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Former ‘The Telegraph’ editor gets passport renewed; Kerala CM welcomes move

Kochi, Jul 4 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Saturday said senior journalist Rajagopal Ramadas has received his renewed passport, days after he had sought the intervention of the West Bengal government in the matter. In a Facebook post, Satheesan said Rajagopal himself had informed the chief minister’s office that the passport had been issued. “When it came to my notice that his passport renewal had been denied because his name was not included in the electoral roll, I immediately wrote to the chief minister of West Bengal. The process for renewing the passport was initiated the very

PM took full credit for Ram temple; now must break silence on donation theft : Congress

New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Amid the raging row over the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Congress on Friday pushed for its demands that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust be dissolved, a Supreme Court-monitored probe be conducted, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his “silence” on the issue. The opposition party also demanded a public accounting of the nearly Rs 1,400 crore collected in donations for the construction of the temple before the formation of the trust. Congress leader Ragini Nayak questioned why the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report was not being

India seeks to quell public backlash on ethanol-mixed fuel after ‘experiment’ remark

NEW DELHI, July 3 (Reuters) – India’s government on Friday ​sought to contain a growing backlash against its mandatory use of 20% ethanol-blended petrol, as consumers ‌unhappy about lower fuel efficiency and vehicle performance planned a protest against the policy. The mandate to use the blend, called E20, came into force last year but is now one of the biggest political flashpoints for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and motorists in the world’s third-biggest car market. The ​controversy intensified this week after Attorney General R. Venkataramani told a court hearing that E20 was an “experiment” whose ​results would only come

AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows

BENGALURU, July 3 – Hiring for AI roles within India’s IT sector outpaced overall recruitment within the industry last month, a ​survey showed on Friday, indicating a push from companies ‌to reorient themselves in the face of evolving technology. The sector’s AI hiring rose 16% year-on-year in June, while overall IT jobs declined 3%, ​according to job portal Naukri’s monthly JobSpeak report that ​collated job listings from more than 150,000 firms on its ⁠website. India’s $315 billion IT industry has been under pressure with ​clients holding back on spending on technology due to a ​weak macroeconomic environment and the advent

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