Govt sets aside Rs 426 cr to reskill 4 lakh IT staffers in emerging tech

Shankar Prasad said that, in a digital world, a trained workforce will become India’s biggest competitive advantage, and that the govt was committed to working with the IT Industry and industry group Nasscom to create India Digital Talent Stack.

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'Honour Indian democracy': US on India's citizenship law, religious freedom

The top American diplomat was responding to a question on the protests by a section of society in India after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, alleging that this is religiously discriminatory in nature.

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India pitches for H-1B visa holders, says movement of people deepened ties

People to people ties have been one of the defining elements of our friendship, Jaishankar told reporters at a joint news conference here with the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo along with the Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

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Fresh video clip shows firing at Sunday's Jamia protest, police say will probe

The video purportedly showed a policeman hurriedly bringing out what appeared to be a pistol. Soon, there were two policemen out of three who appeared to be cocking their guns.

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'One of the most shameful political episodes ': White House on Trump impeachment

“Today marks the culmination in the House of one of the most shameful political episodes in the history of our nation,” White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

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'Personal vendetta against me': Ex-Pakistan president Musharraf on his death se...

In the video released by his party, Musharraf said “there is no example of such a decision in which neither the defendant and nor his lawyer was given permission to say something in his defense.”

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US President Trump impeached for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress by US ...

With voting still underway, Trump is on track to become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, and the only one in modern times to be running for reelection facing the political equivalent of an indictment.

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