All those who are inbound to Uttarakhand, who are given exemption from institutional and home quarantine by submitting their COVID-19 test result from an ICMR authorized lab, not earlier than 96 hours from time of travel can opt for taking test at a border check post on payment, the State Chief Secretary said. […]
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Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to Delhi hospital
Former ICICI Bank MD-CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar, who was arrested on September 7 in connection with money laundering case, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Deepak Kochhar has been admitted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Deepak Kochhar in connection with its money laundering investigation […]
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Kareena steps out in style with son Taimur as they visit Karisma
Actor Kareena Kapoor was every bit a star as she was spotted outside sister Karisma Kapoor’s home in Mumbai. Giving her company was her young son Taimur Ali Khan. Kareena was seen is a pair of printed blue and white co-ords, paired with pale pink stillettos.Taimur looked rather smart in a pair […]
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Suga, Japan’s likely next PM, is Abe’s trusted aide and self-made
Yoshihide Suga won the leadership race of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday and in all likelihood is set to win a parliamentary vote later this week and replace outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, said last month he would quit because of ill health, […]
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Mumbai University final year exams: Varsity issues second circular to clarify doubts
Less than a week after the University of Mumbai released a circular confirming the dates, method and format for end-of-term final year summer 2020 examinations, the varsity released another circular on Monday morning clarifying queries raised by affiliated colleges. With several colleges still grappling with multiple choice question (MCQ) format […]
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Lockdown prevented 37k-78k deaths: Harsh Vardhan tells Lok Sabha
Four months of lockdown has prevented approximately 14–29 lakh cases and 37–78,000 deaths due to Covid-19, said Union health ministry on Covid-19 management during the first day of Parliament’s monsoon session on Monday. “These four months were utilised to create additional health infrastructure, enhance human resource and produce within India critical […]
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PM busy with peacocks as Covid-19 cases surge: Rahul Gandhi
Minutes ahead of the commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the rise in Covid-19 cases, saying he is “busy with peacocks” while the number of infections are set to cross five million in […]
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US special envoy Khalilzad to reach Pakistan today, New Delhi next stop
The US interlocutor for Afghan-Taliban talks Zalmay Khalilzad is on a short visit to India on Tuesday to hold discussions with external affairs minister S Jaishankar on the intra-Afghan talks that started on Sunday in Doha, six months later than planned due to disagreements over a prisoner swap agreed and the continuing Taliban […]
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‘Delhi Police trying to mute voices of those who dissent against govt’: Umar Khalid’s father
Activist Umar Khalid’s father, Sayed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, on Monday accused the Delhi police of trying to mute the voices of dissent against the government and weaving a false story a day after his son was arrested under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The Delhi police’s special cell […]
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Startup soars, providing in-house health care in the time of Covid-19
The U.S. emergency department, long an imperfect shelter for those with non-urgent medical needs, is perhaps the last place you want to be amid a pandemic. Covid-19 has aggravated an already-broken U.S. health-care system in which at least 30% of emergency department visits were deemed unneeded before the virus’s arrival. […]
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A textbook problem: Schools shut, publishers count losses
For the past six decades, Rajiv Gupta’s family has been selling school and college textbooks from their shop in Delhi’s Nai Sarak, one of the country’s biggest textbook markets. The shop, which saw a never-ending stream of students before the onset of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, hardly receives any […]
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Sushant’s friend Mahesh Shetty plants sapling in actor’s memory
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend and actor Mahesh Shetty has planted a Neem sapling in response to a call by the actor’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti to plant trees. It was part of the late actor’s 50 dreams he had listed out on social media. Sharing a picture, Mahesh wrote: “Neem has […]
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Jason Wu puts on a fashion week show before a tiny audience
Jason Wu did what few designers dare during New York Fashion Week: He put on a live show Sunday with a tiny audience present in the middle of a pandemic. Why? “I think the world needs beauty and optimism,” the designer told The Associated Press after his beach-themed show. “New […]
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Rupee rises 21 paise to 73.32 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee strengthened by 21 paise to 73.32 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday supported by weak American currency and positive domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.40 against the US dollar, gained further ground to touch 73.32 against the US […]
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‘Covid made in govt-controlled Wuhan lab’: Chinese virologist offers proof
Chinese virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan has claimed that the novel coronavirus was made in a government controlled laboratory in Wuhan and asserted that she has scientific proof to back the claim. The virologist, who became the whistleblower against the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, was in […]