Singer Aditya Narayan has said that the media have underestimated his wealth. He offered a fact-check on the correct cost of his new house, and said that it is worth more than has been reported. Aditya tied the knot with Shweta Agarwal earlier this month, and is ready to settle into […]
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China has given ‘5 differing explanations’ for troop build-up on LAC, says Jaishankar
India-China ties have been “very significantly damaged” and are passing through their most difficult phase ever because of Beijing’s violation of agreements on maintaining peace and tranquillity on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. The Chinese side has given “five differing explanations” […]
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Northeast’s first human milk bank opens in Guwahati
The first human milk bank in the northeast was opened in Guwahati, Assam, on Wednesday. Opened in Satribari Christian Hospital (SCH), the bank, which is the 15th such unit in India, will be able to store human milk for up to six years. “Breast milk is the best food for newborn […]
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Govt considers easing inflation to support growth
India’s government is considering recommending a looser inflation target for the central bank, allowing it to focus more on economic growth despite price pressures, according to people familiar with the matter. A consumer-price inflation band tracked by the Reserve Bank of India may be relaxed further from the current 2%-6% […]
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Assam: Kokrajhar MP detained ahead of BTC polls; released on bail
Police in Assam detained Independent MP from Kokrajhar, Naba Kumar Sarania, on Tuesday night ahead of second phase of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections. According to reports, Sarania and two of his supporters were detained over allegations of distributing money among voters ahead of the second and final phase of polling on […]
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IndiGo to reach 80% of normal domestic capacity soon
India’s biggest airline, IndiGo, expects to reach 80% of usual domestic capacity by the end of the month but international capacity is running at just a fifth of normal levels because of the pandemic, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The airline hopes to reach 100% of normal domestic capacity […]
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6 out of 249 volunteers drop out ahead of 2nd Covid vaccine dose in Mumbai
Six volunteers who were participating in the clinical trial of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19, Covishield, at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital in Parel, Mumbai, have dropped out. However, at the BYL Nair Hospital, which is another centre, all volunteers have participated in the trial. At KEM Hospital, a total of […]
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West has policy to engage India in ‘anti-China games’, says Russia minister
Western powers have adopted an “aggressive and devious” policy to engage India “in anti-China games by promoting Indo-Pacific strategies”, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said against the backdrop of the India-China border standoff. Lavrov also accused Western powers of trying to undermine Russia’s “close partnership and privileged relations with India”. The […]
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US has privately raised issues with India: Ambassador for religious freedom
The US administration has raised issues related to religious freedoms in India in private discussions with the government in New Delhi and will continue to raise such matters, US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Sam Brownback has said. Brownback made the remarks during a briefing on Tuesday on the designation by the […]
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India vs Australia: India fined for slow over-rate in third T20I
The Indian cricket team has been fined 20 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third T20 International against Australia here. ICC match referee David Boon imposed the sanction after India was ruled to be one over short of the target on Tuesday, after […]
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IIT Roorkee Professor’s study finds Fbln7-C can delay the reprogramming process
A study conducted by Professor Pranita Sarangi from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), IIT Roorkee has found that Fbln7-C, a C-terminal fragment of the adhesion protein Fibulin7, the latest member of the fibulin family of secreted glycoproteins, can delay the reprogramming process of macrophages present in the tumor tissues, also known as tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) while directly […]
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BJP leads Congress in Rajasthan panchayat polls, dubs it verdict on Gehlot govt
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has outrun the Congress in the Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad election held in 21 districts of Rajasthan, counting for which is still underway. Till Wednesday morning, results were declared for 4,051 seats of 4,371 panchayat samitis, out of which BJP won in 1,836, Congress […]
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CBI cast a wide net, scrutinised 16 lakh people to nab Vyapam scam accused
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scrutinised data of 16 lakh medical students and doctors to nab 36 impersonators, who had taken Madhya Pradesh pre-medical test or MPPMT-2009 on the behalf of actual candidates and cleared it, said an officer of CBI. CBI filed supplementary charge-sheets in the court of special […]
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India’s weapons procurement from the US jumps to USD 3.4 billion in 2020
India’s weapons procurement from the United States jumped from a meagre USD 6.2 million to a whopping USD 3.4 billion in the final year of the Donald Trump’s administration, according to official data. As per the data released by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the jump in the sale […]
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Parthiv Patel retires from all forms of cricket
Former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, who made his international debut at the age of 19, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Patel, 35, informed about his retirement through a tweet. pic.twitter.com/QbqdHX00dR — parthiv patel (@parthiv9) December 9, 2020 Patel played 25 Tests, 39 ODIs and two T20Is, scoring […]