expressed understanding of India's position, according to senior Indian government sources.

The actor is on a holiday in Mumbai and met his friends from the fraternity

People of different faiths came together on Sunday to participate in a 'sarva dharma sambhava' ceremony at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, where anti-citizenship law protesters have been demonstrating for almost a month now

Confirming the arrest of President’s Police Medal awardee deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Davinder Singh along with three Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) operatives, the J&K Police on Sunday said that the senior police officer would be treated like a terrorist during investigation.

Three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, including one of the outfit’s top commanders, were gunned down by security forces during an anti-terror operation in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday morning. The slain terrorists were identified as “Omar Fayaz alias Hamad Khan, Adil Bashir alias Abu Dujana and Faizan Hameed,” Kashmir Zone Police confirmed.

Former India opener Virender Sehwag revealed on Sunday that ex-skipper Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi had changed the way he approached Test cricket with a piece of advice.

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday returned to India's 16-member T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand as the selectors dropped Kerala batsman Sanju Samson. The five-man selection panel also brought back pacer Mohammed Shami was rested for the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday returned to India's 16-member T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand as the selectors dropped Kerala batsman Sanju Samson. The five-man selection panel also brought back pacer Mohammed Shami was rested for the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

People love to watch them together and cute fights are loved by the viewers. However, since past few days, Shehnaz' possessiveness for Sidharth has not got unnoticed by housemates and even host Salman Khan.

Assam’s last Bodo militant group, National Democratic Front of Boroland (S) — a close ally of the Paresh Baruah-led Ulfa — left its Myanmar base and surrendered to the Indian authorities on the India-Myanmar border on Saturday. Security sources said that 50 heavily armed cadres of the group led by its chairman B Saoraigwra have surrendered a large cache of weapons and have been brought to Guwahati.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's half-century and pacer Kartik Tyagi's hat-trick were the highlights of India's resounding 211-run win against Afghanistan in an U-19 World Cup warm-up encounter on Sunday.

Four rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US troops are based, military sources told AFP on Sunday, with security forces saying four Iraqi airmen were wounded. A majority of US airmen stationed at the Al-Balad airbase north of Baghdad had already left, the military sources said, following tensions between the US and Iran over the last two weeks.

Bengal batting was in shambles for the second day in a row as defending champions Vidarbha cruised to a nine-wicket victory in a Ranji Trophy group A encounter riding on left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate's six-wicket haul.

Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday headlined the BCCI Annual Awards function, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai honour for his exploits in international cricket in the 2018-19 season. Polly Umrigar award is presented to the best male International cricketer and it carries a citation, trophy and cheque for Rs. 15 lakh.

Expressing solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia students, protesting against recent changes in the citizenship law, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the December 15 police action against them is a "blot on the nation". Terming the CAA as "discriminatory", Tharoor asserted that it is against the ideals of unity espoused by Mahatma Gandhi.

Prolific India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday slammed 248, his 13th first-class double century to help Saurashtra post a massive 581 for 7 declared on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Karnataka.

Lohri is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun's journey to the northern hemisphere by Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab region.

A small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws many tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down.