Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said India will grow to be among the top three economies in the world in the next two decades and per capita income would more than double. At a fireside chat with Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, he said India’s middle-class, which is about 50 per […]
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Two Punjab farmers killed in road accident on Delhi-Chandigarh highway
Two farmers returning from Delhi’s Singhu border were killed in a road accident as a light commercial vehicle hit their tractor-trailer on NH-44 (Delhi-Chandigarh highway) near Taraori town of Karnal district of Haryana on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Gurpreet Singh (24) and Labh Singh (65), residents of Saphera […]
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Indian Navy senior-most submariner passes away due to Covid complications
Seniormost submariner of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Srikant, passed away due to Covid-19 related complications at Base Hospital in New Delhi on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. He was the Director General of Project Seabird. Earlier, he had held the titles including Inspector General of Nuclear Safety […]
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Boko Haram claims kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students
Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. “I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina,” said the leader of the group behind the 2014 abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, in a […]
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Samajwadi Party will ally with smaller parties in Assembly polls, says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that his party will form the alliance with smaller parties in the upcoming Assembly polls. Speaking to media when asked about the party’s alliance in the upcoming Assembly election in the state to stop the BJP, Yadav said, “Samajwadi Party will forge an […]
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‘Just the beginning,’ says Arvind Kejriwal after AAP’s maiden win in Goa
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hailed his party’s maiden win in Goa Zilla Panchayat elections, which marked the first electoral history of the party in the coastal state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa has made big gains in the Zilla Panchayat elections, […]
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Centre plans push for Ayurvedic, allopathic tourism in country
The ministry of tourism is planning to boost Ayurvedic and allopathic centres registered with the ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) as hubs of medical tourism, officials familiar “Post Covid-19, a lot of people will be looking to plan wellness tours,” said an official on […]
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Padma Vibhushan awardee and eminent aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha dies
Eminent aerospace scientist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Roddam Narasimha died at a private hospital here on Monday, doctors said. He was 87. He was admitted to the hospital on December 8 after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. The scientist, who served at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), breathed […]
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India’s daily Covid-19 count drops to lowest since July 6
India recorded 22,065 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, Union health ministry’s dashboard showed on Tuesday morning. With this, the nationwide tally has reached 99,06,165. This is the lowest daily count of Covid-19 cases since July 6. The number of active cases went down further […]
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Women’s WC 2022 schedule announced, India to face a qualifier in 1st match
India will open their campaign against a qualifier on March 6 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, which begins a couple of days earlier on March 4, announced the International Cricket Council on Tuesday. The opening match of the Women’s World Cup 2022 will […]
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US formally blames Iran for abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson
The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible for his abduction and imposing sanctions against them. Levinson disappeared in Iran under mysterious circumstances more than a decade ago, […]
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A Lim Kim wins US Women’s Open debut with record-tying rally
The Bermuda grass of south Texas was unlike anything A Lim Kim had ever seen. The U.S. Women’s Open, with its reputation as the toughest test, was a major she had never played. What didn’t change in a frigid final round at Champions Golf Club was how to keep score. […]
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Rajasthan: Minor delivers baby in Nagaur, four, including brother, booked for rape
Police have arrested four, including a minor’s brother, for the girl’s rape in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district on Monday. The matter came to light after the girl gave birth to a child on Sunday night. “The girl is 14 and unmarried. The matter came to light when the girl and her family […]
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104-yr old Assam man declared foreigner dies before proving citizenship
A 104-year-old Assam man, declared a foreigner by a tribunal nearly three years ago, died on Sunday night before being able to prove that he is an Indian citizen. Chandradhar Das passed away at his home at Baraibasti in Amraghat of Cachar district on Sunday night reportedly due to age-related […]
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Deadly fungal infection reported in patient with Covid-19 at Ganga Ram hospital
Doctors from a city hospital have seen an increase in cases of a rare fungal infection with immune-compromised coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients getting it. If not detected early, the infection – Mucormycosis also known as black fungus – can kill half the patients and lead to loss of vision or […]