Based on two pan-India studies on Covid-19 virus genome, the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday confirmed that there is no major mutation in the virus in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on the Covid-19 pandemic situation and vaccine delivery, distribution and administration. Earlier, Union health minister Harsh […]
IndiGo to charge Rs 100 for check-in at airport counters
IndiGo will charge a passenger Rs 100 service fee if he or she wants to check-in at the airport counters from Saturday onwards, the airline said in a statement. The aviation ministry had in May made it mandatory for passengers to do web check-in so as to reduce touch points […]
Bandra court orders FIR against Kangana Ranaut for trying to stir ‘communal divide’
Acting on a complaint lodged by a casting director Sahil Sayyed, the Bandra metropolitan magistrate court on Friday directed the Bandra police to register a case against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel for allegedly attempting to create communal disharmony and portraying Bollywood in a negative light through […]
NEET results 2020: Two girls from Ludhiana make it to top 300
Two girls from Ludhiana have figured among the top 300 all India rankers in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2020, results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday late night. NEET 2020 examination is held for admission to various medical colleges in […]
Bangladesh-India flights to resume from October 28 through ‘air bubble’
Bangladesh is all set to resume flights to India from October 28 under ‘air bubble’ arrangement, after nearly eight months the communications were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to media reports on Saturday. Under a bilateral air bubble pact, airlines of both the countries can operate international flights […]
3 dead as Jaguar car falls into roadside canal near Bhubaneswar
Three youths travelling in a Jaguar car died after the vehicle fell into a roadside canal near Telengapentha of Cuttack district on National Highway 16 early Saturday morning. Police suspect that the driver may have lost control over the vehicle. Cuttack sadar police station inspector SB Jena said the mishap […]
Madhya Pradesh: Man kills wife and daughter, cuts bodies into 22 pieces
A 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife he accused of infidelity in a fit of rage after an argument before strangling their one-year-old daughter and chopping their bodies into 22 pieces in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, a police officer said. Chindalal Saket, the accused, was arrested on Friday when he […]
Rajasthan man arrested for trying to kill father to get government job, say police
A 28-year-old jobless man has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Udaipur for allegedly attempting to kill his father to get his government job after getting the idea from a real-life crimes’ show on television, a police officer said. DP Dadich, the officer, said Ankit Paliwal allegedly plotted the murder with the […]
Sputnik V to undergo trial in India, Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI approval
After striking down the first proposal, the Drug controller General of India has finally allowed Dr Reddy’s to conduct phase 2/3 clinical human trial of Sputnik V, the Covid-19 vaccine that makes Russia the first country to have come up with a vaccine. “This will be a multi-center and randomized […]
UP Governor launches Safe City Project, a women’s safety campaign, in Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday said the movement of women police personnel in Lucknow will inculcate a feeling of pride and safety for women in the city here. The Governor spoke while inaugurating the ‘Safe City Project’, a 180-day-long campaign under which the police and other departments will […]
Microsoft says long-time deals executive Brown leaving company
Microsoft Corp. said mergers and acquisitions chief Marc Brown is leaving the company after a more than two-decade stint working on deals ranging from LinkedIn to Nokia Oyj’s handset unit. Brown, vice president of corporate development, reported to Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood. Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw on Friday confirmed Brown’s departure […]
Artist seeks to lift gloom with London installation
Artist Amy Broch’s playful art installation in the heart of London aims to create a “joy bomb” as an antidote to tough times. In a ground floor window at a pop-up installation opposite the famous Claridge’s hotel, the brightly coloured exhibit has caught the attention of locals, passers-by and those […]
Uttarakhand schools set to reopen from November 1
With schools set to reopen in Uttarakhand for classes X and XII on November 1 after a gap of more than seven months, most parents are feeling insecure as COVID-19 cases are still rising in the state. School managements have said that they are prepared to resume classes while ensuring […]
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern headed for landslide win and a second term
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was headed for a landslide win and a second term in office Saturday in New Zealand’s general election. With more than half the votes counted, Ardern’s liberal Labour Party had nearly double the support of its main challenger, the conservative National Party. Labour was on the […]
Mumbai court orders FIR against Kangana Ranaut, Rangoli Chandel for ‘offensive’ tweets
Bandra Magistrate Metropolitan Court orders registration of police complaint against actor Kangana Ranaut (in file photo) and her sister Rangoli Chandel on allegations of a complainant that they tried to create a divide between communities with social media posts. A magistrate court in Bandra has ordered an FIR to be […]