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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday launched `My Family My Responsibility' campaign for spreading awareness about coronavirus.It is part of a statewide campaign of the Maharashtra government.The BMC is aiming to reach 40 lakh households in the city under the campaign, the...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday issued summonses to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Shruti Modi and talent manager Jaya Saha, asking them to join its investigation on Wednesday, an official said.The NCB is investigating drugs angle in the Sushant death case.To get...
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As many as 155 healthcare staff, including 64 doctors, have died due to coronavirus, according to 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19' which provides relief in case of death of such workers, Parliament was told on Tuesday.Minister of State...
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Three army men including a Major were injured as Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and small arms fire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Tuesday.Sources said Pakistan initiated the ceasefire violation in Sunderbani sector in the...
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The US president has promised there will be a coronavirus vaccine within “weeks”. “I’m not doing it for political reasons. I want the vaccine fast” Donald Trump said.Dr Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, has said he is cautiously optimistic a vaccine will...
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India on Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the national security advisors of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member countries in protest after the Pakistani representative used a fictitious map showing Indian territories as part of Pakistan. This was in blatant disregard to the...
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Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,97,856 on Tuesday with addition of 20,482 new cases, state health department said.With 515 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total toll in the state went up to 30,409, it said.A total of 19,423 patients were discharged after treatment during the day,...
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The Indian Council of Medical Research DG Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday said that re-infection with coronavirus is very rare.Re-infection is very rare with COVID-19. We have seen re-infection occurs in case of measles and (if) someone gets measles, he needs to be protected all his life from...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address the Upper House of Parliament at 11 am tomorrow. The defence minister had brief Lok Sabha on India-China standoff on Tuesday. Firmly articulating the country's position on the tense border row with China in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister...
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Dave Chokshi was named as the new commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Tuesday. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed him to the role following the resignation of former Commissioner Oxiris Barbot. Here are five things to know about the man...
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Seventeen people, including staff and their family members living inside the Delhi BJP office, have tested positive for COVID-19 following which the premises will remain closed for sanitisation on Wednesday, party leaders said. Delhi BJP media cell head Ashok Goel said no party leader or...
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If you've wondered why both US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have been making a strong pitch for the Indian American community in the presidential elections, Deepak Raj and Neil Makhija offer a clue in their article in nj.com.'Indian Americans register and...
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Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu, tested positive for COVID-19 today.I had undergone Covid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19. I am asymptomatic and feeling healthy. However as per SOP and safety of others, I am self isolating myself and request everyone who came in...
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Delhi recorded 4263 new coronavirus cases and 36 deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours. Even as India’s coronavirus tally keeps rising every single day, the silver lining seems to be the declining fatality rate which currently stands at 1.64 per cent.
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More than 1,600 Indian companies have received foreign direct investments worth USD 1 billion from China during the April 2016 to March 2020 period, according to government data. The data was provided in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday to a question on whether it is a...
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As many as 138 terrorists were killed by security forces between March and August this year, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said Jammu and Kashmir has been affected by terrorism, which is sponsored and supported from across the...
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A total of 4,132 paramilitary personnel died during duty between 2017 and 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the deaths include gazetted officers, subordinate officers and other ranks.The highest number of personnel who died...
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Rajya Sabha MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday came in for fulsome praise from many of her colleagues in Bollywood for raising her voice in the House against those defaming the Hindi film industry. Though Bachchan did not take any names in her speech in the Rajya Sabha, her...
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Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent to meet the exigencies arising out of COVID-19 pandemic. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in the Lower House on...
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'Having conducted themselves disgracefully during the early days of the pandemic, the Chinese have brilliantly outmanoeuvred the virus. For us, the worst of the pandemic is yet to come in loss of lives and livelihoods. We aren't even thinking of the second wave of the pandemic. As we have pointed...
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As part of India's ongoing assistance to the Himalayan nation in meeting challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Ambassador Vinay M Kwatra handed over 2,000 vials of Remdesivir to Nepal Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Tuesday.On September 15, Ambassador Vinay M. Kwatra...
