The special task force (STF) of police and the experts of the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) are still to unravel the mystery shrouding the incident involving the blackout caused in several cities due to snag in over two lakh hi-tech smart meters on Janmasthami. Investigators, however, have not ruled […]
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Covid-19: Beijing allows its residents to go mask-free as cases fall
Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases. Despite the relaxed guidelines, a large proportion of people continued to wear masks […]
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Uttarakhand Governor calls second Vidhan Sabha session 2020 from September 23
Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya has issued an order to convene the second Vidhan Sabha session of the year 2020 from September 23, said the State Assembly Secretariat in a communique. “Governor Baby Rani Maurya issued an order to call the second Vidhan Sabha session of the year 2020 at 11 am on September 23, 2020,” it read. Earlier […]
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For those in lockdown, Alwar cop helps through e-sunwai; wins praise
On Wednesday, a family of four from Aravali Vihar told the Alwar superintendent of police that they didn’t have drinking water and no one was ready to deliver water to them because all of them had Covid-19. The SP sent a water tanker to the house and also wrote to […]
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Tesla seeks approval for a sensor that could detect child left in hot cars
Tesla asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for approval to market a short-range interactive motion-sensing device that could help prevent children from being left behind in hot cars and boost theft-prevention systems. The California automaker wants permission to use unlicensed millimeter-wave sensors that would operate at higher power levels than […]
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Stranded in Pakistan, Hindus on long-term visas desperate to return to India
Thirty-three-year-old Janta Mali has been stuck in Pakistan since February after she went there with her husband and three children to see her ailing mother in Mirpur Khas before the Covid-19 lockdown was clamped. In the last week of June, India and Pakistan operated a shuttle service for people stuck […]
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Harley-Davidson may exit India due to poor sales
The iconic American Harley-Davidson motorcycle may not be produced in India anymore, going by indications of their sales performance and announcements from the global management. The company, which began operations in India in 2009, has a plant in Bawal (Haryana). Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry was already going through […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput death case: CBI questions unidentified person in Mumbai
An unidentified person was brought for questioning in connection with the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput by a team of officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Mumbai on Friday, news agency ANI reported. The news agency reported citing an unnamed source that the meeting of […]
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‘Generations will remember you’: PM sends letter of appreciation to Raina
Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni announced their retirement from international cricket on India’s 74th Independence Day. After a trophy-laden career, both players decided to call it quits. Both players played an important part in India’s triumph at the 2011 Cricket World Cup as Dhoni was the captain and Raina played crucial knocks in important […]
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3 dead, one injured in house collapse in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh
A man and his two children died after their house collapsed in Chaisar village of Pithoragarh district earlier this morning. The wife of the deceased man has been admitted to the district hospital after sustaining injuries. District administration and police teams are present at the spot, according to officials. The reason for the collapse is […]
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Parliamentary panel on IT summons Facebook on September 2
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned representatives of Facebook on September 2 to hear their views on prevention of misuse of social media platforms, the Lok Sabha secretariat said on Thursday. Another agenda will be the oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and […]
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Macron, Merkel greet each other with namaste before meet at French presidential palace
Germany’s vice-chancellor Angela Merkel and France president Emmanuel Macron greeted each other with by folding their hands when they met on Thursday to discuss issues concerning Europe and coronavirus relief measures in Fort de Bregancon in Paris. The world leaders greeting each other with the ‘namaste’ gesture comes as Europe […]
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Fight with South Korea outbreak church fuels rebound for Moon Jae-In
South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating rose for the first time in three months after he took on a church at the center of a new coronavirus wave — a jump similar to one in March when he confronted a separate sect over an outbreak. Moon’s support surged 8 […]
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Madhya Pradesh to offer govt jobs on basis of NRA test score: CM
Madhya Pradesh will offer government jobs to youths on the basis of their score in the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) test, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Thursday. He said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to take such a decision. The Union Cabinet on […]
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‘I was clear at any price MS Dhoni’: Srinivasan reveals how CSK bagged MSD
When the Indian Premier League was started in 2008 by the BCCI, one of the biggest craze was to see which Indian player goes on to represent which franchise. The fact that most of the Indian legends belonged to one of the cities that a franchise came from, it became […]