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After Nektar stops clinical trials for key cancer drug its shares decline

Nektar Therapeutics recently decided to stop all trials involving its key cancer drug due its failure in multiple studies. However, this announcement dragged the drug developer’s shares down by 23 per cent in after-market trading. The trials that the durg maker stopped included those involving a combination of bempegaldesleukin with Bristol Myers Squibb Co’s cancer …

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April 16, 2022
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Biden nominates Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva as his envoy for Mali

US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen as his envoy to Mali, the White House has said, the third such nomination of an Indian-American in over a month. A career member of the US Foreign Service, Korhonen currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Executive Director of the combined Executive …

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April 16, 2022
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Byju’s expanding offline presence with tuition centres

Edtech company Byju’s is expanding its physical footprint with its neighbourhood tuition centres, which will offer maths and science classes for students from Class IV to X. Coaching will be provided in a hybrid mode, with half the classes online and half offline, with a monthly fee of around `4,500. Himanshu Bajaj, former partner at …

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April 16, 2022
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AAP fulfils Punjab poll promise, announces 300 units of free power from July 1

The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab today announced 300 units of free power for households with effect from July 1. The announcement comes on a day when the AAP government completed its one month in office. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on Tuesday said his government will soon give “good news” to the people of …

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April 16, 2022
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Karnataka minister Eshwarappa quits amid row over contractor’s death, vows to ‘come back’

Karnataka minister and BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Friday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai after being booked in the police case for allegedly abetting the suicide contractor Santosh Patil. Ahead of his resignation, Eshwarappa told his supporters and party workers that he will come out clear as innocent from the allegations …

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April 15, 2022
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Income Tax Return: With the notification of ITR Forms, can you file your return for AY 2022-23 now?

After delayed notification of Income Tax Return (ITR) Forms of the last few years due to various reasons, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has made a timely notification of ITR-1 to ITR-6 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2022-23. So, with the ITR Forms notified for AY 2022-23, can assessees start filing their return …

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April 14, 2022
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Andhra Pradesh aims to transform school education focusing on NEP 2020

Government schools in Andhra Pradesh aim to shift to outcome-oriented education in the academic year of 2022-23 to bring positive behavioural changes and transform students into global citizens through development of social and collaborative skills. ‘Child is not the reason for his or her low performance’ will be the mantra for the teachers and the …

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April 14, 2022
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‘Not even tu tu main main in UP’: Yogi Adityanath amid communal violence on Ram Navami in several states

While communal violence marred Ram Navami celebrations across several states, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that no such incident took place in the state, despite the Hindu festival coinciding with the holy month of Ramzan. “Ram Navami was just celebrated. A 25-crore population lives in Uttar Pradesh. There were 800 Ram Navami …

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April 13, 2022
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Govt to widen probe into EV fires

Concerned over the increasing number of electric two-wheelers catching fire, the government has intensified the investigation into these incidents, strengthening the team with more specialists. Officials familiar with the development said experts from the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), and Indian Institute of Science, have …

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April 12, 2022
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By-elections 2022: Bypolls to one Lok Sabha, four Assembly seats in four states today

Polling for the by-election to one Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s Asansol and four assembly seats in Ballygunge in Bengal, Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh, Bochahan in Bihar and Kolhapur North in Maharashtra began at 7 am today. Here are the state-wise updates on the bypolls: West Bengal In Asansol, the by-elections were necessitated as …

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April 12, 2022
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After Nektar stops clinical trials for key cancer drug its shares decline

Biden nominates Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva as his envoy for Mali

Byju’s expanding offline presence with tuition centres

AAP fulfils Punjab poll promise, announces 300 units of free power from July 1

Karnataka minister Eshwarappa quits amid row over contractor’s death, vows to ‘come back’

Income Tax Return: With the notification of ITR Forms, can you file your return for AY 2022-23 now?

Andhra Pradesh aims to transform school education focusing on NEP 2020

‘Not even tu tu main main in UP’: Yogi Adityanath amid communal violence on Ram Navami in several states

Govt to widen probe into EV fires

By-elections 2022: Bypolls to one Lok Sabha, four Assembly seats in four states today

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