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The Noida airport at Jewar is being renamed after the Prime Minister

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved renaming the Noida International Airport at Jewar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the decision on ... Read More


Chemists will need central approval to advertise prescription drugs

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- The Union Health Ministry has proposed that chemists and drug distributors get central government approval before advertising prescription-only medicines - a draft amendment to the D... Read More


India made 249 and lost, as Shai Hope chased down the second-biggest total in T20I history

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- India made 249 for 5 in Ranchi and lost. West Indies chased 250 in 18.3 overs, finishing on 252 for 4 for a six-wicket win, on the back of a Shai Hope century - their highest success... Read More


BJP leads Nandigram and Rejinagar, in a seat Trinamool chose not to contest

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- Counting began at 8am on Friday in Nandigram and Rejinagar, and the BJP is leading in both. The more striking fact about Nandigram is who is not on the ballot: the Trinamool Congress... Read More


Two MLAs who defected to TVK re-contested their own seats, and one is losing

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- Two Tamil Nadu seats that fell vacant because their AIADMK MLAs quit and joined the ruling TVK went to counting on Friday. In Madurantakam the defector is leading. In Dharapuram, the... Read More


Resign, re-contest, return: the anti-defection law has a door in the back

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- Two Tamil Nadu byelections were counted on Friday. Both were caused by MLAs who were elected on an AIADMK ticket, voted for a TVK government against their party whip, and then resign... Read More


India play Ranchi at 7pm one win from 2-0, with thunderstorms a one-in-three chance

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- India play the second T20I against West Indies in Ranchi at 7pm on Friday, one win from a 2-0 lead in a five-match series - and with a weather forecast that gives thunderstorms rough... Read More


Trinamool's two factions polled under 3 percent in Rejinagar, four months after the split

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- In Rejinagar on Friday, Mamata Banerjee's party polled 1.87 per cent. The rival Trinamool faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee polled 0.99 per cent. In Nandigram, Trinamool did not cont... Read More


Musk says oligarchs are blocking Starlink, and the government says all three operators are waiting

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- Elon Musk has accused "certain oligarchs" of blocking Starlink in India to protect a "monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people", called the delay "a crime against the people of In... Read More


Sensex fell 1,045 points and only 951 stocks went up

Punjab, Oct. 9 -- The Sensex fell 1,045.46 points on Thursday, closing at 71,593.24, and the Nifty gave up 371.25 points to end at 22,231.80. It was the second straight session of losses, and the bigg... Read More