Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for use against the Covid-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday. “Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child rights crisis,” Thunberg, 17, was quoted […]
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Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood’s original chocolate boy, dies at 67
Actor Rishi Kapoor has died at 67 after a two-year battle with leukaemia. Rishi breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. His wife and actor Neetu Kapoor was by his side. “Yes, he is no more,” Rishi’s elder brother Randhir Kapoor told Hindustan Times. A statement from […]
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‘Entertained several generations’: Politicians, leaders condole Rishi Kapoor’s demise
Bollywood veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away in Mumbai on Thursday after losing his fight with cancer. Kapoor, 67, breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. Brother Randhir Kapoor confirmed the news. Scores of politicians and diplomats took to Twitter and expressed their grief on the passing […]
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US finds tentative cure for Covid-19, hunts chutes for a vaccine
A sliver of hope ran through a nation ravaged by a new virus and shuttered at home after a top US government scientist announced Wednesday that data from ongoing federal trials demonstrated that an antiviral drug can significantly shorten the duration of the illness and hasten recovery from coronavirus. News […]
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‘India can lead global dialogue on economy post Covid-19’: Raghuram Rajan
In an interaction on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the many aspects of the coronavirus crisis that plagues the world and has gripped the country. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said people’s minds are full of questions around the ongoing coronavirus crisis and what is going […]
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Sensex rallies over 900 points, Nifty reclaims 9,800 level
Equity benchmark Sensex soared over 900 points in opening trade on Thursday tracking heavy buying at ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC twins and Reliance Industries counters amid rally in global stocks. After hitting a high of 33,640.73, the 30-share index was trading 895.69 points or 2.74 per cent higher at 33,615.85. […]
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‘Rs 65,000 crore needed for poor during Covid-19, we can afford it’: Raghuram Rajan
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan has said that India needs Rs 65,000 crore to feed the poor during Covid-19 pandemic and can afford to do that with a GDP of about Rs 200 lakh crore. Rajan was in dialogue with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi as part of […]
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Uttarakhand MLA requests CM to facilitate return of people of his constituency from other states
In the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, BJP MLA from Devprayag, Vinod Kandari has requested Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to facilitate the return of stranded people of his assembly constituency from other parts of the country. “Natives of my assembly constituency are stranded in other states like – Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,” Kandari wrote in […]
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Over 1,700 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours take India’s tally to 33,050
The number of Covid-19 cases increased by 1,718 in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall tally up to 33,050, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of deaths went up to 1,074 after 66 more people died of the disease in the last 24 hours, the health […]
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‘Progress in Panchayati Raj lost, moving towards bureaucratic structure’: Rahul Gandhi
A lot of progress made in the Panchayati Raj has been lost, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday. “I am sorry to say, it’s a retreat. A lot of forward movement in Panchayati Raj that had taken place, we are now moving to a sort of bureaucratic, DM-based structure. […]
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Covid-19 updates: Over 11,000 people held for defying lockdown in Uttarakhand
The police has arrested 11,250 people for violating the lockdown put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease, news agency ANI reported.
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Uttarakhand govt to boost immunity of corona warriors with homeopathic, ayurvedic medicines
Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik has said that the state government has approved Rs 2.48 crore to boost the immunity of corona warriors against the deadly virus. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in Dehradun on Wednesday. “The Uttarakhand government has sanctioned Rs 2.48 crore to boost the […]
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Covid-19 update: India set for biggest repatriation op of stranded diaspora, releases online forms
With the registration forms being active today on the Indian embassy website, an exercise to gather the exact number of stranded Indians in the United States, the Indian government has given a clear indication that it is all set to undertake what could be the biggest repatriation operation of stranded […]
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Uttarakhand CM launches e-hospital and telemedicine facility
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday launched telemedicine and e-hospital services at the Doon Medical College, in order to reduce the risk of infection from COVID-19. “These facilities would help reduce congestion at hospitals, which would further reduce the risk against the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from this, these facilities would also […]
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Mumbai Police pays tribute to Irrfan Khan with an important message
The Mumbai Police found a creative way to remember actor Irrfan Khan, who passed away on Wednesday. In a tweet early on Thursday morning, the Mumbai Police paid tribute to the actor as well as conveyed a message to stay at home during the Covid-19 lockdown. “Re-Meme-Bering Irrfan. You have […]