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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed almost 37 million people into extreme poverty besides reversing the progress made in the health sector for past several decades, a report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Tuesday. It said the widest-ranging catastrophe - the one that has...
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Actor Kangana Ranaut has amended her petition before the Bombay High Court to seek a compensation of Rs 2 crore from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for illegal demolition at her bungalow. After the BMC demolished what it termed as illegal alterations at the Queen actor's bungalow at...
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TMC MP Derek O'Brien Tuesday hit out at Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for not congratulating the state governments and health workers on their fight against coronavirus or condoling the demises of those who were at the forefront of the battle. Speaking to the media near Parliament, he said...
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Phase-I clinical trials have revealed excellent safety of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd and their immuno genicity testing is now in progress, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Rajya...
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Update: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in Lok Sabha, on the standoff with China. The Chinese side created a violent face-off on June 15th at Galwan. Our brave soldiers laid down their lives and also inflicted costs including casualties on the Chinese side.In past too,we've had situations of...
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After veteran actor and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan slammed those who are tarnishing image of the Indian film industry in the Upper House of the Parliament, actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja said that she wants to be her when she grows up. Sonam took to Twitter to share a video of Bachchan's Rajya Sabha...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses Parliament on the India-China border issue. Highlights:Both India and China agree that to maintain peace and tranquility in the India-China border areas, it is essential for the further development of bilateral relations.India and China border issue...
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Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has been appointed as the new cultural representative at the Indian Council For Culture Relations (ICCR).This comes after the council's decision to include Indian Cinema among the other culture programs of ICCR after 70 years of its inception. Agnihotri will be...
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Re-purposed hydroxychloroquine is being used for mild but high risk and moderate COVID-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. According to the data shared by the minister, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has increased the production of...
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Refusing to grant bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty in connection with a drug case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, a special (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act) court in Mumbai has held that if she is released on bail she may alert others and they may destroy...
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MGNREGS architect and a rare spotless politician, neither the Rashtriya Janata Dal, nor Lalu Prasad Yadav will be the same without this socialist leader. Read the column here
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Former Navy man Madan Sharma, who was recently attacked by Shiv Sena workers in Mumbai, met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday.Sharma, 62, met Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.He was attacked last Friday for allegedly forwarding a cartoon lampooning Maharashtra Chief...
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Over 300 volunteers have been inoculated during the post-registration trials of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, around 14 percent of them have reported fatigue, muscle pain or high body temperature, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Tuesday.Over 300 persons have been...
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The Maharashtra government's My Family, My Responsibility campaign will prove to be a key weapon in making people understand the importance of self-protection in the battle against Covid-19, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday. Public representatives and the administration should...
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The contrast between a strong Narendra Modi and a weak Manmohan Singh was played up by the BJP during the election campaign of 2014. This presentation certainly helped win Modi and his party win a resounding victory. But has this image of strength subsequently helped him in his duties as a Prime...
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A Pakistani Air Force aircraft crashed near Pindigheb, Attock on Tuesday, said the air force in a statement. The airforce said that the incident took place during a routine training mission, however, no loss of life was reported, The Dawn reported.The pilot ejected safely. No loss of life or...
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Actor Kangana Ranaut hits back at Rajya Sabha MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan for criticising her in the Rajya Sabha for her latest remark on Bollywood and questioned would she say the same things if it was her daughter Shweta Bachchan or son Abhishek Bachchan who was affected.Earlier in the...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested two more persons in connection with the probe related to drug angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, an official said on Tuesday. The probe agency earlier took into custody 16 people, including Rajput's girlfriend and actress Rhea Chakraborty,...
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Farmers in Nashik express displeasure over the central govt's decision to ban export of onions with immediate effect. They say, Onions are arriving in the market in large quantities. Where will we store the produce? Where will we sell those onions? Onion was being sold at Rs 20-25 per kg here. If...
