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NEW DELHI, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government on Tuesday described the British government's decision not to recognize Covishield as a legitimate anti-COVID-19 vaccine as "discriminatory" and warned of reciprocal measures if the matter was not resolved.

India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said during a media briefing that the country supplied 5 million Covishield doses to Britain at the request of the British government, describing the non-recognition of the vaccine as a "discriminating policy."

Kanpur: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai dispatches of dwarf or mini containers to Kanpur. The assignment was flagged off by the Union Shiping Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal towards the Inland Container Depot in Uttar Pradesh.

This Port Trust shipment fosters an efficient system for streamlining rail movement of cargo, claimed Central Railway. It will help for a competitive cost advantage by lowering hinterland logistics.

Dwarf containers are compact and are about 2.16 feet (660 mm) shorter than the traditional ISO canisters.

Kanpur: Green Park will once more be an attraction for cricket fans in November. This is so because the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association has decided to host a Test match here on November 25.

It has also been reported that Rajeev Shukla, Vice-President, BCCI, has approved it, a top official of the cricket control board has ratified the idea of the test match possibly against New Zealand.

As we are well aware of the fact that the city has been a Test match centre of the cricket matches so the cricket association has shown a preference for hosting the match here.

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) India is facing a new war paradigm on its borders and ignoring it won't work, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday, citing a media report on China ramping up its border infrastructure.

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) The Bombay High Court refused to discharge a 32-year-old man from a rape and cheating case noting that he had used astrological incompatibility of horoscopes as an excuse to resile from his promise to marry the complainant woman with whom he was in a relationship.

A single bench of Justice S K Shinde on Monday rejected an application filed by Avishek Mitra seeking to be discharged from the cheating and rape case registered against him by the suburban Borivali police on a complaint lodged by the woman.

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) Retail depositors are earning negative returns on their bank deposits and hence, there is a need for reviewing taxes on interest earned, economists at the country's largest lender SBI have said.

If not for all the depositors, the taxation review should be carried out for at least the deposits made by senior citizens who depend on the interest for their daily needs, the economists led by Soumya Kanti Ghosh said in a note, which pegged the overall retail deposits in the system at Rs 102 lakh crore.

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said that Chinese companies have not made investments in highway projects in India in recent times.

Amid the border standoff with China, Gadkari, in July 2020, had said that India will not allow Chinese companies to participate in highway projects, including those through joint ventures.

To a query by PTI on whether Chinese companies have invested in India's highway projects in the recent times, Gadkari replied in the negative.

However, he did not elaborate on the issue.

Patna, Sep 20 (PTI) A court here has directed the police to lodge an FIR against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, his MP sister Misa Bharti and some other political figures on the complaint of a person who has alleged he was duped of Rs five crore with the promise of a Lok Sabha ticket in the 2019 general elections.

Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, Vijay Kishore Singh passed the order on September 16 on the petition of Sanjiv Kumar Singh, who claimed he was associated with the Congress and was an aspirant for a party ticket for the Bhagalpur seat.

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) India and Indonesia began a three-day mega naval wargame on Monday in the Sunda Strait, in reflection of their growing maritime cooperation.

Officials said the Indian Navy deployed its two frontline warships Shivalik and Kadmatt for the third edition of the exercise 'Samudra Shakti'.

The two ships arrived in Jakarta on Saturday. The Sunda Strait lies between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

Bareilly (UP), Sep 20 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 13-year-old boy in a village in this district, police said on Monday.

Police have registered a case in the connection and apprehended the accused, SP (Rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal told the media here.

The medical examination of the survivor has confirmed rape, police said.

According to the girl's statement, she was going to throw garbage three days ago when she met the accused who dragged her to a hut and raped her, police said.