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Security experts have discovered a malicious programe aimed at tricking users into clicking on phony search results on fake Google, Yahoo and MSN sites, a media report said on Saturday.
'If there is lesser number of elections, populism will naturally be restricted.' 'Decisions will be taken speedily because there won't be the spectre of adverse electoral impact of the decisions because elections will be held once in five years or maximum two times in five years.'
The high-flood situation in the Mahanadi river system in Orissa did not cause as much damage as feared even though the rivers were flowing above their danger levels.
'The money is readily available to the depositors.'
BJD managed to retain 112 seats securing another term for Patnaik in the CM chair.
There will be no second term for President Kovind and no elevation for Vice President Naidu.
'Kalinga Nagar was a shock to everybody'\n
\n'How we acquit ourselves in the next couple of years will decide the fate of all these projects coming up,' says BJD MP Jay Panda.
With Covid-19 cases across the country rising rapidly once again, demand for health insurance products has spiked. Insurers are seeing an uptick in inquiries for such products and underwriting more premiums in the segment. Already, health insurance was growing at a rapid pace since the onset of the pandemic as awareness around risk had heightened among consumers. But the country recorded more than 600,000 Covid-19 cases in the past week, which is almost a six-fold rise than the previous week. Owing to this, the spike in demand for health insurance products is inevitable, experts said.
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian invited China's President Hu Jintao to visit the island, saying it would help clear misunderstandings.
Working round-the-clock over the past few days, an Indian Institute of Science team is buildingan indigenous ventilator prototype for Covid-19 victims, and it is expected to be ready in the current month itself. A ventilator can be a life-saver for patients whose lungs are damaged by the Covid-19 infection. But India, like all countries grappling with this pandemic, is likely to face a large shortage of ventilators.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday named Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and its general secretary Arun Singh as central observers for the election of the leader of its legislative party in Assam.
Amaresh Panda, who was travelling in the Purushottam Express, had asked the three men to stop smoking as it inconvenienced other passengers.
Himachal Pradesh defeated hosts Jharkhand by 22 runs to maintain the winning spree.
'The magic lies in you and the effort that you will put in.' You have to work hard and smart, says Gaurav Sood.
Panda is said to be considering voluntary retirement.
We actually have no control on what the future holds. All we have is the moment. The now. And we must learn to live in it.
Italian automaker Fiat Auto SpA has an alliance with Ford Motor company to make small cars, a company official said on Friday.
At 64, the woman who will be India's 15th president, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind, will also be the youngest and India's first President to be born after Independence.
'Covid-related claims were almost 2.5 times the normal claims size.'
The new missile could deliver 2,000 to 3,500 kilograms of payload to any point in the continental US, notes Rajaram Panda.
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The minister put in his papers as police began interrogation of the arrested SUM Hospital owner Manoj Ranjan Nayak.
Mamata Banerjee's sights are not on the next month's Presidential election. She is focusing on another election that will take place in 2024.
Chasing a target of 402, Bihar were all out for 242 in 85.5 overs in their second innings.
The accent on 'making the south feel wanted' was the reason why P Muralidhar Rao, who was dropped as general secretary, was partially reinstated in the central apparatus as prabhari in charge of Madhya Pradesh. 'Pressure from the RSS was brought to bear on Rao's return,' a source said. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
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Alleging that the candidate vaccine was not safe, he has also sought cancelling approval for its testing, 'manufacture and distribution', failing which legal action would be taken.
The road leading from Hanumangarhi to Naya Ghat wore an illuminated look in the evening, with several earthen lamps lit outside shops, houses, guest houses and dharamshalas.
Radha Mohan Singh appointed in-charge of politically crucial UP. Kailash Vijayvargiya will continue to be the in-charge of West Bengal and he will be assisted by BJP national secretary Arvind Menon and party national IT cell head Amit Malviya.
India cannot afford to adopt any coercive measures against the military even if it disapproves the military takeover, notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
China remains the elephant in the room and has to be tamed, which the United States alone is unable to do and therefore calls allies to come on board.
Saina Nehwal was forced to retire midway through her opening match but India's young brigade produced a clinical display to notch up a fine 3-2 win over Spain and get off to a winning start in the Uber Cup in Aarhus, on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia cited purported claims of the Pakistani journalist, Nusrat Mirza, to allege that Ansari shared many 'sensitive and highly classified' information with him.
