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'Chak de phatte India', says Harnaaz Sandhu after becoming Miss Universe 2021
The 21-year-old model has previously bagged numerous pageant titles including LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 and Femina Miss India Punjab 2019
The General I Knew
This piece is a personal tribute to an extraordinary general, gentleman and my battalion commanding officer
Tendulkar among 50 most influential people on Twitter, according to brand research
American singer Taylor Swift is at number 1 spot and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is placed at number two in the list
Twitter's Parag Agrawal joins other Indian-origin CEOs heading biggest tech firms
Parag Agrawal had joined Twitter 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees
World
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Sri Lanka announces default on all external debt
The finance ministry said creditors were free to capitalise any interest payments due to them from Tuesday afternoon
U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken
Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights issue
Mayor: More than 10,000 civilians dead in Ukraine port city
Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest attacks and civilian suffering in the 6-week-old war
Business
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Crypto exchanges halt deposits through UPI
Cryptocurrency owners active on twitter asked for regulatory clarity on the issue
Passenger vehicle sales down 4%: Siam
The two-wheeler sales also fell 21 per cent to 11,84,210 units compared with 14,96,806 vehicles in March 2021
India's fuel sales hit 3-year high in March
Fuel demand in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 was up 4.3 per cent at 202.71 million tonnes, the highest since FY20
Sports
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Action aplenty at WWE weekend
The 38th edition of WrestleMania, the biggest and oldest event of WWE will see biggies Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar in the main event
Rohit Sharma trolled for early declaration
While experts say 'Team comes first', netizens feel he should have allowed Jadeja to complete his double century
Science
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Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer makes first observations in Exosphere of Moon
These observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study also found neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in one of the Omicron-infected deer
Astronomers find black hole spins on its side
The black hole's rotation axis is tilted by more than 40 degrees with respect to the axis of the star's orbit
Life
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Why tight fitting clothes are unhealthy
Clothing that is too tight can lead to problems ranging from minor annoyance to significant health issues
Oestrogen levels linked to COVID-19 death risk in older women, suggests study
Women seemed to have a lower risk of severe COVID-19 infection than men, even after accounting for potentially influential factors
Relationship
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Knowing your colleagues better can avoid workplace conflict
Know your work partner more to avoid conflict.
Daddy diaries
Fathers around the country cherish the family time they’re getting with their kids, courtesy the lockdown
Metros
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Under 'Rozgaar budget' Delhi govt aims to generate 20 lakh more jobs in next 5 years
Manish Sisodia said that more than 1.78 lakh youngsters got employment in the last seven years in Delhi
Delhi most polluted capital in the world in 2021: Report
In 2021, none of the cities in India met the prescribed World Health Organization air quality standards, report shows
Fire breaks out in residential building in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg area
A Mumbai Fire Brigade official stated that the situation is marked as level 2, indicating a significant danger to the area
Editors' Picks
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Columns
There exists a perfectly legal way of evading tax on one’s income from abroad by declaring that one is a 'non-dom' -- not domiciled
We desis have always nurtured a love-hate relationship with our neighbours (padosis) through the ages
The game is doubtless aimed at winning the country back from Mr Khan’s populist wiles
Last year, an extensive drive was conducted against officials reporting late for work in govt offices and the latecomers were reprimanded
