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Lucknow: A video of boy and girl torturing a puppy from Bareilly city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh has gone viral on social media. The video shows the youngsters’ brutality towards the four-legged for the sake of amusement. In the video shared by IAS Awanish Sharan on Twitter, the young duo can be seen holding the puppy by its legs and swinging it in the air, tossing the creature – all for mindless fun. Warning: Scenes of violence; viewer discretion advised जानवर कौन ??? pic.twitter.com/KYBCrF48jN — Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) February 4, 2023 At one point in the video, the boy, who was holding the puppy's hind limbs, can be seen mercilessly pulling it from the girl's hand, and trying to throw the pup in the air to scare a troop of monkeys sitting on a wall in the area. Their brutality did not end there. The boy and girl, amid peals of laughter, were seen fighting over the puppy, pulling it with both its legs and swinging it violently as they walked on a des

After successful editions in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, CNN-News18 Town Hall comes to the Silicon Valley of the country, Bengaluru with a platform that is bigger and better. The Bengaluru Town Hall will be held on 7 February 2023, 4 pm onwards and will bring together prominent political figures, industry leaders, and cultural icons to discuss key issues that will shape the upcoming elections in Karnataka. The conversations would be centred around the theme “Will Karnataka Vote for Continuity or Change?” The Town Hall will feature Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai who will share his views on the theme, followed by a discussion with DK Shivakumar, President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Padma Shri Awardee and former Director of Infosys, Mohandas Pai will share his views on the topic “How to make elected Netas prioritize Bangalore’s infrastructure?”. The event will also be joined by Sameer Nigam, Founder & CEO, PhonePe.com who will put forward his

New Delhi : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking exclusively to Rahul Joshi, Group Editor-in-Chief, Network18, said, “the new tax system is better and less complicated”. Sithraman’s statement came two days after she presented Budget 2023-24 in Parliament. She added that the government has not set a timeframe for the new regime. “I have not given a timeframe…Every Indian should make his or her choice. I would say lower tax rate is better…I would say it will be a better system and least complicated,” she said. “If a taxpayer is left with more money, he/she can decide where to put his/her money. I do not underestimate the taxpayer.” Elaborating further, Sitharaman said: “The PM was clear that taxpayers should know what they are paying, so make it simple. No immense documents should be required.” Expressing hope that at least 50% will move to the new tax regime, she said: “Eventually the tax rates must be low. Citizens cannot be burdened, but for that the tax base has to

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India Energy Week in Karnataka’s Bengaluru on February 6. As many as 650 exhibitors, 34 ministers from across the world will participate in it. It is for the first time India is organising such event, wherein a record number of CEOs from top energy companies are participating, according to sources. At the India Energy Week, Prime Minister Modi will unveil big energy initiatives including acceleration of ethanol blending to 20 per cent under the initiative called E20 by 2025, producing clothes by recycling million of plastic pet bottles, sources added. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate green hydrogen mobility rally. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram . from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/Y8vW5Kq FP Staff

From its easternmost village in Arunachal Pradesh, India will now be getting a new 78-km-long strategic road right up to four kilometres from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), touching almost the crucial tri-junction of India, China, and Myanmar. The Narendra Modi government on 1 February began the process to build a new road from Dong village to Jachep camp in Arunachal Pradesh, inviting bids to construct it within the next three years. The road is significant as Dong is the country’s easternmost village and the new road will lead to Jachep, which is located about 4 km short of the China border and 20 km from the Myanmar border. Once completed at a cost of nearly Rs 200 crore, the 3.75-metre-wide single-lane carriageway could become an extremely vital project to transport men, arms and ammunition close to the LAC and the tri-junction with China and Myanmar. A helipad is also proposed to come up almost mid-way of this road stretch. The road will pass through extremely steep terrains

