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UP Cop Rahul Srivastav Double Murder On Camera? Cop’s Fact-Check Finds Truth Behind Viral Video
The video has been circulating on social media without mentioning that it is not real New Delhi: A police officer shoots a man at point-blank range, and then his friend crying over his death, in a video that has been fact-checked by an Uttar Pradesh cop who pointed out...
Scenes At Kumbh Mela Defy Covid Crisis In India
As I left my hotel to cover the Kumbh Mela at daybreak, roads had been blocked to traffic to clear the routes. Thousands of devotees could be seen heading to the ghats. When I reached “Har ki Pauri”, the most popular ghat, the sight was unbelievable. It was hard...
No Meal Service On Flights Shorter Than 2 Hours To Cut Covid Risk: Centre
New Delhi: There will be no meals on domestic flights under two hours to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infections, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday. Battling a ferocious second wave of infections, India is undergoing its worst phase of the coronavirus and overtook Brazil on Monday for...
As 1 Of Every 6 Daily Covid Infections Is Now In India, Huge Kumbh Mela Crowds
India Covid-19 Cases: Nearly a million devotees thronged the banks of the Ganges to join the ‘Kumbh Mela’ Lucknow: Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked on Monday to take a holy bath in Ganges river in Uttarakhan’s Haridwar, even as the nation racked up the world’s highest tally...
Rahul Gandhi Asks PM Narendra Modi To Stop Eventbaazi, Vaccinate All Who Need It
Rahul Gandhi said vaccines must be made available to anyone who wants it. New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “stop holding events” and, instead, take steps to vaccinate everyone in the wake of the ferocious second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping...
INS Viraat Dismantling To Go On, Supreme Court Says Petitioner Came Late
Breaking News INS Viraat Dismantling To Go On, Supreme Court Says Petitioner Came Late The dismantling of aircraft carrier INS Viraat got a go ahead from the Supreme Court today, which dismissed the plea to stop the dismantling on the ground that the petition was too late. Today, the...
Russia’s Sputnik 5 Vaccine, 91.6 Per Cent Efficient, For Use In India To Be Discussed At Key Meet Today
The two-dose Sputnik 5 vaccine costs less than $10 for each shot in international markets. Highlights Sputnik vaccine has an effectiveness of 91.6 per cent The vaccine costs less than $10 for each shot in international markets It is manufactured in India by Dr Reddy’s New Delhi: The use...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Blames Israel For Natanz Incident, Vows Revenge: Report
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said they will take the revenge. (File) Dubai: Iran blames its regional arch-foe Israel for Sunday’s incident at the Natanz nuclear site and will take its revenge, state TV quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying on Monday. Iranian authorities described the incident...
Elon Musk Tweaks Twitter Bio To Add This Curious Designation
Elon Musk had changed his bio to ‘Technoking of Tesla’ nearly three weeks ago. Tech billionaire Elon Musk knows how to get social media’s attention. And now, Mr Musk has changed his bio on the social media platform to add, “Imperator of Mars” to it. The Tesla and SpaceX...
50% of Supreme Court staff test positive for Covid, judges to hold video hearings from home: sources
The benches are scheduled to begin proceedings an hour later than fixed earlier. New Delhi: India’s spiraling Covid-19 crisis has hit the Supreme Court in a big way with up to 50 per cent of its staff testing positive for the disease. The hearings will now be held via...
1.68 Lakh Covid Cases In India In New Daily High; 2nd Worst Hit After US
COVID-19: India is the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus. New Delhi: India recorded 1,68,912 new Covid in the last 24 hours, the sixth record rise in seven days, pushing the country’s caseload to over 1.35 crore. The resurgence of the virus led to 904 new deaths, taking...
Amit Shah Responsible, Says Mamata Banerjee On Bengal Poll Violence
Mamata Banerjee blamed the centre for the violence in Cooch Behar. Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the violence in Sitalkuchi in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district where voting had to be called off after clashes left four people...
Show Courage, Share Full Chat
Bengal Election: Prashant Kishor challenged the BJP to release the full transcript of the chat. New Delhi: Prashant Kishor, Mamata Banerjee’s election strategist for the Bengal polls, appears to say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “as popular as” the Chief Minister in the state in excerpts of a...
DMX, Rapper Known For Signature Growls And Hip Hop Hits, Dies At 50
“Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end,” the statement read. New York: DMX, the hardcore hip-hop star whose ominous, snarling raps chronicled the violence and struggles of the American street, has died. He was 50 years old. The rapper’s longtime lawyer confirmed DMX’s death to AFP,...
Karnataka Reports Nearly 8,000 Covid Cases In Biggest Spike This Year
New Delhi: Karnataka on Friday reported 7,955 coronavirus cases in a day in its highest daily spike this year. With this, the number of active cases has jumped to 58,084 in the state. The biggest contributor to the state’s Covid figure was capital Bengaluru, which reported over 5,000 coronavirus...
3 UP Women Given Anti-Rabies Shots Instead Of Covid Jabs, Probe Confirms
The three women fell moderately ill after returning from a Community Health Centre in Shamli Three elderly women who went to a government hospital for Covid vaccine on Thursday were given anti-rabies shots instead, in a bizarre incident reported from Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh. The state government has...
Delhi Schools Shut Until Further Notice Amid Spike In Covid Cases
Students of Classes 9 through 12 were attending classes in Delhi. New Delhi: All schools and colleges will be closed in Delhi in view of the huge rise in coronavirus cases in the capital, along with other parts of the country, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday. Several...
J&J Says In Talks With India For Clinical Study Of Single-Dose Vaccine
In March, the World Health Organization issued emergency use authorization for the vaccine (File) New Delhi: US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson is in talks with the centre to start an early-stage clinical study of its single-dose Covid vaccine in India, the company has said in a statement. The...
