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ISB launches research initiative on Aadhaar card
The Indian School of Business (ISB) today said it has launched the digital identity research initiative (DIRI) to promote an academic study of the Aadhaar card and its implications
Shops in Kashmir shut after strike over GST launch
Most shops and business establishments were shut across Kashmir today due to a strike over alleged high-handedness of the government and the proposed rollout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state
Liquid nitrogen cocktail burns hole in businessman's stomach
Gurugram: A Delhi businessman ended up in a hospital with his stomach "open like a book" after consuming a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen at a pub here. The unwitting patron, who was partying with his friends there, apparently did not wait for the white smoke created by the chemical to dissipate before consuming it, according to doctors.
Shoolini University to offer job oriented programme in yoga
A university in Himachal Pradesh has decided to start a job-oriented programme in yoga, its Vice Chancellor P K Khosla said here today. Khosla told reporters here that yoga has been introduced at Shoolini University in Solan in view of the importance being given to it across the world
200 officers to monitor district-level implementation of GST
Over 200 senior Central government officers have been tasked with monitoring district-level implementation of Goods and Service Tax with a focus on resolving difficulties faced by consumers. The government has clubbed each district of the country in 166 clusters, aligning them with the administrative divisions of the central revenue department, a government notification issued today said
Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University gets new VC
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today appointed Rajendera Kumar Anayath as the vice-chancellor of Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology at Murthal in Sonipat district
J-K Assembly proceedings delayed as media boycotts House
A special GST session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly here was delayed for nearly two hours as the media boycotted the House and opposition parties refused to take part in it till "curbs" on reporting of the proceedings were lifted
1,786 pilgrims leave for Amarnath from Jammu
Another batch of 1,786 pilgrims today left Jammu for the high-altitude Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in south Kashmir Himalayas. Escorted by the CRPF, the pilgrims comprising 1,485 men, 301 women left in 53 vehicles in a convoy for Baltal and Pahalagam base camps this morning, officials said. With today's batch a total of 17,146 pilgrims and sadhus have left Jammu for Amarnath since the yatra began from Jammu on June 28. As many as 15,813 pilgrims paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine yesterday and 62,608 pilgrims have done the same till date
PM's foreign visits have not benefited India: Cong
The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his foreign trips, saying they have not benefited India "even a bit" and that only time will tell about the gains from his current visit to Israel
Police arrested 54 youths planning to join militancy
Srinagar: The J&K Police have thwarted a major militant plan to replenish their depleting numbers by arresting 54 youths before they could join militancy. A police spokesman said 54 youths, who were planning to join militant ranks, had been arrested from different districts of the Kashmir zone in the past six months.