After witnessing sold out shows at Bengaluru and Delhi, Comic Con India is coming back to Mumbai with the 10th edition of what is arguably the biggest pop culture event of the country. From the biggest names in comics from around the world, to notable Indian labels that have been entertaining us with fantastic tales for decades, Mumbai is going to have it all! Maruti Suzuki Arena Mumbai Comic Con, powered by Meta in association with Crunchy Roll & Boat, will see multiple renowned publishing houses in attendance such as Amar Chitra Katha, Raj Comics, Viz Media, Kodansha, DC, Marvel & More, will be seen with their best characters in tow. Popular local creators like Prasad Bhat (Graphicurry), Sailesh Gopalan (Brown Paperbag) Derek Domnic D’souza, Saumin Patel, Sumit Kumar (Bakarmax), Md Faisal (Garbage Bin), Anant Sagar (Writer & Artist of Meta Desi Comics), Shubham Khurana (Corporat) and Ravi Raj Ahuja (Writer & Publisher of Bullseye) will also take to the main stage an

New Delhi: A day after India and the United States launched the joint initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology or iCET, India on Thursday said that the move has added a crucial new dimension of strategic technology collaboration to the existing robust bilateral partnership between the two countries. “iCET is led by the National Security Councils of India and the US. The first meeting of iCET has taken place. We believe through iCET India and the United States have added a whole new dimension of strategic technological collaboration to the robust bilateral agenda,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told a media gathering in New Delhi. The iCET is an initiative launched last year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Joe Biden at the Quad summit held in Tokyo. It is helmed by the National Security Councils of both countries. On Wednesday, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met his American counterpart Jake Sullivan and launched the US-India

It’s the Narendra Modi-led government’s big dream. And it’s taking shape real soon. The Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya is expected to be ready by 1 January 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. And nearly half the construction work is reportedly over. Now work on the construction of the idols is expected to get underway. That brings the spotlight on the shaligram stone slabs which reached the temple city on Thursday. The sacred shaligram stones Two large slabs of shaligram stones, fossiled stones that are considered holy, are likely to be used for the construction of Lord Ram and Janaki idols at the temple coming up on the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya . The stone is a fossiled ammonite, a type of mollusc that lived millions of years ago. It is found in rivers of the Himalayas, which are considered sacred in Hindu mythology. The slabs to be used for making the Ram idol have been bought from the Kali Gandaki waterfall in Nepal . Also read: Narendra Modi is weaving religi

New Delhi: Even as India’s defence budget saw a significant hike of around 13% for the financial year 2023-24, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has also allocated a major jump of 44% in the sustenance budget of the Indian military. This amount, which is around Rs 90,000 crore will be used for maintenance of weapons, equipment and other assets, replenishing stocks of fuel and ammunition and procurement of critical spares along with other capabilities. This amount excludes pay and other allowances. “This will cater to sustenance of weapon systems, platforms including ships, aircraft and their logistics, boost fleet serviceability, emergency procurement of critical ammunition and spares; procuring of niche capabilities to mitigate capability gaps wherever required, progress stocking of military reserves, strengthening forward defences,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The 2023-24 defence budget, which amounts to Rs 5.94-lakh crore, includes pensions to the tune of R

It’s Budget Day and all eyes are on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as she will present her fifth Union Budget in Parliament today. This is this government’s last full-fledged Budget before the Lok Sabha polls early next year. To get you all fired up about the Budget, here’s some trivia about the annual financial statement. First Budget for India The Budget was first introduced in India on 7 April, 1860 by James Wilson from East India Company to the British Crown. Independent India saw its first budget on 26 November, 1947 by then Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty. 2 hours and 42 minutes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds the record for delivering the longest speech while presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 on 1 February 2020. With two pages still remaining, she had to cut short her speech as she felt unwell. She asked the Speaker to consider the remaining part of the speech as read. During the course of this speech, she broke her own record — in July 2019, during

07:55 (IST) Budget 2023 LIVE Updates Budget needs to be a growth-oriented in line with economic outlook of India: USISPF This year's annual budget needs to be a growth-oriented one in line with the country's economic outlook, a top American India-centric strategic and business advocacy group said Tuesday. The previous budgets were focused on pandemic recovery. This current budget needs to be a growth-oriented budget in line with India's economic outlook, said Mukesh Aghi, president of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum. PTI Budget 2023 LIVE Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament today, the last full Budget of the Modi government in its second term. This year’s Budget holds much significance as the country is scheduled to have the next Lok Sabha election in April-May 2024. The budget session of the Parliament began on Tuesday with President’s address. This year’s budget session is going to