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Physical distancing markers at a temple in Jammu
A demand was made in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for using the term 'physical distancing' for fighting Covid-19 on the grounds that the use of the term 'social distancing' was promoting social stigma of coronavirus patients and their families. Agreeing to the suggestion, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu...
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A new review published in Frontiers in Public Health suggests that COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will likely become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only when herd immunity is attained. Until that time, COVID-19 will continue to circulate across the...
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China successfully launched on Tuesday a solid-propellant carrier rocket from a ship in the Yellow Sea, sending nine satellites into orbit in the second such sea-based launch mission, the official media reported. The Long March 11-HY2, the 10th member of the Long March 11 family blasted off at...
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Once herd immunity is attained, the novel coronavirus may follow suit and become a seasonal virus in countries with temperate climates, but until that time, Covid-19 will continue to spread across the seasons, a new study says. According to the review research, published in the journal...
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Keeping the constant rise of Covid-19 cases in mind, the Uttarkhand government on Tuesday requested the Centre to provide 10 thousand oxygen cylinders.These cylinders will be kept at the Covid care centres in the State so that they do not have to face a paucity of oxygen in the coming...
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BJP MP Ravi Kishan reacts to Jaya Bachchan's statement in Parliament today that the entire film industry should not be tarnished for the acts of a few who consume drugs. I expected Jaya-ji to support what I said. Not everyone in the industry consumes drugs but those who do are part of a plan to...
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India's economic growth will contract by 9 per cent in the current fiscal as the coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on economic activity and consumer sentiment in the country, according to ADB. In its Asian Development Outlook 2020 update, ADB projected a strong recovery for the Indian...
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The US has banned the import of five goods from China, including computer-parts, cotton and hair products, alleging that they are produced in forced labour camps in the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province. The US-China relations have deteriorated after the Covid-19 outbreak, with President...
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Congress RS MP KC Venugopal in Parliament: The Adani group has won bids to operate and develop six airports. There's clear violation of norms in giving airports to a single private entity. Government ignored advice of some of its own ministries and departments. Changes in norms enabled Adani...
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Rahul Gandhi was the only MP to meet migrants
Did no migrant workers die during the Covid-19 induced lockdown phase if the Centre does not have any record of the same, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday targeting the Central government. The Wayanad MP launched an attack on the Centre following a written reply by the Ministry of...
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Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in the Rajya Sabha alludes to the Sushant Singh Rajput case: People in the entertainment industry are being flogged by social media. People who made their names in the industry have called it a gutter. I completely disagree. I hope that the government tells...
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Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'alleged conspiracy to defame film industry'.Congress MP Rajeev Satav has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'drawing attention of central government on reservation of Maratha community'.DMK MP Tiruchi Siva...
09:40
In a significant victory, India got elected as Member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the principal global body focussed on gender equality and women empowerment, beating China in a hotly-contested election. The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of the UN...
09:33
India's COVID-19 case tally crosses 49-lakh mark with a spike of 83,809 new cases and 1,054 deaths in last 24 hours.The total case tally stands at 49,30,237 including 9,90,061 active cases, 38,59,400 cured/discharged/migrated and 80,776 deaths, says Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. --...
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In another crackdown on China, the United States has banned cotton, hair products, computer components, and some textiles from China's Xinjiang province which are made 'using forced labour'.By taking this action, DHS is combating illegal and inhumane forced labor, a type of modern slavery, used...
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An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir early on Tuesday, police said.Acting on specific information about the presence of terrorists in Marwal area of Pulwama, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police...
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United States Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will be stepping down from his position and depart from Beijing in early October, the US Embassy in Beijing said on Monday (local time).The Hill reported that Branstad, a former Iowa Republican governor who has served as ambassador to China since...
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US Democratic nominee Joe Biden appears to be unveiling a new attack strategy against Trump, arguing the US president’s climate policies represent a direct threat to the country.Biden took direct aim at Trump’s baseless claims that the Democrat’s proposals were aimed at abolishing the...
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