Posing as Adar Poonawalla, scammers dupe SII of Rs 1 cr, 7 nabbed \
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Posing as Adar Poonawalla, scammers dupe SII of Rs 1 cr, 7 nabbed

26-Nov-2022
As per the complaint, Satish Deshpande, one of the directors at the SII had received a message on WhatsApp from a person posing as SII CEO Adar Poonawalla and was asked to send money into seven different accounts in September 2022. Believing the message was from Poonawala, Deshpande transferred Rs 1.01 crore into those accounts, only to realise later that the company had been duped.
26-Nov-2022 National
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Study finds how Error-prone DNA lead to BRCA1 related cancer \
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Study finds how Error-prone DNA lead to BRCA1 related cancer

16-Nov-2022
Researchers have identified that people who inherit a faulty copy of the BRCA1 gene may develop mutations and cancer due to error-prone DNA replication and repair. When these individuals' cells are under stress, replication of the normal BRCA1 gene stalls because of the highly repetitive DNA sequences in the gene that create physical barriers to machinery that copies DNA.
16-Nov-2022 Health
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Scamsters posing as Adar Poonawala dupe SII of over Rs. 1 crore \
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Scamsters posing as Adar Poonawala dupe SII of over Rs. 1 crore

11-Sep-2022
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 11 (ANI): An FIR was launched against some unidentified persons for cheating the Serum Institute of India for more than Rs. 1 crore, said the officials on Sunday.
11-Sep-2022 National
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Chandrakant Pandits’ emotional tale of winning Ranji Trophy for MP \
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Chandrakant Pandits’ emotional tale of winning Ranji Trophy for MP

26-Jun-2022
The venue was the same from where he walked out teary-eyed after losing the Ranji Trophy finals as a captain in 1998-99 season in April 1999, defeated by Karnataka by a margin of 96 runs.
26-Jun-2022 Sports
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Ranji Trophy final: Rajat Patidar’s ton puts MP in control against Mumbai on Day 4 \
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Ranji Trophy final: Rajat Patidar’s ton puts MP in control against Mumbai on Day 4

25-Jun-2022
Mumbai batted brilliantly in their second innings and reached 113 for two at stumps, having played 22 overs. However, they still trail MP by 49 runs.
25-Jun-2022 Sports
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Court orders registration of special criminal case against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa \
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Court orders registration of special criminal case against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

30-Mar-2022
Bengaluru Mar 30 PTI A Special Court in Bengaluru has ordered the registration of a special criminal case against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa regarding alleged corruption in a land denotification issue when he was the deputy CM in the BJP-JDS coalition government in 2006-07 Sessions Judge B Jayantha Kumar of the special court set up exclusively to deal with criminal cases related to elected MPsMLAs in Karnataka has issued the order on March 26 based on a private complaint by one Vasudeva Reddy Register a Special Criminal Case against the accused No2 Sri BSYediyurappa for the offence punishable under Sec131d Rw Sec132 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 Issue summons to accused No2 for his attendance only after filing of list of witnesses as required under Sec2042 CrPC and process fee is paid the order says According to the complainant the state government under the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act acquired 434 acres of land in Bellandur Devarabeesanahalli Kariyammana Agrahara and Amanibellandur Khane to establish an Information Technology park The same was however denotified by Yeddiyurappa in favour of private persons without any public benefit The court in its order said the complainant has made a prima facie case against Yediyurappa who has to be summoned to the court after due process I am of the considered opinion that there are sufficient material to proceed against the accused by registering Special Criminal Case and summoning the accused No2 for his attendance and give an opportunity to the complainant to establish his allegations against the accused No2 I am of the considered opinion that there is nothing on record to disbelieve the case of the complainant at this stage He has made out a prima facie case against the accused for the offence punishable under Sec131d Rw Sec132 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 the court noted Yediyurappa was the second accused in the original complaint filed by Vasudeva Reddy in 2013 with the then Industries Minister R V Deshpande being the accused number one The case against Deshpande however came to be quashed by the High Court in 2015 Yediyurappa remains the sole accused in this case now The Lokayukta police which investigated the case filed a B Report in the case giving a clean chit to Yediyurappa citing that there was no evidence of illegal gratification In a criminal case the B Report submitted in court means that the police has completed the investigation and there is no offence made out against the accused The Special Court though had rejected the B Report in 2021 In its latest order the court has specified that the lack of evidence of illegal gratification to the accused does not prohibit initiating investigation under Section 131 of the Prevention of Corruption Act PTI COR GMS GMS HDA HDA
30-Mar-2022 National
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Money laundering case Dawoods brother Kaskar sent in judicial custody \
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Money laundering case Dawoods brother Kaskar sent in judicial custody

24-Feb-2022
Mumbai Feb 24 PTI A special PMLA court here on Thursday sent Iqbal Kaskar the brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim in 14-day judicial custody in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim and his aides The Enforcement Directorate which is conducting a money laundering probe into the underworld-linked property and hawala deals had last Friday placed Kaskar under arrest after taking him custody from the Taloja jail neighbouring Navi Mumbai where he was lodged in connection with multiple extortion cases against him On Thursday Kaskar was produced before special judge M G Deshpande at the end of his ED custody As no further remand was sought by the central probe agency the court sent him in judicial custody On Wednesday the ED arrested Maharashtras Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in connection with the money laundering probe linked to the activities of Dawood Ibrahim his aides and the Mumbai underworld A special PMLA court had remanded Malik the agencys custody till March 3 The ED is conducting a probe into the operations of the underworld and linked illegal property deals and hawala transactions Last week it raided some locations in Mumbai including those linked to Dawood Ibrahims late sister Haseena Parkar Kaskar and a brother-in-law of gangster Chota Shakeel The action was undertaken under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The EDs case is based on an FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency NIA against 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and others The NIA had filed its criminal complaint under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA PTI AVI GK GK
24-Feb-2022 National
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