In focus, 2nd Apr 2021, News & Stories from India

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02 Apr 2021

In focus, 02 Apr 2021

When Backstage Pass was building its foundation from scratch, they experienced lots of setbacks, which ultimately became the stepping stone towards their success.

How Backstage Pass Gaming college evolved over the years

Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology has come miles since its foundation

02 Apr 2021 10:00 PM

Meet Vasaf & Aleem, two most successful entrepreneurs and digital marketers

Vasaf Mohammad Mansuri and Aleem Kahan are both known as Digital Marketers and Entrepreneurs of the era

02 Apr 2021 9:48 PM

Khushwant was extremely drawn to the idea of manufacturing such cosmetic products which were used at the historic times.

Khushwant Singh's invested brand GuFo set to take the market by storm

Khushwant Singh from Jalandhar, Punjab has developed an eye for identifying potential products and upscaling them with subsequent funding

02 Apr 2021 9:37 PM

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said the slain militants were involved in Thursday's attack on BJP leader Anwar Ahmad's residence in Nowgam. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

Pulwama encounter:Three terrorists involved in attack on BJP leader's house killed

In the exchange of fire, three militants were killed, the official said, adding their identity and group affiliation was being ascertained

02 Apr 2021 12:15 PM

A health worker, wearing PPE, conducts COVID-19 testing of a passenger at CSMT station, as coronavirus cases surge across the country, in Mumbai, on April 1, 2021. (PTI)

COVID-19: Single-day rise of 81,466 cases in India, highest in six months

Registering a steady rise for the 23rd day in row, the active cases have increased to 6,14,696 comprising 5 per cent of the total infections

02 Apr 2021 11:19 AM

The fact that a probe has been ordered itself brings into focus the widely held view that the ruling party at the Centre had been playing toppling games through which non-BJP governments were targeted and brought down. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

AA Edit | DC Edit | K’taka: ‘Lotus’ probe welcome

This is a setback for the BJP as well as its Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa who was charged with engineering the collapse of the government

02 Apr 2021 8:55 AM

The plan was jettisoned overnight, but even at the prevailing rates of interest for small savings, the ordinary householder is eking out a hard living. (Representational image: PTI)

AA Edit | Small savings U-turn: Bad economics, bizarre optics

The government may have calculated that if the interest rates are pushed down, it can borrow on better terms to meet its needs

02 Apr 2021 8:48 AM

Vincenzo de Luca | Linking Italian, Indian cultures, past & present, in COVID times

The festival is a unique opportunity to further strengthen the historical cultural relations between the two countries

02 Apr 2021 7:44 AM

Less surprising but also far more frequent is evidence of the BJP’s incredible faith in the Indian cow and its many products. (Representational image:AFP file photo)

Karan Thapar | BJP has a different take… On history, science, cows!

Long is the list of BJP leaders who believe some of the greatest modern achievements actually existed in the times of the Mahabharata

02 Apr 2021 7:27 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support of his party candidates, during the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district. (Photo: PTI)

BJP will win 200+ in West Bengal: Modi

Calls TMC shool (thorn) for West Bengal, asks if Mamata will contest from another seat

02 Apr 2021 4:52 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives at a polling station during the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, at Boyal in Nandigram. (Photo: PTI)

Clashes and drama at Nandigram; Mamata stranded at booth, dials Guv for rescue

80 percent voting in second phase despite violence, allegations of booth capturing

02 Apr 2021 4:40 AM

Pakistan's Cabinet on Thursday rejected the recommendation of the Economic Coordination Committee to import cotton and sugar from India. (Photo: AP)

U-turn: Pakistan Cabinet refuses trade with India, raises J&K

Qureshi links trade resumption to Article 370 restoration

02 Apr 2021 4:32 AM

The total revenues earned for the month are 27 per cent higher than the GST collected in the same month last year, according to finance ministry data released on Thursday. (Photo: PIB)

GST mop-up hits record Rs 1.23 lakh crore in March

Collection tops Rs 1L cr for 6th month in a row

02 Apr 2021 4:15 AM

Sources said that the government's surprise rollback decision on small savings schemes is an attempt by the BJP to contain the fallout of the decision hitting the common man in the ongoing elections in West Bengal, Assam and other states. (Photo: PTI)

Status quo on small savings interest rate

The decision to rollback was taken hours after the government announced the steepest cut in the rate on small savings schemes on Wednesday

02 Apr 2021 4:10 AM

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