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Electoral bonds scheme an extortion racket used for toppling govts, breaking parties: Rahul

Thane, Mar 16 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the BJP-led central government as he described the electoral bonds scheme as an extortion racket used for toppling governments and breaking political parties. He was addressing people at Jambhali Naka in Maharashtra’s Thane during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra before heading to Mumbai. “The electoral bonds scheme is an international-level extortion racket and those who protest, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax Department go after them,” he alleged. “It’s an extortion racket used for toppling governments led by opposition

Lack of sleep may raise the risk of type 2 diabetes

Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), March 16, 2024: People who sleep less than six hours every night may have a 16% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes – even when they eat healthily, research suggests. An analysis of data from nearly 250,000 UK adults suggests people sleeping between three and four hours a night may have a 41% higher risk of developing the condition, compared with those who get more than seven hours, while five hours or so of sleep was associated with a 16% higher risk. The researchers said further studies are needed to validate the findings, but added that their

Retired IAS officer Navneet Kumar Sehgal is new Prasar Bharati chairman

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) Retired bureaucrat Navneet Kumar Sehgal has been appointed as the new Prasar Bharati chairman, a post that had been vacant for four years. Sehgal succeeds A Surya Prakash, whose term ended in February 2020 after he turned 70, the upper age limit for a person holding the post. “…the President, on the recommendation of the Selection Committee, is pleased to appoint Shri Navneet Kumar Sehgal, IAS (retd) as the Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board with effect from the date of his assuming charge of the post for a term of three years or until

Arvind Kejriwal gets bail for skipping ED summons in Excise policy case

Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate against him for skipping summons in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra also allowed Kejriwal to leave the courtroom. “Offence being bailable, accused Arvind Kejriwal is admitted to bail,” it said. The court further directed the ED to hand over documents related to the complaints to Kejriwal. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed two complaints before the magisterial court, seeking

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