Global car safety agency Global NCAP has come out with a list of cars produced in India that they certify as the safest. The list, which has 38 cars in all, is dominated by passenger vehicles produced by Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra. Here is a look at the […]
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17-year-old girl dies by suicide in her Dehradun home
A teenage (17) girl died by suicide at her home in Dehradun on Friday morning, police officials said on Saturday. Preliminary investigation did not find any suicide note, but her parents maintained that she used to often talk about the recent suicidal deaths of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh and a […]
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Heavy rains cause flooding in Assam’s Dibrugarh villages
Villages in Mohna Ghat area of Assam’s Dibrugarh were flooded on Friday after water levels of the Brahmaputra River rose past the prescribed danger mark. Incessant rainfall caused a dam ring to break, state officials informed. The residents were seen stacking sandbags to check the heavy flow of the water. […]
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PM Modi calls for real-time national monitoring and replicating Delhi strategy in NCR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed for providing real-time national-level monitoring and guidance to all Coved 19 affected states of the union of India with special focus on areas with a high positivity rate for the disease. Prime minister’s intervention was made during a high-level meeting he chaired on Saturday […]
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Am not a remote control, Sharad Pawar tells ally Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray took the decision to ease the curbs during the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown at the right time and in his “cautious” style of functioning. Pawar, in an interview to the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana, insisted there is no difference […]
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Indian economy showing signs of returning to normalcy: RBI Governor
The Indian economy has started showing signs of returning to normalcy in response to the staggered easing of lockdown restrictions, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday. He further said the need of the hour is to restore confidence, preserve financial stability, revive growth and recover stronger. “The Indian economy […]
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Disney World to reopen amid pandemic; masks and social distancing mandatory
“The Most Magical Place on Earth” is reopening after nearly four months with new rules in place to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom are reopening Saturday, while Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will follow four days later. The reopening comes as […]
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Cold weather, premature reopening may escalate Brazil’s Covid-19 spread
Two days after Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19, he said the looming economic crisis is worse than the virus and urged mayors and governors to reopen their states, again. With a premature reopening of the country and the oncoming winter, experts are concerned that the coronavirus will […]
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‘Unknown pneumonia’ in Kazakhstan could be Covid-19, says WHO
The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization says the agency believes an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Kazakhstan is likely due to the coronavirus. Dr Michael Ryan says Kazakh authorities have reported more than 10,000 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the last week and just under 50,000 cases and 264 deaths […]
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Teenage surfer killed by shark, 2nd in Australia in a week
A 17-year-old surfer died Saturday when he was mauled by a shark, the second fatal attack in a week and at least the fifth in Australia this year. Police said the teenager was surfing at Wooli Beach, near Grafton, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) north of Sydney in New South […]
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COVID-19: Uttarakhand’s Kashipur placed under lockdown till July 12
The area under the Kashipur Municipal Corporation has been placed under lockdown on Saturday due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Joint Magistrate of Kashipur issued the lockdown from 10 am on Saturday till midnight of July 12, directing all commercial activities to a halt, except essential services. District authorities have instructed locals to stay […]
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Chattisgarh women make cow dung rakhis, add ‘corona warrior’ motifs
Hundreds of women in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh are making rakhis with cow dung for the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan to earn their livelihood. The initiative is being carried out in coordination with Dhamtari National Rural Livelihood Mission, trainers and self-help group in Chipli gram panchayat and Arya Prerna […]
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Delhi govt cancels all state university exams amid Covid-19 crisis
Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday announced all examinations, including final exams, to be conducted in university’s under the city-state’s government stand cancelled in the wake of Covid-19 crisis. The minister added that degrees will be awarded to students on the basis of evaluation parameters decided by the […]
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2 terrorists shot dead 100 metres from LoC, leave behind proof of Pak role
Two terrorists entering Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district were shot dead by the army barely 100 metres from the Line of Control past midnight, a senior army officer said on Saturday. The terrorists are suspected to be part of Pakistan’s plan to scale up violence in Jammu and Kashmir to […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk becomes seventh richest billionaire in the world
Elon Musk is now richer than Warren Buffett. The fortune of Tesla Inc.’s founder rose $6.1 billion on Friday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after the carmaker’s stock surged 11%. Musk is now the world’s seventh-richest person, also ahead of tech titans Larry Ellison and Sergey Brin. The 49-year-old […]