New Delhi: With India facing formidable opponents in China and Pakistan across the Himalayan frontiers, the Indian Army has felt the need for a light artillery gun for several years now. The indigenously developed Dhanush 155mmX45 caliber artillery guns which had faced complaints regarding quality, has now been cleared in the latest test. The Indian Army has recommenced induction of the Dhanush artillery system and is raising a second regiment of the indigenously upgraded gun. The process of inducting the second Dhanush regiment into the Indian Army is scheduled to be completed in March. A regiment comprises 18 guns. The induction of the second Dhanush regiment is crucial because the lightweight artillery guns are expected to give the Indian Army much-needed cutting edge during mountain warfare on the Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) against Pakistan and China respectively. With India and China facing off in a military standoff in Ladakh since early 2020, the

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the last full Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (1 February) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While the expectations of various sectors and income groups remain high, the middle class hit by inflation and job losses will be keenly watching Sitharaman’s fifth Budget speech. Earlier in January, the Union finance minister said the government will continue to work for the middle class, saying she understands their pain as she herself “belongs to the middle class”. As the middle class comprises a major chunk of India’s total population, let’s take a look at what Union Budget 2023 can have in store for them. Tax reliefs There has been no major relief to income taxpayers in the Budgets of the Modi government so far. The income tax rates have remained stable since the financial year 2017-18. Presently, around 5 per cent of India’s 140 crore population pays direct income taxes, out of which the majority is con

New Delhi: India’s economy is projected to slow to 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year starting April but will remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world as it fared better in dealing with the extraordinary set of challenges the globe has faced, the Economic Survey 2022-23 said on Tuesday. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.5 per cent in 2023-24 compares with an estimated 7 per cent expansion in current fiscal year (April 2022 to March 2023) and 8.7 per cent in the previous year. India third-largest economy in PPP terms Like the rest of the world, India too faced an extraordinary set of challenges in tightening financial conditions and supply chain disruptions from a prolonged war in Europe but “withstood them better than most economies”, the annual document detailing the state of the economy said. The survey tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, stated that India is the world’s third-largest economy in PPP (purchasing power parity) term

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) may have to face a new competitor in the race to build a new light tank for the Indian Army. The Kalyani Group may enter the race to build 354 light weight tanks for the Indian Army. This may pose a challenge for the DRDO, which is working on a prototype for a light tank in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) as part of Project Zorawar. Accroding to a report by Indian Defence Research Wing (IDRW), the prototype developed jointly by the DRDO and L&T is expected to undergo mobility trials after its launch later this year. The government may grant permission to the Kalyani Group to go ahead with its plans although the company – which has previously collaborated with American General Dynamics Land Systems – is yet to disclose its partner in this process. American General Dynamics Land Systems has extensive experience in defence production, having previously developed a Mobile Protected Firepower vehi

New Delhi: India condemned the suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Pakistan’s Peshwar in which at least 92 people have died. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP claimed the responsibility for the attack which is one of the deadliest targeting security forces in the country in the recent years. “India extends its deep condolences to the families of the victims of the terror attack in Peshawar yesterday (Monday, 30 January). We strongly condemn this attack, which has taken the lives of so many people,” spokesperson of the foreign ministry of India Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet. India extends its deep condolences to the families of the victims of the terror attack in Peshawar yesterday. We strongly condemn this attack, which has taken the lives of so many people. — Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) January 31, 2023 Suicide bomb attack in Pakistan mosque Peshawar deputy commissioner Shafiullah Khan on Tuesday confirmed that at least 92 people have died and said more than 80 victims were

11:28 (IST) Budget 2023 Expectations LIVE This government gave befitting response on LoC and LAC, says President Murmu From surgical strike to strict action against terrorism, giving befitting response on LoC and LAC, to abrogating Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and abolishing Triple Talaq, this government's identity has been that of a decisive one, said President Murmu. 11:23 (IST) Budget 2023 Expectations LIVE Government is stable, fearless, decisive, has taken ‘major’ decisions, says President Murmu From abrogating Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to abolishing Triple Talaq, my government has taken major decisions, said President Droupadi Murmu at the joint session of Parliament. Today, there is a stable, fearless and decisive government in the country that is working towards realising the big dreams, said President Murmu. 11:19 (IST) Budget 2023 Expectations LIVE Today, India is providing solutions to the world, says President Murmu Today, India's self-co